search results for 'DWN'

Unnamed Tablet (Purpose of the one true God)

حق جل جلاله از برای ظهور جواهر معانی از معدن انسانی آمده الیوم دین الله و مذهب

The purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine of their true and inmost selves… So powerful is the light of unity

BLIB_Or15692.040, , BLIB_Or15738.044ax, , MKI4523.133, , BN_suppl.1753.037-043

BRL_DA#661, GWBP#126 p.174x, GWBP#132 p.184x, AVK3.111.03x, AVK3.212.05x, ISH.133, UAB.023bx, UAB.036bx, ASAT3.118x, NSS.119-120x

GWB#126x, GWB#132x, TN.042-048x, STOB#085n, STOB#108n, ADJ.065bx, PDC.181x, WOB.203x2x, SW_v03#02 p.006x, DWN_v3#01 p.010x

L. Dely & M. Congo [track 4], R. Yazhari, T. Nosrat, MANA, N. Zabihi, Naim, Ridvan, Reza & Bahia, Pedram, Aram, Onni & Nader, A Family Affair, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2), Leona and Larry, G.H. Miller, R. Peterson [track 13], E. Mahony, P. Weber

Call to action; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

LL#020

Part of this quoted in ESW.

ABU0015

Public address given on 1912-10-12

2220

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Christians, Muhammadans, and Jews

اول موهبت الهیه در عالم انسانی دین است زیرا دین تعالیم الهی است البته تعالیم

The first bestowal of God in the world of humanity is Religion, because religion consists of divine teachings.

KHF.098, KHTB2.307, BDA1.299.02

BWF.270-280, PUP#112 (p.361-370), BSC.388 #718, SW_v03#13 p.003-007+010-011, SW_v06#16 p.121, DWN_v4#05-6 p.102-112, MHMD1.316-324, BLO_PT#022, ECN.329+846

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Christ; Christianity; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as reality; definitions of religion

BH00359

2200

Bahá'í Scriptures; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

قلم اعلی اولیای الهی را بلغت فصحی ذکر فرمود حال بلسان پارسی احلی میفرماید... بگو ای دوستان کذب قبل محبوب بعد را آویخت و برصاص ظلم شهید نمود تفکر در نفوس کاذبه

The Supreme Pen hath made mention of the loved ones of God in the most eloquent language, and now, in sweeter Persian, doth proclaim [3.5s]... ...Say, O friends! The former lying caused the succeeding Beloved to be hanged and martyred by the bullet of opposition.

NLAI_BH1.128

BRL_DA#173x, AVK3.213.02x, AVK3.219.04x, ASAT3.003x

BRL_ATBH#01x, SW_v06#01 p.002x, SW_v10#05 p.091x, DWN_v5#06 p.007-008x, DWN_v6#06-7 p.001x, BSC.229 #460-496x, ROL.011-016x

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Human reality created in the image of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0020

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-18

2100

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

حمد میکنم خدا را که با شما هستم باسباب ظاهره و قوه ملکی چنین مجلسی فراهم نمودن

I praise God that I am with you. Such an assembly would be utterly impossible to hold through worldly power and outward means

BDA1.380.10x

PUP#131 (p.442-447), FWU.104, SW_v06#08 p.059-061+064, DWN_v6#08 p.001-002x, MHMD1.399x

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise of Western values; culture; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Second birth; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity in diversity

BH04772

1900

قد اتی الوعد و الموعود یقول یا ایها المذکور لدی العرش و القائم امام الوجه

The Promise hath come, and the Promised One declareth: O thou who art mentioned before the Throne and who standest before the Face [3.5s]

INBA65:064x, INBA30:103x

AVK3.418.06x, AHM.357x, DWNP_v6#09 p.001x, AQMJ1.168ax, MSHR5.297x, YIA.149-154

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and mercy; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat]

LL#493

AB00032

Tablet of the Divine Plan (U.S. and Canada III)

1770

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای حواریون بهاء الله روحی لکم الفداء نفس مبارک موعود در کتاب مقدس رب الجنود

O ye apostles of Baha'o'llah - may my life be a ransom to you! The blessed person of the promised One... It behooveth the loved ones of God to be enamoured of one another and to sacrifice themselves... O God, my God! Thou seest how black darkness is enshrouding all regions... O Lord! The ocean of rebellion is surging

MKT3.027, AKHA_107BE #07 p.04x, AKHA_107BE #07 p.02x, AKHA_105BE #01 p.01x, QT105.1.374, HHA.258x, ADH2.072x, ADH2_2#10 p.102x, MMG2#056 p.056x, FRTB.060

TDP#08, BPRY.209-212x, BWF.423-429, ADJ.050x, ADJ.061-062x, ADJ.062x, BADM.035x, COF.007x, COF.020x, COF.028x, COF.069x, GPB.238x, GPB.254x, TDH#158.5x, TDH#158.17x, TDH#158.23x, COC#0252x, BSC.539 #985, SW_v11#02 p.032-037, SW_v10#06 p.104, SW_v12#14 p.228+236, SW_v14#03 p.085, DWN_v2#05 p.034, DWN_v5#09 p.002-003x

B. Lisbeth, Nadia, Zaynab & Earl, R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 3]

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for pioneers and travel teachers; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

UDP.055

AB00035

Some Answered Questions #007 Muhammad

1720

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Muhammad; Islam; Rejection of Muhammad; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science

اما حضرت محمد ، اهل اروپا و امریکا بعضی روایات از حضرت رسول شنیده‌اند

Now as to Muḥammad, the people of Europe and America have heard certain tales about the Prophet

MFD#07, OOL.C022.07

SAQ#07, DWN_v5#02 p.004-009, DWN_v6#05 p.002-005

AB00037

1710

حمدا لمن لاح برهانه و ظهر سلطانه و عم احسانه و بانت محجته البیضاء و ظهر شریعته

Praise be unto Him Whose proof hath shone forth, Whose dominion hath been made manifest, Whose bounties have encompassed all, Whose clear path hath appeared, and Whose Law hath been revealed [3.5s]

INBA89:133

BRL_DAK#0721, MKT1.382, DWNP_v3#11 p.021-022x, DWNP_v4#02-3 p.010-014x, ANDA#73 p.05x, YHA1.329x, YHA1.341x, HYB.131x, AMIN.135-144

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH00421

1670

Revealed on the Day of Ridván (Nuzzila fi al-Yawm ir-Ridván); Days of Remembrance

یا ملا الارض و السماء اسمعوا شهاده الله من لسان ربکم الابهی انه شهد لنفسه

O concourse of earth and heaven! Give ear to the testimony of God that proceedeth from the mouth of your Lord, the All-Glorious. He verily hath testified

BLIB_Or15692.019, , BLIB_Or15706.042, , BLIB_Or15714.031,

AVK2.022.14x, DWNP_v2#09 p.076-078x, TSBT.142, ASAT5.146x, AMB#16

DOR#16, BLO_PT#077x

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Presence of; reunion with God; Proclamation to Christians; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin Manifestations

AB00044

1550

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای حزب الله نامه ای بامضای شما عموما واصل گردید عبارت در نهایت ملاحت و بلاغت

O ye Cohorts of God! A letter which was signed by you in general was received... Today in the world of existence, each community is wandering in a wilderness... Be ye kind to the human world and be ye compassionate to the race of man... O Thou Provider! Thou hast breathed over the friends in the West... Well is it with you, as you have followed the Law of God and arisen to observe the Fast during these blessed days

MKT3.157, MNMK#092 p.166, MMK1#035 p.066, DWNP_v5#05 p.005x, DWNP_v5#12 p.002-004, DWNP_v6#08 p.001-002x, DUR1.173x, MJMJ1.100x, MMG2#049 p.049x, MMG2#370 p.412x, MJH.043bx, KHH2.165 (2.304)x

SWAB#035, BRL_IOPF#2.26x, BPRY.181-182x, TAB.040-048, BWF.400-401x, ADJ.025-026x, COF.030bx, GPB.254x, BSC.488 #939x, SW_v01#14 p.003x, SW_v06#14 p.112x

jeph.ilosopher, S. Peyman, K. Porray

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00512

Lawh-i-Tawhid

1450

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

Lawh-i-Tawhid (Tablet of Divine Unity)

حمد مقدس از عرفان ممکنات و منزه از ادراک مدرکات ملیک عز بی مثالی را سزا است

Praise be to God, the All-Possessing, the King of incomparable glory, a praise which is immeasurably above

INBA38:012, INBA65:167, INBA35:058b, INBA36:396, NLI.32p020v, PR23.039b-041b

BRL_DA#716, GWBP#026 p.047bx, AVK1.113b.02x, AVK2.013.17x, AVK2.072.02x, ZYN.056, MJMM.307, DWNP_v1#01 p.003-007, UAB.006bx, UAB.008ax, DLS.070x, ASAT2.104x, AHB_109BE #07 p.002x, PYM.335-341, OOL.B081

GWB#026x, WOB.113x2x, ADMS#013

Discourse on the transcendence of God, Whose signs have pervaded the entire creation and Who is known only through His Manifestations, Who appear from age to age and call the people to recognize His cause as one would recognize a friend: that is, by his own self and not by the garments he may be wearing on any given day.

Creation of the world; Manifestation of God as mirror; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

GSH.184, LL#250

AB00054

1430

مولای مولای تقدس ذاتک عن درک العقول و الافهام و تنزهت هویتک عن الظنون

O my Lord, my Lord! Sanctified is Thine Essence above the comprehension of minds and understandings, and exalted is Thine Identity above all conjecture and fancy [3.5s]

MKT4.174, MILAN.106, AMK.021-024, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023bx

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU0072

Religious Prejudices: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-10-27

1400

Christ; Christianity; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity

چونکه تعلیم بهاء الله توحید جمیع بشر است و نهایت الفت و اتحاد و بقدر امکان

The basis of the teaching of Baha'u'llah is the Unity of Mankind, and his greatest desire was that love and goodwill should live in the heart of men.

AMK.232-236, DWNP_v1#08 p.001-004, KHF.199, KHAB.100 (109), KHTB1.079, KHTP.057

PT#13 p.036, DWN_v3#02 p.015-017, STAB#103

ABU0078

Address at Theosophical Society of Edinburgh, 1913-01-09

1380

Some Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá

امشب چون در مجلس شما هستم بسیار مسرورم زیرا شما الحمد لله تحری حقیقت می نمااید

It gives me great pleasure to be with you this evening and to take part in your delightful gathering, for you Theosophists, Praise be to God, are always independent investigators

AMK.266-270, DWNP_v5#05 p.006x, MAS5.048x, MJMJ1.094x, MMG2#302 p.336x, MJH.038bx, KHF.135, KHAB.405 (409), KHTB3.053, NJB_v12#04 p.096

BSTW#463

S. Tirandaz, Ahdieh, unknown

Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body

Opening lines of the closing prayer, revealed by Abdu’l-Baha in this Address: "O Thou kind Lord. Illumine the inner eyes and grant attentive ears, revive the lifeless hearts and awaken the heedless from their slumber."

BH00565

1330

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment

هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الی من تمسک بالعلوم لعل یخرق حجاب الاکبر و یتوجه الی

This is a Book from Him Who is Wronged unto him that hath clung to learning, that perchance he may rend asunder the most great veil and turn towards [3.5s]... ...Ponder awhile. What is it that prompted, in every Dispensation, the peoples of the earth to shun the Manifestation of the All-Merciful?

INBA35:053, INBA66:110, BLIB_Or11096#007, , BLIB_Or15698.231, , BLIB_Or15720.228, , BLIB_Or15740.176,

BRL_DA#666, GWBP#035 p.060x, ADM1#005 p.018x, IQT.231, AYI1.329x, MJMM.232, DWNP_v5#06 p.002-003x, UAB.002bx, ASAT3.074x, ASAT3.131x, ASAT4.146x, ASAT4.429x, YMM.404x, NSS.125x

GWB#035x, JHT_S#100x

LL#377, LL#423

BH00568

Bisharat (Glad-Tidings; =Lawh-i-Nida)

1320

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

Bisharat (Glad Tidings)

حق شاهد و مظاهر اسماء و صفاتش گواه که مقصود از ارتفاع ندآء و کلمه علیا آنکه

God, the True One, testifieth and the Revealers of His names and attributes bear witness that Our sole purpose in raising the Call

INBA30:042, BLIB_Or07851.043b, , KB_262:033-041, PR05.002b-007a, BN_suppl.1753.069-075

ADM2#108 p.195x, AVK3.431.02x, AVK4.248.04x, AVK4.282ax, MJMM.116, UAB.057cx, BSHA.066x, PYB#188 p.04x, ADH1.086x, TBP#03, OOL.B005, OOL.B132

TB#03, LOG#0410x, LOG#2105x, LOG#2116x, GPB.218x, PDC.026x, PDC.118x, SW_v08#06 p.067, SW_v08#09 p.113, SW_v11#18 p.297, DWN_v5#04 p.001x, DWN_v5#09 p.001x, DWN_v6#01 p.001-002x, BLO_PT#201, BSC.141 #070-091

Proclaims fifteen ‘glad-tidings’: the abolition of holy war, consorting in fellowship with the followers of all religions, the adoption of a universal auxiliary language, the obligation to faithfully serve just monarchs, obedience to government, the establishment of the ‘Lesser Peace’, freedom in choice of clothing and cut of beard, abandonment of monasticism, forbidding the confession of sins, abrogating a law of the Báb regarding the destruction of books, exalting useful work to the status of worship and forbidding mendicancy, entrusting the affairs of the people to the House of Justice, abrogating the requirement of making special journeys to visit the graves of the dead, and commending a combination of republicanism and monarchy in the governance of human affairs.

Destruction of books; House of Justice; Law of pilgrimage; Monasticism; asceticism; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship

JRAS.676-679, ROB4.161-168, GSH.156, GSH.191, BSR_v16p03, LL#013, LL#320

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

AB00065

1270

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

الحمد لله الذی کشف الظلام و محی الغمام و کشف الحجاب و ازال النقاب فلاحت

Praise be to Him Who hath rent the dark asunder, hath blotted out the night, hath drawn aside the coverings and torn away the veils... O my Lord and my Hope! Help Thou Thy loved ones to be steadfast in Thy mighty Covenant... O God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for kindling the fire of divine love... Exert every effort in the fields of development and of civilization

MKT2.202, MMK1#206 p.245, MILAN.163b, AKHA_135BE #01 p.02, AHB.107BE #06 p.116, BCH.006x, ADH2.102, ADH2_2#19 p.128, MMG2#015 p.013, NSR_1978.132x, NSR_1993.145x, YHA1.115x, YHA1.372x

SWAB#206, BRL_SOCIAL#014x, BPRY.071-072x, BPRY.234-235x, DWN_v3#01 p.011ax

N. Chiang, Soulrise Melodies, S. Toloui-Wallace

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual springtime; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity

ABU0095

Public address given on 1912-05-26

1250

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

امشب در این سرود ذکری از قرُبیت الهی بود اعظم موهبت

As I neared this church this evening I heard the hymn, "Nearer, My God..." ... O thou forgiving God! These servants are turning to Thy kingdom

DWNP_v6#11 p.001x, KHF.059, KHAB.285 (295), KHTB2.091, NJB_v04#06 p.001

BPRY.090-092x, PUP#055 (p.147-150), SW_v03#08 p.020-022, DWN_v6#10 p.002x

Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00073

1230

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

صبح است و نور احدیت از مطلع غیب رحمانیت ساطع و لامع و فیض جلیل ملیک فردانیت

It is daybreak, and from the rising-point of the invisible realms of God, the light of unity is dawning... O Thou kind Lord! We are servants of Thy Threshold, taking shelter at Thy holy Door.

INBA88:324b, INBA89:060

MKT1.362, MNMK#091 p.163, MMK1#193 p.221, AVK3.184.14x, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.003-005x, ADH2_1#30 p.048x, MJMJ1.118x, MMG2#389 p.436x, YHA1.101x, GHA.307x, HYB.175x, MMJA.018x

SWAB#193, BPRY.023-024x, LOG#0323x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Growth of the Cause; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH00630

1220

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for teaching; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

لله الحمد توفیق الهی رسیده و تاییدش اظهر از نور در هر حین نیر عنایتش در ظهور

Praise be to God, His aid hath been received and His confirmations are more manifest than light itself. The Daystar of His bounty is apparent

BRL_DA#589, DWNP_v4#01 p.003-004x, MUH3.309-313

ADMS#082

AB00075

1210

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

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

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

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

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

AB00076

1210

ای یاران عبدالبهاء حمد خدا را که این زندانرا بهر یاران ایوان فرمود و این سجن اعظم را گلشن

O Friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! Let us thank God that He has made from this prison a palace for the friends, and from this exalted dungeon, the garden of Baha’u’llah's bounties! …All that is revealed through divine inspiration is the evident truth

INBA75:063x

BRL_DAK#0638, MKT2.105, MILAN.126, AKHA_106BE #07 p.07x, AMK.025-029, DWNP_v5#01 p.002-003x, BCH.204x, ADH2_1#48 p.073x, MJMJ1.063x, MMG2#311 p.349x, MJH.022x, YHA1.430x, VUJUD.140-141x

BBBD.041-045, VUJUDE.155.14x

Consolation and comfort; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Imagery in the Qur'an; Muhammad; Islam; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science

BH04607

1180

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Supreme tribunal; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

احمد و اشکر من جعلنی فائزا بنفحات بیانکم اسبح و اقدس من جعلنی مهتزا بظهورات

I praise and give thanks unto Him Who hath caused me to be enraptured by the sweet fragrances of Thy utterance. I glorify and sanctify Him Who hath made me to be stirred by the manifestations [3.5s]... ...The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day. Its face is turned towards waywardness and unbelief.

BRL_DA#744, GWBP#061 p.083bx, AVK4.472x, ASAT1.021x, PYB#264 p.06x, AHB_133BE #01-02 p.003x, PYM.273x

GWB#061x, LOG#0422x, ADJ.082x, GPB.217x2x, PDC.004x, PDC.190x, WOB.033x, WOB.046x, WOB.181x, DWN_v1#07 p.001x

ABU0113

Words spoken at home of Mrs. Gastea in Paris, 1911-11-26

1170

جمیع انبیای الهی مظاهر حقیقت بودند حضرت موسی اعلان حقیقت کرد حضرت مسیح ترویج

All the divine prophets are the Manifestations of Truth. His Highness Moses declared the Truth.... The foundation of divine religion is love, affinity and concord.

AVK4.323x, DWNP_v1#08 p.005-006, KHF.288, KHAB.204 (214), KHTB1.213, KHTP.161

SW_v02#18 p.003-006, SW_v06#15 p.120

BH00662

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

1150

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

Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria)

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

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

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

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

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

B. Parmar

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

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

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

Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal.

BH00690

1120

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd)

Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd (Tablet of the Gems of Unity)

جواهر توحید و لطایف تحمید متصاعد بساط حضرت سلطان بی مثال و ملیک ذوالجلالی

All praise to the unity of God, and all honor to Him, the sovereign Lord, the incomparable and all-glorious Ruler of the universe, Who, out of utter nothingness, hath created the reality of all things

INBA65:242, INBA57:001, BLIB_Or15722.224, , NLAI_BH1.283, NLAI_BH3.186

BRL_DA#773, GWBP#027 p.050x, AVK1.015.08x, AVK1.212.08x, AVK2.001.03x, AVK3.014.09x, AVK3.422.11x, MJMM.338, DWNP_v3#12 p.028-031, UAB.008bx, UAB.014bx, MAS4.042x, PYB#006-007 p.01x, AKHA_107BE #06 p.002x, YMM.169x

GWB#027x, JHT_B#015

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Human reality created in the image of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

LL#383

BH00698

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib

1110

Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The

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

ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند

Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence

INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123

BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056

TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050

Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda

Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176

ABU0126

Public address given on 1912-04-12

1100

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

This is a most happy visit. I have crossed the sea from the land of the Orient

BDA1.030n

PUP#002 (p.004-007), SW_v15#09 p.254-255x, DWN_v5#11 p.001-004x

Christ; Christianity; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrdom of the Bab; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.039

AB00103

1070

Higher encompasses the lower; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Manifestation of God as mirror; One universal law; attractive power of love; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ای حقیقتجو شخص محترم نامه که بتاریخ چهارم آپریل ۱۹۲۱ بود رسید و بکمال محبت

O thou distinguished personage, thou seeker after truth! Thy letter of 4 April 1921, hath been read with love. The existence of the Divine Being

MKT3.380, MNMK#146 p.269, MMK1#021 p.044, DWNP_v1#02 p.003-005, KHF.008, KHAB.025? (034), KHTB3.008

SWAB#021

ABU0137

Public address given on 1912-05-05

1070

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

The divine religions were founded for the purpose of unifying humanity and establishing universal peace.... O Thou kind Lord! Thou hast created all humanity from the same stock

BDA1.070n

BPRY.113-115x, PUP#041 (p.097-100), SW_v03#04 p.024-027, SW_v15#03 p.057, DWN_v6#11 p.002-004

Louis, Bahiyyih, Oisin & Danny

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for peace and unity; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

MHMD1.079

AB00105

Some Answered Questions #037 The Connection between God and His Manifestations

1070

Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Names and attributes of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

بدان که حقیقت الوهیت و کنه ذات احدیت تنزیه صرف و تقدیس بحت

Know that the reality of the Divinity and the nature of the divine Essence is ineffable sanctity and absolute holiness

MFD#37, DWNP_v2#01 p.015-018, OOL.C022.37

SAQ#37

ABU0146

Address to Federation of Women's Clubs at Hotel La Salle in Chicago, 1912-05-02

1050

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

One of the functions of the sun is to quicken and reveal the hidden realities

BDA1.065n

LOG#0488x, LOG#2077x, LOG#2086x, PUP#032 (p.074-077), BSC.308 #629, SW_v03#04 p.012-014, DWN_v5#05 p.005-008x, PN_1912 p081

Equality of men and women; Manifestation of God as sun; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Unity in diversity; Universal education

MHMD1.073

AB00109

Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (=Lawh-i-Dukhan)

1040

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

Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (Tablet of Chastity and Purity)

ای یاران پاک یزدان تنزیه و تقدیس در جمیع شئون از خصائص پاکانست و از لوازم آزادگان

O Friends of the Pure and Omnipotent God! To be pure and holy in all things is an attribute of the consecrated soul

MKT1.324, MNMK#107 p.200, MMK1#129 p.142, AKHA_104BE #07 p.01, AHB.123BE #05 p.136x, AVK3.039.03x, AVK3.296.10x, DWNP_v6#10 p.001-004, PYB#139 p.03, ADH2_1#34 p.051x, MJMJ2.020bx, MMG2#377 p.421x, YHA1.340x, KHAZ.111-114, HYB.168, OOL.C017

SWAB#129, BRL_Aqdas.n170ax, TAB.581-585, BWF.333-336x, COC#1414x, LOG#1186x, LOG#1188x, LOG#1192x, LOG#1839x

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Cleanliness and refinement; Excellence; distinction; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

BH00827

Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of the Seven Questions)

990

Tabernacle of Unity, The

Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions); - Tabernacle of Unity (book)

ستایش پاک یزدانرا سزاوار که از روشنی آفتاب بخشش جهانرا روشن نمود از با بحر

All praise be to the sanctified Lord Who hath illumined the world through the splendours of the Daystar of His grace.

BLIB_Or15712.229, , IOL, , MKI4523.231, , BN_suppl.1753.063-068

BRL_TBUP#3, AVK1.300x, AVK2.229.03x, ZYN.246, ISH.231, MJMM.240, YARP1.008, DWNP_v6#03 p.003x, UAB.034cx, DRD.065, TSBT.234bx, AQMJ1.110ax, ASAT1.039x, PYB#166 p.03x, ABMK.063, OOL.B040

TBU#3, GPB.211x, GPB.230x, PDC.126x, PDC.126-127x, BLO_PT#119

almunajat.com [item 29]

Briefly addresses a follower of Zoroastrian background, answering seven questions regarding the problem of conflicting religious claims, declaring that His religion is ‘the religion of forbearance’ and that it ‘embraceth all faiths and all religions’, and affirming ‘the reality of Paradise and Hell, for reward and punishment require their existence’.

Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB3.272, BKOG.009, MMAH.221, GSH.172, LL#096, LL#257

AB00128

970

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

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء و اماء رحمن صبح است و نسیم جانپرور جنت ابهی بجمیع

O ye beloved of Abdu'l-Baha and ye handmaids of the Merciful! It is early morning, and the reviving winds of the Abha Paradise... O God, my God! These are Thy feeble servants

INBA85:270

MKT8.239b, MNMK#095 p.175, MMK1#008 p.020, AKHA_133BE #14 p.396

SWAB#008, BPRY.178-179x, TAB.387-390, BSC.492 #949x, DWN_v5#05 p.003-005, TEW.025-027

E. Mahony, The Bird & The Butterfly, Sophie, Siria & Ashkan

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB00131

960

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

ای عزیز دانا نامه ای که بتاریخ ۲۷ ماه می ۱۹۰۶ مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید

O thou who art dear, and wise! Thy letter dated 27 May 1906 hath been received and its contents are most pleasing and have brought great joy. Thou didst ask whether this Cause

MNMK#147 p.272, MMK1#031 p.059

SWAB#031, TAB.540-545, LOG#0690x, BSC.485 #930-931x, DWN_v5#01 p.002-003x

Manifestation of God as mediator; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

ABU0181

On Calumny: Words spoken on 1911-11-20 in Paris

950

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ

از بدایت عالم تا امروز هر وقت ندای الهی بلند شد ندای شیطان هم بلند شد زیرا

From the beginning of the world until the present time each 'Manifestation' sent from God has been opposed by an embodiment of the 'Powers of Darkness'.

AMK.200-204, DWNP_v1#06 p.004-006, KHF.203, KHAB.184 (195), KHTB1.186, KHTP.131

PT#33 p.101, ABS#01

AB00142

Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education)

930

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

Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education)

ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن جمهور عقلاء بر آنند که تفاوت عقول و آراء از تفاوت

O ye beloved of God and maidservants of the Merciful! The republic of wise men believes that the difference in minds and opinions is due to the difference of education

INBA16:026

MKT1.330, MNMK#110 p.207, MMK1#098 p.123x, MMK1#104 p.127x, MILAN.084, AKHA_104BE #06 p.15, AKHB.210x, AVK1.250x, AVK3.326.17x, DWNP_v6#05 p.004-006, PYM.218, MJTB.035, DUR1.574x, YHA1.329-330x, YHA1.382x#7, YHA1.382x#8, NJB_v05#02 p.005, OOL.C018

SWAB#098x, SWAB#104x, TAB.576-580, BWF.396-399x, LOG#0482x, LOG#0484x, LOG#0486x, BSC.486 #935x, TEW.003-006

MANA (1), MANA (2)

Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Work as worship

AB00151

920

Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet on the Functioning of the Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence; Universal House of Justice, The

Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence

ای متشبث بذیل المیثاق منشور مسطور منظور آمد و سوالات مفصله ملاحظه گردید ولو

O thou who hast clung to the hem of the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was received and thy questions were noted [3.5s]... ...Those matters of major importance which constitute the foundation of the Law of God are explicitly recorded in the Text, but subsidiary laws are left to the House of Justice

INBA72:012, INBA59:275b, INBA89:156

BRL_DAK#0710, BRL_CUHJP#19x, AHB.120BE #03-06 p.05, DWNP_v3#05 p.033-035, RHQM1.302-304 (370) (222-223x)

BRL_CUHJ#19x, COC#0728x, COC#0763x, LOG#1068x, SW_v13#12 p.323-324x, PN_1906 p047, LOIR08.257, BLO_PT#006, BLO_PT#209

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Laws of marriage and dowry

AB00153

Commentary on the Unity of Existence

920

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

Commentary on the Unity of Existence

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

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

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

BLO_PT#164

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

BH00003

Kitab-i-'Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

920

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

Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of the Covenant)

اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنیا خالیست ولکن در خزائن توکل و تفویض از برای وراث

Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation

INBA65:101, BLIB_Or15261, , CMB_F25.8,

AVK3.066.10x, AVK3.210.02x, AVK3.424.03x, AHM.410, MJMM.399, AYT.355, DWNP_v4#04 p.021, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.025-027x, UAB.036ax, DRD.176, AYI2.076x, AYI2.275x, RHQM2.0918-921 (350) (214-216), TBP#15, OOL.B014, AMB#32

TB#15, DOR#32, PUP.382x, GPB.028x, GPB.238x, GPB.239x8x, GPB.240x7x, GPB.242x, GPB.314x, WOB.134x, SW_v03#14 p.006-007+010, SW_v04#14 p.238, SW_v05#15 p.229, SW_v07#16 p.153, SW_v07#18 p.188, SW_v09#12 p.138x, SW_v09#13 p.150, BSC.259 #532-546

A. Youssefi

Bahá’u’lláh’s last will and testament, appointing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor by summoning ‘the Aghṣán, the Afnán and My Kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch’; categorically forbidding contention and conflict; and cautioning lest the means of order and unity that He brought into the world should become the cause of confusion and discord.

Contention and conflict; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity; oneness of humanity

ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026

ABU0207

900

In former times men either became believers, or else they became enemies of the cause of God. For instance, in the time of Moses

DWN_v3#03-4 p.024, ADP.041-046

Christ; Christianity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Teachings as spirit of the age; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

ABU0215

Words spoken on 1911-11-16 in Paris

880

آفتاب جهانتاب آسمانیرا طلوع و غروبی و از این جهه کیهانرا شب و روزی موسم ربیع

The celestial Sun hath both its rising and its setting, and thus doth the universe know both night and day, and the season of spring [3.5s]

DWNP_v2#07 p.058-060, DWNP_v5#07-8 p.003-006x, KHTB1.254, NJB_v02#14-16 p.017

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Literal interpretation; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00171

870

Trustworthiness

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

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

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

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

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

AB00172

870

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

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

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

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

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

ABU0220

Words spoken at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-21

870

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Social Action

از عادت قدیمه است که هر ملتی از ملل را ایام سرور عمومی که جمیع ملت در آن روز

According to ancient custom, every nation has general holidays when all the people rejoice and are glad… In all the prophetic Dispensations, philanthropic affairs were confined to their respective peoples only

BRL_DAK#0394, AYT.349-353, DWNP_v1#07 p.005-007, KHF.275, KHAB.226 (236), KHTB3.101

BRL_ATE#135, BRL_SOCIAL#085x, LOG#1030x, SW_v09#01 p.008-009

Call to action; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Past, present and future of Iran; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universality of the Cause

AB00179

860

یا اباالفضائل و امة و اخیه چندیست که بوی خوش معانی از ریاض قلب آن معین عرفان

O thou father, mother and brother of Faza'il! It has been a long time since

INBA13:024, INBA55:240

MKT1.276, AHB.119BE #03 p.96, DWNP_v1#09 p.001-003, TZH8.1134, MSBH2.323, SAAF.234-237, NJB_v04#19 p.001, NJB_v13#05 p.00128

SW_v13#05 p.107-109

Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

BH00958

860

Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Suffering and imprisonment

لم یزل نفحات قدسی از رضوان عنایت الهی در وزیدن بوده و لایزال روایح عز معنوی

From time immemorial have the breezes of holiness wafted from the Paradise of divine favor, and unto eternity shall the fragrances of spiritual glory continue to be diffused [3.5s]... ...The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence

INBA36:080, INBA71:241

BRL_DA#130, GWBP#029 p.053x, AVK1.333.010x, MJMM.368, DRD.139, ASAT5.061x, ASAT5.262x, AKHA_134BE #18 p.691

GWB#029x, DWN_v3#12 p.031-032x

LL#430

ABU0235

Words spoken on 1911-10-21 in Paris

850

در جمیع کتب الهیه از جمیع ملل روزی موعود است که آنروز روزی است که جمیع بشر در

In all the divine Books of every people there is promised a Day, a Day wherein all humanity [3.5s]

DWNP_v4#08-9 p.025-027, DWNP_v5#09 p.006-007x, KHAB.088 (098), KHTB1.064, KHTP.044

Differences in human capacity; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for unity; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00188

830

ای بنده حق نامه مفصل رسید و از روایات مذکوره نهایت استغراب حاصل گردید و معلوم شد

O servant of Truth! Thy detailed letter hath arrived, and from the account mentioned therein the utmost astonishment was occasioned, and it became evident [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0542, MKT1.337, MNMK#152 p.283, MILAN.118, AKHA_104BE #08 p.01, AVK1.200, BSHN.140.481, BSHN.144.474, DWNP_v4#02-3 p.014-016, MHT1a.117, MHT1b.075, YHA1.375-376x

Higher encompasses the lower; Purpose; goal of creation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

AB00197

820

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Letter to Martha Root

ای عاشقان حقیقت و خادمان عالم انسانی چون از گلشن افکار و نوایای شما بوی خوشی

O ye lovers of truth! O ye servants of mankind! Out of the flowering of your thoughts and hopes, fragrant emanations

MKT3.065, MNMK#114 p.219, MMK1#202 p.238, AHB.124BE #06-09 p.35, DWNP_v2#06 p.050-052, PYB#047 p.23

SWAB#202, ADJ.088-089x, PDC.186x, WOB.030x, SW_v14#12 p.355-356, BLO_PT#051

Equality of men and women; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Predictions and prophecies; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Prophecy and fulfillment; Religion as source of love and unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB00200

820

ای یاران عزیزان هر فردی از افراد انسانی چون از خاور زندگانی در جهان هستی

O beloved friends, every member of the human race, as they emerge from the dawning-place of life into the realm of existence [4o]

INBA75:132

AMK.086-089, DWNP_v3#06 p.042-044, YARP2.310 p.256

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Past, present and future of Iran; Unity; oneness of humanity; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

BH01026

Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Arabic)

810

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic)

یا ملاح القدس احضر سفینه البقاء فی الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی ثم امسکها

O Holy Mariner! Bid thine ark of eternity appear before the Celestial Concourse, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious!

BLIB_Or15692.001, , BLIB_Or15706.073, , BLIB_Or15714.039, , IOM.094, ROB1.000x

BRL_DA#079, AQA5#136 p.176, HDQI.043, MAS4.335, AKHA_117BE #09-10 p.ax, YMM.291x, OOL.B055a

BPRY.319, SW_v13#04 p.075, DWN_v3#05 p.031-034, BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, BSC.251 #526, HURQ.BH21

L. Thoresen [track 4]

Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Arabic portion)

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155

AB00206

Some Answered Questions #041 Universal Cycles

810

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle

همچنان که این اجرام نورانیه در این فضای نامتناهی هر یک را دوری زمانیست

Each of the luminous bodies of this limitless firmament has its cycle of revolution

MFD#41, DWNP_v2#08 p.068-069, OOL.C022.41

SAQ#41

ABU0257

Words spoken at Theosophical Society in London, 1911-10-03

800

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

ای جمع محترم آتش را لزوم ذاتی سوختن است و قوه برقیه را لزوم ذاتی افروختن

O Respected Assembly! O friends of Truth! The inherent nature of fire is to burn, the inherent nature of electricity is to give light

BRL_DAK#0825, AMK.171-173, DWNP_v1#07 p.003-005, KHF.252, KHAB.069 (079), KHTB1.029, KHTP.006, NJB_v02#14-16 p.015

AIL.027, ABS#03

Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Law of cause and effect; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Suffering and imprisonment; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB00215

790

ادعوک یا الهی بقلبی و لسانی و روحی و جنانی و اناجیک فی بهره ظلام سابل الاذیال

I call upon Thee, O my God, with my heart and my tongue, my spirit and my innermost being, and I commune with Thee in the depths of this darkness that hath descended [3.5s]... ...O ye My faithful loved ones! Should at any time afflicting events come to pass in the Holy Land, never feel disturbed or agitated

AMK.003-008, AVK4.446x, AYT.524x, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023-024x, MAS5.145bx, HYB.153x

GPB.309x, PAB.025x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Petitions to authorities; Prayer for nearness to God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU0276

There Can Be No True Happiness and Progress without Spirituality: Words spoken on 1911-11-21 in Paris

770

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Harmony of science and religion; Justice and wrath of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Transcending the material condition; War and peace

درندگی سزاوار حیوانات وحشیه است و سزاوار انسان الفت و محبتست خدا جمیع انبیا

Ferocity and savagery are natural to animals, but men should show forth the qualities of love and affection. God sent all His Prophets into the world with one aim… Oh, trust in God! For His Bounty is everlasting

BRL_DAK#0956, AMK.204-207, KHF.049, KHAB.188 (199), KHTB1.192, KHTP.139

PT#34 p.106, DWN_v1#12 p.007cx

N. Ma'ani, Friends in Paris

ABU0282

The First Principle—Search after Truth: Words spoken on 1911-11-10 in Paris

760

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Soul; spirit after death

دیروز رفتیم در جمعیت روحانیون چون آنجمع

If a man would succeed in his search after truth, he must, in the first place, shut his eyes to all the traditional superstitions of the past.

DWNP_v5#07-8 p.006x, KHAB.146 (157), KHTB1.137

PT#41 p.138x, SW_v03#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v2#08 p.061-063x

AB00241

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Northeastern states II)

750

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای دوستان حقیقی جمیع اقالیم در نزد حق اقلیم واحد است و جمیع مدائن و قری یکسان

O ye real friends! All countries, in the estimation of the True One are but one country and all the cities and villages... O Thou kind Lord! Praise be unto Thee that Thou hast shown us the highway of guidance

MKT3.037, DWNP_v5#09 p.001-002x, DUR1.027x, ANDA#79 p.05x, MJMJ1.102x, MMG2#075 p.082x, MJH.044x, FRTB.070, NJB_v10#10 p.204x

TDP#09, BPRY.212-214x, ADJ.006x, COF.027-028x, COF.035x2x, GPB.254x, GPB.396x, TDH#158.5x, WOB.053x, WOB.077x, BSC.507 #973, SW_v10#04 p.069-071

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 4], Ladjamaya [track 8]

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

UDP.007

ABU0285

The Fifth Principle—The Abolition of Prejudices: Words spoken on 1911-11-13 in Paris

750

Judas; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Unity; oneness of humanity

از جمله اساس بهاء الله ترک تعصب وطنی و تعصب مذهبی و تعصب جنسی و تعصب سیاسی

Another principle of the teaching of Baha'o'llah is this: That you must renounce all prejudices

AMK.224-228, DWNP_v5#12 p.004-006, KHAB.163 (174), KHTB1.158

PT#45 p.151, SW_v03#02 p.003-004, DWN_v3#01 p.010-011x

AB00252

740

Abdu'l-Bahá in London; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء مکتوب مفصل که مرقوم نموده بودید رسید و بکمال دقت

O ye beloved friends of Abdul-Baha! The detailed letter which you have written was received and it was read with the greatest attention… You have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the 'Second Coming of Christ'... O friends of God! ‘Abdu’l‑Baha is the embodiment of servitude and is not Christ... That which is true and real is this: that we become united and agreed in our purpose... My name is Abdu'l-Baha…

BRL_DAK#0064, MMK4#167 p.188, MMK5#181 p.140, AHB.117BE #11 p.334, AVK4.287ax, AVK4.288cx, AYT.447x, MAS9.145x

BRL_ATE#093x, TAB.429-433, WOB.139x, AIL.109x, DWN_v3#01 p.011bx, BSTW#174

S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, D. Sylvester, B. Weber

Contention and conflict; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00266

Some Answered Questions #036 The Five Divisions of Spirit

720

Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Power of the mind over nature; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual springtime; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

بدانکه کلیه ارواح پنج قسم است اول روح نباتی و آن قوه‌ئیست که از ترکیب عناصر

Know that in general there are five divisions of spirit. First is the vegetable spirit

MFD#36, DWNP_v2#01 p.001-003, OOL.C022.36

SAQ#36

AB00304

680

Light of the World

ای جویای حقیقت نامه رسید و مقصد معلوم گردید سوال نموده بودید که اگر این جلوه

O thou seeker after Truth! Thy letter was received and thy purpose became known. Thou hast asked: If this divine Revelation is that same heavenly Kingdom which Christ said was nigh

NURA#67, MKT3.246, AKHA_124BE #08 p.v, DWNP_v1#08 p.006-008

LOTW#67

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ

AB00309

670

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith

ای اهل عالم طلوع شمس حقیقت محض نورانیت عالم است و ظهور رحمانیت در انجمن بنی‌آدم

O people of the world! The dawn of the Sun of Reality is assuredly for the illumination of the world

BLIB_Or.08117.006,

DWNP_v5#02-3 p.003-004x

BWF.215-217x, BSC.422 #766x, SW_v11#09 p.133-134x

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace

AB00322

660

Light of the World

ای دوستان الهی و یاران معنوی خداوند عالمیان در قرآن حکیم میفرماید و لکم فی

O ye beloved of God! O ye spiritual friends! The Lord of the worlds hath said in the Qur’an: “A noble pattern have ye in God’s Apostle.”

INBA13:406, INBA55:167, INBA88:197

NURA#56, MKT1.417, MNMK#102 p.187, MMK4#135 p.137, DWNP_v6#09 p.002-003, BCH.155, DUR1.281x

LOTW#56, SW_v04#04 p.071+074, BSTW#080, BSTW#361, BSTW#367

R. Yazhari

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human reality created in the image of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01334

640

Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

حمد و ثنا مقصود یکتا را لایق و سزاست که بیک کلمه علیا اشیا را از عدم بحت

Praise and glorification beseemeth the One True Object of all desire, Who through a single exalted Word hath called all things into being from utter nothingness [3.5s]... ...My God, independent of all things, most generous and merciful, my Sovereign supreme! All are Thy servants

INBA65:047x, INBA30:094x, INBA81:009, BLIB_Or15703.085,

AHM.341x, DWNP_v5#12 p.001-002x, AQMJ1.157x, BCH.141, ADH1.022x

ADMS#144x

AB00345

Some Answered Questions #038 The Three Stations of the Divine Manifestations

640

Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Word of God sanctified from time and place

بدان که مظاهر مقدسه را هرچند مقامات و کمالات غیر متناهیه است ولی کلیهء مراتب ایشان سه رتبه است

Know that, while the Manifestations of God possess infinite virtues and perfections, they occupy only three stations

MFD#38, DWNP_v2#05 p.038-040, OOL.C022.38

SAQ#38

AB00357

630

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

ای دوست مهربان بعد از سیاحت تام در جمیع امریکا و شهرهای عظیم اروپا مراجعت

O kind friend! After making a complete journey throughout all the United States and the large cities of Europe, I have returned to the East

BRL_DAK#0556, MNMK#117 p.226, MMK5#093 p.073, DWNP_v5#04 p.001-003, HHA.266, ANDA#43-44 p.167, MJDF.091, NJB_v04#10 p.003

SW_v05#08 p.120-122, SW_v05#09 p.136, SW_v08#12 p.156, ABIE.034, BLO_PN#007, MHMD2s.335-336x

Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity of governments; political unity; War and peace

AB00362

630

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای یاران شرق و غرب از اعظم اساس دین الله و معانی کلمه الله و تکلیف احباء الله

O ye friends of the East and the West! Among the foundations of the religion of God, the inner significances of the Word of God, and the duties of the friends of God... O God, my God! Illumine the brows of Thy true lovers

COMP_MASHRIQP#22x, MKT4.128, MNMK#084 p.152x, MMK1#235 p.306x, AMK.057-058, AVK3.261.19x, MJMJ2.030ax, MMG2#327 p.365x

SWAB#235x, BRL_MASHRIQ#22x, BPRY.084-085x, LOG#0836x, LOG#0840x, SW_v06#17 p.138-139, SW_v08#11 p.137-138, DWN_v5#09 p.007x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Unity in diversity

BH01362

630

نخستین گفتار کردگار اینست با سینه پاک از خواهش و آلایش و دل پاکیزه از رنگهای

The first utterance of the Creator is this: With a breast purified from desire and defilement, and a heart cleansed from all hues and colors [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15722.096, , MKI4523.274,

BRL_DA#129, ZYN.256, ISH.274, AHM.380, YARP1.012, DWNP_v6#06-7 p.001-003, UAB.001bx, DRD.109, NSR_1993.037bx, ADH1.059x, AKHA_121BE #07 p.a, ANDA#63 p.03x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU0387

Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-13

630

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

خسته بودم قدری خوابیدم در خواب میدیدم که با شماها صحبت میدارم ولی بصوت جلی

I have made you wait for a while, but as I was tired I slept a little. While I was sleeping... I desire distinction for you

BDA1.123.x

LOG#0320x, PUP#068 (p.189-190), SW_v03#10 p.017, SW_v19#07 p.220, DWN_v6#04 p.001x, MHMD1.132

Differences in human capacity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Excellence; distinction; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH01353

Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani

630

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

Lawh-i-Dustan-i-Yazdani (Tablet to the Zoroastrians); - Tabernacle of Unity (book)

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

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

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

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

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

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

LL#084

ABU0386

Pain and Sorrow: Words spoken on 1911-11-22 in Paris

630

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

جمیع بشر همیشه مورد دو احساس هستند یکی احساس سرور دیگری احساس حزن وقت سرور

In this world we are influenced by two sentiments, Joy and Pain. Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital

BRL_DAK#0955, AMK.207-210, DWNP_v6#08 p.002-003, KHF.039, KHAB.192 (202), KHTB1.197, KHTP.146

PT#35 p.110

J. Heath [track 4]

BH01448

600

یا زین علیک بهائی و بهاء الملا الاعلی آنچه ارسال نمودی بلحاظ فائز دیدیم و

O Zayn, upon whom rest My glory and the glory of the Concourse on High! That which thou didst send hath reached Our gaze, and We beheld it [3.5s]

DWNP_v5#06 p.001-002x, AYI2.006x, TABN.335-337

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00444

Lawh-i-Ayat (Tablet of the Signs)

590

Lawh-i-Ayat (Tablet of the Signs)

سبحان من انشا الوجود و ابدع کل موجود و بعث المخلصین مقاما محمود و اظهر الغیب

Praise be to Him Who hath made the world of being, and hath fashioned all that is, Him Who hath raised up the sincere to a station of honour

INBA13:398, INBA55:229, INBA59:148, INBA88:051, UMich962.092-094, UMich991.047-051

BRL_DAK#0958, MKT1.137, MNMK#021 p.099, MMK1#004 p.013, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.v, BCH.130, DLH2.223, OOL.C008

SWAB#004, SW_v09#03 p.032-034, DWN_v3#08 p.070-073, STYLE.043x

Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0430

Words at reception with Turkish Ambassador, spoken on 1912-04-23

590

Mahmúd's Diary

الحمد لله قرون تاریک گذشت قرن نورانی آمد عقول و نفوس در ترقی است ادراکات در

Praise be unto God! The dark ages have passed away, and the illumined century hath dawned. Minds and souls are advancing, and understanding is [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0773, AMK.264-266, DWNP_v1#05 p.003-004, KHF.091, KHAB.250 (260), KHTB2.043, NJB_v05#08 p.002

Call to action; Equality of men and women; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

BDA1.047, MHMD1.056

ABU0439

God’s Greatest Gift to Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-26 in Paris

580

Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; High station of learning; Power of the mind over nature; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity

اعظم فضائل عالم انسانی علم است علم سبب ترقی عالم انسانیست علم است که کاشف

The greatest treasure of man is wisdom. Through this he is lifted into great

DWNP_v6#01 p.002-003, KHAB.092 (102), KHTB1.069

PT#11 p.032, SW_v02#14 p.006-007, PN_1911 p020

BH01509

570

Tabernacle of Unity, The

- Tabernacle of Unity (book)

ای بندگان چشمه های بخشش یزدانی در جوش است از آن بنوشید تا بیاری دوست یکتا

O servants! The wellsprings of divine bestowal are streaming forth. Quaff ye therefrom, that by the aid of the incomparable Friend

INBA35:108, BLIB_Or11096#040, , BLIB_Or15722.087, , NLI.32p007v, Majlis934.042-046

BRL_TBUP#4, ZYN.277, MJMM.251, YARP1.002, DWNP_v4#01 p.001-002, UAB.058ax, DRD.032, AKHA_133BE #10 p.221, ANDA#71 p.03

TBU#4

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

ABU0457

The Second Principle—The Unity of Mankind: Words spoken on 1911-11-11 in Paris

570

Differences in human capacity; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Unity; oneness of humanity

دیروز ذکر کردیم اول چیزی که برای انسان لازم تحری حقیقت است و در تحری حقیقت

Yesterday I spoke to you of the First Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Search after Truth

BRL_DAK#1226, DWNP_v6#02 p.002-004, KHAB.157 (168), KHTB1.151, KHTP.103

PT#42 p.141, SW_v03#01 p.004-005, DWN_v3#01 p.010x

AB00494

560

Family Life

ای دو مومن موقن ثابت حمد خدا را که از شعله نور هدی سینای دل و جان روشن شد

O ye two steadfast believers assured in faith! Praise be to God that the flame of the light of guidance hath illumined the Sinai of your hearts and souls [3.5s]... ...God’s wisdom hath decreed that partners to a marriage should be of distant origins

BRL_DAK#0826, COMP_FAMP#11x, MKT3.370, MMK6#339, AVK3.509.09x, AVK4.155.03x, AVK4.192.03x, AVK4.209.05x, DWNP_v3#05 p.031-033

BRL_FAM#11x

Law of divorce; Law of inheritance; Laws of marriage and dowry; Praise and encouragement; Unchastity and adultery

AB00527

540

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

ABU0493

The Fourth Principle—The Acceptance of the Relation between Religion and Science: Words spoken on 1911-11-12 in Paris

540

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Differences in human capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Harmony of science and religion; Idolatry; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity in diversity

دیروز بیان کردیم اساس ثانی وحدت عالم انسانی است سوم دین و علم توام است اگر

Yesterday I spoke to you of the Second Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Unity of Mankind

BRL_DAK#1227, KHAB.160 (171), KHTB1.155, KHTP.108

PT#44 p.145, SW_v03#01 p.005, DWN_v3#03-4 p.024-027

ABU0502

Words spoken at Paster Wagner's church in Paris, 1911-11-26

530

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the mind over nature; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

جمیع مظاهر مقدسه خدمت بحقیقت فرمودند حضرت موسی ترویج حقیقه فرمود حضرت مسیح

I am deeply touched by the sympathetic words which have been addressed to me... All down the ages the prophets of God have been sent into the world to serve the cause of truth

KHAB.201 (211), KHTB1.210, KHTP.156

PT#39 p.120, DWN_v3#05 p.034-037, DWN_v4#08-9 p.115-119

AB00573

520

ربنا ترانا ننشر اجنحه الذل و الانکسار و نبتهل الی ملکوت الانوار و نخضع خضوع

O our Lord! Behold us as we spread the wings of abasement and contrition, supplicating unto the Kingdom of Lights, submitting with utter humility [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0743, MKT1.226, DWNP_v3#11 p.017-019, YHA1.375x

Consolation and comfort; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution

BH01699

520

فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انت الذی رفعت السموات بامرک و اسکنت الارض بارادتک و

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Who hath raised up the heavens by Thy command and established the earth through Thy will [3.5s]

INBA92:119

DWNP_v3#08 p.066-069

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00644

490

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

پاک یزدانا بیناای و شنوا مقتدری و توانا صیت نبا عظیم در جمیع اقالیم منتشر و

O Thou Pure God! Thou art the Seer and the Hearer! Thou art the Powerful and the Mighty! The fame of Thy Most Great Cause… O ye true friends! Day and night ‘Abdu’l‑Baha calleth his loved ones to mind, and with every breath

INBA75:087

BRL_DAK#0065, MKT2.136, MILAN.200, AKHA_130BE #13 p.a, DWNP_v5#07-8 p.001-002x, BCH.005, ADH2_1#53 p.081, MJMJ1.081, MMG2#047 p.047, MJH.031, YHA1.016x

BRL_ATE#092x, TAB.574-576

Declaration; advent of the Bab; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Oneness; unity of religion; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for peace and unity

AB00645

490

Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering; rejection of Christ

چون حضرة مسیح در بیست قرن پیش ظاهر شد با وجود انکه یهود در نهایت انتظار

When Christ appeared, twenty centuries ago, although the Jews were eagerly awaiting His Coming

MNMK#154 p.287, MMK1#020 p.041

SWAB#020, DWN_v2#08 p.060-061, BNE.006-008

ABU0577

Concerning Body, Soul and Spirit: Words spoken on 1911-11-17 in Paris

480

Attaining the life of the spirit; Man's distinction from the animal; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

در عالم انسانی سه مقام است مقام جسم است و آن مقام حیوانی انسانست که با جمیع

There are in the world of humanity three degrees; those of the body, the soul, and spirit. The body is the physical or animal degree of man.

DWNP_v5#11 p.003-004, KHAB.170 (180), KHTB1.167, KHTP.117

PT#31 p.095, BSTW#321

AB00687

470

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

اللهم یا هادی الطالبین الی سبیل الهدی و منقذ التائهین من بیداء الضلاله و

O Thou, my God, Who guidest the seeker to the pathway that leadeth aright, Who deliverest the lost and blinded soul

MKT3.236, MNMK#100 p.184, MMK1#236 p.306, DWNP_v3#02 p.011-013, ADH2.083, ADH2_2#12 p.112, MMG2#313 p.351

SWAB#236, BPRY.191-193x

Non-participation in politics; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0600

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

470

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

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

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

ABU0618

Words spoken on 1911-09-13 in London

460

خوش آمدید اهالی ایران بسیار مسرورند از اینکه من آمدم اینجا این

Welcome! Welcome! The people of Iran are very pleased that I have come here. My coming here will foster friendship between Britain and Iran

DWNP_v2#08 p.070-071x, KHTB1.023, NJB_v02#14-16 p.013

ABS#12

Declaration; advent of the Bab; Oneness; unity of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of governments; political unity

ABU0633

Words spoken on 1911-10-15 in Paris

450

چون بدیده حقیقت نظر شود روحانیات مطابق جسمانیات است همینطور که در عالم جسمانی

When gazing with the eye of truth, spiritual realities correspond to physical ones, even as in the material world [3.5s]

DWNP_v1#07 p.001-002, BCH.087, KHAB.079 (089), KHTB1.052, KHTP.029

Christ; Christianity; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Law of transformation and change; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Muhammad; Islam; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity

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

AB00798

440

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصلی چند روز پیش ارسال گردید لهذا حال با عدم فرصت

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! A detailed letter was dispatched some days ago; therefore, at present, owing to lack of time [3.5s]

AVK4.206.03x, DWNP_v3#05 p.035-036

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Importance of community building; Law of inheritance; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Review of publications; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0660

Good Ideas Must Be Carried into Action: Words spoken on 1911-11-08 in Paris

440

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

جمیع ملل عالم از حیثیت اقوال کاملند جمیع ذکر میکنند که محب خیرند جمیع میگویند صدق

All over the world one hears beautiful sayings extolled and noble precepts admired. All men say they love what is good… Strive, that your actions day by day may be beautiful prayers

BRL_DAK#1228, AMK.246-247, DWNP_v6#05 p.002, KHF.284, KHAB.137 (148), KHTB1.127, KHTP.086, NJB_v02#14-16 p.018

PT#26 p.076

Gonçalo & Nabil, J. Crone

AB00829

430

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Religion as reality; definitions of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ای طالب حقیقت نامه که بتاریخ سیزدهم دیسمبر ۱۹۲۰ مرقوم نموده بودی رسید ادیان

O thou who dost search after truth! Thy letter of 13 December 1920 hath come. From the days of Adam until today

MKT3.375, MNMK#157 p.291, MMK1#023 p.049, AKHA_134BE #19 p.733, AVK2.123.10x, DWNP_v6#08 p.004-005

SWAB#023

ABU0691

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19

420

In the world of creation there is one nature common to all things. When we study their nature, we perceive that they are either essentially as light or darkness

DWN_v5#07-8 p.001-002x, PN_1901 p073, BLO_PN#109

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness; unity of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02157

410

قلم اعلی میفرماید ای دوستان حق مقصود از حمل این رزایای متواتره و بلایای

The Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: O friends of Truth! The purpose of bearing these successive tribulations and calamities [3.5s]

INBA81:161

DWNP_v6#02 p.004, QALAM.012

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0726

Address to Women's Freedom League, Essex Hall in London, 1913-01-02

410

Humanity is like a bird with its two wings -- the one is male, the other female.... According to the spirit of this age, women must advance... "You can kill me as son as you like but you cannot stop the emancipation of women."

COMP_WOMENP#086x

BRL_WOMEN#086x, COC#2177x, DWN_v5#05 p.008-009x, BNE.147-149

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

AB00921

Some Answered Questions #042 The Power and Perfections of the Divine Manifestations

410

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

در عالم وجود یعنی کائنات جسمانیه ملاحظه نمائید دائرۀ شمسیه مظلم و تاریک

Consider the world of existence, that is, the material creation. The solar system is wrapped in darkness.

MFD#42, DWNP_v3#08 p.069-070, OOL.C022.42

SAQ#42

BH02228

400

Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

کتاب کریم من لدن رب العالمین الی الذین آمنوا بهذا النبا العظیم انه تذکره لمن

This is the Noble Book from before the Lord of the worlds to those who have believed in this great announcement

INBA34:175, BLIB_Or15707.143, , BLIB_Or15735.296,

AQA1#043, HYK.296

DWN_v1#02 p.001x, BSC.067 #036

BH02198

Lawh-i-'Ashiq va Ma'shuq

400

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance

Lawh-i-Ashiq va Mashuq (Tablet of the Lover and the Beloved)

ای بلبلان الهی از خارستان ذلت بگلستان معنوی بشتابید و ای یاران ترابی قصد

Release yourselves, O nightingales of God, from the thorns and brambles of wretchedness and misery

INBA35:041, Majlis210461.046-048

GWBP#151 p.205c, MJMM.334, AYT.319, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.059-060, UAB.059c.11x, DRD.029x, PYB#019 p.01, AHB_104BE #06 p.003, AHB_118BE #02 p.031, AKHA_120BE #02-03 p.b, AKHA_130BE #03 p.a, AKHA_133BE #11 p.252, AKHA_134BE #03 p.105, AKHA_135BE #02 p.25, ANDA#02 p.02, MSBH6.406x, OOL.B028, AMB#21

GWB#151, DOR#21

R. Lea, KC Porter, TaliaSafa, Mona, Sasha & Sam, Eduke

Addresses the ‘nightingales of God’, announcing the blooming of a ‘new flower’ in the ‘rose-garden of changeless splendour’, calling them to detach themselves from the world and to taste ‘the abandonment of enraptured love’, and warning them of the fleeting nature of their opportunity.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ROB2.241, MMAH.136, GSH.176, LL#064

ABU0735

The Clouds That Obscure the Sun of Truth: Words spoken on 1911-10-27 in Paris

400

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

در انجیل میفرماید هر وقت حضرت مسیح میاید سوار بر ابر است جمال مبارک در تفسیر

The day is fine, the air is pure, the sun shines, no mist nor cloud obscures its radiance. These brilliant rays penetrate into all parts of the city

DWNP_v5#10 p.002-003, KHF.206, KHAB.098 (107), KHTB1.076

PT#12 p.034, PN_1911 p021

AB00984

390

ای احبای الهی این جهان ترابی و خاکدان فانی آشیان مرغ خاکیست و لانه خفاش

O ye beloved of God! This earthly world, this dusty ephemeral abode, is but the nest of terrestrial birds and the den of bats [3.5s]

INBA13:143, INBA17:096, INBA55:408, INBA59:238, INBA88:128b

BRL_DAK#0474, MKT1.443, MILAN.182, BSHN.140.216, BSHN.140.372, BSHN.144.216, DWNP_v5#11 p.004-005, MAS5.073x, MHT1a.114, MHT1b.072, MHT2.162, YHA1.379x

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB00993

390

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of

ای بنده جمال قدم زبان بشکرانه اسم اعظم بگشا که موفق بزیارت عتبه مقدسه روحی

O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Loose your tongue in thanksgiving to the Most Great Name, for you have attained the privilege of pilgrimage to the Sacred Threshold - may my spirit be sacrificed for it [3.5s]... ...Obligatory prayer is the very foundation of the Cause of God. Through it joy and vitality infuse the heart

INBA13:313

AKHA_125BE #04 p.b, AVK3.251.09x, AVK4.092.11x, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.002-003x

BRL_IOPF#2.14x

Law of obligatory prayer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02385

370

Exhortations and counsels; Goodly deeds; actions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of words; of speech; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

این بسی واضح و معلومست که این مظلوم غریب از اول امر از برای خود خیالی نداشته

It is abundantly clear and evident that this Wronged Exile hath, from the very inception of the Cause, cherished no desire for Himself

INBA35:156, BLIB_Or15719.055a,

DWNP_v4#07 p.037-038, MAS8.049a, MAS8.160bx, AYI2.162x, AYI2.379x, PYB#110 p.03x

ADMS#311

AB01197

360

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

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

INBA88:208

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

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

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

ABU0875

350

The obstacle which prevents the so-called religious man from accepting the teachings of God is literal interpretation.

DWN_v2#12 p.094-095, ADP.036-038

Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Literal interpretation; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Outward and inward meanings; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ABU0890

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

340

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

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

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

AB01534

320

یاران مهربانا چندی پیش نامه ای در نهایت اشتیاق تحریر و ارسال گردید حال نیز

O dearly beloved friends! Some time ago a letter filled with utmost longing was penned and dispatched, and now likewise [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0925, MKT3.275, AKHA_128BE #16 p.a, DWNP_v6#01 p.003-004

Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity; Wealth inequality and its moderation

AB01535

320

O loving companion! The Kingdom of God is the source of all power…. O my companion! The light of truth is shining everywhere

DWN_v1#09 p.006-007

Growth of the Cause; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

BH02747

320

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Life and death; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Satan; the Evil One; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ای بندگان سزاوار آنکه در این بهار جان‌فزا از باران نیسان یزدانی تازه و خرم

O My servants! It behoveth you to refresh and revive your souls through the gracious favors which, in this Divine, this soul-stirring Springtime

INBA35:110, BLIB_Or11096#059, , BLIB_Or15722.089, , CMB_F33.039, , NLI.32p009v, Majlis934.046-049

GWBP#085 p.111b, ZYN.283, AHM.308, MJMM.255, YARP1.013, DWNP_v1#02 p.001-002x, UAB.058bx, DRD.040, DRD.101, PYB#019 p.02

GWB#085, ADJ.081x

LL#072

AB01587

310

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

ای سمندر نار موقده در سدره سیناء جمال مبارک روحی و ذاتی و کینونتی لارقائه

O phoenix of that immortal flame kindled in the sacred Tree! Baha'u'llah

MKT9.141, MMK1#204 p.242, AYBY.334 #017, PYB#186 p.04, KHSH09.006, ASAM.000b

SWAB#204, BWF.354-355, SW_v14#12 p.357-358, DWN_v1#09 p.002

Ahdieh

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01594

310

Call to action; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای گلهای گلشن محبت الله و ای سراجهای روشن انجمن معرفت الله علیکم نفحات الله و

O ye roses in the garden of God's love! O ye bright lamps in the assemblage of His knowledge! May the soft breathings of God

INBA59:138

MKT1.476, MMK1#210 p.256, AKHA_118BE #01-04 p.ب, BSHN.140.368, BSHN.144.366, DWNP_v5#06 p.004, MHT1a.109, MHT1b.067

SWAB#210

The Badasht Project

BH02884

310

قلم اعلی اهل بها را بفیوضات رحمانیه بشارت میدهد و جمیع را نصیحت میفرماید

The Most Exalted Pen giveth the glad-tidings of the bounties of the All-Merciful unto the people of Bahá, and counselleth all that they may attain

INBA35:172, INBA30:051

BRL_DA#161, AHM.299, MJMM.305, DWNP_v5#11 p.005-006, GHA.448.01x, DRD.137, AKHA_135BE #10 p.01, MSHR4.310x

JHT_B#014

Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH02920

310

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition

یا بهرام روز دیدار آمد آفتاب قد اتی الوهاب میگوید و آسمان بقد اتی الرحمن... حمد و ثنا و شکر و بها ترا سزاست که گنج شناسائی

O Bahram! The Day of Meeting hath come! The Sun proclaimeth "The All-Bestowing hath appeared!" and the heaven declareth "The All-Merciful hath come!" [3.5s]... ...O Thou kind Lord, O King Who cometh to our aid! Unto Thee be praise and laudation, thanksgiving and glorification

INBA65:060x, INBA30:101x, BLIB_Or15722.103,

AHM.352x, YARP1.016, DWNP_v6#01 p.001-002x, AQMJ1.165x, MSBH4.446x

ADMS#076x

ABU0984

The True Meaning of Baptism by Water and Fire: Words spoken on 1911-11-08 in Paris

310

Paris Talks; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

انسان حیوان نبات حتی جماد جمیع حیاتشان باب است حتی حیات جماد باب شفافی منجمد

In the Gospel according to St John, Christ has said: 'Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.'… The love of God is spoken of as fire, for it burneth away the veils, and as water, for it is the source of life

BRL_DAK#0881, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.060-061, KHAB.139 (150), KHTB1.125

BRL_ATE#088, PT#27 p.079

Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual baptism; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB01660

300

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

ان النیر الاعظم المتلئلا علی آفاق الامم قد غاب عن مشرق العالم و یلوح و یضی ء

The world's great Light, once resplendent upon all mankind, hath set, to shine everlastingly from the Abha horizon

INBA88:317

MNMK#041 p.127, MMK1#005 p.015, AYBY.323 #001, HHA.053, MHA.525c, KHML.245-250

SWAB#005, BWF.349-350, SW_v14#12 p.356-357, DWN_v1#06 p.001-002, DWN_v6#09 p.002ax, ABCC.048-049, CHH.111, BLO_PN#022

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]

BH02949

300

Bahá'í Scriptures; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

ای مادر نوشته تو را بزبان پارسی مینویسم تا شیرین زبانی طیر الهی را از لسان

O Mother! I write unto thee in the Persian tongue, that thou mayest hear the sweet melody of the Divine Bird from this utterance [3.5s]... ...Say: O friend! Sleep with your face turned to the Friend... Know thou, therefore, that in every age and dispensation all Divine Ordinances are changed and transformed according to the requirements of the time, except the law of love

BLIB_Or15710.108,

BRL_DA#641, LHKM2.299, HDQI.136, AYI2.384, AHB_124BE #10 p.386, KNJ.022c, ANDA#33 p.03, YQAZ.471

BRL_ATBH#83x, DWN_v5#12 p.001, BSC.248 #524x, BNE.174x

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH02951

300

این مشت خاک را از اهتزاز کلمهٴ مبارکه منع منما و از حرارت محبت محروم مساز دریاهای عالم

Do not withhold from this handful of dust the vibrations of the blessed Word, nor deprive it of the warmth of love, O Ocean of the worlds [3.5s]

INBA65:051x, INBA30:096x

AHM.373x, DWNP_v6#04 p.001-002x, AQMJ1.179x, ADH1.088x

Education of children; moral education; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB01798

290

ای بنده حق اگر تو قوه نگاشتن نداری و املا و انشاء نتوانی ضرر ندارد الحمد لله

O servant of the True One, if thou lackest the power to write and art unable to compose or dictate, it mattereth not. Praise be unto God [3.5s]

DWNP_v6#04 p.006

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement

BH03061

290

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

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

DWNP_v4#01 p.003

COC#2028x, ADJ.023x

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

BH03111

290

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد اقر کل عارف بالعجز عن عرفانک و کل عالم بالجهل تلقاء

Lauded and glorified art Thou, Lord, God Omnipotent! Thou before Whose wisdom the wise falleth short and faileth

INBA48:130, INBA61:039x, INBA49:022, BLIB_Or15716.136a, , BLIB_Or15739.241,

BRL_DA#435, ADM2#004 p.014x, AQMM.060, AQMJ1.086

BPRY.136, SW_v13#12 p.322, DWN_v5#05 p.001-002

BH03062

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

290

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

Lawh-i-Amvaj (Tablet of the Waves)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GSH.186, LL#049

AB01999

280

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List

پاک یزدانا خاک ایران را از آغاز مشکبیز فرمودی و شورانگیز و دانش خیز و گوهرریز

O Thou sanctified Lord! From its earliest days, Thou didst make the soil of Persia to be musk scented and soul stirring, gem laden and knowledge bearing

INBA89:026, NLAI_BH_AB.010b

BRL_DAK#0713, MKT1.438, MKT2.082, MILAN.051, AKHA_130BE #13 p.a, AMK.085-086, AMK.159-160, ALPA.014b, DWNP_v3#06 p.041-042, DWNP_v3#11 p.019, PYM.117-119, BCH.027, KHSH12.008, DUR1.152, ADH2_1#49 p.074, MJMJ1.067, MMG2#446 p.490, MJH.024, YARP2.017 p.074, PPAR.055, DLS.168, RMT.208-209

BRL_ATE#170, ADMS#065i28x

Ahdieh

Education of children; moral education; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH03420

270

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity

یا بدیع نوصیک بالصبر و السکون و الامانه التی کانت ودیعه الله بین خلقه طوبی

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor

BRL_DA#655, GWBP#130 p.182x, AHB_117BE #12 p.371

GWB#130x, ADJ.025x, DWN_v3#01 p.009x, BSTW#401x

Joel in Real Life, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, D. Desimone

Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

LL#069

AB02184

260

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

ای ابناء ملکوت سال نو عبارت از گردش و حرکت دوره سنوی است

O ye children of the Kingdom! It is New Year; that is to say, the rounding of the cycle of the year. A year is the

DWNP_v4#07 p.040

TAB.038-040, BSC.475 #899x, SW_v02#01 p.010-011, SW_v04#16 p.266, SW_v08#01 p.009, CHH.217-218, BLO_PN#022

Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual springtime; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

ABU1225

Words spoken ca. 1900

260

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Second birth; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

The more you love, the nearer you will be to God. Love is one of the bounties of God. Therefore to love one another is good.

BSC.501 #964x, DWN_v6#05 p.001-002, PN_1900 p061

AB02357

250

ای پروردگار این دوستانت را در بوستان عنایت و گلستان موهبت در کنار جویبار

O Lord! These, Thy friends, in the garden of Thy bounty and the rose-garden of Thy bestowal, beside the flowing stream [3.5s]

INBA13:232, INBA17:052, INBA75:050

BRL_DAK#1124, MKT2.219, MILAN.214, AKHA_128BE #03 p.a, DWNP_v5#11 p.007, DUR2.111, DUR1.302, ADH2_1#46 p.069, MJMJ1.054, MMG2#367 p.409, MJH.014

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02936

220

Call to action; Consultation; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ای دوستان حقیقی جمال ابهی امرالله در این ایام در جمیع اقطار قوت گرفته و روز

O ye the sincere loved ones of the Abha Beauty! In these days the Cause of God, the world over, is fast growing in power

MMK1#194 p.226, HDQI.229, ANDA#19 p.05

SWAB#194, SW_v15#01 p.021, DWN_v6#09 p.002bx

BH04180

220

Prayers by Bahá'u'lláh, Some

این مظلوم لله آنجناب را دعوت مینماید امروز روزیست عظیم نیکوست حال نفسیکه

This Wronged One summoneth thee unto God. Great indeed is this Day. Blessed is the soul that [3.5s]

INBA65:027x, INBA30:083x, INBA81:012, NLAI_BH_AB.022x

AHM.324, DWNP_v5#11 p.001-002, AQMJ1.145x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU1450

Public address given on 1912-06-08

220

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

The body politic today is greatly in need of a physician. It is similar to a human body... The disease which afflicts the body politic is lack of love

PUP#061 (p.171), BSC.445 #812, SW_v03#10 p.014, SW_v08#10 p.122, SW_v13#09 p.231-232, SW_v07#15 p.148, DWN_v6#05 p.001

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Harmony of science and religion; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Power of prayer

ABU1490

Words spoken on 1914-04-02

210

ای یاران عنقریب یومی اید که دیگر مرا نخواهید دید آنچه تکلیف من بود بجا آوردم

Friends! The time is coming when I shall be no longer with you. I have done all that could be done

DWNP_v1#03-4 p.005-006, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.025a

GPB.309x, DAS.1914-04-02, SW_v05#07 p.104, SW_v06#06 p.046, DWN_v6#11 p.001, PN_unsorted p025, PAB.026-027, ABCC.405-406, VLAB.027-028, BSTW#052v

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03082

Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation)

210

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

Tablet of Visitation for 'Abdu'l-Bahá

الهی الهی انی ابسط الیک اکف التضرع و التبتل و الابتهال و اعفر وجهی بتراب

O God, my God! Lowly and tearful, I raise my suppliant hands to Thee and cover my face in the dust of that Threshold of Thine

INBA21:164 (205), INBA55:453, INBA88:246, Ghazi3072.149-151

MKT1.485, MMK1#237 p.308, AKHA_133BE #14 p.435, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.199, AYT.529, HHA.376, KHSH14.000, DUR2.088, ADH2.134, ADH2_5#10 p.169, MJMJ1.119, MMG2#444 p.488, MJH.072, NSR_1978.110, NSR_1993.123, ABMK.065, OOL.C029

SWAB#237, BPRY.332-333, SW_v13#04 p.093, DWN_v2#02 p.011-012, PAB.027-028

A. Nakhjavani, S. Toloui-Wallace, S. Hansen, Sara, Samira & Shayda, almunajat.com [item 1], unknown (1), unknown (2), unknown (3), L. Slott

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God

Chanted by A. Nakhjavani [http://blog.loomofreality.org/?attachment_id=106], who related to the compiler in 1995 that, to the best of his recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines.

AB03446

200

ای سلاله حقیقی روحانی ملکوتی جمال افندی حضرت یونس چون مونس حوت شد در درون

O true spiritual and celestial scion of Jamal Effendi, even as Jonah became the companion of the whale in its depths [3.5s]

DWNP_v6#04 p.008b

Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03473

200

O thou that art aglow with the Fire that burneth in the Sacred Tree! At this morning hour

WOB.112x, SW_v13#12 p.339, DWN_v2#05 p.033-034, BP1926.007-008

Love as fire; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04829

200

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The

مقصود از کتابهای آسمانی و آیات الهی آنکه مردمان بادابی تربیت شوند که سبب

The purpose underlaying the revelation of every heavenly Book, nay, of every divinely-revealed verse

INBA57:087a, INBA41:155bx, BLIB_Or07852.111b, , BLIB_Or15710.296a,

GWBP#101 p.134x, AVK3.001.06, MJMM.304x, DWNP_v5#01 p.001-002, UAB.023ax, DRD.001x, RRT.005x, DAUD.01x, AHB_109BE #05 p.020, AHB_134BE #03-04 p.068, AKHA_133BE #09 p.199, AKHA_136BE #07 p.110

GWB#101x, ROL.009

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

LL#431

AB03755

190

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Universal education

ای مظاهر الطاف الهی درین دور بدیع اساس متین تمهید تعلیم فنون و معارفست و بنص

O ye recipients of the favors of God! In this new and wondrous Age, the unshakable foundation is the teaching of sciences and arts

INBA85.315

MKT3.217, MMK1#109 p.131, AKHA_125BE #11 p.512, AVK3.332.09x, DWNP_v6#02 p.002bx, TRBB.052, MJTB.112b, ADH2.013x, ADH2_1#05 p.012x, MMG2#182 p.209x

SWAB#109

ABU1688

Words spoken during filming of motion picture on 1912-06-18

180

Mahmúd's Diary

مژده باد مژده باد که نور شمس حقیقت طلوع نمود مژده باد مژده باد که صهیون برقص

Glad-tidings, glad-tidings! The sun of Truth has arisen! Glad-tidings, glad-tidings! The New Jerusalem has descended from heaven!

DWNP_v2#09 p.078x, ANDA#43-44 p.76, KHF.001, KHTB2.153, NJB_v03#06-08 p.001 , BDA1.127.08

SW_v19#08 p.253-254, MHMD1.136-137, BW_v07p421, BSTW#056

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity

AB04431

170

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Pain of love; love as veil; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ای گلرخ ابهای من ای ربی الاعلای من ای سدره سینای من جانم فدای روی تو ای دلبر

My rosy-cheeked most glorious One, My lofty Lord rivaled by none, O brightly Burning Bush of mine, My life be offered up for Thine!

INBA21:159, INBA55:340b

MMK2#027 p.017, DWNP_v6#04 p.004, KHSH02.009

ADMS#123

Ahdieh

AB04442

170

ای مقربان درگاه کبریاء صبح است و خسرو خاوری پرتوی بر دشت و صحرا زده و جمیع

O ye who draw nigh unto the Threshold of the All-Glorious! It is morn, and the Sovereign of the East hath cast His radiant beams upon meadow and plain [3.5s]

MKT3.214, DWNP_v6#02 p.002a

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

BH05712

170

بینیاز میفرماید ای کنیز من و فرزند کنیز من ندایم را بشنو الحمد لله از رحمت

The Self-Sufficient One speaketh: O My handmaiden and daughter of My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call. Praise be unto God for His mercy [3.5s]

INBA65:044x, INBA30:092ax, INBA81:007b, BLIB_Or15695.164b, , NLAI_BH_AB.019x

AHM.338, DWNP_v6#06-7 p.001x, AQMJ1.155x, ADH1.129

Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Scarcity of receptive souls; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH05684

Lawh-i-Ittihad(?)

170

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Exhortations and counsels; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای احزاب مختلفه باتحاد توجه نمائید و بنور اتفاق منور گردید لوجه الله در مقری

O contending peoples and kindreds of the earth! Set your faces towards unity, and let the radiance

BLIB_Or15690.160b, , BLIB_Or15716.138c, , BLIB_Or15728.048b, , BN_suppl.1753.123-124

BRL_DA#708, GWBP#111 p.141, AVK4.276x.08, LHKM3.379a, AHM.407, MJMM.284, HDQI.042, DWNP_v5#01 p.002a, UAB.035b, DRD.063, MAS4.367c, AKHA_121BE #02-03 p.a, ANDA#16 p.05, OOL.B048b

GWB#111

MMAH.090, GSH.187, LL#190

ABU1777

Words to a group of American students, spoken on 1913-03-25

170

I am likewise most pleased to meet you. This cause has become world-wide. In a short space of time it has permeated throughout all the regions, for it has a magnetic power

DAS.1913-03-25, BSC.443 #809x, DWN_v5#01 p.006x

Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Harmony of science and religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity

BH06026

160

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for prosperity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

الهی الهی ندآئک اجتذبنی و صریر قلمک الاعلی ایقظنی و کوثر بیانک اسکرنی و رحیق

O God, my God! Thy call hath attracted me, and the voice of Thy Pen of Glory awakened me.

INBA61:048

ADM2#087 p.162, AQMM.038

BPRY.165, SW_v14#02 p.047, DWN_v3#06 p.043, DWN_v4#04 p.090-091

BH06228

160

قد تجلی الرحمن علی طور الاکوان و تنطق سدره السبحان فطوبی لمن سمع نغماتها قد

The All-Merciful hath manifested Himself upon the Mount of all existence, and the Sacred Lote-Tree doth speak forth its melodies. Blessed, indeed, is he who heareth them [3.5s]

INBA27:483

DWNP_v3#03-4 p.021-022, DWNP_v3#08 p.065, ASAT4.208x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU1863

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

160

Authenticity of prayer "O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit"; Historical Context for the Prayer 'O God! Refresh and Gladden My Spirit...'; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

There are two kinds of understanding; objective and subjective... O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit.... Beg everything thou desirest from Baha'o'llah. If thou art asking faith, ask of Him.

BPRY.174-175x, DAS.1914-05-09, SW_v07#18 p.179x, SW_v09#09 p.104x, SW_v13#09 p.251-252x, DWN_v3#05 p.031x, PN_1914 p002, BSTW#318

The Badasht Project, D. Gundry, A. Youssefi, P. Escobar, L. Slott, M. Sparrow, A. Bryan, N. Chiang, K. Bartlett, L. Ghiami, Dechen & Michael, M. Benedetti, E. Lilian, MANA, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, M. Levine [track 4], J. Marks and S. Engle, L. Dely & M. Congo, A. & M. Zemke [track 6], Do'a [track 4], T. Ellis, G. and M. Smith, Ladjamaya [track 5]

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

For comments on authenticity see https://bahailibrary.com/uhj_authenticity_refresh_spirit.

ABU1912

Words spoken on 1915-07-29 in Haifa

150

از عکا تا حیفا همه معمور می شود. همه اش باغ و بوستان و بنا خواهد شد. باغهای بسیار خوب می شود

The area between Haifa and Acre will be developed; it will be filled with buildings

ZSM.1915-07-29

DWN_v3#08 p.074

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB05563

140

ای بنده جمال ذوالجلال گوش بگشا و سر اذ قال ربک للملئکه انی جاعل فی الارض

O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious, open thine ear and hearken unto the mystery: "When thy Lord said unto the angels, 'I shall establish upon the earth.'" [3.5s]

DWNP_v6#04 p.006-007

Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB05581

140

ای بنده صادق حق در عصری بعرصه وجود شتافتی که عصر جمال قدم و در قرنی بمهد مشهود

O True servant of God! The cycle in which thou hast been called to life is truly

SFI09.016

SW_v14#01 p.018, DWN_v3#08 p.064-065, BP1926.024

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05867

140

ای یزدان مهربان و بخشنده و درخشندهٴ زمین و آسمان ما جمعیم پریشان تو مستمندیم درویشان

O loving and bountiful Lord, Light of earth and heaven! We are scattered ones, we are poor and destitute [3.5s]

INBA75:061x

DWNP_v5#06 p.002x, DUR1.237x, MJMJ1.083x, MMG2#158 p.179x, MJH.032x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual springtime

AB06012

130

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of prayer; Prayer for nearness to God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

الهی تو بینا و آگاهی که ملجا و پناهی جز تو نجسته و نجویم و بغیر از سبیل محبتت

O God, my God! Thou seest me, Thou knowest me; Thou art my Haven and My

INBA13:354, INBA72:117a, INBA75:048, NLAI_BH_AB.023

BRL_DAK#0234, MKT1.487b, MILAN.213, AKHA_133BE #09 p.a, DWNP_v5#10 p.008, DUR2.110, ADH2.058, ADH2_2#03 p.090, MJMJ1.053, MJMJ2.113, MMG2#026 p.027, MJH.013

BPRY.133-134, SW_v14#01 p.001, DWN_v4#04 p.091, BP1926.014-015

S. Taefi [track 15], R. Yazhari, M. Sparrow, K. Porray, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Strong Steep

AB06477

130

Poetry in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings and Utterances

شمع شبستان حق نور بافاق بخش مقتبس از شمس شو شعله و اشراق بخش شرق منور نما غرب

O torch in the divine chapel, illumine the world. Take light from the sun

INBA13:404, INBA55:237, INBA59:153a, INBA88:055

DWNP_v5#07-8 p.006-007x, MJH.049

BLO_PT#064

Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement

BH07469

130

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

الهی الهی تری عبادک فی هیماء الضلاله و الغوی این نور هدایتک یا مقصود

O God, my God! Thou beholdest Thy servants in the abyss of perdition and error; where is Thy Light of Divine Guidance

INBA61:053, INBA66:103

ADM2#046 p.079, AQMM.052, NFF2.024

BPRY.068, SW_v14#02 p.052, DWN_v3#12 p.098-099, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-003, JHT_S#010

BH07996

130

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God

Glory be unto Thee, O God, for Thy Manifestation of Love to mankind!

BP1929.003, DWN_v5#06 p.001-002, BSC.184 #264

The Bird & The Butterfly, R. Dupras, Nica

AB06734

120

ای خداوند بی نیاز این دلها را براز خویش دمساز کن و از بیگانه و خویش بی نیاز

O Thou Incomparable God! Make Thou these hearts intimate with Thy Mystery; suffer them to be detached from the known and from the unknown

INBA21:141a, INBA75:053

DWNP_v5#02-3 p.002-003, DUR2.130, DUR1.191, ADH2.049, ADH2_1#25 p.042, ADH2_1#47 p.071, MJMJ1.057, MMG2#298 p.331, MJH.016a

DAS.1913-07-18, ABIE.082, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#123b

S. Tirandaz

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for nearness to God

AB06736

120

ای خداوند مهربان قلوب را بنور هدایت کبری منور فرما جانها را ببشارت عظمی حیات

O compassionate Lord! Illumine the hearts with the light of supreme guidance, and quicken the souls with the Most Great glad-tidings [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0381, AKHA_134BE #15 p.a, DWNP_v5#07-8 p.002, MJMJ3.107, MMG2#391 p.439, BHQ.246, NJB_v12#06 p.127

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for service; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB07056

120

پروردگارا آمرزگارا این بندگانرا پناه توای واقف اسرار و آگاه توای جمیع ما

O Lord, O Forgiver! These servants seek Thy shelter, O Thou Who art the Knower of mysteries and art cognizant of all [3.5s]

INBA75:082

AKHA_128BE #02 p.a, BSHN.140.425, BSHN.144.419, DWNP_v6#02 p.001, DUR1.059, ANDA#01 p.46, ADH2.012, ADH2_1#04 p.011, MJMJ1.078, MMG2#207 p.235, MJH.030a, MHT1a.055, MHT1b.013, MMJA.009, NJB_v04#12 p.004

Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for healing; Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB07140

120

Praise be to God that the radiant century hath come. Praise be to God the springtime of Eternity hath pitched its tent.

DWN_v1#05 p.002

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Harmony of science and religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB07151

120

O friend! ... A celestial fire hath been kindled in the very heart of mankind, and burns

SW_v14#01 p.018-019, DWN_v3#08 p.065x, BP1926.025-026

Belief and denial; Call to action; Fire and light; fire and water; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH08181

120

دو ورقه در چهارشنبه رسید هر حرفی از آن شهادت داد بر توحید ذات و تقدیس نفس حق

O Most Mighty Branch! On Wednesday two written leaflets...O Thou Who art the apple of Mine eye! My glory, the ocean of My loving-kindness

BRL_DA#756, HDQI.162, MAS8.093bx, MUH3.391bx, AHDW.010, MHA.000iv

GPB.243x, WOB.135x, SW_v14#05 p.150-151, DWN_v1#05 p.001

James & Kyan, L. Slott

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

BH08433

120

Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

لک الحمد یا الهی بما اظهرت سلطان الایام الذی بشرت به اصفیائک و انبیائک فی

Magnified be Thy name, O my God, for that Thou hast manifested the Day which is the King of Days

INBA92:376a

PMP#071, AQMJ2.048, DWNP_v4#08-9 p.044-045, PYB#125 p.05

PM#071, BPRY.194

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Living waters; water of life; Presence of; reunion with God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB07249

110

ای بنده الهی حضرت یونس ذوالنون شد یعنی در درون ماهی امکان گرفتار شد بعد خلاص

O servant of God! His Holiness Jonah became the companion of the whale, which signifieth that he was caught within the fish of contingent existence, and thereafter was delivered [3.5s]

MMK6#315x, DWNP_v6#04 p.008a

Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB07768

110

Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high; Transcendence; unknowability of God

قد اشرق الافاق من انوار نیر الاشراق طوبی للفائزین قد ارتفع الندآء من الشجره

The rays of the Day-star of the world have illumined every land—blessed are they that have beheld!

INBA55:459, INBA59:135, UMich962.151-152, UMich991.101

MKT2.218, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023a, BCH.023, DUR1.189, MJH.070

BSC.432 #785

BH09725

100

O my Lord, my Adored One and my Desire! Lowly and suppliant, I implore Thee to shield me

SW_v13#12 p.332, DWN_v5#01 p.001-002

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB08490

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

O my God, my God! I am a servant attracted to Thee, humbly coming to the door of Thy Oneness and addressing the kingdom of Thy mercy.

TAB.181, BSC.429 #778, DWN_v5#06 p.002

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08574

ای بنده بهاء شکر حضرت کبریا را که در این بساط راه یافتی و ازین نشاط بهره بردی

O servant of Baha, render thanks unto the All-Glorious Lord that thou hast found thy way unto this divine threshold and partaken of its joy [3.5s]

DWNP_v6#04 p.007b

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB08577

ای بنده پروردگار ملاحظه نما حکمت بالغه الهی را که تو از مهد هندی و ما از

O servant of the Lord! Consider thou the consummate wisdom of God, that thou art from the cradle of India and we from [3.5s]

INBA13:186a

DWNP_v6#04 p.007a

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity in diversity

AB10956

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of

حکم مفروض و امر واجب آنست که از قلم اعلی صادر و یا بقرار بیت العدل عمومی حاصل گردد... و اما اوراد و اذکار بعد از هر نماز هر کس خواهد مناجاتهای

...Ordinances which are obligatory and decrees that are binding are those that have issued forth from the Supreme Pen or are issued by a decision of the Universal House of Justice

AVK4.025.08x, AVK4.305x, DWNP_v2#08 p.072x

BRL_IOPF#2.24x

House of Justice; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Prayer for governments and rulers; Suffering and imprisonment

AB09726

Glory be to Thee, my God and my Beloved! Thy Fire is burning in me, O my Lord, and I feel its glowing in every member of my weak body.

SW_v05#10 p.151, DWN_v4#08-9 p.113

Love as fire; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH10154

الهی الهی فضلک شجعنی و عدلک خوفنی طوبی لعبد تعامل معه بالفضل و ویل لمن

O God, my God! Thy grace hath emboldened me, and Thy Justice filled me with terror.

INBA61:059a, INBA66:090

AQMM.068b, NSR_1993.016

SW_v14#09 p.257, DWN_v2#10-11 p.079, JHT_S#104

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB10275

Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

Remove not, O Lord, the festal board that hath been spread in Thy Name

BPRY.024-025, SW_v13#12 p.332, DWN_v2#03-4 p.019, BP1926.018

ABU2812

God is the Creator of all the creatures. He made men to dwell in His land and He made them rulers of whatsoever exists of animals, vegetables, minerals, water and air

SW_v12#17 p.260, DWN_v4#01 p.001, DWN_v6#09 p.001

Nationalism; love of country; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace

AB10319

اگر از اینعالم جسمانی این غصن مقطوع گردد و او را قش بر زمین

...Fear not if this Branch be severed from the material earth and cast aside its leaves

AYT.525a, DWNP_v1#03-4 p.007

WOB.148x, SW_v08#15 p.207

Martyrs and martyrdom; Predictions and prophecies

AB10601

از خبر اتّحاد و اتّفاق و یگانگی احبّآء و فرط همّتشان در اکتساب کمالات معنویّه

From the tidings of unity, harmony and oneness among the beloved ones, and their exceeding earnestness in the acquisition of spiritual perfections [3.5s]

DWNP_v1#10-11 p.002x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for service; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity of thought and belief

ABU2950

The Bahá’í message is a call to religious unity and not an invitation to a new religion, not a new path to immortality.

SW_v15#02 p.028, DWN_v5#02 p.002

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Oneness; unity of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

BH10840

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

عبادت را از ثمره وجود محروم منما و از بحر جودت قسمت عطا فرما توئی آن مقتدری که

O Lord! Deprive not Thy servants of the fruits of existence, and from the ocean of Thy bounty bestow their portion. Thou art verily He Who is the Omnipotent [3.5s]... ...My God, My Adored One! Deprive not Thy servants of the fruit of existence, and grant them their portion of the ocean of Thy generosity

INBA65:021a, INBA30:081, INBA81:011, NLAI_BH_AB.017a

AHM.307, DWNP_v1#01 p.007, AQMJ1.139a, ADH1.014

ADMS#089

AB11106

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O maidservant of God! If thou seekest eternal glory, let thyself be humble and meek in the presence

TAB.061-062x, DWN_v5#04 p.002a

B. Grover, B. Weber

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH10992