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| ABU1455 | Words to a number of visitors, spoken on 1914-03-28 | 220 | In the material world perfect composure and tranquility are not destined for man. Somehow, somewhere he is attacked by the depressing condition of the times. | DAS.1914-03-28 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Law of transformation and change; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1467 | Words to Arab villagers from Adasiyyah, spoken on 1914-05-07 | 220 | Consider that Abdu'r-Rahman Pasha receives one forth of the entire crop and produce from the farmers in his village | DAS.1914-05-07 | Agriculture; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1468 | Words to departing Indian pilgrims, spoken on 1914-05-29 | 220 | I shall expect to receive the results of your appearance on the soil of India, to see what services you are rendering, what fragrances shall waft those regions. | DAS.1914-05-29 | Being a source of living waters in teaching the Cause; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Creativity in art; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1447 | Words to Ethel Fraser, spoken on 1913-05-06 | 220 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من بصحت جسمانی اهمیت نمیدهم همین قدر باشد که انسان در بستر نخوابد | I do not give any importance to physical health. The real health is spiritual and that is eternal. The spirit of man must become reinforced. | BDA2.287 | DAS.1913-05-06, MHMD2.378 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Relationship of the soul to the body; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1448 | Words to Mirza Fazlollah and his wife, spoken on 1913-05-12 | 220 | I am most pleased with your marriage. For this is a marriage between the East and the West. The more intermarriage between the Europeans, Americans and Persians the better | DAS.1913-05-12 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Stories; anecdotes; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1477 | Words to Mrs. von Lilenthal, spoken on 1913-11-22 | 220 | There are souls who are capable of becoming quickened by the Divine Fragrance and the statement of His Holiness Christ in regard to the second birth applies to them | DAS.1913-11-12, PN_1913-14_heh p117, PN_unsorted p048, PN_unsorted p090 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Knowledge; recognition of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1459 | Words to Remey, Latimer, et al, spoken on 1914-10-16 | 220 | Did you hear the cooing of the doves? Just now some one fired a gun and they | DAS.1914-10-16, SW_v09#18 p.205, PN_1914 p090 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Kindness to and rights of animals; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1433 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1913-05-04 | 220 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | باز ما مراجعت بپاریس نمودیم به‌بینیم احباب چه کرده‌اند... تخمی افشاندیم و برگشتیم حال شما میتوانید بروید آبیاری کنید؟ | We have returned to Paris to see what the believers have done… We have come to Paris and are sowing the seeds. Can you arise and irrigate them? When the divine farmer ploughs the ground and scatters the seeds | BDA2.283 | DAS.1913-05-04, MHMD2.373-374 | Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1466 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-07 | 220 | When the Blessed Perfection was in Constantinople He sent a message to Mirza Hossein Khan, the Persian Ambassador | DAS.1915-05-07 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Martyrdom of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1478 | Words to some visitors, spoken on 1913-02-27 | 220 | There was once a Sufi in Baghdad who on a hot summer day went to the Euphrates river with his water pitcher | DAS.1913-02-27 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1449 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-25 | 220 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من در هیچ مدرسه ای داخل نشدم معهذا در ایام طفولیت وقتی در بغداد برای جمعی صحبت میکردم | I was only fifteen. One day in the Mosque of Baghdad I was surrounded by a number of Mohammadan clergy. They were asking many questions about jurisprudence | BDA2.260 | DAS.1913-04-25, MHMD2.338-339 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||
| AB02642 | 230 | ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت دختر ملکوتی مس نوبلاک نهایت ستایش از ایمان و محبت شما | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! The heavenly daughter, Miss Knoblock, has given the utmost praise about your Faith and Love | MMK3#131 p.092x, BBBD.264-265 | BBBD.265-267, DAS.1913-09-22, ABIE.346, BLO_PN#007 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02645 | 230 | O ye believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful! All your epistles were duly received. From its contents it became evident | DAS.1915-01-05 | Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02724 | 230 | O thou pilgrim of the Holy of Holies of the Supreme Concourse! Although in appearance thou hast left this blessed spot | DAS.1914-07-25 | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02748 | 230 | ای مخموران صهبای الهی نفحه رحمانی از ریاض باقی میوزد و صبح نورانی از افق معانی | O ye who are intoxicated with the Wine of God! The Breeze of the Merciful is wafting from the rose-garden of Eternity | INBA55:114, INBA55:411 | MMK4#140 p.143, AHB.107BE #05 p.92, AHB.122BE #02 p.47 | DAS.1913-08-26, ABIE.244, BLO_PN#007 | Music and singing; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB02753 | 230 | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter dated September 7th 1914 was duly received. Its contents was an indication to thy faith, assurance and firmness | DAS.1914-12-10 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02785 | 230 | O ye real friends and the daughters of the Kingdom!...Today the magnetic power that attracts heavenly blessings is teaching the Cause... The three conditions of teaching the Cause of God are the science of sociability... | DAS.1914-08-01, SW_v12#11 p.177x, VLAB.104x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02798 | 230 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | ای یاران و اماء رحمن نامه شما فی الحقیقه سرور و شادمانی بخشید و سبب امیدواری | O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful!...If a person reads the Hidden Words, the Ishrakat, Tajallayat, the Glad Tidings | MMK3#167 p.117x, HDQI.239, ANDA#28 p.05 | DAS.1914-07-17, SW_v08#02 p.025x, SW_v09#10 p.118x, BLO_PT#028o | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| AB02814 | 230 | پاک یزدانا این جمع را شمع عالم کن و این انجمن را گلزار و گلشن محفلش را روضه | O Thou pure God! Make thou this gathering the candle of the world and suffer this assembly to become a rose garden and a verdant meadow. | INBA13:086, INBA75:023 | DUR2.047, ADH2.021, ADH2_1#10 p.018, MJMJ1.040, MMG2#166 p.189, MJH.006 | DAS.1913-09-08, ABIE.293, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||
| AB02843 | 230 | O respected personage, thou seeker of Reality! Thy letter was received. It was not a letter but a mirror... If thy earthly house is destroyed, be thou not sad! | DAS.1913-09-12x, SW_v04#13 p.223, ABIE.310x, BLO_PN#007 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02849 | 230 | O ye believers of God! Avoid the smell of ignorant prejudices, the blind enmity and hatred and the racial, patriotic and religious superstitions | DAS.1914-03-05 | Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02851 | 230 | O God! O God! Thou beholdest how Thy beloved ones are treated by those who are negligent of Thy mention | DAS.1914-09-07 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1382 | 230 | O ye friends of God! The morn of guidance is radiant and the hearts of the people of faithfulness are like unto a garden | DAS.1914-06-25, SW_v13#07 p.186-187 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04128 | 230 | O thou blessed, luminous leaf! Sing and chant these most lofty words on the branches of the Tree of Baha | DAS.1914-09-12 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1393 | Public address given on 1913-01-28 | 230 | Now praise be to God that his holiness Bahá'u'lláh hath appeared. He has upraised the flag of divine civilization, He has opened the doors of the Kingdom of God | DAS.1913-01-28 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1389 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-14 | 230 | In reality the German Baha'is are the embodiment of attraction and enthusiasm. They are Baha'is by deeds and actions. | DAS.1913-12-14 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1392 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-28 | 230 | Man cannot comprehend the essence of God. He is the limited and God's essence is the unlimited. All the attributes referable to God, such as omnipotent, Omniscient, merciful are only qualifying attributes | DAS.1913-01-28 | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1364 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 | 230 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | جمال مبارک در عننوان جوانی روزی در قصبهٴ‌یالرود وارد منزل میرزا محمد تقی مجتهد | The Blessed Perfection was very young and at that time He was going to Mazindaran. As He was travelling from stage to stage, He arrived at a town called "Yall-Roud" | BDA2.139 | DAS.1913-02-14, MHMD2.173-174 | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1376 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-16 | 230 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | مطران کشیش نصاری پیش من آمد و گفت که میرزا محمد علی مرا ملاقات کرد | He related the story of a judge of Acca, a priest of an Orthodox sect and Muhammad 'Ali. The judge was the Master's friend | BDA2.142-143 | DAS.1913-02-16, MHMD2.177-178 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1370 | Words spoken on 1913-05-16 in Paris | 230 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در مازندران شب حضرت باب الباب چون حضرت قدوس را دید و بیانات فضل و حکمت از لسان ایشان | One night in Mazandaran, when Mulla Husayn saw Quddus and heard his utterances of wisdom and knowledge, he arose at once | BDA2.302 | DAS.1913-05-16, MHMD2.399 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice and wrath of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1369 | Words spoken on 1913-11-26 in Ramleh | 230 | His name [the father of Ibn-i-Asdaq] was Mollah Salek Mogaddass. He was one of the learned men of Persia, and when he became a believer | DAS.1913-11-26 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1359 | Words spoken on 1914-05-19 in Tiberias | 230 | How long are you Jews going to wait for the coming of Messiah? Day and night you are praying | DAS.1914-05-19, SW_v05#08 p.122 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1378 | Words spoken on 1915-05-05 in Abu Sinan | 230 | من شما را بجهت خدمت امرالله میخواهم میخواهم شما در جمیع آنچه میبینید و تجربه کرده اید | I wish for you consecrated services to the Cause of God. I wish for you to manifest radiant attributes under all conditions and to raise the Word of God. | KHH1.221-222 (1.309-310) | KHHE.324, DAS.1915-05-05, BSR_v13 p.102 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1402 | Words to a delegation of Theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-11 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | الحمدللّٰه که اسباب ملاقات فراهم آمد دیشب خوب مجلسی بود احساسات روحانی قلوب را احاطه نموده بود | Praise be to God that means were brought about that I may come to Budapest and associate with you... As to the coming of the Great Master. His appearance is dependent upon the realization of certain conditions. Investigate the reality | BDA2.230x | DAS.1913-04-11, BSC.300 #608x, MHMD2.298x, BSTW#146, BSTW#327 | Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1371 | Words to a group of friends, spoken on 1913-04-26 | 230 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | دیشب با آنکه حالت قدم برداشتن نبود با وجود این بمجلس رفتیم گفتیم میرویم ولو خطر باشد | Although I could not walk one step last night and it was quite dangerous to go out, I said, I will go. The utmost is that I will become a sacrifice to the friends of God. | BDA2.262x | DAS.1913-04-26, MHMD2.342 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1388 | Words to a group of friends, spoken on 1913-04-26 | 230 | What did the people say last night? Were they not dissatisfied?... This morning looking down from the window I saw a regiment of soldiers passing by in fine shape. | DAS.1913-04-26 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nationalism; love of country; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual warfare; struggle; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1399 | Words to Doctor Finkelstein, spoken on 1915-05-03 | 230 | Buy a piece of land on the top of the mountain and build for yourself a lovely summer house. Then marry a strong, vigorous, athletic girl like thyself. | DAS.1915-05-03 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Parents and children; youth; families | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1404 | Words to Latimer, Remey and students, spoken on 1914-10-15 | 230 | Confidence is the cornerstone of all of life's activities. In the early days after our arrival in Acca | DAS.1914-10-15, PN_1914 p084 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Conduct in finance and business; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1408 | Words to Mirza Ali Akbar | 230 | Thou hast been with me for a long time, and I have grown to love thee very much. When I love people | DAS.1913-10-31, SW_v05#01 p.006-007, SW_v07#10 p.095-096 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; High station of teachers of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1374 | Words to Mrs Holley, spoken on 1913-05-04 | 230 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | شفا دو قسم است جسمانی و روحانی خدا دوا را بی سبب خلق نکرده... چون در اجزآء بدن مانند جزء شکری یا نشوی | For healing, prayer and medicine both are necessary. God has created the herbs and the plants with their useful properties.... We have been talking about healing | BDA2.284-285x | DAS.1913-05-04, MHMD2.374x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1403 | Words to some American visitors, spoken on 1913-11-08 | 230 | Today I leave for Port-Said. I am leaving you here for 3 to 5 days. During my absence speak only of divine subjects. | DAS.1913-11-08 | Call to action; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1386 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-21 | 230 | Yes. It would have had a marked effect. God willing this excellent idea will become realized, for such representatives and senators would concentrate all their energies | DAS.1915-05-21 | Promotion of commerce and industry; Unity of governments; political unity; Universality of the Cause; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1405 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-23 | 230 | A Bahá'í must conform all his great and small affairs in accord with the good-pleasure of the Blessed Perfection. This is the unerring criterion. | DAS.1915-05-23 | Attaining good pleasure of God; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1390 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-30 | 230 | From 8am to 6pm I was speaking to them. They asked many questions peculiar to their sects... Now the answer must be given in such a manner as to establish a conciliation between these two schools | DAS.1914-03-29 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1397 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-23 | 230 | As much as possible we must make our lives simple and reduce its accumulated complexities. Our necessary wants were originally very few | DAS.1915-04-23 | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Critique of Western values; culture; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1398 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-26 | 230 | The signatory powers of the Hague Convention did not abide by their own agreement. They violated in this last outburst of savagery every article of those carefully drawn, long-debated conventions. | DAS.1915-04-26 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1363 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-22 | 230 | The physical body has also a share. When I was in America a number of Christians came to me and asked a most subtle and difficult question. | DAS.1915-05-22 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Martyrs and martyrdom; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Christian clergy | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1394 | Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-03-23 | 230 | Ignorance and prejudice have encircled the nations of the earth and they are attacking each other with weapons of death instead of love. | DAS.1913-03-23 | Fanaticism and hatred; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1422 | Words to visitors, spoken on 1914-03-28 | 230 | The biographies of such blessed souls must be written in detail – thus the children of the next generation may try to imitate the virtues of their fathers | DAS.1914-03-28 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02509 | 240 | ای بنده الهی مدتی است که از اینجانب نامه سمت تحریر نیافت این از موانع کثیر | O thou servant of God! It has been some that no epistle has been forwarded to you from this land. Innumerable hindrances have brought about the interruption of correspondence | TZH8.0748, ANDA#73 p.76, KHH1.244 (1.340) | KHHE.358-359, DAS.1915-05-15 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02511 | 240 | ...It is nearly two years and a half that I have been a wanderer over mountains and deserts and a traveler over seas and lands | DAS.1913-07-12x, SW_v05#07 p.097x, ABIE.058x, BLO_PN#007 | Business; financial; property matters; Growth of the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02528 | 240 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy third report was received and its contents imparted the utmost exhilaration. The 19 days Feast was the Lord's Supper | DAS.1913-08-30, ABIE.257, BLO_PN#007 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Newspapers and the media; publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02566 | 240 | O thou heavenly personage! Thy letter was an evidence of the fact that praise be to God thou hast arisen to serve the Kingdom | DAS.1914-02-21 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02578 | 240 | O thou beloved maidservant of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter was received. Its contents indicated that thou art sad | DAS.1914-10-21x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02628 | 240 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Owing to the lack of time I write a brief answer.... Glad-tiding! Glad-tiding! The morn of guidance hath dawned! | DAS.1913-03-21 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02629 | 240 | O God! O God! This is the attracted servant to Thy Bounty of Abha; his heart is set aglow with the Fire of Thy Love amongst mankind | DAS.1913-12-30 | Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Prayer for pioneers and travel teachers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02631 | 240 | With regard to the assembly, there must be spiritual consultation therein; discourses | DAS.1914-06-07, SW_v09#10 p.110 | Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03908 | Tablet for Naw-Ruz | 240 | Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | لک الحمد یا الهی بما جعلت النیروز عیدا لمن صاموا فی حبک و کفوا انفسهم عما | Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast ordained Naw-Ruz as a festival unto those who have observed the fast | BLIB_Or15696.099d, | PMP#046, NFR.057, AHM.138, AYT.343, NFF5.079, AKHA_134BE #01 p.06, AMB#01 | PM#046, DOR#01, BPRY.297, DAS.1915-03-22 | R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2), R. Yazhari (3), R. Yazhari (4), almunajat.com [item 26], unknown | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | MMAH.105, LL#204 | |||
| ABU1337 | Words spoken at home of Aqa Siyyid Ali Afnan in Akka, 1914-04-22 | 240 | In the neighborhood of Baghdad there lived a man and a Bahá'í by the name of Mohamad, the 'thorn-picker'. He lived about 21 miles away from the city. | DAS.1914-04-22 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1304 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-23 | 240 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | چهل سال ما را در سجن عکا نگاه داشتند اگر آزاد بودیم در ممالک اخری چه قدر کار میدیدیم ... سلطان عبد الحمید مارا چهل سال در حبس نمود اگر چهل سال | Sultan Abdu'l-Hamid imprisoned me for forty years. Were I free during those forty years, soon this Cause would have been widespread in America and Europe | BDA2.155-156 | DAS.1913-02-23, MHMD2.194-195 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1340 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 | 240 | The inhabitants of one of the provinces of Persia desired to get rid of the burden of military conscription laid upon them by the minister of war. | DAS.1913-02-24 | Humor; jokes; Petitions to authorities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1352 | Words spoken on 1913-08-22 in Ramleh | 240 | When we were living in Adrianople there was a Baktashi who lived close by us. Professionally he was a wood-chopper, socially he was a wit. | DAS.1913-08-22, ABIE.217, BLO_PN#007, STAB#033 | Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1322 | Words spoken on 1913-11-03 in Ramleh | 240 | The law of Peace has come to stay. We are living in the radiant age of Peace. The Angels of Peace are hovering above our heads. | DAS.1913-11-03, PN_1913-14_heh p013 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1335 | Words spoken on 1913-11-05 in Ramleh | 240 | It is most strange how some people are utterly ungrateful and have not in them a vestige of humanity. There have been some young men who have been educated through my solicitude | DAS.1913-11-05 | Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1354 | Words spoken on 1914-07-25 | 240 | It is related that Saboktakeen, one of the renowned ancient kings of Persia, lived | DAS.1914-07-25, SW_v09#18 p.204-205, STAB#041 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1295 | Words spoken on 1914-07-28 in Haifa | 240 | Profitless discussions fatigue and weary a person. People who call on me almost every day carry on a stream of profitless, unspiritual talk.... Man's speech is the revealer of his heart…. There are persons with whom we associate and converse whose utterances are life-imparting | LOG#1139x, DAS.1914-07-28, SW_v08#02 p.024-025 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1332 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-06-20 | 240 | A few days before His departure Bahá'u'lláh called me into His bedroom and commanded me to gather together all His writings and Tablets... After the ascension, Mohamad Ali stole all the writings which were entrusted to me | DAS.1913-06-20 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1315 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-03-19 | 240 | Ah! Thou art carrying in thy hand a rosary! With the Mohamadans it has become a habit to play with the rosary all the time. | DAS.1915-03-19 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1353 | Words to Bishop Birch, spoken on 1912-04-17 | 240 | Praise be to God, that stupendous material developments are obtained in this country | DAS.1913-07-15, SW_v07#17 p.175-176, ABIE.067, BLO_PN#007 | East and West; communication between East and West; Harmony of science and religion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise of Western values; culture; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1328 | Words to Jinab-i-Sina, spoken on 1913-10-23 | 240 | I have written the Tablets for all the persons thou hast asked. But thou art a manifest book. Like unto a speaking book thou must return. | DAS.1913-10-23 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1323 | Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18 | 240 | Truly I say I am well satisfied with both of you... There are many heralds in this world. Here is a herald who summons the people to the love and defense of his country | DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v05#14 p.216-217, SW_v08#16 p.217-218, PN_1914 p100 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1338 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-10 | 240 | One hears nowadays so much about the high-handed ways of the censors. With every opportunity they distort the truth; even the inhabitants of their own countries know very little | DAS.1914-11-10 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1336 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-13 | 240 | Last night it rained very hard and I could not sleep more than two hours. I saw many dreams but most of them were short.. I one of the dreams I saw myself in Baghdad living in the same house | DAS.1914-12-13 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1329 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-06 | 240 | I am tired with the inactivity of these days. Our precious time has become unprofitable and valueless... The constant presentation of reiteration of worldly talk wears away the sharp edge of the spiritual susceptibilities | DAS.1915-05-06 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1347 | Words to students of Beirut College, 1914-04-15 | 240 | From now on you must strive to beautify the moral aspect of your lives. Advise each other with the utmost consideration | DAS.1914-04-15, SW_v07#18 p.183-184 | Attaining good pleasure of God; Compassion; kindness; Excellence; distinction; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1296 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-20 | 240 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اکثر نفوس مانند اطفالند بامور جزئیه محزون یا مسرُور بشوند اما امور عظیمه را اهمیت نمید‌هند | Some people are like unto the children. The most unimportant event gives them happiness and the most trifling incident saddens their hearts. For example, if you give one Franc to a child | BDA2.309x | DAS.1913-05-20, MHMD2.409x | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Differences in human capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Knowledge; recognition of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
| AB02380 | 250 | ای حقیقتجوی محترم نامه تو رسید حکایت از وحدت عالم انسانی مینمود علمی که | O thou respected truth seeker! Thy letter was received. It reflected the sentiment of the oneness of the world of humanity | MKT4.053, KHH1.305 (1.426) | KHHE.439-440, DAS.1914-08-07, SW_v05#12 p.183 | Power of faith; power of the spirit; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02430 | 250 | ای یاران رحمانی عبدالبهاء هر چند شبانگاهست ولی صبحگاهی ملکوت الهی است یعنی | O ye merciful friends of Abdul Baha! Although it is night, yet it is the morn of the dawn of the divine Kingdom.... The ancient bestowal of the beauty of Abha is the companion of every pure heart | MKT8.184b, MKT9.245, AKHA_119BE #03-04 p.j, BSHN.140.375, BSHN.144.370, MHT1a.188, MHT1b.146 | DAS.1913-07-21, ABIE.094, PN_various p013x, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#110a | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02437 | 250 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء یاران جسمانی مارانند زیرا هر محبتی که لله نباشد عاقبت | O ye friends of Abdul Baha! Material friendship is not permanent; for every kind of love which is not purely for the sake of God is ended in hatred. | MMK3#286 p.208, MJMJ3.079ax, MMG2#011 p.010x, YHA2.999-1000x, NJB_v04#15 p.003x | DAS.1913-07-16, SW_v08#11 p.141-142x, ABIE.072, BLO_PN#007 | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02447 | 250 | ایتها المنجذبه بانوار ساطعه من ملکوت الله انی قرئت رقیمتک البلیغه و نمیقتک | O thou who art attracted by the lights shining from the Kingdom of God! Verily I have read thy eloquent letter and wonderful epistle... Know thou, verily, I say unto thee that the conditions of this mortal world | INBA89:221 | DAS.1913-07-14, SW_v04#15 p.252-153x, ABIE.064, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#110a | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02450 | 250 | ایها الرجل الجلیل حضرت ابی الفضائل روحی له الفداء در ایام حیات دمی آرام نگرفت | O thou glorious personage! His holiness Abul-Fazael--may my life be a sacrifice to him--during the days of his life did not rest one moment | BRL_DAK#1128, RHQM1.454-455 (554) (337-338x), MAS2.057c, YIA.386-387 | DAS.1914-07-02 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02479 | 250 | Thou must be firm and unshakable in thy purpose, and never, never let any outward | DAS.1913-08-19, SW_v04#12 p.208+210, ABIE.208, PN_1913 p005, MAB.016, VLAB.127x, BLO_PN#007 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1250 | Conversation with Hans Springer, Haifa, 1914-06-30 | 250 | آیا تو همیشه روی زمین سفر مینمائی در فکر آن نیستی که سفری بآسمان کنی | Thou art welcome. Where didst thou come from?... Dost thou travel always on the surface of the earth? | ZSM.1914-06-30 | DAS.1914-06-30, SW_v07#03 p.020-022, SW_v07#18 p.178, PN_unsorted p024 | Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universal language | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1255 | Words spoken on 1913-08-04 in Ramleh | 250 | Last Friday I went to the Mosque of Sidi Jahar. There were many Mullahs. One of them started to pray while another began to chant the verses of the Koran. | DAS.1913-08-04, ABIE.155, BLO_PN#007 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1269 | Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh | 250 | When we were imprisoned in the military barracks of Acca there was a small primitive bath | DAS.1913-08-05, SW_v08#13 p.174, ABIE.160, BLO_PN#007 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Business; financial; property matters | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1292 | Words spoken on 1913-08-22 in Ramleh | 250 | There was another Baktashi who, in his younger days, was an officer in the Turkish government. This man became very sick, and the members of his family had summoned a Mullah to his bed. | DAS.1913-08-22, ABIE.218, BLO_PN#007, STAB#124 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Prayer for forgiveness; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1272 | Words spoken on 1914-01-10 | 250 | The rain does not stop. I have been intending every day to go up the mountain... The Blessed Perfection has explicitly promised me with his own tongue that he will assist me. | DAS.1914-01-10, SW_v08#19 p.239x, SW_v08#15 p.211x | S. Forouhi | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1257 | Words spoken on 1914-04-08 | 250 | China, China, China, China-ward the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh must march! Where is that holy, sanctified Bahá'í | DAS.1914-04-08, SW_v08#03 p.037 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1277 | Words spoken on 1914-05-20 in Tiberias | 250 | It has been reported many years ago that a young Moslem fell desperately in love with a beautiful Jewish girl. Of course it is forbidden in the laws of Moses to intermarry with strangers | DAS.1914-05-20 | Humor; jokes; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1256 | Words spoken on 1914-08-08 | 250 | These dreadful events are as warnings on the part of God:--so that they may quicken the people | DAS.1914-08-08, SW_v05#12 p.177+186 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Prayer for peace and unity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1253 | Words spoken on 1915-05-24 | 250 | DAS.1915-05-25 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1275 | Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-12 | 250 | The editors of the Newspapers are the guardians of the rights of man. They are the champions of the poor and the protectors of the Wronged ones. | DAS.1914-05-12 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Newspapers and the media; publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1259 | Words to some Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1914-01-19 | 250 | You are a good party! God willing, you shall have good weather on your journey! May you expend your days in the utmost joy and fragrance! | DAS.1914-01-19, PN_1914 p016 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1286 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-28 | 250 | Once a servant went to a rich man and asked for a position. He had many certificates from his former masters regarding his conduct and manners. | DAS.1914-11-28 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1281 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-28 | 250 | The teaching of the Cause is through the heat of the Love of God, attraction and enkindlement. Every active headquarter must send Bahá'í teachers to different parts. | DAS.1915-03-28 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1247 | Words to the believers, spoken on 1914-07-15 | 250 | The Holy Spirit is the only power which will ultimately unite and harmonize the races and nations of the world. | DAS.1914-07-15, SW_v08#08 p.101 | Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1261 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-21 | 250 | در سال دو نقطه اعتدال است که آفتاب از افق آن طلوع مینماید | May this Naw-Ruz be a blessing to all the friends! In the year there are two equinoxes in which the hours of the day and the height are equal. | AYT.347-348, KHH1.196-197 (1.275-276) | KHHE.286-287, DAS.1915-03-21 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Spiritual springtime | - | - | |||||||
| AB02200 | 260 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده آستان مقدس نمیدانی که چه انقلابی در اینصفحات حاصل جمیع مردم مضطرب و | O thou servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thou knowest not what a convulsion there is in these parts! | BRL_DAK#0007, MMK6#033x | BRL_ATE#007, DAS.1914-10-21x, MAAN#24 | Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| AB02231 | 260 | O thou my spiritual daughter of the Kingdom! For some time I have failed corresponding with thee. This was because of the absence of soundness of physical health | DAS.1914-02-21x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02263 | 260 | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! It is the early morn and suddenly into | DAS.1914-03-08, SW_v05#15 p.232x | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1207 | Public address given on 1913-02-19 | 260 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | انبیای الهی و عقلا و فلاسفهٴ عالم در هر حال تربیترا از برای عالم خلقت اهم امورو اعظم شئون گفتند | The prophets of God are the real Instructors and Educators, so that the morality of the people is improved, the ignorant become wise, the blind receive sight | BDA2.147x | DAS.1913-02-19, MHMD2.184x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Manifestation of God as educator; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1232 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-02-12 | 260 | The Bible and the Holy Books of other religions must always be studied and be read in the Bahá'í meetings. Their study will widen the circle of one's information | DAS.1914-02-12 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Methods of teaching the Cause; Review of publications; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1242 | Words spoken on 1913-07-03 in Port Said | 260 | The soul of man must be happy, no matter where he is. One must attain to that condition of inward beatitude and peace | DAS.1913-07-03, SW_v07#16 p.161-162, ABIE.014, PN_1914 p009x, BLO_PN#007 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Study; deepening; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1240 | Words spoken on 1913-08-25 in Ramleh | 260 | The thoughts of the statesmen of the East are atrophied, and their hearts devoid of desire for the progress of the nation. Their ideas are petty | DAS.1913-08-25, ABIE.237, BLO_PN#007 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1230 | Words spoken on 1913-11-12 in Port Said | 260 | Belief without the test is not worth having.... Give your children a manual profession, something by which they may be able to | DAS.1913-11-12, SW_v09#09 p.097x, SW_v07#15 p.144x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Empty learning; false spirituality; Oneness; unity of religion; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1218 | Words spoken on 1914-10-12 in Haifa | 260 | The present condition of the Baha'i Cause in Germany is most satisfactory... Some of the German friends have asked that victory be given to Germany. We are not interfering with either party... May they attain to such heights of altruism as to be ready to sacrifice their lives for each other! | DAS.1914-10-12, SW_v07#18 p.188x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1223 | Words to a young girl from Scotland studying painting, spoken on 1913-05-07 | 260 | His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh has commanded the study of arts and crafts; that when we undertake the study of any branch of arts we must perfect ourselves in it | DAS.1913-05-07 | Bringing oneself to account each day; High station of the arts and sciences; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1233 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-19 | 260 | All the Bahá'í books are being preserved in boxes and in these days I have no inclination of opening them. In former years month after month I worked from sunrise till midnight | DAS.1915-05-19 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1231 | Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-15 | 260 | Now that thou art departing for India I desire that thou mayest become like unto a rose garden to perfume the nostrils of al the people. | DAS.1913-11-15 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1217 | Words to Mr Michel and others, spoken on 1915-05-10 | 260 | When I was travelling in Europe and America I attended some concerts and oratorios and was delighted with the progress of the vocal and instrumental art in those parts... At one time I was walking along the shores of the Euphrates. Absorbed in my thought I suddenly heard | DAS.1915-05-10 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Excellence; distinction; Music and singing; Predictions and prophecies; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1209 | Words to Mr Remey and Mr Latimer, spoken on 1914-10-15 | 260 | ای را بدانید که هر کسی در آمریکا به اسم من بخواهد پول جمع کند ابدا تعلقی به ما ندارد | When you return to America say to all the believers in my behalf that whenever a person comes to that country | KHH1.112 (1.157) | KHHE.171-172fn, DAS.1914-10-15, SW_v07#13 p.122, PN_1914 p085 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1228 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-04-23 | 260 | I have often repeated that kissing the hands, the feet and kneeling and bowing are strictly forbidden in the Bahá'í Dispensation. These are old, archaic customs of the religious East | DAS.1914-04-23 | Human reality created in the image of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Satan; the Evil One; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1222 | Words to President of the Touranian Society, Ritz Hotel in Budapest, 1913-04-12 | 260 | Your aim, of course, is the realization of Universal Peace, but with what power or with what executive force will you be able to bring it about? In the matter of universal peace a great, universal Power is necessary, which we may name a "Universal Collective Center" | DAS.1913-04-12 | Nationalism; love of country; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1234 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-04-30 | 260 | I am leaving tomorrow for Tiberias. I am leaving because you have persisted so much... In the Cause we must give up all pleasures and recreation for the sake of service | DAS.1914-04-30 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1210 | Words to some Persians living in Paris, spoken on 1913-05-05 | 260 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | حیات انسان خیلی عزیز است انسان باید این حیات عزیز را در امری عظیم صرف نماید | The life of man is very precious; so he must spend it in a precious cause. To study the sciences of commerce, agriculture and medicine is very praiseworthy but to concentrate all our time on such things is not good. | BDA2.285 | DAS.1913-05-05, MHMD2.375-376 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1219 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-13 | 260 | There are many people who enter this Cause with some preconceived ideas and finding that their ideas cannot be engrafted | DAS.1914-08-13, PN_1914 p018, BSTW#295 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1224 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-30 | 260 | We are hedged in from all directions. The roads of correspondence are all blocked and it is impossible to receive or send any news. | DAS.1915-01-30 | Being a source of light; guidance; East and West; communication between East and West; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1227 | Words to Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-10 | 260 | Persia will become luminous. Her future grandeur shall by far eclipse her past recorded glory. | DAS.1913-11-10 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02074 | 270 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید نامه در پانزده ماه قبل | O firm ones in the Covenant! Your letter was received and its contents became known. | MKT4.037, YHA1.143x, YHA1.427-428x, VUJUD.014 | DAS.1915-02-14, SW_v05#16 p.242, BSTW#213b, VUJUDE.020-021 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02083 | 270 | O thou faithful beloved friend! The New Year's greeting was received. I became most grateful and pleased, because you remembered this longing friend | DAS.1915-02-13, CHU.174-175 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02088 | 270 | ...From the beginning of the dawn of the Morn of Guidance the friends of Neireez were like unto overflowing cups | DAS.1913-11-07 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02099 | 270 | O thou propagator of the Religion of God! A few days ago an epistle was written... Now the believers must engage their time in teaching the Cause... O thou servant of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! Inform all the believers that a number of calumnious articles will be written in those parts | DAS.1914-08-04, SW_v05#09 p.138, SW_v09#14 p.161x, BSTW#175, BSTW#461 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1179 | Words spoken on 1913-08-20 in Ramleh | 270 | In this day the greatness of the Cause is acknowledged by all the people, even the outsiders. This last time one of the Sardars of Persia | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.214, BLO_PN#007 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1204 | Words spoken on 1913-08-25 in Ramleh | 270 | While I was in Adrianople Khorsheed Pasha the Vali asked me one day about the future possibilities of the country... During the war against a foreign nation one of the soldiers was stricken with a severe sickness. | DAS.1913-08-25, SW_v09#18 p.206, ABIE.239, BLO_PN#007, STAB#152 | Relationship between government and people; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1177 | Words spoken on 1913-12-19 in Akka | 270 | Translation List | واقعا چه قدر مردم بی انصافند از روزیکه حضرت مسیح ظاهر شده تا یومنا هذا نفسی | How very unjust the people are! From the day of the appearance of his holiness, Christ | KHF.197, KHAB.450 (450), KHTB3.082, NJB_v05#11 p.001 | DAS.1913-12-19, SW_v09#02 p.018-019, ADMS#065i08x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1174 | Words spoken on 1914-01-08 in Haifa | 270 | Praise be to God that the believers of the Merciful are living in the slope of Mount Carmel in the Pilgrims' Home. Every morning they face the Tomb of Baha'o'llah and the Tomb of the Báb is in close proximity. | DAS.1914-01-08 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1205 | Words spoken on 1914-09-03 | 270 | In reality the air of Mount Carmel is most energizing... Man is eternally in a state of communion and prayer with the source of all good. The highest and most elevating state is the state of prayer | DAS.1914-09-03, SW_v08#04 p.045x, PN_1914 p007 | Mount Carmel; Prayer for evening; night; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1191 | Words to a believer, spoken on 1913-05-04 | 270 | When I sense the love and unity of the friends I gain health and fresh strength. I have heard that thou art speaking in the meetings | DAS.1913-05-04 | Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1193 | Words to a telegraph officer, spoken on 1913-10-29 | 270 | When I was in America, I was most busy... Once upon a time, there was a poor fellah (farmer) who cultivated a patch of ground with cotton. | DAS.1913-10-29, SW_v09#18 p.210x, STAB#120 | Growth of the Cause; Stories; anecdotes; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1186 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-03-06 | 270 | Consider and reflect over the Favors and Bounties of the Blessed Perfection!.. I will send thee to America | DAS.1914-03-06 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1165 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-04-15 | 270 | While surrounded with all these innumerable sufferings and calamities my mind and spirit have been working day and night gathering brilliant pearls of new Ideals... If it is in accord with the Will of God we shall take another journey into the outside world | DAS.1915-04-15 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; East and West; communication between East and West; Martyrs and martyrdom; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1176 | Words to an Indian scholar, spoken on 1914-03-19 | 270 | Just as you are a servant of God I am also the servant of God. I am the absolute servant of the Almighty without implication or interpretation. | DAS.1914-03-19 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1198 | Words to Dr. Getsinger, spoken on 1914-08-24 | 270 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Economy is the foundation of human prosperity. The spendthrift is always in trouble | DAS.1914-08-24, BSC.453 #829x, SW_v08#02 p.018, BSTW#303 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Conduct in finance and business; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wealth inequality and its moderation; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1178 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-18 | 270 | When the prophetic light of Muhammad dawned from the horizon of Hijaz the Persians and the Greeks were engaged in a severe battle. | DAS.1914-11-18 | Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection of Muhammad; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1189 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-10 | 270 | The staff of life is bread. All other things are comparatively non-essential. Let us pray that the wheat fields may be saved | DAS.1915-04-10 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1195 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-26 | 270 | The influence of the Word of God is all-penetrative. One must simply arise and engage in the service of the Cause... The armies of the Supreme Concourse are drawn in battle-array on the plain of the Kingdom... The Zoroastrians must be very enkindled | DAS.1914-04-26 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1187 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-27 | 270 | Beneath the shade of the Blessed Perfection there must occur in a Baha'i life a complete regeneration! If he continues to live in accord with the old standards and habits, then what has he gained by the change of a name! | DAS.1915-04-27 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1196 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-17 | 270 | There are two kinds of afflictions, the first is human, the second is divine. Human affliction can be coped with and eradicated by human agencies and methods | DAS.1915-05-17 | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01928 | 280 | ای حکیم الهی از بدایت تاریخ تا یومنا هذا در دنیا دو صنف طبیبان موجود اطبای | O thou divine Physician! From the beginning of the world to this day there has been in the world two classes of physicians | MSBH4.490-491, MUH3.334-335, MJDF.060, NJB_v05#07 p.004, YQAZ.137 | DAS.1913-11-20 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01933 | 280 | ای دکتر من نامه تو رسید نوایای خویش را مرقوم نموده بودی چه قدر این نوایا | O thou my doctor! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written regarding thy aims... The worst human quality and the most great sin is back-biting, and most especially | BRL_DAK#1147, AVK3.181.13x, GHA.304bx, NJB_v04#11 p.004 | LOG#0312x, LOG#0305x, DAS.1913-08-11, SW_v04#11 p.192, SW_v07#19 p.196, ABIE.179, BLO_PN#007 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01964 | 280 | O thou confidant and kind friend of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letter was received. It became the cause of exceeding joy and happiness that praise be to God | DAS.1914-08-13?x | Call to action; 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; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02014 | 280 | You have asked concerning Consultation, to the practice of which we are all commanded. The cardinal idea of consultation is based upon the principle that unanimous counsels of several persons is weightier than the opinion of a single individual. | DAS.1914-03-18 | Consultation; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02015 | 280 | O ye friends of God and the maidservants of God! Praise be to God that during the season of divine Spring | DAS.1914-04-20 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02016 | 280 | ...Now you must engage in the service of the Cause of God with the utmost firmness, steadfastness and resolution, and expend day and night in the promotion of the Religion of God. | DAS.1913-10-21x | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03262 | 280 | Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The | لک الحمد یا الهی بما زینت العالم بانوار فجر لیل فیه ولد من بشر بمطلع | All praise be to Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast adorned the world with the splendour of the dawn | BLIB_Or15726.028b, | ADM2#002 p.012x, NFR.039, TBP#17b, AMB#41 | TB#17b, DOR#41, DAS.1915-03-22 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1154 | Words spoken on 1913-08-24 in Ramleh | 280 | If we look upon creation from a remote outlook, we see symmetry and harmony; the apparent differences and anomalies blending into one harmonious whole | DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.232, BLO_PN#007 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Composition and decomposition; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1148 | Words spoken on 1914-01-13 | 280 | The very names of these people will be forgotten... In Baghdad I was a child nine years old. There and then he (Baha'o'llah) announced to me the Word, and I believed him. | DAS.1914-01-13, SW_v08#13 p.169x, SW_v09#18 p.203x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1123 | Words spoken on 1914-07-05 in Akka | 280 | Military rules are far worse than prison rules. These soldiers are in reality prisoners. They are restricted in all their affairs. They cannot deviate | DAS.1914-07-05 | Humor; jokes; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1128 | Words to a friend, spoken on 1913-05-08 | 280 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | خدا استعدادی را که بشما عنایت فرموده برای اینست که در خدمت ملکوتش صرف نمائید | God has created in you a great capacity. You must expend this capacity in the Cause of the Kingdom. If you consecrate it to any other cause except the promotion of the virtues of the world of humanity, its results will be finite. | BDA2.290-291 | DAS.1913-05-08, MHMD2.383-384 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Mary Magdalene; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1135 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1913-12-09 | 280 | As long as a person is not separated from the sacred surroundings of the Threshold of Bahá'u'lláh, he does not realize the magnitude of his loss | DAS.1913-12-09 | Presence of; reunion with God; Shrines and Holy places; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1121 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-04-28 | 280 | Persia has unlimited possibilities for the development of its material resources, but there must be civilizing influences and untiring efforts. | DAS.1914-04-28 | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Past, present and future of Iran; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1141 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-05 | 280 | For three years I was away from the fanatical prejudices of the East and breathed in the Western clime the air of the freedom of conscience, and the broad catholicity of human and divine principles was much to my liking. | DAS.1914-12-05 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Second birth | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1129 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-28 | 280 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | دیروز با آنکه هیچ حالت نداشتم محض خاطر شما بمجلس آمدم زیرا که مجمع احباء محفل روحانیان است | Your meeting yesterday afternoon was very good. I did not feel well but for your sake I came. The gathering of the believers is the assembly of the spiritual ones. | BDA2.268-269 | DAS.1913-04-28, MHMD2.351-352 | Christ; Christianity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1149 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-03 | 280 | There are various degrees of sensitiveness in all the kingdoms of creation. Often, one word may reform a man | DAS.1913-05-03 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Differences in human capacity; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1157 | Words to two prominent Persians, spoken on 1913-01-25 | 280 | It is natural in man to oppress. When two individuals fight, they go before the civil court and settle their differences but there is no law or court whereby the nations may resort thereto | DAS.1913-01-25 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Past, present and future of Iran; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01787 | 290 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | O ye members of the radiant Assembly! Praise be to God that the lights of the Sun of Reality show forth from the horizon of Urbana… When saying the Obligatory Prayer, one must turn towards the Holy Reality of Bahá’u’lláh, that Reality which encompasseth all things | BRL_IOPF#2.20x, DAS.1914-07-30 | Importance of prayer; Manifestation of God as educator; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01824 | 290 | O thou visitor of the Blessed Rose-Garden! Praise be to God that thou hast obtained the Favor of circumambulating | DAS.1913-11-17 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01885 | 290 | O ye kind friends and the beloved maidservants of His Holiness the Incomparable One! The letter that you have written on the anniversary day of the Declaration of the First Point | DAS.1914-08-11 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1106 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-05 | 290 | The life of the Arabs in the interior is most simple. Their principal food consists of | DAS.1914-05-05, SW_v08#02 p.018-019 | Critique of Western values; culture; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1102 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-14 | 290 | In the world of humanity, every person is stimulated by a certain objective-point | DAS.1914-05-14, SW_v05#08 p.117-118 | Call to action; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1083 | Words spoken on 1914-02-08 | 290 | All days of his (Abul Fazl's) life were spent in the service of the Cause of God. His will and desire | DAS.1914-02-08, SW_v08#06 p.066 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1109 | Words spoken on 1914-02-14 | 290 | The view from the Pilgrims Home is very attractive.... In the future the distance between Akka and Haifa will be built up, and the two cities will join and clasp hands | DAS.1914-02-14, SW_v16#01 p.381, BNE.250-251 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1114 | Words spoken on 1914-03-01 | 290 | With what joy and transport they hastened toward the arena of martyrdom!... Bahá'u'lláh in one of his poems says: the mark of the chain | DAS.1914-03-01, SW_v08#13 p.161x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1084 | Words spoken on 1914-03-02 in Haifa | 290 | His Holiness the Báb says: 'We have put mankind in the alembic…" These souls are quickened through the Breath of the Blessed Perfection... The Holy, divine Manifestations have appeared in this world to instruct mankind in the school of morality... The foundation of praiseworthy virtues is faith. | DAS.1914-03-02, SW_v08#05 p.058x, PN_various p017 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1094 | Words spoken on 1914-06-03 in Tiberias | 290 | Man must be known through his deeds and actions. Mere words have no weight. The Persian Nationalists have loved to theorize on certain Democratic principles | DAS.1914-06-03 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Criticism and its limits; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1103 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-05-02 | 290 | How cool is thy areesheh! Is this not better than the palace of the kings?... All the companions of our trips in different parts of the world have departed and only you and I are left! | DAS.1914-05-02 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1099 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-12-11 | 290 | Only in America such brilliant ideas are born. This will be a most effective token of America's attitude in the matter of brotherhood... The axis around which the consolation of the hearts revolves is Faith in God. | DAS.1914-12-11 | Consolation and comfort; God as personal vs. impersonal reality; Nationalism; love of country; Praise of Western values; culture; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1101 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-04-24 | 290 | The inner, spiritual life of man is like unto this well. He must allay the thirst of the travellers on the path of Truth with the water of significances... I hope thou wilt become the boiling, gushing, flowing well of the Love of Bahá'u'lláh, irrigating the parched ground of the hearts | DAS.1915-04-24 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Living waters; water of life; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1100 | Words to Mrs Lilianthal, spoken on 1913-05-09 | 290 | My sweet-singing birds are your hearts, for they sing the songs of the Kingdom. Through this I am made very happy. The twittering of the birds is good for some people | DAS.1913-05-09 | Being a source of light; guidance; Christ; Christianity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1076 | Words to Nawabzade Mohammad Yousof, spoken on 1913-06-14 | 290 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امروز جمیع عالم علی الخصوص امم شرق بچنین قوّهٴ نافذهئ‌ی محتاجند تا از مضائب اختلاف | As long as these antiquated social customs and religious ceremonies hold sway in India, complete progress will not be obtained. This age is the age of light. | BDA2.349x | DAS.1913-06-14, MHMD2.463x, PN_unsorted p075 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1087 | Words to pilgrims from India, spoken on 1914-04-22 | 290 | Praise be to God, the news received from all parts indicate the fact that the believers of God are striving in the promulgation of the Cause of God. | DAS.1914-04-22 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1089 | Words to Saidol Molk, spoken on 1913-12-04 | 290 | In the coming of every prophet and messenger of God, this objection was uttered by the people of negation. Even Pharaoh | DAS.1913-12-04 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1086 | Words to some Arab Muslims, spoken on 1915-03-15 | 290 | We do not teach these truths here because the inhabitants are still very remote from understanding these problems, but your questions led me into these unexpected domains of ideal mysteries. | DAS.1915-03-15 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Limits of the intellect; Manifestation of God as mediator; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1093 | Words to some Arabs, spoken on 1914-02-09 | 290 | Reason works through the instrumentality of the five senses. The faculty of hearing is more important than the faculty of seeing... The throne of reason is the brain. | DAS.1914-02-09 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1098 | Words to some Druze friends, spoken around Nov. 1914 | 290 | The life of a judge in the Turkish Empire is the subject of constant satire and the ineffectiveness of Turkish laws and their inadequacy the source of much amusement and diversion. | DAS.1914-11-04 | Civil courts; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01659 | 300 | Verily, those who quaffed the cup of the great martyrdom in the path of God, are favored | DAS.1914-06-21, SW_v09#10 p.120 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01666 | 300 | ...Abdu'l-Baha was educated by the Beauty of Abha. He imparted to him instruction and the code of manners. | DAS.1914-09-04x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Hands of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01675 | 300 | ای بنده حق جمهور ناس منتظر موعودی خونخوارند و ولی ظالمی غدار مهدی ای خواهند | O Servant of God, (most) people are expecting a bloodthirsty Promised One, and a brutal oppressor as a protector. They want a promised one who, with shaft and spear | BRL_DAK#0062, MKT1.407b, MILAN.145, AKHA_107BE #02-03 p.41, AKHA_120BE #01 p.j, MAS5.038 | DAS.1915-04-06 | Compassion; kindness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Predictions and prophecies; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01707 | 300 | O ye real friends and the favored maidservants of His highness Baha'u'llah! The maidservant of God Mrs. A. Parmerton | DAS.1914-08-20 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01743 | 300 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء در این دور الهی و عصر ربانی اساس اصلی و مقصد حقیقی وحدت | O ye friends of Abdul Baha! In this Divine Dispensation and lordly Cycle the fundamental principle and the supreme object is the establishment of the oneness of the world of humanity | MKT3.510, AKHA_134BE #18 p.694, AKHA_125BE #03 p.j, TAH.298, ADH2.089x, ADH2_2#14 p.118x, MMG2#044 p.044x | DAS.1913-09-16, ABIE.322, BLO_PN#007 | A. Akhavan | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01754 | 300 | Your letter written on March 10 1915 was duly received. Praise be to God that it contained the good news of the health | DAS.1915-04-25x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01763 | 300 | O thou my beloved sister! Through the encircling graces of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a ransom to the dust of His Holy Threshold - we have crossed the blue seas | LTDT.172-173, AIF.1911-08-21, DAS.1914-10-27 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01770 | 300 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Faith and assurance are like unto trees of the orchards, and praiseworthy deeds and actions are like unto the fruits thereof. A lamp is in need of the illuminating light | DAS.1913-12-28x, BSTW#288 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Kindliness; humility; self-effacement in teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01771 | 300 | ...Be thou not grieved and sad because of the ordeals and tests heaped upon thee. | DAS.1914-08-16x | Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01772 | 300 | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances which are diffused from the garden of the Bestowal of God! Verily God has opened the doors | DAS.1913-10-21x | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1028 | Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-09 | 300 | O God! This [city of] Paris is a lamp in the utmost transparency but it is in need of the light. It is a body in the greatest of comeliness but it is in need of the spirit. | DAS.1913-03-09 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1037 | Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-17 | 300 | My general health is well but my nerves are weak. My physical body is not afflicted with any ailment, but having lived forty years in the prison of Acca | DAS.1913-03-17 | Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1061 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16 | 300 | The Cause has become very great. Many souls are entering it--souls with different mentalities... Teach the Cause to those who do not know | DAS.1913-01-16, SW_v04#01 p.016, CHH.177, VLAB.141x, BLO_PN#022 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1029 | Words spoken at a wedding on 1914-06-18 | 300 | It is more than one month and a half that I have not had the pleasure of being present in the meetings of the believers. Now the means have been brought about | DAS.1914-06-18, SW_v09#10 p.118-119 | Fulfillment of true potential; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1022 | Words spoken on 1913-03-28 in Paris | 300 | Although outwardly cataclysms are hard to understand and to endure, yet there lies a great wisdom behind them which appears later. | DAS.1913-03-28, ADP.116-116x, BSTW#093 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1025 | Words spoken on 1914-01-22 in Haifa | 300 | امروز یک خبر بسیار محزنی رسید خلیل محزن فی الحقیقه بسیار شخص جلیلی بود از جمیع جهات نادر بود | Today very sad news has been received. He [Mirza Abu'l-Fazl] was indeed a very glorious personage... How humble and meek he was! We tried our best to persuade him to keep a servant | MSBH2.349-350x, YHA2.911-912, NJB_v05#01 p.004 | DAS.1914-01-22, SW_v09#03 p.025x, SW_v08#06 p.066x | Eulogies; reminiscences; High station of learning; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1053 | Words spoken on 1914-02-22 | 300 | The friends in Bushruyah are very old. They have suffered all manner of persecutions... A large number of them were martyred in the fortress of Tabarsi. | DAS.1914-02-22 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1026 | Words spoken on 1914-06-18 | 300 | During the days of youth, man sees the pictures of life in all things.... During the lifetime of the king-of-the-martyrs, the heart of the Blessed Beauty.... On day, one of the opposers hit a dog with a stone.... There was a great commotion in the souls upon hearing my address.... | DAS.1914-06-18, SW_v09#10 p.118 | Evolution; human evolution; Kindness to and rights of animals | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1021 | Words spoken on 1914-06-26 | 300 | Most of the Persian ulama (clergymen) became the cause of destruction and the casting of Persia to the winds. | DAS.1914-06-25, SW_v09#11 p.123-125 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1064 | Words spoken on board the Himalaya at sea, 1913-06-14 | 300 | There was a man in Bagdad who was the chief of a thousand warriors. These men were not in the regular army | DAS.1913-06-14, SW_v09#18 p.209 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1045 | Words to a Persian friend, spoken on 1914-05-27 | 300 | This century is the century of Truth. We must relinquish all the rituals and forms which have accumulated for the past ages around the Immortal Image of Truth | DAS.1914-05-27 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Empty learning; false spirituality; Fanaticism and hatred; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1066 | Words to Baroness Bertha Von Suttner, spoken on 1913-04-23 | 300 | One of the greatest teachings of Bahá'u'lláh is in regard to international peace. We must not lose our hope and courage. The beginning of a downpour of rain is only a few drops. | DAS.1913-04-23 | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Nationalism; love of country; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1044 | Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-19 | 300 | One of the things that Dr. Farid has circulated in London is that 'I have grown old and weak...' My power consists of the Bestowals of the Blessed Beauty. | DAS.1914-10-19, SW_v05#14 p.217-218, PN_1914 p104 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1024 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-29 | 300 | O let me weep like unto the vernal showers of the Spring!... This day is the day of parting. The farewell hour is most difficult to bear. | DAS.1914-06-29, SW_v09#12 p.134-135 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1035 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-29 | 300 | عشق اباد محال خوب مرکزی است مرو در زمان قدیم مرکز خراسان بود | Ishkabad is now a good center. In the past, Merv was the center | AVK4.434.06x | DAS.1914-06-29, SW_v09#12 p.133-134 | Education of children; moral education; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1051 | Words to some Druze friends, spoken on 1914-11-03 | 300 | there were in the past ages many temperance societies and as a result of their activities teetotalers became very numerous. | DAS.1914-11-03 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1050 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-25 | 300 | During the first year of our arrival in Baghdad, one day Mirza Javad asked me to go out with him to an outlying district. At this time, Arabian robbers frequented the roads | DAS.1913-04-25 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Humor; jokes; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1060 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-06 | 300 | These sad events which are transpiring in the East are the results of thoughtlessness. Thoughtlessness is the worst calamity of the human race. When constitution was declared in Turkey | DAS.1913-05-06 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01571 | 310 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant and the Testament! Your letter of congratulation (November 26th, 1913) was received. Its contents were an evidence | DAS.1914-01-15 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01577 | 310 | O thou my beloved friend! Thy letter was received from India. From its contents it became evident that thou art occupied, and art spending thy days in the company of that respected lady, Mrs. Besant. | DAS.1913-08-29, ABIE.254, BLO_PN#007 | Mary Magdalene; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01654 | 310 | O thou real friend! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written concerning the unity and concord, the affinity and communication, the fellowship and attraction amongst the believers | DAS.1913-10-18x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09918 | 310 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضمون معانی مفصل بود... از مدرسه تایید توصیف نموده | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Its contents were detailed in meaning, and its themes were elaborate in their causes [3.5s]... ...In reality, Hamadan, nay rather all Persia has found infinite capability. Therefore all the friends most unloosen | INBA85:153 | TAH.303bx | DAS.1913-11-04x | Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unchastity and adultery | - | - | |||||||
| BH02896 | 310 | Days of Remembrance | لک الحمد یا الهی بما جعلت هذا الیوم عیدا للمقربین من عبادک و المخلصین من | Praise be to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast ordained this day as a festival unto the favoured among Thy servants and the sincere | NFR.036, AHM.133, AYT.340, GHA.405, NSR_1993.115, NFF5.076, AMB#02 | DOR#02, DAS.1915-03-22, DAS.1914-04-01 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | MMAH.105, LL#203 | ||||||
| ABU0994 | Conversation with Dr Finkelstein, Abu Sinan, 1915-03-01 | 310 | من در جمیع کنائس و مجامع بصوت بلند فریاد میزدم که ای قوم عالم انسانی در خطر است | In the loudest voice, I cried out in all the synagogues, and churches: O people! The world of humanity is in peril | AVK4.464.08, KHH1.178-179 (1.249-251) | KHHE.259-260, DAS.1915-03-01, BSR_v13 p.091 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Nationalism; love of country; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | * | * | |||||
| ABU1005 | Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-16 | 310 | Whosoever schemes in this Cause will come to no good end. Above all other things we must be honest to our consciences and not dissimulate. We must not speak against each other | DAS.1913-05-16 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1001 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-07 | 310 | Although some of the simple folks believe that these ancient monuments of civilization are built by Solomon yet there is no foundation for it. | DAS.1914-05-07 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Predictions and prophecies; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0998 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-08 | 310 | During the lifetime of Bahá'u'lláh the inhabitants of the village, Mokeiss, were most anxious that I may buy half of their real estate | DAS.1914-05-08 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0989 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-16 | 310 | The test of existence is motion. An object which has in itself the power of motion lives. If motion is withheld growth ceases. | DAS.1913-03-16x, ADP.124-126 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Education and the development of capacity; Heat and motion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0985 | Words to a mother, spoken on 1913-05-15 | 310 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بتربیت الهی تربیت شوند نه مثل اینکه حالا مادران از بدایت عمر به پسران میگویند | How are your children? Are they well? Do you give them an ideal education? The children of today are the citizens of tomorrow. | BDA2.301x | DAS.1913-05-15, MHMD2.398x | Education of children; moral education; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0995 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-12-19 | 310 | His Holiness Christ on account of the avocation of His disciples called them the fisher of men but the Blessed Perfection designated | DAS.1914-12-19, SW_v13#07 p.172-173 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0996 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-04-22 | 310 | In reality all my movements are fraught with danger. The Favors and Graces of the Blessed Perfection have been always with me. | DAS.1914-04-24 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1006 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-28 | 310 | In this Cause I had many wishes, none of which are realized. My first and greatest wish was that I may become confirmed in the service of the Holy Threshold. | DAS.1914-11-28 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0999 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-04 | 310 | The body of man is built with various material constituents and therefore it is a prisoner of nature, it is dominated and ruled by nature. It is a philosophic theory that the part is attracted to the whole. | DAS.1914-12-04 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1003 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-29 | 310 | These [locusts] are also the servants of God. They are not created by the devil. They are in need of food. They will not eat very much. They are the guests of the people. | DAS.1915-03-29 | Belief and denial; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1007 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-12 | 310 | I spent the first years of my childhood in Mazandaran. At the time Bahá'u'lláh was in Teheran. After a while He sent for us. I started with one of my uncles. | DAS.1915-01-12 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0990 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-10 | 310 | The mention of the Cause makes the faith of men firm and strong. Those souls who accept this revelation and then do not engage in teaching and conveying it to others will remain stationary | DAS.1915-03-10 | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Music and singing; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01474 | 320 | O thou servant of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter was received. As there is no time for a detailed answer I will give it briefly.... Regarding the Spiritual Assembly, this is not the House of Justice. It is a purely spiritual assembly and belongs to spiritual matters | DAS.1913-10-18, DAS.1913-10-19x, BSTW#094 | House of Justice; Newspapers and the media; publications; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01504 | 320 | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! The foundation of all the monarchs of the earth, notwithstanding their imperial sovereignty, royal purple | DAS.1914-07-30 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01510 | 320 | O ye friends of God! The innate desire of this humble servant is to write to each one of those blessed souls a manifest book … | BRL_DAK#1220 | DAS.1914-10-25 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01526 | 320 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | رب و موید کل جمع انعقد لاعلاء کلمه رحمانیتک و موفق کل عصبه اتفقت علی خدمه | O Lord! Support every gathering formed for the exaltation of Thy Word of grace, and assist every company united in service to Thee [3.5s]... ...The members thereof must take counsel together in such wise that no occasion for ill-feeling or discord may arise | INBA16:215, INBA59:291, INBA88:285, INBA89:016b | MKT4.152, MMK1#044 p.084x, MILAN.081, AMK.047-048, ADH2.035, ADH2_1#18 p.030, MJMJ1.024a, MMG2#186 p.212, MJH.068b, NSR_1978.116, NSR_1993.129 | SWAB#044x, BWF.406-407x, BADM.021-022cx, GPB.332x, DAS.1913-10-21x | Consultation; Non-participation in politics; Prayer for governments and rulers; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0976 | Conversation with "Mr. F", Ritz Hotel in Budapest, 1913-04-11 | 320 | Now that you have seen many parts of the world, I hope you will also make a voyage to the country of Baha. | DAS.1913-04-11 | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Universal language | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0979 | Interview with Stanwood Cobb, Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-23 | 320 | Hope is made possible through turning one's face toward God. If all the benefits of the world are made possible for man and he has no hope, he will not enjoy them. | DAS.1913-03-23 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0978 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-02-12 | 320 | The air here at Mount Carmel is fragrant and the earth is sweet... Syria is a most wonderful country. It is a world in miniature. | DAS.1914-02-12, SW_v14#05 p.148 | Mount Carmel | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0956 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 | 320 | In this Bahá’í Dispensation the question of deeds is most important. Confession and acknowledgement do not mean faith. Faith means deeds and deeds mean faith. | DAS.1913-02-24 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Goodly deeds; actions; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0963 | Words spoken on 1913-08-14 in Ramleh | 320 | I have brought thee with me that I may educate thee according to my own standard. As soon as I observe that thou hast attained to that standard, I shall send thee away. | DAS.1913-08-14, ABIE.190-191, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0973 | Words spoken on 1913-09-02 in Ramleh | 320 | The fathers, and especially the mothers, must always think how they can best educate their children | DAS.1913-09-02, SW_v09#07 p.087-088, SW_v07#15 p.143-144, ABIE.267, BLO_PN#007 | Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0962 | Words spoken on 1914-05-25 in Tiberias | 320 | From the beginning of the Cause or more definitely from the time that the Blessed Perfection was exiled... All this diffusion of the fragrances of the Cause of God, throughout the Orient | DAS.1914-05-25, SW_v08#13 p.178x, SW_v08#13 p.179x | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0944 | Words spoken on final evening of Western trip on 1913-06-16 | 320 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اعظم و اقدم امور تبلیغ امرالله است این کار مؤید است از جمیع نفوس بیشتر من | Today the greatest of all affairs is to teach the Cause of God and to promote the glad-tidings of the appearance of the Lord of Hosts | BDA2.352x | DAS.1913-06-16, MHMD2.468x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0952 | Words to a Persian prince, spoken on 1913-02-21 | 320 | Mirza Taqi Khan was the ablest and most astute statesman that Persia had produced for a long time. Although he committed the greatest mistake of his life | DAS.1913-02-21 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0967 | Words to English and American tourists, spoken on 1914-02-23 | 320 | We must be just: The American college at Beirut is carrying on a sacred mission of education and enlightenment... Years ago I went to Beirut and visited the college in its infancy | DAS.1914-02-23 | Oneness; unity of religion; Praise of Western values; culture; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0968 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-22 | 320 | When I was a very little child in Teheran it became necessary and urgent that I should carry a message of great importance to the General of the army | DAS.1914-12-22 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0959 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-14 | 320 | When we were in Baghdad there was amongst the believers a young man by the name Jinab-i-Munib. He was one of the most spiritual youths that I have known in the Bahá'í revelation. | DAS.1915-03-14 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0969 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02 | 320 | God does not change. He is the unchangeable, the immutable. True religion also does not change. | DAS.1914-09-02 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Interconnectedness of the teachings; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0953 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-22 | 320 | I found the Jews very crestfallen today, because on slight excuses the government has exiled eight of their prominent leaders. The new rigorous laws of naturalization wear heavily on them. | DAS.1915-05-22 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Literal interpretation; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0940 | Interview with Sir William Crookes, 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-18 | 330 | People are running after dogmas... The teachings of Bahá'u'lláh are the spirit of this age; for although material civilization has advanced | DAS.1913-01-18 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0932 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-08 | 330 | Once upon a time there was a merchant in the city of Balsora | DAS.1914-12-08, SW_v13#06 p.152x, STAB#007 | Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0928 | Words to a French Bahá’í, spoken on 1913-05-14 | 330 | The world of matter is full of vices and the people of these regions are engaged too much in chasing material things. They are thinking too much of money and the tinsels and playthings they can buy with it. | DAS.1913-05-14 | Call to action; Fulfillment of true potential; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0911 | Words to Indian pilgrims, spoken on 1914-05-28 | 330 | Today whosoever arises to promote the Word of God the powers of the world of existence will assist him from all directions. Teaching the Cause is the Magnet which attracts unto man Divine Confirmations | DAS.1914-05-28 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Imam Husayn; Love as fire; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0925 | Words to Mrs Moore, spoken on 1913-05-18 | 330 | How is Green Acre? When will the season be opened? Green Acre is a most delightful spot. I enjoyed my visit to that charming place… In Green Acre you must concentrate your forces around the one all important fact--the investigation of reality. | DAS.1913-05-18, SW_v08#05 p.050-051x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Oneness; unity of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0920 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-10-28 | 330 | زیارت باید در نهایت تضرع و ابتهال باشد والا زیارت نیست تماشا است اینهمه نفوس | The pilgrimage to the Holy Tomb must be done with spiritual concentration, attention and humility; it must not be like the automaton pilgrimage of Mohamedans or Christians | KHH1.122-123 (1.171-172) | KHHE.185-186, DAS.1914-10-28 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0908 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-23 | 330 | He [Sheikh ar-Ra'is] is one of the noblest men of Persia. Learned and eloquent and as a former representative of the people | DAS.1914-11-24 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Justice and mercy; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0929 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-02 | 330 | The glorious maturity of this world depends upon the realization of two things: The establishment of the era of universal Peace and the discovery or appearance of the hidden science which shall renovate all the conditions of existence. | DAS.1915-02-02 | Alchemy; the elixir; Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0921 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-11 | 330 | فی الحقیقه این مدت بیفایده گذشت باز در امریکا که بودیم مشغول بودیم | How spiritual and glorious were those divine days spent amongst the believers of God in the Western world!... Truly, this period has not been productive. At least when we were in America, we were busy and constantly met with people | KHH1.209-210 (1.293-295) | KHHE.307-308, DAS.1915-04-11, BSR_v13 p.099 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB01335 | 340 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written that Doctor Maria Montessori is expecting to go to America | DAS.1914-10-31x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Interconnectedness of the teachings; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0896 | Words spoken at Ritz Hotel in Budapest, 1913-04-13 | 340 | If the speaker's intention be pure, if his heart be transparent, no matter through how many translators the words may go, the audience will be touched. | DAS.1913-04-13 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0891 | Words spoken on 1914-05-25 in Tiberias | 340 | The first opposers and enemies of His holiness Christ were the Pharisees and Sadducees. They were the ones who sentenced Him to death. Why? Because their belief in Christ would have closed their Talmudic shops | DAS.1914-05-25 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0886 | Words to Horace Holley, spoken on 1913-05-11 | 340 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در آئینهٴ ثانی انوار فضائل و کمالات عالم انسانی جلوه نماید و چنانکه در عالم طبیعت | In the spiritual mirror, the virtues of the world of humanity are visible. Just as the intellectual law unravels the mysteries of phenomena | BDA2.295-296 | DAS.1913-05-11x, MHMD2.389-390 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Word of God sanctified from time and place | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0897 | Words to several Arabs, spoken on 1914-03-29 | 340 | While I was living in Baghdad one day I was walking beside the river Euphrates... Suddenly my attention was attracted to wild-eyed girl who was running fast toward the river... Every soul must strive to impart that joy and happiness to mankind the nature of which is permanent. | DAS.1914-03-29, PN_1914 p009x | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0889 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-20 | 340 | A teacher must never ask for money for any of his personal needs but the believers must by themselves in a voluntary spirit provide him with his travelling expenses | DAS.1914-03-20 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spirit and form in the administration; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01231 | 350 | ای امین جمال مبارک حمد خدا را که این مسافه بعیده طی نمودی تا در لندن و پاریس | O thou Ameen of the Blessed Perfection! Praise be to God that thou hast covered the long distance and become my companion | INBA16:150 | AMK.183-183 | DAS.1913-03-30 | Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB01245 | 350 | ای جوانان روحانی هر جوانی از اهل این خاکدان در فکر این جهان و منهمک در شهوات | O ye spiritual youths! Many a youth inhabiting this mound of earth is only thinking of this material plane | KHMT.192x, RHQM2.0892-893 (313) (195-196x), TISH.035-036, MAS5.244 | DAS.1914-07-25 | High station of the true believer; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01275 | 350 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب آقا سید اسدالله باسکندریه وارد و ملاقات حاصل و چون | O ye friends of Abdul Baha! His Honor Sayad Assadullah arrived in Alexandria and a meeting was obtained. When he received permission for his departure he mentioned your names | MMK5#044 p.042, MJDF.117 | DAS.1913-08-09, ABIE.173, BLO_PN#007 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0878 | Interview with reporter from "Die Leit", Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-22 | 350 | We are Bahá'ís but on certain questions we find ourselves in agreement with the Theosophists.... | DAS.1913-04-22 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Praise of Western values; culture; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0864 | Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh | 350 | At another time there were fifteen celebrated thieves in Bagdad. They raided many houses during the night... Amongst the robbers there was one whose name was Haydar. | DAS.1913-08-13, ABIE.184-186, BLO_PN#007 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0867 | Words spoken on 1914-01-12 | 350 | Most wonderful! Mirza Mahmoud Foroughi has a marvellous memory. He has memorized so many Tablets! Every faculty of the faculties of man | DAS.1914-01-12 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0862 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-11-21 | 350 | Last night I slept five hours. I passed a cheerful night. One of the greatest gifts in the world of humanity is sleep. | DAS.1913-11-21 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0866 | Words to H.E. Warmeke, spoken on 1913-05-01 | 350 | The American people are not satisfied with their present day civilization. It is true that they have built a marvellous civilization of their own through giant-like forces | DAS.1913-05-01 | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Man's distinction from the animal; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Praise of Western values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0855 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-08 | 350 | این سفر شما بسیار سفر مبارکی است چراکه سالهای سال در این صفحات در اراضی مقدسه بوده اید | Your journey is indeed a blessed one because, for many years, you were in Holy Land and its vicinity | KHH1.231-232 (1.323-325) | KHHE.340-342, DAS.1915-05-08 | Monasticism; asceticism; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0870 | Words to Mon. Richard, spoken on 1913-05-10 | 350 | the Persian Bahá'í women ... are being educated and new ideals spread amongst them. Their hearts and consciences are free. | DAS.1913-05-10, BSTW#360 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Equality of men and women; Law of transformation and change; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Role and station of women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0863 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-15 | 350 | They seem to be all alive but are they not dead? They all see, but are they not blind? They appear to hear but are they not deaf? | DAS.1915-03-15 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0877 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-06 | 350 | What did the Esperantists say last night? I delivered an address to them according to their conception of truth. They were the beginners, therefore I spoke to them with gentleness. | DAS.1913-04-06 | Development of capacity and readiness; High station of the true believer; Literal interpretation; Relativity of religious truth; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0861 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-11 | 350 | در طول حیات و قصر حیات اهمیتی نیست انسان صد سال در این دنیا بماند | The tragic passing of Bashir was indeed sudden.... The length and shortness of life is not considered important. Whether man lives a few years or a hundred years | KHH1.106-107 (1.148-150) | KHHE.160-162, DAS.1914-10-11, SW_v08#02 p.027x, PN_1914 p062 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0868 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-11-09 | 350 | If these governments were endowed with deep insight they could see clearly that already all their ships are sunk and disappeared from the surface of [the] water. | DAS.1914-11-09 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0851 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-18 | 350 | Although in this Cause there are no nuns and nunneries, yet truly some of these nuns serve most faithfully the world of humanity. | DAS.1913-03-18 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0871 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-26 | 350 | There were 60 stages from Bagdad to Samsun and the trip was made under the most difficult circumstances. It was a time of famine | DAS.1913-04-26 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01163 | 360 | O God! O God! Verily these intelligent souls are assured in Thy mentioning, are enkindled with the fire of Thy love | DAS.1914-10-17x | Business; financial; property matters; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01169 | 360 | ای ادیب دبستان عرفان و عندلیب بوستان ایقان شمع روشن است و انوار ملکوت ابهی | O learned in the school of true understanding and the nightingale of the garden of certitude, the candle is lit and the light of the Abha Kingdom | INBA59:230 | BRL_DAK#1018, MKT1.421, BSHN.140.348, BSHN.144.346, MHT1b.216 | DAS.1915-03-24 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB01180 | 360 | ای ثابت بر پیمان خدمات فائقه شما در ملکوت ابهی مذکور و مشقات شما معروف و مشهور | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy manifold services in the Kingdom of Abha are mentioned | BRL_DAK#0340, KHSK.114-115 | DAS.1914-03-11x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nationalism; love of country; Praise and encouragement; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0827 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-25 | 360 | In the world of genesis every power or energy has a focal center. For example the center of intelligence is the brain. The center of vision is the eye. | DAS.1913-01-25 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Manifestation of God as sun; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0847 | Words spoken on 1913-07-17 in Ismailia | 360 | When two years had passed a regiment of soldiers was assigned to Acca. Of course there was only once place | DAS.1913-07-17, SW_v08#13 p.173-174, ABIE.078, BLO_PN#007 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0842 | Words spoken on 1914-01-06 | 360 | Praise be to God that you have come and blessed your foreheads at the Court of Sanctification. You obtained the inestimable privilege of access to worship | DAS.1914-01-06 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; 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; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0839 | Words spoken on 1914-02-01 | 360 | I have read in a recent number of the Christian Commonwealth that there will be held a world Conference of faith and Order | DAS.1914-02-01 | Harmony of science and religion; Literal interpretation; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0834 | Words spoken on 1914-04-18 in Haifa | 360 | Generally the people of the past have forgotten the foundation of their religions and have clung to some superficial doctrines... All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity belong to the House of Justice... The Universal House of Justice has only the legislative function | DAS.1914-04-18 | Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Justice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0823 | Words to Abdu'l-Ghaffar, spoken on 1915-04-08 | 360 | این را بدانید جمال مبارک امر اکید برجوع بحکیم فر موده انسان باید جزئیاترا هم از حکیم سئوال نماید | You must clearly understand that the Blessed Perfection has commanded most emphatically that in case of sickness, one must refer to the skilled physician and abide by his prescription | KHH1.205-206 (1.287-288) | KHHE.300-302, DAS.1915-04-08 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Praise of Western values; culture; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0843 | Words to Mr and Mrs Holback, spoken on 1914-02-12 | 360 | Some of the materialists have always endeavored to refute the wholesome influence exerted by the power of religion over the members of a community. | DAS.1914-02-12 | Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Miracles and their interpretation; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0836 | Words to Mrs Stannard, spoken on 1913-10-11 | 360 | The Principles of the Bahá'í Cause are the pure seeds which we are sowing in the fertile ground. | DAS.1913-10-11 | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Theosophy; Unity; oneness of humanity; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0828 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-25 | 360 | Notwithstanding these clear texts the Shiites do not believe in the 'meeting with God'; but they say in the end of the time so many extraordinary events will transpire | DAS.1914-11-25 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0833 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-10 | 360 | This world is like unto a vast theatrical stage. The audience is composed of the whole human race. The range and variety of the plays acted upon this stage are as numerous | DAS.1915-02-10 | Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0837 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-06 | 360 | The pilgrims were at Acca yesterday. I am now planning to go there myself to visit the Holy Tomb of the Blessed Perfection. Such a holy visit depends however upon the condition of the heart. | DAS.1914-02-06 | Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0844 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-23 | 360 | We know things by their opposites... When we were travelling from Baghdad toward Constantinople, one day, we thought to go ahead of the family | DAS.1913-05-23 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Stories; anecdotes; Things are known by their opposites | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01119 | 370 | O thou kind and beloved daughter! The letter dated November 2nd was duly received. As its contents indicated faith, assurance... ...My spiritual and material Physician is His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh. His Graces and Bestowals are sufficient for me. | DAS.1913-11-20x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Personal instructions; Review of publications; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01139 | 370 | ای یاران نورانی عبدالبهاء سه سال است که در بادیه های وسیع مانند باد بادیه | O ye illumined friends of Abdu'l-Baha: It is well-nigh three years since, like unto the wind I have been crossing vast deserts and like unto the nestless and shelterless bird | INBA17:149 | YHA1.257 (2.995), MJDF.101, NJB_v04#15 p.001 | DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.145, BLO_PN#007 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB01158 | 370 | O ye believers in the heart and spirit of Abdul Baha! It has been well-nigh three years since this Servant at the Threshold of Baha has been a wanderer over mountain and desert and a traveler upon plain and sea. | DAS.1913-09-26, ABIE.358, BLO_PN#007 | Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0806 | Words spoken on 1914-04-18 in Haifa | 370 | Compared with the ancient history of the world the invention of writing is of quite recent date - only a number of thousands of years. | DAS.1914-04-18 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Seven stages of creation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0805 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab and others, spoken on 1914-11-29 | 370 | Those who are endued with spiritual insight see in the small chapter a typical portrayal of the present upheaval in all parts of the world | DAS.1914-11-29 | Apocalyptic imagery; Chastisement and requital; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Justice and mercy; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0801 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-08 | 370 | فی الحقیقه شما امسال در ابوسنان خیلی زحمت کشیدید هیچ مقصودی جز رضای الهی نداشتید | You truly worked hard in Abú-Sínan this year. You had no other purpose save the good-pleasure of God | KHH1.230-231 (1.321-323) | KHHE.338-339, DAS.1915-05-08 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0793 | Words to Shaykh Salman, spoken on 1915-01-10 | 370 | این مسئله مسلم عموم است که شر قویتر از خیر است شر شر سریع التاثیر است | It is universally recognized that evil is stronger than good. Evil has a rapid effect, whereas good is slow in its impact. | KHH1.145-147 (1.202-203) | KHHE.217-218, DAS.1915-01-10, BSR_v13 p.087 | Education of children; moral education; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0814 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22 | 370 | In past ages, every night from this Mount Carmel the voices of the invocations of the saints ascended... A few nights ago I had a lovely dream the memory of which has uplifted my soul... That [Western] voyage was epochal in the history of the Bahá'í Cause.... To what an astounding degree people are attached to their digestive organ! | DAS.1915-04-22 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Importance of prayer; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0804 | Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-28 | 370 | Praise be to God that you have crossed the mountains and deserts, the lands and the seas and attained to the visit of the Holy Tomb with joy and fragrance. | DAS.1913-06-28 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Law of pilgrimage; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0812 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-05 | 370 | May God bestow a little pity and compassion to these artful, deceiving kings and emperors who style themselves lords and masters of the world | DAS.1915-02-05 | Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Human reality created in the image of God; Nationalism; love of country; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0794 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-17 | 370 | The tests of God have encircled the world of humanity from all directions. From one direction the horrors of war have laid waste millions of homes | DAS.1915-04-17 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02324 | Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel) | 380 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas | Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel) | حبذا هذا الیوم المبارک الذی لا تعادله القرون و الاعصار حبذا هذا الیوم اذ | All glory be to this Day, the Day in which the fragrances of mercy have been wafted over all created things | GWBP#011 p.018, RHQM2.0976-977 (412) (254-255), ASAT5.027x, PYB#041 p.04, AHB_110BE #17-18 p.340, ANDA#06 p.01, TBP#01, NJB_v06#05 p.6, OOL.B051 | TB#01, DAS.1914-01-02, GWB#011, TDH#064.3x, TDH#064.6x, GPB.219x, GPB.277-278x, GPB.278x, WOB.105x, SW_v14#05 p.149 | J. Murday, Ahdieh, NIKNAK, Mea, almunajat.com [items 42-43] | Brief proclamatory tablet, revealed during a visit to Mount Carmel, taking the form of a joyful dialogue between Bahá’u’lláh and the sacred mountain and promising that ‘Ere long will God sail His Ark upon thee, and will manifest the people of Bahá who have been mentioned in the Book of Names’, words that have been taken as the charter for the establishment of the Bahá’í World Centre in Haifa. | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Proclamation to Jews; Shrines and Holy places | - | * | ROB4.351, ROB4.423, BKOG.375, GPB.219, GPB.345, MMAH.081, GSH.147, LL#137 | ||
| ABU0787 | Words spoken on 1914-02-03 | 380 | During the first years of our stay in Baghdad, Baha'o'llah suddenly departed for the | DAS.1914-02-03, SW_v08#13 p.165-166 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0772 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-11-19 | 380 | Art thou happy with me? In thee I place my utmost trust. Because all my correspondence passes through thy hand and all my letters are read and transcribed and translated by thee, thou art the custodian of my secrets. | DAS.1914-11-19 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0779 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-12-29 | 380 | The friends must be the wise physicians of the world of humanity but they must be graduated from the university of the Manifestations of God. They must first master the science of the spiritual materia-medica | DAS.1914-12-29 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0776 | Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-11 | 380 | The ideals of Peace must be nurtured and spread amongst the inhabitants of the world, they must be instructed in the school of Peace | DAS.1914-05-11, SW_v05#08 p.116-117, SW_v07#06 p.043+048, SW_v15#02 p.037, PN_1914 p013 | Nationalism; love of country; Supreme tribunal; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0782 | Words to some Druze friends, spoken on 1914-11-03 | 380 | Azrael, the Angel of death, is well-known in the Muhammadan world for his heartlessness in the face of misery and sorrow | DAS.1914-11-03 | Angels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0781 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-11 | 380 | Happiness is the ambrosia of the spirit and the nectar of the souls. It confers upon man the boon of immortality | DAS.1914-12-11, SW_v13#06 p.153x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0778 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-23 | 380 | Every meeting which is held for the purpose of teaching the Cause of God and the people | DAS.1914-08-23 | Chastisement and requital; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02307 | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation) | 380 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh) | الثناء الذی ظهر من نفسک الاعلی و البهاء الذی طلع من جمالک الابها علیک یا مظهر الکبریاء و | The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty | INBA47:245ax, INBA65:065, INBA33:157, Majlis210461.119-120 | PMP#180, AHM.092b, AYT.227, TSBT.277, NSR_1993.118, NFF2.003, ABMK.045, OOL.B149, AMB#33 | PM#180, DOR#33, BPRY.328, DAS.1914-08-30, SW_v09#19 p.222, SW_v12#15 p.246, BSC.184 #266x, BP1929.013x | A. Nakhjavani, Ahdieh, S. Toloui-Wallace, almunajat.com [item 11], K. Towfigh [track 9], unknown | Prayer of visitation compiled by Nabíl Zarandí after the passing of Bahá’u’lláh and often recited in His Shrine. | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Presence of; reunion with God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | * | - | BKOG.427, MMAH.205, GSH.206, LL#341 | Consists of four passages selected by Nabil-i-Zarandi at the instruction of Abdu'l-Baha; the source Tablets are BH01728, BH06772, BH04427, and BH09728. Regarding the chant by A. Nakhjavani, he related to the compiler (sp) in 1995 that, to his best recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines. blog.loomofreality.org |
| AB00983 | 390 | ای احبای الهی ای یاران رحمانی در این سنه امتحانات الهی احاطه نموده شرق و غرب | O ye believers of God, and the friends of the Merciful! By the blowing of the furious gales of trials and ordeal the people, like unto the leaves of the trees, are falling to the ground | MKT9.017 | DAS.1914-10-24? | Nationalism; love of country; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01006 | 390 | ای شمع روشن نامه روز نوروز وصول یافت ایامیکه در لندن در خانه تو بندای ملکوت | O thou radiant candle! Thy letter written on the day of Now Rouz was received. The days that I was occupied in thy house with the Cause... The address thou didst deliver at the King's Weigh House Church... During the lifetime of His Holiness Christ no book on this subject gained any importance | BRL_DAK#0126 | DAS.1914-04-17x, LBLT.162ax | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01010 | 390 | O thou wooer of the Beauty of the Possessor of Glory! Thy letter was perused with perfect joy and fragrance. | DAS.1914-09-07 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01019 | 390 | ای یاران قدیم و اماء رب کریم علیکم بهاء الله و نوره و الطاف یوم ظهوره و علیکم | O ye ancient friends and the maidservants of the Merciful Lord! Upon ye be Baha'u'llah and His light | MKT9.264, MMK6#527, TABN.041 | DAS.1914-10-21x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for teaching; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01036 | 390 | I praise Thee, O Thou Remover of Sorrows, Overlooker of faults, Rejoicer of hearts and Illuminator of faces! Verily to the beloved ones at the door of Thy oneness | DAS.1913-07-17, ABIE.074, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0763 | Words to a vistor, spoken on 1913-04-20 | 390 | Well said. You have brought up a good point.... The Bahá'í movement is not an organization. You can never organize the Bahá'í Cause.... The Bahá'í Revelation is the spirit of this age. | DAS.1913-04-20, SW_v05#05 p.067x, SW_v06#15 p.118x | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Executive government; power of execution; Oneness; unity of religion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Universality of the Cause; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0764 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-06-22 | 390 | How I long to be far away from people for two months, somewhere where I have not to read letters, answer questions and always associate with men.... One of the oriental kings going to hunt | DAS.1913-06-22 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Humor; jokes; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0754 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-01 | 390 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | این روز آخر اقامت ماست در اسستتکارت و اول روز ورود شما در ملکوت ابهی | Praise be to God that you have attained. This is our last day in Stuttgart and the first day of your entrance into the Kingdom... It is easy to enter into the Kingdom but it is difficult to remain in it firm and steadfast. | BDA2.278-279 | DAS.1913-05-01, MHMD2.364-365 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0761 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-01 | 390 | We were speaking today about the religion of the Druzes. All along they have been most kind to us and how appropriate it would have been if the Fragrances of the Merciful reach also their nostrils! The Blessed Perfection visited Abu Sinan | DAS.1915-02-01 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Harmony of science and religion; Methods of teaching the Cause; Priestcraft | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0765 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-09 | 390 | Mirza Anayatullah has brought us some very interesting news from Acca. He says Mirza Badi'u'llah has circulated a wild report that I am going to be arrested | DAS.1915-02-09 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00944 | 400 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مرقوم بجناب حیدر قبل علی ملاحظه گردید طیب مشموم بود زیرا | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter that thou hast written to his honor Mirza Haydar Ali was perused | BRL_DAK#0877, MMK5#103 p.082, AMK.197-198, AVK4.463bx, VUJUD.014-015x | DAS.1915-02-14x, VUJUDE.021-022x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00955 | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ای متشبث بذیل اطهر فرع سدره مبارکه در جهان و جهانیان بدیده بینا نظر نما که | O Thou who art holding fast to the Pure Hem; thou who art the twig of the Blessed Tree! Look thou with seeing eyes at the world about thee, and at the inhabitants thereof. Upon the stage of this immense theatre most spectacular plays are being enacted. | BRL_DAK#0376, MMK3#055 p.035, HDQI.196x, ANDA#07 p.07x | DAS.1913-09-08, BSC.344 #671x, SW_v04#16 p.273x, ABIE.295, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#123d | Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0752 | 400 | Every plan is in need of a power for its execution. Today the penetrative power in the world of existence is the confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha… Teaching the Cause of God does not depend on scientific attainment | DAS.1914-10-29?, SW_v13#06 p.132 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0743 | Words spoken on 1914-01-18 | 400 | Truly I say if at every moment we praise Baha'o'llah a hundred thousand times for His bounties and gifts, we shall be unable to express adequately | DAS.1914-01-18 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise of Western values; culture; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0737 | Words to a friend from Scotland, spoken on 1913-05-12 | 400 | We have many friends in Scotland, many devoted friends; amongst them is Mrs Whyte.... There are certain souls whose thirst is never allayed, while others are satisfied with one drop. | DAS.1913-05-12 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Development of capacity and readiness; East and West; communication between East and West; Knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0734 | Words to a Russian princess, spoken on 1913-10-30 | 400 | A Bahá'í is at the same time a Christian, a Jew, a Zoroastrian and a Mohammadan. The Bahá'í Cause is like unto a tree... Every moment in this world has a center. | DAS.1913-10-30, SW_v08#14 p.188x | Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0741 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab and others, spoken on 1914-11-28 | 400 | In this Dispensation all the ties of physical relationship are broken and should play no part in passing judgment over one's character. Not the one who is related to me but the one who doeth the will of Bahá'u'lláh is of me and related to me. | DAS.1914-11-28 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0005 | Words to children and other visitors, spoken on 1913-04-27 in Stuttgart | 400 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ببینید محبت اطفال چه قدر خالص است قلوبشان چگونه پاک است | The love of the children is pure, therefore you can see it in their faces. All of us must have love, especially this love, because it is the Love of God. Our hearts must be like the hearts of the children | BDA2.264-266 | DAS.1913-04-27x, MHMD2.345-347 | Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0742 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-15 | 400 | In Europe and America music plays an important part in the national and individual life of the nations inhabiting those regions.... Music is a divine art and capable of unlimited progress | DAS.1915-02-15 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Education of children; moral education; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Music and singing; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0731 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-21 | 400 | Our feasts are very wonderful. They are unique and peerless. During the days of the Blessed Perfection we celebrated this national New year's Day with great festivities | DAS.1914-03-21, PN_1914 p017 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Consultation; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0730 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-23 | 400 | Real feasts were held during the days of the Blessed Perfection, for then we used to get up early mornings with the utmost joy | DAS.1914-08-24 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Eulogies; reminiscences; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Humor; jokes; Law of fasting | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00904 | 410 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای شخص موید نامه ایکه باقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید از بدایت تا نهایت | O thou confirmed personage! The letter that thou hast written to Aga Seyad Assadollah was read from first to last… Ye should consider the question of goodly character as of the first importance | INBA85:309 | MMK1#108 p.130x, MJTB.076x | SWAB#108x, LOG#0500x, DAS.1913-10-18 | Education of children; moral education; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0728 | Words spoken on 1912-12-17 in London | 410 | God willing! If I go to America another time I will go differently; but it is very difficult | DAS.1912-12-17, SW_v03#19 p.003-004 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Praise of Western values; culture; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0722 | Words spoken on 1914-05-23 in Tiberias | 410 | Life, life--let us have more life! Let us have the life of the spirit, a life which is a collective center of the beneficial forces | DAS.1914-05-23, SW_v07#18 p.179-180 | Equality of men and women; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Priestcraft; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0710 | Words spoken on 1914-07-11 | 410 | I greatly hope the students are enjoying their vacation on the slope of Mount Carmel. The surrounding country is most entrancing, the sweeping panorama of land and sea | DAS.1914-07-11 | Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0711 | Words to a Persian tailor, spoken on 1913-03-23 | 410 | There are some people who study for dress, work for dress, live for dress, walk for dress, eat for dress, in brief their lives are spent for the dress, the clothes, the style, fashion and mode. | DAS.1913-03-23 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Eulogies; reminiscences; Humor; jokes; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0727 | Words to Mirza Lotfullah, spoken on 1914-01-23 | 410 | Now that thou hast decided to live in Aleppo, thou must act, speak and conduct thyself | DAS.1914-01-23, SW_v07#17 p.168-169 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Cleanliness and refinement; Goodly deeds; actions; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00861 | 420 | ای دوستان حقیقی و کنیزان عزیزان الهی نامه ای که بواسطه امه الله دکتور کلوک | O ye real friends and beloved maidservants of God! Your letter, through the maidservant of God, Dr. Clock | BRL_DAK#0856, MKT7.247, AMK.129-130, DUR1.487x | BBBD.173-174, DAS.1913-12-29x, SW_v01#17 p.001-002 | Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Saddening another soul; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00866 | 420 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O thou wooer of Reality! His Highness the Merciful One hath cause the appearance of the splendors of love and affinity in the world of humanity | DAS.1914-07-07, BSC.303 #616, SW_v07#04 p.025-026, SW_v09#12 p.135-136 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00883 | 420 | Praise be to God that through the Bestowal and Grace of the Beauty of Abha, from the Continent of Europe I have returned to the Continent of Africa…. During this long trip great capacity was created… | DAS.1913-07-28, SW_v08#17 p.228x, ABIE.121, BLO_PN#007 | Growth of the Cause; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02080 | 420 | Bahá'í Scriptures | امروز روزیست که کرسی رب مابین شعب ندا میکند جمیع ساکنین ارض را و امر مینماید | This is the day whereon the Throne of God, established amidst the people, proclaimeth unto all the denizens of the world | BLIB_Or15719.101b, , BLIB_Or15722.189, | AVK2.242.15x, MAS4.097bx, KHAZ.026, ASAT1.250x, KASH.289-290 | DAS.1913-10-04, BSC.116 #047, BSTW#141 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Proclamation to Jews; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0700 | Words spoken on 1914-02-24 | 420 | Wealth becomes the cause of heedlessness to many souls with the exception | DAS.1914-02-24, SW_v08#02 p.019-020 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0692 | Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-05 | 420 | The other day we touched upon the subject concerning the object of the appearance of the Prophets. For what purpose did God send Moses? | DAS.1913-11-05 | Limits of the intellect; Manifestation of God as educator; Moses; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0678 | Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-08 | 430 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من خیلی میخواهم با شماها صحبت بدارم لکن صحتم مساعد نیست دعا کنید صحت تامه ای حاصل شود | I wish very much to speak with you all, but I am not feeling well… I have been travelling for two years and a half. Nowhere was I ill except here. | BDA2.172-173 | DAS.1913-03-08x, MHMD2.217-218, ABCC.012x, STAB#092x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Mystical themes; Personal instructions; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0686 | Words to Mrs Stannard | 430 | Consecrate all thy time to the service of the Kingdom of God and the propagation of its principles | DAS.1913-10-29, SW_v05#01 p.005-006, SW_v07#11 p.104-106 | Call to action; Human reality created in the image of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0682 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28 | 430 | Tonight the weather is very cool. It conduces one to sleep. Sleep is one of the greatest gifts of God... The gift is not noticed as long as it exists but when it disappears | DAS.1914-12-28 | Stories; anecdotes; Things are known by their opposites | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0684 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-27 | 430 | Amongst the believers of God there must exist the utmost cooperation, equality and the solidarity of rights. Through their deeds and lives | DAS.1915-04-27 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00799 | 440 | Paris Talks | ای دختر عزیز من نامه فصیح و بلیغ در کمال سرور در باغی در زیر سایه درختی | O Thou my beloved daughter! Thine eloquent and fluent letter was perused in a garden, under the cool shade of a tree | BRL_DAK#0737 | LOG#2075x, PT#59 p.195, DAS.1913-08-28, ABIE.249, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#099, BSTW#108b | Equality of men and women; House of Justice; Predictions and prophecies; Role and station of women; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| AB00803 | 440 | ای مدیر محترم معارف پرور و خیرخواه عموم بشر ایران وقتی بهشت برین بود و | O thou noble editor, cherisher of knowledge and the well-wisher of the world of humanity! Persia at one time was the delectable paradise | MMK4#187 p.231, PYB#086 p.03 | DAS.1914-10-13 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0672 | Conversation with Shaykh Muhammad at House of Abbud in Akka, 1915-02-27 | 440 | Didst thou not hear that I went to America? France in comparison to America is very near... | DAS.1915-02-27 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Humor; jokes; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0673 | Words to Mr Briggs, spoken on 1914-03-09 | 440 | The humane principles of Bahá'u'lláh have enlightened the East. They have laid waste to the foundation of prejudices. | DAS.1914-03-09 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Oneness; unity of religion; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0631 | Address to the friends at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1913-05-30 | 450 | This is a blessed night because Consul Schwarz and his respected wife have come from Germany with the greatest of longing so that they may associate with you. | DAS.1913-05-30 | East and West; communication between East and West; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0651 | The Four Kinds of Love: Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-04 | 450 | Paris Talks | What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers.... There are four kinds of love | PT#58 p.192, DAS.1913-01-04x | Baha'i Youth of Japan, S. & C. Zein | Four; five pathways of love; God's love for His own Essence; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0641 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-03-08 | 450 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | و وقتی بمناسبت سئوالات حاضرین فرق مابین مطالب و اقوال انبیا و متصوفین بیان می‌نمودند ... شخصی پرسید فرق این امر و صوفیه چیست فرمودند من آنرا بیان کردم حضرات صوفیه به دو مقام مومنند مقام حق و مقام خلق | I have explained the philosophical aspect of this subject. It is this: In Sufism there are only two stations... Do you know in what Day you are living? Do you realize in what Dispensation you are alive? | BDA2.174x | DAS.1913-03-08, BSC.266 #551x, SW_v04#06 p.098x, SW_v06#15 p.118-119x, SW_v13#01 p.006x, SW_v08#14 p.191x, DWN_v3#01 p.002x, MHMD2.219, ADP.038-039x | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0639 | Words to Shaykh Salih, spoken on 1915-04-05 | 450 | طبیعیون هم منتظرند ولی انتظار شان نه بمثل الهیو نست که از شهر غیر معلوم بیاید و باخیل و حشم | The adherents of all the religions of the world are expecting the coming of a Promised One and they pray for his advent.... In principle they agree with the religionists, but in the mode of expression and phraseology they differ from each other. (KHH: Even the naturalists [are expectant]. However, their expectation is not like the religionists who claim, ‘He will come from some unknown city,,,') | KHH1.200-203 (1.280-282) | KHHE.293-298, DAS.1915-04-05, SW_v13#06 p.145-146 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0645 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-10 | 450 | When the believers gather in a meeting and are engaged in the mention of God my heart is there... During our stay in Adrianople, Aqa Jamal and Mirza Ali Akbar Boroujerdy and his brother arrived from a long journey. | DAS.1914-02-10 | Christ; Christianity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0632 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-15 | 450 | These are the days of Bahá'í fasting but the Blessed Perfection has commanded us not to keep it in Turkey... The sweetest thing in this world is to obey strictly the commands of God... There is nothing sweeter in the world of existence than prayer…. What is prayer? It is conversation with God. | DAS.1914-03-15, SW_v08#04 p.041x, SW_v09#09 p.103-104x | MANA | Law of fasting; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0646 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-02-03 | 450 | Truly I say this is the most prodigious catastrophe and the most ill-boding calamity which has ever taken place on this globe. According to a number of reports already more than 2 million souls are killed or wounded. | DAS.1915-02-03 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0638 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-09 | 450 | When you, who are the believers of God, gather together in a meeting, let all your conversation be about the Cause. Review the proofs that uphold it | DAS.1915-03-09 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Muhammad; Islam; Rejection of Muhammad; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Study; deepening; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00726 | 460 | ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن نامه ای که در تعزیت و ماتم حضرت ابی الفضائل مرقوم | O friends of God and the handmaidens of the All-Merciful! The letter in which you expressed condolence at the loss of ‘Abú‘l-Fadl was studied. | SAAF.347-349 | DAS.1914-03-22, DAS.1914-03-28x, BLO_PT#161, BLO_PT#212 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00737 | 460 | O thou honorable person! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God it indicated that in Budapest a radiant assembly is organized! | DAS.1913-11-15 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Nationalism; love of country; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09937 | 460 | ای خانم محترمه در این زمستان ما را امید چنان بود که بحیفا سفر نماای و مدتی در | O noble Lady! It was our hope that during this winter thou wilt make a trip to Haifa in order to spend thy days for some time... ...The emancipation of women is a principle of the principles of the religion of God; for this reason I summoned the blessed leaf, Rouha, to Paris | BRL_DAK#0127, AKHT1.213x | DAS.1914-10-13x, LBLT.167x, LBLT.174x, LBLT.176x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Equality of men and women; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0620 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-01 | 460 | When we were in Baghdad several believers including myself started with a large caravan for Kazemayn. Each one of us was riding on a fine horse. | DAS.1914-12-01 | Humor; jokes; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0623 | Words spoken on 1914-06-16 | 460 | At the time we were living in Adrianople we had a woman as our neighbor who was probably 95 or a hundred years old. She had seven sons... I am pleased with you and glad that you are going back to America | DAS.1914-06-16 | Education of children; moral education; Humor; jokes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0615 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-03-07 | 460 | During the last two years the world has gone through a terrific earthquake. Bloodthirstiness and ferocity have become widespread. | DAS.1915-03-07 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0624 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-15 | 460 | The Cause of God is in need of many active, efficient workers and the time is soon coming... As thou knowest it is very easy for us to teach and spread the Cause in this country but the government will rise immediately against us and the Blessed Tombs of Baha'u'llah and the Bab will be demolished by the hands of a fanatical mob | DAS.1915-05-15 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0621 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-27 | 460 | This century is pregnant with the most mighty and world-reforming events. Now it is going through the painful throes of a new birth. The body of the world must go through these tortures | DAS.1915-02-27 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual springtime | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0617 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-23 | 460 | بسیار خوش رفتار بود. از روزی که باین امر اقبال کرد خدمت کرد تا نفس اخیر، یعنی فی الحقیقه دقیقه ای فتور نداشت | His holiness [Muhammad Taqi] Afnan was a man of delightful character and sociability. He came to Baghdad when we lived there and visited the Blessed Perfection. | ZSM.1915-06-23 | DAS.1915-06-24 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB00690 | 470 | O sons and daughters of the Kingdom: Your letter of congratulation was received. Its contents show steadfastness and attraction to the Kingdom | DAS.1914-01-16 | Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00700 | 470 | ای زائر مشکین نفس حافظ شیرازی در دیوان خویش میگوید ترکان پارسی گو بخشندگان | O thou pilgrim who art laden with the perfume of musk! Hafiz of Shíraz stateth in his Divan that the Parsi-speaking Turks impart life.... ...The friends of God must live in accord with the exhortations and admonitions of the Light of reality, the Blessed Perfection | BRL_DAK#0868, MKT2.278, ASAT2.154, MSHR2.343x, YHA1.133x, YHA1.378x | DAS.1913-12-28x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0611 | Words spoken on 1913-08-22 in Ramleh | 470 | In Adrianople, vis-à-vis of our house, there was a café. Here sat every day a retired officer from the Turkish Army belonging to the Baktashi's sect. | DAS.1913-08-22, ABIE.220, BLO_PN#007, STAB#002 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0594 | Words spoken on 1914-01-24 | 470 | فی الحقیقه مصیب جناب ابو الفضائل مصیب عظیمه است هر چند انسان میخواهد | The calamity of his honor, Mirza Abul-Fazl is indeed great. No matter how much | MSBH2.351-353, NJB_v05#01 p.004-005 | DAS.1914-01-24, SW_v09#03 p.026, ABCC.404x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humor; jokes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0604 | Words spoken on 1914-06-26 | 470 | During the autocratic reign of Abdul Hamid, while I was closely incarcerated in the town of Acca, a man with a suspicious character called on me. | DAS.1914-06-26, SW_v09#11 p.125x | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0606 | Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03 | 470 | The managers of these steamship companies must in a degree look after the comfort and well-being of these men [the coal-carriers] | DAS.1913-12-03 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0605 | Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-03 | 470 | Today I am going to speak to you on the object of the appearance of the prophets. It is evident that the world of humanity is in need of educators. | DAS.1913-11-03 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Need for an educator; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0599 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-18 | 470 | In the seventy fourth chapter of the Koran called 'The Greeks' the following verse occurs significant of the present situation: 'Destruction hath appeared by land and by sea | DAS.1914-11-18 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0592 | Words to the believers, spoken on 1913-12-29 | 470 | بسیار خوب است که در مقام حضرت اعلی در ظل عنایت جمال مبارک همه جمعیم ابدا | It is most significant that we are all gathered here in the Tomb of His Holiness the Bab and beneath the protection of the Blessed Perfection. | KHH1.248 (1.347-349) | KHHE.364-366, DAS.1913-12-29 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0591 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-02-09 | 470 | Bahá'í Scriptures | امروز شخصی از وجود الوهیت سوال کرد که چه برهان بر وجود الوهیت دارید چه که ناس | Today some one asked a question regarding the existence of God | AMK.274-276, KHF.029, KHAB.410 (414), KHTB3.026, NJB_v04#16 p.002 | DAS.1913-02-09, BSC.290 #594-597, SW_v06#08 p.062-064, ADP.103-106, PN_1913 p009 | Composition and decomposition; Creation of the world; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Law of cause and effect; Proofs for the existence of God | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0598 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-02-19 | 470 | While we were in Baghdad this Mirza Javad was with us. He had a melancholic and disconsolate disposition | DAS.1913-02-19 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0580 | Words spoken on 1914-06-15 in Haifa | 480 | من رفتم بطبریه این دفعه رفتن خیلی طول کشید طبریه نقطه ئی است که در کوشه ئی واقع شده | I went to Tiberias, but I stayed there longer than I expected. Tiberias is situated in an out-of-the-way place. | NJB_v05#17 p.003x | DAS.1914-06-15, SW_v09#10 p.116-117 | Christ; Christianity; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0582 | Words to some friends, spoken around 1914-11-10 | 480 | In the battle of Khandag the enemy hordes rushed forward and besieged the city of Medina. Mohamad and his companions were in the town and had no other recourse but to defend it. | DAS.1914-11-11 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0571 | Words spoken on 1914-02-22 | 490 | In every dispensation a number of sanctified souls have become manifest who were self-sacrificing | DAS.1914-02-22, SW_v08#13 p.162-163, SW_v09#18 p.202x | Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0575 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-02-28 | 490 | Pray from thy heart that my health continue to be well, so that I may attend to all the affairs. | DAS.1914-02-28 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Presence of; reunion with God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0562 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-18 | 490 | I have sent for thee this morning to speak to thee on a confidential matter. The covenant-breakers have again concocted another device, whereby they may terminate my life | DAS.1915-05-18 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0566 | Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-11 | 490 | By a general agreement all the governments of the world must disarm simultaneously. It will | DAS.1914-05-11, SW_v05#08 p.116, SW_v07#06 p.042-043, SW_v08#12 p.155-156, PN_1914 p012, STAB#151 | Call to action; Stories; anecdotes; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0568 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-10 | 490 | It will be capital accomplishment if a school conducted on Bahá'í lines could be built. In the Bahá'í movement a system of education is outlined, whose value is not for the present appreciated.... Every little child will have a slate before him on his small desk. | DAS.1914-11-10 | Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Methods of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0567 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-10 | 490 | My sole aim in the education of these boys amounted to this: I hoped that after their graduation these boys would arise with the utmost severance... but none of them fulfilled my desire | DAS.1915-03-10 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0564 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-18 | 490 | The Blessed Perfection educated us in this most great Prison. If we consider this fact with the sight of justice we will realize that He instructed us with the tears of His eyes. | DAS.1915-04-18 | Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00609 | 500 | ای شخص جلیل و ای رکن عظیم صلح عمومی مدتی بود که اراده مکاتبه با شما نموده | O thou illustrious soul! O thou the great pillar of the palace of universal peace | KHH1.309-310 (1.431) | KHHE.443-446, DAS.1915-04-25, SW_v06#11 p.082-083 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0546 | Talk to pilgrims at Haifa pilgrim house, 1914-10-23 | 500 | باید شام بعد از غروب حاضر باشد هر وقت میل دارند بخورند بهترین اوقات | The best hour to eat supper is right after sunset... During the life of my grandfather, the Ministers of State had an established custom | KHH1.117 (1.163-164) | KHHE.178-179, DAS.1914-10-23 | Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0553 | Words spoken on 1914-02-19 | 500 | In Teheran I spoke with a scholarly gentleman and gave him the divine Message.... My happiness is in these glad tidings and victories... While we were living in Bagdad one of the most honorable men in Persian came there. He called | LOG#1981x, DAS.1914-02-19, SW_v07#16 p.155, SW_v09#03 p.035-036, STAB#109, STAB#113 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0556 | Words to a musician, spoken on 1913-05-08 | 500 | Music was an ancient art in Persia. The old people of Persia loved music very much and their artists contributed to its development. When the Arabs conquered Persia | DAS.1913-05-08 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Music and singing; Past, present and future of Iran; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0549 | Words to Mon. Richard, spoken on 1913-05-10 | 500 | حق را بحر و موجودات را امواج و اشباح گویند اما انبیای الهی حق را مقدس از حلول و حدود دانند | He quoted the philosophic apothegms of the Sufi leaders stating that the Sufi idea about God is pantheistic | DAS.1913-05-10 | God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as mediator; Pantheism; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00586 | 510 | O thou godlike maidservant of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents were conducive to the happiness of this depressed one. Thank thou God | DAS.1914-11-06, DAS.1914-10-31 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0535 | Words to Mrs Bernard, spoken on 1913-03-18 | 510 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ولی انقطاع بعدم اسباب نیست بلکه بعدم تعلق قلب است ما در طهران شب دارای هر چیز | You have travelled through India... When the Persian government imprisoned Baha'u'llah in Teheran... Detachment does not imply lack of means; it is marked by the freedom of the heart. In Tihran, we possessed everything… There were once two friends, one rich but free of heart | BDA2.187 | DAS.1913-03-18, MHMD2.238-239, ABCC.009x, BW_v13p1187-1188x, VLAB.144x, STAB#028x | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Excellence; distinction; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0538 | Words to pilgrims departing for India, spoken on 1914-04-18 | 510 | Although the religions of God undergo change and transformation yet the primal objects are immutable... The prevalent notion that the religions of the past have set aside and abolished each other is a great mistake. | DAS.1914-04-18 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0536 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-12 | 510 | Nadir Shah was one of the great rulers of Persia and during his military career he conquered India and many other countries. He was a resourceful leader | DAS.1914-11-12 | Call to action; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0542 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-24 | 510 | When I was in Mazandaran I was a wee bit of a child and enjoyed all the fun and play belonging to that age. | DAS.1914-12-24, SW_v13#10 p.271-272, STAB#004 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0533 | Words to some students, spoken on 1914-10-12 | 510 | گفتند شما ها امروز میخواهید بروید گفتم پس بروم وداع کنم علی العجاله در تابستان | I have been informed that you are leaving today... When the Commission of Inquiry came [in 1904], they made matters difficult for us. | KHH1.108-110 (1.151-154) | KHHE.164-169, DAS.1914-10-12, PN_1914 p068 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Mystery of the great reversal; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0526 | Words to Archie Bell spoken in June 1914 | 520 | I am pleased, very pleased to meet one from far away America… Baha'ism is simply a message, its prophecies are readily explained by all religions… I find gems of truth in what Mrs. [Mary Baker] Eddy said and these things I include and accept. But there are many exaggerations... | DAS.1914-10-30x, SHL.307-317 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Miracles and their interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00554 | 530 | ایها الزائر للبقعه المبارکه اعلم ان سائق التوفیق و قائد التایید قد دعاک و | O thou visitor to the blessed tabernacle! Verily the Messenger of Confirmation and the Commander of Assistance invited thee and brought thee safely to this radiant Holy Land. | INBA89:106 | DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.227, BLO_PN#007 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0509 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1915-01-04 | 530 | These childish demonstrations are most shallow in their motives, because they are based on the conquest of the earth which in itself is not permanent. | DAS.1915-01-04 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0512 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-21 | 530 | Syria has an important position strategically. Ancient nations conquering this country extended the boundary of their empire to all the then known parts of the world. | DAS.1914-11-21 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0504 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-18 | 530 | I am straining my ears toward the city of Shiraz--the sacred birthplace of the Báb--that perchance I may hear the sweet rapturous songs of its inhabitants. | DAS.1915-03-18 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0510 | Words to some young Bahá’ís, spoken on 1915-05-02 | 530 | All the Bahá'í children must learn a trade or manual profession. This must be aside from their literary education... Do not be satisfied with a superficial smattering of a language | DAS.1915-05-02 | Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; High station of learning; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0515 | Words to some Zoroastrian friends, spoken on 1915-04-18 | 530 | The Blessed Perfection expressed always great love for the Parsee friends. When Manikchi came to Baghdad and stood in His spiritual Presence he related many stories concerning the humiliation of the Parsees | DAS.1915-04-18 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00527 | 540 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی هولاء عبادک الذین سمعوا ندائک و لبو الخطابک و اجابوا | O Lord, my God, my Well-Beloved! These are servants of Thine that have heard Thy Voice | INBA21:090b | BRL_DAK#1183, MKT1.223, AHB.118BE #03 p.62, BCH.042x, MJMJ2.069, MMG2#081 p.088 | BPRY.236-237, DAS.1915-04-07, SW_v14#01 p.033, DWN_v3#06 p.044, BP1926.015-016, BSTW#106 | Samira & Sara | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| ABU0496 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-11 | 540 | This afternoon we passed by the nunnery and entered into its garden. The government forced the nuns to leave the country | DAS.1915-02-11 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Critique of Western values; culture; Monasticism; asceticism; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0481 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-20 | 550 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در ایام لکورغه اولاد خود را بقانون و ترتیب مخصوصی تربیت می‌کردند اولاً در وقت ازدواج | Lycurgus was well-versed in laws and he wished to treat his subjects justly. As he looked over the Spartans, he observed that they were divided into three classes… One day in the company of the Governor | BDA2.149-150x | DAS.1913-02-19, MHMD2.187-188x, STAB#098x | Monasticism; asceticism; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0485 | Words spoken on 1914-02-17 | 550 | When the Blessed Perfection and his family were exiled from Persia, all along our way... In this Cause there is no relationship save the relationship of service | DAS.1914-02-17, SW_v08#13 p.164x, BSTW#096 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Growth of the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0480 | Words spoken on 1914-08-10 | 550 | They are informed too late. The matter is now beyond their criticism and rebuke... Mohammed Ali Pasha had a big, fat camel. When the Hajis started on their long pilgrimage to Mecca | DAS.1914-08-10, SW_v09#18 p.210-211x, STAB#119 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0487 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-11-08 | 550 | The tempest in the Atlantic ocean is very spectacular. It is a world of water.... When I was a very young child in Tihran, there was a man by the name of Abbas Quli Khan | DAS.1914-11-08 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0488 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-10 | 550 | What dost thou want with a room of stone and clay! I have prepared for thee such glorious rooms the walls, the roofs, the floors and the furniture of which are of purest deeds | DAS.1914-12-10, SW_v13#06 p.152x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise of Western values; culture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0469 | Words to Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-15 | 560 | This is the last day that I am meeting you, but in reality this is the first day. Although physically it is the last day, yet spiritually | DAS.1913-11-15 | Infinity and eternity; Law of pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00465 | 570 | Light of the World | ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن شمس حقیقت که از افق تقدیس بر آفاق اشراق نمود انوار | O ye beloved of the Lord and handmaids of the All-Merciful! No sooner had the Sun of Truth shone forth from the heaven of sanctity | NURA#46, MMK4#083 p.097, MAS5.183 | LOTW#46, DAS.1914-04-17x, SW_v06#12 p.096x, SW_v08#17 p.225x, SW_v09#01 p.013x, BSTW#073f, BSTW#098 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0442 | Talk to pilgrims at Haifa pilgrim house, 1914-10-22 | 580 | حال من بسیار خوبست در جمیع جاها گردیدم هوا باین خوبی ندیدم اگر اهالی اینجا منهمک | I am always well, especially in these days. Here the air is paradisiacal. The weather of Mount Carmel at this season is most healthful... Before we were exiled from Tihran all our properties and possessions were pillaged | KHH1.114-116 (1.159-162) | KHHE.174, DAS.1914-10-22 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0449 | Words spoken on 1913-11-24 in Ramleh | 580 | Before the regular stage-post was established in Persia, there were many swift-footed letter-carriers and messengers | DAS.1913-11-24 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Justice and wrath of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0444 | Words spoken on 1914-02-13 | 580 | فی الحقیقه صعود حضرت ابی الفضائل بلیه ای بود از برای اهل بها در جمیع ممالک دنیا | Truly I say the departure of Mirza Abdu'l-Fazl is an irretrievable loss for the people of Baha. | NJB_v05#01 p.005 | DAS.1914-02-13 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; High station of learning; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0438 | Words spoken on 1914-06-20 in Haifa | 580 | Naraq is one of the Provinces of Persian wherein the Cause made its appearance from the beginning, and many people embraced the Teachings.... ...Haji Kamaleddin was one of God's own servants, severed from aught else save him, enkindled | DAS.1914-06-21, SW_v08#19 p.242x, SW_v09#11 p.121x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0441 | Words to Shaykh Yousef and others, spoken on 1915-02-21 | 580 | This world of ours is very, very old, subject to periodic revolutions and cyclic fluctuations. Motion and change are its two fixed rules. These two laws are inseparable from each other. | DAS.1915-02-21 | Composition and decomposition; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Law of transformation and change; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Progress only takes place within its own degree | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0450 | Words to the friends, spoken around 1915-01-30 | 580 | Mullah Jami writes in his book: 'When I completed my education in the University of Bokhara and gained mastery over the various branches of philosophy | DAS.1915-01-31 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Law of pilgrimage; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0434 | Words spoken on 1913-11-10 in Port Said | 590 | About 38 years ago a few Hajis who were natives of Yazd came to Acca. On their way they were stripped clean | DAS.1913-11-10 | Goodly deeds; actions; Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0424 | Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-21 | 600 | I pray that this Fete [Naw-Ruz] be blessed to all the friends in America! May each one of them become a mighty teacher... When I was in Bagdad I had a coat | DAS.1913-03-21 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0418 | Words spoken on 1914-07-09 in Haifa | 600 | The quintessence of the matter is that under the protection of the Blessed Perfection we have spent our days in this Most Great Prison. | DAS.1914-07-09 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0426 | Words to some Christians, spoken on 1914-12-26 | 600 | The deeds which are perpetrated by the present civilized Christian nations of Europe are opposite to the commandments of Christ. He shuns their association | DAS.1914-12-26 | Call to action; Christian doctrine and practice; Critique of Western values; culture; Justice and wrath of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0422 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-08 | 600 | من حالم خوبست مرضی در کار نیست فقط اعصاب است ... امیدوارم خاتمه حیاتم چون مشک معطر | Of what use is good health to me? I want to wholly sacrifice myself... I wish the end of my life to be musk-laden. That is, I wish to drink from the chalice of martyrdom | KHH1.206-208 (1.289-291) | KHHE.302-305, DAS.1915-04-08, BSR_v13 p.097 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0420 | Words to students of Beirut university, spoken on 1914-08-31 | 600 | خوب مجلسی است بسیار محفل روحانی است مجلسی است مرتب و منظم در اینعالم مجمعهای | This is a delightful gathering. It is very spiritual and is well-organized and orderly. Many gatherings are held in the world | MAS5.135, KHF.279, KHAB.452 (453), KHTB3.105, KHH1.282-284 (1.393-396) | KHHE.407-409, DAS.1914-08-31, STAB#057 | Christ; Christianity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0406 | Words spoken on 1913-11-15 in Port Said | 610 | Pray that God may lighten his [Prof. Cheyne's] lamp day by day, cause His Kingdom to be established in the hearts | DAS.1913-11-15 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0409 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-22 | 610 | Much that is written or said about Muhammad is pure fabrication. The reality is not stated, because it is misunderstood. The origin of the current opinion | DAS.1914-11-22 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Rejection of Muhammad; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00376 | 620 | ای نفوس مبارکه نامه شما رسید و بر تفاصیل اطلاع حاصل گردید الحمد لله بکمال قوت | O ye blessed souls! Your letter was received. I became informed with its details. Praise be to God that you have arisen to serve the Cause of God... The fundamental object is the promulgation of the Cause of God and the exaltation of the word of God. This is the power that will become effective in the very heart of the world... O thou world of humanity! Awake! Awake! | NJB_v05#16 p.006 | DAS.1914-08-04x | Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0397 | Words spoken on 1914-01-30 | 620 | Praise be to God that you have come to this Divine Spot... Now that you are returning to your respective homes you must be like unto ignited candles | DAS.1914-01-30, SW_v08#05 p.049x | Being a source of light; guidance; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0396 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-09 | 620 | این چاه را بسته اند که مبادا سایرین از آبش استعمال کنند سبحان الله از مضرت بدیگران چه نتیجه | Many years ago this was a public well and the native women every morning and evening drew water. After a while the Germans made up their minds to take possession of it. | KHH1.233-234 (1.327)x | KHHE.344x, DAS.1915-05-09 | Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0384 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 | 630 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | انسان دو قسم استعداد دارد فطری و اکتسابی مانند سایر کائنات که هر یک استعداد و خاصیت | Personality is of two kinds. One is the natural or God-given personality which the western thinkers call individuality | BDA2.138x | DAS.1913-02-14, SW_v04#02 p.038-040, MHMD2.172x, ADP.130-134 | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0391 | Words spoken ca. 1914-11 in Abu Sinan | 630 | There was an important man in Acca who had many cases pending in the court; but the judge postponed the settlement of his affairs from day to day. | DAS.1914-11-05 | Bribery and corruption; Humor; jokes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0389 | Words spoken en route in carriage in Haifa, 1915-02-07 | 630 | من ابدا سبب فصل نشدم خودشان خود را از یکدیگر جدا کردند جمال مبارک عهدی گرفتند | I never caused their separation. They separated themselves. The Blessed Beauty established a Covenant | KHH1.166 (1.228)x | KHHE.240-241x, DAS.1915-02-07, BSR_v13 p.089x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Creativity in art; Goodly deeds; actions; Methods of teaching the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0390 | Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-10 | 630 | When thou dost enter a city in India, associate with the people in the beginning as a tourist, as a person interested in India | DAS.1913-11-10 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Methods of teaching the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0393 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-20 | 630 | There was a Motasarraf by the name of Abdu'r-Rahman Pasha. In some ways he became most inimical against us. He did his best to find a pretext | DAS.1914-07-20 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0377 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-13 | 640 | How I longed for the re-appearance of these divine nights!... There is a place in America called Green Acre. It is customary during the months of summer | DAS.1913-12-13, SW_v08#05 p.050x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Freedom of thought and action; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00334 | 650 | ای شخص ربانی پرهمت نامه شما رسید کلامی از برای مجلس فقرا از من خواسته بودید | O divine soul of high endeavor! Your letter has reached me, wherein you requested from me a discourse for the gathering of the poor [3.5s]... ...O my beloved companions! The people of the world are divided into two classes. One class are the rich (capitalists)…. His Holiness Baha'o'llah spent many days in the utmost poverty. | NJB_v05#06 p.005 | DAS.1914-03-26, SW_v08#13 p.161x | Christ; Christianity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0368 | Words spoken on 1914-07-10 in Haifa | 650 | عداوت دو نوع است یک عداوت دینی و یک عداوت شخصی نفس مسلم | A person animated by religious enmity subjects us to harsh treatment and persecution. By doing this he thinks he is serving his religion | YHA1.108-109, NJB_v05#14 p.003 | DAS.1914-07-10 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0371 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-27 | 650 | The spiritual food is prepared. Blessed are those who eat therefrom... if you can concoct such delicious dishes with vegetables and nuts I can assure you many people will join your crusade against slaughtering animals and eating their flesh. | DAS.1914-03-27 | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0372 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-05 | 650 | When we were exiled again from Baghdad, in our company there was a Bahá'í by the name of Mirza Ahmad Kashani. He accompanied Bahá'u'lláh to Constantinople | DAS.1913-05-05 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0359 | Words spoken on 1914-08-03 in Haifa | 660 | معرکه شده است دنیا بهم خورده است در کارند که همه بجان یکدیگر بریزند در امریکا و اروپا | A resurrection is set up! The world is topsy-turvy! The wrong side of human character is up! [KHH: A great tumult is ensuing. The whole world is in cataclysm. They are determined to cause universal upheaval.] | KHH1.291-293 (1.405-408) | KHHE.420-423, DAS.1914-08-03, SW_v05#11 p.163-166, SW_v07#15 p.136, SW_v13#12 p.324 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; The animal kingdom; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0364 | Words spoken on 1918-12-22 | 660 | Now that thou art returning to America thou must think of taking unto thyself a wife…. The bond that unites hearts most perfectly is loyalty | DAS.1918?, SW_v11#01 p.020-021 | A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2) | Education of children; moral education; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Personal instructions; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00310 | 670 | O Almighty! Instruct Thou these thankful birds in the rose-garden of Guidance the tuneful melodies and the harmonious strains of the Psalms of David | DAS.1913-11-22x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00318 | 670 | دوست عزیز مهربانا نامه شما رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید هر چند با جناب میرزا | O kind and cherished friend! Thy letter was received and its contents were made known. Although with his honor Mirza [3.5s]... ...For seventy years these exiled ones have undergone these untold persecutions and sufferings for the progress of the world of humanity | BRL_DAK#0756 | DAS.1913-11-06 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Newspapers and the media; publications; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0355 | Words spoken on 1913-07-31 in Ramleh | 670 | These Arab Sheikhs do not understand what fair discussion means... This man [Rasheed Pasha] according to popular traditions must have been bad even before Adam and Eve. | DAS.1913-07-31, ABIE.132, BLO_PN#007 | Bribery and corruption; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0349 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-25 | 670 | In reality there has been and there will ever be only one religion and that is the religion of Truth, one faith and that is the faith of Love. All other things are non-essentials. | DAS.1915-03-25 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0339 | Words spoken on 1913-11-23 in Ramleh | 690 | We had a great teacher in this Cause by the name of ---. He lived a long life, and up to his last breath he served the Cause most faithfully. | DAS.1913-11-23 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Humor; jokes; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00287 | 700 | Translation List; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای مفتون و تشنه حقیقت نامه شما رسید دلیل بر آن بود که از افق وجدان صبحی تابان | O thou who art eager and athirst for the truth! Thy letter hath been received. It indicateth that a radiant morn hath dawned above the horizon of the heart. | MNMK#108 p.203, MJTB.057, MJDF.053, KHF.118, KHAB.037 (046), KHTB3.048, NJB_v05#07 p.001 | DAS.1913-09-11, MHMD2.049x, ABIE.304, BLO_PN#007, ADMS#068 | Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as educator; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0330 | Words spoken on 1914-01-25 | 700 | In all our affairs we must use common sense. God has bestowed upon all of us reason, that we might use it in our daily work and not hide it in the drawer. | DAS.1914-01-25 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Conduct in finance and business; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0332 | Words spoken on 1914-03-16 in Haifa | 700 | Having already made firm and steadfast the shaking and doubtful apostles Mary Magdalene started on her famous journey toward Rome | DAS.1914-03-16 | Christ; Christianity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0331 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-27 | 700 | Whenever during His lifetime the Blessed Perfection desired to signalize anyone with His special favor, He encouraged him to go forth and teach the Cause of God. | DAS.1914-06-27, SW_v13#07 p.185-186x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; High station of teachers of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0329 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-09 | 700 | این مردم بیچاره کشته میشوند و نمیدانند برای چه جانهای خود را فدای خاک میکنند خاک که انزل موجودات است | These wretched soldiers die for the sake of some earth, which is the lowest form of creation, and do not know why they are slain. Consider how some are refined and how some abase themselves. | KHH1.295-296 (1.410-414) | KHHE.425-427, DAS.1915-04-09, BSR_v13 p.098 | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB00279 | 710 | Bahá'í Scriptures | دوست عزیز محترما نامه شما رسید و مضمون سبب سرور وجدان گردید زیرا دلالت میکرد | My honorable and dear friend: Your kind letter was received and its contents became the means of happiness | MNMK#116 p.224, PYM.164x, MJDF.063, NJB_v04#16 p.001 | DAS.1913-07-08x, BSC.439 #797x, BSC.448 #817x, ABIE.019, ABIE.037, ADP.159-164, CHU.111-112x, BLO_PN#007 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0325 | Interview with president of Alliance Spiritualiste, Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-26 | 710 | You must sow the seed of love. They destroy, you construct. They take life, you confer life. | DAS.1913-02-26 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0317 | Words to Shaykh Salman, spoken on 1915-04-12 | 710 | چه لزوم کرده اخبار دروغ انتشار بدهند اگر خبری ندارند اصلا ننویسند حالا که دروغ میگویند | Why do they feel compelled to spread false rumors?... It is said that Nadir Shah once advanced a claim to Baghdad... His Holiness (Imam ‘Alí) was surrounded by enemies and wished to take refuge elsewhere. He said to one of His companions (Salman, the Persian), “Place me in this basket | KHH1.212-215 (1.298-301) | KHHE.312-313, DAS.1915-04-12, STAB#011, STAB#012 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0324 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-23 | 710 | The law of Jihad has ever been a veritable firebrand with which the Ulamas of Islam have threatened the world from time to time. In former ages its moral influence | DAS.1914-11-23 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0312 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-01-08 | 720 | In the year 622 A.D. Mohamad, after several years of preaching and teaching his Islamic doctrines in his own native city | DAS.1915-01-08 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Muhammad; Islam; Rejection of Muhammad; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0302 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Liverpool, 1912-12-14 | 730 | When I was in America, I had many opportunities of addressing the Theosophical Society there. In every city I spoke once to them | DAS.1912-12-14x, SW_v03#17 p.003-004 | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0303 | Words to Mrs Moore, spoken on 1913-05-18 | 730 | The will-power exists both in animal and man. The animals enjoy only a physical will-power which is limited in the sphere of its activity... We develop our will-power through 'divine unrest' which causes us to long for the better and nobler ideals of life. | DAS.1913-05-18 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Free will and predestination; fate; Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0295 | Words spoken on 1914-07-12 | 740 | در ایامی که در آمریکا بودم امة الله مسیس پارسنز مرا به محل ییلاقی خود برد | When I was in Dublin the professor of the out-door school invited me to visit the pupils | KHH1.260-263 (1.364-367) | KHHE.381-384, DAS.1914-07-12, SW_v09#09 p.097-098x, STAB#153 | Education of children; moral education; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; High station of learning | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0296 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-30 | 740 | One day in the course of conversation Haji Siyyid Javad said to me: 'I was a good friend of Haji Siyyid Ali, the maternal uncle of the Báb. | DAS.1915-05-30 | Business; financial; property matters; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Power of the Manifestation of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0292 | Public address given on 1913-04-03 | 750 | I came from a distant land. I have travelled twenty thousand miles until I came to you in Stuttgart.... In this age every face must turn to God! | DAS.1913-04-03x, SW_v04#04 p.067-069, SW_v15#01 p.037, ABCC.381-382x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0287 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-23 | 750 | The artist has drawn very beautiful pictures for she has painted allegorical figures on this canvas - each figure carries a lantern | DAS.1913-01-23 | Differences in human capacity; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0289 | Words spoken on 1914-06-06 in Tiberias | 750 | These are the harbingers of the coming of the spiritual springtime... Once a Mohammadan mullah thought that one of his fingers had become impure | DAS.1914-06-06, SW_v09#10 p.108-109x, SW_v09#18 p.207x, STAB#023 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Christian clergy; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0291 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-18 | 750 | God, addressing one of the great Prophets of the past, says: 'Dost thou find thou art able to guide a blind man | DAS.1914-07-18 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Degrees of faith; certitude; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Power of prayer; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0286 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-20 | 750 | Today I was thinking over the following subject: The heavenly farmer came and cleared the ground from thorns and thistles. | DAS.1914-07-20 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0283 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-19 | 760 | His holiness Bahá'u'lláh had a beautiful habit which was kept up till the last years of His life. Every evening after having partaken of His dinner He would retire inside of His mosquito net and then send for all the members of the blessed household | DAS.1915-03-19 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Humor; jokes; Methods of teaching the Cause; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0278 | Words spoken on 1914-03-07 | 770 | The greatest proof of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a ransom to him! - consists in the fact that he was always manifest and evident under all conditions | DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.026-027x, SW_v08#13 p.178x | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0271 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-02-17 | 780 | I have certain things that attract the confirmations of God. They are so wonderful and extraordinary that if I tell them, some people may not accept them as facts. | DAS.1913-02-17 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Power of prayer; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0270 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-12-05 | 780 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | این روز آخر و ملاقات آخری است حالا دیگر سوار واپور شده | This is our last day and my last meeting with you. In a few minutes our steamer will leave these shores | ANDA#43-44 p.165, KHF.263, KHAB.390 (395), KHTB2.343, BDA1.412.11 | PUP#140 (p.468-470), DAS.1912-12-05, SW_v03#18 p.003-004, SW_v13#04 p.079, MHMD1.429-432, DJT.391-392x, BLO_PN#027x, BSTW#117 | Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0265 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-13 | 790 | When I was in Alexandria, Ahmad Aniss, the minister of [...] of the Khedivial court called upon me and proposed to me that he would like to arrange a meeting between his Highness the Khedive and myself. | DAS.1914-11-13 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Means of establishment of future civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0254 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-22 | 810 | At the time that His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh was in the mountains of Suleymanieh one of the young rugged, illiterate Kurds living in the valley came to see Him... His name was Mullah Ali Mardan. | DAS.1913-02-22 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00196 | 820 | Translation List | ای سلیل حضرت شهید عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه ۲۹ ربیع الثانی رسید و از تفاصیل اطلاع | O descendant of His Holiness the martyr! Thy letter of the 29th of Rabi'u'th-Thani was received, and from its contents I have learned [3.5s]... ...The Teachings of Baha'o'llah, the laws of this Cause and the principles of this Manifestation have no deniers. The world is like unto a thirsty fish | INBA85:495 | BRL_DAK#0590, MKT2.257, AMK.155-159, AHB.127BE #05-06 p.154, PYM.112ax, MAS5.090, YHA1.380-381x, YHA1.417x | DAS.1913-12-30x, ADMS#065i05x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0249 | Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1914-03-13 | 820 | Praise be to God that you have attained... The believers of God must ever be ready to sacrifice their lives in the path of each other. This is one of the conditions of faith. | DAS.1914-03-13 | Being a source of light; guidance; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00189 | 830 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء پیک امین رسید و پیام یاران الهی را در عالم روحانی | O ye spiritual friends of Abdu'l-Baha! A trusted messenger hath arrived and hath, in the world of the spirit, delivered a message from God's loved ones.... In every dispensation the command of friendship and the law of love have been revealed... Now the believers of God must live in accord with these divine teachings.... O God, my God! Aid Thou Thy trusted servants to have loving and tender hearts. | MKT1.303, MNMK#090 p.162, MMK1#007 p.017, MILAN.141, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.255, BCH.110, MJMJ2.020ax, MMG2#074 p.081x, YHA1.371-372x (2.746) | SWAB#007, BPRY.201x, DAS.1913-07-26, SW_v08#11 p.140x, SW_v08#12 p.142x, ABIE.111, BLO_PN#007 | C. Serrano, G.H. Miller, Soulrise Melodies, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 1] | Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0242 | Words spoken on 1913-04-30 in Stuttgart | 830 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بلی کمالات این قرن همه نزد عقلای قرون سابقه محال بود آیا از پیش کسی گمان مینمود که زنها | Indeed, the hallmarks of this age were all deemed impossible by the wise ones of former times | BDA2.272-275 | DAS.1913-04-30, MHMD2.357-360 | Equality of men and women; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Means of establishment of future civilization; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0248 | Words spoken on 1914-02-20 | 830 | If a person is confirmed in the accomplishment of the services of the Kingdom... Indeed the most enduring and imperishable work was performed by the disciples | DAS.1914-02-20, SW_v07#16 p.154-155x | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Martyrs and martyrdom; Mary Magdalene; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0246 | Words spoken on 1914-03-23 | 830 | You are all welcomed…. For nine consecutive years the Blessed Perfection did not put his feet outside the gate | DAS.1914-03-23, SW_v08#13 p.175-176 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0237 | Interview for al-Ahram newspaper, Ramleh, 1913-10-15 | 850 | We were thrown into the barrack, and no permission was given to have intercourse with the outside world... | DAS.1913-10-15 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Race unity; racial issues; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0234 | Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in Paris | 850 | There are two schools which believe in the rebirth of the soul - the reincarnation and metempsychosis. The first school believes that the spirit of man | DAS.1913-01-22 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; John the Baptist; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0230 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1913-11-14 | 860 | خوش آمدید از وقتیکه از این سفر مراجعت نمودم تا دیروز هیجان شدیدی در اعصاب من... ظلّ‌السّلطان از برای من در پاریس حکایت کرد | Before my arrival in Denver, I read in the newspapers that there was held in that city a great religious revival | Majlis210461.003-006 | NNY.114-116x | DAS.1913-11-14 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0232 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-20 | 860 | His real name was Mirza Muhammad Qa'ini. He was a man of great spirituality and wit. Long before the appearance of the Báb from Shiraz | DAS.1915-05-20 | Humor; jokes; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0224 | Words to Mrs Bryan, spoken on 1912-09-23 | 870 | I have come especially to Lincoln to repay the visit you made to me during your trip around the world.... Work for the sake of God and for the improvement of humanity, without any expectation of praise and reward | DAS.1914-05-13, SW_v05#08 p.119+122x, SW_v07#18 p.188+195x | Freedom of thought and action; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0216 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-03 | 880 | On this journey many souls were set aglow with the fire of the love of God and they became exceedingly attracted to the Cause. | DAS.1913-05-03 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0206 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-07 | 900 | Last night a Hindu professor of music came to see me. He brought with him a musical instrument called the vina | DAS.1913-02-07, ADP.076-078x, PN_1913 p002 | Manifestation of God as sun; Music and singing; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0199 | Words spoken on 1914-07-03 | 910 | It is said that Jesus entered a village. In those days many houses were broken into | DAS.1914-07-03, SW_v09#18 p.212-214, STAB#058 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0197 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-17 | 910 | During the reign of Kaliph Abdol Malek Mervan there lived in Damascus a merchant. At first everyone trusted him and deposited in his safe large amounts of money. | DAS.1915-01-17 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00889 | 920 | Days of Remembrance | لک الحمد یا الهی بما جمعت احبائک فی عیدک الاعظم الذی فیه تجلیت باسمائک الحسنی | Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having gathered together Thy loved ones to celebrate Thy Most Great Festival | AYT.313, ASAT4.401x, OOL.B202, AMB#17 | DOR#17, DAS.1915-04-29n | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Hospitality; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ROB3.053, LL#223 | ||||||
| AB00137 | 940 | الهی الهی لک الحمد بما رفعت رایه فردانیتک و اریت الکل ایات رحمانیتک و هدیت هولاء | O God! O God! Praise be unto Thee for Thou hast unfurled the Flag of Thy Singleness, caused everyone to witness the signs of Thy Mercifulness | INBA87:135, INBA52:132 | SFI17.014-015 | DAS.1913-11-22x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0185 | Words to Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Feb. 1914 | 940 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Thou hast asked concerning the spirit and its immortality after its departure.... As to the question concerning the soul... Be it known that to know the reality or essence of the soul of man is impossible | DAS.1914-02-??, BSC.403 #740, SW_v14#01 p.011-012x, SW_v07#19 p.189-191, BSTW#381 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Relationship of the soul to the body; Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00855 | 960 | طوبی از برای نفوسیکه در ظل سدره طوبی ماوی گرفته اند و نیکوست حال عبادیکه | Blessed are the souls who have taken a shelter under the shade of the Tree of Purity! Happy is the condition | NLAI_BH1.167-169x | LHKM1.183, GHA.035ax | DAS.1915-05-13x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of fasting; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0173 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-28 | 980 | If we could appreciate more the bounties of this age, and the marvels of this century, we would be more thankful to God than ever. | DAS.1913-04-28 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0163 | Public address given on 1913-01-24 | 1000 | Welcome! Welcome! I have come again to Paris so that I may see if the seed I have sown last year has sprung up. Praise be to God, I can see that they have taken root | DAS.1913-01-24 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0166 | Words spoken on 1914-06-22 in Haifa | 1000 | When I was a small boy in Teheran, I remember whenever two of the believers | DAS.1914-06-22, SW_v08#13 p.162x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0165 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-16 | 1000 | Because the children are truthful one would love them even if they did something mischievous. The father may punish them for their misdeeds | DAS.1915-03-16 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0164 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-03 | 1000 | In this glorious Tablet to the King of Persia Bahá'u'lláh has perfected His proof from every standpoint. There has been left for him no loophole... When his holiness Badi' reached Tihran he found the Shah was not in the city | DAS.1915-06-03 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0159 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-19 | 1010 | The above verses are very clear and explicit that we are living in the time of their fulfillment. The globe is encircled with the fire of God's wrath | DAS.1915-04-19 | Critique of Western values; culture; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrdom of the Bab; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00112 | 1020 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای متوجهین بمنظر اعلی در لیل و نهار و صباح و مساء و عشی و ضحی در عوالم قلب | O ye who have turned your faces toward the Exalted Beauty! By night, by day, at morningtide and sunset | INBA88:098 | MKT1.368, MNMK#098 p.179, MMK1#207 p.250, YHA1.373-374x, DLS.319 | SWAB#207, BWF.401-402x, DAS.1915-04-01, BSC.359 #686, SW_v07#05 p.036-038x, SW_v08#13 p.179x | M. Sparrow (1), M. Sparrow (2), Heroes Teaching Conference, K. Porray | Call to action; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||
| ABU0154 | Address given in Woking Mosque on 1913-01-17 | 1030 | Translation List | نه ماه بود که من در ممالک امریکا سیر میکنم و در بسیار از کنائس و مجامع و کلوبها صحبت میداشتم | For nine months, I traveled through the states of America and spoke at many churches, gatherings, and clubs. Even in the synagogues of the Jews | NJB_v12#10 p.176 | DAS.1913-01-17, ADMS#164 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social) | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0143 | Words spoken ca. 1913-12-22 in Haifa | 1050 | خوش آمدید احوال شما چطور است از بس از صبح تا بحال من حرف زده ام دیگر قوت | Welcome! How are you! No strength is left in me because I have talked so much, from morning until now | KHF.194, KHTB3.079, NJB_v04#18 p.001 | DAS.1913-12-22x, SW_v09#02 p.024x | Muhammad; Islam; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Christian clergy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0141 | Words to reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 1050 | اقلیم امریکا اقلیم معموری است. اسباب تربیت موجود است. مدارس عالیه دارد و تلامذه تربیت می شوند و تحصیل می کنند | The continent of America is most progressive. The means of instructions are prepared.... Divine civilization is a symposium of the perfections... We do not look upon the dresses of women | NJB_v14#05 p.160, ZSM.1915-09-26 | DAS.1913-07-23, SW_v04#12 p.206-207, SW_v07#07 p.054, SW_v07#15 p.134, ABIE.099, VLAB.032x, BLO_PN#007 | Equality of men and women; Freedom of thought and action; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0136 | Words spoken on 1915-04-30 in Haifa | 1070 | His life [Khalil's] was an example of honesty and activity... This man [Abdullah] lives in Baghdad and was notorious for his evil deeds... This man [Isma'il] was the well-known architect of Farrokh Khan in Tihran... | DAS.1915-04-30 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Hospitality; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0128 | Words spoken on 1914-01-15 | 1090 | Bahá'í Scriptures | امروز من خیلی میل داشتم که بیایم بالا ولی احوالم طوری بود که مساعدت نکرد هوا | You are all welcome. How are you? It was my intense desire to come up today and see you... Tonight, I desire to speak to you on a most important subject, which you must engrave on the tablets of your hearts... The Holy, Divine Manifestations are unique and peerless. They are the archetypes of celestial and spiritual virtues in their own age and cycle. | AVK4.287cx, MSBH3.476-479x, NJB_v05#09 p.003x | DAS.1914-01-17, BSC.283 #581x, SW_v05#06 p.081-082x, SW_v09#06 p.082-083x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Oneness; unity of religion; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0133 | Words to some friends, spoken around 1914-11-15 | 1090 | There are many militarists of the ancient, conservative school who hold the opinion that Alexander of Macedon was the greatest born leader | DAS.1914-11-15 | Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Justice and mercy; Stories; anecdotes; War and peace; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0132 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-13 | 1090 | Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh. | DAS.1915-03-13 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0119 | Public address given on 1912-10-26 | 1140 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | I have visited your Capitol and its gardens. No other Capitol has such beautiful surroundings. | PUP#114 (p.376-380), DAS.1914-09-05x, SW_v05#17 p.259-262, MAB.087-088x, ECN.368+503x+912x | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0116 | Words spoken at East Putney in London, 1912-12-29 | 1160 | Are you all well? Are you all happy? Are you all joyous? You must be exceedingly joyous | DAS.1912-12-29x | Critique of Western values; culture; Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transcending the material condition; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0106 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-24 | 1200 | The parents must exert their utmost effort; thus their children may learn trades and professions... In this dispensation to study an art is prayer... When we were imprisoned in the barrack, one day, the Blessed Perfection spoke about the necessity of industrial education | DAS.1915-05-24 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Education of children; moral education; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00074 | 1230 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O God! O God! Thou dost behold me, how my forehead is laid upon the dust of humility and submission and how my face is covered | DAS.1914-01-09, BSC.375 #709, SW_v07#14 p.127+130-132 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0099 | Words spoken on 1914-08-06 | 1230 | The gathering storm is most portentous! Mankind is gripped in the paroxysm of a fearful alarm | DAS.1914-08-06, SW_v05#12 p.179-182 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Nationalism; love of country; Oneness; unity of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10820 | 1250 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | حمد و ثنا ذکر و بها ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که از منبع دو حرف | Praise and glory, remembrance and splendor, befit the most exalted, the most holy court of that Desired One, Who from the wellspring of two letters [3.5s]... ...O thou grace of God! There are two kinds of graces. The first kind of grace is a nourisher of the body… One of the deeds in obedience to the law is obligatory prayer... One who performeth neither good deeds nor acts of worship is like unto a tree which beareth no fruit | BLIB_Or15696.178gx, , Majlis210461.086-088 | BRL_IOPF#1.03x, BRL_IOPF#1.10x, DAS.1915-05-13x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of Huququ'llah; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Power of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| AB00066 | 1260 | O ye who are attracted toward the Kingdom and have drunk the Wine, the nature of which is cool and exhilarating! In these days that the Bestowals of the Kingdom of Abha | DAS.1914-06-20 | Call to action; Methods of teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0092 | Words to Gabrielle Enthoven, spoken on 1913-01-16 | 1270 | The Herald of the Kingdom stands before the people. Wonderful music swells from an unseen orchestra | DAS.1913-01-16, ABCC.497-502 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Martyrs and martyrdom; Mystical themes; Prophecy and fulfillment; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0085 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in Paris, 1913-02-13 | 1320 | چون بنظر حقیقت در جمیع کائنات نظر میکنیم هر کائنی فی الحقیقه حیات دارد سابق | According to science, all forms of creation are endowed with life; this element of life and energy depending on environment and adaptations... Spirit in the human world is the discoverer.... The world of humanity has ever been in a state of anticipation of the coming of the divine Manifestations... We observe that today the means of unity are brought about. This in itself is an evidence | AVK1.113x, KHF.139, KHAB.413 (416), KHTB3.057 | DAS.1913-02-13, SW_v09#01 p.007x, SW_v11#17 p.291x, SW_v14#01 p.011x, DWN_v3#01 p.003x, ADP.165-174 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Infinity and eternity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; The mind's power of discovery; Unity in diversity; Universal language | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0081 | Words spoken at King's Weigh House Church in London, 1912-12-29 | 1350 | خدا را شکر میکنم که در این محل جمعی از محترمین حاضرند که قلوبشان با یکدیگر | I praise God that a number of revered souls are gathered in this congregation to serve the Almighty, whose hearts are cemented together, whose faces are joyous | KHF.221, KHAB.399 (404), KHTB3.086, NJB_v05#09 p.001 | DAS.1912-12-29, ABS#11 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0073 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1915-03-04 | 1400 | نصف شب خبر دادند که یکنفر بدوی آمده است و میخواهد من را ببیند پیغامی آورده چون او ... یک وقتی در عکا شخصی بود عبدالله پاشا نام او پیر شده ماهی هزار غروش تقاعد میگرفت و زندگی میکرد | Many years ago there lived in Akka an old retired officer by the name of Abdollah Pasha. He received from the government a pension of ten pounds a month | KHH1.191-192 (1.268-270) | KHHE.284-285, DAS.1915-03-11 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0077 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-08-20 | 1400 | His Honor Aqa Rida and His honor Aqa Mahmud were most sincere. They were serving day and night. | DAS.1914-08-26 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0074 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-27 | 1400 | In the world of creation every cause has a magnetic focus, a center of attraction around which revolves its powerful activities and interests... The magnetic center of the Bahá'í Cause ... is steadfastness. | DAS.1915-05-27 | High station of learning; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0068 | Words spoken on 1914-06-29 in Haifa | 1420 | در تمام ایام مبارک همیشه آرزوی من این بود که روزی بیاید بلکه انشاء الله بجهتی | During all the blessed days of Baha'o'llah, my hope always was that a day would come | MAS5.230-236, NJB_v05#10 p.003, KHH1.250 (1.349-357) | KHHE.367-373, DAS.1914-06-28, SW_v09#11 p.127-130 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0058 | Address to L'Alliance Spiritualiste on 1913-02-21 | 1500 | We observe that every movement which establishes unity and amity brings in its train life | DAS.1913-02-21, ADP.175-184 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teachings as spirit of the age; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00041 | 1600 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما فتحت ابواب ملکوت العظمه و الجلال علی وجوه احبائک و ظللت | Glory be unto Thee, O my God! For Thou hast opened the Doors of the Kingdom of Grandeur | INBA16:076 | MKT4.162b, MMK5#094 p.075, AMK.187-194, BBBD.332-334, MAS5.287x, MJMJ2.026x, MMG2#076 p.083x, YHA1.280-281x, NJB_v05#12 p.001 | BBBD.334-339, DAS.1914-10-04, SW_v05#14 p.211-215+218, BSTW#348 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0046 | Address at weekly meeting, 15 Rue de Greuze in Paris, 1913-02-14 | 1600 | Whenever the Holy Manifestations of God appear in this world they establish their validity with certain proofs. One of their proofs is the prophecies | DAS.1913-02-14, BSTW#147 | Miracles and their interpretation; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Teachings as spirit of the age; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00436 | 1620 | الحمد لله الذی فتح باب العلوم و الفنون بمفتاح اسمه الاقدس الاعظم الابهی الذی به نصب خباء | Praise be to God Who hath unlocked the gates of sciences and arts with the key of His Most Holy, Most Great and Most Glorious Name, whereby He hath raised the pavilion [3.5s]... ...O God! O God! I beg of Thee by Thy Radiant, Collective Name | BLIB_Or15695.210, | ABIE.362x, DAS.1913-09-27x | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#475 | |||||||
| ABU0018 | Interview with Pasteur Monnier at his theological seminary in Paris, 1913-02-17 | 2180 | Abdu'l-Bahá on Christ and Christianity | Interview with Pasteur Monnier (1913) | احوال حضرات را بپرس اسقوف عرض کرد الحمد لله سلامتیم و مسرور از تشریف | How are you?... I am likewise most happy... One endowed with the gift of hearing gets the mysteries of God from all things | AVK2.172.02x, AVK4.331x, KHF.148, KHAB.418 (421), KHTB3.061 | DAS.1913-02-16, SW_v04#03 p.051-055, ADP.147-158, BLO_PT#002, STAB#062 | Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as mirror; Oneness; unity of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); The cross and the trinity | - | - | question and answer session. |
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