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| AB00354 |
no title |
630 |
Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha |
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ای ثابت بر پیمان انجمن ادیان در پای تخت ژاپون امسال تاسیس گردید جمعی از اطراف |
O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The International Congress of Religions was organized this year in the capital of Japan. |
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MMK3#127 p.088, MAS9.141x |
TAB.496-498, JWTA.049 |
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Newspapers and the media; publications; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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| AB00466 |
no title |
570 |
Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha |
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Announce greeting on my behalf to the two young Japanese and say: “His Imperial Majesty, the Mikado, became the cause of the material progress of Japan. |
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TAB.565, JWTA.024-025 |
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Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity |
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| AB00481 |
no title |
570 |
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O thou who art a new grown tree on the meadow of Truth! Thy letter dated October 14, 1920 has been received. |
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JWTA.033-036, SW_v12#02 p.040-041 |
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Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Newspapers and the media; publications; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| AB01117 |
no title |
370 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha |
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ای جوان رحمانی شکر کن خدا را که بملکوت نورانی راه یافتی و پرده اوهام دریدی و |
O spiritual youth! Praise thou God that thou hast found thy way into the Kingdom of Splendours, and hast rent asunder the veil of vain imaginings |
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MMK1#024 p.051, MMK1#085 p.115, BNEP.198, GTB.012 |
SWAB#024, TAB.561-563, BWF.372-372x, BWF.381-382x, LOG#1255x, JWTA.022-023, BSC.470 #880x |
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God as personal vs. impersonal reality; Laws of marriage and dowry; Limits of the intellect; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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| AB01173 |
no title |
360 |
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O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letters were received. The journey to Japan |
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BRL_DAK#1216 |
JWTA.014-015, SW_v10#13 p.246-247, MAX.102x |
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Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
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| AB01899 |
no title |
280 |
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O thou who art the daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received |
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JWTA.015-016, SW_v12#03 p.060 |
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Development of capacity and readiness; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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| AB02330 |
no title |
250 |
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ای ابناء آسمانی تحیت قلبی صمیمی شما بسمع عبدالبهاء رسید از پیام شما نهایت مسرت |
O my heavenly children. Your cordial and sincere greetings have reached me and have brought to me great spiritual happiness. |
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MMK2#374 p.267 |
JWTA.041 |
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Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God |
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| AB02417 |
no title |
250 |
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ای نهال بوستان محبت الله آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید دلیل بر سلوک در سبیل هدی |
O thou fresh plant in the garden of the Love of God! What thou hast written was considered. It was an evidence of following in the Pathway of Guidance |
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MKT4.105, MILAN.192 |
JWTA.026-027 |
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Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Status of kings; future of monarchy |
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| AB02568 |
no title |
240 |
Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá |
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ای صاحب دل بینا هر چند بصر جسمانی مفقود ولی الحمد لله بصیرت قلب موجود دل |
O thou possessor of a seeing heart! Although, materially speaking, thou art destitute of the physical sight |
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MKT3.099, MMK1#018 p.035 |
SWAB#018, JWTA.031-032, SW_v10#02 p.017-018 |
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Call to action; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight |
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| AB02701 |
no title |
230 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha |
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O thou spiritual youth! Japan hath made wonderful progress in material civilization, but she will become perfect when she also becometh spiritually developed |
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TAB.564-565, JWTA.027, BSC.462 #856x, TEW.013-014 |
E. Mahony |
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Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization |
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| AB02709 |
no title |
230 |
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ای دو حمامه حدیقه محبه الله نامه مفصل شما رسید خدمات شما در این بساط مذکور و |
O ye the two doves nestling in the garden of the Love of God! Your detailed letter was received. Your services at this spot are recognized… |
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MKT3.096 |
JWTA.019-020 |
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Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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| AB03061 |
no title |
220 |
Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha |
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O thou who hast addressed Abdul-Baha! Verily, I pray my Lord to teach thee a language and writing of the Kingdom which will satisfy thee |
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TAB.559-560, JWTA.021-022 |
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Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity of thought and belief |
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| AB03151 |
no title |
210 |
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O thou daughter of the kingdom! Thy letter dated July 15th, 1916, received. Its contents indicated... All the individuals of humanity are farmers. |
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JWTA.013-014, SW_v08#05 p.055-056+053, BSTW#291 |
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Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures |
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| AB03175 |
no title |
210 |
Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Memories of Nine Years in Akka |
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ای فرید چاپان و وحید شرق اقصی آن اقلیم تا بحال از نفحه رحمن محروم بود حال |
O thou who art the single one of Japan and the unique one of that extreme Orient! |
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AHB.122BE #04 p.162, KNSA.194-195 |
TAB.560, JWTA.023-024, MNYA.269-270 |
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Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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| AB03417 |
no title |
200 |
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O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Although your letter has not been received, yet we do answer it. |
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JWTA.014, SW_v10#02 p.017 |
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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- |
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| AB03492 |
no title |
200 |
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O thou who hast turned thy attention to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter |
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JWTA.032, SW_v12#03 p.059 |
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Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
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| AB03697 |
no title |
190 |
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O thou heavenly daughter! Thy letter through Mr. Hannen received from Japan, likewise the letters |
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JWTA.012-013, SW_v08#05 p.054-055 |
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Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause |
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| AB03997 |
no title |
180 |
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ای دختر عزیز نامه تو رسید و بکمال سرور قرائت گردید که الحمد لله در ژاپان نور محبه الله |
O thou beloved daughter! Thy letter was received and was perused in the utmost joy |
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MKT3.098, AKHT2.022 |
JWTA.033, SW_v10#02 p.018-019 |
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Bringing forth results; fruit; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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| AB04069 |
no title |
180 |
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O thou wooer of Reality! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, the sight of thy mind |
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JWTA.036, SW_v12#03 p.059-060 |
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Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness; unity of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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| AB04079 |
no title |
180 |
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ای منادی ملکوت الله نامه شما رسید هزار آفرین بر همت بلند و مقصد ارجمند تو |
O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. A thousand times bravo to thy magnanimity and exalted aim! |
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KHH2.095 (2.177) |
JWTA.018-019, DAS.1914-08-09, SW_v09#14 p.163 |
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Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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| AB04427 |
no title |
170 |
Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
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ای کنیز محترمه الهی نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۲۲ اکتوبر ... مسئله ترقّی انسان از عالم جماد به رتبه نبات ... خدایا هدایت نما حفظ فرما سراج روشن کن ستارهٴ درخشنده |
O honoured handmaiden of God! The letter dated October 22 [3.5s]... ...O God! Guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp and a brilliant star. |
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BRL_DAK#1195, MMK3#157 p.110x, HUV1.011x, YMM.182x, YMM.192x, YMM.377x |
BRL_CHILD#04x, BPRY.029x, JWTA.025x, SW_v09#10 p.114x |
J. Lenz [track 12], D. Gundry, M. Sparrow, Nabil and Karim, Charisse et al, K. Kuolga, A. Southall, Ann-Sofie, Rasmus, Sasha & Nora, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, The Bird & The Butterfly, TaliaSafa, T. Nosrat, Martha & Mahdis, M. Weigert, Hayze & Family, Honiara Baha'i Youth, S. Peyman, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, J. Cooper, M. Levine [track 8], E. Mahony, Satchit, Sharlene & Prasad, Duga |
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Evolution; human evolution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Man's distinction from the animal; Prayer for children and youth; Suffering and imprisonment |
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| AB04603 |
no title |
170 |
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O thou who art seeking the Truth! Thy letter has been received. Thou hast taken much pain in inventing the new Japanese writing. |
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JWTA.039-040 |
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Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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- |
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| AB04865 |
no title |
160 |
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O thou who art guided by the Light of Guidance! Thy first and second letters were received. |
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JWTA.031, SW_v08#05 p.055 |
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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| AB05170 |
no title |
150 |
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ای دختر عزیز نامه ات واصل و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید حمد خدا را که آن دختر عزیز |
O thou my dear daughter! Thy letter was received. It imparted great happiness. Praise be to God, that that dear daughter is sacrificing herself in the path of Baha'o'llah |
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MYD.720-721 |
JWTA.012, SW_v07#05 p.035 |
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Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
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| AB05386 |
no title |
150 |
Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha |
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O thou bird warbling in the Garden of the Love of God! Thank God that He hath illumined thine insight, led thee unto the Fire glowing in the Tree of Man |
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TAB.308-309, JWTA.011 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities |
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| AB05475 |
no title |
150 |
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O thou blessed soul! Thy letter was received. It was not a letter. It was a scent bag of the musk-deer from which the fragrance |
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JWTA.039 |
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities |
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- |
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| AB05483 |
no title |
150 |
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O thou who art a favored servant at the Threshold of the Most High! Thy letter was received. Verily, verily hast thou suffered in thy life time. |
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JWTA.037 |
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Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude |
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- |
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| AB05543 |
no title |
140 |
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O ye daughters of the Kingdom! The reflection of your forms (picture) arrived |
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JWTA.038-039, SW_v12#02 p.044 |
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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- |
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| AB06177 |
no title |
130 |
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O thou dear daughter! Thy letter was received. It became the cause of infinite rejoicing for it expressed eloquently thy faith |
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JWTA.012 |
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Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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- |
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| AB06530 |
no title |
130 |
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O seekers for the Truth! Praise God that you have heard the celestial Call, seen the ray of the Sun of Truth, followed the right Direction and reached the longed-for Home! |
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JWTA.038 |
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Growth of the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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- |
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| AB06655 |
no title |
120 |
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O thou servant of God! Thy letter was received. It was an indication to the outward and inward health and safety. |
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JWTA.028 |
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Business; financial; property matters; Service to others; to the Cause of God |
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- |
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| AB07110 |
no title |
120 |
Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha |
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O thou who art attracted by the Word of God to the Kingdom of God! Turn with the whole of thy being to God, forget aught else save God |
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TAB.563-564, JWTA.021 |
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Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] |
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| AB07130 |
no title |
120 |
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O thou who art devoted to Truth! In this divine garden, thousands of fresh and verdant trees have raised their tops to the Supreme Apex |
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JWTA.040 |
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Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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- |
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| AB07777 |
no title |
110 |
Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha |
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O thou maidservant of God: The tongues have spoken of thy attraction to God, and the pens have testified to thy burning |
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TAB.307-308, JWTA.010 |
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Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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| AB08278 |
no title |
100 |
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O ye the honored souls! Your letter of congratulation arrived and imparted joy, because its contents indicated that the Sun of Reality hath begun Its radiation |
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JWTA.037 |
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Being a source of light; guidance; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause |
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- |
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| AB08457 |
no title |
100 |
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O thou son of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received. The contents were indicative of spiritual susceptibilities. |
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JWTA.041 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause |
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| AB08474 |
no title |
100 |
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O ye daughters of the Kingdom! Your congratulation on the Feast has been received. Its perusal imparted joy and happiness. Through the Bounties of the Supreme Lord |
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JWTA.038 |
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity |
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| AB08536 |
no title |
90 |
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O thou who wanderest in the divine Path! In the path of God thou didst leave behind thy familiar country |
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JWTA.016 |
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
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| AB08624 |
no title |
90 |
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O thou dear son! From thy letter the fragrance of the rose garden of significances was inhaled, that praise be to God, thou art assisted |
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JWTA.017 |
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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| AB08786 |
no title |
90 |
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O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. I prayed at the Court of Holiness to deliver thee from the darkness |
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JWTA.011 |
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Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness |
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- |
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| AB08842 |
no title |
90 |
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O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It indicated, praise be to God, that in the matter of advancing toward the Kingdom of God |
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JWTA.017-018 |
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God |
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| AB09066 |
no title |
90 |
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O maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written something about Mr. Remey. |
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JWTA.011-012 |
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
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| AB09513 |
no title |
80 |
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O thou who proclaimest the Kingdom of God! Thy letter has been received and gave much joy. Praise be to God that the confirmations |
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JWTA.016-017 |
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Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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- |
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| AB10277 |
no title |
70 |
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O thou loved maid-servant of God! Do thou observe the Divine Bounty! We are in Haifa and thou in Tokyo, nevertheless how (our) hearts have become related |
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JWTA.033 |
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East and West; communication between East and West; Personal instructions |
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| AB10313 |
no title |
70 |
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O thou heavenly person! Praise be unto God, that having rent asunder the veils and having seen the rays of the Sun of Reality, thou didst turn thine attention to the Center of the Covenant. |
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JWTA.038 |
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| AB10800 |
no title |
60 |
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O thou beloved maidservant of God! Praise be unto God, that through the guidance of Miss Alexander thou couldst hear the Call |
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JWTA.037 |
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Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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| AB11235 |
no title |
40 |
Translation List |
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خدایا تاریکی نزاع و جدال و قتال بین ادیان و شعوب و اقوام افق حقیقت را پوشیده |
O God! The darkness of contention, strife and warfare between the religions, the nations and peoples has beclouded the horizon of Reality |
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MMG2#054 p.055 |
JWTA.050, ADMS#064 |
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Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction |
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| ABU0039 |
Public address given on 1912-10-07 |
1750 |
Promulgation of Universal Peace, The |
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امشب در نهایت سرورم که خودم را در بین این جمع |
It is a great happiness to be here this evening, especially for the reason that the members of this Association have come from the region of the Orient. |
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KHTB2.288, NJB_v12#05 p.112 |
COC#0043x, PUP#109 (p.343-348), JWTA.042-047, ECN.258+1009 |
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Christ; Christianity; East and West; communication between East and West; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social) |
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| ABU2879 |
Words to Viscount Arawaka spoken around Nov. 1911(?) |
60 |
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The religious ideal is the soul of all plans for the good of mankind... Scientific discoveries have increased material civilization. There is in existence a stupendous force, as yet, happily, undiscovered by man. |
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JWTA.051, CHH.184, VLAB.122, BLO_PN#022 |
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Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Non-participation in politics; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization |
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