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| ABU0088 | Address given at the Hotel Iroquois, Buffalo, 1912-09-10 | 1300 | Mahmúd's Diary | power of faith; power of the spirit; prayer for spiritual recognition; relationship of the soul to the body; spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | MHMD1.253 | ||||||||
| ABU0056 | Address to crew of the Cedric, spoken on 1912-03-27 | 1500 | Mahmúd's Diary | حمد خدا را که در این محفل اجناس مختلفه جمعند در اینجا ما اهل شرقیم و شما اهل غرب همین الفت و اجتماع | Praise be to God that in this gathering diverse peoples are assembled. Here, we are from the East and you are from the West, yet this very fellowship and unity [3.5s] | KHF.234, KHAB.230 (239), KHTB2.001, NJB_v04#17 p.001 | degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; East and West; communication between East and West; equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; oneness; unity of religion; The Holy Spirit; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity; war and peace; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | BDA1.014, MHMD1.020 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| ABU0182 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-07 | 950 | Mahmúd's Diary | خوش آمدید خوش آمدید انسان دو حیات دارد یک حیات جسمانی یک حیات روحانی حیات | Welcome, welcome! Man possesseth two lives: one life physical, one life spiritual [3.5s] | BSHN.140.530x, BSHN.144.518x, MHT1a.126x, MHT1b.084x, BQA.054, KHF.036, KHAB.334 (341), KHTB2.176, NJB_v03#18 p.001 | connection between material and spiritual worlds; soul; spirit after death; spiritual transformation; stories; anecdotes; the human soul; transcending the material condition | - | - | MHMD1.162 | |||||
| ABU0255 | Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, 1912-11-04 | 800 | Mahmúd's Diary | امروز در جمیع جهان افکار مادیه انتشار یافته و احساسات روحانیه بکلی منقطع | Today throughout all the world have material thoughts spread abroad, and spiritual sentiments been wholly severed [3.5s] | KHF.011, KHTB2.321, KHTB3.011 | human reality created in the image of God; human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; man's distinction from the animal; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; power of the mind over nature | - | - | BDA1.354, MHMD1.372 | |||||
| ABU2450 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12 | 90 | Mahmúd's Diary | در امر بهآءالله بر هر نفسی اشتغال بصنعت و کسبی فرض است مثلاً منه حصیر بافی میدانم و شما صنعت دیگر | In the Cause of Baha'u'llah it is obligatory for the individual to engage in a trade or profession. For instance, I know mat weaving and you know another trade... I have already spoken about this matter | BDA1.121.02 | COC#0016x, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.129 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; spiritual transformation; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; work as worship | - | - | |||||
| ABU0001 | Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04 | 3400 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary | امیدواریم در مجلس شما مائده آسمانی بخوریم آن بالتمامه مطابق مذاق ماست زیرا | We hope that in this gathering we shall partake of the heavenly table… The solution of this problem is one of the fundamental principles of his holiness BAHA’O’LLAH | BRL_DAK#0644, AVK4.335x, AVK4.340bx, AVK4.466x, KHF.265, KHAB.290 (300), KHTB2.110 | BSC.340 #666-670x, FWU.038x, SW_v07#09 p.077-079+081-084, SW_v08#01 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.086-087x, SW_v13#09 p.231x, SW_v13#12 p.324x, SW_v14#02 p.036x, SW_v16#03 p.456-457x, SW_v16#11 p.706x, STAB#128, STAB#140 | consultation; elections; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; stories; anecdotes; the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | MHMD1.120 | ||||
| ABU0051 | Public address given on 1912-05-07 | 1580 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | I have come from the Orient to visit your country. Surely this continent is praiseworthy | BDA1.075n | LOG#0710x, LOG#2101x, PUP#044 (p.105-110), SW_v03#06 p.002-004+08, SW_v15#01 p.038 | equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; oneness; unity of religion; The Holy Spirit; two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; unity; oneness of humanity; universal education; wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | MHMD1.083 | |||||
| ABU0006 | Public address given on 1912-06-02 | 2430 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | کلیسا را بیعه نامیده اند یعنی محل بیعت این اصطلاح کتاب مقدس است | In the terminology of the Holy Books, the church has been called the "House of the Covenant".... Temples are symbols... There is no doubt that if the world of the Occident should abandon dogmas.... The law of God is a collective center | BRL_DAK#0643, BDA1.112.x | LOG#0739x, LOG#2078x, LOG#2096x, PUP#060 (p.163-171), SW_v03#10 p.025-029, SW_v05#16 p.246-247+248, SW_v06#17 p.146-148, SW_v08#10 p.125, SW_v14#05 p.145, SW_v14#05 p.147, MHMD1.120, BW_v01p060x | changing and unchanging parts of religion; connection between material and spiritual worlds; equality of men and women; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; religion as reality; definitions of religion; unity; oneness of humanity; unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||
| ABU2150 | Words to the Persian friends, spoken on 1912-04-01 | 120 | Mahmúd's Diary | جمال مبارک ریشهٴ اوهام را کسند ایادی امر در اینظهور باسم و لقب و ارث نیستند | The Blessed Perfection has extirpated superstitions, root and branch. The Hands of the Cause in this dispensation are not heirs to any name or title; rather, they are sanctified souls | BDA1.019.06 | LOG#1079x, DAS.1913-07-19, MHMD1.026, ABIE.087, BLO_PN#007 | Hands of the Cause; humility; meekness; lowliness; priestcraft; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| ABU0528 | Public address given on 1912-04-24 | 520 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | What a wonderful meeting this is! These are the children of the Kingdom. The song we have just listened to... The art of music is divine and effective | BDA1.048n | LOG#1362x, PUP#021 (p.052-054), SW_v03#03 p.019-020, SW_v08#02 p.027-028, SW_v09#08 p.093-094 | MANA | differences in human capacity; education of children; moral education; fulfillment of true potential; music and singing; self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | MHMD1.056-057 | ||||
| ABU0016 | Public address to International Peace Forum, spoken on 1912-05-12 | 2200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | چون نظر بتاریخ میکنیم ملاحظه مینماایم که از اول عالم الی زماننا هذا بین بشر | When we glance at history, we find that from the beginning up to the present | BRL_DAK#0637, KHF.073, KHAB.264 (274), KHTB2.060, BDA1.083.09 | LOG#1418x, PUP#047 (p.116-122), BSC.311 #630, FWU.022, SW_v03#09 p.012-016, SW_v05#09 p.131-135, SW_v15#01 p.023, SW_v19#05 p.143, MHMD1.092-098 | call to action; justice and wrath of God; oneness; unity of religion; suffering and imprisonment; teaching the Cause; call to teach; unity; oneness of humanity; unity in diversity; war and peace | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| ABU3155 | Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-05-09 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | من خیلی رعایت نفوس میکنم که فرار ننمایند و ادنی اعتراضی نتوانند با وجود این | Although I pay great respect to the feelings of people in order that they may not run away or make the least objection, yet the religious ministers of Washington have denounced us | BDA1.078.x | MHMD1.086 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| ABU2981 | Words spoken in Washington, 1912-05-08 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | بسبب ندانستن آنگونه معانی همیشه ملل از مظاهر فیوضات علة العلل محتجب می گشتند | Through their ignorance of these meanings people have always remained veiled | BDA1.077.x | MHMD1.086 | literal interpretation; material and spiritual existence; two books; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; symbolism | - | - | |||||
| ABU3313 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-05-30 | 30 | Mahmúd's Diary | من مبین آیات جمال مبارکم و منصوص قلم اعلی کل باید اطاعت نمایند جمیع امور | I am the interpreter of the Writings of the Blessed Beauty, as explicitly designated by the Supreme Pen. | BDA1.111.05 | MHMD1.118 | House of Justice; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||
| ABU2329 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-13 | 100 | Mahmúd's Diary | در حدیث شیعیان در خصوص ظهور موعود مذکور که علم بیست و هفت حرفست | In the Shi'i tradition concerning this dispensation it is recorded that knowledge is composed of twenty-seven letters and that the divine messengers of the past from first to last have revealed but two letters | BDA1.122.05 | MHMD1.130 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||
| ABU2995 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-17 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | در ایام جمال مبارک من ابداً مایل به تحریر نبودم بدرجه ئی که از اطراف احباء گله می کردند | In the days of the Blessed Beauty, I never had a desire to write. The friends even complained about it. | BDA1.126.07 | MHMD1.135 | humility; meekness; lowliness; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| ABU2152 | Words spoken on 1912-06-23 in New York | 120 | Mahmúd's Diary | حضرت مسیح را می فرمودند که هر کس میخواهد با من بیاید باید صلیب خود را بدوش خویش بردارد | His Holiness Christ said, 'he that desireth to follow Me, must bear his own cross.' | BDA1.131.16 | MHMD1.141-142, FDA.034, DJT.319-321, BKOG.098x, BLO_PN#027, STAB#037 | eulogies; reminiscences; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||
| ABU2573 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-23 | 80 | Mahmúd's Diary | چگونه بوهم متمسکند میگویند در اول توقیع حضرت اعلی بیحیی این عبارتست | These people are following their false imaginings. They say that the letter from the Bab to Yahya begins thus | BDA1.131.08 | MHMD1.141 | authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | |||||
| ABU2856 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-06-24 | 60 | Mahmúd's Diary | من بعد از صعود مبارک امری نماند مگر انکه در اعلآء کلمة الله بآن تشبث نمودم | After the Ascension of Baha'u'llah I did everything within my power to promote the Cause of God. I clung to spiritual methods and rendered such servitude | BDA1.133.11 | MHMD1.143 | growth of the Cause; obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU2215 | Words to some first-time visitors, spoken on 1912-06-26 | 110 | Mahmúd's Diary | آنچه را شما در زمین باز نمائید در آسمان گشوده خواهد شد لکن مسیحیان معنی ان را نفهمیدند و گمان کردند مقصد رفع گناهان خلق بواسطهٴ رؤسای مسیحیه است | Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven'. The Christians have not understood its meaning. | BDA1.135.05 | MHMD1.145 | Christian doctrine and practice; corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; idolatry; interpretation of words and passages in scripture; suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||
| ABU2164 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-27 | 120 | Mahmúd's Diary | فی الحقیقه این آیات دلیل جلیل بر غنا و بزرگواری و عظمت رسول الله که با آن غلبه و قدرت بخطاب ما کنت تدری ما الکتاب و لا الایمان | In reality these verses [of the Qur'an] are the most convincing proof of the all-sufficing greatness and nobility of the Prophet of God, Who, triumphant and powerful, yet sets forth God's address to Him with the words: 'Thou didst not understand, ere this | BDA1.136.17 | MHMD1.147-148 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||
| ABU2831 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-01 | 60 | Mahmúd's Diary | این عون و عنایت از قدرت او و این تأییدات بصرف جود و فضل اوست ورنه ما جز بنده ئی ضعیف | This help and assistance are from Him and these confirmations are through His bounty and favor; otherwise, we are nothing but weak servants. We are as reeds | BDA1.143.04 | MHMD1.154 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; humility; meekness; lowliness; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||
| ABU3569 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-03 | 10 | Mahmúd's Diary | سلطنت الهی قدیم است و مادام خالق بوده خلق هم داشته | The Kingdom of God is pre-existent and, since He is the Creator; without doubt He has always had a creation. | BDA1.144.16 | MHMD1.155-156 | creation of the world; eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; infinity and eternity; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU3146 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-04 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | قول منجمین اکثر اشتباه و غیر معتبر است ولی جمیع کائنات بهم مرتبط مثل اعضآء هیکل انسان که ارتباط تام دارد | The words of the astrologers are for the most part doubtful and unreliable. But the whole of creation is interrelated like the different parts of the human body which have a complete affinity from the toenail to the hair on the head. | BDA1.146.05 | MHMD1.157 | astrology and numerology; cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar] | - | - | |||||
| ABU3301 | Words to the Master's entourage(?), spoken on 1912-07-06 | 30 | Mahmúd's Diary | در طبیعت انسان باید طلب صعود باشد نه نزول هوای زیر زمین حبس است رفتن از راه بالا بهتر بود | In man's nature there must be a desire to ascend and not to descend. The underground air is suffocating. | BDA1.147.14 | MHMD1.159 | law of burial and cremation; spiritual transformation; transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||
| ABU1745 | Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1912-07-07 | 170 | Mahmúd's Diary | جمال مبارک این عهد را برای اطاعت گرفتند نه مخالفت و این را من محض حفظ امر الله و اتحاد احباء می گویم | The Blessed Beauty entered into this Covenant for obedience and not for opposition. I say this merely for the protection of the Cause of God and for the purpose of safeguarding unity among the friends. | BDA1.148.17 | MHMD1.160-161 | firmness in the Covenant; role of the Covenant in preserving unity; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU3148 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-10 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | مراد لوحی از الواح مبارکست و کنایه از اینکه الواح الهیه را باید بر سنگهای گرانبها نقش نمود | What is meant is one of the holy Tablets. But it also alludes to the fact that the divine Tablets should be engraved on precious stones. In addition, there is a saying in the East by which the color white symbolizes divine will | ASAT5.040, MAS2.021, BDA1.152.02 | MHMD1.164 | martyrs and martyrdom; symbolism; symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||
| ABU3122 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-12 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | این شهر و اطرافش نصف ایران جمعیت دارد اگر ایران چنین جمعیت و ثروتی میداشت و رو بترقی میگذاشت | This city with its suburbs has about half the population of Persia. If Persia had a population and an affluence like this, and had she turned herself to progress | BDA1.154.06 | MHMD1.167 | praise of Eastern values; culture | - | - | |||||
| ABU1372 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-17 | 230 | Mahmúd's Diary | دیشب وضع مجلس خیلی موافق حکمت و مورث محبت بود که عقد و ازدواج اهل بها در مجلس بقانون مسیحی هم جاری شود تا نفوس بدانند که اهل بها در بند این رسومات جزئیه نیستند | The holding of last night's meeting was done with wisdom... My discourses in various gatherings have been founded on principles that are in conformity with reality | BDA1.158.12 | MHMD1.172-173 | acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; changing and unchanging parts of religion; consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; oneness; unity of religion; religion as reality; definitions of religion; wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||
| ABU2724 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-22 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی معتقدند که حرکت ثالث کرهٴ ارض سبب طول و قصر عمر است که این حرکت غیر از حرکت شبانه روز و حرکت | Some think that is a third motion of the earth which is the cause of the length or shortness of life. This motion, they say, is different from the diurnal and annual motions | MAS2.073, BDA1.162.10 | MHMD1.177 | literal interpretation; multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | |||||
| ABU2745 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-25 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | ما برای کار و خدمت آمدیم نه برای هوا خوری باید بعبودیت آستان جمال مبارک پرداخت و چنین بندگی را سبب راحت و مسرت جان و دل | We have come for work and service and not for leisure. We must render service to the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty | BDA1.166.14 | MHMD1.181 | courtesy; culture [adab]; methods of teaching the Cause; servitude; submission to God; repentance; thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||
| ABU3114 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-27 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | اگر انصاف باشد ثابت میشود که برای احبای الهی من چه کرده ام و همهٴ اینها بعون و عنایت جمال مبارک بوده و الا ما اشخاص ایرانی با اهالی امریکا در دبلین بالای تل و کوه بظاهر چه مناسبتی داریم | If there is any justice, then what I have done for the friends will become apparent. I have done all this through the bounty and assistance of the Blessed Beauty. Otherwise, what have we Persians in common with the Americans on top of this mountain and valley in Dublin? | BDA1.168.02 | MHMD1.182-183 | East and West; communication between East and West; forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU2978 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-26 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | این را هم در حاشیهٴ کتاب بنویسید که وقتی خواهد آمد که آن خانواده باسم مسس کروک و ایمانش فخر نمایند حالا شوهرش قدری دور و غافل است | Write this in the margin of the book: The time will come when her whole family will be proud of Mrs Krug and her faith. | BDA1.167.10 | MHMD1.182 | growth of the Cause; high station of the true believer; praise and encouragement; predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||
| ABU2208 | Words to Mr W.W. Harmon, spoken on 1912-07-27 | 110 | Mahmúd's Diary | از شهدای این امر یکی در وقت شهادت گفت که حضرت مسیح فرمود که جسد از شهادت خائف است اما | One of the martyrs of this Cause, at the time of his martyrdom... What a blessing God bestowed upon the Persians but they could not appreciate it! | BDA1.168.13 | MHMD1.183-184 | martyrs and martyrdom; past, present and future of Iran; predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||
| ABU3015 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-29 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | مردم چه قدر اسیر اوهامند محض شهرت و نام چه زحمتها می کشند این اوهام چه انجا می خواهد داشت جمیع شئون محو و فانی و نابود | What captives of superstitions people are! What troubles they endure for the sake of name and fame! What fruit will these superstitions bear? | BDA1.171.01 | MHMD1.185-186 | development of capacity and readiness; empty learning; false spirituality; pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||
| ABU2127 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-01 | 120 | Mahmúd's Diary | اعمال خیریه چون ممدوحیت پیدا کرده لذا نفوس محض شهرت و جلب منفعت خود و تحسین خلق عمل خیر می کنند | As charitable works become praiseworthy, people often perform them merely for the sake of fame and to gain benefit for themselves | BDA1.174.02 | MHMD1.189 | goodly deeds; actions; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; spiritual transformation; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| ABU1828 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-03 | 160 | Mahmúd's Diary | بیان باید بمشرب حضار و اقتضای وقت باشد حسن عبارات و اعتدال در ادای معانی و کلام است | The explanations must be adapted to the capacity of the hearers and suited to the exigency of the time. | ANDA#79 p.15, MAS5.176b, GTB.015, BDA1.175.08 | MHMD1.190-191, STAB#079 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; methods of teaching the Cause; spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||
| ABU2440 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-04 | 90 | Mahmúd's Diary | تأییدات جمال مبارک امور خارق العاده ظاهر می کند هر شانی از شئونات جمال مبارک در مقام خود حجتی بالغست | The assistance of the Blessed Beauty brings about extraordinary things. Every act of the Blessed Beauty constitutes in itself a consummate proof. In one of my early writings | BDA1.176.12 | MHMD1.192 | mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; power of the Manifestation of God; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU2861 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-05 | 60 | Mahmúd's Diary | همیشه این دأب غافلین بوده که مخلصین را از امر الله منع می نمودند اما دام الحمد لله ما شصت سال است در این دام خوشیم و ابداً فکر فراری نداریم | It has always been the practice of the heedless to hold back the sincere ones from the Cause of God. As for a trap, praise be to God that we have been trapped happily for sixty years | BDA1.177.11 | MHMD1.193 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; heedlessness and ignorance of the people; love of God; prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; rejection, opposition and persecution; unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||
| ABU3156 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-05 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | میگویند اگر عالم روحانی یا ملکوتی می بود ما احساس مینمودیم با وجودیکه عدم احساس شأنی نیست هر گاه عدم احساس کمالی باشد | They say that had there been a spiritual world they would have sensed it. But, as a matter of fact, inability to sense a thing is not a proof of the nonexistence of that thing. | BDA1.177.16 | MHMD1.193 | limits of the intellect; man's distinction from the animal; material and spiritual existence; two books; proofs for the existence of God; rational arguments | - | - | |||||
| ABU1755 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-06 | 170 | Mahmúd's Diary | میفرمودند ایرانیها هر امر مهمی را میخواهند یاد داشت کنند می گویند این را هم در جزء بیست و نهم بنویسید حال باصطلاح ایرانیها | When Persians want to record any important matter, they say, 'Write this down in the twenty-ninth section.' | BDA1.178.09 | MHMD1.194 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; banishment to; life in Baghdad; prophecy and fulfillment; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| ABU1980 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-09 | 140 | Mahmúd's Diary | خیلی زحمت است این نحو گذران در چنین عمارتی بسر بردن در چنین هوا و فضائی سیر کردن با چنین خدام و دوستان محترمه ئی بودن واقعاً خیلی بشما بد میگذرد خدا بفریاد تان برسد | Oh! You are badly off here! May God hear your complaint!... Joking aside, what a wonderful table the Blessed Perfection has spread for His friends! | BDA1.185.02 | MHMD1.200-201 | love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; praise and encouragement; service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU2143 | Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-10 | 120 | Mahmúd's Diary | بلی اصول ادیان یکی است و شمس حقیقت واحد ولکن در هر یومی از مطلعی نمودار پس بهآئیان معتقد باصول ادیان و متوجه شمس حقیقتند | The basic principles of all religions are the same and the Sun of Truth is one, yet every day it appears from a different dawning point. | BDA1.186.07 | MHMD1.202 | literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as sun; oneness; unity of religion; progressive revelation; renewal of religion; suffering; rejection of Christ; the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||
| ABU2860 | Words to some musicians, spoken on 1912-08-13 | 60 | Mahmúd's Diary | نغمات عبارت از تموجات هوائیه است که از آن پرده های گوش متأثر میشود و نغمه و صوت ملیح | Music is produced by vibrations of air which affect the tympanum of the ear. Although music or an ordinary pleasing voice is of the physical realm | BDA1.188.12 | MHMD1.204 | connection between material and spiritual worlds; material and spiritual existence; two books; music and singing | - | - | |||||
| ABU2746 | Words to some spiritualists, spoken on 1912-08-17 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | ما دعا می کنیم خدا شفا میدهد ما اهل ادعا نیستیم اهل بیانیم جمیع منادی بامر بهآءالله هستیم من عبدالبهاء هستم و حضرت بهاءالله مطلع تقدیس است | We pray but God bestows healing. We do not make claims for ourselves. We are only the expounders of the Word. | BDA1.195.07 | MHMD1.211 | health and healing; material and spiritual healing; spiritual transformation; station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| ABU3161 | Words to a young Jewish woman, spoken on 1912-08-21 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | یهودی خوب هم بهائی میشود حقیقت امر حضرت موسی و امر حضرت بهاءالله یکی است توجه ببهآءالله کن سکون و قرار خواهی یافت | A good Jew can also become a Baha'í. The truth of the religion of Moses and of Baha'u'llah is one. | BDA1.200.09 | MHMD1.216 | call to action; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; oneness; unity of religion; spiritual transformation; the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||
| ABU2830 | Words to two Persians from Tihran, spoken on 1912-08-24 | 60 | Mahmúd's Diary | ایرانیان بدست خویش خانهٴ خود را خراب کردند بامید ساختن خانهٴ دیگر ولی حال در صحرا بی لانه و آشیانه مانده اند با انکه نوشتنیم | The Persians destroyed their home with their own hands in the hope of building another one; but now thy are left in the desert without a home or shelter. | BDA1.204.14 | MHMD1.221 | chastisement and requital; past, present and future of Iran; rejection, opposition and persecution; relationship between government and people | - | - |
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