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Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

کلّ مأمور بمعالجه و متابعت حکما هستند اين محض اطاعت امر اللّه است و الّا شافی خدا

...It is incumbent upon everyone to seek medical treatment and to follow the doctor’s instructions, for this is in compliance with the divine ordinance

MMK1#136 p.153x

SWAB#136x, LOG#0959x

AB10738

Education of children; moral education; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

اين اطفال را تربيت بهائی خواهم تا در ملک و ملکوت ترقّی نمايند و سبب سرور دل و جان

...My wish is that these children should receive a Baha’í education, so that they may progress both here and in the Kingdom

MMK1#100 p.124x

SWAB#100x

AB00639

490

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

ای عزيز عبدالبهآء پسر آن پدر باش و ثمر آن شجر زاده عنصر جان و دل او باش

...O dear one of ‘Abdu’l‑Baha! Be the son of thy father and be the fruit of that tree. Be a son that hath been born of his soul

MMK1#117 p.136x

SWAB#117x, TAB.341-343, PN_1912 p069x, ECN.513

Non-participation in politics; Praise and encouragement; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering; rejection of Christ

AB07853

100

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ای بندگان آستان مقدّس جنود ملأ اعلی در اوج علا صف بسته و مهيّا و منتظر

...O ye servants of the Sacred Threshold! The triumphant Hosts of the Celestial Concourse

MMK1#208 p.254x, RRT.019x

SWAB#208x, BADM.042-043x, SW_v14#03 p.086x

QuiqueSaba

AB10952

Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement

الحمد للّه قلبت متذکّر بذکر الهی و روحت مستبشر ببشارات اللّه است و مشغول بمناجاتی

...Praise be to God, thy heart is engaged in the commemoration of God, thy soul is gladdened by the glad tidings of God

MMK1#172 p.196x

SWAB#172x, COC#1743x, LOG#1479x

AB02587

240

Man of Courage, The; Translation List; Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn

مسئله عزير عليه السّلام حقيقتش اينست که مقصود ملّت حضرت موسی بود که به هجوم بخت‌النّصر

...Qa’im-Maqamí is, in truth, the foremost servant of the Cause of the All-Merciful… As to the verses concerning Dhu’l-Qarnayn, these are of the ambiguous sort that have an inner meaning. The objectors made this account a snare of deceit

MMK6#283x, AHB.130BE #09-10 p.027x, AVK2.201-202x, MAS2.042-043x

BLO_courage.30x, ADMS#328x

Imam 'Ali; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09838

Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones

ای بنده الهی بزرگواری در عبودیت جلیل اکبر است نه سلطنت خاور و باختر نفوس

...Servitude to God lieth in servitude to the friends. One must be the essence of humility and the embodiment of meekness

INBA16:104

BRL_DAK#0372, BRL_CONF2018P#08x, MMK2#156 p.118

BRL_CONF2018#08x

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB07530

110

Education of children; moral education; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

تبديل معلّمين نه سريعاً جائز و نه مدّتی بسيار متوسط بهتر است

...The changing of teachers should be neither too frequent nor too much delayed; moderation is preferable.

MMK1#125 p.140x

SWAB#125x

AB10382

يک معنی از معانی شجره ملعونه دخانست که مکروهست و مذموم و مضرّ است و مسموم

...The drinking of wine is according to the text of the Most Holy Book, forbidden; for it is the cause of chronic diseases, weakeneth the nerves, and consumeth the mind

MMK6#255x, AVK3.049, AVK4.020.14x

ADJ.033x, COC#1788x

Adam; Adam and Eve; Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Day of rest; Praise and encouragement

AB06394

130

Education of children; moral education; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

مدرسه اطفال در روز يکشنبه و قرائت الواح و تعاليم حضرت بهآءاللّه و القآء کلمة اللّه

...The Sunday school for the children in which the Tablets and Teachings of Baha'u'llah are read

MMK1#124 p.140x

SWAB#124x, SW_v09#08 p.092-093

AB04089

180

Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones; Prayer and Devotional Life

ای منجذبه نفحات الله نغمه زار و آه شرربارت چنان شعله بر افروخت که قلب اهل

...The Word of God may be likened to the life-giving breezes of the divine springtime. When chanted in spiritual tones, it bestoweth the breath of life

BRL_DAK#0267, BRL_CONF2018P#32x, COMP_PDLP#05x, MMK2#353 p.254

BRL_CONF2018#32x, BRL_PDL#05x

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

AB06878

120

Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

نفوسی که اليوم بملکوت الهيّه داخل و بحيات ابديّه فائز آن نفوس هر چند بظاهر در زمينند

...Those souls that, in this day, enter the divine kingdom and attain everlasting life, although materially dwelling on earth

MMK1#173 p.197x

SWAB#173x, SW_v10#01 p.008, PN_various p012x

AB02983

220

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

سؤال نموده بودی که سبب امراض و بلايا چه چيز است ؟ اسباب متنوّع ، از برای بعضی نفوس امراض و بلايا

...Thou didst ask a question: what is the cause of illnesses and afflictions? The causes are many and various. For some souls, illnesses and afflictions are as a punishment for deeds perpetrated

MMK3#048 p.030x

BLO_PT#080.48x

Composition and decomposition; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB05421

150

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

همچنين جناب پروفسر برکت‌اللّه هندی را از قبل من نهايت اشتياق ابلاغ دار... در خصوص تحصیل لسان فارسی مرقوم نموده بودید فی‌الحقیقه... فی الحقيقه ترجمه بسيار مشکل است

...Thou hadst written about studying Persian. In truth, this is very necessary. If it would be possible for Professor Barakatu’llah to make an effort and teach some people the Persian language… Truly translation is very difficult

MMK6#532x, ANDA#79 p.05x, MAS9.147x

ADMS#203dx

AB11183

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

از معابد سؤال نموده بوديد که حکمتش چيست حکمتش اين است که در وقت معلوم

...Thou hast asked about places of worship and the underlying reason therefor. The wisdom in raising up such buildings

MMK1#058 p.092x

SWAB#058x, LOG#2058x

AB00653

480

Bahá'í World Faith

در خصوص آيه انجيل مرقوم نموده بودی که از قرائن واضح ميشود که در يوم ظهور مسيح جميع نفوس استماع

...Thou hast written of a verse in the Gospels, asking if at the time of Christ all souls did hear His call

MMK3#138 p.096x

BWF.364-364x, SW_v16#10 p.669x

Belief and denial; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Many are called but few are chosen; Power of prayer; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB07020

120

Methods of teaching the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual baptism; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

انّ عبدالبهآء یشمّ رائحة محبّة اللّه من کلّ محفل تنطقین فیه بکلمة اللّه و تذکرین الحجج و البراهین

...Verily, ‘Abdu’l‑Baha inhaleth the fragrance of the love of God from every meeting place where the Word of God is uttered

MNMK#068 p.144x, MMK1#053 p.089x

SWAB#053x

AB00305

680

Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Role and station of women; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

انّ الظّهورات فی الأدوار السّابقة کان لکلّ واحد منهم شأن فی الوجود و رتبة فی نشأة الأنسان

...Verily, each one of the Manifestations in former ages possessed a certain station in existence and a certain rank in human development [3.5s]... ...Were it not for tests genuine gold could not be distinguished from the counterfeit.... In cycles gone by, each one of the Manifestations of God hath had His own rank in the world of existence... Intellect and the faculty of comprehension are God's gifts

MNMK#063 p.142x, MMK1#027 p.054x

SWAB#027x, COC#1790x, SW_v08#19 p.238-239x, SW_v14#02 p.041-042x, SW_v14#12 p.353x, BSTW#438

AB02378

250

Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones

ای جانهای پاک پاکی و آزادگی بدلست نه بتن بجانست نه بجامه و پیرهن انسان اگر

...Whatsoever driveth thee away from the one true God and shutteth thee out from the Best-Beloved is blameworthy and reprehensible

BRL_CONF2018P#02x, MMK2#097 p.075, YARP2.351 p.283

BRL_CONF2018#02x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Meditation; Nearness and remoteness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB09922

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

در وقت معالجه توجّه بجمال مبارک کن و آنچه بر قلب القا ميشود مجری دار

...When giving medical treatment turn to the Blessed Beauty, then follow the dictates of thy heart

MMK1#131 p.147x

SWAB#131x, LOG#0964x

AB10259

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

نفوس تا در ترويج نکوشند بذکر اللّه مشغول و مألوف نيز کما ينبغی نگردند و آثار مدد

...When the friends do not endeavor to spread the message, they fail to remember God befittingly, and will not witness the tokens of assistance

MMK1#211 p.257x

SWAB#211x

AB10238

مناجات بملکوت ابهی کن محبوب مهربانا تشنه زلال عنایتم از چشمه محبتت جرعه

A supplication to the Abhá Kingdom: O Kind Beloved! I am thirsting for the pure crystal waters of Thy bounty; grant me from the fountain of Thy love a draught [3.5s]

MMK5#287 p.215

Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB08406

100

خجلت و شرمساری در هر صورت دليل بر بزرگواری است . هر قدر انسان در سبيل الهی جانفشانی

Abashment and shame, in every instance, are a proof of nobility. To whatever degree one may sacrifice himself in the divine path [3.5s]

MMK3#176 p.124x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB06185

130

از قرار مسموع شما را نيّت چنان که مهمانخانه‌ای به جهت مسافران مهيّا نمائيد

According to what hath been heard, it is thy purpose to prepare a guesthouse for travelers [3.5s]

MMK6#577x

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB10699

با نفسی از ثابتین نوعی مفرمایید که محزون و مگدر شود فاخفض جناحک للمومنین و

Address not any soul among the steadfast in such manner as would cause sorrow or distress; rather, lower thy wing of humility unto the believers [3.5s]

MMK6#358

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness

AB02517

240

جميع طوائف و قبائل بر قلع و قمع اين نخل باسق بتمام همّت برخاستند و عبدالبهاء فريداً وحيداً

All peoples and tribes arose with the utmost determination to uproot and destroy this lofty Tree, while 'Abdu'l-Bahá stood alone [3.5s]

MMK3#026 p.016x

AB00146

930

خداوندیرا ستاایم و پرستش نماایم که جهان هستی را بپرتو بخشایش زینت و آرایش

All praise and worship be unto God, Who hath adorned the world of being with the resplendent rays of His grace [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0572, MMK3#152 p.104, PYB#112-113 p.05

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity of governments; political unity

AB00126

980

لک الحمد یا الهی و لک الشکر یا منائی علی ما مننت به علی اصفیائک و انعمت به

All praise be unto Thee, O my God, and all thanksgiving be unto Thee, O my Heart's Desire, for Thy gracious favors bestowed upon Thy chosen ones and the blessings Thou hast granted [3.5s]

MMK5#158 p.123

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; War and peace

AB00300

690

لک الحمد یا الهی بما کشفت الغطاء و رفعت النقاب عن وجه الحقیقه لعبدک المبتهل

All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for Thou hast lifted the veil and removed the covering from the face of truth for Thy suppliant servant [3.5s]

MMK4#178 p.219, ASAT5.356x, DUR4.798

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB10465

هرچند ايّامی در باختر بگذشت ولی همواره ياران خاور در خاطر بودند زيرا آنان مصداق السّابقون السّابقون اولئک هم المقرّبون

Although many days were spent in the West, yet ever were the friends of the East present in my thoughts, for they are the exemplars of "The foremost shall be foremost: these are they who will be brought nigh." [3.5s]

MMK6#534x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02019

270

Growth of the Cause; Mystical themes; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

اگر چه شمس حقیقت بظاهر بغمام غیبت مجلل لکن چون بچشم بینا نگری و گوش شنوا

Although the Sun of Truth may outwardly be veiled by the clouds of concealment, were one to look with a perceiving eye

INBA55:105, INBA87:475 , INBA52:495

NURA#43, MMK4#126 p.131

LOTW#43

AB04055

180

آنچه ناله و فغان نمائی و شکوه فرمائی در موقع و محلّست ولی از جهت ديگر ملاحظه فرما که اوليای الهی را نشئه

Although thou dost raise thy lamentations and cries of grief, and though thou dost voice thy complaints, these are meet and fitting; yet from another perspective consider thou that the chosen ones of God [3.5s]

MMK3#191 p.135x

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB03036

220

و امّا مقصود اين عبد اينست که اگر اسرار کتاب در هر عصر از مبيّن سؤال می‌شد اختلاف

And as to what this servant intendeth: if in every age the mysteries of the Book had been inquired of the Interpreter, differences [3.5s]

MMK6#236x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02349

250

و در خصوص ميرزا مهدی حکمت مرقوم نموده بوديد. اين شخص صداقت ندارد و موافقت نخواهد

And concerning Mirza Mahdi Hikmat, of whom thou didst write: verily, this person hath no truthfulness and will not conform [3.5s]

MMK6#135x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Personal instructions

AB09687

و لله میراث السموات و الارض جناب آقا سید صادق و ورقه موقنه فائزه علیهما

And unto God belongeth the inheritance of the heavens and the earth. O Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Ṣádiq and steadfast leaf, Fá'izih, upon them both [3.5s]

MKT6.201, MMK6#096, NJB_v05#19 p.005

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters

AB11165

باری در خصوص عمارت جديدی که اشتراء فرموديد و مشرق‌الاذکار قرار داديد مرقوم نموده بوديد

As regards the new edifice which thou didst purchase and establish as a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, thou hadst written [3.5s]

MMK6#186x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

AB03662

190

و امّا مسئله قد اصطفينا خدا تهيّأ و تدارک را هزار و سيصد سال پيش از اين ديد

As to the matter of "Verily, We have chosen": God foresaw the preparation and arrangements one thousand three hundred years before [3.5s]

MMK6#409x

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB10850

امّا آيه قرآن که در حقّ حامل امانت کبری ظلوم و جهول می‌فرمايد اين ظلوم و جهول مبالغه

As to the verse of the Qur'án wherein, concerning the Bearer of the Most Great Trust, He is described as "unjust and ignorant", these terms "unjust and ignorant" are used in their intensified form [3.5s]

MMK6#402x, MAS2.050ax

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08995

امّا الّذين حرّموا علی نفسهم المائدة الرّوحانيّة و نفحات روح اللّه اولئک اموات غير احياء فليس لهم البقاء

As to them who have debarred themselves from the spiritual repast and the breathing of the Spirit of God - these are dead and not living, and for them there is no permanence [3.5s]

MMK3#043 p.027x

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; High station of the true believer; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB08363

100

و امّا ما سئلت عن الآية المبارکه فی القرآن و لقد عهدنا الی آدم الی آخر قد اخذ اللّه العهد عن آدم

As to what thou didst ask concerning the blessed verse in the Qur'án, "And verily We made a covenant with Adam," unto the end, God had taken a covenant from Adam [3.5s]

MMK6#307x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Adam; Adam and Eve; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB00139

940

در این وقت که بلبل گلزار بقا قصد آشیان وفا نموده و شاهد انجمن عاشقین عزم دیار

At this hour, when the nightingale of the eternal rose garden hath taken wing toward the nest of faithfulness, and the Beloved of the gathering of lovers hath departed for His realm [3.5s]... ...Such hath been the interposition of God that the joy evinced by them hath been turned to chagrin and sorrow, so much so that the Persian consul-general in Baghdad regrets exceedingly

BRL_DAK#0787, MMK4#035 p.035, AHB.121BE #07 p.226, TZH4.299, HHA.015-020, MSHR2.169x

GPB.150x, ABCC.016-017x

Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB10843

از پريشانی محزون مباش زيرا امريست مسنون. مقرّبان درگاه کبريا هميشه در اين دار دنيا مقدّس

Be not grieved by tribulation, for this is an immutable decree. The near ones to the Divine Threshold have ever remained sanctified in this earthly realm [3.5s]

MMK6#110x

Consolation and comfort; Predictions and prophecies; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB08010

100

قبل از بلا بايد نهايت احتياط و احتراز نمود و دقّت در معامله کرد ولی چون قضيّه واقع شد

Before calamity befalleth, one must needs exercise the utmost care and vigilance, and observe diligence in all transactions; but when the matter cometh to pass [3.5s]

MMK3#032 p.021x

Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB10989

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of

ای ورقه مومنه از فضل بی منتها آنچه خواهی بخواه ولی اگر از این عبد شنوی جز

Beseech thou from God's infinite grace whatsoever thou desirest. But wert thou to heed my advice thou wouldst desire naught save

MMK2#045 p.034

BRL_PMDA#20, COC#1741

Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

AB02369

250

در خصوص جناب آقا موسی نهايت سعی و کوشش خواهد گشت. مطمئن باشيد که ذرّه‌ای فتور نخواهد

Concerning Jináb-i-Áqá Músá, the utmost endeavour and effort shall be exerted. Rest ye assured that not an iota of lassitude shall [3.5s]

MMK6#153x

Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB06693

120

در خصوص اعتراض شيخ عبدالرّحيم مرقوم نموده بوديد. در احاديث معصومين تبديل بعضی کلمات و بعضی حروف قرآن

Concerning that which thou hadst written regarding the objections of Shaykh 'Abdu'r-Rahim, in the traditions of the immaculate ones there are alterations of certain words and certain letters of the Qur'án [3.5s]

MMK6#270x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Hands of the Cause; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06691

120

در خصوص آيه مبارکه در کتاب عهد سؤال نموده بوديد. اين آيه مبارکه کتاب عهد مربوط به آيه مبارکه فرقانست

Concerning the blessed verse in the Kitab-i-'Ahd [Book of the Covenant] about which thou didst inquire: this blessed verse of the Book of the Covenant relateth to the blessed verse of the Furqan [3.5s]

MMK6#410x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of inheritance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB11382

از جهان الهی عالم نورانی ملکوت الهی سؤال نموده بوديد که در آن آيا مشاغل

Concerning the divine realm, the luminous world of the celestial Kingdom, thou didst inquire whether therein [3.5s]

MMK3#044 p.027x

Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Material and spiritual existence; two books

AB00561

520

در خصوص اوراقی که نزد آنجناب ارسال شده مرقوم فرموده بودید هر نوع مصلحت بدانید مجری

Concerning the papers that were sent unto you, and regarding which you had written, whatever course you deem advisable may be pursued [3.5s]

MMK6#122x

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02660

230

در خصوص عالم بعد از موت سؤال نموده بوديد ، آن عالم بتصوّر و عبارات اين عالم مشهود و معلوم نگردد

Concerning the realm after death whereof thou didst inquire, that world cannot be conceived or expressed in terms of this visible realm [3.5s]

MMK3#045 p.027x

Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB05203

150

در فضل و موهبت الهيّه نظر نما و به لطف و عنايت حضرت کبريا تفکّر کن که درمان هر درد است

Consider thou the grace and bestowal of God, and reflect upon the loving-kindness and favour of His exalted Presence, which is healing for every pain [3.5s]

MMK6#575x

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10882

قناعت در هر موردی محبوبست حتّی در تجارت. مقصد سهولت معيشت است زيرا ثروت موقّت است

Contentment in all things is praiseworthy, even in trade and commerce. The aim is the ease of livelihood, for wealth is but transitory [3.5s]

MMK6#251x

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Conduct in finance and business; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

AB10602

جناب غلامحسين را تحيّت مشتاقانه برسان و بگو ربّ المشرقين و ربّ المغربين و شمس الخافقين

Convey ardent greetings unto Jináb-i-Ghulám-Ḥusayn, and say: Lord of the twin Easts and Lord of the twin Wests, Sun of the horizons [3.5s]

MMK6#513x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB09765

جناب ميرزا داود خان عليه بهآء اللّه الأبهی را از قبل اين عبد تکبير برسان و بگو که خدا در قرآن می‌فرمايد

Convey thou, on behalf of this servant, the Most Glorious Splendour of God to Jinab-i-Mirza Dawud Khan, and say that God in the Qur'an declareth [3.5s]

MMK6#438x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB03471

200

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

بقرينه محترمه‌ات از قبل عبدالبهآء تحيّت ابدع ابهی ابلاغ دار و بگو که نوازش مسجونين و تربيتشان و تعليمشان

Convey to thy honoured companion, on behalf of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Most Glorious and Most Wondrous greetings, and say that the comfort of prisoners and their education and training [3.5s]... O thou who art turning thy face to the divine Kingdom! Thy respected wife

MMK1#083 p.113x

SWAB#083x, LOG#0711x, SW_v10#17 p.318-319, BLO_PT#052

AB04168

180

دوست عزیز مهربان اثر کلک گهربار سبب سرور ابرار بود و مضمون مشحون باحساس وجدان

Dear cherished and kind friend! The effect of thy jewel-scattering pen brought joy to the righteous, and its contents were replete with feelings of conscience [3.5s]

MMK2#363 p.259

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love of God; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01634

310

دوست عزیز من بعد از خبر وفات والده مرحومه محترمه دیگر از شما نامه ای نرسید

Dear friend, after receiving news of the passing of your honoured mother, no further letters have reached me from you [3.5s]

MMK5#162 p.126

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10242

هین مشو نومید بس امیدهاست حصول و وصول موکول بثبوت است ثم استقاموا برهان مشهود

Despair not, for countless are the hopes that lie ahead. Attainment and arrival depend upon steadfastness, and those who stand firm have manifest proof [3.5s]

INBA85:187a

MMK6#461, MSHR5.089

Consolation and comfort; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB09356

مواهب الهيّه بی‌پايانست ولی هدايت قياس به موهبت ديگر نگردد. اين فضل صرفست و احسان بحت

Divine bounties are limitless, yet guidance cannot be compared with any other gift. This is pure bounty and sheer grace [3.5s]

MMK6#019x

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB11192

هدايت الهيّه از متعلّقات فضل است نه عدل، يهدی من يشآء و يضلّ من يشآء انّک لا تهدی من احببت

Divine guidance pertaineth unto grace, not justice - "He guideth whom He willeth, and causeth to stray whom He willeth." Verily, thou canst not guide him whom thou lovest [3.5s]

MMK6#375x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB06483

130

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

نور هدی تابان شده طور تقی رخشان شده موسی بجان پویان شده کهسار سیناء آمده صبح

Divine rays of Guidance are scattering wide, The Sinai of righteousness shineth once more; The spirit of Moses is yearning for Thee

INBA13:387, INBA59:158, INBA88:312

MMK2#028 p.018

BLO_PT#064

Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05988

130

از عدم فرصت مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود در مسئله مشرق الاذکار بجناب آقا موسی از

Due to lack of time, a brief response is penned concerning the matter of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár to his honour Áqá Músá [3.5s]

MMK5#281 p.212

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Photographs and recordings; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Review of publications

AB02821

230

دوست مکرم مهربان مراسله شما واصل و از مشقات و گرفتاری و ناچاری شما نهایت تاسف

Esteemed and cherished friend, your letter has been received, and I am deeply grieved by your hardships, trials and privations [3.5s]

MMK6#234

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB06724

120

هر نفس هوشيار براحت و نعمت و سرور موقّت دل نبندد در جميع امور حقيقت ابدی جويد

Every discerning soul attacheth not its heart to transient comfort, bounty and joy, but in all matters seeketh after eternal truth [3.5s]

MMK3#092 p.061x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB08084

100

هر اذيّت و جفا که در سبيل مير وفا وارد شهد بقاست و موهبت عظمی

Every injury and cruelty sustained in the path of the Most Faithful One is the honey of immortality and a boundless bounty [3.5s]

MMK2#209 p.149x

Chastisement and requital; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB07463

110

هر ثروتی و سرمايه ای که از اين جهان است عاقبت زيان و خسران است نهايت اين است

Every wealth and possession that is of this world ultimately leadeth to loss and detriment; such is its end [3.5s]

MMK3#086 p.057x

Consolation and comfort; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB00328

Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol)

660

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám)

Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol)

مدتی شد که آنجناب در پاریس بخدمت مشغولید هر چند زحمت و مشقت بسیار است ولی خدمت

For some time you have been engaged in service in Paris and although there is much hardship and difficulty, it is service [3.5s]... ...As regards the explanation of Monsieur Angelmann(?) concerning the writing of the Greatest Name on the ringstone

BRL_DAK#0571, MMK6#166x, AKHA_103BE #12 p.05, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.v, AVK3.079.05x, MAS2.100-103, OOL.C023

LOG#0910x, BSC.478 #914x, PN_various p010x, RESP.072x, RBB.143-144, BLO_PT#160

Adam; Adam and Eve; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Ringstone symbol

AB02155

270

دوستانا یارانا نفوس و اشخاص بر سه قسم منقسم گشته اند قسمی ظالم علی نفسه یعنی

Friends and companions! Souls and individuals are divided into three categories. The first category consisteth of those who are unjust unto themselves, meaning [3.5s]

INBA13:261b

MMK3#179 p.125

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Degrees of faith; certitude; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06645

120

از آيه مبارکه ارنی کيف تحيی الموتی مقصود نه حيات جسمانيست بلکه حيات روحانی و آن حيات روح حقيقت است

From the blessed verse "Show me how Thou givest life to the dead," the intention is not physical life but spiritual life, and that is the life of the Spirit of Reality [3.5s]

MMK6#058x

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Intuition; inspiration; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04561

170

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

از اجتماع احبّا مرقوم نموده بوديد که در نهايت روح و ريحانست البتّه چنين است زيرا در مجامع روحانيان

From what thou didst write concerning the gathering of the loved ones which was filled with the utmost joy and fragrance, this assuredly is so, for in spiritual gatherings [3.5s]... ...Ye have written as to the meetings of the friends, and how filled they are with peace and joy. Of course this is so… Thou hast written about the Fast. This is a most weighty matter and thou shouldst exert thine utmost in its observance

MMK1#054 p.090x, AADA.158-159x

SWAB#054x, BRL_IOPF#2.25x

Luna, Anais & Marie, C. Haskell

Law of fasting; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB03517

200

غضنفر نامه محرر نموده و ستایشی بیحصر از شما کرده ... الحمد للّه در اين ايّام بخدمت کلمة اللّه و نشر نفحات اللّه

Ghazanfar hath penned an epistle and offered boundless praise of thee... praise be to God that in these days thou art occupied with service to the Word of God and the diffusion of the divine fragrances [3.5s]

MMK3#072 p.046x, MMK6#336x

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB10261

شکر کن خدا را که در اين عصر جديد و قرن بديع موجود و مولود شدی تا ندای حضرت موعود شنيدی

Give thanks unto God that thou wert born and brought into being in this new age and wondrous cycle, and didst hearken unto the call of the Promised One [3.5s]

MMK3#140 p.097x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB00116

1200

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Impossibility of true worship of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God

سبحانک اللهم تقدس ادنی ایه من ایات ملکوتک عن المحامد و النعوت فی جمیع الشئون... درین ایام صنادید شیطانرا اسیر خذلان کرد و فسادشانرا واضح و عیان

Glorified art Thou, O God! The least of the signs of Thy Kingdom is, under all conditions, sanctified above all description and praise

UMich962.140-141x, UMich991.097-098x

NURA#41, MMK4#081 p.090x, ASAT3.041-042x, ASAT4.058x, AVK1.009.10x, AVK4.015.13x, AVK4.308x

LOTW#41

AB00299

690

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و مولائی ترانی موردا لکل بلاء و هدفا لکل سهام

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God, my Master, and my Ruler! Thou seest me a victim of every tribulation, a target for every shaft, and exposed to every spear

NURA#45, MMK2#038 p.027x, MMK4#032 p.030

LOTW#45

AB00089

1150

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما اشرقت انوار الفلاح و النجاح و تبلج صباح

Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for causing the lights of success and prosperity to shine, and the dawn to break forth in splendor [3.5s]

MMK6#396, YMM.402x

Chastisement and requital; Literal interpretation; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00041

1600

لک الحمد یا الهی بما فتحت ابواب ملکوت العظمه و الجلال علی وجوه احبائک و ظللت

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! For Thou hast opened the Doors of the Kingdom of Grandeur

INBA16:076

MKT4.162b, MMK5#094 p.075, AMK.187-194, BBBD.332-334, MAS5.287x, MJMJ2.026x, MMG2#076 p.083x, YHA1.280-281x, NJB_v05#12 p.001

BBBD.334-339, DAS.1914-10-04, SW_v05#14 p.211-215+218, BSTW#348

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00202

820

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هولاء عباد مکرمون و اماء قانتات سرعوا الی معین رحمانیتک

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! These are honoured servants and devoted handmaidens who have hastened to the Wellspring of Thy mercy [3.5s]

INBA85:067

MMK6#062

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB11157

خدا در قرآن می‌فرمايد لا تجعل يدک مغلولة الی عنقک و لا تبسطها کلّ البسط و می‌فرمايد و ابتغ بين ذلک سبيلا

God hath pronounced in the Qur'án: "Let not thy hand be tied to thy neck, nor yet open it with all openness," and He saith: "But seek thou a middle course between these twain." [3.5s]

MMK6#252x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Moderation; frugality; simplicity

AB01030

390

قال الله تعالی و اعتصموا بحبل الله جمیعا اعلموا یا احباء الله و اصفیائه و

God, exalted be He, hath spoken: "And hold ye fast, all together, by the cord of God." Know ye, O beloved of God and His chosen ones [3.5s]

INBA13:344, INBA59:304

MMK6#075

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity of thought and belief; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB03854

190

قال الله سبحانه و تعالی فی کتابه الحکیم یوم یقوم الناس لرب العالمین اعلم یا ایها السالک

God, glorified and exalted be He, hath declared in His Mighty Book: "On the Day when mankind shall arise before the Lord of the worlds." Know thou, O wayfarer [3.5s]

INBA13:385, INBA72:073, INBA59:156, UMich962.139-140, UMich991.096-097

MMK6#585, YMM.420

Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Manifestation of God as sun

AB01446

330

حضرت علی قبل اکبر این رساله درجواب شخصی که از حقیقت حال سوال نموده بود

His Holiness 'Alí-Qabli-Akbar penned this epistle in response to one who had inquired regarding the truth of the matter [3.5s]

INBA89:023

BRL_DAK#1071, MMK5#183 p.144

Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God

AB00963

400

Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building; Power of prayer; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

مشرق الأذکار هر چند بظاهر بنيان جسمانيست ولی تأثير روحانی دارد و سبب الفت قلوب و اجتماع نفوس گردد

His honor… presented the map of the land… Although to outward seeming the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar is a material structure, yet it hath a spiritual effect

MMK1#060 p.093x

SWAB#060x, SW_v05#05 p.068+73x, SW_v06#07 p.052x, SW_v06#17 p.135x, SW_v07#07 p.057x, BW_v01p060

AB01287

350

حيات انسانی در اين جهان فانی منوط به امتزاج و ارتباط عناصر مختلفه است

Human life in this fleeting world dependeth upon the commingling and association of diverse elements [3.5s]

MMK6#455x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Life and death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11057

Cablegram

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

من عبدالبهاء هستم حضرت بهاء الله بی مثل و نظیر است کل باید توجه به بهاء الله

I AM SERVANT OF BAHA HIS HOLINESS BAHAULLAH IS UNIQUE AND PEERLESS ALL MUST TURN

MMK5#169 p.131, AMK.288-288, YHA1.015, YHA1.116 (1.240), BDA2.139

SW_v03#19 p.008, SW_v06#12 p.094, MHMD2.173, BSTW#073b

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

AB07315

110

اميدوارم که چنان که بايد و شايد به خصائل و فضائلی متّصف باشی که زينت حقيقت انسانيّه است

I cherish the hope that thou mayest be adorned, as is befitting and proper, with such virtues and excellences as are the true adornment of human reality [3.5s]

MMK3#155 p.108x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Evolution; human evolution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00260

720

اناجیک یا الهی مکبا بوجهی علی التراب منتظرا لبدایع الطافک متمرغا جبینی بالثری

I cry to Thee, 0, my Lord, while rolling myself on the dust and expecting the Wonders of Thy Bounties… If any soul asks concerning the station of this servant, the answer is Abdu'l-Baha

INBA16:060

MMK5#185 p.146, AVK4.286x

SW_v08#14 p.186x, SW_v08#15 p.212x, CUPAB.003

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB02328

250

ای جان پاک اين کور عظيم و دور کريم برهانش ساطع دليلش لامع حجّتش قاطع سطوتش قاهر عظمتش واضح است

I cry to Thee, O Thou Lord of Verses, Manifestor of Evidences and Revealer of the Consummate Word, to behold this servant with the eye of Thy mercifulness

MMK4#064 p.074x

TEW.019-020

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

AB05727

140

اگر بموجب وصايای بهاء الله عمل نمائی يقين بدان که نفحات روحانی مشام معطّر نمايد و پرتو شمس حقيقت

If thou dost act according to the counsels of Bahá'u'lláh, know thou of a certainty that the sweet-scented breaths of the spirit shall perfume thy senses and the rays of the Sun of Truth [3.5s]

MMK3#112 p.077x

Idle fancies; lust and passion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04346

170

اگر خانه ناسوتی ويران گشت محزون مباش قصر ملکوتی معمور باد ای مرغ حقيقت اگر آشيان خاکی خراب گرديد

If thy earthly habitation be laid waste, grieve thou not; may thy celestial mansion flourish! O bird of reality, if thy dusty nest be destroyed [3.5s]

MMK3#073 p.047x

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB05351

150

امر باين عظيمی و انتشار و تزايد احباب در هر ديار لابدّ بر آنست که بعضی وقايع حادث شود

In a Cause of such magnitude, and with the spread and multiplication of the friends in every land, certain events must needs come to pass [3.5s]

MMK3#027 p.017x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB10883

در بغداد شخصی از عرفا به حضور مبارک آمد و خلوت خواست که مشرّف شود و چون فائز شد

In Baghdad there came into His blessed presence a certain mystic who sought a private audience, and when he attained unto this privilege [3.5s]

MMK4#022 p.022x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00098

Tahirih and the Conference of Badasht

1130

Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

حقیقت این قضیه مختصراً اینست که در آن اوقات بدایت امر بود و هیچکس از تعالیم الهی خبر نداشت

In brief, what happened is the following. Those were the early days of the Cause and no one was informed of the divine teachings.

BRL_TTTP#09, MMK4#018 p.017

BRL_TTT#09

Conference of Badasht; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes

AB08407

100

در قرآن مذکور که هفت قبيله به حضور سرّ وجود و جوهر مقصود حضرت رسول عليه السّلام آمدند

In the Qur'án it is recorded that seven tribes came into the presence of that Secret of Existence and Essence of Purpose, His Holiness the Prophet [3.5s]

MMK6#272x

Miracles and their interpretation; Muhammad; Islam; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

AB09857

اين ايّام بايد حضرات احبّا وقت را غنيمت شمرند و بمنتهای قوّت بر خدمت برخيزند

In these days the beloved friends must seize this precious opportunity and arise with utmost strength to render service [3.5s]

MMK2#278 p.199x

Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause

AB03949

180

اين ايّام ارياح امتحان در نهايت هيجانست ، نفوسی مانند نور مبين از افق يقين طالع و لائح و در نهايت ثبات

In these days the winds of tests are blowing with the utmost intensity, while certain souls, even as the manifest light, are rising and shining forth from the horizon of certitude with supreme steadfastness [3.5s]

MMK3#196 p.139x

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01948

280

اين ايّام در جميع بلدان ايران به سبب نصائح عبدالبهآء جميع احبّا در مهد امن و امان آرميده

In these days, throughout all the regions of Persia, by reason of the counsels of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, all the beloved ones are reposing in the cradle of peace and security [3.5s]

MMK6#269x

Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04549

170

در اين قرن چه قدر از خاندانهای ملوک و امرا که در نهايت عزّت و غنا بودند پريشان و بی سر و سامان و فانی گشتند

In this century, how many families of kings and princes who dwelt in the utmost glory and wealth have been scattered and rendered destitute and brought low [3.5s]

MMK3#076 p.050x

Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB08817

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

در اين امر مبارک مسئله ايتام بسيار اهميّت دارد ايتام را بايد نهايت نوازش نمود

In this holy Cause the question of orphans hath the utmost importance. The greatest consideration must be shown towards orphans

MMK1#112 p.134x

SWAB#112x, LOG#0472x, DAS.1914-06-17, SW_v07#13 p.122x, SW_v09#07 p.088x, SW_v09#10 p.115-116x

AB02109

270

در اين طوفان اختلاف و فساد و هيجان اهل عناد و فتور حکومت و اغتشاش مملکت تالان و تاراج شديد و مشقّات عظيمه

In this tempest of discord and corruption, amidst the agitation of hostile souls, the decline of government and confusion in the realm, when pillage and plunder run rampant, and grievous trials abound [3.5s]

MMK3#194 p.137x

Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03266

210

در اين جهان فانی عاقبت هر غنائی فقر است و نهايت هر جمعی تفرقه و پريشانی و غايت هر صحّت

In this transient world, verily the end of all riches is poverty, and the ultimate outcome of every gathering is dispersion and distraction, and the final result of every state of health [3.5s]

MMK3#087 p.057x

Existence; immortality of the human soul; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity of thought and belief

AB05254

150

فی الحقيقه در راه حقّ بنهايت مشقّت و بلايا گرفتار شدی و صدمه زياد خوردی مال و منال بتاراج و تالان دادی

In truth, thou hast been caught up in utmost hardship and tribulation in the path of God, and hast suffered grievous injuries. Thy wealth and possessions were given over to plunder and pillage [3.5s]

MMK3#208 p.150x

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB10417

علم ذاتی مختصّ به حقّ است يعنی جمال قدم اسم اعظم ليس له شريک فی ذلک چنانکه نور ذاتی از خصائص شمس است

Inherent knowledge belongeth exclusively unto the True One - that is, unto the Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name, Who hath no partner in this attribute - even as essential light is a distinctive quality of the sun [3.5s]

MMK6#303x

Knowledge; recognition of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB04722

160

ايران هنوز ويرانست و تا عدل و داد بنيان و بنياد نگردد روز بروز بدتر شود. تعدّيات بر حضرت فروغی

Iran is laid waste, and until justice and equity become its foundation and bedrock, its condition shall worsen day by day. The transgressions against his honor Foroughi [3.5s]

MMK6#254x

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB08412

100

Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

یا امه البهاء چندیست بیمارم و از زندگانی این جهان بیزارم و سیر در جهان دیگر

It hath been some time that I am ill, weary of life in this world and yearning to travel in the next. If I should leave this terrestrial abode

BRL_DAK#0253, MMK5#274 p.210

ADMS#131

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

AB03894

180

اين معلوم است که حقيقت الوهيّت را فيضی نامتناهی و تجلّيات رحمانيّه را انقطاعی جائز نه

It is evident that the reality of Divinity possesseth infinite bounty, and that the outpourings of divine grace can know no cessation [3.5s]

MMK3#022 p.014x, MSHR2.017x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Poems and quotation from poetry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

AB03972

180

Education of children; moral education; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

حکايت کنند که شخصی از اهل اللّه به نفسی از دراويش بکتاشی که شب و روز بيهوش و مدهوش بود

It is narrated that a pious man said to one of the Bektashi dervishes,* who spent day and night in oblivious intoxication: “Why do you not say the obligatory prayer?”

MMK3#161 p.113x

ADMS#096

AB08388

100

حکايت کنند که شخصی در عالم رؤيا شخص بزرگواری را ديد و سؤال نمود که ، چگونه در درگاه الهی

It is recounted that a certain person beheld in the realm of dreams a noble personage and asked how, at the Divine Threshold [3.5s]

MMK3#255 p.182x

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Stories; anecdotes

AB02160

270

مویدا ببصر حدید دقت نما در دریای فضل و جود مستغرقی و العطش العطش بر زبان رانی

It is related that once Muhammad Ghazali entered the Adineh Mosque where he heard someone reciting the verse

MMK3#290 p.213

STAB#126

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB10107

جناب امين نهايت ستايش را در حقّ آن جناب نموده‌اند که در کمال ثبوت و رسوخ در امر اللّه

Jinab-i-Amin hath rendered utmost praise concerning that honoured person, that with perfect steadfastness and firmness in the Cause of God [3.5s]

MMK6#477x

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB07743

110

جناب آقا احمد دستی از دور بر آتش داری نمیدانی چه خبر است مختصر آرام منقطع است

Jinab-i-Aqa Ahmad, thou art but one who holdeth his hand from afar over the fire, unaware of what transpireth. Brief repose hath been severed [3.5s]

MMK5#064 p.057

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB07716

110

اعلمی انّ للوجود مرکز تدور افلاک الحيات الابديّة علی ذلک المرکز العظيم فمتی وصلت الی ذلک المرکز

Know thou that existence hath a center round which revolve the spheres of eternal life upon that mighty Center; whensoever thou attainest unto that Center [3.5s]

MMK3#023 p.015x

Call to action; Soul; spirit after death; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

AB03127

210

از شماتت بيخردان فتور نياريد ملامت عين سعادتست و حقيقت موهبت و چون بتهوّر سخن رانند

Let not the reproaches of the foolish cause you to waver. Censure is the very essence of felicity and the reality of heavenly bestowal, though they speak with reckless impetuosity [3.5s]

MMK3#201 p.144x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Newspapers and the media; publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02504

240

سرگشته کوه و بيابانی و گمگشته باديه و صحرا بی سر و سامانی و سودائی و شيدائی حضرت رحمن

Lost and bewildered in mountain and wilderness, wandering through desert and plain, distraught and yearning, intoxicated with love for the All-Merciful [3.5s]

MMK3#198 p.142x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02952

220

مثل انسان مثل شجر است و اشجار متنوّع الاثمار ، شجره طيّبه البتّه بايد ثمره جنيّه ببار آرد تا آنکه هويّت و ماهيّتش

Man is even as a tree, and trees yield diverse fruits; verily, a goodly tree must needs bring forth delectable fruit that its true nature [3.5s]

MMK3#169 p.119x

Bringing forth results; fruit; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Law of pilgrimage; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10604

انسان بايد همواره جستجوی قصور خويش نمايد تا آنکه بدرگاه احديّت توبه نمايد و محفوظ و مصون

Man must at all times search out his own shortcomings, that he may turn in repentance to the Threshold of Oneness and remain preserved and protected [3.5s]

MMK3#177 p.124x

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge

AB05772

140

انسان بايد ممتاز از حيوان باشد و امتياز انسان باين است که سبب راحت و آسايش ديگران گردد

Man must be distinguished from the animal, and his distinction lieth in this, that he becometh the cause of the comfort and tranquility of others [3.5s]

MMK3#162 p.114x

Man's distinction from the animal; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; The animal kingdom; True liberty; freedom

AB05225

150

انسان بايد در جهان بالا در آئينه ابدی صفحه ملکوت پرتو شمايل اندازد زيرا عبدالبهاء در اين جهان

Man must cast the reflection of his countenance in the eternal mirror of the celestial realm, upon the page of the Kingdom, for in this world 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s]

MMK3#094 p.062x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10589

Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ای مفتون جمال حقیقت حسنها زائل گردد و گلها خار برویاند

Mortal charm shall fade away, roses shall give way to thorns, and beauty and youth shall live their day and be no more.

MMK1#175 p.198

SWAB#175, SW_v14#01 p.019, BP1926.027-028

T. Ellis

AB01149

370

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

عزیز مهربان من نامه که باسید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گشت دلالت بر

My dear beloved one, the letter which you had written to Siyyid Asadu'llah was perused, and it indicated [3.5s]... ...For some time, even as birds without a nest or shelter, I wandered vast lands. At one time I was on the peaks of mountains and hills

INBA79.074b

MMK5#085 p.067

MHMD2s.321-322x

Call to action; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB01636

310

دوست مهربانا نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلیل بر وفا

My dear friend, your letter has arrived, and its contents brought the utmost joy, for it was evidence of fidelity [3.5s]

MMK5#049 p.046, MSHR3.208, MSHR4.298-299

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB01398

330

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای دوست عزیز هر چند شخص نیکوکار در درگاه پروردگار مقبول است ولی اول دانستن است

My dear Friend: Pleasing and acceptable as is a person of righteous actions before God’s Holy Threshold, yet deeds should proceed from knowledge

BRL_DAK#1055, MMK3#144 p.099

BRL_ATE#205x, TAB.549-550, BWF.382-383x, BSC.460 #851-852x

Christ; Christianity; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Goodly deeds; actions; Reincarnation

AB00149

920

الهی الهی ترانی خائضا فی غمار البلاء و غریقا فی بحار الباساء و الضراء هدفا للنصال مطعونا

My God, my God! Thou beholdest me plunged in an ocean of tribulation, drowned in the seas of hardship and suffering, a target for arrows, pierced through [3.5s]

INBA87:372, INBA52:381

MMK5#011 p.005, ASAT4.298, QT108.145-146

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00108

1040

الهی الهی تری و تشهد ذلی و هوانی و قله نصرتی و شده کربتی و عظیم بلائی و شدید

My God, my God! Thou dost witness and behold my lowliness and abasement, my lack of helpers, the intensity of my grief, the magnitude of my tribulation, and my severe affliction [3.5s]

INBA13:332x

MMK6#485, MSHR4.051x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Seal of the Prophets; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB00051

1450

الهی الهی ترانی خائضا فی غمار البلاء و غریقا فی بحار الباساء و الضرآء هدفا للنبال مطعونا... در خصوص آقا میرزا بدیع‌اللّه مختصری بآنجناب مرقوم گردید

My God, my God! Thou seest me immersed in the depths of tribulation, submerged in seas of hardship and distress, a target for arrows, pierced and wounded [3.5s]

MMK5#027 p.020x, AMK.039-044

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

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

AB01637

310

دوستان حقیقی من جناب امین نامه خویش را بذکر شما مشکین نمود و یاران دولت آباد

My true friends, Jinab-i-Amin perfumed his letter with the mention of you and the friends of Dawlatabad [3.5s]

MMK6#102

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08155

100

ای عبدالقادر حضرت قادر توانا چون نظری بر عبد ناتوان اندازد معدن قدرت گردد و

O 'Abdu'l-Qádir! When the All-Powerful, Almighty Lord casteth His glance upon a powerless servant, he becometh a mine of strength [3.5s]

INBA13:182

MMK3#108 p.072

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB09666

حضرت عندلیب ورق مسطور رق منشور شد بر مضمون مطلع گردیدم مقصود اینست که بهر قسم

O 'Andalíb! The written page and unsealed scroll reached me, and I became apprised of its contents. The purpose is that by whatever means [3.5s]

INBA87:594b, INBA52:633

MMK6#081

Naming of children; of individuals; Personal instructions

AB02736

230

ای عطار ای جان نثار چندی پیش نامه مشکباری ارسال شد حال جناب سید تقی حاضر و

O 'Attar, thou who dost sacrifice thy soul! A letter redolent with musk was dispatched not long ago. Now the honored Siyyid Taqi is present [3.5s]

MKT9.154, MMK5#127 p.099, YBN.038-039

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05237

150

Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای عبدالوهاب در سفر اول جمال قدم بعراق عرب جوانی را ملاقات فرمودند نامش میرزا

O ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab! During His first journey to Iraq, the Blessed Beauty met a young man by the name of Mírza ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab

INBA85:074

NURA#18, MMK4#019 p.021

LOTW#18

AB04564

170

یا ابا الفتوح هنیئا لک هذا الصبوح هر چند فتح ملوک خونریزی مملوکست لکن فتح اهل

O Aba'l-Futúh! Blessed art thou in this dawn. Although the conquests of kings involve the shedding of their subjects' blood, yet the victories of the people [3.5s]

INBA87:420, INBA52:433

MMK6#491

Interpretation of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB02037

270

ای ابراهیم سمی خلیل رب رحیم همنام تو چون در ستاره آسمان نظر نمود بجهت تنبیه

O Abraham, namesake of the favored companion of the All-Merciful Lord! When thy namesake gazed upon the stars of heaven, it was for a lesson [3.5s]

INBA13:362, INBA88:333

MKT9.015, MMK6#137

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as sun

AB02162

270

یا اباالفضائل هشت سال بود شما میدانید که از شدت بلایا و محن و آلام و تضییقات

O Abu'l-Fadá'il! For eight years, as thou well knowest, I have endured intense trials, tribulations, afflictions and restrictions [3.5s]

MMK5#035 p.037

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

AB03282

210

یا ابی الفضائل مسئله مستر مکنات و خان بسیار مسئله مهمه است جناب خان را نصیحت

O Abu'l-Fadl, the matter concerning Mr. McNutt and Khan is indeed a most important question. Counsel Khan [3.5s]

MMK5#198 p.154

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause

AB08508

ای افلاطون همنامت شهره آفاق شد و بحکمت اشراق معروف و ممتاز گشت داناای سبب فوز

O Aflatun, whose name hath become renowned throughout all regions, distinguished and acclaimed for illumined wisdom, thou art the cause of triumph [3.5s]

MMK2#243 p.175, AHB.128BE #12 p.366

Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; High station of the arts and sciences

AB03288

210

یا علی اعلم حق الیقین ان اسمی عبدالبهاء و سمتی عبدالبهاء و صفتی عبدالبهاء و

O Ali! Know in the indubitable truth my name indeed is Abdu'l-Baha. My deportment is Abdu'l-Baha. My qualification is Abdu'l-Baha

INBA55:266, INBA88:110

MMK5#165 p.128, MSHR1.021x, YIA.546-547

CUPAB.018-019

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB01424

330

ای یار قدیم و همدم و ندیم عبدالبهاء نامه رسید در این روزها مصمم حرکت امریکا

O ancient companion and intimate confidant of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letter hath arrived, and in these days I am resolved to journey unto America [3.5s]

INBA85:387

BRL_DAK#0176, MKT4.144, MMK5#056 p.052, YHA1.132x, YHA1.132x (1.270), YIA.335

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB03490

200

Mahmúd's Diary

ای مونس قدیم و یار ندیم عبدالبهاء آلان در خیابان رو به آپارتمان اسپات گیت

O ancient companion and intimate friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! At this moment, I am walking along the avenue toward Spot Gate apartment [3.5s]... ...Fidelity demands roaming over deserts and mountains. True fidelity is attained when a wanderer, nameless and traceless, becomes a target for the arrows of oppression

MMK5#195 p.152, BDA1.128.15x

SW_v19#08 p.254x, MHMD1.138, ABCC.220-221

Power of prayer; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB03792

190

ای یار دیرین عبدالبهاء آنچه بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید

O ancient companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! That which thou hadst written to Jináb-i-Siyyid Taqí was perused [3.5s]

MMK3#260 p.185

Belief and denial; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01014

390

ای مونس قدیم مکاتیب مفصله جمیع رسید و در نهایت سرور قرائت گردید ولی افسوس که

O ancient companion! All thy detailed letters were received and read with the utmost joy; however, alas [3.5s]

MMK5#022 p.015

Call to action; Review of publications; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02763

230

ای مونس قدیم حضرات ایرانیها محمود میرزا و رفیقش را محفوظا مصونا فرستادیم شما

O ancient companion! We sent forth the respected Iranian gentlemen, Mahmud Mirza and his companion, under protection and safekeeping [3.5s]

MMK5#063 p.057

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB04889

160

ای یار قدیم و دوست روحانی دیرین همچه کمان منما که آنی فراموش شدی و از خاطر محو

O ancient friend and cherished spiritual companion! Think not that thou art forgotten for a moment or effaced from memory [3.5s]

MMK2#085 p.066

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB09603

ای یار قدیم و آشنای دیرین تو از سابقینی و از زمره مقربین السابقون السابقون اولئک

O ancient friend and long-familiar companion! Thou art among the foremost ones and of the circle of them that are nigh, "the foremost, the foremost - these are they!" [3.5s]

MMK6#528

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB00251

740

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Social Action

ای یار قدیم ای ثابت بر پیمان اگر چه مدتیست مدید که از کثرت موانع فرصتی نیافتم

O ancient friend and steadfast one in the Covenant! Although for a considerable time, due to numerous obstacles, I have found no opportunity [3.5s]... ...The root cause of wrongdoing is ignorance, and we must therefore hold fast to the tools of perception and knowledge… The subjects to be taught in children's school are many

BRL_DAK#0970, MKT1.403, MNMK#109 p.205, MMK1#111 p.132x, AVK3.330.15x, MJTB.067x

SWAB#111x, BRL_SOCIAL#191x, COC#0628x, COC#2221x, LOG#0494x, LOG#0503x, BW_v16p036-037x

MANA

Educational curricula; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01844

290

ای یار دیرین تحریر منیر ملاحظه گردید بجناب محمود خان جواب مرقوم شد در طی

O ancient friend! The luminous letter was perused, and a reply was written to Jinab-i-Mahmud Khan [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0487, MMK6#458, AADA.157-158

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB02715

230

ای دوست قدیم نامه شما رسید و از صدمات شدیده ... از صدمات شديده و امتحانات عظيمه که بر شما وارد گشته نهايت حزن

O ancient friend! Thy letter was received, and from the severe trials and mighty tribulations that have befallen thee, extreme sorrow [3.5s]

MMK3#212 p.152x, MMK5#140 p.109x

Consolation and comfort; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02423

250

ای یار قدیم نامه ات رسید مختصر و مفید بود استقرار در لاهیجان چندان مناسب نیست... جهان مانند بازار سوداگرانست

O ancient friend! Thy letter was received, concise and beneficial it was. To settle in Lahijan is not fitting... The world is even as a marketplace of traders [3.5s]

MMK6#152, BSHN.140.474.07x, BSHN.144.467x

Idle fancies; lust and passion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB04016

180

ای دوستان قدیم ندیم هر چند ندیمی مشروط باجتماع در یک بقعه و اقلیم بلکه منوط

O ancient friends and companions! Though companionship is not confined to gathering in a single spot and clime, but rather dependeth [3.5s]

MMK6#406

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB01801

290

ای بنده قدیم جمال قدم روحی لاحبائه الفدا آنچه مرقوم نمودید ملحوظ شد و هرچه

O ancient servant of the Ancient Beauty, may my spirit be offered up for His loved ones! That which thou didst write was noted, and whatsoever [3.5s]

MMK4#044 p.048

Love of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00992

390

ای آقا غلامعلی تو غلام جمال ابهائی و بنده حضرت اعلی قدر این فضل را بدان و

O Aqa Ghulam-'Ali, thou art the servant of the Abhá Beauty and the bondsman of His Holiness the Exalted One. Know thou, then, the measure of this bounty [3.5s]

MMK6#363

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB10378

ای آقا محمود در قرآن عظیم خطاب بحضرت حبیب و من اللیل فتحجد به نافله لک عسی ان

O Áqá Maḥmúd! In the glorious Qur'án it is addressed to the Beloved One: "And in the night season, keep vigil therewith as a supererogatory devotion for thee; it may be that..." [3.5s]

MMK6#258

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB07187

110

ای ارسطو معلم اول را گویند که در جمیع علوم ممتاز کل امم بود و از مشاهیر بنی

O Aristotle, who is known as the First Teacher, distinguished in all sciences above all nations, and renowned among men [3.5s]

MMK2#242 p.174

Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Material and spiritual existence; two books

AB08530

ای انجمن روحانیان نسبت بمیثاق یافتید تا بعبودیت نیر آفاق موید گردید این انجمن

O assembly of spiritual ones! Ye have been connected to the Covenant that ye may be confirmed in servitude to the Day-Star of all horizons. This assembly [3.5s]

MMK5#221 p.170

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB08311

100

ای ورقه موقنه حضرت امین از افق مبین بتو ناظر و متوجه و با رخی چون نجم بازغ

O assured leaf! His Holiness the Trusted One gazeth upon thee from the manifest horizon, with a countenance like unto a brilliant star [3.5s]

MMK5#255 p.198

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB11202

ای ورقه موقنه در هر کور رجال از بحر فیوضات نصیب اوفر بود و بهره اعظم الرجال

O assured leaf! In every Dispensation men received a more abundant portion from the ocean of divine bounties and the greater share [3.5s]

MMK6#099

Equality of men and women; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

AB08306

100

ای ورقه مطمئنه در عوالم الهی و در جهان غیرمتناهی عنوان ربوبیت و القاب الوهیت

O assured leaf! In the divine realms and the infinite universe, titles of Lordship and appellations of Divinity [3.5s]

MMK5#178 p.138, PYK.298

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB06978

120

ای ورقه موقنه اگر بکنه الطاف که از حضرت رحمن در حق تو مبذول گشته پی بری پری

O assured leaf! Shouldst thou fathom the depth of the bounties bestowed upon thee by the Lord of Mercy, thou wouldst soar aloft [3.5s]

MMK6#170

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Soul; spirit after death

AB06668

120

ای بهاقلی بنده او باش و شرمنده الطاف او تا هوشمند گردی و پایه بلند یابی هیچ

O Baha-Quli! Be thou His servant and stand abashed before His gracious favors, that thou mayest grow wise and attain unto exalted heights [3.5s]

MMK5#203 p.156

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB09896

ای بهرام وفادار وفاجو باش و وفاخو در عالم انسانی خصلت وفا سبب حصول اعظم آرزو

O Bahram, be thou faithful and seek after faithfulness! In the world of humanity, the attribute of fidelity is the means of attaining the highest aspirations [3.5s]

MMK3#227 p.165, YARP2.592 p.416

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB01467

320

Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ای بشیرالهی نامه تو چون دیوان محامد و نعوت جمال مبارک بود نهایت فرح و سرور

O Bashír-i-Ilahí! Thy letter was like unto a treasury of poems in glorification and praise of the Blessed Beauty. It hath imparted the utmost joy and gladness

INBA85:086

NURA#16, MMK4#016 p.015, AHB.121BE #10 p.333, AHB.131BE #1-2 p.44, BSHI.038-039, BSHI.161-162

LOTW#16

AB06611

120

ای بشیر چون شیر بشیر مصری حامل قمیص یوسف کنعان بود اما تو حامل پیرهن عزیز مصر

O Bashir! Like unto Bashir of Egypt who bore the garment of Joseph of Canaan, thou art the bearer of the vesture of Egypt's Beloved [3.5s]

INBA88:161a

MKT2.236, MMK2#234 p.169, QT105.2.348, AHB.130BE #03-04 p.02-04, BSHI.042-043, MSHR2.207, MUH3.382

Development of capacity and readiness; High station of teachers of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05156

150

ای جمال امروز روزیست که باید جمال خویش را ثابت نماای و با کمال درپیوندی تا

O Beauty! This is the day wherein thou must needs prove thine own comeliness and unite with perfection [3.5s]

MMK5#237 p.187

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00220

790

یار عزیز مهربان تحریر بلیغ که بتاریخ چهارم مارت سنه ۱۹۰۱ مورخ بود رسید از

O beloved and kind friend! Your eloquent letter dated March 4th, 1901, was received and [3.5s]... ...From its heading sweet scent arose and brought fragrance to the soul…. The captivating and winsome figure of amity and concord will one day appear in the assemblage of the world

CMB_F66#19b,

BRL_DAK#0567, MMK4#186 p.227, MSHR3.036

EGBBF.105-106x

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace

AB04526

170

ایها الحبیب قد تلوت رقیمک المسطور و قد اطلعت بسرک المستور و تضرعت الی الرب

O beloved friend! I have perused thy written letter and become acquainted with thy hidden secret, and I have supplicated unto the Lord [3.5s]

MMK6#172

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Testing God

AB11010

ایها الحبیب قد رتلت ایات شکرک للله بما وفقک علی السلوک فی سبیل الهدی و کشف

O beloved friend! Thou hast chanted the verses of thy thanksgiving unto God, inasmuch as He hath guided thee to tread the path of divine guidance and revelation [3.5s]

MMK6#264x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for assistance; intercession

AB03012

220

ای یاران و کنیزان عزیز حضرت یزدان نامه شما رسید از سفر عبدالبهاء از مرکز سجن

O beloved friends and handmaidens of the Almighty! Your letter hath arrived, concerning 'Abdu'l-Bahá's journey from the prison citadel [3.5s]

MMK5#046 p.044

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04509

170

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء صفحه ای در نهایت تزیین ملاحظه گردید تصویر احبای الهی

O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! A page of utmost beauty and adornment was observed, showing the images of the divine friends [3.5s]

MMK6#589

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement

AB01081

380

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء الیوم اهم امور تبلیغ امرالله و نشر نفحات الله است

O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Today the most vital of all matters is the teaching of God's Cause and the diffusion of His divine fragrances [3.5s]

INBA16:223

MMK2#229 p.163, AVK3.485.18, AYBY.453 #198x, TRZ1.304b, MAS5.079

East and West; communication between East and West; Pioneering; travel teaching; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01083

380

Contention and conflict; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء ید قدرت الهیه چون خیمه عزت ابدیه وحدت عالم انسانیرا

O beloved friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! No sooner had the Hand of divine power raised the tabernacle of everlasting glory

NURA#32, MMK4#051 p.056, MSHR3.071

LOTW#32

AB04248

170

ای احبای دل و جان عبدالبهاء در امواج دریای بلا بطوفان اعظم مبتلا هجوم اعدای

O beloved friends of heart and soul, 'Abdu'l-Bahá is engulfed in waves of tribulation amidst the mightiest of tempests, while enemies assail [3.5s]

MMK5#117 p.092

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB05926

140

جناب عزیز یاران حضرت احدیت چون نظر عنایت افکند هر بلائی عطا شود ملاحظه نما

O beloved friends of the Ancient Beauty! When the eye of divine favor is cast upon thee, every tribulation becometh a gift. Consider this [3.5s]

MMK6#221

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB06852

120

ای کنیز عزیز بها احوال مثل سابقست مفتشها در نهایت تفتیش میرزا محمد علی و

O beloved handmaid of Bahá! The situation remaineth as before. The investigators are conducting their investigation with utmost diligence, and Mírzá Muḥammad-'Alí [3.5s]

MMK5#033 p.036

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB04043

180

ای کنیز عزیز الهی صبحست و روح را بشارتی و قلب را لطافتی و وجود را طراوتی با

O beloved handmaid of God! It is morn, and the spirit hath glad tidings, and the heart a gentle grace, and being itself a fresh vigor [3.5s]

MMK3#211 p.152

Being a source of light; guidance; Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Things are known by their opposites

AB03177

210

ای کنیز عزیز الهی الحمد لله جناب خان در راه حضرت یزدان سه مرتبه سرگون از

O beloved handmaid of God! Praise be to God that the esteemed Khan hath thrice been exiled in the path of the Lord [3.5s]

MMK6#210

Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Predictions and prophecies; Stories; anecdotes

AB03178

210

ای کنیز عزیز الهی تا امتحان بمیان نیاید و محک صدق بکار نرود ذهب آبریز از نحاس

O beloved handmaid of God! Until the test is brought forth and the touchstone of sincerity is applied, pure gold cannot be distinguished from brass [3.5s]

MMK3#223 p.162

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00371

620

ای عزیز عبدالبهاء دو طغرا نامه شما پی در پی رسید مضمون یکی تفصیل لایحه مزوره

O beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Two of your letters arrived in quick succession. The contents of one detailed the false document [3.5s]

INBA85:525

MMK5#155 p.120, AVK3.136.01x, AVK3.279.02x

Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB10274

ای دلبر آفاق بنده مشتاقت را نصيبی از اشراق ده روح را پر فتوح کن و دل را از بند آب و گل

O Beloved of all horizons! Grant unto Thy yearning servant a portion of Thy dawning splendor. Make his spirit abundant with victories, and free the heart from bondage to water and clay [3.5s]

MMK3#003 p.001x, MMG2#397 p.444x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02334

250

ای احبای الهی شمع میثاق روشن است و عرصه آفاق گلزار و گلشن جنت ابهی بهشت برین

O beloved of God! The Candle of the Covenant shineth bright, and the realm of all horizons is become a rose-garden and flowering paradise of the Abhá Kingdom, the all-highest Paradise [3.5s]

MMK4#092 p.105, AHB.107BE #17 p.360, MAS9.011x

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02644

230

ای احبای الهی چون شمس حقیقت از افق اسماء و صفات اشراق نمود و آفاق وجود و شهود

O beloved of God! When the Sun of Reality shed its radiance from the horizon of Names and Attributes, illumining the realms of being and consciousness [3.5s]

INBA72:108

MMK4#132 p.135

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB08968

ای یار قلبی خوشا بحال نفوسیکه در ظل کلمه وحدانیت از کاس میثاق نوشیدند و از

O beloved of my heart! Blessed are the souls who, beneath the canopy of the Word of Unity, have quaffed from the chalice of the Covenant [3.5s]

MMK2#192 p.139

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB03455

200

ای عزیز طالعی عجیب داری فکر ما چنان بود که در بقعه مبارکه اقامت نماای و ایامی

O beloved one, strange indeed is thy destiny! Our thought had been that thou wouldst abide for a time in the Blessed Shrine [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0948, MMK6#041, MSHR4.297-298

Consolation and comfort; Parents and children; youth; families; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01890

280

ای احبای الهی و اماء حضرت رحمانی لسانرا بشکرانه الطاف رب مجید بیارااید و قلب

O beloved ones of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Adorn your tongues with thanksgiving for the favours of the Glorious Lord, and your hearts [3.5s]

MMK2#048 p.038, MMK6#369, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.h

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB01043

380

ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن نامه شما رسید و مضمون آشکار و پدید شد حمد خدا را که

O beloved ones of God and handmaids of the All-Merciful! Your letter was received and its contents were made manifest and clear. Praise be unto God that [3.5s]

MMK3#295 p.217, PYB#196 p.04x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02335

250

ای احبای رحمانی و یاران معنوی ایام قیام بر خدمت و هنگام اشتعال بنار محبت است

O beloved ones of the All-Merciful and spiritual companions! These are the days to arise for service and the time to be set ablaze with the fire of love [3.5s]

INBA72:036, INBA72:160, INBA88:120

MMK2#262 p.189

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB08150

100

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for healing

ای طبیب حبیب اگر حکیم حاذق ماهری دردمندم درمانی کن علیلم علاج آسانی بنما داغ

O beloved physician! If thou art indeed a skilled and able healer, prescribe a healing medicine

BRL_DAK#0080, MKT9.151b, MMK5#272 p.208

BRL_ATE#059

AB01555

310

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای بندگان و کنیزان عزیزان الهی عالم انسانی از عجز و ناتوانی خاک سیاه چون ابر

O beloved servants and handmaidens of God! In its weakness and frailty, the world of humanity is even as a heap of darksome dust

INBA85:010

NURA#75, MMK4#105 p.115, MAS2.009, MSHR2.185

LOTW#75

AB05233

150

ای طیر حدیقه ایقان هر مرغی که حق پرواز دهد بالی از تایید گشاید و بال دیگر از

O Bird of the Garden of Certitude! Every bird whom God granteth the power of flight unfoldeth one wing through divine confirmation and the other wing through [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0326, MMK2#370 p.263

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB06303

130

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

ای مرغ خوش الحان جمال ابهی این دور بدیع حجبات اوهام را خرق فرموده و تعصبات

O bird that singeth sweetly of the Abha Beauty! In this new and wondrous dispensation the veils of superstition have been torn asunder

BRL_DAK#0215, MMK1#074 p.109, GHA.194, HYB.189, NJB_v03#01 p.005

SWAB#074, BWF.378-378x, COC#1412, BLO_PT#052.20

Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB09578

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role and station of women

ای ورقه مبتهله گویند که نساء در خلقت و طینت و منقبت اضعف از رجالند و اشد

O blazing leaf! It is said that—in terms of their constitution, their nature, and their station—women are weaker than men and more fervent in their hopes

MMK5#241 p.191

ADMS#220

AB00909

410

ای ورقه مبارکه فی الحقیقه مورد صدماتی گردیدی و مبتلا بافاتی شدی که در تاریخ

O blessed Leaf! Thou hast indeed become the object of afflictions and been subjected to trials which in history [3.5s]

MMK6#361, TABN.270

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03783

190

ای ورقات مبارکه و اماء رحمان و احبای حضرت یزدان سکینه سلطانرا خواهش و رجا

O blessed leaves, handmaidens of the All-Merciful, and loved ones of the Lord God! I entreat and beseech on behalf of Sakínih Sulṭán [3.5s]

INBA17:177

MKT7.132, MMK3#008 p.004x

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power of prayer; Prayer for women; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01204

360

ای نفوس مبارکه الحمد لله ببرکت هدایت مظاهر الطاف حضرت احدیت و مطالع انوار کوکب

O blessed souls! Praise be to God that, through the blessings of the guidance of the Manifestations of divine favors of the All-Glorious, and the Daysprings of the lights of the Star [3.5s]

MMK3#079 p.052x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00315

670

ایتها النفوس المبارکه نامه شما بدقت تمام ملاحظه گردید از مساعی حمیده و همم

O blessed souls! Your letter was perused with the utmost care. From the praiseworthy endeavours [3.5s]

INBA16:130

BRL_DAK#0344, MMK2#230 p.164

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Hands of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01259

350

ای فروع و اوراق و ازهار آن شجره طیبه الحمد لله آن سرو بهشت برین فروع و برگ و

O branches, leaves and blossoms of that blessed Tree! Praise be unto God that this celestial cypress, this paradise of sublime height, with its branches and leaves [3.5s]

MMK6#059

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB09150

ای اخوان صفا حمد کنید حضرت کبریا را که کل از جام الست حضرت دوست سرمستید و کل

O brethren of purity! Render thanks unto the Lord of Grandeur, for ye are all intoxicated with the wine of the eternal Covenant of the Friend [3.5s]

MMK6#225

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB00428

590

ای جام سرشار محبت الله دو نامه از شما پی در پی وارد و هنوز فرصت قرائت بجان

O brimming chalice of the love of God! Two letters from thee have arrived in swift succession, and as yet no opportunity hath been found to peruse them [3.5s]

MMK6#349

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Methods of teaching the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB08539

ای برادر آن ماه منور و مهر انور دو برادر عزیز چون دو پیکر سپهر برین از افق

O brother! That illumined moon and radiant sun, those two cherished brothers like unto twin celestial bodies in the exalted firmament, from the horizon [3.5s]

MMK6#090

Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom

AB08126

100

ای شمع برافروخته از نار محبت الله اریاح شدیده از مهب عدوان بر مشاعل محبت

O candle kindled with the fire of the love of God, fierce winds blow from the direction of enmity upon the beacons of love [3.5s]

MMK2#310 p.227

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB07461

110

John the Baptist; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای شمع حب اگر در زجاجه ملکوت ابهی شعله افروزی خواهی در این ناسوت ادنی

O candle of love! If thou wishest to be a kindled flame in the glass of the Abha Kingdom, strive with self-sacrifice in this nethermost realm

INBA17:099

MMK3#254 p.182, HDQI.231, ANDA#20 p.05

ADMS#198

AB04408

170

ای شمع نیریز شورانگیز شو و شکرریز و مشکبیز و مانند جام لبریز سبب نشئه و سرور

O Candle of Nayriz! Be thou stirred with passion, shower forth sweetness and musk-fragrance, and like unto a brimming chalice, be thou the cause of joy and exhilaration [3.5s]

MMK5#121 p.095, MSHR3.247

Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04783

160

ای شمع انجمن یاران در سبیل محبت رحمن چالاک شو و بپرهای عرفان بافلاک پاک

O candle of the assembly of friends! Upon the pathway of the All-Merciful's love, bestir thyself with agility, and on wings of mystic knowledge soar unto the pure celestial realm [3.5s]

MMK6#370

Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB07467

110

ای شمع محبت الله در این قرن عظیم که چشم و چراغ قرون اولی و شمس مشرق لامع بر

O Candle of the Love of God! In this mighty century, which is the eye and lamp of former ages and the radiant Sun of the dawning East [3.5s]

INBA88:088

MMK2#049 p.039, AKHA_134BE #10 p.a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB00143

Lawh-i-Haft Sham' (Seven Candles)

930

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

Lawh-i-Haft Sham' (Tablet of the Seven Candles of Unity)

ای منجذبه محبت الله مکتوبی که هنگام رفتن مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از

O captive of the love of God! The letter which thou didst write at the time of thy departure hath been received. It brought me joy

MKT1.354, MNMK#121 p.231, MMK1#015 p.027, AKHA_119BE #11 p.j, AVK3.098.10x, AVK3.491.12x, OOL.C011

SWAB#015, PDC.197x2x, WOB.038-039x, COC#1584x, BSC.444 #810, PN_1903 p002, ABCC.360-362x, BSTW#185, BSTW#359, BSTW#407

Composition and decomposition; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity; Unity of governments; political unity; Unity of thought and belief; Universal language

AB03750

190

ای مسعود ملکوتی از تلون این دنیای فانی و تغیر احوال امور جسمانی خاطر مگدر

O celestial Masoud! Let not thy heart be troubled by the vicissitudes of this fleeting world and the ever-changing conditions of corporeal affairs [3.5s]

INBA89:170

MMK5#286 p.214, RAHA.015-016

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB08101

100

ای ربیب حضرت عندلیب از حضرت دوست استدعای شب و روز اینست که دوستان راستان را

O cherished fosterling of His Holiness the Nightingale! From the Beloved, this is the prayer, night and day, that the true friends [3.5s]

INBA55:176, INBA87:575a, INBA52:611a

MMK5#245 p.193

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech

AB08326

100

ای یار عزیز نامه های تو جمیعا رسید و انشاء الله جواب مرقوم میشود ... انسان هر چند بدرجه ابرار رسد و نيکو کردار گردد صورت رحمانی يابد

O cherished friend! All thy letters have been received, and God willing, a reply shall be penned... Though man may attain to the rank of the righteous and become goodly in deed, acquiring a divine countenance [3.5s]

MMK3#166 p.117x, MSHR1.094x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB00636

490

ای دوستان جانی عبدالبهاء جناب زائر نوش پرهوش در مطاف سروش سر باستان نهاد و

O cherished friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The noble visitor, with keen perception and wisdom, hath bowed his ancient head at that spot where the celestial spirits circumambulate [3.5s]

MMK3#264 p.188, YARP2.201.1 p.191, PPAR.172

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement

AB04421

170

ای کنیز عزیز الهی ما را نیت چنان بود که بمرسیلیا و پاریس آایم ولی قدر مساعده

O cherished handmaid of God! Our intention was to journey to Marseilles and Paris, yet circumstances were not favorable [3.5s]

MMK5#037 p.039

East and West; communication between East and West; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB03460

200

ای کنیز عزیز الهی از میهمانی مرقوم نموده بودی ضیافت بسیار محبوب زیرا سبب

O cherished handmaiden of God! Thou didst write about the gathering. Such a feast is most beloved, for it causeth [3.5s]

MMK5#009 p.004

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; True liberty; freedom

AB00457

580

Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the Relation between Science and Religion, A

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه شما رسید از گلشن معانی رایحه معطری استشمام گردید در

O cherished handmaiden of God! Your letter was received, and from its rose-garden of inner meanings a fragrant perfume was inhaled [3.5s]... ...Concerning the question of death, know that the spirit is abstracted and sanctified

MKT3.172, MMK6#424, VUJUD.125x, VUJUD.102-103x

SW_v14#02 p.037x, PN_1911 p008x, PN_1911 p010x, BLO_PT#107, VUJUDE.181x, VUJUDE.190x

Harmony of science and religion; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Relationship of the soul to the body; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; 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

AB08186

100

Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه تو رسید عبدالبهاء مرکز میثاق الهی است اما حضرت

O cherished handmaiden of God! Your letter was received. 'Abdu'l-Bahá is the Center of God's Covenant, but His Holiness [3.5s]... ...The Mashriqu’l-Adhkar is a divine edifice in this nether world and a means for attaining the oneness of humanity

BRL_DAK#0418, COMP_MASHRIQP#25x, MMK5#189 p.149

BRL_MASHRIQ#25x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04809

160

ای کنیز عزیز الهی شکر کن خدا را که عاقبت محمود بود و خاتمه المطاف فاتحه

O cherished handmaiden of the Almighty! Give thanks unto God, for the end hath proven praiseworthy and the final outcome hath become a beginning [3.5s]

INBA85:530a

MKT7.114, MMK6#473, AVK3.420.10x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB02258

260

ای کنیز عزیز خدا کمان منما که در آندیاری و دور از این آوارگان بیقین بدان که

O cherished maidservant of God! Think not that in that land thou art far from these wanderers. Know thou of a certainty that [3.5s]

MMK6#382

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03789

190

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

ای یادگار آن شخص محترم نامه مفصل شما بنهایت دقت قرائت گردید مضمون دلیل سرور

O cherished remnant of that honored soul! Your detailed letter was perused with utmost care, and its contents brought joy [3.5s]... ...Truly I say, the extreme desire of my heart and soul is to be present at the Court of Baha'u'llah, so that I may perfume my face and my locks with the dust of the Holy Threshold.

MMK5#077 p.063

DAS.1913-07-15, ABIE.069, BLO_PN#007, MHMD2s.335x

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for nearness to God

AB04803

160

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

ای قرین و ندیم عبدالبهاء ای همسفر نازنین عبدالبهاء الحمد لله این سفر ثانی نیز

O close companion of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! O dear fellow traveler of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! Praised be God, this second journey, too, has come to an end

INBA84:346, BLIB_Or.08117.041,

MMK5#091 p.072

DAS.1913-08-17x, ABIE.203x, BLO_PN#007, MHMD2s.326x

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB01838

290

ای مونس یاران سالهای چند در لباس مستمند سرگشته کوه و صحراء و گمگشته دشت

O companion of the friends! For several years, clothed as a mendicant, thou didst wander the mountains and wilderness, lost in desert and plain [3.5s]

INBA21:158b, INBA55:342, INBA84:509

BRL_DAK#1246, MMK2#235 p.169, TAH.249, MSHR5.255-256, YQAZ.232

Call to action; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB04019

180

ای رفیق سفر و عزیز نامه های مفصل شما رسید جمیع دقائق امور در نزد عبدالبهاء

O companion of the journey and cherished friend! Your detailed letters have been received. All minute details of affairs lie before 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s]

MMK6#083

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB00707

470

ای مونس قلوب مشتاقین لله الحمد که نفحه مشکین که از مهب خامه عنبرین سطوع یافته

O Companion of the yearning hearts! Praise be to God that the musk-laden breeze hath wafted from the amber-scented pen [3.5s]

MMK6#191, ANDA#55 p.22

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB07988

100

ای پروردگار مهربان این حزب مظلومان پریشان تواند و این جمع آشفتگان تو عاشق روی

O Compassionate Lord! These oppressed and forlorn ones are Thy party, and this assembly of bewildered ones are lovers of Thy face [3.5s]

INBA21:160a

MMK5#314 p.226

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB04479

170

ای هموطن جمال مبارک مرا از نامه تو سروری زیرا از اهل نوری و آرزویم چنان که

O compatriot of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter brought me joy, for thou art of the people of light, and my ardent wish is that [3.5s]

MMK4#005 p.003

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07071

120

دل آگاها سحرگاهست و انامل و دیده و ظهر و زانو و ساعد حتی هر تار مو چنان خسته

O confidant of the heart, It is dawn, and the fingertips, the eyes, the back, the knees and arms

MMK5#130 p.102, KNSA.225-226 (415)

MNYA.309

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Personal instructions; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB06842

120

ای قرینه آن جوهر وجود آن باز سپید اوج ملکوت هر چند بلانه و آشیانه عزت عروج

O counterpart of that essence of existence, that white falcon of the celestial heights, though in thy nest and honored dwelling thou dost soar [3.5s]

INBA16:116

MMK6#290, AHB.129BE #11-12 p.10, PYK.287, MYD.491

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom

AB00948

400

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ای دختر ملکوت نامه ات رسید و از مضمون معلوم گردید که فکر ترا حصر در اقتباس انوار

O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter hath come and its contents make clear the fact that thou hast directed all thy thoughts toward acquiring light

MKT3.436, MMK1#073 p.107, AKHA_135BE #03 p.48, AKHA_120BE #01-02 p.05, AKHA_106BE #12 p.02, AKHA_105BE #12 p.02, AHB.120BE #03-06 p.02, AYT.324, HYB.192

SWAB#073

AB01303

340

ای بنت ملکوت نامه ۳۰ سبتمبر ۱۹۱۰ وصول یافت اظهار سرور و شادمانی از سفر من

O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter of September 30, 1910, was received, expressing joy and gladness at my journey [3.5s]

MMK5#045 p.044

Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB00652

480

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید دلیل تبتل و تضرع بود و برهان

O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents much appreciated… Obligatory prayers and supplications are the very water of life… Ye have asked about the significance of the expression “sacrificial lover”

MMK2#076 p.060, MMK2#134 p.101

BRL_ATE#189x, BRL_IOPF#2.18x, BLO_PT#081.76

Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fanaticism and hatred; Importance of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB04658

160

ای بنت ملکوت نامه رسید معانی منبعث از قلبی پاک بود و جانی تابناک شکر کن خدا

O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. The meanings emanated from a pure heart and a luminous soul. Render thanks unto God [3.5s]

MMK5#152 p.118

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02749

230

ای مشرق انوار محبت الله اگر چه این مصیبت وارده از رزایای عظیمه و مصائب شدیده

O Dawning-Place of the Lights of God's Love, though this calamity that hath befallen thee is among the greatest of afflictions and most grievous of trials [3.5s]

MMK6#023

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB07553

110

ای مطلع راستی صدق و راستی الیوم خود را در بحر نیستی محو و فانی نمودنست تا از

O Dayspring of Truth! Today one must efface and annihilate oneself in the ocean of nothingness, so that from [3.5s]

MMK2#152 p.114

Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB10226

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

دوست عزیز مهربانا فردا عازم اسکوتلاند هستیم ولی احوالم ابدا خوب نیست دیشب تب

O dear and kind friend! Tomorrow we shall set off for Scotland, but I am not in good health whatsoever. Last night I developed a high fever and did not sleep at all

MMK5#068 p.059

MHMD2s.327ax

Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB09344

260

Meetings, Bahá'í; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای دختر عزیز نامه تو رسید مضمون بی نهایت شیرین بود زیرا دلیل بر ثبوت و

O dear daughter! Your letter has arrived. Its contents were of the highest sweetness, for it shows steadfastness and firmness. ...Rest assured that the breathings of the Holy Spirit will loosen thy tongue. Speak, therefore; speak out with great courage at every meeting

MMK1#216 p.259x

BRL_MEET.AB#19x, SWAB#216x, COC#0932x, BBBD.262-263

Nineteen-Day Feast; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06403

130

ای یار عزیز نامه ای که به آقا احمد مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از عدم حضور

O dear friend! The letter which thou hadst addressed to Áqá Aḥmad was perused. From thine absence [3.5s]

MMK5#040 p.040

Wisdom [hikmat]

AB04373

170

ای دوست عزیز نامه شما رسید از مضمون خوشنودی حاصل گردید در پورتسعید ناخوش شدید

O dear friend! Your letter arrived and from its contents joy was attained. In Port Said you fell ill [3.5s]

MMK5#038 p.039

Business; financial; property matters; Review of publications; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

AB05760

140

ای کنیز عزیز حق آنچه مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید از خدا خواهم که در صون حفظ و

O dear handmaiden of God! That which thou didst write was noted. I beseech God that in His sheltering protection [3.5s]

MMK2#128 p.098

Importance of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB03364

200

ای بنده عزیز جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید در خصوص تکبیر در

O dear servant of the Blessed Beauty, that which thou hast written hath been perused. Concerning the Takbir in [3.5s]

MMK6#607x, AVK4.104.07x, AVK4.203.01x, GHA.140

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Law of burial and cremation; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB01156

370

یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء همواره خبر استقامت و حسن نیت و پاکی طینت و آرزوی خدمت

O dearly beloved companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Ever do I receive tidings of your steadfastness, goodly intentions, purity of nature, and longing to serve [3.5s]

MMK4#109 p.119, SFI02.155, IDAB.21

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02238

260

ای دوست عزیز من نامه شما را بنهایت دقت قرائت نمودم و از قسم شما نهایت بشاشت

O dearly beloved friend, I have perused thy letter with the utmost care and was filled with utmost joy [3.5s]

INBA87:245, INBA52:249

MMK3#203 p.145x

Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01251

400

ای دوست عزیز غیابی من هر چند بظاهر نه موانستی و نه پیامی و نه غائبانه آشنائی

O dearly beloved friend! Though outwardly there hath been neither association, nor message, nor distant acquaintance [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0865, MMK2#101 p.078x

Manifestation of God as divine physician; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB01088

380

ایها الحبیب العزیز قد وصل نمیقتکم الغراء المورخ ۶ کانون اول ۱۹۲۰ ولله الحمد

O dearly beloved friend! Thy luminous letter dated 6 December 1920 hath been received, praise be unto God [3.5s]

MMK6#228x, NJB_v12#01 p.031

False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB02137

270

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء آندلبر بیهمتا تحمل هر جفاای فرمود و حمل هر بلائی کرد

O dearly beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, that peerless Beloved endured every affliction and bore every tribulation [3.5s]

MMK4#040 p.045, YMM.228x

Exhortations and counsels; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB00811

440

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه یار مهربانی رسید و نامهای مبارک شما در آن مرقوم

O dearly beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! A letter from a kind friend hath arrived, and your blessed letters were written therein [3.5s]

MKT9.262, MMK6#326

Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB01982

280

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء از سجن اعظم رغما لانف اولی البغضاء بتاییدات الهیه و

O dearly beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! From the Most Great Prison, despite the malice of Mine enemies, through divine confirmations [3.5s]

MMK6#542

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions

AB01351

340

ای یاران عزیز این عبد در ایه مبارکه قرآن میفرماید ام حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنه و

O dearly beloved friends! This servant reflecteth upon the blessed verse of the Qur'án which declareth: "Did ye imagine that ye would enter Paradise..." [3.5s]

MMK6#038x, NANU_AB#34

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05591

440

Bahá'í World Faith; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای پسر عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه شما بتاریخ هشتم جولای سنه ۱۹۱۴ رسید مضامین در

O dearly beloved son! Your letter dated July 8, 1914 was received. Its contents [3.5s]... ...Iscariot must not be forgotten; the Divine sheep must constantly be guarded… Were it not for the protecting power of the Covenant

BRL_DAK#0676, MMK4#154 p.165x

BRL_ATE#210x, BWF.357-358x, COC#0255x

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02422

250

ای یار عزیز من نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید فی الحقیقه مرا

O dearly cherished friend! Your letter was received and from its contents the utmost joy was obtained. Verily [3.5s]

MMK5#041 p.040

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB03983

180

ای ثمره جنیه لطیفه شجره احدیت شکر کن حضرت بیمثال را که از عین تسنیم و سلسال

O delicate and cherished fruit of the Tree of Divine Unity, render thanks unto the Peerless Lord, that from the crystal spring of Tasnim thou art sustained [3.5s]

MMK3#247 p.177

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07501

110

ای فرع لطیف شجره سیناء خوشا که از این دوحه مقدسه روایدی و از این سدره مبارکه

O delicate branch of the Tree of Sinai! Blessed art thou, who hast sprung from this sacred Tree and this blessed Lote-Tree [3.5s]

MMK5#227 p.178

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

AB03094

210

ای اهل علیین هر چند ساکن زمینید ولی بحقیقت در بهشت برین جهانی در زیر نگین

O denizens of the Most Exalted Heaven! Though ye dwell upon the earth, in truth ye abide in the celestial Paradise, the world beneath your signet-ring [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0455, MMK2#075 p.059

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB03447

200

ای سلاله نفس مبارک مومن بالله پدر هر چند از این خاکدان سفر کرد و باستان جلیل

O descendant of that blessed soul, steadfast in faith in God! Though thy father hath journeyed from this dusty world to the divine realm [3.5s]

MMK6#400, LMA2.449

Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity of thought and belief

AB06231

130

ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل پدر بزرگوار در ره پروردگار مدت حیات جانفشانی نمود و گوی

O descendant of that illustrious personage! Thy noble father sacrificed his life in the path of the Lord [3.5s]

MKT9.139, MMK2#326 p.238

Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB04354

170

ای خلف آن خادم درگاه الهی ورقه محرره قرائت گردید سوال از حجیت ایات شده بود

O descendant of that servant at the Divine Threshold! The letter was read, wherein a question was raised concerning the authority of the verses [3.5s]

MMK6#381, AKHA_122BE #10 p.b

Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB00768

450

ای فاضل جلیل نامه شما رسید و بملاحظه اش صبح شادمانی از افق قلب دمید زیرا دلیل

O distinguished and noble one! Your letter was received, and upon its perusal the morn of gladness dawned from the horizon of the heart, for [3.5s]

MMK6#604, AVK2.205.18x, AVK3.501.18x, MAS2.098-100x

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00585

510

A Tablet from 'Abduʼl-Bahá regarding the Twelfth Imám; Translation List

ای صدرالصدور رق منشور قرائت گشت مقصد معلوم گردید فی الحقیقه الیوم آنحضرت خدمت

O distinguished one! The written missive was perused and its purpose became evident. In truth, in this day thou art rendering service [3.5s]... ...In truth thou art now rendering a great service to the basic foundations of the Cause of God... As to the question of the twelfth Imam, there existeth in the ḥadíths an apparent contradiction.

MMK6#601x, AVK2.222.13x, TSS.147, MAS2.050-052x

COC#0388x, BLO_PT#001x, ADMS#019x, KFPT#03.6

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im

AB00102

1100

ایها النحریر الجلیل انی اشکر الله علی ما قدر و هدی و اشرق و تجلی و تلئلا نیر

O distinguished sage! I render thanks unto God for whatsoever He hath ordained and sent forth as guidance, and for all that hath shone forth, manifested and gleamed with radiant splendor [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0566, MMK6#510, YMM.193, YMM.345

Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Man's distinction from the animal; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of the mind over nature

AB04926

160

ایها الفرد النحریر قد سمعت هدیر ورقاء ایک البقاء و صفیر طیر الاوج الاعلی

O distinguished soul! Thou hast heard the cooing of the dove in the eternal garden, and the warbling of the bird in the most exalted heights [3.5s]

INBA59:210

MMK6#600, MSBH1.365

Apocalyptic imagery; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Living waters; water of life; Mosaic imagery; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God

AB00988

390

ای امین الهی حضرت احدیت شما را سالها بجهت الیوم تربیت فرمود تا امروز چون شمع

O divine Amin! [3.5s]... ...For years God has been preparing you for this day, in order that you may be illumined

INBA88:107

MMK6#051, AKHA_103BE #02 p.04, AKHA_105BE #12 p.07, AKHA_121BE #02-03 p.121

SW_v08#16 p.213-214x

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05674

140

ای دوست الهی اگرچه در جمیع مراتب فیوضات حضرت حی قدیم چون غیث هاطل نازل و کل

O divine friend! Although in all degrees the outpourings of the Ancient and Ever-Living Lord descend even as torrential rain, and all [3.5s]

MMK4#127 p.132

The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB00505

550

ای احبای الهی و یاران عبدالبهاء جناب هاشم تحریری با فصاحت تقریر و ابدع تعبیر

O divine friends and companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! His honour Háshim Tahríri, with eloquence of utterance and most beauteous expression [3.5s]

INBA87:148, INBA52:145

MMK2#301 p.219x

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

AB02717

230

ای دوستان الهی و یاران رحمانی در این کور عظیم و نعیم مقیم که فیوضات الهیه و

O divine friends and companions of the All-Merciful! In this most great Dispensation and abiding paradise, wherein divine bounties [3.5s]

MMK4#112 p.121, AHB.134BE #01-02 p.03

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00539

540

ای یاران الهی و اماء رحمانی نامه مبارک شما در خوشترین وقتی وصول یافت وقتیکه دیده

O divine friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Your blessed letter was received at the most delightful of moments, at a time when the eye [3.5s]

MMK5#277 p.211

Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB02603

240

ای یاران الهی و اماء رحمانی جمیع اوصاف و اسما و صفات که در تحت ادراکات

O divine friends and handmaidens of the Merciful! All attributes, names and qualities that lie within the realm of comprehension [3.5s]

MMK5#182 p.143, YFY.110-111

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00744

460

ای یاران الهی و دوستان ربانی سالها بگذرد و ایام بسر اید و بساط این حیات

O divine friends and heavenly companions! Though years may roll on and days come to an end, and the fabric of this earthly life [3.5s]

MMK2#260 p.187, MMK4#050 p.055

Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01429

330

ای یاران الهی و عزیزان روحانی هر چند در عالم جسمانی شامگاه است ولی الحمد لله

O divine friends and spiritual beloved ones! Though it be eventide in this material world, yet praise be to God [3.5s]

INBA89:145

BRL_DAK#1061, MMK6#616, KHMT.031

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Entry by troops; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02332

250

ای احبای الهی ای یاران میثاق الحمد لله علم میثاق بلند است و انوار اشراق از

O divine friends, O allies of the Covenant! Praise be unto God that the standard of the Covenant is raised aloft and the effulgent lights emanate [3.5s]

INBA85:049

MMK3#238 p.171

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02600

240

ای یاران الهی شکر کنید خدا را که مورد نظر عنایت شدید و مظهر الطاف حضرت احدیت

O divine friends, render thanks unto God, that ye have become the recipients of His favoring glance and the object of the bounties of His Divine Unity [3.5s]

INBA87:155, INBA52:152

MMK2#138 p.103, MMK3#261 p.186

High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05194

150

ای دوستان الهی در این ایام که افتتان و امتحان لوح فتنه جمیع آفاق را احاطه نموده است

O divine friends! In these days when trials and tests have encompassed the tablet of tribulation throughout all regions [3.5s]

INBA85:208, INBA88:173

MMK6#539, RHQM1.206 (262) (157x)

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01271

350

ای یاران الهی فیوضات نامتناهی شاملست و الطاف رحمانی کامل در این عصر جلیل اکبر

O divine friends! Infinite bounties are all-embracing and the merciful bestowals are perfect in this most glorious age [3.5s]

MMK3#304 p.226

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB00911

410

ای یاران الهی عصراست و جمیع امم و ملل در حبس و حصر مگر آزاده گان الهی و احرار

O divine friends! It is the twilight hour, and all peoples and nations have fallen prey to bondage and confinement, save those who are God's free souls and His liberated ones [3.5s]

MMK2#057 p.044, HDQI.187, ANDA#10 p.07

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03427

200

ای دوستان الهی جناب آقا احمد ذکر آن یاران را در نامه خویش نموده اند که الحمد

O divine friends! Jináb-i-Áqá Aḥmad hath made mention of those companions in his letter, for which praise be to God [3.5s]

MMK6#578, AKHA_128BE #15 p.a, YMM.349

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consultation; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB01354

340

ای یاران یزدانی لاهیجان جان و هیجان داشت شعله نورانی زد آتش عشق برافروخت

O divine friends! Lahijan was full of spirit and fervor, sending forth a radiant flame and igniting the fire of love [3.5s]

MMK3#213 p.153

Love of God; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04899

160

ای یاران ربانی الحمد لله جام سرشار از باده روحانی در دور است و نشئه رحمانی

O divine friends! Praise be to God that the brimming cup of spiritual wine is being passed round, and heavenly rapture prevaileth [3.5s]

MMK2#280 p.201

Call to action; Mystical themes; Non-participation in politics; Praise and encouragement; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB08335

100

ای یاران الهی الحمد لله در سایه امید آرمیده اید و بسرمنزل مقصود رسیده و پرده

O divine friends! Praise be to God that ye have found repose in the shelter of hope and have attained unto your destined goal [3.5s]

MMK3#133 p.094

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB00691

470

ای احبای الهی الحمد لله نفحه مشکبار جهان را عنبر بار نموده و صیت جمال مبارک

O divine friends! Praise be to God, the musk-laden breeze hath spread its amber-scented fragrance across the world, and the fame of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s]

INBA89:090

MMK6#222

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; Universal peace; world unity

AB04011

180

ای دوستان الهی الحمد لله که نسیم مشکبار و شمیم عنبرنثار از حدائق قدس در انتشار

O divine friends! Praise be unto God that the musk-laden breeze and amber-scented fragrance are wafting from the gardens of holiness [3.5s]

INBA13:297, INBA55:335

MMK4#119 p.126

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mystical themes

AB05864

140

ای یاران الهی جمال قدم و اسم اعظم با ید بیضاای از صلح و صفا در بین اهل عالم

O divine friends! The Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name must [appear] with a white hand of peace and tranquility amongst the people of the world [3.5s]

INBA13:274

MMK4#072 p.079, SFI12.022

Call to action; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB08091

100

ای دوستان الهی هنگام تضرع و ابتهالست و وقت تذلل و انکسار دست عجز و نیاز

O divine friends! This is the time for supplication and entreaty, the hour of humility and contrition, with hands upraised in helplessness and need [3.5s]

INBA13:275a

MMK5#246 p.193, MMG2#106 p.120x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection

AB03802

190

ای یاران الهی ناله و فغان شما اگر چه مخفی و پنهان است ولی فی الحقیقه بلند و گوشرس

O divine friends! Though your lamentations and cries are veiled and hidden, in truth they are resounding and reach every ear [3.5s]

MMK2#054 p.042, QUM.123a

Consolation and comfort; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high

AB06204

130

ای دوستان الهی الیوم انوار جمال قدم و اسم اعظم از افق وجود بر هیاکل توحید

O divine friends! Today the lights of the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name shine forth from the horizon of existence upon the temples of unity [3.5s]

MMK4#093 p.106

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB01002

390

ای دوستان الهی شمس حقیقت نیر اعظم افق مبین چون در مشرق اعلی طلوع فرمود اشعه

O divine friends! When the Sun of Truth, that most great Luminary of the manifest horizon, rose in the highest East [3.5s]

MMK4#137 p.140

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03788

190

ای ولی الهی واضع اسماء و معطی حقیقی اسمت را ولی الله وضع نمود و صفتت را حبیب

O divine Guardian! The Ordainer of names and true Bestower ordained thy name as Guardian of God and thy attribute as beloved [3.5s]

INBA88:178

MKT8.168, MMK6#507

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06276

130

ای کنیز عزیز الهی اگر بدانی که بچه موهبتی موفق شدی و بچه ملکوتی راه یافتی

O divine handmaiden! If thou but knewest to what bounty thou hast attained and unto what heavenly realm thou hast found thy way [3.5s]

MMK3#258 p.184, HDQI.232, ANDA#21 p.05

Praise and encouragement; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB05278

150

ای منادی الهی نامه رسید از بلایا و محن و رزایای وارده بر عبدالبهاء آه و انین

O Divine Herald! A letter hath arrived detailing the calamities, trials and tribulations besetting 'Abdu'l-Bahá, causing sighs and lamentations [3.5s]

MMK6#230x, MUH3.319-320x

Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03099

210

ای بشیرالهی اگر بدانی که در چه حالتی بیاد تو مشغولم البته زبان بشکرانه الهی

O Divine Herald! If thou couldst but fathom the state in which I am engaged in remembrance of thee, surely thy tongue would be moved to divine thanksgiving [3.5s]

MMK5#154 p.119, BSHI.034-035

Consolation and comfort; Pain of love; love as veil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04654

160

ای بشیرالهی هر چند اوقات نامساعد و ناقضان در ضر عبدالبهاء مجاهد و مخابره بین

O divine herald! Though times be unfavorable and the Covenant-breakers strive against 'Abdu'l-Bahá, communications between [3.5s]

MMK5#024 p.018, BSHI.041-042

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01108

370

ای بشیرالهی مکاتیب شما رسید و از پریشانی فکر شما بجهت انقلاب بقعه مبارکه حیرت

O divine herald! Thy letters were received, and astonishment was felt at the perturbation of thy thoughts concerning the upheaval at the Holy Shrine [3.5s]

MMK5#142 p.110, BSHI.037-038

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01196

360

ای طبیب روحانی نالهای جانسوز بسمع آوارگان رسید و در قلوب تاثیر شدید نمود آنچه

O Divine Physician, soul-consuming lamentations have reached the ears of the wanderers and have exercised a profound influence upon their hearts [3.5s]

MMK3#033 p.021, MSHR1.016x, YIA.383-384

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05688

140

ای روحانی الهی وقت آنست که زبان بگشاای و بر شاخسار توحید نغمه بسراای و از ذکر

O divine spirit! The time hath come when thou must open thy lips and, upon the branches of the Tree of Unity, raise thy melody in song [3.5s]

MMK2#358 p.256, RSR.047-048

Call to action; Love of God; Role and station of women; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08700

ای خیاط خیاط حقیقی خلعتی از حریر الهی و پرند و پرنیان رحمانی بر قامت موزون

O divine Tailor! The true Tailor hath fashioned a robe of celestial silk and sacred brocade for a graceful form [3.5s]

MMK5#216 p.166

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB03617

190

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

ای امین الهی مناجاتی در طلب مغفرت بجهت مرغ آشیان الهی نفس مبارک آقا سید

O divine Trustee! A supplication do I offer, seeking forgiveness for that bird of the celestial nest, the blessed soul of Áqá Siyyid [3.5s]... ...O Amín! Praised be God, you were present in Europe and witnessed how, with a constitution weakened to the utmost, ‘Abdu’l-Baha spent night and day in service

INBA16:167

MMK5#078 p.064

MHMD2s.323bx

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment

AB06168

130

ای جوان رحمانی توجه بملکوت الهی کن و استغاثه نما و مناجات کن که ای پروردگار

O divine youth! Turn thou to the Kingdom of God, raise thy supplications and commune, saying: "O Lord..." [3.5s]

MMK5#301 p.221

Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB10006

ای ضیاء پرتوی از هدایت کبری یافتی و رخرا منور ساختی نرد محبت باختی و مقصود

O Diya! Thou hast gleaned a beam from the Greater Guidance, illumining thy visage with its resplendent light. Thou hast played the game of love and attained thy purpose [3.5s]

MMK6#020

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB05267

150

ای مشتاق دیدار نور حقیقت چنان جلوه نموده که بصر عین بصیرت گشته و مجاز جلوه

O eager seeker of the light of truth, behold how it hath revealed itself with such radiance that the sight is transformed into true insight, and illusion into manifestation [3.5s]

MMK6#304, SFI02.149

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB05836

140

ای ناظم فصیح بلیغ شعرای آفاق آنچه گفتند و در سفتند اکثر مخالف واقع بود لهذا

O eloquent and articulate poet, what the poets of the world have uttered and strung together hath, for the most part, been contrary to reality; therefore [3.5s]

MMK6#359x, ANDA#84 p.65

Empty learning; false spirituality; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

AB08746

ای زبان گویا در جوامع و بیع و صوامع صد هزار احبار بذکر و صلواه سالهای دراز

O eloquent tongue! In assemblies, temples and sanctuaries, a hundred thousand priests have, through long years, been engaged in remembrance and praise [3.5s]

MMK2#043 p.033

Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB03910

180

ای اخگر افروخته آتش عشق را چنان التهاب و حرارتی که جهانرا برافروزد و پرده

O enkindled ember of the fire of love! With such fervor and heat set the world aflame [3.5s]

MMK3#204 p.147

Call to action; Love as fire; Martyrs and martyrdom; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love

AB06807

120

ای شمع افروخته محبت الله الیوم وقت توکل است و هنگام توسل زمان جوش و خروش است

O enkindled lamp of the love of God! This is the day of trust and the hour of supplication; 'tis the time of fervent ardour and passionate yearning [3.5s]

INBA17:094

MMK2#219 p.157, AKHA_116BE #09 p.288

Meditation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

AB06384

130

ای واله شیداای هر جمعی پریشان گردد و هر انجمنی بیسر و سامان شود بجز جمعی که

O enraptured lover! Every gathering shall be scattered and every assembly thrown into disarray, save for that company which [3.5s]

MMK6#593

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01524

320

دوست محترم مهربانا نامه شما که بتاریخ ۲۱ شهر ربیع الثانی سنه ۱۳۳۹ بود رسید

O esteemed and kindly friend! Your letter dated 21 Rabi' al-Thani 1339 was received [3.5s]

MMK6#565

Newspapers and the media; publications; Past, present and future of Iran; Poems and quotation from poetry; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB10253

یا حضره بهجت ایدک الله لقد تحملت المشقه لم تکونوا بالعینه الا بشق الانفس ولکن

O esteemed Bahjat, may God strengthen thee! Thou hast indeed borne hardship, and thine eyes have witnessed what was achieved only through intense struggle [3.5s]

MMK6#233

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB00831

430

ای عائله محترمه الحمد لله آنخانه واده مومن بخداوند یگانه اند و در سبیل الهی

O esteemed family! Praise be to God that this household stands firm in their faith in the one true God and remains steadfast in the path of the Almighty [4o]

MMK6#346

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04548

170

حضرات اهل بهاء عبدالبهاء در لندن از فضل و الطاف جمال مبارک روحی لعتبه تربته

O esteemed followers of Baha! Through the grace and favors of the Blessed Beauty - may my soul be sacrificed for His sacred dust - 'Abdu'l-Baha in London [3.5s]

MMK5#043 p.042

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04642

160

ای امه الله المحترمه شکر نما خدا را که ترا از مابین ورقات انتخاب نمود و مطلع

O esteemed handmaid of God, render thanks unto the Lord that He hath chosen thee from amongst all other maidservants and illumined thee [3.5s]

MMK6#387, TABN.272a

Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05634

140

ای جناب جذاب اشعار قرائت گردید هر چند مانند آب روان بود ولی مضمون موافق طبع

O esteemed one! The verses were perused. Though they flowed like running water, their substance was agreeable [3.5s]

MMK5#171 p.133

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

AB05914

140

ایها الفنن الرفیع من السدره المبارکه قد انجذب قلب العالم بالنفحات التی تمر من

O exalted bough of the blessed Lote-Tree! The heart of the world hath been enraptured by the breezes wafting from [3.5s]

MMK6#149

Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB01954

280

ای فرع رفیع سدره مبارکه شکر کن حضرت پروردگار را که ثابت و راسخ بر عهد و

O exalted branch of the Blessed Tree! Render thanks unto the Lord that thou art firm and steadfast in the Covenant and [3.5s]... ...O Lord! Grant me a measure of Thy grace and loving-kindness, Thy care and protection

BRL_DAK#0096, BRL_MON#010x, MMK6#478, ANDA#67-68 p.61, MJMJ3.076x, MMG2#456 p.508x, MUH2.1097x

BRL_POAB#10x

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Predictions and prophecies

AB00488

560

ای افنون رفیع سدره الهی قریب بغروب است و از طلوع تا بحال این خامه در تحریر

O exalted branch of the Divine Lote-Tree! The sun is nigh to setting, and from its rising until this moment I have been engaged in writing [3.5s]

MMK5#239 p.188, MSHR5.068x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB07625

110

ای نفوس منصفه شما کسانی هستید که لاتاخذهم فی الله لومه لائم در حقشان فرموده

O fair-minded souls! Ye are those of whom it is said: "They fear not the reproach of any reproacher in the Cause of God." [3.5s]

MMK6#124

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for parents; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB09332

ای خادم صادق جانفشان هرچه در خدمت یاران بیشتر کوشی کاس عنایت بیشتر نوشی و

O faithful and self-sacrificing servant! The more thou strivest in service to the friends, the more abundantly shalt thou drink from the cup of grace [3.5s]

INBA87:069b, INBA52:068b

MMK2#268 p.193

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB07661

110

ای ورقه مومنه فائزه در ایام مصیبت کبری بودی و در ماتم و رزیه جمال قدم گریبان

O faithful and triumphant leaf! Thou wert present in the days of the most great calamity, and in mourning and grief for the Ancient Beauty, thou didst rend thy collar [3.5s]

MMK6#209, AADA.165

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God

AB03224

210

ای یار صادق عبدالبهاء در محیط آب نار محبت الله در شدت التهابست اهل کشتی جمع

O faithful friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! In the ocean's expanse, the fire of God's love is in intense fervor, and the people of the ship are gathered [3.5s]

MKT5.196, MMK5#058 p.053, KHSK.113

Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB05466

150

یار وفادارا گویند عنقریب رجال جهان کیهان بیارایند و جشن صلح عمومی برپا نمایند

O faithful friend! It is said that ere long shall the world's dignitaries adorn the firmament and establish the celebration of universal peace [3.5s]

MKT3.344, MMK6#126, AKHA_106BE #12 p.04, MSHR2.162

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Unity of governments; political unity; War and peace

AB07685

110

ای یار وفادار مردمرا گمان چنین است که بهترین سعادتی در اینجهان نامداریست و

O faithful friend! People imagine that the greatest happiness in this world lieth in fame and renown [3.5s]

MMK3#093 p.061, DUR4.814, YARP2.269 p.232

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB01121

370

ای دوست با وفا نامه مفصل رسید و مضامین سبب تسلی خاطر گردید آرزوی آن داشتی که

O faithful friend! The detailed letter was received and its contents brought solace to the heart. Thou didst cherish the wish that [3.5s]

MMK5#005 p.002

Importance of community building; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB02997

220

ای یار وفادار در صون حمایت پروردگاری و در ظل الطاف آمرزگار منظور نظر عنایتی و

O faithful friend! Thou art sheltered within the protection of thy Lord and abidest beneath the shade of the All-Forgiving's favors, the object of His gracious regard [3.5s]

MMK6#526

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement

AB00540

540

ای یاران باوفای عبدالبهاء نامهای مبارک شما بواسطه جناب زائر میرزا سلیمان بنظر

O faithful friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Your blessed letters have come before me through the honored pilgrim, Mírzá Sulaymán [3.5s]

MMK5#307 p.224, ADH2_1#28 p.045x, MMG2#065 p.069x

Love of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00435

590

ای یاران باوفای جمال ابهی در این غوغا و ضوضا که بیخردان برپا نمودند در مشکلات

O faithful friends of the Abha Beauty! In this tumult and clamor that the witless ones have raised amidst tribulations [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0046, MKT9.226, MMK6#132, SFI18.015-016

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02387

250

ای دوستان باوفای جمال مبارک ایام زندگانی البته در این جهان فانی پایان یابد

O faithful friends of the Blessed Beauty! The days of earthly life in this transient world must assuredly come to an end [3.5s]

MMK3#279 p.202

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB01616

310

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Translation List

ای یاران صادق نابت الهی در این جهان اساس راحت و سعادت ابدی انجذابات وجدانی

O faithful friends of the divine Cause! The foundation of eternal comfort and felicity in this world lieth in spiritual attractions of the conscience [3.5s]... ...There are certain pillars which have been established as the unshakable supports of the Faith of God. The mightiest of these is learning and the use of the mind… It hath become apparent from reports that the government’s inspector of education hath passed through that land

MKT1.336, MNMK#111 p.209, MMK1#097 p.123x, MJTB.074x, MJTB.116x, MAS5.020

SWAB#097x, COC#0594x, ADMS#221x

Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09818

ای امه صادقه نور ایمان از جبین انسان چه رجال چه نسوان چو مهر تابان عیان و

O faithful handmaiden! The light of faith shineth forth from the brow of every human soul, whether man or woman, even as a radiant sun [3.5s]

MKT9.028a, MMK6#587

Equality of men and women

AB10839

Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای باوفا از قرار مسموع شما را نیت چنان که خانه خویش را گاهی باجتماع بهاایان

O faithful one! I have heard that it is your intention to make your home occasionally a meeting place for the Bahá'ís [3.5s]... ...We hear that thou hast in mind to embellish thy house from time to time with a meeting of Baha’ís

BRL_DAK#0254, MMK1#057 p.091x

SWAB#057x

AB09263

ای بنده صادق الهی در قرآن مجید میفرماید صنعته الله و من احسن من الله صنعته

O faithful servant of God! In the glorious Qur'án it is proclaimed: "It is the handiwork of God, and who excelleth God in His handiwork?" [3.5s]

MMK6#364x, YMM.331x

Creation of the world; Creativity in art; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

AB05578

140

ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی در این خاکدان فانی کاری بکن که مظهر ایت رحمانی گردی و

O faithful servant of the Abhá Beauty! In this earthly dust-heap of mortality, act in such wise that thou mayest become a manifestation of divine signs [3.5s]

MMK2#259 p.186

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01175

360

ای بنده با وفای جمال ابهی هر چند اینعبد واقف مشقت و بلایای آنجناب بود و مطلع

O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Though this servant was well aware of thy tribulations and afflictions, and fully apprised [3.5s]

MMK3#222 p.161

Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB00092

1140

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

ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکتوب آنجناب واصل و مضمون واضح گشت از فضل حق امید جدید

O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident. Through the grace of God, fresh hope has been awakened [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write as to the question of spiritual discoveries. The spirit of man is a circumambient power

INBA89:273

MKT3.402, MNMK#149 p.277x, MMK1#145 p.166x, AVK2.248.11x

SWAB#145x, BSC.492 #946x, PN_1906 p097

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the mind over nature; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01306

340

ای بنده باوفای جمال مبارک حقا که منادی میثاقی و جانفشان در ره نیر آفاق بعد از

O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Verily thou art the herald of the Covenant and a sacrifice in the path of the Day-Star of the horizons [3.5s]

MMK6#413

Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03950

180

ای بنده صادق جمال انور ابهی خبر شما از طهران میرسید حال از کرمانشاهان میرسد

O faithful servant of the Most Luminous Beauty of Abhá! News of thee reached Us from Tihrán, and now it cometh from Kirmánsháh [3.5s]

MMK6#287

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB01321

340

ای خادم صادق این خادمی سروریست و این بندگی آزادگی و این غلامی پادشاهی هرچند

O faithful servant! This service is sovereignty, this servitude is freedom, and this bondage is kingship [3.5s]

MMK6#596, YBN.051-052

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Martyrs and martyrdom; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB09333

ای خاندان استقامت بر عهد و پیمان شکر کنید حضرت بها را که موفق بر تمسک بر

O family steadfast in the Covenant, render thanks unto the Blessed Beauty that ye have been enabled to hold fast unto [3.5s]

MMK5#248 p.194

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement

AB04704

160

ای پدر شهیدان ترا سزاوار که بر گروه اصفیا افتخار نماای و بعزت پایدار سر

O Father of Martyrs! It behooveth thee to glory in the company of the pure ones, and to attain unto everlasting honour [3.5s]

MMK2#319 p.233

Martyrs and martyrdom; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB10148

ای ورقه مقبله جناب زائر ذکری از تو نمودند و از شدت اشتعال قلبت بنار محبت

O favored leaf! The esteemed pilgrim made mention of thee and of how intensely thy heart was set ablaze with the fire of love [3.5s]

MMK6#398, RAHA.280a

Love of God

AB05531

140

ای آتش افروخته شعله محبت الله در این کشور خاک دل بعالم پاک بربند و در این

O fire, kindled by the flame of God's love! While yet in this dusty realm, bind thy heart to the pure world and in this [3.5s]

MMK2#110 p.085, BSHN.140.472c, BSHN.144.465c

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imagery in the Qur'an; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition

AB08534

ای آمرزگار این مرغ دست آموز را در سدره منتهی لانه و آشیانه بخش و این بی

O Forgiver! Grant unto this domesticated bird a nest and dwelling-place in the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s]

MMK2#026 p.017

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for the departed

AB02414

250

ای نفحه خوش روحانی ساعتیست که غمام رحمت در فیضان است و سیل از شدت باران

O fragrant spiritual breeze! This is the hour when the cloud of mercy is overflowing, and the torrent rusheth forth from the intensity of rain [3.5s]

MMK6#405

Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB07631

110

ای نهال تازه باغ الهی بدرگاه احدیت این مناجات نما پروردگارا عنایت فرما هدایت

O fresh sapling of the divine garden! At the threshold of the One True God, offer thou this prayer: O Lord! Bestow Thy grace and guidance [3.5s]

MMK2#003 p.002, MMG2#410 p.456x

Prayer for children and youth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB08931

ای نهال تازه بوستان الهی هر چند بظاهر تا بحال نامه بتو ننگاشته ام ولی جمال مبارک

O fresh sapling of the divine garden! Though until now I have not outwardly written thee a letter, yet the Blessed Beauty [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0928, MMK6#368, TISH.124

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB10659

150

ای یار عراقی جناب نراقی در نامه خویش ستایش آن یار روحانی نموده که این فتای نراقی... ای دوست حقيقی ، نفوذ کلمة اللّه مانند روح

O friend from Iraq! Jinab-i-Naraqí, in his letter, hath sung the praise of that spiritual companion—this youth of Naraq... O true friend, the penetrating power of the Word of God is even as the spirit [3.5s]

INBA85:127

MMK3#116 p.079x

Growth of the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB02597

240

ای یار عبدالبهاء از روز فراق آنی نگذرد که بخاطر نیاای و دمی نرود که بیادت

O friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Since the day of separation, not a moment passeth that thou comest not to mind, and not an instant goeth by that thou art not remembered [3.5s]

MMK6#454, MAS5.068, MUH3.332-333, YQAZ.142-143

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB00838

690

Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity

شما بايد هوشيار باشيد و نفوس را از نفثات خفيّه و همسات سرّيّه محافظه نمائيد و ثابت بر ميثاق به نصّ صريح الهی

O friend! It is a long time since any news hath been received from thee. Although, earlier, a letter arrived in which thou hadst asked a question

NURA#64, MMK4#159 p.173x, MMK5#099 p.081x

LOTW#64

AB06420

350

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای یاران و اماء رحمن مدتی بود که عبدالبهاء را آرزو چنان که در آنسامان مشرق

O friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! For some time past 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath yearned to journey to those regions of the East [3.5s]... ...'Abdu'l-Baha hath long cherished the desire that a Mashriqu’l-Adhkar be upraised in that region. Praised be God

BRL_DAK#0265, MMK1#059 p.092x

SWAB#059x

AB01085

380

ای یاران و اماء رحمن جناب آقا سید مهدی در هر چندی نامه نگارند و اسماای بدفتر

O friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Mahdí doth from time to time correspond and record the names [3.5s]

MMK6#189

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB02140

270

ای یاران و اماء رحمن الحمد لله ابواب رحمت کبری بر وجوه باز است و طیور جنت

O friends and maidservants of the All-Merciful! Praise be to God that the gates of His supreme mercy are flung wide open before your faces, and the birds of Paradise [3.5s]

MMK6#160, HDQI.181, ANDA#08 p.04, MSHR2.333

Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01638

310

ای ياران عبدالبهآء و بندگان جمال ابهی خوشا خوشا که اين جام سرشار را از دست ساقی اسرار نوشيديد

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and servants of the Most Glorious Beauty! How blessed, how blessed that ye have drunk this brimming cup from the hand of the mystic Cupbearer [3.5s]

MMK6#097x

Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; War and peace

AB00913

630

ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب فروغی مکتوبی ارسال نمود و ذکر اسماء آن یاران دل و جان

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! His honour Furúghí hath sent a letter mentioning the names of those beloved friends of heart and soul [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0753, MMK2#290 p.210x, AMK.125-125bx, GHA.227x

Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Consultation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01435

330

ای یاران عبدالبهاء خوشا خوشا که مفتون دلبر ابهااید و مجنون آن معشوق ملا اعلی

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! How joyous, how joyous, that ye are enraptured by the Beloved of Abhá and are enthralled by that celestial Beauty of the Most High [3.5s]

MKT9.260, MMK5#151 p.117

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Suffering and imprisonment

AB03243

210

ای یاران عبدالبهاء عصر است و یاران روحانی از مسافرین و مجاورین عازم زیارت

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! It is eventide, and the spiritual friends, both pilgrims and residents, are setting forth to visit the Sacred Shrine [3.5s]

MMK5#197 p.153

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB04505

170

ای یاران عبدالبهاء این را بدانید که عبدالبهاء مانند گلشن بشبنم یاد یاران

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Know ye that 'Abdu'l-Bahá, like unto a rose-garden refreshed by the dew, remembereth the friends [3.5s]

MMK3#125 p.087

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies

AB02789

230

ای یاران عبدالبهاء الحمد لله آنچه از کلک پیمان در سنین هیجان و نهایت نفوذ و

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be unto God that whatsoever hath flowed from the Pen of the Covenant in those days of fervor and consummate influence [3.5s]

INBA16:210

MMK6#226, MILAN.229, MSHR4.067x

Consultation; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of prayer

AB07004

120

ای یاران عبدالبهاء آنچه نگاشته بودید ملاحظه گردید حمد خدا را دلیل بر ثبوت و

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! That which ye have written hath been perused. Praise be to God, it beareth testimony to steadfastness [3.5s]

MMK2#137 p.102

High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00810

440

ای یاران عبدالبهاء عوانان دست تطاول گشودند و مستبدان بشدت تمام تعرض نمودند و

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The oppressors have stretched forth the hands of tyranny, and the despots have launched their attacks with the utmost intensity [3.5s]

MMK4#043 p.047, MMK5#031 p.032

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment

AB05883

140

ای یاران عبدالبهاء کون در ترقی بی پایانست و عالم امکان مطلع انوار فیض رحمن و

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The universe is in endless progress, and the world of existence is the dawning-place of the lights of the All-Merciful's bounty [3.5s]

MMK3#230 p.166

Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Purpose; goal of creation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB03815

190

ای یاران عبدالبهاء چه خوش دمی است که بیاد شما مشغولم و بذکر شما مالوف گهی از

O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! What a joyous moment it is when I am occupied with thoughts of you and find comfort in your remembrance [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0051, MMK5#275 p.210

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB02871

220

ای احبای الهی در ایندم که همدم پیک روحانیم نامه از یکی از احباالله بجناب سید

O friends of God! At this moment, while I commune with the spiritual messenger, a letter hath come from one of the beloved of God addressed to Jinab-i-Siyyid [3.5s]

MMK6#573

Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00860

420

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

ای دوستان الهی جمال رحمانی و هیکل صمدانی و سلطان سریر عزت و ملیک ملک رحمانیت

O friends of God! The Beauty of the All-Merciful, the Temple of the Self-Subsisting, the Sovereign upon the throne of glory, and the King of the realm of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...Not a single morn did He find comfort; not a single night did He repose in peace. So intense did His tribulations become

MMK2#046 p.034

BRL_ATE#064x

AB01133

370

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای یاران الهی هر چند شمس حقیقت در خلف سحاب جلال متواری گشت و سحاب نقاب شد و

O friends of God! Though the Sun of Truth hath been obscured behind the clouds of glory; though these clouds have interposed themselves as veils

MMK3#294 p.216

ADMS#045

AB01492

320

ای دوستان آن یار مهربان آن آفتاب حقیقت نیر اعظم فلک رحمانیت پرتوش جهانگیر است

O friends of that Loving Friend, that Sun of Truth, that Most Great Luminary in the heaven of divine mercy, whose rays encompass the world [3.5s]

INBA88:104

MMK2#030 p.020, TZH8.0660

Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB04377

170

ای دوستان حضرت رحمن جمال ابهی در قطب امکان خیمه عزت ابدیه برافراخت و جمیع

O friends of the All-Merciful! The Abhá Beauty hath raised the pavilion of eternal glory at the pole of contingent being, and all [3.5s]

MMK3#281 p.203

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB08735

ای دوستان جانان بوی جانی سوی جانها میوزد یعنی از ریاض ملکوت ابهی نفحات قدس

O friends of the Beloved! The fragrance of life wafteth towards the souls, even the holy breathings from the gardens of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s]

MMK6#267

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB01123

370

ای دوستان حضرت یزدان در این کور اعظم که شمس قدم از آفاق امم طالع و لائح گردید

O friends of the Divine Lord! In this Most Great Cycle, when the Ancient Sun hath risen and shone forth from the horizons of all peoples [3.5s]

INBA88:284

MMK4#054 p.061

Apocalyptic imagery; Call to action; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01431

330

ای یاران دل و جان اینمظلوم جهان چندیست که در تحریر نامه تقصیر نموده و لابد در

O friends of the heart and soul of this oppressed one in the world! For some time I have been remiss in the writing of letters, and perforce [3.5s]

MMK3#273 p.198x, MSHR2.212, NANU_AB#39x

Praise and encouragement

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

AB00869

420

ای یاران این زندانی نامه ای بنظر گذشت نامهای مبارک دوستان مرقوم بود از تلاوت

O friends of this prisoner! A letter came to my attention containing the blessed names of the friends [3.5s]

MMK6#476, ADH2.014x, ADH2_1#06 p.013x, MMG2#183 p.209x, NSR_1978.128bx, NSR_1993.141bx

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01973

280

ای یاران این عبد در حالتیکه از شدت صدمات در آتش سوزانم و شدت احتراق استخوانرا

O friends of this servant! In this state, wherein I am consumed in a burning fire by reason of grievous afflictions, and the intensity of this conflagration hath penetrated unto my very bones [3.5s]

MMK2#287 p.208

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03004

220

ای یاران حق وقت عصر است و آفتاب پرتوش در تناقص ولی شمس حقیقت از غیب ملکوت

O friends of Truth! It is the afternoon hour, and the sun's radiance is diminishing; yet the Sun of Reality, from the unseen Kingdom [3.5s]

INBA13:060

MMK4#118 p.126

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB09964

ای دوستان حق ثابت بر پیمانید و راسخ بر میثاق این قوه مغناطیس محبت الله است

O friends of Truth! Ye are firm in the Covenant and steadfast in the Testament. This is the magnetic force of the love of God [3.5s]

MMK5#251 p.196

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God

AB01327

340

ای دوستان ای راستان حضرت اسم الله در نامه خود ذکر یارانرا نمود و از کل ستایش

O friends, O faithful ones! His honor Ismu'llah hath, in his letter, made mention of the friends and praised them all [3.5s]

MMK6#605

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for pioneers and travel teachers; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01941

280

ای دوستان ای راستان متحیرم که چه نگارم از فضل و موهبت محبوب رحمانی دم زنم و یا

O friends, O faithful ones! I am bewildered as to what I should write. Shall I speak of the grace and bounty of the Beloved, the All-Merciful [3.5s]

MMK3#278 p.201

Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB04012

180

ای دوستان ای راستان الطاف جلیله حضرت یزدانرا ملاحظه نمااید که چگونه مانند مه

O friends, O true ones! Consider the glorious favors of the Lord, how like the moon [3.5s]

MMK3#146 p.101

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB06217

130

ای ياران ، جميع طوائف و ملل سرمست سراب غرورند و از فيض اين قرن پر نور غافل و ذاهل

O friends! All peoples and nations are intoxicated with the mirage of pride, and remain heedless and unmindful of the outpourings of this luminous century [3.5s]

MMK3#275 p.199x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Music and singing

AB03669

190

ای ياران ، الحمد للّه سر گشته باديه عشقيد و گمگشته صحرای محبّت اللّه معتکف کوی ياريد

O friends! All praise be unto God that ye are wanderers in the wilderness of divine love and seekers lost in the desert of the affection of God, devoted dwellers in the precinct of companionship [3.5s]

MMK3#081 p.054x, MMK3#248 p.178x

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB03806

190

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Importance of community building

ای یاران چه خوش بخت و بلند اختر و همایون طالع بودید که در چنین کور و دوری

O friends! How blessed, how favoured, how fortunate are ye to have been born in such a cycle… You had asked about the number of days of Ridvan.

INBA13:033, INBA87:440, INBA52:454b

NURA#01, MMK4#141 p.144x, AVK3.039.13x

LOTW#01x

AB00043

1580

ای دوستان در این ایام وقوعاتی در این زندان واقع گشته و جمیع از مقدرات غیبیه

O friends! In these days events have come to pass within this prison, and all are from the hidden decrees of God [3.5s]

MMK5#028 p.024, MSHR3.099x, QT108.081-083x

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB03849

190

ای ياران اين مسجون شب و روز با رخی افروخته و جان و دلی سوخته

O friends! This prisoner, with radiant countenance and with heart and soul aflame, burneth night and day [3.5s]

MMK2#258 p.185x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Power of prayer; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB05195

150

ای دوستان این بیسر و سامان خاکدان فانی آشیان ترابیست زاغ و زغن را شاید و بوم

O friends! This transient and disordered earth, this ephemeral dust-heap abode, befitteth naught but crows and owls [3.5s]

MMK2#108 p.084

Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB04515

170

ای دوستان ، هر چند بجسم از آستان يزدان دور و مهجوريد ولی الحمد للّه بجان و دل و روح حاضر

O friends! Though in body ye be remote and far-distant from the Threshold of God, yet praise be unto Him that in spirit, heart and soul ye are present [3.5s]

MMK3#185 p.130x

Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04005

180

ياران چون از اين جهان بجهان ديگر روند مانند طفليست که از رحم مادر ، مسکن تنگ

O friends! When souls pass from this world unto another world, they are even as a child that departeth from the narrow confines of the mother's womb [3.5s]

MMK3#042 p.026x

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death

AB03142

210

ای ثمره شجره مبارکه هر زر و سیمی پیش از محک و امتحان خوشرنگ و لطیف و براق و

O fruit of the blessed Tree! Every gold and silver, ere the touchstone of trial and test, appeareth fair and lustrous and resplendent [3.5s]

MMK3#221 p.160

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03984

180

ای ثمره شجره مقدسه آنچه از قلم روحانی در صفحه وجدانی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه

O fruit of the sacred tree! I observed that which thy spiritual pen had written upon the tablet of conscience [3.5s]

MMK6#538

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04341

170

ای ثمره شجره توحید شکر کن حضرت احدیت را که از دام امتحان رستی و از اشد افتتان

O fruit of the tree of divine unity, render thanks unto the Lord of Oneness, for thou hast been delivered from the snare of trials and from the most grievous tribulations [3.5s]

MMK5#258 p.200

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01186

360

ای ثمره شجره عرفان جمال رحمن وفاکهه حدیقه جنه ایقان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید در انجمن

O fruit of the tree of mystic knowledge of the All-Merciful Beauty, and fruit of the garden paradise of certitude! That which thou didst write in the gathering [3.5s]

MMK4#062 p.071

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB05705

140

ای سرهنگ لشکر نجات و جنود حیات اگر در بین جنود ملکوت سرهنگی خواهی آهنگ ملک

O General of the hosts of salvation and the legions of life! If thou seekest to be a commander among the armies of the Kingdom, set thy gaze upon the celestial realm [3.5s]

MMK2#092 p.071, DUR3.351

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB08804

ای غلام حسین بنام غلام جمال مبارکی و بکام فائز بموهبت خداوند عالم چون بنده

O Ghulam-Husayn, thou who art named servant of the Blessed Beauty and hast attained, in thy highest aspiration, unto the bounties of the Lord of all the worlds! As a servant [3.5s]

MMK6#048, QT108.057-058x

Mosaic imagery; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB00517

550

ایها الفرع المجید من الشجره المبارکه الناطقه فی سدره السینا علیک بهاء الله و

O glorious branch, sprung from the blessed tree that speaketh from the Tree on Sinai! Upon thee be the splendour of God and [3.5s]

INBA87:481, INBA52:503

MMK6#293, KHAF.251

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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.

AB00195

820

Scholarship; Light of the World

الهی الهی تسمع ضجیجی و صریخی و انینی و حنینی فی جنح اللیالی و تری ذلی

O God, my God! Thou hearest my sighs and bitter wailing, my cry and the voice of my lamentation...The Revelation of the Bab may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiac - the sign Aries… Pure souls, such as Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, upon him be the Glory of God, spend their nights and days in demonstrating the truth of the Revelation

BRL_DAK#0950, NURA#40, MMK4#080 p.087

BRL_SCHOLAR#30x, GPB.099-100x, WOB.127x, WOB.167-168x, COC#2219x, LOTW#40

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01102

370

اللهم یا مبدع الاکوان و بارء الانسان و منور الامکان بظهور ایات التوحید بالحجه و البرهان

O God, Thou Creator of the worlds and Fashioner of man, Who hath illumined all contingent being through the manifestation of the signs of Thy unity, with clear proof and evidence [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0964, MMK6#497

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01542

310

اللهم یا من تجلی بنور الجمال من افق الجلال و اشرقت به الارض و السما فی کل غدو

O God, Thou Who hast manifested with the light of Beauty from the horizon of Glory, and by Whom earth and heaven are illumined at every dawn [3.5s]

MMK6#464

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

AB00978

390

اللهم یا من فی قبضتک زمام الموجودات و فی یمینک ملاک القدره و الاقتدار ما من

O God, within Thy grasp lie the reins of all created things, and in Thy right hand is held dominion over all power and might. There is none [3.5s]

MMK3#175 p.122

Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; High station of the true believer; Human reality created in the image of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB05400

150

ایها الفرع الرشیق من السدره المبارکه هر چند مدتی مدیده خبری نرسیده ولی این عبد

O graceful branch of the blessed Lote-Tree! Though a long period hath elapsed during which no tidings were received, yet this servant [3.5s]

MMK5#257 p.199, YBN.045-046

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02309

260

یا امه البهاء چندیست در مخابره فتور واقع این از کثرت بلایا و مشغولیت ذهن حاصل

O handmaid of Bahá! For some time there hath been a lapse in correspondence. This hath come about through the multitude of afflictions and the preoccupation of mind [3.5s]

MMK5#101 p.081

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB01033

390

Conference of Badasht; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Praise and encouragement; Review of publications

یا امه البهاء نامه شما رسید و از مضمون همت و خدمت شما بملکوت ابهی معلوم گردید

O handmaid of Baha! Thy letter was received, and from its contents the earnestness with which thou art serving the Abha Kingdom became evident

BRL_DAK#0264, NURA#17, MMK4#017 p.016

LOTW#17

AB09797

ای امه الله المنجذبه یقین گوای و میدانم چه گوای پس بهتر آنست که سد باب عتاب

O handmaid of God who is attracted to Him! Indeed, I bear witness and know - what witness! - therefore it is better to close the door of reproach [3.5s]

MMK6#176

AB09180

ای امه الله ورقه موقنه توجهی بجمال قدم نما و یاد آن الطاف و عنایات اسم اعظم

O handmaid of God, assured leaf! Turn thy gaze toward the Ancient Beauty and remember those bounties and bestowals of the Most Great Name [3.5s]

MMK2#277 p.199

Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB10363

ای امه الله دست بذیل عنایت جمال ابهی زن و تشبث بعروه الوثقی کن آن ذیل الطاف

O handmaid of God, grasp thou the hem of the Abhá Beauty's grace and hold fast to the Most Great Handle—that hem of loving-kindness [3.5s]

MMK6#049

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB09171

ای امه الله دست عجز و نیاز باستان مقدس حضرت بی نیاز بلند نما و بگو ای خداوند

O handmaid of God, raise thy hands in utmost humility and supplication to the sacred threshold of the All-Sufficing Lord, and say: O God [3.5s]

MKT7.055a, MMK2#346 p.249

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB02875

220

ای امه الله المهیمن القیوم همچو تصور منما که فراموش شدی و یا از ذکرت خاموش

O handmaid of God, the All-Prevailing, the Self-Subsisting, think not that thou hast been forgotten, or that mention of thee hath fallen silent [3.5s]

MMK5#018 p.011, ANDA#77 p.66

Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Prayer for protection

AB02310

260

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

یا امه الله المهتزه کقضیب رطیب بنسیم محبه الله انی قرئت تحریرک الدال علی فرط

O handmaid of God, who tremblest even as a fresh and tender branch in the winds of the love of God! I have read thy letter... These spiritual assemblies are aided

MNMK#044 p.129, MMK1#038 p.076

SWAB#038, TAB.089-091, GPB.332x2x, COC#1358x, LOG#0010x, LOG#2072x, BSC.476 #903-904x

Honiara Baha'i Youth

Equality of men and women; House of Justice; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB09800

ای امه الله جمیع اوقات را صرف تبلیغ کن و بتنبیه نساء غافله پرداز تا ایشان را

O handmaid of God! Devote all thy moments to the teaching of the Cause, and occupy thyself with awakening the heedless women, that they may [3.5s]

MKT6.104, MMK2#237 p.171, MUH3.283b

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09801

ای امه الله چه خوش طالعی که خود و اولاد و احفادت در ظل کلمه وحدانیت مجتمع

O handmaid of God! How blessed is thy destiny that thou and thy children and descendants are gathered beneath the shadow of the Word of Unity [3.5s]

MMK6#581

Knowledge; recognition of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB07205

110

ای امه الله صبح است قبل طلوع آفتاب جناب حاجی سید جواد بواسطه فواد خواهش نگارش

O handmaid of God! It is dawn, before the rising of the sun. His honor Ḥájí Siyyid Javád, through Fu'ád, hath requested this writing [3.5s]

MMK5#244 p.192

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02042

270

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech

ای امه الله قلم چون سمند در جولانست ولی چه فائده که از کثرت جولان خسته و بی

O handmaid of God! My pen is rushing like a phoenix, but to what avail? For after all that rushing, it hath become fatigued and drained of ability

INBA88:160

MMK3#239 p.172

ADMS#276

AB07201

110

ای امه الله حمد کن حضرت احدیت را که ترا بمعین حیات هدایت فرمود و براه نجات

O handmaid of God! Praise be unto the Lord of Oneness, Who hath guided thee to the Fountain of Life and led thee unto the path of salvation [3.5s]

MMK6#223

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB04641

160

ای امه الله اگر چنانچه باید و شاید بکنیزی درگاه کبریاء قیام نماای یعنی بصفات

O handmaid of God! Shouldst thou arise, as befitting and worthy, to serve at the threshold of the All-Glorious through the attributes [3.5s]

MMK2#180 p.130, YQAZ.535, YQAZ.561

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Role and station of women; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10349

ای امه الله الطاف جمال قدیم و نور مبین و رحمه للعالمین روحی لتراب اقدامه

O handmaid of God! The bounties of the Ancient Beauty, the manifest Light and the Mercy unto all the worlds—may my soul be sacrificed for the dust of His footsteps [3.5s]

MMK6#322

Praise and encouragement

AB10364

ای امه الله دولت اینجهان را قیمتی نه و عزت این خاکدان را بقاای نیست دولت باید

O handmaid of God! The dominion of this world hath no worth, and the glory of this dust-heap hath no permanence. True sovereignty must [3.5s]

MMK3#089 p.059, YARP2.270 p.232

Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB02652

230

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

ای امه الله نامه ات رسید خبر تشکیل انجمن در آن بلد مرقوم نموده بودید نظر بقلت

O handmaid of God! Thy letter hath been received, bringing its news that an Assembly hath been established in that city. Look ye not upon the fewness of thy numbers

MMK1#039 p.078

SWAB#039, TAB.508-509, BWF.409-410x, BSTW#353

Angels; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01592

310

ای کنیز الهی آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید اگر خواهی که پی باسرار ملکوت الهی بری

O handmaid of God! What thou hast written was noted. If thou desirest to fathom the mysteries of God's Kingdom [3.5s]

MMK3#123 p.084

Christ; Christianity; Growth of the Cause; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals

AB03737

190

ای کنیز الهی هر نفسی از اینجهان فانی رهاای یابد باید که جشن و سرور گرفت نه آه

O handmaid of God! When any soul findeth release from this mortal world, it behooveth all to celebrate and rejoice, not to sigh in grief [3.5s]

MMK3#009 p.004

Consolation and comfort; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00965

400

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ایتها الورقه الروحانیه النورانیه استبشری ببشارات الله و اهتزی بنفحات الله

O Handmaid of God!… To the mothers must be given the divine Teachings and effective counsel, and they must be encouraged

BRL_DAK#0266, MMK1#113 p.134x, MJTB.129x, RSR.044-045

SWAB#113x, LOG#0502x

AB07097

120

یا امه المقصود مسرور باش و خوشنود که در این عصر موعود بموهبت حضرت ودود موفق

O handmaid of the Desired One! Be thou joyous and content, for in this promised age thou hast been favored with the bounty of the All-Loving Lord [3.5s]

MMK6#276

Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00107

1060

یا امه البهاء نامه شما قرائت گردید ولی متحیر ماندم از مضمون آن زیرا میدانی

O handmaiden of Bahá! Your letter was read, but I was astonished at its contents, for you know [3.5s]... ...By God, I am not offended by Mírza Badí‘u’llah, or by the harm he inflicted on Me which caused My renewed incarceration and stirred up mischief against Me

MMK5#224 p.173

LTDT.242x

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB05244

150

ای کنیز الهی چه قدر نیک بخت بودی که ندای الهی شنیدی و آهنگ ملکوت ابهی استماع

O handmaiden of God, how fortunate thou art to have hearkened unto the divine call and to have heard the melody of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s]

MMK2#100 p.077

Empty learning; false spirituality; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB05756

140

ای کنیز خدا شرط کنیزی درگاه احدیت ادراک و تمییز است یعنی باید ممیز بین نور و

O handmaiden of God! The condition of servitude at the Threshold of Divine Unity is perception and discernment, meaning one must distinguish between light and [3.5s]

MMK3#165 p.116

Effort; striving; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness

AB01279

350

يا امة اللّه ، ستنتهی الايّام المعدودات و تزول الحيات و الکلّ يرجعون الی التّراب لا تسمعين منهم صوتاً

O handmaiden of God! The numbered days shall pass away, and lives shall vanish, and all shall return unto dust. From them no sound shalt thou hear [3.5s]

MMK3#052 p.032x

Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB03862

190

یا امه الله نامه شما رسید مضمون معلوم گردید جواب مختصر مرقوم میشود عالم ذر که گفته

O handmaiden of God! Your letter was received and its contents noted. A brief reply is being written [3.5s]... ...The realm of subtle entities that is alluded to referreth to the realities, specifications, individuations, capacities and potentialities of man in the mirror of the divine knowledge.

BRL_TBUP#2n19, MMK6#168, ASAT3.271, AVK1.293.11, AVK2.167.06x, MAS2.030x, DVB5.047-048

BRL_TBU#2n19

Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Soul; spirit after death

AB04052

180

ای کنیزان الهی عبدالبهاء چون فرصت نگارش نامه ندارد بلکه وقت نفس برآوردن ندارد

O handmaidens of God! 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath no opportunity to pen a letter, nay, hath scarce the time to draw a breath [3.5s]

MKT9.161, MMK6#427

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Personal instructions; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB02746

230

ای کنیزان حق ورقه مطمئنه روحانی مکتوب مفصلی از لسان شما نگاشته و از هر جهت

O handmaidens of God! A detailed letter hath been received from your tongue, spiritual and assured, touching upon every matter [3.5s]

MMK2#349 p.251, RSR.049-050

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB05762

140

ای کنیزان الهی نساء در شرق ضعفاء بودند حتی ضعیفه لقب نساء بود از بس که در

O handmaidens of God! In the East, women were deemed weak, to such degree that the very word for 'woman' became 'the weak one', so great was their [3.5s]

MMK2#352 p.254

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Equality of men and women; Praise and encouragement

AB06289

130

ای کنیزان یزدان ملاحظه کنید که فضل و عنایت جمال قدم چه کرده و مواهب اسم اعظم

O handmaidens of God! Observe what the grace and bounty of the Ancient Beauty hath wrought, and what gifts the Most Great Name hath bestowed [3.5s]

INBA13:255b

MMK2#141 p.105, DUR1.070

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement

AB03326

200

ای اماء جمال ابهی ملاحظه نمااید که مورد چه عنایتی شدید و موفق بچه موهبتی

O handmaidens of the Abhá Beauty! Consider what grace hath been bestowed upon you and what bounty ye have attained [3.5s]

MKT7.019, MMK2#345 p.248, TISH.031

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Twin Manifestations

AB01664

300

ای اماء الرحمن در ایندم که قلم از کثرت جولان خسته و انامل ناتوان گشته جناب

O handmaidens of the All-Merciful! At this moment, when the pen hath grown weary from its ceaseless motion and the fingers have become feeble [3.5s]

INBA13:151

BRL_DAK#0353, MMK2#344 p.248x, DUR1.083x, YBN.044-045

Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB01230

350

ای اماء جمال قدم و ورقات سدره موهبت اکنون که چشم امکان بمشاهده ایات کبری روشن

O handmaidens of the Ancient Beauty and leaves of the Tree of Bounty! Now, when the eye of creation hath been illumined by beholding the Most Great Signs [3.5s]... ...Exert yourselves, that haply ye may be enabled to acquire such virtues as shall honour and distinguish you amongst all women. Of a surety, there is no greater pride and glory

BRL_DAK#0885, MMK6#401, MSHR1.078x, HYB.048

COC#0846x, COC#0916x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Education of children; moral education; Role and station of women; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB02872

220

ای اماء رحمن محفل انس را بذکر آندلبر مهربان چنان بیارااید که بزم میثاق گردد و

O handmaidens of the Merciful! Adorn the gathering of fellowship with the remembrance of that tender Beloved in such wise that it may become a feast of the Covenant [3.5s]

MMK2#343 p.247

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB01891

280

ای اماء جمال ابهی ملاحظه نمااید که شما را بچه عنوانی خطاب مینمایم و کنیزان

O handmaidens of the Most Glorious Beauty! Consider with what title I address you and as what handmaidens I call upon you [3.5s]

MKT7.255, MMK2#350 p.252, AHB.112BE #02-03 p.02, QIRT.17bx

Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02098

270

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Role and station of women

ای کنیزان خداوند بی مانند نظر عنایت با شماست و کمال مرحمت شامل شما در آستان

O handmaidens of the peerless Lord! The gaze of divine favours resteth upon you, and boundless grace envelopeth you at the Sacred Threshold [3.5s]... ...O ye loving mothers, know ye that in God’s sight, the best of all ways to worship Him is to educate the children

MKT1.469, MMK1#114 p.135x, AKHA_134BE #10 p.389, AKHA_105BE #05 p.06, AVK3.329.09x, MJTB.091x, MAS5.088, YARP2.670 p.451

SWAB#114x, COC#0639x

AB04638

160

ای اماء جمال قدم هر چند در کور فرقان طائفه نساء جنس ضعیف شمرده شدند و در حقوق

O handmaids of the Ancient Beauty! Though in the Dispensation of the Qur'án womankind was accounted weak and was denied certain rights [3.5s]

INBA13:058

MMK6#098, YBN.044

Equality of men and women; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03742

190

Chastity and purity; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای کنیزان جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید و از قرائت آن سطور سرور موفور حاصل گشت

O handmaids of the beauty of Abha! Your letter hath come, and its perusal brought great joy. Praised be God, the women believers

MKT7.104, MMK1#094 p.120, AKHA_087BE #05 p.04, PYB#227 p.04, TRBB.071, MJTB.084, NJB_v02#06-07 p.012

SWAB#094

AB01105

370

Education of children; moral education; Role and station of women; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای اماء رحمن محفل رحمانی که در آن مدینه نورانی تاسیس نمودید بسیار بجا و مجری

O handmaids of the Lord! The spiritual assemblage that ye established in that illumined city is most propitious….

MKT7.014, MMK1#095 p.121, AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.d, AVK3.334.16x, AVK3.335.11x, TRBB.073, MJTB.097x

SWAB#095, LOG#0511x

MANA

AB06584

120

Education of children; moral education; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Role and station of women

ای اماء رحمن شکر کنید جمال قدم را که در این قرن اعظم و عصر منور محشور شدید

O handmaids of the Merciful! Render ye thanks unto the Ancient Beauty that ye have been raised up and gathered together

INBA13:257a

MMK1#096 p.122, AKHA_103BE #07 p.04, AKHB.212, MJTB.090, DUR1.562

SWAB#096

AB02477

250

یا هاشم الثرید لکل حبیب مجید نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که عبدالبهاء

O Hashim, the delectable feast for every cherished and glorious friend! Thy letter hath been received. Thou didst write that 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s]

INBA17:003

MMK5#039 p.039

Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08703

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

ای دختر ملکوتی من صحت من در پاریس مختل گردید تب اعصاب شدید است لهذا مصمم سفر

O heavenly daughter! My health has been impaired in Paris. The exhaustion of my nerves is intense; hence, I am determined to travel to the East

MMK5#073 p.061

MHMD2s.328

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09946

ای دختر آسمانی کنیزان الهی که توجه بملکوت ابهی دارند انها آسمانیند نه زمینی

O heavenly daughter! The handmaidens of God who are turned towards the Abhá Kingdom are celestial, not earthly [3.5s]

MMK2#355 p.255, PPAR.194

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB09347

ای دهقان رحمانی اگر توانی زرعی در این کشتزار الهی نما تا موید بایه مبارکه

O heavenly husbandman! If thou art able, sow seeds in this divine field, that thou mayest be confirmed by the blessed verse [3.5s]

MMK6#063

Agriculture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB06837

120

ای فرج حق فرج آسایش و گشایش بعد از تنگی و آزمایش است امروز جهان پر پرخاش و

O Herald of Divine deliverance! Relief and comfort come after hardship and trial. Today the world is filled with strife [3.5s]

MMK3#231 p.166

Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; War and peace

AB05956

140

ای منادی ميثاق الهی و مروّج پيمان رحمانی، اثر کلک مشکين ملاحظه گرديد و بر ظهور آثار تأييد و موفّقيّت

O herald of God's Covenant and promoter of the divine Testament! The effects of thy musk-laden pen were perused, and the evidences of divine confirmations and success [3.5s]... ...Great care should be exercised in preparing this translation. Mr.... should make a supreme effort so that the language will be most exquisite, eloquent and lucid

MMK3#257 p.184x

COC#2220x

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Growth of the Cause; Prayer for pioneers and travel teachers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB01413

330

ای منادی پیمان مناجاتی بملکوت ابهی گردید و از برای آنحضرت طلب تایید شدید شد

O herald of the Covenant! A prayer was raised to the Abhá Kingdom, and mighty confirmations were earnestly sought for thee [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0343, MMK5#104 p.083, PYK.255, SFI06.012

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people

AB05286

150

ای منادی میثاق سفر خراسان را تاخیر و تعویق میندازید باید در آنسامان چنان

O Herald of the Covenant! Delay not, nor defer, thy journey to Khurásán. In that land thou must [3.5s]

MMK5#108 p.087

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement

AB01415

330

ای منادی میثاق مکاتیب متعدده شما رسید ولی فرصت جواب حاصل نشد لهذا بعهده

O Herald of the Covenant! Numerous letters from thee have been received, but no opportunity hath been found to reply. Therefore [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0172, MMK6#391, YIA.316-317

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Stories; anecdotes

AB00835

430

ای منادی میثاق حمد کن خدا را که ناشر نفحاتی و خادم کلمه الله بعد از صعود جمال

O herald of the Covenant! Praise God that thou art a diffuser of divine fragrances and a servant of the Word of God after the ascension of the Beauty [3.5s]

MMK3#300 p.221

Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise of Western values; culture; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB01200

360

ای منادی پیمان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی معلوم و مفهوم گشت از سب وشتم و طعن

O Herald of the Covenant! That which thou hadst written became known and understood, concerning abuse and calumny [3.5s]

MMK6#394, MSHR3.237x

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05285

150

ای منادی میثاق زینت عالم غیب و شهود و علویت حقائق وجود عبودیت حضرت مقصود است

O Herald of the Covenant! The adornment of the unseen and visible worlds, and the exaltation of the realities of existence, lie in servitude unto the Lord of Divine Purpose [3.5s]

INBA13:149a, INBA84:348

BRL_DAK#0628, MMK2#083 p.065, KHSH08.053, MHA.000vi

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB01127

370

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

ای منادی میثاق نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۲ شهر شعبان سنه ۱۳۳۸ بود رسید از مضمون مفهوم

O Herald of the Covenant! The letter dated the second day of the month of Sha'ban in the year 1338 hath been received, and its contents were understood [3.5s]... ...For four long years, ‘Abdu’l-Baha traveled through the states and realms of Africa, America, and Europe, but in those cities and hamlets

MMK5#087 p.069

MHMD2s.320-321x

Methods of teaching the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02407

250

ای منادی پیمان نامه ۶ شعبان واصل و از مضمون سرور کامل حاصل گردید زیرا دلیل

O herald of the Covenant! The letter of the sixth of Sha'bán was received, and from its contents complete joy was attained, for it was [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0149, MMK6#617, YIA.276

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00412

600

ای منادی پیمان نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید و بدقت

O herald of the Covenant! The letter which thou hadst addressed to Jináb-i-Manshádí was noted and carefully perused [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0764, MMK5#106 p.086, AMK.011-015, AVK4.442ax, SFI06.013bx

Constitutional revolution in Iran; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Relationship between government and people; Status of kings; future of monarchy

AB00906

410

ای منادی پیمان مکاتیب واصل و از مضامین روح و ریحان دست داد الحمد لله که بخدمت

O herald of the Covenant! The letters have been received, and from their contents spirit and fragrance were obtained. Praise be to God that [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0168, MMK6#165, RAHA.286-287, YIA.257-258

Interpretation of dreams and visions; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Twin Manifestations

AB03759

190

ای منادی پیمان جهان را غفلت مستولی بود و امکان را ظلمت محیط و متوالی و کیهان

O Herald of the Covenant! The world was overcome with heedlessness, and creation was enveloped in encompassing and successive darkness [3.5s]

MMK2#239 p.172

Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB01833

290

ای منادی پیمان هر چند مانند باد صبا بادیه پیماای و سرگشته در کوه و صحرا ولی

O Herald of the Covenant! Though like the morning breeze thou art a wanderer through the desert and bewildered in mountain and plain, yet [3.5s]

MMK6#119, MSHR4.040-041

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB06328

130

ای منادی پیمان بخدمت میثاق شهره آفاق شو و مظهر الطاف خفیه جمال ابهی نیر اشراق

O herald of the Covenant! Through service to the Covenant become renowned throughout all regions, and be thou a manifestation of the hidden favours of the Abhá Beauty, the Day-Star of effulgence [3.5s]

MMK2#271 p.195

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; The state of enkindlement in teaching

AB00496

560

ای منادی میثاق نامه رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید در وقتیکه در بقعه مبارکه بودید

O herald of the Covenant! Thy letter arrived and its purport was made known. While thou wert in the Sacred Shrine [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0152, MMK6#331, AMK.061-062, YIA.330-331

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Relationship between government and people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity of governments; political unity

AB01338

340

ای منادی پیمان نامه های آنجناب وصول یافت ولی عبدالبهاء از نقاهت مزاج و کثرت

O Herald of the Covenant! Thy letters were received, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá, owing to the frailty of His constitution and the multitude [3.5s]

MMK6#244

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00666

480

Bahá'í Scriptures

فيوضات ملکوت ابهی مشروط به استعداد و قابليّت نيست نفس فيض عين قابليّت گردد چنانکه نفس فعل چون از فاعل

O herald of the Kingdom! Thy long letter has been carefully read and the contents understood. It proved that thou art not reposing in heart... ...Know that the blessings of the Kingdom of Abha are not dependent upon the capacity and the worthiness of any one; the blessings themselves are the worthiness.

MMK3#137 p.095x

BSC.496 #957x, BSTW#444

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB04427

170

Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

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.

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

Evolution; human evolution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Man's distinction from the animal; Prayer for children and youth; Suffering and imprisonment

AB09147

ای احسان در قرآن میفرماید هل جزاء الاحسان الا الاحسان با وجود این چرا مخجولی

O Ihsan! In the Qur'an it is written, "Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?" Why then art thou abashed [3.5s]

MMK6#525

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement

AB05846

140

ای ورقات نوراء آنچه مرقوم داشتید ملحوظ گردید و فریاد و فغان از شدت اشتیاق

O illumined leaves! What ye have written was noted, and the cry and lamentation from the intensity of longing [was heard] [3.5s]

INBA87:639a, INBA52:684

MMK6#250

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places

AB08059

100

ای خلیل جلیل حمد کن حضرت رب کبریا را که نار نمرود ضلالت و هوی بعنایت مولی

O illustrious Khalíl, praise thou the Lord of transcendent grandeur, for through the grace of the Lord the fire of Nimrod's perversity and caprice [3.5s]

MMK6#312

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00130

960

ای حضرت شهید و ایادی امرالله نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۱۹ ربیع الاول ۱۳۳۷ مرقوم نموده

O illustrious martyr and Hand of the Cause of God! Thy letter dated the nineteenth of Rabi'u'l-Avval 1337 [3.5s]

MMK6#344x, AVK4.479ax, AVK4.479bx, PYK.282, MSHR2.162x

Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

AB02428

250

ای یاران جانی عبدالبهاء هر دم آرزوی آن دارم که بیاد شما پردازم و نامه نگارم و زبان

O intimate friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! At every moment I cherish the desire to remember you and write letters [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#1081, MKT9.233, MMK2#034 p.023

Call to action; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09789

ای اسمعیل جمیل صحف و کتب بدو نوع در عالم وجود موجود یکی صحائف قلوب که بقلم

O Ismail the Beautiful! The scrolls and books that exist in the realm of being are of two kinds: one comprises the scrolls of hearts, which by the pen [3.5s]

MMK6#559

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Material world a reflection of the spiritual

AB05157

150

ای جمشید سپیده دمید و خورشید درخشید بهار رسید ابر فروردین گریست اردیبهشت

O Jamshid! The dawn hath broken and the sun hath shone forth. Spring hath arrived; the clouds of Farvardin have wept, and Ordibehesht [3.5s]

MMK2#233 p.168, PYB#244 p.04, YARP2.599 p.419

Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB08032

100

ای جواد در عالم وجود صفت جود سلطنتی در کمال عظمت میراند و هر حقیقت مکنونرا از

O Javad! In the realm of existence, the attribute of generosity reigns with sovereign majesty, bringing forth every hidden reality [3.5s]

INBA13:203a

MMK5#265 p.203

Call to action; Praise and encouragement

AB02700

230

ای جواد من مراد فواد هر هوشمند ازدیاد تقرب درگاه کبریاست و آرزوی هر دانشمند

O Javad! The desire in the heart of every discerning one is to increase in nearness to the Divine Threshold, and the aspiration of every person of learning [3.5s]

MKT9.116, MMK6#030

Attaining good pleasure of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for healing; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB00697

470

ای جواهر وجود حضرت جلیل شاه خلیل نامه ای مرقوم نموده و نامهای مبارک شما را یک

O jewel of existence! His Excellency Shah Khalil hath written a letter wherein the blessed names are [3.5s]

MKT9.117, MMK3#301 p.223x, FRH.093-094

Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB10216

جناب آقا سید اسمعیل آنچه ارسال داشتید رسید تماما و کمالا و در موارد خیریه و

O Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Ismail! That which thou didst dispatch hath arrived in its entirety and completeness, and in charitable causes [3.5s]

MMK6#061

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB11028

جناب منشادی محزون مباش مغموم مگرد راضی بقضا باش العاقبه للمتقین ما در تحت

O Jinab-i-Manshadi, be thou not sorrowful, neither be thou grief-stricken. Be thou content with the decree of God, for the ultimate victory belongeth to the righteous [3.5s]

MMK6#155, ANDA#76 p.50

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB11075

یا یوسف ان شئت ان تکن عزیزا فی مصر الوجود اوف لعصبه الایادی الیک المیثاق و عبر

O Joseph! Shouldst thou desire to be exalted in the Egypt of existence, be faithful to the Covenant entrusted to thee by the Company of chosen ones, and transcend [3.5s]

MMK6#211

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB08934

ای نوش جانها در بزم محبت الله چنان ساغر عرفان بخندان و مینای راز ونیاز بگریان

O joy of souls at the feast of God's love! Make the cup of mystic knowledge to smile and the goblet of intimate prayer to weep [3.5s]

MMK3#266 p.191, YARP2.218 p.201, PPAR.174

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB03445

200

ای سرور آوارگان خداوند مهربان در نص قرآن میفرماید فیهما من کل فاکهه زوجان و

O Joy of the wanderers! The Merciful Lord hath declared in the sacred text of the Qur'án: "In them both are fruits of every kind in pairs" [3.5s]

MMK6#524, MSHR2.250

Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB08813

ای کاظم خدا در قران عظیم میفرماید الکاظمین الغیظ و این را صفت موقنین میشمارد

O Kazim! God, in the glorious Qur'án, declareth: "Those who restrain their anger," and accounteth this among the attributes of them that are assured in faith [3.5s]

MMK6#077

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB09696

یا کاظم کظم غیظ از خصائص ابرار است و خصائل احرار تا توانی بردبار باش و متحمل

O Kazim! Restraining one's anger is among the characteristics of the righteous and the attributes of the free. As far as thou art able, be thou forbearing and patient [3.5s]

MMK6#508

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB07379

110

ای خلیل اگر در سبیل الهی رهبر و دلیلی طلبی جمال مبین و سرالقدیم و کوکب منیر

O Khalil! Shouldst thou seek a guide and leader on the path of the Divine, look unto the Manifest Beauty, the Ancient Mystery, and the Luminous Star [3.5s]

MMK4#146 p.154, CPF.270

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB08048

100

ای خداداد داد خدا همه بزرگواری و داناای و بیناای و شنواایست ولی چه فائده که

O Khudadad! The gift of God is all nobility, wisdom, vision and hearing. Yet what benefit [is there that] [3.5s]

MMK3#265 p.190, YARP2.268 p.231

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as divine physician

AB06175

130

ای خسرو کشور معنوی هر انسانی که در این بساط رحمانی وارد و در سایه حضرت یزدان

O Khusraw of the spiritual realm, every soul that entereth this divine court and dwelleth beneath the shade of the Lord [3.5s]

MMK2#139 p.104

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06610

120

ای برادران مهربان ناظم اخوی فی الحقیقه یار غار است و از زمره ابرار بهر شما

O kind brethren! Nazim is truly an intimate companion and among the righteous ones devoted to you [3.5s]

MMK5#289 p.216

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB02780

230

ای یار مهربان وقت آن آمد که نامی حقیقی یابی امروز از آهنگ ملا اعلی یا

O kind friend, the time hath come for thee to attain unto a true name. Today, hearken unto the melody of the Most Exalted One [3.5s]

MMK6#492, MSHR2.186

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Predictions and prophecies; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

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

AB08442

100

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

یار مهربان من الان که بتحریر این نامه پرداختم دو روز است که در خانه مستر هویت

O kind friend! As of this moment, in which I have begun to write this letter, I have been at the home of Mr. Whyte in Edinburgh for two days

MMK5#069 p.059

MHMD2s.325-326

Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB07122

120

یار مهربانا من و تو هر دو بنده این آستانیم و خادم و پاسبان بیا دست در آغوش

O kind friend! Both you and I are servants of this Threshold, attendants and guardians. Come, let us embrace [3.5s]

INBA17:037

MMK6#571, AKHA_132BE #16 p.a

Ahdieh, Ahdieh

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02154

270

دوست مهربانا حضرت سفیر جلیل جناب میرزا فتح الله خان دام اقباله بکاشانه این

O kind friend! His Excellency, the illustrious ambassador, Mirza Fathullah Khan—may his prosperity continue—to this dwelling [3.5s]

MMK6#377

Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Newspapers and the media; publications; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB07682

110

ای یار مهربان در بیان اینعبد ابدا تفسیر و تعبیر جائز نه بلکه صریح عبارت عین

O kind friend! In the utterances of this servant, interpretation and commentary are never permissible; rather, the explicit statement itself [3.5s]

MMK5#177 p.137

Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB01343

340

ای یار مهربان اثر کلک مشکبار سبب سرور عبدالبهاء گردید زیرا ذکر اتحاد و اتفاق

O kind friend! The trace of thy fragrant pen brought joy to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, for it spoke of unity and concord [3.5s]

MMK6#392, MSBH3.546-548

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02424

250

ای یار مهربان البته بلایای وارده و تعرضات شدیده بعبدالبهاء را شنیدید که میدانید

O kind friend! Thou hast undoubtedly heard of the calamities and severe attacks that have befallen 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s]

MMK5#118 p.093

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Importance of prayer; Suffering and imprisonment

AB02277

260

ای یار مهربان در تحریر نامه هر چند قصور حاصل ولی این فتور از کثرت مشاغل موفور

O kind friend! Though there be shortcomings in the penning of this letter, such laxity ariseth from the press of numerous occupations [3.5s]

MMK5#125 p.098

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB00393

610

ای یار مهربان نامه اخیر در اسکندریه وصول یافت با وجود نهایت ضعف ... در این سفر شب و روز مشغولیت

O kind friend! Thy latest letter was received in Alexandria. Despite extreme feebleness... during this journey I am occupied night and day [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0311, MMK5#003 p.001, MMK6#274x, AVK2.161.16x, AVK2.212.19x, AVK4.179.12x, MAS2.071-072x, MSHR3.072x, YHA2.1003x, YMM.240x, YMM.302x, YMM.346x, YMM.417x, NJB_v04#15 p.004x

Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

AB03226

210

ای یار مهربان چون موسم بهار روحانی رسد نسیم رحمانی وزد غمام عرفان بفیضان اید

O kind friend! When the spiritual springtime cometh, the Merciful breeze shall blow, and the clouds of divine knowledge shall pour forth their bounty [3.5s]

MMK3#245 p.175

Being a source of light; guidance; Bringing forth results; fruit; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB05362

150

ای یار مهربان نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت جواب تاخیر افتاد ولی شما در جعبه

O kind friend! Your letter was received, but due to lack of opportunity the reply was delayed. Yet you [are in the box...] [3.5s]

INBA84:519

MMK5#122 p.096

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions

AB01619

310

ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء چندی بود که خاطر این آواره از بلایای وارده بر

O kind friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! For some time now, this wanderer's heart hath been weighed down by the calamities that have befallen [3.5s]

INBA87:152, INBA52:150

MKT9.270, MMK2#304 p.221, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.252

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04136

180

ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء اگر بدانید که بچه حالتی و بچه جذب و فرحی و بچه سرور

O kind friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Were ye to know in what state, with what attraction and gladness, and with what joy [3.5s]

MMK2#294 p.214

Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB04511

170

ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء این چه موهبتست و این چه عنایت و این چه فضلست و این

O kind friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! What bounty is this, and what grace is this, and what favour is this [3.5s]

MMK3#109 p.073

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB03521

200

ای یاران مهربان در این صباح پر فلاح مشرق از افق جان عبدالبهاء

O kind friends! On this morn of prosperity and felicity, dawning from the horizon of the soul of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s]

MMK5#164 p.127

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB09887

ای مهربان يزدان من شکر ترا که مرا بر خدمت آستانت و صيانت دوستانت موفّق و مؤيّد فرمودی

O kind God! I render thanks unto Thee that Thou hast enabled and confirmed me to serve at Thy Threshold and protect Thy loved ones [3.5s]

MMK3#001 p.001x, AHB.128BE #04-05 p.155

Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB01178

360

ای پروردگار مهربان این عاشقان آواره کوی تو آشفته موی تو و دلداده خوی تو پوینده

O kind Lord! These lovers, wanderers in Thy path, with disheveled hair, enchanted by Thy nature, are seekers [3.5s]

INBA87:267, INBA52:271

MMK2#016 p.010

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB08853

ای مستوقد نار محبت الله این آتش اگر چه پر شعله و سوز است ولی عالم افروز است

O kindled flame of the love of God! Though this fire be fierce and consuming, yet it illumineth the world [3.5s]

MMK2#093 p.071

Love as fire; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07459

110

ای شمع افروخته اگر شعله فانی زنی روشناایت دمیست و محفلت مشکاه پرغمی افروختنت

O kindled flame! Should thy blaze be transient, thy radiance would last but a breath, and thy gathering-place become a niche of sorrow through thy kindling [3.5s]

INBA84:313

MMK2#082 p.065, MHA.000v

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high

AB04073

180

ای ملک اگر حشمت ملوکانه و شوکت شاهانه طلبی بندگی درگاه خدا کن و عبودیت آستان

O King! If thou seekest royal grandeur and kingly magnificence, render servitude unto the Divine Threshold and devotion at His Court [3.5s]

MMK3#233 p.167

Prayer for women; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Status of kings; future of monarchy

AB01334

340

ای شمع انجمن عرفان در این ساعت که طیر حدیقه وفا بال و پر گشوده که در فضای

O Lamp of the Assembly of Mysticism! In this hour, when the bird of the garden of faithfulness hath spread wide its wings to soar in the heights [3.5s]

INBA87:598, INBA52:637

MMK5#231 p.179

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB03714

190

ای سالار جمع ابرار از حلاوت معانی نامه شما کام جان و وجدان شیرین گردید زیرا

O Leader of the company of the righteous! From the sweetness of the meanings in thy letter was the palate of spirit and conscience rendered sweet [3.5s]

MMK4#012 p.012

Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB05820

140

ای میر طالبان جیش قریش بکمال صولت و طیش مقاومت امرالله خواستند و در بدایت عیش

O leader of those who ardently pursued the armies of Quraysh, with consummate courage and vehemence, they sought to resist the Cause of God, and in the very heights of their revelry [3.5s]

MMK6#164

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice and wrath of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB09641

ایتها الورقه المشتعله در شب و روز با دل پر سوز بملکوت ابهی مناجات نما و عجز و

O leaf afire! By night and by day, with a heart full of fervor, offer thy supplications unto the Kingdom of Abhá in humility [3.5s]

MMK2#360 p.258

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB01841

290

ای ورقه طیبه رحمانیه تا بحال با وجود آنگه بشما مکتوب مرقوم شده است ولی حضرت

O leaf blessed and merciful! Although letters have heretofore been addressed to thee, yet His [3.5s]

MMK6#257

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06395

130

ای ورقه موقنه در این کور الهی الطاف حق در حق اماء الرحمن مشهود و واضح لهذا

O leaf of certitude! In this divine Dispensation the bounties of God in regard to the handmaidens of the All-Merciful are manifest and evident [3.5s]

MMK2#361 p.258

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Role and station of women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB08310

100

ای ورقه موقنه انسان را در این خاکدان بقاای نه چه که مرغ چمنستان و مرغزار

O leaf of certitude! Man hath no lasting abode in this dust-heap, being even as a bird of meadow and plain [3.5s]

MMK2#124 p.096

Martyrs and martyrdom; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09592

ای ورقه موقنه مرغ هما بال و پری در نهایت زینت و صفا آراسته دارد ولی باسیبی

O leaf of certitude! The celestial bird of fortune is adorned with wings and feathers of utmost grace and purity, yet is beset by an affliction [3.5s]

MMK2#179 p.130

Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB04487

170

ای ورقه مهتزه بنسائم محبت محبوب عالمیان جناب ابن اصدق علیه بهاء الله الابهی

O leaf stirred by the breezes of love for the Beloved of all the worlds, His honour Ibn-i-Asdaq, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Luminous [3.5s]

MKT7.184, MMK5#128 p.100

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places

AB04482

170

Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای ورقه شجره حیات شجره حیات که در کتاب مقدس مذکور حضرت بهاء الله است و بنات

O leaf upon the Tree of Life! The Tree of Life, of which mention is made in the Bible, is Baha'u'llah, and the daughters of the Kingdom are the leaves

MMK1#028 p.054, BBBD.450-451

SWAB#028, BBBD.451-452

AB10273

یا ورقتی حمد جمال قدمرا که در آن اقلیم بذکر جمال مبین متذکری و بنفحات حدائق

O Leaf! Praise be to the Ancient Beauty, for in that realm thou art mindful of the manifest Beauty and dost inhale the fragrances of the gardens [3.5s]

MMK2#359 p.257

Love of God

AB02079

270

ای دبیر ادیب و ای نهالهای بیهمال حدیقه محبت الله عبدالبهاء را نهایت آرزو

O learned scribe and ye peerless saplings of the garden of the love of God! 'Abdu'l-Bahá's most ardent wish [3.5s]

MMK2#362 p.259

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB04481

170

ای ورقات سدره توحید شکر ایزد را که در ظل شجره احدیت وارد گشتید و از اثمار

O leaves of the Lote-Tree of Divine Unity! Render thanks unto God that ye have entered beneath the shade of the Tree of Oneness and partaken of its fruits [3.5s]

MMK2#351 p.253

Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech

AB01602

310

ای ورقات شجره محبت الله جناب امین علیه بهاء الله حمد خدا را که منتسب بنفسی

O leaves of the Tree of God's love! His honor Amín - upon him be the Glory of God - praise be to God that he hath been connected to [3.5s]

MMK6#277

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB06960

120

ای نور حدقه دیده روحانیان اگر چه جمیع چشمها کریان و دلها سوزان و جگرها از این

O light of the spiritual ones' eyes! Though all eyes are weeping, and hearts are burning, and souls from this [3.5s]

MMK6#420

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06934

120

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Fire and light; fire and water; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God

ای نار افروخته عشق الهی حرارت محبه الله در آن قلب نورانی چنان پر شعله و سورت

O living flame of heavenly love! Thine heart hath been so fired with the love of God that from ten thousand leagues afar

MMK1#177 p.199

SWAB#177, SW_v14#12 p.359

Ine

AB07099

120

یا رب العفو و الغفران و ستار العیوب و سریع الاحسان و اثنیت علی نفسک فی صریح

O Lord of pardon and forgiveness, Concealer of faults and Swift in bestowing bounty, Thou Who hast praised Thyself in clear terms [3.5s]

MMK6#467

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Imagery in the Qur'an; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB10556

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Prayer for married couples; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ای خداوند اين اقتران را سبب برکت آسمانی کن و اسباب اشتعال بنار محبّتت در ملکوت

O Lord, make Thou this marriage to become a cause of heavenly blessings and a means of enkindlement with the fire of Thy love

BRL_SWOP#105x, MMK2#005 p.003x

BRL_SWO#105x, ADMS#098

AB00048

1480

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Light of the World

اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی و مطلوبی و مقصودی ان هذا یوم الاول من الرضوان قد اتی

O Lord, my God, my Best-Beloved, my Aim, my heart’s Desire! This, verily, is the first of the days of Ridvan… In the realm of worship, fasting and obligatory prayer constitute the two mightiest pillars of God’s holy Law

BRL_DAK#0717, NURA#06, MMK4#029 p.027x

BRL_IOPF#2.02x, LOTW#06

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of obligatory prayer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB00502

550

Past, present and future of Iran; Prayer for protection; Prayer for teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

اللهم یا الهی تری ان سلیل محمود قد اخذته الرجفه و الفجاه من کل عدو عنود و ضاق

O Lord, my God! Thou seest how the son of Mahmúd hath been seized with trembling and dismay, at the hand of hostile enemies

NURA#22, MMK4#026 p.024x, MSHR5.213-214

LOTW#22

AB07079

120

رب و رجائی و منتهی آمالی و غایه رجائی اسئلک بسلطان غفرانک الذی احاط الموجودات

O Lord, my Hope and Ultimate Aspiration, Goal of my yearning! I beseech Thee, by the sovereignty of Thy forgiveness which encompasseth all created things [3.5s]

MMK6#456

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and mercy; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB01447

330

رب و رجائی انت المقدس عن ثناای و المنزه عن محامدی و نعوتی و بیانی لک الحمد

O Lord, my Hope! Thou art sanctified above my praise and exalted beyond my tributes, my attributes and my utterance. Unto Thee be praise [3.5s]

MMK4#033 p.033

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB07983

100

ای پروردگار ای بزرگوار کامکار بنده که در عبودیتت پایدار مقرب بارگاه نفسی که

O Lord, O Benevolent and All-Conquering One! This is a servant steadfast in Thy servitude, drawn nigh unto the court of Thy presence, a soul that [3.5s]

MMK5#288 p.215

Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB02302

260

رب رب ترانی ان صلاتی و نسکی لک یا ملجای و معاذی انی ابتهل الیک متضرعا بعتبه

O Lord, O Lord, Thou beholdest me, verily my prayers and my sacrifice are for Thee alone, O my Refuge and my Shelter. In utmost humility I turn imploringly to Thy threshold [3.5s]

INBA87:388b, INBA52:399

MMK3#084 p.056x, MMK3#252 p.180x

High station of the true believer; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Prayer for prosperity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB01869

290

رب رب ترانی غریقا فی بحور المشاغل و المتاعب و اسیرا تحت سلاسل المشاکل و

O Lord, O Lord! Thou beholdest me drowning in the seas of occupations and troubles, captive beneath the chains of difficulties [3.5s]

MMK6#066

Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB00715

470

رب رب قد اشتد الظلام و خرب الخیام علی روس الانام و حجبت الابصار غشاوه

O Lord, O my Lord! The darkness hath indeed grown intense, and the pavilions covering the heads of men have been laid waste, and a veil hath obscured their sight [3.5s]

MMK6#486

Empty learning; false spirituality; Literal interpretation; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB10321

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayers (general or uncategorized)

اللهم یا موفق الثابتین فی المیثاق علی الانفاق حبا بنیر الافاق اعانه لمشرق

O Lord, O Thou Who dost bless all those who stand firm in the Covenant by enabling them, out of their love for the Light of the World

MMK1#061 p.093

SWAB#061

AB07305

110

ای پروردگار بی نیاز از جمیع خلق روی بگردانیدیم و بسوی تو توجه نمودیم از کل بی

O Lord, Who art independent of all creation! We have turned away from all else and directed our faces toward Thee [3.5s]

MMK2#011 p.006

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB08825

ای خداوند اين کنيز مستمند را در ملکوت خويش قبول نما و بفيض ابدی محظوظ فرما جام عشق بنوشان

O Lord! Accept this helpless handmaiden in Thy Kingdom and make her the recipient of Thine everlasting bounty. Give her to drink from the cup of love [3.5s]

MMK3#005 p.002x, MMG2#413 p.459x

unknown

Nineteen-Day Feast; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB11226

پروردگارا مرا مستقیم بر امرت بدار و در امتحان ثابت بر محبت کن و در دریای

O Lord! Keep me steadfast in Thy Cause, and in the hour of test make me firm in Thy love. In the ocean of [3.5s]

MMK2#025 p.017, MMG2#103 p.117

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB10172

270

ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء چندی بود که کشور قفقاز را فساد و فتنه مستولی بود لهذا

O Lord! Make them that are righteous drunk with the wine of mysteries and make them dawning-points of the lights of guidance [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#1245, MMK2#008 p.005x

Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Prayer for unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06924

120

ای پروردگاراين گنهکار را از اغيار بيزار نما و بمحبّت خويش گرفتار نما از بند و کمند هوی و هوس رها کن

O Lord! Make this sinner to be detached from all else save Thee and captivate him with Thy love; free him from the bonds and fetters of passion and desire [3.5s]

MMK3#010 p.005x, MMG2#190 p.216x

Love of God; Prayer for detachment; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

AB00484

560

Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

اللهم یا موید من یشاء بما یشاء علی ما یشاء ان معدن الرضا و منبع الوفا

O Lord! O Thou Who graciously aidest whomsoever Thou willest, with whatsoever Thou willest, unto whatsoever Thou willest. Verily, that treasury of resignation

NURA#69, MKT9.009, MMK4#172 p.196x, TSHA3.570, MSBH1.243, YMM.473x, QUM.115x

LOTW#69

AB01526

320

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

رب و موید کل جمع انعقد لاعلاء کلمه رحمانیتک و موفق کل عصبه اتفقت علی خدمه

O Lord! Support every gathering formed for the exaltation of Thy Word of grace, and assist every company united in service to Thee [3.5s]... ...The members thereof must take counsel together in such wise that no occasion for ill-feeling or discord may arise

INBA16:215, INBA59:291, INBA88:285, INBA89:016b

MKT4.152, MMK1#044 p.084x, MILAN.081, AMK.047-048, ADH2.035, ADH2_1#18 p.030, MJMJ1.024a, MMG2#186 p.212, MJH.068b, NSR_1978.116, NSR_1993.129

SWAB#044x, BWF.406-407x, BADM.021-022cx, GPB.332x, DAS.1913-10-21x

Consultation; Non-participation in politics; Prayer for governments and rulers; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB06887

120

ای خداوند تو شاهد و آگاهی که در دل و جان جز آرزوی رضای تو مرادی ندارم و جز در بزم ميثاق راهی و کامی نجويم

O Lord! Thou art witness and well aware that in my heart and soul I cherish no desire save the yearning for Thy good-pleasure, and seek no path nor solace but in the feast of Thy Covenant [3.5s]

MMK3#007 p.003x, ADH2_2#26 p.136x, MMG2#041 p.041x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB00005

Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses)

10300

Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses, two tablets)

ای رب تری هجوم الامم و جولتها و غرور الملل و صولتها علی عبدک الفرید الوحید

O Lord! Thou beholdest the assault of the nations and their violent commotion, and the pride of the peoples and their fierce onslaught against this lone and solitary servant [3.5s]

INBA87:520, INBA52:548b

MMK4#189 p.259, AYT.428x, HHA.084-088x, KHSH14.000x, RHQM1.170-176 (215x) (127-131x), ADH2_1#38 p.055x, MSHR3.098x, MSHR4.295x, MJMJ2.030bx, MJMJ2.034x, MJMJ2.072bx, MMG2#018 p.017x, MMG2#241 p.271x, MMG2#248 p.279x, OOL.C012a

A. Haghighi

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Imam 'Ali; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate

MMAH.237

AB06733

120

ای خداوند بهر احبایت چه ایوان بلندی بنیاد فرمودی که طاق کیوان مانند زندان شد و

O Lord! What exalted palace hast Thou raised for Thy loved ones, whereby the vault of Saturn hath become as a prison [3.5s]

MMK5#303 p.222

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05512

140

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ای احبای عبدالبهاء الحمد لله نفحات قدس منتشر است و لئالی عطاء منتثر نور هدی

O loved ones of ‘Abdu'l-Baha! Praise be to God! The fragrances of holiness are spread abroad. The pearls of bounty are scattered everywhere.

MMK2#094 p.072

BRL_ATE#040

AB04433

170

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Stories; anecdotes

ای محب عالم انسانی نامه تو رسید الحمد لله دلیل بر صحت و سلامت تو بود

O lover of humankind! Thy letter hath been received, and it telleth, God be praised, of thy health and well-being…. One must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise

MKT3.399, MMK1#144 p.165, AVK3.184.10x

SWAB#144, LOG#0319x

C. Oja

AB06826

120

ای عاشق حقیقت نامه رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید بدان رایت سلام بلند است و کوکب

O lover of truth! Thy letter hath arrived and its contents have become clear. Know thou that the banner of peace is raised aloft and the star [3.5s]

MMK3#121 p.083

Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity

AB06967

120

ای واله الهی طالبان حق و مشتاقان جمال مطلق سطوع شمس حقیقت را در مشرق آفاق و

O lovers of God, seekers of truth and yearners for the Absolute Beauty! The dawning of the Sun of Truth in the eastern horizons [3.5s]

MMK6#285

Manifestation of God as sun; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations

AB00843

430

یار مهربان من رقیمه کریمه فریده غراء بود و خریده نوراء زیرا مضمون مشحون

O loving friend! The honored epistle was a rare and luminous gem, for its contents were replete [3.5s]

MMK2#282 p.202

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Non-participation in politics; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB00776

450

ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء جمیع اولیا در اعصار و قرون ماضیه گریان و سوزان

O loving friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! All the holy ones throughout past ages and centuries were weeping and burning with grief [3.5s]

MMK3#283 p.204, HDQI.190, ANDA#10 p.06

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB01620

310

ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء هر چند از مشقات سفر و زحمات بیحد و حصر و سعی و کوشش

O loving friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Though from the hardships of travel, the boundless trials and tribulations, and the constant striving [3.5s]

MMK5#115 p.090

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB09429

ای عبد ودود مقام محمود الیوم ثبوت و رسوخ بر میثاق رب معبود است چه که سفینه

O loving servant! Today the most praiseworthy station is steadfastness and firmness in the Covenant of the adored Lord, for the Ark [3.5s]

MMK2#195 p.140, AKHA_116BE #10 p.334, AKHA_105BE #04 p.02, KHSK.115

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB02730

230

ای شمع روشن محفل احباء الله آثار قلمیه آن ورقاء حدیقه عرفان مورث روح و ریحان

O luminous candle of the gathering of the loved ones of God! The writings from that nightingale of the garden of divine knowledge are the cause of spirit and sweet fragrance [3.5s]

INBA87:612, INBA52:654

MMK6#027

Exhortations and counsels; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB01021

390

ای یاران نورانی عبدالبهاء شمس حقیقت چون از افق احدیت بنورانیت غیرمسبوقه اشراق

O luminous friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The Sun of Truth, with unprecedented brilliance, hath shone forth from the horizon of oneness [3.5s]

MMK3#253 p.180

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05639

140

ای جوان نورانی رحمانی باش و آسمانی ملکوتی باش و ربانی تا توانی دمی میاسا و

O luminous youth! Be merciful and celestial; be of the Kingdom and divine. Rest not for a moment if thou canst [3.5s]

MMK2#373 p.266, RAHA.281

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause

AB06524

130

یا مهدی ان المهدی هدی الله و هو یهدی من یشاء و ما انت بهادی من فی القبور انک

O Mahdi! Verily, the Mahdi is God's guidance, and He guideth whomsoever He willeth. Thou canst not guide those who are in their graves. Verily, thou [3.5s]

MMK6#374

Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB04825

160

ای محمود محمود چون یوم موعود رسید و نور جمال معبود درخشید صبح هدی دمید و نسیم

O Mahmud, Mahmud! When the promised Day arrived and the light of the Countenance of the Beloved shone forth, the morn of guidance dawned and the breeze [3.5s]

INBA89:213

MKT9.170, MMK4#086 p.102

Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB10954

ای محمود ممدوح ودود در قرآن عظیم و کتاب مبین و نبعثک مقاما محمودا نازل و اولو

O Mahmud, praised and beloved! In the mighty Qur'án, the manifest Book, these words were revealed: "And We shall raise thee to a praiseworthy station." [3.5s]

MMK6#260

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

AB05262

150

ای محمود درگاه سلطان غیب و شهود در این کور اعظم مقام محمود ثبوت و رسوخ و

O Mahmud! At the threshold of the Sovereign of the unseen and the seen, in this Most Great Dispensation, the praised station is that of steadfastness and constancy [3.5s]

MMK6#592

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03860

190

یا امه البهاء اگر بدانی که چه عنایتی از حق بتو شده و مورد چه الطافی البته بال

O maidservant of Bahá! If thou knewest what bounties have been bestowed upon thee from God and what favors have encompassed thee, verily wouldst thou [3.5s]

MMK5#153 p.119

Exhortations and counsels; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09805

ای امه الله دست تضرع و ابتهال بدرگاه ذی الجلال بلند کن و مناجات نما که ای

O maidservant of God, lift up thy hands in supplication and prayer to the threshold of the All-Glorious, and commune, saying [3.5s]

MMK5#299 p.221

Prayer for steadfastness; obedience

AB05051

150

ای امه الله در صدر ابداع و مبدء ایجاد ایه لن تری فی خلق الرحمن من فتور و لن

O maidservant of God! In the forefront of creation and the inception of existence is the verse: "Thou seest no flaw in the creation of the All-Merciful, nor..." [3.5s]

MMK6#557

Knowledge; recognition of God; Role and station of women

AB10367

ای امه الله شکر کن خدا را که موفق بهدایت کبری گشتی و مشمول نظر رحمت پروردگار

O maidservant of God! Render thanks unto the Lord that thou hast attained unto supreme guidance and been encompassed by the glance of thy Lord's mercy [3.5s]

MMK5#261 p.202, KNJ.053a

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB04183

180

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

یا امه الله نامه شما که بتاریخ ۹ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ بود رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل

O maidservant of God! Thy letter dated 9 December 1918 was received. Its contents were noted. Never lose thy trust in God.

MMK1#178 p.200

SWAB#178

T. Ellis, S. Kouchekzadeh

AB04805

160

ای کنیز خدا نامه ات رسید دلیل بر آن بود که توجه بکلمه الله کردی و توسل بحضرت

O maidservant of God! Thy letter was received, bearing witness that thou hast turned unto the Word of God and sought communion with His presence [3.5s]

MMK3#128 p.089, HDQI.291, ANDA#46 p.05, YMM.383

Challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB08215

100

ای مظهر بخشش بخشش حضرت ایزد بر دو قسم است آشکار و پنهانی اما آشکار جمیع آنچه

O Manifestation of Bounty! The bestowals of the Lord God are of two kinds: manifest and hidden. As for those that are manifest, all that [3.5s]

MMK3#226 p.164, YARP2.608 p.424

Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB06319

130

ای مظهر هدایت نور حقیقت چون در قطب عالم بتافت در مشرق احدیت علم افراخت

O Manifestation of Guidance! When the Light of Truth shone forth at the pole of the universe, it raised its banner in the Orient of Oneness [3.5s]

MMK4#075 p.081

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07555

110

ای مظهر رحمت رحمت بر دو قسم است خاصه و عامه روحانی جسمانی رحمت عامه جسمانی

O Manifestation of Mercy! Mercy is of two kinds: particular and universal, spiritual and physical. The universal physical mercy [3.5s]

MMK6#011

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10586

ای مظهر عرفان امکان جهانیست پر زیان و خسران و حرمان پایانش حسرت بی پایان مگر

O manifestation of mystic knowledge! The contingent world is filled with loss and deprivation and denial, and its end is naught but infinite regret [3.5s]

MMK3#096 p.063

Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06883

120

ای مظهر تسلیم و رضا پاکان آزادگانند و عاشقان آرزوی جفای دلبر مهربان نمایند

O Manifestation of submission and contentment! The pure ones are the free-spirited, and the lovers yearn for the cruelties of the compassionate Beloved [3.5s]

MMK2#172 p.126

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04838

160

ای مظهر هدایت کبری اگر صد هزار زبان بگشاای و بشکرانه حضرت یزدان پردازی که صبح

O Manifestation of supreme guidance! Wert thou to open a hundred thousand tongues in thanksgiving to the Lord of all creation for the dawn [3.5s]

MMK6#031

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB09501

ای مظهر عنایت جمال ابهی خوشا بحال آن خانواده که کل بر عهد و میثاق ثابت و راسخ

O manifestation of the bounties of the Abhá Beauty! Blessed indeed is that family wherein all stand firm and steadfast in the Covenant and Testament [3.5s]

MMK5#247 p.193

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement

AB08870

ای مظهر لسان صدق علیا علیک فیوضات بهاء الله فی مبدئک و مثواک در جمیع احوال

O manifestation of the exalted tongue of truth! Upon thee be the outpourings of Bahá'u'lláh, in thy beginning and thy resting-place, in all conditions [3.5s]

INBA87:017b, INBA52:017b

MMK6#436

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB11188

ای مشهدی علی تو را در نهایت مکتوب ذکر کردم تا ختامه مسک مشهود گردد و العاقبه

O Mashhadi 'Ali! I have made mention of thee at the close of this letter, that it may be sealed with musk, and the end [3.5s]

INBA21:008

MMK6#162

AB01170

360

Arcs of ascent and descent; Educational curricula; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator

ای ادیبان ای طبیبان جناب امین و یاران ستایش از همت بی پایان نموده اند... تعليم اطفال و پرورش کودکان اعظم مناقب عالم انسان

O men of learning and physicians! His honor the Trustee and his companions have praised your boundless endeavor [3.5s]... ...The education and training of children is among the most meritorious acts of humankind and draweth down the grace and favor of the All-Merciful

MMK1#103 p.126x, AKHA_131BE #10 p.270, YMM.205x

SWAB#103x

AB03261

210

ایها الفرع العظیم من السدره الرحمانیه در جمیع احیان در ذیل جبل مبارک در جوار

O mighty Branch of the divine Tree of the All-Merciful! At all times beneath the blessed Mount, in close proximity [3.5s]

MMK5#173 p.134

Business; financial; property matters; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB02161

270

و ما تلک بیمینک یا موسی فاعلم بان الله تبارک و تعالی بمقتضی حکمه البالغه

O Moses, what is that in thy right hand? Know thou, then, that God, blessed and exalted is He, according to His consummate wisdom [3.5s]

NLAI_BH3.096

MMK6#302

Imagery in the Qur'an; Limits of language; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB03121

210

ای پروانه شمع آسمانی چون کور وجود و دور شهود در جمیع مراتب و شئون عروج و صعود

O moth of the celestial Candle! As cycle succeedeth cycle and vision yieldeth to vision, through every degree and condition of ascent and exaltation [3.5s]

MMK3#098 p.064, PYK.303

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Manifestation of God as sun; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

AB06495

130

یا حبیبی قد وصلتنی نمیقتک الاخیره الناطقه باالواقعه التی وقعت علی الشیخ الاکبر سمی

O my beloved! Thy most recent letter, which spoke of the event that befell the most great Shaykh, hath reached me [3.5s]

MMK6#042

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB10691

يا حبيبی انّ الاتقان فی کلّ مشروع من نتائج الايمان و الايقان فعليک به حتّی تکون متمکّناً

O My beloved! Verily, perfection in every undertaking is among the fruits of faith and certitude. Hold thou fast unto it, that thou mayest be firmly grounded [3.5s]

MMK6#046x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Excellence; distinction; Power of prayer; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB03509

200

ای یار نازنین من آنچه مرقوم نمودید مفهوم شد شکایت از ضیق معیشت و کثرت دیون و

O My cherished friend! What thou didst write was understood. Thou hast complained of straitened circumstances and the burden of debts [3.5s]

MMK6#554, AKHA_137BE #04 p.53, MAS5.039, MSHR4.331-332

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03519

200

ای یاران من شکر حضرت رحمانرا که نور برهان ساطعست و شمع عرفان لامع نسیم عبیر

O My companions, render thanks unto the Lord of Mercy, for the light of proof shineth resplendently and the lamp of mystic knowledge gleameth bright, wafting a perfumed breeze [3.5s]

MMK3#101 p.066

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement

AB05042

150

Being a source of light; guidance; Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای اطفال عزیز من نامه شما رسید ولکن چنان فرحی حاصل شد که بتحریر و تقریر نیاید

O my dear children! Your letter was received. A degree of joy was attained that is beyond oral as well as written expression

MMK1#120 p.138

SWAB#120, SW_v10#11 p.221

AB04739

440

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech

ای دختر عزیز ملکوتی من نامه مفصل تو وصول یافت و از قرائتش نهایت سرور حاصل که

O my dear heavenly daughter! Thy long letter has been received. On perusing it, the utmost joy resulted that that dear daughter

BRL_DAK#0136, MMK3#122 p.083x

BRL_ATE#113x

AB11258

یا کهفی الرفیع هذه امه مبتهله ببابک متضرعه الیک منجذبه بنفحات حبک مشتعله بنار

O my exalted Shelter! Here is a maidservant fervently supplicating at Thy threshold, humbly imploring Thee, attracted by the fragrances of Thy love, enkindled with the fire [3.5s]

MMK5#310 p.225

Prayer for women

AB04113

180

ای یار باوفای من نامه اخیر شما رسید الحمد لله احبای قزوین در نهایت سرور و تمکین

O my faithful friend! Your recent letter was received. Praise be to God that the loved ones in Qazvin are in the utmost joy and steadfastness [3.5s]... ...The friends of God should weave bonds of fellowship with others and show absolute love and affection towards them. These links have a deep influence on people and they will listen

MMK2#228 p.162

COC#1924x

Business; financial; property matters; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Laws of marriage and dowry; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03520

200

ای یاران من لسان بشکرانه محبوب لامکان بگشااید که جهان را برخی چون مه تابان

O My friends, open your tongues in gratitude to the Beloved of the Unseen, for He hath adorned the world with a radiance akin to the shining moon [3.5s]

MMK2#078 p.062

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00504

550

الهی و محبوبی و منائی هب لی من لدنک موهبه انک انت القریب المجیب و اجعل الوجوه

O my God, my Beloved, my heart's Desire! Bestow upon me from Thine own presence a gift, for verily Thou art the Near One and the Answerering One. And cause the faces [3.5s]

MMK5#116 p.091, PYB#173 p.02

Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

AB00385

610

الهی الهی انی اتوسل بذیل کبریائک و اتعلق باهداب ردآء بهائک و اتضرع الیک

O my God, my God! I beseech Thee by the hem of Thy grandeur and cling to the fringes of the garment of Thy splendor, and I supplicate Thee [3.5s]

INBA89:222

MMK3#129 p.090x

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB00885

410

الهی الهی انی اناجیک فی خفیات سری و هویه قلبی و بلسانی فی جنح اللیالی متضرعا

O my God, my God! I commune with Thee in the hidden recesses of my soul and the essence of my heart, and with my tongue, in the depths of night, with utmost supplication [3.5s]

MMK5#291 p.216, BSHN.140.224, BSHN.144.224, MHT2.086

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed

AB00079

1200

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ

الهی الهی هولاء عباد کشفت عن اعینهم الغطاء و جزلت لهم العطاء و نورت ابصارهم

O my God, my God! These are servants from whose eyes Thou hast lifted the veil, upon whom Thou hast bestowed abundant bounties, and whose vision Thou hast illumined [3.5s]... ...during His days in Iraq, the Blessed Beauty went into seclusion for two years. So concealed was the nominee of the Bab

MMK4#174 p.202, MMK6#566, ASAT5.356-361

ADMS#160x

AB07173

110

الهی الهی هذا عبدک الذی اقبل الی مطلع رحمانیتک و توجه الی ملکوت فردانیتک و

O my God, my God! This is Thy servant who hath turned toward the Dayspring of Thy mercifulness and directed himself unto the Kingdom of Thy oneness [3.5s]

MMK5#313 p.226

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB06006

130

الهی الهی تسمع ضجیجی فی جنح اللیالی و صریخی فی غدوی و آصالی اتضرع الیک عند

O my God, my God! Thou hearest my cry in the dark of night, and my plaintive call at dawn and eventide; unto Thee do I supplicate [3.5s]

MMK5#279 p.212

Love of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB01782

290

الهی الهی ترانی قد اخذنی ضعف الصیام و القیام و قد وهن منی القوی فی جنح هذه

O my God, my God! Thou seest me, weakened by fasting and vigils of prayer, my strength diminished in the stillness of this [3.5s]

INBA84:283

MMK6#561

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Prayer for protection; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB00403

600

اللهم یا الهی انک لتعلم و تری و تشاهد و تشهد الشدائد التی تتابعت علی عبدک

O my God, my Lord! Thou verily knowest and seest, observest and bearest witness to the tribulations that have successively befallen Thy servant [3.5s]

MMK5#139 p.108, MSHR5.053x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB01874

290

یا الهی و ملجای و مهربی و مناصی ابتهل الی ملکوت غیبک و جبروت احدیه ذاتک ان

O my God, my Refuge, my Haven, my Shelter! I supplicate unto the Kingdom of Thy mystic realm and the Dominion of Thine One Essence, that [3.5s]

MMK5#293 p.218, MSHR5.415x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB00543

530

الهی الهی قد غشت القلوب غاشیه الاضطراب و حجبت الابصار سبحات الاعتساف و حرمت

O my God, O my God! The hearts have been overwhelmed by the shroud of agitation, and eyes have been veiled by the clouds of tyranny and have been deprived [3.5s]

INBA88:194b

MMK4#155 p.166, MSHR3.151x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB01372

330

الهی الهی قد اشتدت زوابع الامتحان و قویت اریاح الافتتان علی جمیع الارجاء و

O my God, O my God! The tempests of trials have fiercely intensified, and the winds of sedition have grown mighty throughout all regions [3.5s]

MMK6#584

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00526

540

اللهم انی اتضرع الیک تضرع العانی الی الملیک المتعالی و ابتهل الیک ابتهال

O my God! I beseech Thee with the entreaty of one who is captive unto the Sovereign, the Most Exalted, and I supplicate Thee with the supplication [3.5s]

MMK6#407

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Satan; the Evil One; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00127

980

و انی یا الهی اتقرب الیک بنفوس اضطرمت فی قلوبهم نار محبتک و انسجمت دموعهم فی

O my God! I draw nigh unto Thee through souls in whose hearts the fire of Thy love hath blazed forth and whose tears have streamed down [3.5s]

MMK5#232 p.180

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00122

980

الهی الهی انک لتعلم ان قلبی ممتلا بحب احبائک و روحی متعلق بروح اصفیائک و صدری

O my God! O my God! Thou knowest, verily, that my heart is replete… O ye friends of God and assistants of Abdu'l-Baha: When the Sun of Truth was concealed... I ask one favor of all the friends of God: It is the wish of my soul

MKT1.259, MMK5#205 p.157, YHA1.015x

SW_v08#15 p.210x, SW_v08#13 p.180x

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03896

180

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

الهی الهی ان عبدک الخاضع لعزه ربوبیتک الخاشع بباب احدیتک قد آمن بک و بایاتک

O my God! O my God! Verily Thy servant, humble before the majesty of Thy divine supremacy, lowly at the door of Thy oneness

MMK1#165 p.191

SWAB#165, BPRY.041-042x, BSTW#436

D. Stevenson

Consolation and comfort; Presence of; reunion with God; Soul; spirit after death

AB10329

الهی هذا عبدک و ابن عبدک قد توجه بوجهه الی سماء عطائک و علاء سحاب فضلک و

O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant, who hath turned his face toward the heaven of Thy bounty and the clouds of Thy grace [3.5s]

MMK5#311 p.225

Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB02494

240

الهی هذا افنون خضر نضر رشیق ریان نابت من دوحه فردانیتک و سدره وحدانیتک ای رب

O my God! This tender branch, verdant and fresh, graceful and flourishing, hath sprung from the Tree of Thy divine Singleness and the Lote-Tree of Thy Oneness, O Lord [3.5s]

MMK6#053

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB01031

390

و انت تعلم یا الهی بان قلب عبدک هذا طافح بحب احبائک و عیناه متوجهتان الی شطر

O my God! Thou knowest that this Thy servant's heart doth overflow with love for Thy loved ones, and his eyes are turned toward the direction [3.5s]

MMK3#026 p.023x, ABDA.087-088

Love of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Soul; spirit after death

AB00121

990

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Creation of the world; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

و انک انت یا الهی قد خلقت الاکوان و برئت الانسان و ذرئت الموجودات و اوجدت

O my God! Verily, Thou hast created the universe and fashioned the human soul. Thou hast brought forth the entire creation

INBA89:085

NURA#63, MMK4#158 p.170x, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.48x, AKHA_120BE #08-09 p.414x

GPB.238x, GPB.238-239x, LOTW#63

AB02330

250

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.

MMK2#374 p.267

JWTA.041

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB02779

230

ای یار مهربان من لوح مسطور رق منشور گشت و چون گشودم و در بدایع معانی نظر

O my kind Friend! The written Tablet and unfolded scroll was received, and when I opened it and gazed upon the wondrous meanings [3.5s]

INBA85:375, INBA89:154

MMK6#367, MSBH3.375, YMM.049

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07123

120

یاران مهربانم از قرار معلوم آنمرز و بوم از رائحه جنت ابهی معطر گشته نفحات

O my kind friends! According to what is evident, that realm and region hath become perfumed with the fragrant musk of the Abhá Paradise [3.5s]

INBA89:220

MMK3#053 p.034

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB11074

یا مولائی و معتمدی هذه امه من امائک استظلت فی ظل سدره رحمانیتک و توجهت الی

O my Lord and my Trust! This is one of Thy handmaidens who hath sought shelter beneath the shade of the Tree of Thy mercy and hath turned unto Thee [3.5s]

MMK5#312 p.226

Prayer for women

AB01286

350

ربی و رجائی و ملجای و منائی ان عبدک الذی اضفته الی اسمک الجلیل و نسبته الی

O my Lord, my Hope, my Refuge and my Goal! Verily, Thy servant whom Thou hast joined unto Thy glorious Name and attributed to [3.5s]

MMK6#089

Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB01004

380

ربی ربی قد اتقدت نیران الاشتیاق فی قلوب اهل الوفاق شوقا للقائک… ای زهراء بهراء خداوند عالمیان میفرماید که از شروط محبت الله وقوع در امتحان

O my Lord, my Lord! The flames of yearning have been kindled within the hearts of the people of concord in their longing to attain Thy presence... O resplendent and radiant one, the Lord of all worlds declareth that among the conditions of the love of God is to fall into trials [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0328, MMK3#224 p.163x

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11051

سیدی و سندی و اعتمادی ابتهل الی افقک الابهی سائلا آملا متضرعا ان تجعل عبدک

O my Lord, my Support, my Trust! I humbly entreat Thy most glorious horizon, imploring, hoping, and beseeching, that Thou wouldst make Thy servant [3.5s]

MMK5#308 p.225

Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB00034

1750

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

و انی اتقرب الیک یا الهی فی جنح هذه اللیله الظلماء و اناجیک بلسان سری مهتزا

O my Lord! I have drawn nigh unto Thee, in the depths of this darksome night, confiding in Thee with the tongue of my heart

INBA16:037, INBA75:029x

MKT6.081, MKT4.185, MNMK#002 p.007x, MNMK#089 p.158x, MMK1#002 p.004, MILAN.072, AKHA_128BE #04 p.ax, AKHA_135BE #05 p.95x, AYBY.373 #058, DUR2.048x, ADH2.027x, ADH2_1#14 p.024x, MJMJ1.042x, MMG2#301 p.334x, MJH.007x, YHA1.365x (2.731), YHA1.371x (2.744)

SWAB#002, TAB.366-375, ADJ.026x

M. Saraswati, Andreas & Amal, L. Slott

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04163

180

ياران نورانی من در اين ليل ظلمانی از هاتف پنهانی ندائی بسمع روحانی رسيد

O My luminous friends! In this darksome night, from the unseen Herald a call reached the spiritual ears [3.5s]

MMK2#246 p.177x, ANDA#33 p.15x

Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04868

160

ای مهدی من هادی شو و منادی گرد نام یزدان بخوان تا از زبان سیل عرفان جاری و

O My Mahdi! Be thou a guide and become a herald. Call out the Name of God, that from thy tongue may stream forth the waters of divine knowledge [3.5s]

MMK3#174 p.122

Call to action; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11067

یا ملاذی المنیع هذه ثمره من حدیقه ولائک و رقیقه فی فناء باب ملکوتک و فقیره

O my mighty Refuge! This is a fruit from the garden of Thy loyalty, a delicate offering at the threshold of Thy Kingdom's gate, and a lowly handmaiden [3.5s]

MMK5#309 p.225

Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB01984

280

ای یاران نازنین من عکس آن یاران دلنشین که مانند بهشت برین سبب سرور قلب حزین

O my precious friends, the likeness of those delightful companions who, like unto the supreme Paradise, are the cause of joy to the sorrowing heart [3.5s]

MMK3#118 p.080x, YARP2.309 p.255

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

AB11364

ای رضای من لا تقنظوا من رحمه الله اینست ایت منصوصه است و لاتباسوا من رحمه

O my Rida! Despair not of God's mercy, for this is indeed a sacred and explicit verse, and be not hopeless of His grace [3.5s]

MMK6#460

Consolation and comfort

AB04573

170

یا حبیبی الروحانی قد تلوت الکتاب الکریم الناطق بالبرهان المبین علی ثبوتک فی

O my spiritual beloved! Thou hast verily perused the glorious Book which speaketh with clear proof of thy steadfastness [3.5s]

MMK6#569

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The state of enkindlement in teaching

AB05971

140

یاران روحانی من حمد خدا را که مهدی آباد هدایت آباد شد و بالطاف حضرت احدیت

O my spiritual friends! Praise be to God that Mahdiabad hath become a realm of guidance, and through the bounties of His Divine Unity [3.5s]

MMK6#139

Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB04127

180

ای یاران روحانی من دو بنده درگاه الهی آرزوی آن نموده اند که این مسجون همدم سر

O My spiritual friends! Two servants of the Divine Threshold have expressed their desire that this imprisoned one become their companion [3.5s]

MKT9.250, MMK3#110 p.073

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00027

1080

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

ای یاران رحمانی من در حالتیکه دریای امتحان پرموج گشته و موج بلایا باوج رسیده

O my spiritual loved ones! At a time when an ocean of trials and tribulations was surging up and flinging its waves to the heavens

MKT4.123, MNMK#094 p.172, MMK1#200 p.234, MILAN.138, KHSH10.03x, YHA1.098 (1.199), NJB_v01#14 p.001x

SWAB#200, TAB.035-038, BWF.356-357x

N. Best & A. Vedovi, D. & R. Saberi

Compassion; kindness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB07001

120

ای یاران باوفای من بلاهای سابقه نامعدود با وجود این در این بلوا و انقلاب نیز

O my steadfast companions! Notwithstanding the countless afflictions of the past, in this tumult and upheaval too [3.5s]

MMK2#299 p.218, QUM.135

Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02241

260

ای دوستان حقیقی من رافت و مهربانی این زندانیرا ملاحظه نمااید که شب و روز بیاد

O My true friends, behold the loving-kindness and compassion of this prisoner, who day and night remembereth [3.5s]

MMK3#274 p.198, AHB.134BE #09-10 p.03

Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02552

240

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The ephemeral and the eternal

ای دختر عزیز ملکوتی من نامه که بجناب دکتور اسلمانت مرقوم نموده بودی آن نامه

O my well-beloved daughter of the Kingdom! The letter thou hadst written to Dr. Esslemont was forwarded by him to the Land of Desire

MMK1#062 p.094

SWAB#062

AB10514

ای ریحان بوستان ایمان شکر کن که از این جویبار روایدی و از این چمنزار نابت شدی

O myrtle of the garden of faith! Give thanks that thou didst spring forth from this stream and wert nurtured in this meadow [3.5s]

MMK2#331 p.240, HUV2.034

Thankfulness; gratitude

AB02338

250

ای اسرار آن سید ابرار ابناء اگر از عنصر جان و دل آباء باشند یعنی حسن اخلاق

O mysteries of that noble Master of the righteous! If the descendants be imbued with the essence of their fathers' soul and heart, this verily is goodly character [3.5s]

INBA16:007

MMK2#341 p.246

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consolation and comfort; Noah

AB01827

290

ای سمی عبدالبهاء در فرقان کتاب مبین الهی میفرماید یوم یفر المرء من امه و ابیه

O namesake of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in the Qur'án, the Manifest Book of God, He saith: "The Day when man shall flee from his mother and his father..." [3.5s]

MMK6#582, YFY.080-081

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB06797

120

ای سمی عبدالبهاء عباس در لغت عرب بمعنی غضنفر است ولی این اسم را مسمی لازم و

O namesake of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! 'Abbás in the Arabic tongue signifieth "lion," yet this name must needs have its true [3.5s]

MMK6#522

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Naming of children; of individuals

AB05713

140

ای سمی عبدالبهاء ید عنایت تاج عبودیت بر سر ما نهاد تو غلام حسینی من عبدالبهاء

O namesake of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The hand of divine favor hath placed the crown of servitude upon our head. Thou art Ghulám-Husayn; I am 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s]

MMK5#199 p.154

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02565

240

ای سمی حضرت کلیم حضرت موسی در صحرای سیناء ندای رب اعلا را از شجره خضراء

O namesake of Moses! That prophet heard, in the wilderness of Sinai, the call of the Most High Lord from the verdant Tree [3.5s]

MMK6#437x, MSHR5.145

Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Courage; Encouragement of individual understanding; interpretation; Praise and encouragement; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes

AB03448

200

ای سمی حضرت مقصود همواره مجاهده نمودی تا بمقام مشاهده رسیدی و مکاشفه سر حقیقت

O namesake of the Divine Beloved! Thou hast ever striven until thou didst attain unto the station of vision and the unveiling of truth's mysteries [3.5s]

MMK6#383, RAHA.343

Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08765

ای سمی حضرت مقصود در عرصه وجود دیده شهود بگشا تا آنگه ایات صحف ملاء اعلی در

O namesake of the Divine Object of all desire! Open the eye of witness in the realm of existence, that the verses of the Tablets of the Supreme Concourse [3.5s]

MMK6#263

Interpretation of dreams and visions; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB04778

160

ای سمی ذبیح الهی همنامت در میدان قربانی یا ابت افعل ما تومر ستجدنی

O namesake of the divine sacrifice, like thy namesake in the field of martyrdom: "O father, do as thou art bidden; thou shalt find me steadfast." [3.5s]

INBA13:097

MMK6#428

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB03209

210

ای نورسیدگان باغ الهی از قرار معلوم بشهادت جناب حاجی نبیل تحصیل فن جلیل نموده

O newly arrived scions of the Divine Garden! According to that which hath been made known through the testimony of His honour Ḥájí Nabíl, ye have acquired mastery in a noble art [3.5s]

MMK2#241 p.174

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB00863

420

ای عندلیب حدیقه وفاء آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید قرائت و تلاوت گردید بستایش حضرت

O nightingale of the garden of fidelity! That which thou hast written was perused and recited, in praise of the Presence of the Beloved [4o]

INBA87:610, INBA52:652

MMK2#023 p.015, AKHA_125BE #6-7 p.b, ANDA#53 p.07x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB02737

230

ای عندلیب حدیقه معانی اشعار فصیح معانی بدیع داشت و در ثنای آستان اسم اعظم

O Nightingale of the Garden of Inner Meanings! Thy verses were eloquent and bore wondrous significances in praise of the threshold of the Most Great Name [3.5s]

INBA87:572, INBA52:607

MMK4#028 p.026x

Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

AB01125

370

ای عندلیب حدیقه معانی مدتی بود که نغمه از آن مرغ سحری بسمع مشتاقان نرسیده بود

O Nightingale of the garden of meanings! For some time no melody from that dawn-bird hath reached the ears of the eager ones [3.5s]

INBA21:069, INBA87:608, INBA52:649

MMK5#270 p.207

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment

AB04417

170

ای عندلیب گلشن اسرار هر چند بر شما سخت است و دشوار صعب است و گران ولی محض خاطر

O Nightingale of the Garden of Mysteries! Though it be difficult and arduous for thee, grievous and burdensome, yet for the sake of [3.5s]

MMK6#082

Courtesy; culture [adab]; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Personal instructions

AB04035

180

ای عندلیب گلستان عرفان جمال الهی مدتی مدید خبری از شما نرسید بعد مراسله ای

O nightingale of the rose-garden of divine knowledge and recognition, for a long time no word was received from thee, until thy letter [3.5s]

INBA87:607, INBA52:648

MMK5#229 p.179

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB05541

140

ای بلبل گلستان محبت الله در این عرصه هستی که بن و بنگاه نیستی است صد هزار مشغولیتی

O nightingale of the rose-garden of God's love! In this arena of existence, which hath neither root nor foundation, a hundred thousand preoccupations beset thee [3.5s]

INBA55:131

MMK2#107 p.084, KASH.390

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Music and singing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB00996

390

ای پدر و پسر بزرگوار مهربان نامه شما رسید و از قرائتش نهایت بهجت حاصل شد زیرا

O noble and kind father and son! Your letter was received and the utmost joy was derived from its perusal, for [3.5s]

MMK6#080, MSHR5.310-311

Growth of the Cause; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB07362

110

ای حبیب نجیب قومی بر آنند که محبت اعظم از خلت است و استدلال بر این نمودند که

O noble beloved! Some are of the opinion that love excelleth friendship, and they have thus contended [3.5s]

MMK6#273

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

AB03456

200

ای فرع رفیع شجره مبارکه از قرار معلوم معاندین یزد مقصودشان اینست که بهر قسمی

O noble branch of the blessed Tree! According to what is evident, the adversaries in Yazd intend by every means [3.5s]

MMK6#468, ABDA.234-235

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB04154

180

ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره الربانیه در بعضی از الواح الهی از قلم اعلی این

O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree! In certain divine Tablets from the Most Exalted Pen, this [3.5s]

MMK6#488

High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB03534

200

ایها الفرع النجیب من الشجره الرحمانیه تحریری که بحضرت اسم الله مرقوم نموده

O noble branch of the divine Tree of the All-Merciful! The letter which thou didst address to his honor Ismu'llah [3.5s]

MMK6#523

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause

AB08673

ای ثمره طیبه چون در عالم امکان نگری هر نفسی ثمر شجریست و هر نبتی کل چمنی ثمر

O noble fruit! When thou gazest upon the contingent world, every soul is the fruit of a tree, and every plant is the flower of a meadow [3.5s]

MMK3#243 p.175

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB06604

120

ای اولاد مبارک نهاد آن پاک جان حمد کنید خدا را که از صلب چنین پدری بمشهد وجود

O noble offspring of that pure soul, praise ye God for having been ushered into existence from the loins of such a father [3.5s]

MMK2#327 p.238

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02738

230

ای فرع برومند آن حضرت تقدیس مجسم وحید این عصر عظیم حقا که نبوت آن فرید قرن

O noble scion of that sanctified Exemplar, the embodiment of sanctity, the unique one of this mighty Age! Verily, that peerless one of the century [3.5s]

MMK5#260 p.201

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01407

330

ای فرع محمود شجره مبارکه نامه اخیر را مضمون شهد و شیر و کتاب منیر بود و دلیل

O noble scion of the blessed Tree! Thy recent letter was as honey and milk in its contents, and was a luminous book and proof [3.5s]

MMK6#028, MATA.072-073

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB02726

230

ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل نامه اول و ثانی رسید و تفاصیل معلوم و واضح گردید

O offspring of that noble personage! The first and second letters arrived, and their contents became known and clear [3.5s]

MMK6#199

Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00324

660

Huqúqu'lláh

ای وحید فرید نامه ۵ محرم ۱۳۲۹ رسید هر چند چند روز پیش نامه مفصلی بشما مرقوم

O peerless and unique one! Your letter of 5 Muharram 1329 arrived, and although a few days ago a detailed letter was written to you [3.5s]... ...As to the Huquq, it is payable on whatever is left over after deducting one's yearly expenses. However, any money or possession which is necessary in producing income for one's subsistence

INBA17:145

BRL_DAK#0671, BRL_HUQUQP#046x, MMK6#411x, AVK2.239.17x, AVK2.257.16x, AVK4.146.12x, AVK4.451.07x, MAS2.075-078, MSBH6.027-030

BRL_HUQUQ#046x, COC#1165x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of Huququ'llah; Predictions and prophecies

AB06468

130

خداوند بیمانندا پناه بیچارگانی و ملجا آوارگان و امیدگاه آزاده گان پروردگارا

O peerless Lord, Thou art the refuge of the helpless, the shelter of the wanderers, and the haven of the free, O Lord [3.5s]

MMK2#019 p.012

Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition

AB04259

170

ای اهل وفا نشانه وفا بحضرت بهاء الله اینست که نفوس نفیسه بانفاس قدسیه قیام

O people of fidelity! The sign of faithfulness to the presence of Bahá'u'lláh is that noble souls should arise with sanctified breaths [3.5s]

MMK3#250 p.179, TAH.365b

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB01667

300

ای اهل جنت ابهی نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل بر ثبات بر امر عظیم و استقامت بر

O people of the Abha Paradise! Your letter hath been received, and praise be to God, it beareth witness to your steadfastness in the mighty Cause and your constancy in [3.5s]

MMK4#061 p.070

Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB09821

ای قوم ، انوار حقّ ساطع شده آيات حقّ ظاهر شده دريای فضل بموج آمده و آفتاب حقيقت پرتو عنايت بخشيده

O people! The lights of Truth have shone forth, the verses of Truth have been made manifest, the ocean of grace hath surged, and the Sun of Reality hath shed its radiant beams [3.5s]

MMK3#107 p.072x

Love of God; Spiritual springtime; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB00104

1070

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; River of Life, The

ای مقبلان ای مومنان طلوع شمس حقیقت محض نورانیت عالمست و ظهور رحمانیت در انجمن

O peoples of the world! The Sun of Truth hath risen to illumine the whole earth, and to spiritualize the community of man.

MKT3.118, MNMK#088 p.157, MMK1#001 p.001, MILAN.122, BSHN.140.498, BSHN.144.486, PYM.244, MAS5.273, MHT1a.097, MHT1b.055, DAUD.15

SWAB#001, ROL.051-055

Being a source of light; guidance; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB08158

100

ای عطار نافه مشکبار نثار کن تا نفحه اسرار مشام یاران را عنبرافشان کند هر

O Perfumer of the musk-laden fragrance! Scatter thy sweet-scented offering, that the breaths of mysteries may shed their ambergris upon the nostrils of the friends [3.5s]

MMK2#222 p.159

Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

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

AB01329

340

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List

ای زائر تربت مقدسه شکر جزیل رب جلیل را که دلیل این سبیل بود و ترا بدرگاه

O pilgrim of the Sacred Dust! Render a myriad thanks unto the All-Glorious, Who hath guided thee on this path… O loved ones of 'Abdu'l-Baha! Man's life has its springtime

BRL_DAK#0236, MMK2#371 p.264, AKHA_105BE #03 p.17x, AKHB.238x, AHB.122BE #01 p.036x, ANDA#06 p.66x, ANDA#57 p.61x, MSHR2.116x

BRL_ATE#055x, BRL_CHILD#38x, ADMS#309

Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB06219

130

ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی در این سفر تحمل نهایت زحمت نمودید و مشقت بیحد و حصر

O pilgrim to the shrine of the Most Exalted One! In this journey thou hast endured the utmost hardship and boundless trials [3.5s]

MMK6#235

Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01709

300

ای زائر مشکین نفس حمد کن خدا را که ترک وطن نمودی و تحمل مشقت و محن کردی طی

O pilgrim with a fragrant soul, render praise unto God, for thou hast forsaken thy homeland and endured hardship and tribulation [3.5s]

MMK3#090 p.059

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB02957

220

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که از شدت غم اسیرم و در زندان

O precious maidservant of God! Thy letter hath arrived. Thou hast written that through unbearable grief thou art a prisoner in a grievous prison.

MMK3#046 p.028

BLO_PT#080.46

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB08854

ای مسجون راه حق سجن همیشه مسکن یاران بوده و مامن دوستان لهذا زنجیر سجن یوسفی

O prisoner in the path of Truth! Prison hath ever been the dwelling-place of the faithful and the shelter of His loved ones. Therefore the chains of imprisonment are even as those of Joseph [3.5s]

MMK3#217 p.157

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment

AB02564

240

ای سلاله آن جلیل عظیم هر چند اموال بغارت دادید و خانه بتالان و تاراج ولی

O progeny of that mighty and exalted one! Though your possessions were given over to plunder and your home to pillage and ravage, yet [3.5s]

MMK2#312 p.228, TAH.274

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04879

160

ای ورقه طیبه مطمئنه خدماتت در آستان مقدس مقبول و ماجور و لحظات عنایت از هر

O pure and confident leaf! Thy services at the Sacred Threshold are accepted and rewarded, and the glances of favour from every [3.5s]

MMK5#292 p.217

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB07642

110

ای ورقه خالصه منقطعه خوشا بحال تو که بتمام خلوص در ظل حضرت منصوص محشور گشتی

O pure and detached leaf! Blessed art thou that with utmost sincerity thou hast been gathered beneath the shadow of Him Who was divinely appointed [3.5s]

MMK6#125

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB08300

100

ای ورقه زکیه در ساحت جمال قدم روحی لارقائه الفدا اماای مذکورند که چون شمع در

O pure leaf! In the presence of the Ancient Beauty - may my spirit be a sacrifice unto His loved ones - thou art remembered even as a candle [3.5s]

MMK2#356 p.255

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Naming of children; of individuals

AB09569

ای ورقه زکیه الیوم نساء و آنسات ارض کل در ظل شجره زقوم ساکن و بظل یحموم ساعی

O pure leaf! In this day the women and maidens of the earth dwell beneath the shadow of the tree of Zaqqúm and strive under the shade of scorching smoke [3.5s]

MMK6#483

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies

AB10637

ای ورقه زکیه در شب و روز بکوش و بجوش که چون آتش پرشعله برافروزی و از نار

O pure leaf! Strive and be astir by night and by day, that thou mayest blaze like a flaming fire and from the fire [3.5s]

MMK2#354 p.255

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB10127

ای نفس زکیه صلای عبودیت است که چون نقره ناقور بلند است و ندای بندگیست که

O pure soul! It is the call of servitude that resoundeth like unto a silver trumpet, and the cry of bondage that [3.5s]

MMK3#251 p.179

Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB09278

ای پاک جان جوهر تقدیس شیوه راستان است و منتهی آرزوی ملازمان آستان از حضرت

O pure soul! The essence of sanctification is the way of the righteous ones, and the ultimate desire of them that stand faithful at His Threshold [3.5s]

MMK2#181 p.131

Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04703

160

ای پاک جان اگر چه مدتیست که نوشته مرقوم و مرسولی ارسال نگشت ولی یاد آن منجذب

O pure soul! Though it has been some time since any letter was penned or missive dispatched, yet the remembrance of that devoted one [3.5s]

MMK6#052

Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech

AB07351

110

ای جان پاک پاکی و آزادگی در انقطاع از ماسوی الله است و تشبث بعهد و میثاق الله

O pure soul! True purity and freedom lie in detachment from all save God and steadfast adherence to His Covenant [3.5s]

INBA13:213b

MMK4#190 p.300

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB08505

ای استاد پاک نهاد چه نعمتی اعظم از این که در بلا شریک حضرت اعلی گردیدی و در

O pure-hearted master, what greater bounty than this, that thou didst become a partner in the tribulations of His Holiness the Exalted One and in [3.5s]

MMK4#007 p.005

Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08127

100

ای شمع روشن در محفل یاران هر بامداد که این کوکب خاوری از مطلع ظاهری با رخی

O radiant candle in the assembly of friends! Each morn that this eastern star doth rise from its visible horizon with a face [3.5s]

INBA13:014

MMK2#264 p.191, AKHA_130BE #18 p.a, AHB.131BE #01-02 p.02

Call to action; Material world a reflection of the spiritual

AB05719

140

ای شمع روشن آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید و آنچه مسطور بود مشهود شد فی

O radiant candle! That which thou hadst written was observed, and that which was recorded became manifest [3.5s]

MMK6#008

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion

AB05396

150

ایها الابتهاج الوهاج الحمد لله سراج افروخته و منهاج واضح و مشهود گشته نسیم

O radiant joy! Praise be unto God that the lamp hath been set aflame and the pathway hath become clear and manifest [3.5s]

MMK4#124 p.130

Christ; Christianity; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB07476

110

ای ضیاء ساطع در مشکاه هدی اگرچه در لغت نور بمعنی ضیاء و ضیاء بمعنی نور آمده

O radiant light shining forth from the niche of guidance! Though in the language 'light' and 'radiance' are held to be one and the same [3.5s]

MMK6#194

Grammar and orthography

AB05842

140

ای نیر نورانی جناب سینا رجای ذکر شما نمود و حال آنکه دائما در نزد اینعبد مذکوری و در

O radiant luminary! His honour Sina hath made mention of thee, though verily thou art ever remembered in the presence of this servant and [3.5s]

INBA84:396b

MMK5#163 p.126

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB05329

150

ای نیر افق محبت الله محزون مباش مغموم مباش دلخون مباش پرشوق و پرشور باش وقت

O radiant orb of the horizon of God's love! Be thou neither sorrowful nor dismayed, neither let thy heart be grieved. Be thou, rather, filled with eagerness and passionate fervor [3.5s]

MMK5#194 p.152

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01129

370

ای نجوم بازغه افق محبت الله الحمد لله از پرتو شمس حقیقت در خاور و باختر

O radiant stars of the horizon of the love of God! Praise be to God that from the rays of the Sun of Truth both East and West are illumined [3.5s]

MMK2#253 p.182, HDQI.185, HDQI.235, ANDA#11 p.06, ANDA#23 p.04

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06822

120

ای طاهر باهر الحمد لله در میدان ایقان سیف شاهری و در افق محبت الله نجم زاهر

O radiant Tahir! Praise be to God, thou art a gleaming sword in the arena of certitude, and a brilliant star in the horizon of the love of God [3.5s]

MMK2#276 p.199

Attaining the life of the spirit; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB10478

ای جوان نورانی رحمانی شو و روحانی و بازرگان آسمانی بضاعتی از عرفان الهی

O radiant youth! Become merciful and spiritual, and even as a celestial merchant, acquire the merchandise of divine knowledge [3.5s]

MMK2#376 p.268

Praise and encouragement; The concourse on high

AB02094

270

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

ای قارئین محترم جریده اسپک تی تر عبدالبهاء هزاران فرسنگ طی نمود و در محیط اعظم

O readers of the [Pittsburgh] Spectator newspaper! ‘Abdu’l-Baha traveled thousands of leagues and crossed a vast ocean to reach the land of the free

BRL_DAK#0895, MMK5#092 p.072, YHA2.989, NJB_v05#08 p.003

MHMD2s.328-329

East and West; communication between East and West; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Praise of Western values; culture; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01969

280

ای یادگار آن نفس بزرگوار آنچه از قلم رقم یافته بود ملاحظه گردید خبر پرمسرت

O remembrance of that noble soul! What flowed from the pen hath been noted; the joyful tidings [3.5s]

MMK6#204

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

AB03503

200

ای یادگار آن جوهر هدی در جمیع اوقات و احیان در خاطر بوده و هستید و از درگاه

O remnant of that Essence of Guidance! At all times and seasons thou hast been, and art still, present in our thoughts, and from the threshold [3.5s]

INBA59:132b, INBA88:171

MMK5#187 p.147, PYB#097 p.11

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB03273

210

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation

شخص محترما تالیف شما بشارت غنی را مطالعه نمودم فی الحقیقه آراء سدیدی در آن

O respected personage! I have read your work, The Gospel of Wealth, and noted therein truly apposite and sound recommendations

MMK1#079 p.111, AVK3.258.03x, NJB_v12#04 p.094

SWAB#079, LOG#1863x, DAS.1913-01-10

AB01256

350

Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

ای شخص محترم نامه ثانی شما که بتاریخ ۱۹ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ بود رسید بسیار سبب بهجت و

O respected personage! Thy second letter dated 19 December 1918 was received. It was the cause of great joy and gladness

MMK1#230 p.300x

SWAB#230x, SW_v10#04 p.078-079

AB07435

110

ای سراج وهاج چه نوری روشنتر از محبت اللهست و چه شعاعی ساطعتر از معرفت الله

O resplendent lamp! What light is brighter than the love of God, and what beam more radiant than the knowledge of God [3.5s]

MMK2#190 p.137, AKHA_106BE #04 p.02, VAA.210-211

Ether; the phenomenon of light; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00832

430

ای عزیز محترم نامه ای که به آقا میرزا لطف الله مرقوم نمودید ملاحظه گردید

O revered friend, the letter which thou didst address to Áqá Mírzá Luṭfu'lláh hath been perused [3.5s]

MMK5#267 p.204

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB03430

200

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

ای دوستان راستان ظلمات جهل و ضلال عرصه امکانرا احاطه نموده بود و فسحت وجود

O righteous friends! The darkness of ignorance and error had enveloped the contingent realm and straitened the wide expanse of existence

MMK5#089 p.070

MHMD2s.329-330

Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB08606

ای بنده صالح حق صلاح و فلاح الیوم ثبوت بر میثاقست و تمسک بعهد و پیمان محبوب

O righteous servant of God! Salvation and prosperity today lie in steadfastness to the Covenant and adherence to the Testament of the Beloved [3.5s]

MMK2#194 p.139

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB09976

ای رضا راضی بقضا شو و سر تسلیم بنه تا از چشمه تسنیم نوشی از هیچ حالی دلگیر

O Riza! Be content with the divine decree and bow thy head in submission, that thou mayest drink from the fountain of Tasnim and be not disturbed by any condition [3.5s]

MMK2#173 p.127

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God

AB09973

ای رستم یزدان الحمد لله در میدان جانفشانی تفوق بتهمتن زابلستانی نمودی و بر

O Rustam of the Almighty! Praise be to God, for in the arena of self-sacrifice thou hast surpassed the prowess of the mighty hero of Zabulistan [3.5s]

MMK2#163 p.122, PPAR.193

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB09582

ای ورقه مقدسه مبارکه سدره الهیه در بحبوحه فردوس رحمانیه بلند شد و شرق و غرب

O sacred and blessed leaf of the divine Lote-Tree, which was raised up in the midst of the Paradise of the All-Merciful, and East and West [3.5s]

INBA87:347a, INBA52:355b

MMK2#347 p.250

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB07474

110

Trustworthiness

ای صادق من راستی و درستی و حق پرستی صفت راستانست و سمت پاکان صدق بهترین صفتی

O Ṣadiq! Truthfulness, uprightness and integrity are the attributes of the righteous and the hallmarks of the pure.

COMP_TRUSTP#42x, MMK2#142 p.106

BRL_TRUST#41x, COC#2053x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB06172

130

ای حکیم حاذق تن ضعیف و جسم نحیف امکان بغایت علیل و بی نهایت نحیل و امراض و

O sagacious healer, the body is weak and the frame enfeebled, contingent being is grievously ill and infinitely frail, afflicted with maladies [3.5s]

INBA21:154a

MMK2#105 p.083

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician

AB04152

180

ایها الرجل الرشید این خاکدان مرکز انقلابست و این جهان بی بنیان میدان محن و

O sagacious man! This earthly realm is the centre of upheavals, and this foundationless world is the arena of tribulations [3.5s]

MMK3#056 p.036

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB06377

130

ای نفوس مقدسه مبارک ترین نفوس کسانی هستند که از ظلمات عالم طبیعت آزادند و

O sanctified souls! The most blessed of all are those who are freed from the darkness of the world of nature [3.5s]

MMK3#282 p.204

ACOA.056-057

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB05326

150

ای نهال بوستان الهی جناب ابوی با قلبی رحمانی و روحی سبحانی و رخی نورانی در

O sapling of the divine garden! Thy noble father, with a merciful heart, a heavenly soul and a luminous countenance [3.5s]

MMK6#200

Love of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB07628

110

ای نهال بوستان محبت الله خوشا بحال تو خوشا بحال تو که از صلب چنین پدری بوجود

O sapling of the garden of God's love! Blessed art thou, blessed art thou, that from such a father thou art sprung [3.5s]

MMK6#100, YMM.057

Parents and children; youth; families; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB08284

100

ای نهال بوستان محبت الله در این فردوس برین و جنت عدن رب کریم بنسائم الطاف

O sapling of the garden of God's love! In this supreme paradise and Eden of the gracious Lord, [mayest thou be blessed] by the gentle breezes of His favours [3.5s]

MMK2#367 p.262

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB03782

190

ای نهالهای حدیقه عرفان مادر مهربان از روزیکه باین آستان رسید شب و روز بیاد

O saplings of the garden of divine knowledge! From the day that loving Mother arrived at this threshold, she has, night and day, been mindful [3.5s]

MMK2#333 p.241, ANDA#32 p.65x

Interpretation of dreams and visions

AB04023

180

ای سلاله حضرت ابراهیم جناب خطاط خطی مرقوم نموده اند و ستایش زائدالوصف از محبت

O scion of Abraham! The esteemed calligrapher hath written a letter, extolling with unsurpassed praise the love [3.5s]

MMK6#006

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB08116

100

ای سلاله آن روح مجسم پی پدر مهربان گیر و بر قدم آن بنده یزدان مشی نما منقطع

O scion of that embodied spirit! Follow in the footsteps of thy loving father and walk in the path of that servant of God [3.5s]

MMK3#057 p.037

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09401

ای سلاله آن ذبیح قربانگاه عشق چه شود که تو آن شجره متصاعده را شاخ و اجعل لی

O scion of that sacrificial lamb at the altar of love! What if thou shouldst become a branch of that heavenward-soaring tree [3.5s]

INBA85:348a

MMK6#291

Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB05728

140

ای طالب دقائق اسرار الهی نیر اعظم این جهان مرکز انوار عنصریست و تربیت و نشو و

O seeker after the subtle mysteries divine! The greatest luminary of this world is the center of elemental lights and the source of training and growth [3.5s]

MMK2#042 p.032

Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Manifestation of God as sun; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB05226

150

ای طالب رضای الهی در این جهان فانی کسی را بقاای نه و نفسی را ثبات حیاتی نیست

O seeker of divine good-pleasure! In this fleeting world, none is granted permanence, nor hath any soul constancy of life [3.5s]

MMK2#174 p.127, KASH.269

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09421

ای طالب رضای الهی حسن روی بندگان حق بعضی در مقام حسن است و برخی احسن حسن از

O seeker of divine good-pleasure! The beauty that adorns the countenance of God's servants is, in some, mere comeliness, while in others it manifesteth as the most sublime and exalted beauty [3.5s]

MMK6#045

Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10011

ای طالب رضای الهی الیوم اکبر نفوس ملکوتی آن کسست که بعهد و پیمان الهی بعزمی

O seeker of divine good-pleasure! Today, the greatest among celestial souls is one who, with resolute purpose, [remains faithful to God's Covenant] [3.5s]

INBA17:184

MMK2#202 p.145, MSHR3.337

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high

AB08142

100

ای طالب تقوای الهی در قرآن و العاقبه للمتقین میفرماید متقی پرهیزکار است مقصد

O seeker of divine piety! In the Qur'án it is declared: "The end belongeth unto the God-fearing." The righteous one is he who is mindful [3.5s]

INBA72:117b, INBA88:119

MMK6#161, ANDA#60 p.05, MAS5.046

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]

AB08141

100

ای طالب تقوای الهی تقوی پرهیزکاری است و در کتاب مجید و العاقبه للمتقین

O seeker of divine piety! Piety is righteousness, and in the glorious Book: "The ultimate end belongeth unto the God-fearing." [3.5s]

MMK6#159

Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04059

180

ای مستشرق از انوار هدایت در این امر الهی که روح القدس اول خادم و ساعیست جهدی

O seeker of enlightenment from the rays of guidance: strive in this divine Cause, wherein the Holy Spirit is the first servant and eager worker [3.5s]

MMK2#251 p.180, AKHA_128BE #07 p.a, AKHA_130BE #04 p.a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09418

ای طالب باقیات صالحات اولاد و احفاد که باشرف اعراق موید بحسن اخلاق هستند یعنی

O seeker of eternal and righteous deeds, children and descendants who are endowed with noble lineage and confirmed in goodly character, that is [3.5s]

MMK6#201

Education of children; moral education; Marriage as means of spiritual progress

AB04410

170

ای طالب حیات ابدیه بدانکه بشر دو قسم است قسمی ناسوتی که اسیر عالم طبیعتند و

O seeker of eternal life! Know thou that mankind is of two kinds: one group is terrestrial, captive to the world of nature, and [3.5s]

MMK2#116 p.089

Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB08780

ای طالب جمال مختار بذیل تقی تشبث نما و بعروه وثقی تمسک کن توجه بملکوت ابهی کن

O seeker of the Chosen Beauty! Cling thou to the hem of piety and lay fast hold on the sure handle. Turn thy gaze unto the Kingdom of Abhá [3.5s]

MMK2#061 p.048

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02949

220

ای طالب جمال مختار طالبان کوی حق و عاشقان جمال مطلق از عالم ملک در گذرند و

O seeker of the chosen Beauty! The seekers of the divine realm and the lovers of the Absolute Beauty must pass beyond the earthly kingdom and [3.5s]

MMK2#227 p.162

Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05230

150

ای طالب ملکوت نامه رسید ذکر حریت من نموده بودی عبدالبهاء از اصل آزاد است اگر

O seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received, wherein thou hadst made mention of freedom. 'Abdu'l-Bahá is inherently free. Should [3.5s]

MMK5#010 p.004

Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcending the material condition; True liberty; freedom

AB00430

590

Bahá'í Scriptures

از حقيقت سؤال نموده بوديد . حقيقت کلمة اللّه است که محيی عالم انسانی است کوران را بينا کند

O seeker of the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived and its contents became known. You asked: What is Truth? ...As to progress after death: know that after death it is the divine world. Progress is possible, but it depends upon the generosity of God...

MMK3#111 p.074x, YMM.256x, YMM.384x, VUJUD.103.20x

BSC.494 #954x, BSTW#139, VUJUDE.189x

East and West; communication between East and West; Evolution; human evolution; Love of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universality of the Cause

AB08144

100

ای طالب حقیقت در جهان فرقه ها بسیار هر فرقه مبدای دارد ولکن مبادی شان محدود

O seeker of truth! In this world there are many sects and factions, each with its own source and foundation, yet their principles remain confined and limited [3.5s]

MMK3#113 p.077

The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB04031

180

ای طالب حقیقت روزی حضرت امیر المومنین علیه السلام بر بالای بام بود شخصی ناکام

O seeker of truth! One day His Holiness the Prince of Believers—peace be upon Him—was upon a rooftop when a hapless soul [3.5s]

MMK6#175, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.282, MJDF.070, NJB_v05#07 p.003

Challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God; Mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB03549

200

طالب حقیقتا چون از زمره الذین جاهدوا فینا بودی الحمد لله از حزب لنهدینهم سبلنا

O seeker of truth! Since thou wert among those who strive in Our path, praise be to God thou art assuredly of those whom We guide unto Our ways [3.5s]

MMK4#055 p.062

Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB05726

140

ای طالب حقیقت آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید ملکوت الهی شفاخانه روحانی عالم

O seeker of truth! That which thou hast written was noted. The divine Kingdom is the spiritual hospital of the world [3.5s]

MMK4#088 p.103, ANDA#53 p.05

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB03451

200

ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید عوارض جسمانی هر چند سبب حیرانی انسانی است ولی چون

O seeker of truth! Thy letter hath been received. Although physical afflictions cause bewilderment to the human soul, yet [3.5s]

MMK3#163 p.114, YMM.427

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

AB03721

190

ای طالب حق مکتوبت واصل گشت از شخص من سوال نموده بودید سراج محبت الهم و ستاره

O seeker of truth! Thy letter was received, wherein thou hadst made inquiry regarding my person. I am a lamp of divine love and a star [3.5s]

MMK5#111 p.088

Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03851

190

طالب حقیقتا جمهور ناس بزبان مفتون حقیقتند و مخمور باده محبت ولی چون میدان

O seeker of truth! Verily, the multitudes are enchanted by the tongue of truth and intoxicated with the wine of love. Yet when [3.5s]

MMK2#036 p.024

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Condition of search; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02731

230

ای طالبان حقیقت از الطاف الهی میخواهم که مطلب هر یک از شما که مبتنی بر نیت

O seekers of truth! I beseech the divine favors that the purpose of each one of you which is founded upon intention [3.5s]

MMK6#380

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05090

150

ای بنده جانفشان جمال ابهی در قرآن حضرت رحمان میفرماید ان تنصروا الله ینصرکم و

O self-sacrificing servant of the Abhá Beauty! In the Qur'án the All-Merciful declareth: "If ye assist God, He will assuredly assist you" [3.5s]

INBA17:042

MMK6#490, ANDA#58 p.04

Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Predictions and prophecies; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB08675

B. Khoshmashrab (1), B. Khoshmashrab (2)

ای جانفشان یار بی نشان هزاران عارفان در جستجوی او ولی محروم و مهجور از روی

O selfless lover of the Traceless Friend! A thousand mystics have sought that Friend, and have yet remained deprived and distant

MMK3#151 p.104, AHB.118BE #07 p.170

ADMS#046

Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB03630

190

ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید چندی پیش نامه ای مرقوم گردید حال نظر

O servant at the Divine Threshold! Thy letter was received. Some time ago a letter was written, and now [3.5s]

MMK6#311

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB07965

100

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

ای بنده درگاه الهی شکایت از عدم جواب نامه نموده بودی سبب خستگی راه و شدت تعب

O servant at the divine threshold! You had complained about the lack of a response to your letter. This is attributable to the fatigues of my journey

MKT5.064b, MMK5#084 p.067

MHMD2s.330ax

Business; financial; property matters; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08567

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

ای بنده آستان بهاء بهیچوجه خلاص از پاریس نمی شویم حکمتی در اینست بعد معلوم

O servant at the threshold of Baha! There is no end whatsoever to our detainment in Paris. There is a wisdom in this that will become clear later

MMK5#072 p.061

MHMD2s.330bx

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Prayer for protection; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB10424

ای بنده درگاه احدیت گویند که جعفر در لغت عرب نهر جاریست و ماء عذب ساری پس تو

O servant at the threshold of divine oneness! It is said that "Ja'far" in the Arabic tongue signifieth a flowing river and sweet, running water. Therefore, thou [3.5s]

MMK6#310x

Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06659

120

ای بنده درگاه حضرت احدیت ستایشی اعظم از این نیافتم که ترا بان بستایم خداوند یزدان

O servant at the threshold of His Divine Unity, I have found no greater praise than this: to extol thee, O Lord God [3.5s]

MMK6#072

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB06258

130

ای عبد علی و عبد بهاء هرکس بعبودیت علی یعنی حضرت اعلی روحی له الفداء کما هی

O servant of 'Alí and servant of Bahá! Whosoever serveth 'Alí—that is, the exalted One, may my spirit be a sacrifice unto Him—as He truly is [3.5s]

MMK5#192 p.150

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; High station of the true believer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Twin Manifestations

AB08572

ای بنده بهاء توجه بملکوت خفاء جبروت ابهی کن و مناجات نما ای پروردگار ای مهربان

O servant of Bahá, turn thy face toward the hidden Kingdom of the All-Glorious Dominion and offer thy supplications: O Lord, O Thou the Kind One [3.5s]

MMK5#296 p.219

Prayer for detachment; Prayer for forgiveness

AB07264

110

Education of children; moral education; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ای بنده بهاء تعلیم اطفال و تربیت نونهالهای جنت ابهی از اعظم خدمات درگاه

O servant of Bahá! [3.5s]... ...Among the greatest of all services that can possibly be rendered by man to Almighty God is the education and training of children

MMK1#106 p.130x, AKHA_103BE #09-10 p.07, MJTB.066

SWAB#106x, LOG#0500x

AB09854

Servitude; submission to God; repentance

ای بنده بهاء در سبیل خدا جانفشانی کن و در محبت جمال ابهی حرکتی آسمانی چه که

O servant of Baha! Be self-sacrificing in the path of God, and wing thy flight unto the heavens of the love of the Abha Beauty

MMK1#166 p.192, LMA2.452

SWAB#166, SW_v14#01 p.019, BP1926.027

Love of God

AB09850

ای بنده بهاء از خدا بخواه که بسر فدا آگاه گردی تا در پناه غیب بیاساای و راه

O servant of Bahá! Beseech thou God that thou mayest become acquainted with the mystery of sacrifice, so that thou mayest find repose beneath the shelter of the Unseen [3.5s]

MMK2#135 p.102

AB09855

ای بنده بهاء شکر کن خدا را که بمراد فواد رسیدی و در سبیل رشاد سلوک نمودی و

O servant of Bahá! Give thanks unto God that thou hast attained unto the desire of thy heart and hast walked in the path of righteousness [3.5s]

MMK6#319

Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10854

ای بنده بهاء بشکرانه رب اعلی روحی له الفدا لسان بگشا و مناجات نما و بگو لک

O servant of Bahá! In gratitude to the Supreme Lord—may my spirit be sacrificed for Him—loose thy tongue in prayer and supplication, and say [3.5s]

INBA84:495b

MMK5#300 p.221

Prayer for praise and gratitude

AB03347

200

ای بنده بهاء آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد هر چند نامه لفظا

O servant of Bahá! That which thou didst pen was perused and its contents were apprehended. Although the letter, in its form [3.5s]

MMK6#129

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause

AB06633

120

ای بنده بهاء این جهان چون هیکلی مرده و ناتوان جانش کلمه الله است و قوتش تعالیم

O servant of Bahá! This world is even as a lifeless and feeble form, whose soul is the Word of God and whose strength lieth in His teachings [3.5s]

MMK2#051 p.040, KASH.266

Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11477

550

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Light of the World

ای بنده بهاء مکاتیب مفصله آنجناب متتابعا وارد با وجود عدم فرصت دقیقه از اوقات

O servant of Baha! Thy detailed letters have been successively received, and despite the lack of a single free moment, they have all been read with the utmost attention... The Ancient Beauty—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—did not to outward seeming meet His Holiness, the Exalted One

BRL_DAK#0183, NURA#07, MMK4#020 p.022x

BRL_ATE#050x, LOTW#07

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Consultation; Detachment in teaching the Cause; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Twin Manifestations

AB09221

ای بنده بهاء ثروت و توانگری بحطام دنیوی نبود بلکه بفرزانگی و جوانمردی یعنی هر

O servant of Baha! Wealth and affluence lie not in worldly possessions, but rather in wisdom and nobility [3.5s]

MMK2#090 p.070, TAH.331b

Consolation and comfort; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty

AB02885

220

ای بنده الهی آقا مهدی الان حاضر و میفرماید کار پدر از من بهتر است زیرا در

O servant of God, Aqa Mihdi is now present and declareth that his father's work exceedeth his own [3.5s]

MMK6#094

Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB10391

ای بنده الهی لطف خداوندی باش و سبب آسایش عالم آفرینش مهرجوی شو و خوشخوی و

O servant of God, be thou a divine bounty and a source of tranquility unto all creation. Be thou loving in nature and of goodly character [3.5s]

MMK2#146 p.109

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB09208

ای بنده الهی گوش شنوا بگشا و نصیحت عبدالبهاء بشنو در این دار فانیه ثمره و

O servant of God, open thy hearing ear and hearken unto the counsels of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. In this mortal world, the fruit [3.5s]

MMK2#263 p.191

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB05074

150

ای بنده الهی مکتوب شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت در این ایام که فساد

O servant of God, thy letter was received and its contents were noted. In these days when corruption [3.5s]

MMK5#100 p.081

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications

AB08553

ای بنده الهی اسکندر یونانی نامجوای در عالم ناسوت نموده و بخونخواری در عالم

O servant of God! Alexander the Greek gained renown in the realm of existence, and manifest was his thirst for blood in this earthly world [3.5s]

MMK3#070 p.045

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB08554

ای بنده الهی تا توانی دست بذیل تقوی زن و از سراج هدی اقتباس نور از ملا اعلی

O servant of God! As much as thou art able, grasp thou the hem of piety, and draw light from the Lamp of divine guidance [3.5s]

MMK2#177 p.129, AKHA_132BE #02 p.a, AKHA_133BE #15 p.a

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The concourse on high

AB06624

120

ای بنده الهی بازرگان ربانی شو و از اقلیم امکان با متاعی مقبول در ساحت رحمن

O servant of God! Be thou a divine merchant and from the realm of contingent being come forth with merchandise acceptable at the threshold of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

MMK2#112 p.087, AHB.121BE #05 p.19 19:5?

Business; financial; property matters; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB08552

ای بنده الهی از کثرت قروض و دیون افسرده و پژمرده و نومید مگرد الحمد لله صبح

O servant of God! Be thou not disheartened, withered and despondent on account of the multitude of debts and obligations. Praise be to God, the dawn [3.5s]

MMK3#025 p.016

Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB09200

ای بنده الهی بنفس رحمانی زنده شو و بنفثات روح القدس تر و تازه گرد تا از عالم

O servant of God! Be thou quickened by the divine breath of the All-Merciful, and be thou refreshed and revived through the outpourings of the Holy Spirit, that from the realm [3.5s]

MMK2#178 p.129

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB08556

ای بنده الهی خوشا بحال شما که مشامرا بنفحه خوش رحمانی معطر نمودی و توجه

O servant of God! Blessed art thou, for thou hast perfumed the senses with the sweet fragrance of the All-Merciful [3.5s]

INBA13:132

MMK2#091 p.070, TAH.331a

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB05072

150

ای بنده الهی کرم بر دو قسم است در عالم ملک و در عالم ملکوت ملکی عامست و شامل

O servant of God! Bounty is of two kinds: in the world of earthly dominion and in the realm of heaven. The earthly kind is universal and all-embracing [3.5s]

MMK2#211 p.149, MJMJ3.104x, MMG2#125 p.143x

J. Badiei

Generosity [kirama]; Material and spiritual existence; two books

AB07962

100

ای بنده حق همانست که مرقوم نموده ای قوت تبلیغ موهبتی است نه اکتسابی بیان حجت

O servant of God! Even as thou hast written, the power to teach is a gift bestowed from on high, not an acquired trait. It is proof [3.5s]

MKT9.059, MMK2#221 p.158

Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11141

280

ای بنده الهی از مضمون نامه چنین مفهوم شد که جمعی یاران از تو خواهش کتاب و... و امّا معنی آيه مبارکه يجعل اللّه بعد عسر يسرا

O servant of God! From the contents of thy letter it was understood that a number of friends requested from thee a book... And as to the meaning of the blessed verse "God will bring ease after hardship" [3.5s]

INBA85:009

MMK6#555x

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05567

140

ای بنده حق از مضمون نامه مشکین حلاوت شهد و انکبین حاصل زیرا دلیل بر ایمان و

O servant of God! From the contents of thy musk-scented letter was obtained the sweetness of honey and nectar, for it attesteth to faith [3.5s]

MMK2#337 p.244

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB03339

200

ای بنده الهی حضرت ایوب در اعظم امتحانات الهی افتاد ولی بصبر و شکیب پرداخت

O servant of God! His Holiness Job fell into the most grievous of divine tests, yet he embraced patience and forbearance [3.5s]

MMK3#215 p.155

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

AB09201

ای بنده الهی جناب قابل سائل و آمل که نظر محبتی بان حبیب کامل گردد این معلومست

O servant of God! His honor Qábil, seeker and aspirant, longeth that a glance of loving-kindness be cast upon that perfect beloved one. This is evident [3.5s]

MMK5#179 p.138

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB09252

ای بنده خدا اگر فرح و شادمانی جاودانی خواهی بنار محبت الله برافروز و اگر

O servant of God! If thou desirest everlasting joy and happiness, kindle thyself with the fire of the love of God, and if [3.5s]

MMK2#257 p.185

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB07921

100

ای بنده الهی در مقابل تقادیر ربانی جز تسلیم و رضا چاره ای نه تدبیر اگر موافق

O servant of God! In the face of divine decrees there is no recourse save submission and contentment, be they in accordance with one's wishes or not [3.5s]

MMK2#170 p.125

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment

AB07920

100

ای بنده الهی در قرآن عسی ان یبعثک مقاما محمودا میفرماید و این مقام محمود را

O servant of God! In the Qur'án it is said: "It may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a praised station," and this praised station is [3.5s]

MMK6#262

Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03935

180

ای بنده الهی در این دور بدیع تعلم و تعلیم از اعظم اوامر رب کریمست و نصوص کتاب

O servant of God! In this wondrous Dispensation, learning and teaching are among the most exalted commandments of the Lord, the All-Bountiful, as attested by the Sacred Text [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0795, MMK2#245 p.176

Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Empty learning; false spirituality; High station of learning; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06062

130

ای بنده الهی صبح است و کوکب مشرق از افق طالع و لائح و عبدالبهاء در ظل شعاع او

O servant of God! It is dawn, and the Star hath risen from the horizon, manifest and resplendent, while 'Abdu'l-Bahá abideth beneath its rays [3.5s]

MMK4#116 p.124

Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB08599

ای بنده خدا هیچ دانی که موفق بچه موهبتی گشتی از شمع هدی زجاجه دل را روشن

O servant of God! Knowest thou what bounty thou hast been favored with? From the lamp of guidance thou hast illumined the glass of thy heart [3.5s]

MMK2#062 p.048

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB10409

ای بنده حق تا تواناای داری در عبودیت حق بکوش و بذکرش بخروش و در خدمات احبایش

O servant of God! So long as thou hast strength, strive thou in servitude unto God, raise thy voice in His remembrance and render service unto His loved ones [3.5s]

MMK2#248 p.179

Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB07918

100

ای بنده الهی تا توانی در هدایت خلق کوش و سقایت بوستان حق نما ید عنایت در

O servant of God! Strive with all thy might to guide humanity and water the garden of the Lord [3.5s]

INBA87:076a, INBA52:075a

MMK2#231 p.166, AKHA_133BE #18 p.a, RRT.032

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB10422

ای بنده خدا جان بجانان تسلیم کن و سر در ره یزدان فداکن هر جان که فدای جانان

O servant of God! Surrender thy soul unto the Beloved and sacrifice thy head in the path of the Lord. Every soul that is sacrificed unto the Beloved [3.5s]

MMK2#316 p.231, NANU_AB#05

Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom

AB03934

180

ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گردید الحمد لله مومن بحضرت پروردگاری و

O servant of God! That which thou hadst written was noted. Praise be to God, thou art a believer in the Lord, thy Creator [3.5s]

INBA87:193, INBA52:193c

MMK2#340 p.245

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Parents and children; youth; families; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB04689

160

ای بنده حق نور مطلق آفاق را چنان روشن نمود که خاور و باختر زجاج سراج الهی گشت

O servant of God! The absolute light hath so illumined the horizons that both East and West have become as the crystal globe of the Divine Lamp [3.5s]

MMK3#120 p.082

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB06096

130

ای بنده خداوند صیت ظهور جمال قدم شرق جهان و غرب کیهان را احاطه نموده است و

O servant of God! The fame of the Ancient Beauty's advent hath encompassed the East of the world and the West of the firmament [3.5s]

MMK5#204 p.156

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB03341

340

ای بنده الهی نامه مشکین واصل و بر مضامین اطلاع حاصل شد تا بحال خبر مداومت... در خصوص اصحاب کهف سؤال نموده بوديد

O servant of God! The musk-scented letter was received and its contents were noted. Until now, news of steadfastness... As to what thou didst ask concerning the Companions of the Cave [3.5s]

INBA85:007

MMK6#280x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05549

140

ای بنده الهی حقیقت الوهیت من حیث هی هی مقدس از جمیع اسماء و صفات و تعبیرات

O servant of God! The Reality of the Divine Essence, in its intrinsic nature, transcendeth all names, attributes and expressions [3.5s]

MMK3#015 p.008

Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB07283

110

ای بنده حق مقام محمود ظل ممدود است و شاهد و مشهود سلطان وجود ولی صد هزار

O servant of God! The station of the Praised One is an extended shade, both the witness and the witnessed, the Sovereign of existence, yet a hundred thousand [3.5s]

MMK6#591

Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun

AB05547

140

ای بنده الهی اثر خامه مشکین رسید مضامین دلنشین بود و دلیل توجه بملکوت علیین

O servant of God! The trace of thy musk-laden pen hath reached me, its contents were delightful and betokened orientation to the supreme Kingdom [3.5s]

MKT9.042, MMK2#144 p.108

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Mosaic imagery; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB08561

ای بنده الهی هر چند این ایام حکمت اقتضای حضور نمینماید ولی چون تو در حق دیگری

O servant of God! Though in these days wisdom doth not permit thy presence, yet since thou for another's sake [3.5s]

MMK6#546

Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB02888

220

ای بنده الهی ندایت باستان مقدس حضرت احدیت واصل و آه و فغان از هجران و حرمانت

O servant of God! Thy call hath reached the sacred threshold of the divine Oneness, and thy sighs and lamentations from separation and deprivation [3.5s]

INBA13:239b

MMK5#014 p.009

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB04272

170

ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید جوابی بملا جهان زیر مرقوم گردید البته خواهد رسید

O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and an answer hath been penned to Mullá Jahán. Assuredly it will reach him [3.5s]

INBA87:263, INBA52:267

MMK6#173, MSHR4.009x

Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Testing God

AB00895

410

ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید و از صعود حضرت اخوان صفا نهایت تاثر حاصل گردید زیرا

O servant of God! Thy letter was received, and profound sorrow was felt at the ascension of the esteemed brother of purity, for [3.5s]

INBA87:130, INBA52:128

MMK6#567x, MAS2.021-022x, MSBH4.088

Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB00792

440

ای بنده الهی مراسله روحانی آن جناب واصل از مضمون اگرچه بجهتی محزون شدیم زیرا

O servant of God! Thy spiritual letter was received and, although in one respect its contents caused us sorrow, for [3.5s]

INBA85:148

MMK6#551, MSHR2.115x

Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB07922

100

Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای بنده الهی طهران وطن آن دلبر مهربانست و منشا آن نور لامکان تو نیز در آن

O servant of God! Ṭihran is the homeland of the compassionate Beloved and the abode of that Light of the realms of the Placeless

NURA#15, MMK4#015 p.014

LOTW#15

AB01673

300

Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

ای بنده الهی آنچه بجناب ابن ابهر مرقوم نمودید ملاحظه گردید از ایه من یدعی

O servant of God! We have noted what thou didst write to Jinab-i-Ibn-Abhar, and thy question regarding the verse: 'Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct from God

MMK1#033 p.064

SWAB#033

AB03481

200

ای بنده الهی ، آنچه بينی و يابی در اين جهان فانی اوهام و مجاز خالی است نه حقيقت آسمانی

O servant of God! Whatsoever thou seest and findest in this mortal world is but fancy and vain imaginings, not heavenly reality [3.5s]

MMK3#083 p.055x, BSHN.140.125x, BSHN.144.125x, MHT2.126bx

Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB02886

220

ای بنده الهی چون بقلبی نورانی توجه بدرگاه رحمانی نمودی البته مقبول خواهید

O servant of God! When with an illumined heart thou didst turn to the threshold of the All-Merciful, thou wert assuredly accepted [3.5s]

MMK6#174, MSHR4.008x

Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Testing God

AB09860

ای بنده جمال ابهی در این عصر بدیع و قرن جدید زبان بستایش رب قدیم بگشا تا از

O servant of the Abhá Beauty! In this wondrous age and new century, open thy tongue in praise of the Ancient Lord, that from [3.5s]

MMK6#353

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB09861

ای بنده جمال ابهی عبودیت عظیم است عظیم امانت الهی و رحمت ربانیست و آسمان و

O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Servitude is indeed a mighty thing - a divine trust and heavenly grace - and heaven [3.5s]

MKT6.115a, MMK3#178 p.124, ANDA#05 p.07

Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB06636

120

ای بنده جمال ابهی اشعار بلیغانه و مسدس فصیحانه که اثر قریحه عاشقانه آنجناب

O servant of the Abha Beauty! The eloquent verses and the fluent musaddas, which are the fruit of your devoted poetic genius [3.5s]

MMK5#176 p.137

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement

AB07948

100

ای بنده جمال ابهی منظومه ملاحظه گردید فصیح و بلیغ بود ولی مطابق آاین

O servant of the Abha Beauty! The poem was perused. It was eloquent and articulate [3.5s]

MMK5#172 p.134

Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab

AB05560

140

ای بنده جمال ابهی این عنوانیست که جواهر وجزد از غیب و شهود تمنا و آرزوی آنرا

O servant of the Abhá Beauty! This is a title which the very essences of existence, both seen and unseen, earnestly yearn and long to attain [3.5s]

MMK5#233 p.183

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04284

170

ای بنده جمال ابهی شکایت از اذیت و مشقت نموده بودید که احباب ایران دائما در

O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thou didst complain of the trials and tribulations that the friends in Iran continually [3.5s]

MMK4#042 p.047

Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB01236

350

ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوب مفصل شما ملاحظه گردید از کثرت مشاغل بجان عزیزت که

O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy detailed letter was perused. By reason of the multitude of occupations that beset thy precious life [3.5s]

MMK6#145

Differences in human capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB08583

200

Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Suffering and imprisonment

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودید که مدتیست از مکاتیب محروم

O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written of being deprived of communications for some time… Thou has enquired regarding a certain passage from the Epistle addressed to the Wolf

BRL_DAK#0257, NURA#13, MMK4#008 p.006x, YMM.164x

LOTW#13

AB06637

120

ای بنده جمال ابهی الیوم سراپرده پیمان در قطب جهان بعنان آسمان رسیده و امکانرا

O servant of the Abha Beauty! Today the pavilion of the Covenant hath been raised to the zenith of the heavens, casting its shelter over the realm of being [3.5s]

INBA13:107

MMK5#240 p.190, TAH.350a

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB06080

130

ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه نگاشتی فی الحقیقه عین واقعست انسان همواره در تحت سطوت

O servant of the Abha Beauty! What thou hast written is indeed the very truth. Man is ever under the dominion of [3.5s]

MMK6#213

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Prayer for protection

AB07269

110

ای بنده جمال قدم اشعار فصیح و بلیغی که در حلاوت چون انگبین بود ملاحظه گردید

O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The eloquent and fluent verses, which in sweetness were as honey, were perused [3.5s]

MMK3#270 p.195

Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB07270

110

ای بنده جمال قدم نظر عنایت شامل است و حکمت بالغه کامل آنچه در عالم امکان واقع

O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The glance of divine favor encompasseth thee, and perfect wisdom is complete in all that transpireth in the realm of being [3.5s]

MMK3#024 p.016

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB01110

370

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه که بتاریخ ۵ رجب سنه ۱۳۲۵ مورخ بود رسید بسیار از مضمونش

O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Rajab 1325 was received, and from its contents [3.5s]

MMK6#562, MAS9.155

Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB10406

ای بنده جمال قدم انوار الطاف از ملکوت ابهی ساطعست و نجوم مواهب از افق اعلی

O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The lights of divine favors shine forth from the Abhá Kingdom, and the stars of heavenly bounties gleam from the most exalted horizon [3.5s]

ای بنده جمال قدم در این انجمن رحمانی مذکور و مشهوری و در محفل روحانی مظهر

O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Thou art mentioned and renowned in this heavenly gathering, and manifest in the spiritual assembly [3.5s]

MMK2#077 p.062

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB03146

210

ای خادم جمال مقصود مکاتیب شما رسید و بر کیفیت اطلاع حاصل گردید از حزن شما

O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Thy letters were received, and their contents made known thy sorrow [3.5s]

MMK5#015 p.009

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08043

100

ای خادم احبای الهی فخر بر ملوک ارض کن زیرا سلطنت آنانرا استقراری نه اما

O servant of the beloved of God, glory thou over the kings of the earth, for their sovereignty hath no stability [3.5s]

MMK3#068 p.044x

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB02547

240

ای خادم احبای الهی هر چند مدتی بود که بخدمت یاران پرداختی و در عبودیت حق علم

O servant of the beloved of God! Though for a time thou didst occupy thyself with service to the friends and didst raise the standard of servitude unto the True One [3.5s]

INBA17:244

MMK3#195 p.139

Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02350

250

ای بنده جمال مبارک تلغرافی از شما رسید سوال از صحت من نموده بودید صحت و راحت و

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! A telegram was received from thee wherein thou didst inquire after my health and well-being [3.5s]

MMK5#112 p.089

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB03939

180

ای بنده جمال ابهی خراسانرا در عرف مورخین مشرق زمین نامند و این کلمه دال بر

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! According to the historians of the East, Khurasan is known as the Orient, and this term signifies [3.5s]

MMK6#117

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB04685

160

ای بنده جمال مبارک مکاتیب شما جمیع رسید و از قرائت نهایت سرور حاصل گردید

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! All thy letters were received, and from their perusal the utmost joy was obtained [3.5s]

MMK5#109 p.087

Review of publications; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB06078

130

ای بنده جمال ابهی از شئون این جهان دون محزون مشو و از غوائل این عالم زائل

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Be thou not grieved by the affairs of this base world, nor dismayed by the tribulations of this fleeting realm [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0327, MMK3#225 p.164

Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB04287

170

ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه مورخ ۲۶ جانویه ۱۹۱۲ رسید و همچنین نامه آلبرت هبرت و

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 26 January 1912 was received, as was likewise the letter from Albert Hubbard [3.5s]

MMK5#052 p.048

House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03636

190

ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید و سبب فرح و سرور گردید زیرا دلیل بر آن بود

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received and became a source of joy and gladness, for it bore testimony to this [3.5s]

MMK6#563

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant

AB00938

400

ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید پیام آشنا بود و دلیل بر استقامت بر امر الله

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received. It brought a message of friendship and bore testimony to thy steadfastness in the Cause of God [3.5s]

INBA85:028

MMK6#423, AVK1.125.04x, MAS2.009-011

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Manifestation of God as sun

AB00781

450

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment

مکتوب مورخه ۵ ذی القعده ۱۳۲۴ رسید ای بنده جمال ابهی عنوان نامه یا عبدالبهاء

O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Your letter dated the 5th of Dhi'l-Qa'dih 1324 was received, bearing the address "O 'Abdu'l-Bahá" [3.5s]... ...We have previously written and sent out a detailed letter regarding the education of children in faith, certitude, learning and spiritual knowledge, and their being taught to call upon the Heavenly Kingdom with suppliant hearts

BRL_DAK#0509, MMK5#175 p.136

BRL_ATE#164x, COC#0599x

AB02704

230

ای خادم میثاق ادیب دبستان عرفان مکتوبی که در طیش مکتوب جناب باباای کلیمی بود

O servant of the Covenant, learned one of the school of divine knowledge, thy letter, which was enclosed with that of Jenáb-i-Bábá'í-i-Kalímí [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0965, MMK6#338

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07298

110

ای بنده میثاق نامه رسید و غزل رنگین بسیار دلنشین بود خواندم بشاشت حاصل شد

O servant of the Covenant! Thy letter arrived, and the colourful poem was most delightful. I read it and was filled with joy [3.5s]

MMK5#114 p.090

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement

AB00729

460

ای بنده میثاق مکتوب آنجناب که بدایتش بانگلیسی و نهایتش بپارسی مرقوم ملاحظه

O servant of the Covenant! Your letter, which began in English and concluded in Persian, hath been perused [3.5s]

MMK5#006 p.002

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB06643

120

Consolation and comfort; Naming of children; of individuals; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ای بنده حضرت مقصود کتاب بیان بکتاب اقدس منسوخ مگر احکامی که در کتاب اقدس موکد

O servant of the Desired One! [3.5s]... ...The Bayan hath been superseded by the Kitab-i-Aqdas, except in respect of such laws as have been confirmed and mentioned in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas

MMK6#151

BRL_ATE#046x

AB10859

ای بنده حضرت مقصود وقتیست که مشارق و مغارب مطالع صبح احدیت گردید شمس حقیقت

O servant of the Desired One! The time hath come when East and West shall become the dawning-places of the morn of Divine Unity, as the Sun of Truth [3.5s]

MMK4#001 p.001

Growth of the Cause

AB09234

ای بنده جمال الهی عبدالبهاء را نهایت محبت با شماست و از خدا خواهم... جمال مبارک در طهران صبح در نهایت ثروت و فنا بودند و شامگاه به کلی

O servant of the Divine Beauty! 'Abdu'l-Bahá cherishes the utmost love for thee and beseecheth God... The Blessed Beauty, in Ṭihrán, was at the height of wealth and splendor at dawn, yet by eventide was utterly [3.5s]

MMK5#002 p.001

AB10549

ای عبد درگاه الهی در این یوم مشهود که انوار ساطعه از افق وجود امکانرا روشن

O servant of the divine Threshold! On this memorable Day when resplendent rays from the horizon of being have illumined the realm of creation [3.5s]

MMK2#084 p.066

Exhortations and counsels; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB04273

170

Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ای بنده آستان الهی نامه ای که بسید اسدالله مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید بعد از مراجعت

O servant of the divine Threshold! The letter which thou didst address to Siyyid Asadu'llah was perused. After returning [3.5s]... ...The teacher, when teaching, must be himself fully enkindled, so that his utterance, like unto a flame of fire, may exert influence

MMK1#217 p.260x, YHA2.1000-1001x, YARP2.111 p.136, NJB_v04#15 p.003x

SWAB#217x

N. Affolter

AB07928

100

ای بنده آستان الهی شمس حقیقت را موطن اصلی مازندران و منبت قدیمی اقلیم طبرستان

O servant of the Divine Threshold! The Sun of Truth findeth its original home in Mazandaran and its ancient origin in the clime of Tabaristan [3.5s]

MMK4#004 p.002

Call to action; Growth of the Cause

AB00939

400

Translation List; Concourse on High

ای بنده درگاه الهی هر چند تا بحال در مکاتبه فتور و قصور رفت ولی در عالم دل و

O servant of the divine Threshold! Though there has been delay and shortcoming in correspondence until now, yet in the realm of the heart [3.5s]... ...Those souls who have detached themselves from the world of humanity and acquired heavenly attributes are reckoned among the Concourse on High

MMK6#256, MAS2.108-110, YMM.153x, ABDA.086-087

ADMS#326x

Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

AB01379

330

ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مختصر جواب مرقوم میگردد از

O servant of the divine Threshold! Thy letter was received, but owing to lack of time a brief reply is being penned [3.5s]

MMK4#011 p.011

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Eulogies; reminiscences; Humility; meekness; lowliness

AB07492

110

ای عبد جمال باقی آنچه بتصور و اوهام اید و آنچه در حیز اعیان خارجه جلوه نماید

O servant of the Eternal Beauty! Whatsoever may come to pass within the realm of imagination and fancy, and whatsoever may shine forth in the sphere of outward realities [3.5s]

MMK3#062 p.040

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09430

ای عبدالباقی آنچه در حیز وجود بینی جمیع فانی و هر که را در ظل ممدود یابی بر

O servant of the Ever-Abiding! Whatsoever thou beholdest within the realm of existence is destined to perish, and whomsoever thou findest beneath the extended shade [3.5s]

MMK6#376, YMM.456

Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB08576

ای بنده پروردگار حضرت رب مختار جمیع من علی الارض را بمطلع انوار دعوت نمود

O servant of the Lord! The chosen Lord, the All-Powerful, hath summoned all who dwell upon the earth to the Dayspring of divine lights [3.5s]

MMK6#017, RAHA.344b

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB03938

180

ای بنده پروردگار نفحه مشکبار از نافه اسرار بر جمیع اقطار نثار گشت مشام ابرار

O servant of the Lord! The musk-laden breeze from the hidden treasury of mysteries hath been wafted upon all regions and the senses of the righteous [3.5s]

MMK2#150 p.113, MMK6#556

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; 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; Unity in diversity

AB10029

ای غلام مظهر ولایت دبره ای بدست آر که نفوذش شدید باشد و نوکش تند و تیز تا

O servant of the Manifestation of Divine Authority, take hold of a pen whose influence shall be potent and whose point shall be sharp and piercing [3.5s]

MMK6#611

Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08580

180

Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life; Social Action

ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید محزون مشو مغموم مگرد

O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! That which thou didst write was perused. Be thou neither sorrowful nor distressed [3.5s]... ...Thou hast asked about material means and prayer. Prayer is like the spirit and material means are like the human hand. The spirit operateth through the instrumentality of the hand

BRL_DAK#0305, COMP_PDLP#98x, MMK3#030 p.019x

BRL_SOCIAL#172x, BRL_PMDA#21x, BRL_PDL#98x, COC#1742x

Consolation and comfort; Importance of prayer

AB04683

160

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه پنجم شعبان سنه حالیه که به آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید

O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Sha'ban of this year, which thou hadst addressed to Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh [3.5s]

INBA85:451b

MMK5#036 p.038, BSHI.058

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

AB03355

200

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گشت از

O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter thou didst write to his honor Manshadi was perused [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write as to the children: from the very beginning, the children must receive divine education

MMK1#099 p.124x, MSHR2.208

SWAB#099x

AB03635

190

Apocalyptic imagery; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Education of children; moral education; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Universal peace; world unity

ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید ابدا فرصت تحریر یک کلمه نیست با وجود این جواب

O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! Thy letter was received. Though there is not a moment's respite to pen even a single word, yet this reply is given [3.5s]... ...The celestial orbs are each endowed with its own particular creation. This terrestrial sphere, which from a relative point of view is exceedingly small

MMK6#480, AVK1.145x, MAS2.087

ADMS#319x

AB02659

230

ای بنده اسم اعظم نامه شما وصول یافت و بکمال دقت مطالعه گردید چنانکه آرزو

O servant of the Most Great Name! Thy letter was received and studied with the utmost care. According as thou didst wish [3.5s]

MMK5#160 p.125, MMK6#446x

Consolation and comfort; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Permission for visit; pilgrimage

AB00052

1450

Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ای بنده حق در دورهای سابق آثار قدرت الهیه و حقیت امر هر چند واضح و باهر بود

O servant of the one true God! In cycles gone by, although the signs of God’s power and the truth of His Cause were clear and manifest, yet to outward seeming the divine tests were severe

INBA17:070

NURA#73, MMK4#175 p.207, RHQM1.200-202 (249x) (148-150x), MAS5.289-292x

LOTW#73

AB06644

120

Compassion; kindness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ای بنده حق احبای الهی در هر ارض الحمد لله موجود و مشهود و کل در ظل سدره وجود

O servant of the One true God! The Lord be praised, the loved ones of God are found in every land, and are, one and all, neath the shadow

INBA17:093

MMK1#052 p.089, MSHR3.253

SWAB#052, SW_v14#01 p.019-020, BP1926.028

AB06650

120

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ای بنده حق صبح هدایت پرتوی بر شرق زد خاور را روشن نمود و شعاای بر غرب زد

O servant of the one true God! The Morn of divine guidance hath shed its radiance upon the East and lit up the Orient

NURA#53, MMK4#113 p.122

LOTW#53

AB06086

130

ای بنده حضرت احدیت ایام افتتان است و جنود شبهات در انتشار گردباد تزلزل در

O servant of the One True God! These are the days of testing, and the hosts of doubt are spreading, while the whirlwind of confusion is raging [3.5s]

INBA17:048

MMK6#580

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04687

160

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای بنده حق لا جبر و لا تفویض لا کره و لا تسلیط امر بین الامرین عبارت از آنست

O servant of the one true God! What is meant by "there is neither predestination nor unconditional liberty; neither unwilling compliance nor unreserved authority; it is the Middle Way"

BLIB_Or.08117.036,

MMK3#029 p.019, VUJUD.101

BLO_sazedj#17, VUJUDE.130-131x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB00067

1250

Literal interpretation; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Rejection of Muhammad

ای بنده حق صبح هدی چون از افق اعلی طلوع نمود پرتوش بشارت کبری بود و مژده اش

O servant of the one true God! When the Morn of divine guidance dawned above the Most Exalted Horizon, its rays brought tidings of great joy

BRL_DAK#0718, NURA#05, MMK4#143 p.145, MSHR1.123x, MSHR4.053x

LOTW#05

AB02198

260

ای بنده آستان مقدس از پیش عنوان شما بغداد سوق المیدان آقا محمد حسین وکیل

O servant of the sacred Threshold, previously addressed at Baghdad, Souq al-Maidan, Agha Muhammad Husayn Wakil [3.5s]

MMK4#023 p.023

Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB04275

170

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

ای بنده آستان مقدس شکایت از کسادی تجارت نموده بودید در این سنه آفات و صدمات

O servant of the Sacred Threshold! . . . At churches and gatherings in Europe and America, ‘Abdu’l-Baha raised His voice in most of the large cities to proclaim the Cause

MMK5#090 p.071, AVK4.465x, NJB_v05#08 p.001x

MHMD2s.320x

Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB00654

480

ای بنده آستان مقدس فی الحقیقه خادم امر اللهی و محب عبدالبهاء بموجب خواهش شما

O servant of the Sacred Threshold! In truth thou art a servant of the Cause of God and a lover of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. According to thy request [3.5s]

MMK5#054 p.050

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB03631

190

ای بنده آستان مقدس آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید حمد جمال

O servant of the Sacred Threshold! That which thou didst address unto His honour Áqá Siyyid Taqí hath been noted. Praise be to the Beauty [3.5s]

MMK6#517

Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB02054

270

ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه جناب آقا علی اکبر رسید و در حاشیه نیز بیان آن یار

O servant of the sacred Threshold! The letter from his honour Ali-Akbar arrived, and in its margin were written the words of that friend [3.5s]

MMK6#560, AKHA_105BE #08 p.10

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04677

160

ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه که در پانزدهم شباط مرقوم نموده بودید در جوف

O servant of the Sacred Threshold! The letter which thou didst write on the fifteenth of Shabbaṭ was received [3.5s]

MMK6#317x, ASAT4.110x, YMM.182x, YMM.262x, YMM.393x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

AB11143

ای بنده آستان مقدس مکتوب جواب نامه جمعیت لاهای ارسال گردید ... قرآن بيست و شش سال در نزد کتّاب وحی محصور بود. در زمان خلفا انتشار يافت و آن نيز محصور در نسخ معدوده بود

O servant of the Sacred Threshold! The reply to the letter from the community of Láhá was dispatched... The Qur'án remained confined to the scribes of revelation for twenty-six years. During the time of the Caliphs it was disseminated, though even then it remained limited to but a few copies [3.5s]

MMK6#003x, YMM.339x

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Review of publications

AB04676

160

ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید از عسرت و مشقت شما نهایت تاسف حاصل گردید و

O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received, and the utmost regret was felt at thy hardship and tribulation [3.5s]

MMK6#553

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions; Power of prayer

AB03108

210

ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه های شما رسید فریاد و حنین شما باوج اعلی میرسید ... حال شما به شکرانه اين تأييدات بايد

O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letters were received and thy cry and lamentation reached unto the highest heaven... Now thou must, in gratitude for these confirmations [3.5s]

MMK6#357x, MSHR4.140-141x

Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB06257

130

ای عبد آستان بها حسن و قبح هر دو در عالم انسانی علم افراخته و در میدان امتحان

O servant of the threshold of Bahá! Beauty and ugliness have both unfurled their banners in the human realm and stand in the field of tests [3.5s]

MKT9.153, MMK2#068 p.052

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration

AB00563

520

Business; financial; property matters; Growth of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Parliaments; constitutional government; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Universal language

ای بنده آستان بهاء الله نامه مورخ به ۱۴ جون ۱۹۲۰ رسید و نامه بعضی از اعضای

O Servant of the Threshold of Baha'u'llah! Thy letter dated 14 June 1920 hath been received. A letter from some of the members of the Peace Committee

MKT3.447, MNMK#120 p.230, MMK1#228 p.297, ASAT5.060x, YHA1.426-427x (2.840)

SWAB#228, WOB.046x, BSTW#203x

AB05311

150

ای خادم آستان منّان ، هر ظلّی جز ظلّ حقّ يحموم است و هر حصنی اوهن از بيت عنکبوت

O servant of the Threshold of the All-Bountiful! Every shadow save the shadow of Truth is darkness, and every fortress is frailer than the spider's web [3.5s]

MMK3#054 p.034x

Excellence; distinction; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship

AB05552

140

ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک از شدت ضعف جسمانی و انحلال قوی بجهت تبدیل هوا بطبریا

O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Due to intense physical weakness and the dissolution of strength, owing to the change of climate in Tiberias [3.5s]

MMK5#113 p.089

Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02890

220

ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک اگرچه چندیست تحریری ارسال نگشت و بیان حسیات محبتی

O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Though for some time no letter hath been dispatched expressing sentiments of love [3.5s]

MMK5#124 p.097

Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for tests and difficulties

AB01308

340

ای بنده حق مناجاتی طلب مغفرت بجهت غریق بحر رحمت آقا میرزا حبیب الله بدرگاه

O servant of the True One, offer a prayer for forgiveness at the Divine Threshold for him who is immersed in the ocean of mercy, Áqá Mírzá Ḥabíbu'lláh [3.5s]

MMK6#597, AVK2.194, YMM.349

Accounts of dreams and visions; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prayer for the departed

AB07278

110

ای بنده حق آنچه در این جهان فانی نظر نمااید چیزی جز سراب نیابی و بغیر از

O servant of the True One, whatsoever thou beholdest in this mortal world, thou shalt find naught but a mirage [3.5s]

MMK3#061 p.039

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB03637

190

ای بنده حق از قرار منقول در نهایت جوش و خروشی و در میخانه محبت الله باده فروش

O servant of the True One! According to what hath been reported, thou art in the utmost state of fervor and tumult, and in the wine-house of the love of God, thou art the wine-seller [3.5s]

MMK5#297 p.219, MSHR4.027

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB10411

ای بنده حق خوشا بحال نفوسیکه از انفاس طیب میثاق مشام معطر نمودند و از اریاح

O servant of the Truth! Blessed are the souls who have perfumed their senses with the sweet breaths of the Covenant and from the fragrant [3.5s]

INBA85:347a

MMK5#263 p.203

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB03113

210

ای بنده حق در نزد این عبد جمیع من علی الارض مقبول مطرودی نه و مغضوبی نیست و

O servant of the Truth! In the sight of this servant, all who dwell upon the earth are accepted; none is rejected or condemned [3.5s]

MMK6#240

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement

AB03641

190

ای بنده حق نامه نمرو ۸ رسید و همچنین نامه هاایکه در طی آن بود ولایت فارس

O servant of the Truth! Letter number eight hath arrived, and likewise the letters which were enclosed therein from the province of Fars [3.5s]

INBA85:467

MMK6#087, BSHI.061-062

Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Past, present and future of Iran

AB05097

150

ای بنده حق همیشه بیاد منی و فراموش ننمایم و فی الحقیقه پیش منی جناب آقا محمد

O servant of the Truth! Thou art ever in my thoughts and I shall never forget thee. In truth thou art before me, O Muhammad [3.5s]

MMK4#013 p.013

Call to action; Growth of the Cause

AB07956

100

ای بنده حق از ابوی شکایت نموده بودید انشاء الله حکایت است چون پدر است آنچه

O servant of the Truth! Thou didst complain about thy father. God willing, this is but a tale, for he is thy father [3.5s]

MMK2#339 p.245, ANDA#32 p.65

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB06089

130

ای بنده حق حضرت پدر ایام خویش را وقف سبیل الهی کرد و شب و روز بخدمت پرداخت

O servant of the Truth! Thy revered father dedicated his days to the pathway of God, devoting his nights and days to service [3.5s]

MMK6#106

Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The power of example

AB09246

ای بنده حق فتح بدو قسم است فتوح قلاع و فتوح قلوب فتح قلاع آسانست زیرا بمقداری

O servant of the Truth! Victory is of two kinds: the conquest of fortresses and the conquest of hearts. The vanquishing of fortresses is easily accomplished, for it requireth but a measure of [3.5s]

MMK6#190

Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB04288

170

ای بنده حق آنچه ایادی امرالله مصلحت دانند اطاعت نما و بهمانقسم حرکت کن ابدا

O servant of the Truth! Whatsoever the Hands of the Cause of God deem advisable, obey thou and ever act accordingly [3.5s]

MMK2#368 p.262

Effort; striving; Excellence; distinction; Hands of the Cause; Work as worship

AB08593

ای بنده حق سرمست ساغر رحمانی باش و طالب عون و عنایت حضرت ربانی اگر لذائذ وجود

O servant of truth! Be thou intoxicated with the chalice of the All-Merciful, and seek thou the aid and bounty of the Lord Divine. Though earthly delights [3.5s]

MMK3#095 p.063

Love of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB06653

120

ای بنده حق کردی ای عطار بر عالم نثار نافه اسرار هر دم صد هزار سبحان الله در

O servant of Truth! O 'Attar! Thou hast scattered upon the world the fragrant musk of mysteries. At every moment a hundred thousand "Glory be to God!" doth resound [3.5s]

INBA21:195c (245c)

MMK2#210 p.149, KNJ.023c

Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB10413

ای بنده حق در درگاه احدیت عبودیت سلطنت دو جهانست و عزت بی پایان پس بجان و دل

O servant of Truth! Servitude at the threshold of oneness is sovereignty over both worlds and glory without end [3.5s]

MMK2#161 p.121

Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB00072

1230

ای غلام حق بر مضمون شکایت مشحون مکتوب اطلاع حاصل گردید نهایت استغراب حاصل چه

O servant of Truth! The contents of thy plaint-laden letter have become known, and have occasioned the utmost astonishment [3.5s]

INBA17:205

MMK5#273 p.208x

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB06482

130

ای بندهء حقّ کار از آن گذشته که ما نشسته به استدلاليّه به جهت اهل بيان مشغول شويم و رساله‌ای تأليف نمائيم‌

O servant of Truth! The matter has gone beyond the point where We should sit and occupy Ourselves with proofs for the people of the Bayan and compose a treatise [3.5s]

MMK4#181 p.224x

Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10862

ای بنده حق صبح صادق طالع است و فجر باهر لامع و نجوم تقدیس درخشنده و لائح آفاق

O servant of Truth! The true morn hath broken, the resplendent dawn doth shine, and the stars of sanctity gleam bright upon the horizon [3.5s]

MMK5#200 p.155

Servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB05569

140

ای بنده حق در آستان مقدس دربانی لهذا سلطانی بلکه ملوک عالم مملوک چنین بنده اند

O servant of Truth! Thou who art a doorkeeper at the sacred Threshold art indeed sovereign, nay, the very kings of the world are servants to such a bondsman [3.5s]

MMK2#140 p.104

Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB02894

220

ای بنده حق در حالتیکه مصائب و بلا مانند امواج دریا از هر طرف در هجوم با وجود

O servant of Truth! While calamities and tribulations, like unto the waves of the sea, surge from every direction [3.5s]

MMK6#026

Consolation and comfort; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB06108

130

ای بنده مقبل الی الله و مقبول درگاه کبریا آنچه نگاشتی و مضمر ضمیر داشتی مشهود

O servant who turneth toward God and who is accepted at His Most Great Threshold! That which thou didst write and that which lay concealed within thy heart is evident [3.5s]

MMK6#138

Attaining the life of the spirit; Praise and encouragement

AB04697

160

ای بنده مبتهل متضرع بملکوت ابهی در این صبح بقا که انوار ملکوت ابهی ممالک غیب

O servant, earnest and beseeching at the Threshold of the Abhá Kingdom! In this eternal morn, when the lights of the Abhá Kingdom illumine the realms of the unseen [3.5s]

INBA17:032

MMK4#128 p.132

East and West; communication between East and West; Manifestation of God as sun; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB01304

340

ای بندگان الهی قریب غروبست و من از کثرت کار خسته و بی راحت و گرفتار با وجود

O servants of God! The hour is nigh unto sunset, and I, from the multitude of tasks, am weary and restless [3.5s]

INBA89:265b

MMK2#148 p.110

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02882

220

Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ای بندگان جمال ابهی رقیم و نمیقی که بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه و

O servants of the Abha Beauty! The letter ye had addressed to Siyyid Taqí hath been perused and its contents noted. Ye had written of the transgressions of the villainous Taqí

MMK6#268, ANDA#86 p.80

ADMS#321

AB01174

360

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

ی بندگان جمال مبارک ... اين معلوم و واضحست که اليوم تأييدات غيبيّهء الهيّه شامل مبلّغين است

O servants of the Blessed Beauty! It is a well known fact that, owing to the frequency of disturbances, the work of delivering the Message

MMK1#209 p.255x, AKHA_107BE #05 p.06x, AKHA_103BE #08 p.04x, AVK3.495.13x, AVK4.241.06x, MAS5.082x

SWAB#209x, TAB.390-392, BWF.385-386x, BSC.493 #950x

Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Pioneering; travel teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05651

140

ای خدام بندگان الهی این چه منصب عظیم است و این چه جاه جلیل از چاه سیاه باوج

O servants of the divine ones! What an exalted station this is, and what a glorious rank! From the black pit's depths to the zenith [3.5s]

MMK2#254 p.183, MMK5#196 p.153

Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for service; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB03647

190

ای بنده منقطع جمال ابهی مرقوم نموده بودی که در اطراف خضراء در نهایت فقر و

O severed servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thou hadst written that in the environs of the verdant lands thou wert in utmost poverty [3.5s]

MMK2#220 p.157

Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08137

100

ای صدف آن لولو لئلاء در ایه مبارکه فرقان خطابا باحبای رحمن میفرماید لن تنالوا

O shell of that gleaming pearl! In the blessed verse of the Qur'án, addressing the loved ones of the All-Merciful, He saith: "Ye shall never attain..." [3.5s]

MMK6#071, YMM.196

Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB07604

110

ای میر منیر بر سریر ثبوت چنان جلوس نما که جنود ملکوت را در مقابل رو مصفوف

O shining prince! Be thou so firmly established upon the throne of steadfastness that the hosts of the Kingdom shall stand arrayed before thee [3.5s]

MMK6#288

Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB07224

110

ای آیت هدی چون در این جنت ابهی بفضل خدا نهال مغروس دست عنایتی بکوش تا بطراوت

O sign of guidance! Since thou art, by God's grace, a sapling planted in this Most Glorious Paradise, strive beneath the hand of divine favor to attain freshness [3.5s]

MMK3#232 p.167

Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB05536

140

ای آیت رحمن حی قیوم چون شمس خرق حجاب غیوم فرمود از مطلع انوار دو ایات ظاهر و

O Sign of the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining Lord! Like unto the sun that rendeth asunder the veil of clouds, from the horizon of lights two verses have become manifest [3.5s]

INBA13:118

MKT4.023, MMK6#475, YMM.060

Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB10380

ای آیت محبت الله اقتدار در عالم جسمانی امریست اعتباری بلکه اقتدار روحانی

O Sign of the Love of God! Power in the material world is a transient thing, nay rather, spiritual power [3.5s]

MMK2#162 p.121

Power of faith; power of the spirit

AB06777

120

ای دوستان صادق اسم اعظم در قرآن از خصائص اهل ایمان انفاق منصوصست و یجاهدون

O sincere friends of the Greatest Name! Among the distinguishing characteristics of the people of faith explicitly set forth in the Qur'án is the virtue of charitable giving, and striving [3.5s]

MMK6#183

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom

AB00896

410

ای بنده صادق خدا نامه شما رسید و بر مضامین کما هی حقها در نهایت دقت اطلاع

O sincere servant of God! Thy letter was received, and its contents were perused with the utmost care [3.5s]

MMK3#268 p.191, MSHR1.038x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB04297

170

ای بنده صادق الهی صدق و راستی سبب هدایت تو گردید و باین موهبت فائز نمود اگر

O sincere servant of God! Truthfulness and sincerity became the cause of thy guidance and enabled thee to attain this heavenly bounty [3.5s]

MMK6#088

Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Imam Husayn; Living waters; water of life

AB04298

170

Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی شکر کن خدا را که در ره آن یکتا دلبر مهربان صدمات

O sincere servant of the Abhá Beauty! Render thanks unto God that, in the path of that incomparable and compassionate Beloved, thou hast endured evident tribulations

MMK3#080 p.053, MMK3#280 p.203

ADMS#336

AB01475

320

ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکاتیبیکه ارسال نموده بودی رسید و ملاحظه گردید من

O sincere servant of the Abha Beauty! The letters thou didst send were received and perused [3.5s]

MMK5#186 p.147

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

AB02353

250

ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک تحاریر متعدده شما ملاحظه گشت الحمد لله دلیل بر روح و

O sincere servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy numerous letters were perused. Praise be to God, they bear witness to the spirit [3.5s]

MMK6#598, MSHR1.066x

Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00755

450

ای بنده صادق جمال کبریاء خلاصه حوادث اینست که هیئت تفتیش در نهایت کنج کاوی

O sincere servant of the Glorious Beauty! The essence of what hath transpired is this: that the Committee of Investigation, with utmost scrutiny [3.5s]

MMK5#021 p.013, ASAT4.359x

Call to action; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB03646

190

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای بنده صادق حق گفتند از وقایع و حوادث کونی قدری ملول و محزونی و کمی مغموم

O sincere servant of the True One! I hear thou art grieved and distressed at the happenings

INBA13:198b

MNMK#136 p.252, MMK1#229 p.299

SWAB#229, SW_v14#01 p.018, BP1926.024-025

AB08607

ای بنده مخلص حق از فضل جمال ابهی کنز ملکوت بجهت احباء مهیا لهذا انفاق سبب

O sincere servant of the True One! Through the grace of the Abhá Beauty, the treasury of the Kingdom hath been made ready for the loved ones [3.5s]

INBA87:088, INBA52:087

MMK6#073

Generosity [kirama]; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB00523

550

یا بن من شهد لسان القدم بتقدیسه آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید مشهود و معلوم گردید از

O son of him whose tongue hath testified to His sanctification in eternity, that which thou didst write hath been seen and understood [3.5s]

MMK5#190 p.150, MMK6#086x, PYK.230, MSHR4.406x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB06568

120

ای ابن ملکوت انسان چه قدر بزرگوار است اگر در ره پروردگار بپوید و چه قدر جمیل

O son of the Kingdom! How noble is man, should he walk in the pathway of his Lord, and how surpassing fair [3.5s]

MMK2#115 p.089, AHB.122BE #05-06 p.244

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB00552

530

Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

ای یاران ممتحن عبدالبهاء از قرار معلوم شخصی شریر شهیر در آنصفحات بر غنی و

O sorely tried friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! It hath become apparent that a wicked person in those regions hath assailed and attacked both rich and poor

NURA#12, MMK4#006 p.003, RHQM2.0841-842 (255-256) (156-157x), MAS5.281, MSHR5.050x

LOTW#12

AB03144

210

ای جمع روحانیان الحمد لله مانند شمع روشنید و بمثابه درختان سبز و خرم در

O spiritual assembly! Praise be to God that ye are luminous even as candles and verdant and flourishing like unto trees [3.5s]

MMK2#052 p.041

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01703

300

ای حبیب روحانی از هبوب اریاح شدیده سراج محبت الله در مشکاه قلوب خواموش مباد

O spiritual beloved! From the blowing of fierce winds, may the lamp of the love of God in the niche of hearts never be extinguished [3.5s]

MMK6#378

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02702

230

ای حبیب روحانی ورقه لطیفه که ناطق بجواهر اذکار و بدایع اسرار بود ببصر روح

O spiritual beloved! The delicate leaf which spoke forth jewels of remembrance and wondrous mysteries was beheld through the eye of the spirit [3.5s]

MMK2#169 p.125

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Attaining good pleasure of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB09933

ای حبیب روحانی نامه مشکین ملاحظه گردید یریدون ان یخمدوا نار محبت الله

O spiritual beloved! Thy musk-scented letter was perused. They seek to extinguish the fire of the love of God [3.5s]

INBA87:095, INBA52:094

MMK6#133

Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB03324

200

ای اخوان روحانی الهی اخوت بر دو قسم است جسمانی و روحانی اخوت جسمانیرا حکمی نه

O spiritual brethren! Brotherhood is of two kinds: physical and spiritual. Physical brotherhood hath no lasting effect [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#1007, MMK6#206

Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB01579

310

ای رفیق روحانی نامه ۱۱ فبریه ۱۹۱۲ وصول یافت مضمون مشحون بخبر خوشی بود و آن خبر

O spiritual companion! The letter of 11 February 1912 was received, and its contents were laden with joyous tidings. That news [3.5s]

MMK5#055 p.052

Business; financial; property matters; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB00871

420

ای یاران روحانی و اماء رحمان این خاکدان فانی جغدان نادانرا سزاوار و این گلخن

O spiritual companions and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! This ephemeral dust-heap befitteth none but ignorant owls, and this furnace [3.5s]

INBA87:143, INBA52:140

MMK2#060 p.046, TABN.038, ANDA#69 p.07

Constitutional revolution in Iran; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB09383

ای رفیق روحانی هیچ تا بحال شنیدی علیلی که مزاج در نهایت انقلاب در جهان آب در

O spiritual friend! Hast thou ever heard of an invalid whose constitution was in utter turmoil in the realm of water [3.5s]

MMK5#060 p.054

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB09599

ای یار روحانی یوسف کنعانی مسند مصر بیاراست و عزیز آن دیار شد ولی این بزرگواری

O spiritual friend! Joseph of Canaan adorned the throne of Egypt and became the cherished one of that land, but this noble station [3.5s]

MMK2#207 p.147

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB10483

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

ای حبیب روحانی انگشتها از شدت سرما حرکت نمینماید با وجود این در نصف شب اندک

O spiritual friend! So intensely cold is it that I cannot move my fingers. In spite of this, I have found a moment of free time at midnight

MMK5#075 p.062

MHMD2s.332x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB04492

170

ای یار روحانی نامه ملاحظه گردید و ناله و انابه مسموع شد مزاحی بخاطر رسید

O spiritual friend! Thy letter was noted and thy lamentation and supplication were heard. A jest occurred to mind [3.5s]

MMK6#032, MSHR3.290

Consolation and comfort; Suffering and imprisonment

AB05191

150

ای دوست روحانی هرچه بگویم و آنچه بنگارم حقیقت انس و الفتی که در هویت قلب تحقق

O spiritual friend! Whatsoever I may speak or write falleth short of conveying the true essence of the intimacy and communion that dwelleth within the heart's reality [3.5s]

MMK3#158 p.110, PYK.225

Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Love of God; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB02337

250

ای احبای روحانی و یاران حقیقی جمال قدم انوار عزت قدیمه بر آفاق اشراق نموده و

O spiritual friends and true companions of the Ancient Beauty! The light of ancient glory hath shed its radiance upon the horizons [3.5s]

INBA13:160

MMK4#122 p.129

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB01433

330

ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء نامه جناب خان با پیام وجدانی شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید

O spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The letter from his honor Khan, together with your heartfelt message, was received and perused [3.5s]

INBA89:251

MMK6#093, AVK3.207.05x

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Martyrs and martyrdom

AB00912

410

ای یاران روحانی حضرت کبریا در قرآن عظیم دنیا را تشبیه بسراب بقیع فرموده اند

O spiritual friends of the Almighty! In the Great Qur'án the world hath been likened unto a mirage in the desert [3.5s]

MMK2#213 p.152, MMK2#022 p.014, TABN.289

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imagery in the Qur'an; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB01136

370

ای یاران روحانی جناب حاجی آقا محمد بنهایت قوت بر نصرت و معاونت شما قیام نموده

O spiritual friends! His honour Haji Aqa Muhammad hath arisen with the utmost strength to support and assist you [3.5s]

INBA85:227

MMK6#393

Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00960

400

ای یاران روحانی در این عهد جلیل و قرن عظیم که آفتاب میثاق چون نیر اعظم آفاق

O spiritual friends! In this glorious Dispensation and mighty century, when the Sun of the Covenant, like unto the supreme luminary, shineth forth upon the horizons [3.5s]

INBA87:065, INBA52:064

MMK2#232 p.166

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB04126

180

ای یاران روحانی انسان بتن ذی روح است جنبنده است و بجان و وجدان تابنده و

O spiritual friends! Man possesseth a physical body with a living soul; he moveth and stirreth through life, and shineth forth through soul and conscience [3.5s]

MMK2#120 p.092

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence of; reunion with God; Soul is the essential reality of man; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB08098

100

ای دوستان معنوی قلب عبدالبهاء از حرارت محبت احباء چون شعله سوزانست و البته

O spiritual friends! The heart of 'Abdu'l-Bahá burneth with the fire of love for the beloved ones, even as a flaming torch, and verily [3.5s]

MMK6#107

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB02242

260

Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of

ای دوستان معنوی حضرت احدیت اشراق انوار هدایت فرمود و فیض عنایت مبذول داشت

O spiritual friends! The Lord of Oneness hath caused the lights of guidance to shine forth and hath bestowed the bounty of His grace [3.5s]... ...O ye loved ones of God! Out of gratitude for firmness in the eternal Covenant arise to serve the threshold of the omnipotent Lord, observe obligatory prayer and fasting

BRL_DAK#0698, MMK4#120 p.127

BRL_IOPF#2.05x

Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution

AB05878

140

ای یاران روحانی هر چند کوشکک بلدی صغیر است ولی از خدا خواهم که نفوس مبارکه ای

O spiritual friends! Though Kushk is but a small town, yet I beseech God that blessed souls [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0113, MMK6#140

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB00459

580

ای یاران روحانی امروز جمیع اهالی ایران باید در کمال همت و غیرت در خیر دولت

O spiritual friends! Today must all the inhabitants of Iran, with the utmost determination and zeal, work for the good of the government [3.5s]

MMK5#107 p.086, SFI06.011a

Past, present and future of Iran; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB02605

240

ای یاران روحانی هر کس از بالاخان مرور و عبور نمود علی الخصوص جناب امین نهایت

O spiritual friends! Whosoever hath traversed and passed through Balakhan, especially Jinab-i-Amin, verily [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#1118, MMK5#278 p.211

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God

AB03160

210

ای روحانی چند روز پیش نامه مرقوم و ارسال گردید و الیوم بواسطه حضرت شهید ابن

O spiritual one! A few days ago a letter was written and dispatched, and today through His Holiness the martyred son [3.5s]

MMK2#204 p.146x, RSR.043

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB09545

ای نظام روحانیان قانون الهی و نظام رحمانی شریعت سمحه بیضاست و محجه واضحه نوراء

O spiritual order! The divine law and celestial system is a radiant and magnanimous religion, a luminous and manifest path [3.5s]... ...true order and law are the necessary relations inherent in the realities of things, demanded and necessitated by the nature of creation.

MMK3#013 p.007, VUJUD.114

VUJUDE.192

Call to action; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB04413

170

ای طبیب روحانی نظر بشدت امراض و سورت التهاب منما مطمئن بتاثیر اسم اعظم باش که

O spiritual physician! Look not upon the severity of the maladies and the intensity of their inflammation, but be confident in the influence of the Most Great Name, which [3.5s]

MMK6#275

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01947

280

ای طبیب روحانی الحمد لله بدریاق فاروق پی بردی و از معجون الهی صحت و قوت تامه

O spiritual physician! Praise be unto God that thou hast discovered the all-healing antidote and attained perfect health and strength through the divine elixir [3.5s]

MMK6#340, SFI02.147

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB04429

170

ای کوکب روحانی چون موکب نیر رحمانی رسید کوکب اقبال روحانیان دمید از شعشعه

O spiritual star! When the caravan of the All-Merciful Luminary arrived, the star of spiritual fortune dawned with radiant effulgence [3.5s]

MMK6#509, TABN.134

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement

AB01117

370

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

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

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

God as personal vs. impersonal reality; Laws of marriage and dowry; Limits of the intellect; Transcendence; unknowability of God

AB05638

140

ای جوان روحانی حمد کن خدا را که در جویبار هدایت سرو روانی و در گلشن موهبت

O spiritual youth! Render thanks unto God that thou art even as a graceful cypress beside the stream of guidance, and in the rose-garden of His bounty [3.5s]

MMK2#365 p.261

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

AB02132

270

ای یاران روحانی ربانی عبدالبهاء چهل و سه سال در سجن عکا مسجون و ایام اخیر

O spiritual, divine friends! 'Abdu'l-Bahá was imprisoned in the fortress of 'Akká for forty-three years, and in the final days [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0899, MMK5#034 p.036, MSHR5.271

Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

AB05340

150

ای ورقه منجذبه روحانی در اینوقت که ندای الهی و صلای بیداری از ملکوت ابهی

O spiritually attracted leaf! At this time when the divine call and the summons of awakening from the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s]

MMK2#357 p.256, RSR.042b

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07347

110

ای ثابت ناطق پدر بزرگوار در ملکوت ابهی افتخار بثبوت ابناء جان نثار مینماید و

O steadfast and eloquent one! Thy noble father in the Abha Kingdom taketh pride in the steadfastness of his devoted, self-sacrificing sons [3.5s]

MMK5#264 p.203

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB08670

ای ثابت پایدار حضرت ستار غفار گنهکارانست و بخشنده و مهربان چون مستفیض از بحر

O steadfast and firm one! The All-Concealing Lord is the Forgiver of sinners and the All-Bountiful, the All-Merciful, like unto an ocean outpouring its grace [3.5s]

MMK2#153 p.114, PYB#107 p.04

Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB02921

220

Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

ای ثابت نابت نامه تو رسید مضمون مورث سرور بود و موجب حبور زیرا دلالت بر ثبات

O steadfast and firm one! Your letter was received and its contents brought joy and gladness, for they testified to steadfastness [3.5s]... ...It is the hope of ‘Abdu’l‑Baha that those youthful souls in the schoolroom of the deeper knowledge will be tended by one who traineth them to love

MMK1#107 p.130x, TRBB.025, MUH3.288

SWAB#107x

AB08015

100

ای ثابت بر عهد چندیست که چیزی بشما ننگاشتم ولی اگر صد کاتب موجود گردد از عهده

O steadfast in the Covenant! For some time I have not written aught unto thee, yet were a hundred scribes to be at hand [3.5s]

INBA85:224

MMK6#614, MAS2.095bx

Attaining the life of the spirit; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB05119

150

ای ثابت بر پیمان الحمد لله از مذهب لوثریان بملکوت بهائیان پی بردی و معانی کتاب

O steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be unto God that thou hast found thy way from the Lutheran faith to the Bahá'í Kingdom and the meanings of the Book [3.5s]

MMK4#138 p.141

Importance of prayer; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB08955

ای ورقه موقنه از روزی که مراجعت نمودی تا بحال همیشه منظور بودی و دائما مذکور

O steadfast leaf! From the day thou didst return until now, thou hast ever been before Mine eyes and continually remembered [3.5s]

MMK5#230 p.179

AB07657

110

ای ورقه موقنه جناب آقا سید محمود در معیت ورقه نورانیه امة البهاء از دریا و

O steadfast leaf! His honor Siyyid Mahmúd, in the company of the luminous leaf, Amatu'l-Bahá, from the sea [3.5s]

MMK5#290 p.216

Law of pilgrimage; Prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB05614

140

ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید شکایت از تنهاای نموده بودی

O steadfast one in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Thou hadst complained of loneliness [3.5s]

MMK6#443

Consolation and comfort; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08812

ای کاتب ثابت اسماء یارانرا در کمال ادب و نهایت حلاوت مرقوم نمودید این عبد نیز

O steadfast scribe! With utmost courtesy and consummate sweetness hast thou written the names of the friends. This servant likewise [3.5s]

MMK5#096 p.080

Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB06122

130

Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Education of children; moral education

ای تلامیذ دبستان حمد خدا را که در امتحان حسن استعداد و قابلیت ظاهر و عیان

O students of the school! Praise be to God that in your tests ye have manifested and demonstrated excellence of capacity and capability [3.5s]... ...It is incumbent upon Baha’í children to surpass other children in the acquisition of sciences and arts

INBA87:150b, INBA52:148a

MMK1#119 p.137x, MJTB.075x, HUV2.027

SWAB#119x, LOG#0481x, DAS.1914-10-26x

AB07426

110

ای رضیع ثدی محبت الله و پرورده آغوش معرفت الله شکر کن خدا را که از اصلاب

O suckling at the breast of God's love and nurtured in the embrace of the knowledge of God, render thanks unto the Lord that from the loins [3.5s]

MMK2#330 p.240, AYBY.401 #102

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB06391

130

ای ورقه مبتهله جناب آقا محمد اسمعیل علیه بهاء الله الابهی در بقعه مبارکه

O suppliant leaf! His honour Áqá Muhammad Ismá'íl—upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Luminous—in the blessed Shrine [3.5s]

MMK6#245

Consolation and comfort; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00660

480

ای طائره نامه شما که تشکرنامه از ورود جناب عزیزالله خان و جناب عبدالحسین خان

O Taereh! Thy letter of gratitude for the arrival of their Honors, 'Azizu'llah Khan, Adbu'l-Hussein Khan and 'Ali Mohammed Khan hath arrived

BRL_DAK#0436, MMK3#067 p.043x, BBBD.444-445, BBBD.467, PYB#167 p.03

BBBD.468-469

Monasticism; asceticism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB07101

120

یا طاهر ان ربک قد نزل من غمام فیض رحمته ماء طهورا و فیضا مشکورا و طهر به

O Tahir! Verily thy Lord hath sent down from the clouds of His bountiful grace a pure and purifying water, and a praiseworthy abundance; purify thyself therewith [3.5s]

MMK6#150

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06256

130

ای طیفور قلبت پر نور باد و جانت پر سرور آنچه خواستی مرقوم گردید حال باید

O Tayfur! May thy heart be filled with light and thy soul be full of joy! That which thou didst request hath been written. Now thou must [3.5s]

MMK6#320

Being a source of light; guidance; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00738

460

Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای فرع لطیف شجره مبارکه مکاتیب متعدده واصل و معانی روحانیش حلاوت مذاق رحمانی

O tender twig of the blessed Tree! Thy numerous letters have been received, and their spiritual meanings were honey-sweet upon the palate of the soul

BRL_DAK#0036, NURA#30, MMK4#041 p.045

LOTW#30

AB09883

ای بنده شکور رب غفور عنایاتش غیرمتناهی و الطافش بی پایان عواطفش محیط است و

O thankful servant of the Lord, the Forgiving! His bounties are boundless and His favours infinite. His tender mercies encompass all [3.5s]

INBA87:164c, INBA52:162b

MMK3#242 p.174, MMK4#123 p.130

Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB02342

250

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای خداوند مهربان شکر ترا که بيدار نمودی و هشيار کردی چشم بينا دادی و گوش شنوا احسان نمودی

O thou advancing maidservant of God! Thy letter was received... O compassionate God! Thanks be unto Thee for Thou hast awakened me and made me conscious…. Bestow upon me a heart which, like unto glass

BRL_DAK#1193, MMK3#011 p.006x, MMG2#102 p.116x

BPRY.071x, TAB.640-641, BSC.431 #782x, SW_v02#04 p.012, BSTW#293ex

MJ Cyr, T. Nosrat, A. Youssefi

Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05590

140

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ای پروردگار نوع بشر را موفق نما که بوصایا و نصایح مندرجه در این مکاتیب عمل

O Thou Almighty Lord! Strengthen all mankind that they may do according to the instructions and teachings recorded in these writings

MMK5#315 p.227

TAB.000:ix

Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for peace and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Wisdom [hikmat]

AB04890

160

ای یار قدیم و همدم و ندیم ایا ایام ملاقات فراموش نمودی که چنین خواموش گشتی

O thou ancient companion and cherished intimate! Hast thou forgotten the days of our meeting, that thou art grown so silent [3.5s]

INBA17:139

MMK3#071 p.046x

Call to action; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB07594

110

ای مومن موقن از جمله اسماء الهی در قرآن مومن است چنانچه فرموده است یعنی در

O thou assured believer! Among the names of God revealed in the Qur'án is "the Faithful," as He hath declared [3.5s]

MMK6#547, YIA.358-359

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB03216

210

ای ورقه منجذبه نامه شما رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید حمد خدا را که مهیای خدمتی و

O thou attracted leaf! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Praise be to God that thou art ready for service [3.5s]

MMK5#004 p.001

Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06925

120

Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones

ای مومن بالله سراج ایمان چون در زجاج قلب و روان برافروزد شعاع ساطعش بر ارکان

O thou believer in God! [3.5s]... ...When the light of faith is kindled in the lamp of the heart and soul, its spreading rays illumine every limb of the body

BRL_CONF2018P#04x, MMK2#044 p.033

BRL_CONF2018#04x

Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]

AB09637

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

ایتها المومنه بوحدانیه الله اعلمی انه لاینفع الانسان الا حب الرحمن و لاینور

O thou believer in the oneness of God! Know thou that nothing profiteth a soul save the love of the All-Merciful, nothing lighteth up a heart

MKT2.333a, MNMK#077 p.148, MMK1#151 p.174

SWAB#151, TAB.053

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00519

550

دوست عزیز محترما نامه شما به آقا میرزا احمد رسید من نیز مطالعه کردم از مضمون

O thou beloved and respected friend: Your letter written to Aga Mirza Ahmad was received. I likewise read it.

BRL_DAK#0741, MMK3#184 p.128x, AKHA_125BE #02 p.b, NJB_v04#09 p.001

ABIE.002, BLO_PN#007

Man's distinction from the animal; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power of the mind over nature; Service to others; to the Cause of God

AB01064

380

Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

در خصوص تنظيمات مرقوم نموده بوديد تعاليم الهی و وصايا و نصايح حضرت بهآءاللّه نصّ صريح

O thou beloved daughter! Formerly a cable through the British Government

MMK1#069 p.103x

SWAB#069x, SW_v10#03 p.038-039

AB05757

140

ای کنیز عزیز الهی چون ندای الهی از ملکوت باقی بلند شد و بکوش هر هوشمند رسید

O thou beloved handmaiden of God! When the divine call was raised from the eternal Kingdom and reached the ears of every discerning soul [3.5s]

MMK2#089 p.069

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual baptism

AB03183

210

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death

ای کنیز عزیز الهی هر چند مصیبت فرزند فی الحقیقه بسیار جگرسوز است و فوق طاقت بشر

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Although the loss of a son is indeed

MMK1#171 p.195

SWAB#171, SW_v10#19 p.340, SW_v14#02 p.040

M. Sparrow, L. Harley

AB03461

200

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

عقد بهائی ارتباط بين طرفين است و تعلّق خاطر بين جهتين ولی بايد نهايت دقّت بنمايند

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter ... was received and its contents became known. In this most Merciful Age the ignorant prejudices are entirely removed... Baha'í marriage is union and cordial affection between the two parties.

MMK1#086 p.115x

SWAB#086x, BPRY.117x, TAB.325-326, BWF.372-372x, BSC.457 #840x, BSTW#150

Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Personal instructions

AB02574

240

Equality of men and women; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Harmony of science and religion; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات رسید و از مضمون معلوم گردید که احباء در کمال قوت و

O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and its contents revealed the fact that the friends, in perfect energy… the spirit of this illumined era is the body of the teachings

MMK1#071 p.106

SWAB#071, SW_v10#01 p.013-014

AB07785

110

یا من احبه الله و احبه قال تعالی یحبهم و یحبونه لو لا فیض محبه الله الی عبده

O thou beloved of God and lover of Him! The Almighty hath declared: "He loveth them and they love Him." Were it not for the outpouring of God's love upon His servant [3.5s]

MMK6#112

Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB09479

Prayer for Steadfastness; Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá

ای محبوب جان و وجدان من جز تو پناهی ندارم و بغیر از ذکر تو فریاد صبحگاهی بر

O Thou beloved of my heart and soul! I have no refuge save Thee. I raise no voice at dawn

MMK2#024 p.016

BRL_APAB#15x, BLO_PT#071

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB01585

310

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای سلیل عزیز آن مستغرق دریای مغفرت الهی مدتیست مدیده تحریری نشد و تقریری نگشت

O thou beloved scion of him that hath been immersed in the ocean of divine forgiveness! A long time hath passed since I last wrote

NURA#26, MMK4#179 p.222, MMK5#030 p.031

LOTW#26

AB01580

310

ای سرگشته و سودائی ایا وقتی اید که در شرق و غرب مشهور بشیداای گردی و رسوای

O thou bewildered and impassioned soul! Will there come a time when thou shalt become renowned in both East and West - thou wandering, disgraceful one [3.5s]

MMK6#294

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love as fire; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB05221

150

Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ای صحاف چون بصحف الهیه و صحائف ربانیه رجوع نماای و در معانی مندمجه مندرجه در

O thou binder of books! Shouldst thou refer to the heavenly Books and Sacred Scriptures, and ponder the meanings enshrined therein

INBA17:104

NURA#71, MMK4#183 p.226, MSHR5.200-201

LOTW#71

AB03863

190

یا ایها الطائر بجناح الایقان الی افق العرفان هنیا لک بما شربت الرحیق من

O thou bird that, on the wings of certitude, doth soar unto the horizon of divine knowledge! Blessed art thou, for thou hast quaffed of the choice wine [3.5s]

MMK6#521

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB02090

270

Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای شکوفه شجره حیات خوشا بحال تو که کمر خدمت بربستی و بتمام همت بر ترویج

O thou blossom of the Tree of Life! Happy art thou to have girded thy loins in service

MMK1#231 p.301

SWAB#231, SW_v11#10 p.167-168

AB05722

140

ای شمع محفل یاران سراج افروخته در سوز و گداز است و قلبش از نفحات الطاف حضرت

O thou candle of the gathering of friends! The lamp set ablaze is consumed in burning and yearning, and His heart is stirred by the fragrances of the favours of His Holiness [3.5s]

MMK5#271 p.207

Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB10533

ای شمع محبت الله نامه های متعدد تو رسید بحسب وعد انشاءالله در بیست و پنجم

O thou candle of the love of God! Thy numerous letters were received. According to the promise, by the Will of God, I shall embark

BRL_DAK#0539, MMK5#050 p.047

DJT.225, BLO_PN#027

Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB04810

160

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه شما رسید و مضمون بکمال دقت ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه

O thou cherished handmaiden of God! Thy letter was received and its contents were perused with the utmost care [3.5s]

MMK6#457

Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB06440

130

ایتها الورقه المطمئنه نفوس بسیارند ولی نفس مطمئنه قلیل و کمیاب زیرا اطمینان

O thou confident leaf! Though souls be many, those possessing true confidence are few and rare, for assurance [3.5s]

MMK2#171 p.126

Degrees of faith; certitude; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB00904

410

Education of children; moral education; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ای شخص موید نامه ایکه باقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید از بدایت تا نهایت

O thou confirmed personage! The letter that thou hast written to Aga Seyad Assadollah was read from first to last… Ye should consider the question of goodly character as of the first importance

INBA85:309

MMK1#108 p.130x, MJTB.076x

SWAB#108x, LOG#0500x, DAS.1913-10-18

AB02114

270

ای نفس موید نامه بلیغ رسید مضمون مشحون از راز درون بود و آن خجلت و شرمساری در

O thou confirmed soul! Thy compelling letter was received. Its contents were laden with inner mysteries, and therein was reflected thy humility and abashment [3.5s]

INBA85:328

MMK2#154 p.115

Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB00589

510

ای نفس موید نامه فصیح و بلیغ چون نافه مشک معطر بود رائحه ایمان و ایقان و ثبوت

O thou confirmed soul! Thy fluent and eloquent letter was even as the scent of musk, diffusing the fragrances of faith and certitude [3.5s]

INBA85:480

MMK6#057, MJMJ2.008x, MJMJ3.077x, MMG2#234 p.262x

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB00369

620

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

خدمت باحبّا خدمت بملکوت اللّه است و رعایت فقرا از تعالیم الهیّه

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Numerous letters have been received

MMK1#011 p.024x

SWAB#011x, SW_v10#06 p.109-110

AB03928

180

Being a source of light; guidance; Oneness; unity of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity

ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات بتاریخ ۵ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ رسید و خبر پرمسرتی داشت که احبای

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter dated 5 December 1918 was received. It contained the good news that the friends of God

MMK1#013 p.026

SWAB#013

AB01898

280

ای بنت ملکوت نامه تو رسید و مضامین معلوم بود لکن تکرار مفهوم گردید اگر امریک

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident. If America attains to the capacity of the Presence of Abdu'l-Baha, I will travel to that country

MMK5#048 p.045

SW_v02#07 p.013

Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB04657

160

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

ای بنت ملکوت نامه تو رسید مانند آهنگ عندلیب الهی بود که شهنازش سبب فرح قلوب

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It was like the melody of the divine nightingale

MNMK#131 p.245, MMK1#183 p.203

SWAB#183, BSC.546 #987, SW_v10#14 p.272

Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB03929

180

Free will and predestination; fate; Law of cause and effect

ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات رسید از قضا و قدر و اراده سوال نموده بودی قضا و قدر

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst asked about fate, predestination and will.

MMK1#167 p.192, RAHA.318, SFI01.061

SWAB#167, SW_v10#17 p.318, BSTW#429

AB03416

200

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ای دختر ملکوت نامه هایت رسید و از مضمون معلوم گردید که والده محترمه ات صعود

O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letters were received. Their contents indicated that thy mother has ascended the invisible realm, that thou hast remained alone.

MMK1#116 p.136x, PYB#119 p.04

SWAB#116x

AB04763

160

ای دوست موافق در وقتیکه آتش حرب در اطراف جهان شعله زده و روز بروز در ازدیاد

O thou dear companion, at a time when the fire of war hath set the world aflame and with each passing day doth increasingly intensify [3.5s]

MMK2#098 p.076, NJB_v03#02 p.002

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace

AB00342

640

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

ای کنیز عزیز الهی حمد کن خدا را که در آستان مقدسش مقربی و در ملکوت عزتش معزز

O thou dear handmaid of God! Praise thou God, because thou art favoured at His Holy Threshold, and cherished in the Kingdom of His might.

MNMK#153 p.285, MMK1#142 p.161, YMM.364x

SWAB#142, TAB.091-094, BSC.489 #940x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB05247

150

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

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات ملاحظه گردید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد دستورالعمل

O thou dear handmaid of God! Thy letter hath been received and its contents noted. Thou didst ask for a rule whereby to guide thy life.

MMK1#010 p.024

SWAB#010, TAB.098-099

jeph.ilosopher, Strong Steep

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Importance of prayer; Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB02400

250

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

ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات رسید و مضمون معلوم گردید در میان خلق ازدواج عبارت از

O thou dear handmaid of God! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents were noted. Marriage, among the mass of the people

MMK1#084 p.114, AKHB.199-200, GHA.159, HYB.046, NJB_v12#09 p.160

SWAB#084, BWF.372-373x, LOG#1266x, BSC.457 #840x, BLO_PT#052.11

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Marriage as means of spiritual progress

AB04806

160

ای کنیز عزیز الهی امیدم از پروردگار چنانست که خواهش و آرزوی تو مستجاب شود از

O thou dear maidservant of God! I hope, through the Lord, that thy

MMK5#047 p.045

SW_v01#16 p.002-003

Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00739

460

ای کنیز الهی نامه شما رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد از خدا میخواهم که ترا

O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and the contents

MMK5#249 p.194, NJB_v12#14 p.240

LOG#0603x, SW_v12#14 p.233-234

Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

AB02383

250

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

ای خواهر عزیز نامه ات در وقتی وارد که الحمد لله بلایا و محن در سبیل الهی از هر

O thou dear sister! The letter arrived at a time when—praise be to God!—calamities and sufferings in the path of God have surrounded us

MMK3#200 p.143

TAB.723-724, BSC.469 #878x

Consolation and comfort; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment

AB05115

150

امروز اعظم مقامات ثبوت و استقامت در ايمان و ايقان است و اين ثبوت و استقامت سبب تأييد و توفيق الهی

O thou dear son. Thy letter was an evidence to thy firmness and steadfastness. For today the greatest of all the stations is firmness

MMK3#069 p.045x

DAS.1914-07-24

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB03774

190

ای ناشر نفحات الله میدانم در این سفر در زحمت و مشقتی ولی چون نظر بنتیجه و اثر

O thou diffuser of the divine fragrances! I know that in this journey thou art encompassed by hardship and difficulty, but when thou considerest the outcome and effect [3.5s]

MMK6#037

Effort; striving; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB02412

250

ای ناشر میثاق سپاه ملکوت ابهی و جنود جبروت اعلی متتابع از عالم بالا در هجوم

O thou disseminator of the Covenant! The hosts of the Abhá Kingdom and the legions of the Supreme Dominion are descending successively from the realms above in a mighty rush [3.5s]

INBA55:457, INBA72:054, INBA88:375

MMK6#134

Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04532

170

ایها الفاضل الجلیل انی قد اخذت بکل توقیر کتابکم المنیر و امعنت النظر فی بدیع

O thou distinguished and noble one! With all reverence have I received thy luminous letter and fixed mine attention upon its wondrous [3.5s]

MMK6#118

Love of God; Scarcity of receptive souls; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB01406

330

Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places

ای فرع جلیل سدره مقدسه مبارکه جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا در وقتیکه

O thou distinguished branch of the blessed and sacred Lote-Tree! When the Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—would visit Haifa

INBA87:269b, INBA52:273

NURA#08, MMK4#059 p.067, HHA.095, DUR3.099, PZHN v2#1 p.105

LOTW#08, GEN.323

AB06443

130

ایها الفاضل الرحمانی جناب ابتهاج مرقوم نموده اند که مانند سراج در زجاج گیلان

O thou distinguished one endowed with divine virtues! His honour Ibtihaj hath written that, like unto a lamp within a glass in Gilan [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#1114, MMK6#035, MSBH1.406

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

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

AB10015

Health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ای طبيب اديب ... تو الحمد للّه که دو قوّه داری طبابت جسمانی و طبابت

O Thou distinguished physician!… Praise be to God that thou hast two powers: one to undertake physical healing and the other spiritual healing

MMK1#130 p.147x

SWAB#130x, LOG#0963x

AB02770

530

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

ای ورقاء حدیقه وفاء و ای حمامه ایکه ثناء ... اليوم اکثر ناس از قوّت عهد و ميثاق الهی غافل و ذاهلند

O thou dove of the rose-garden of faithfulness! O nightingale of the groves of praise to the Abha Beauty! May the glory of God

NURA#66, MMK4#162 p.178x, MSHR5.300x

LOTW#66

AB01339

340

ای منجذب جمال الهی انچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از گلشن معانی رائحه

O thou enthralled by the Divine Beauty! That which was written by thee was perused… O Divine Providence! Awaken me and make me conscious

BRL_DAK#0111, BRL_MON#08x, MMK2#158 p.118, MMG2#057 p.060x

BRL_POAB#08x

Ahdieh, S. Rezaie and M. Vahman

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude

AB03325

200

ای ادیب دبستان الهی دست و پری بگشا و آستینی بیفشان توجهی بنما و بال و پری باز

O thou erudite one of the divine school! Spread wide thy hands and wings, shake loose thy sleeves, turn thy attention and spread thy wings anew [3.5s]

MMK2#252 p.181, AKHA_132BE #09 p.a

Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00198

820

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ای فرع رفیع سدره مبارکه جناب آقا سید میرزا چون در اینجا تشریف داشتند

O thou exalted bough of the divine Lote-Tree! ...When thou art disdained and rejected by the wicked doers be not cast down

INBA55:395

BRL_DAK#1203, MNMK#133 p.246, MMK1#195 p.227, MAS5.105

SWAB#195

Alex, Asha, Renya, and Alia, B. Weber

AB04656

160

ای بلند اختر و نیکو طالع چه قدر خوشبخت بودی که در این عصر انوار بیدار شدی و

O thou exalted star of auspicious destiny! How blessed wert thou to have awakened in this Age of Light [3.5s]

MMK2#119 p.092

Being a source of light; guidance; Bringing forth results; fruit; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Many are called but few are chosen; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB00990

390

ای امین عبدالبهاء نامه های شما رسید و سبب فرح و سرور گردید زیرا مژده از

O thou faithful one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letters were received and brought joy and gladness, for they bore tidings of [3.5s]

INBA16:161

MKT9.031, MMK3#285 p.207, AMK.059-060

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

AB01382

330