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| ABU3013 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-27 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | مبدء و مأب من آستان مقدس است انچه داریم از ان درگاهست و عودمان باو اگر عون و عنایت او نبود این نفوس | My beginning and my end, the place from which I start and the place to which I return is the Holy Threshold. What I have is from that Threshold | BDA1.136.14 | SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.147 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||
| ABU2715 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-26 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | این ملاقات دلیل بر وفاست که همدیگر را فراموش ننمودیم در عالم وجود امری اعظم از وفا نیست که طول مدت سبب فراموشی و خلال | This visit is a proof of faithfulness, proof that we have not forgotten one another. In the world of existence nothing is greater than faithfulness | BDA1.206.11 | SW_v19#12 p.380, MHMD1.223 | love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; martyrs and martyrdom; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||
| ABU3307 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-04 | 30 | Mahmúd's Diary | عظمت تعالیم حضرت بهآءالله وقتی معلوم می شود که بموقع عمل و اجرا آید هنوز از صد یکی اجرا نشده | The greatness of the teachings of Baha'u'llah will be known when they are acted upon and practiced. | BDA1.226.08 | MHMD1.242 | exhortations and counsels; goodly deeds; actions; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| ABU2598 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 80 | Mahmúd's Diary | نفسی منکر فضائل مبارک نبود و جمیع عقلای شرق اول شخص عالم میدانستند ولی می گفتند حیف که ادعای الوهیت | No one was a denier of His virtues. All the wise men of the East considered Him the greatest person in the world. But they said, 'Alas, that He has claimed divinity for Himself.' | BDA1.286.07 | MHMD1.303-304 | love and unity; rejection, opposition and persecution; serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; suffering and imprisonment; universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||
| ABU3574 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-13 | 10 | Mahmúd's Diary | هیئتی برای ترجمهٴ آثار مبارکه لازمست که در چند لسان ماهر باشند | A committee consisting of experts in several languages is essential for the translation of the Sacred Writings. | BDA1.371.15 | MHMD1.390 | translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||
| 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; unity in diversity | - | - | |||||
| ABU1680 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-20 | 180 | Mahmúd's Diary | شماها باید باباتفاق بر خدمت امر الله برخیزید دست بدست یکدیگر دهید و مشغول تبلیغ امر الله باشید | You must all arise in unison to serve the Cause of God. You must work hand in hand to teach the Cause and know that the confirmations of Baha'u'llah will descend upon you. | BDA1.382.10 | MHMD1.401-402 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; growth of the Cause; rejection, opposition and persecution; teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| ABU2244 | Words to some children, spoken on 1912-11-24 | 110 | Mahmúd's Diary | من امیدوارم چنانچه باید و شاید تربیت شوید و هر یک سبب فخر خاندان خویش گردید خدا شما را تأیید کند | I hope that you will be educated as you ought to be and that each of you will become the pride of your family. May God assist you to acquire divine knowledge | BDA1.389.03 | MHMD1.407-408 | education of children; moral education; parents and children; youth; families; praise and encouragement; purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| ABU2836 | Words to some Christian ministers, spoken on 1912-12-01 | 60 | Mahmúd's Diary | تعالیم حضرت مسیح فراموش شده ملاحظه نمائید که مسیح بپطرس میفرماید شمشیر خود را غلاف کن باز میفرماید | The teachings of Christ are forgotten. Consider that Christ commanded Peter to sheathe his sword. He also said | BDA1.398.15 | MHMD1.417-418 | Christ; Christianity; corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||
| ABU2747 | Words to some clergymen, spoken on 1912-04-13 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | مادیات و روحانیات همیشه همعنان بوده ولی حال مادیات غلبه نموده و اساس الهی فراموش شده | Materialism and spirituality have always kept pace together. Now materialism has gone ahead, the divine foundation is forgotten and is being left behind.... The appearance of the divine Manifestation is like the coming of springtime. | BDA1.031.01 | SW_v19#02 p.053, MHMD1.040 | blind imitation [taqlid]; harmony of science and religion; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; spiritual springtime | - | - | |||||
| ABU2854 | Words to some engineers, spoken on 1912-11-03 | 60 | Mahmúd's Diary | مشرق الاذکار مدور و دائره شکل است ٩ خیابان ٩ باغچه ٩ حوض با فواره های آب و ٩ دروازه در اطراف دارد | The Mashriqu'l-Adhkar is circular in shape. It has nine paths, nine gardens, nine pools with fountains and nine gates. | BDA1.352.03 | MHMD1.370-371 | charitable associations; humanitarian activities; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU2581 | Words to some Greek passengers, spoken on 1912-10-26 | 80 | Mahmúd's Diary | خدا حرب نخواسته این نزاعها مخالف رضای الهیست او بجهت بندگانش صلح و صفا خواسته | God does not want war. These wars are against the divine will. He desires peace and love for His servants. | BDA1.334.02 | MHMD1.352 | forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; light and darkness; transience; worthlessness of the physical world; unity; oneness of humanity; war and peace | - | - | |||||
| ABU2827 | Words to some Indians, spoken on 1912-10-11 | 60 | Mahmúd's Diary | انسان باید شجرهٴ مبارکه ئی را آبیاری نماید که اثمار باقیه دارد و سبب حیات من علی الارض است | Man must irrigate the Blessed Tree which has eternal fruits and is the cause of life for all on earth. | BDA1.297.03 | MHMD1.315, ECN.543 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; growth of the Cause; symbolism | - | - | |||||
| ABU3142 | Words to some Jewish visitors, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | روزی آمده و زمانی ظاهر شده که انبیای الهی بان وعده داده اند یوم یومی است که صهیون برقص آید | The day and age promised by the divine Prophets has appeared. This is the day in which Zion dances with joy. | BDA1.292.11 | MHMD1.310 | future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; predictions and prophecies; prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU0521 | Words to some newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-30 | 520 | Mahmúd's Diary | ما بهاءالله را اول مربی عالم انسانی میدانیم در زمانی که شرق را ظلمت اختلاف احاطه | We believe Baha'u'llah to be the supreme educator of humanity. When the gloom of contention | KHTB2.054, BDA1.060.06 | MHMD1.068-070 | equality of men and women; harmony of science and religion; independent investigation of truth; reality; Manifestation of God as educator; oneness; unity of religion; rejection, opposition and persecution; religion as source of love and unity; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||
| ABU1968 | Words to some physicians, spoken on 1912-10-11 | 140 | Mahmúd's Diary | امروز اعظم علاج عاجل و تریاق فاروقی که حکیم الهی تجویز فرموده وحدت عالم انسانی و صلح عمومیست | Today, the greatest and speediest remedy and the sole effective antidote that the Divine Physician has prescribed for the world's ills is the oneness of humanity | BDA1.296.06 | MHMD1.314 | Christian doctrine and practice; harmony of science and religion; literal interpretation; religion as reality; definitions of religion; unity; oneness of humanity; universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU3130 | Words to the American friends, spoken on 1912-03-31 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | تاریخ حاجی میرزا جانی را کم و زیاد نموده کتابخانهٴ پاریس و لندن فرستادند | They [the Azalis] tampered with the contents of the history of Haji Mirza Jani by removing some of its passages and inserting others. They sent it to the libraries of London and Paris | BDA1.018.01 | MHMD1.024 | review of publications | - | - | |||||
| ABU2456 | Words to the American friends, spoken on 1912-04-02 | 90 | Mahmúd's Diary | سابق طی بحر محیط باین سهولت ممکن نبود و تا کنون این نحو مسافر هم از ایران بامریکا نرفته | In past ages crossing the ocean was not as easy as it is now. Up to the present time no one has traveled, with a purpose like ours, from Persia to America. | BDA1.020.15 | DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.028, ABIE.089, BLO_PN#007 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||
| ABU1741 | Words to the Baha'í women, spoken on 1912-11-12 | 170 | Mahmúd's Diary | این انجمن دختران من است در خانهٴ دختر من مسس کروک لهذا از این اجتماع بسیار مسرورم خوب مجلسی است | This is the assemblage of my daughters in the home of my daughter, Mrs Krug. Therefore I am very happy with this gathering. | BDA1.369.11 | MHMD1.388 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||
| ABU0945 | Words to the Baha'is and others, spoken on 1912-10-31 | 320 | Mahmúd's Diary | این امر در آفاق منتشر شده و بین ملل و احزاب صلح داده نفوس مختلفه | This Cause has spread all over the world... Behold the creative power of Baha'u'llah!... This is the third time that I am in Chicago. | BDA1.342.06 | MHMD1.360-361 | many are called but few are chosen; power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; unity of governments; political unity | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU3294 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-10 | 30 | Mahmúd's Diary | جمال مبارک بعد از دارالسلام و ادرنه در محفل عمومی نطق نفرمودند | The Blessed Beauty did not make any more public speeches after leaving Baghdad and Adrianople | BDA1.119.10 | SW_v19#07 p.218-219, MHMD1.127 | banishment to; life in 'Akka; banishment to; life in Adrianople; modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; the power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||
| ABU2466 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11 | 90 | Mahmúd's Diary | معلوم است ما بین روح انسانی و حقایق موجودات ارتباطی عظیم است | It is obvious that a very deep relationship exists between the spirit of man | AVK1.243, MAS2.025-026x, BDA1.120.07 | SW_v14#07 p.211, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.128 | interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; meaning; importance of dreams and visions; mind as intermediary between soul and body | - | - | |||||
| ABU2731 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | جمال مبارک سد ابواب اینگونه اختلافات فرمودند و امور را راجع ببیت العدل اعظم کردند | the Blessed Beauty has shut the door on such differences and has referred all affairs to the House of Justice | BDA1.119.15 | SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.127-128 | House of Justice; infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; role of the Covenant in preserving unity; 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU2432 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-14 | 90 | Mahmúd's Diary | با وجود این ظلمها و بلاها امر الله غالب و عهد الله نافذ گردید حتی هیئت و اعضآء تفتیش | In spite of all these persecutions and afflictions, the Cause of God triumphed and the Covenant of God gained influence. | BDA1.122.16 | SW_v19#07 p.220, MHMD1.131 | chastisement and requital; Ottoman commissions of investigation; rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||
| ABU3124 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | با وجود انکه در حبس بودند خیمهٴ مبارک بالای جبل کرمل در نهایت جلال مرتفع و بظاهر ظاهر قدرت | Although He was a prisoner, He pitched His tent with glory on Mount Carmel. Even outwardly His power and majesty were such that for five years | BDA1.124.02 | SW_v19#07 p.221, MHMD1.132 | Mount Carmel; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| ABU3464 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-15 | 20 | Mahmúd's Diary | بر حسب استعداد نفوس و اقتضای وقت است بهرطفلک آن پدر تی تی کند گر چه عقلش هندسهٴ گیتی کند | What I have spoken is according to the capacity of the people and the exigency of the time. 'The father makes gurgling sounds for the newborn infant, although his wisdom can measure the universe.' | BDA1.124.05 | SW_v19#07 p.221, MHMD1.133 | acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; differences in human capacity; progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU3314 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-23 | 30 | Mahmúd's Diary | نظر بمکان نیست بلکه بوجود و قلوب نورانیه احباست در بغداد اطاقی کوچک ثلث این اطاق بود | It is not the place that should be looked at but the illumined faces and hearts of the friends | BDA1.133.07 | SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.143 | banishment to; life in Baghdad | - | - | |||||
| ABU3003 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-24 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | صحت جسمانی اهمیت ندارد اهمیت در صحت روحانیست که تأثیر و لذت ابدی دارد | Bodily health is not important. What is more important is spiritual health which gives eternal pleasure and has everlasting effect. | BDA1.133.16 | SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.144 | detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; disregarding bodily comfort; health and healing; material and spiritual healing; moderation; frugality; simplicity; transcending the material condition; walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| ABU3025 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-25 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | وقتی مسلمین رئیس موبدان را بسبب خوردن شراب بتازیانه بستند و زیر تازیانه نعره میزد و می گفت | When the Muslims arrested the leader of the Zoroastrians and flogged him for drinking wine, under the whip he cried, | BDA1.134.13 | SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.145 | greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU2163 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-19 | 120 | Mahmúd's Diary | ضعف مزاج وکثرت اشتغال مانع است و الا ممکن بود نفوسی خارق العاده در میان این احباء مبعوث شوند | My weakened condition and excessive work hamper me, otherwise many extraordinary souls would have arisen among these friends. | BDA1.159.12 | SW_v19#11 p.348, MHMD1.173-174 | martyrs and martyrdom; service to others; to the Cause of God; spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| ABU2840 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-21 | 60 | Mahmúd's Diary | چه قدر بزرگان در دنیا آمدند چه قدر صاحبان ثروت بودند | How many great men have come into the world! What wealth they have owned! What kings have sat on the thrones | BDA1.162.02 | SW_v19#11 p.347, MHMD1.176 | eulogies; reminiscences; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; martyrs and martyrdom; transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU2727 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-30 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | تأیید غیر از استعداد و علم و عقل است چه بسیار نفوس غیر مهمه را کشف نمودند چه قدر نفوس که سالها زحمت کشیدند برای کشف نقطهٴ شمالی | Confirmation is not dependent on talent, knowledge or wisdom. Many unimportant persons have made significant discoveries. | BDA1.172.12 | SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.187 | divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; effort; striving; The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||
| ABU2240 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-10 | 110 | Mahmúd's Diary | فقیر صابر بهتر از غنی شاکر است اما فقیر شاکر بهتر از فقیر صابر است و بهتر از همه غنی نتفق است | The patient poor are better than the thankful rich. But the thankful poor are better than the patient poor. And the best of all is the rich-giver who is free from temptations or tests, who becomes the cause of the happiness of mankind.... At the time of his death a king longed for the station of a poor man | KHMT.194x, MAS5.227, BDA1.185.10 | SW_v19#12 p.379-380, MHMD1.201, ROB2.281, STAB#042 | justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; stories; anecdotes; thankfulness; gratitude; the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving | - | - | |||||
| ABU3136 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-11 | 40 | Mahmúd's Diary | خیلی مسرورم که شماها بر امر الله ثابت و مستقیم هستید بعضی نفوس مانند گیاههای بی ریشه هستند | I am exceedingly pleased because I see you firm and unwavering in the Cause of God. Some individuals are like rootless plants | BDA1.238.04 | MHMD1.254-255 | characteristics and conduct of true believers; praise and encouragement; steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; symbolism | - | - | |||||
| ABU2972 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-14 | 50 | Mahmúd's Diary | اگر جمال مبارک قیام و امرالله را بلند نمی فرمودند امر حضرت نقطهٴ اولی بکلی محو شده بود | If the Blessed Perfection had not exerted Himself to raise up the Cause of God, the Cause of the Primal Point would have been completely effaced... All the affairs and conditions of the world serve the Cause of God... With this type of sacrifice they attained success. But remember | BDA1.245.03 | MHMD1.262-263 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Declaration; advent of the Bab; rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | |||||
| ABU2711 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-15 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | امر الله همیشه از شرق ظاهر شده اما آثارش در غرب شدیدتر بوده وقتی بدری پاشا در مجمعی گفت | The Cause of God has always appeared from the East but it has been more effective in the West. | BDA1.248.16 | MHMD1.266 | critique of Eastern values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; station of the Manifestation of God | - | - |
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