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| ABU2270 | Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-09 | 110 | Consider what the power of the Covenant has done! It was an impossibility for a Zoroastrian to unite with a Sid and a mulla with a Jew. | SW_v08#17 p.226x, PN_1909 p016, PN_1909 p049, PN_1909C p096, DJT.084, BLO_PN#027 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1404 | Words to Latimer, Remey and students, spoken on 1914-10-15 | 230 | Confidence is the cornerstone of all of life's activities. In the early days after our arrival in Acca | DAS.1914-10-15, PN_1914 p084 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Conduct in finance and business; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1632 | Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-16 | 190 | Concerning the Temple, the Mashrak el Azkar, it is a very important matter. The most important thing now in America is the building of the Temple. | SW_v01#12 p.006x, PN_1907 p053, TTAG.022-023, BLO_PN#101 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3200 | Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh | 40 | Complete individuality belongs only to the station of the Prophet. Those who follow Him are under the "shadow" of this station.... After death man does not develop through conscious effort | SW_v14#02 p.037-038, PN_1911 p005 | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1278 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 250 | Christ said that nothing could ascend into Heaven except that which came down from Heaven. He also said, 'I came from Heaven and will return to Heaven,' | TDLA.027-028, BLO_PN#104 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0557 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-10 | 500 | Christ himself said that whatever happened in the cycle of Moses would occur again in His time. Therefore these occurrences were repeated. | PN_1904 p014, PN_1904 p053, TTAW.019-022, BLO_PN#102 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Christ; Christianity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2579 | Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25 | 80 | Christ healed by the power of his word, because the word of the Messiah was the Holy Spirit | SW_v08#18 p.231, PN_1920 p097 | Idle fancies; lust and passion; Miracles and their interpretation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0495 | Words spoken in late Aug./early Sept. 1911 in Vevey | 540 | Christ and all the Prophets have taught in their Holy Books the immortality of the soul. Jesus during His life had so many afflictions | AIF.1911-08-27, PN_1909B p035, DJT.188-190, BLO_PN#027 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Purpose; goal of creation; Second birth; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1326 | Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906 | 240 | Children are of two kinds: Those capable of distinguishing and those incapable of distinguishing (right and wrong). Now, this child is too young to have the power of distinguishing | PN_1906 p085, SUR.238-239, BLO_PN#001 | Education of children; moral education; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Parents and children; youth; families | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2960 | Words spoken on 1913-09-04 in Ramleh | 60 | Chastity and purity of life are the two divine standards of the spiritual and moral law. | DAS.1913-09-04, SW_v08#02 p.026, ABIE.277, BLO_PN#007 | Chastity and purity; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1097 | Words to pilgrims in June 1906 | 290 | Certain officials in the City have requested me to write a petition for them to use before the higher authorities to bring about my release from incarceration. | PN_1906 p072, SUR.242, BLO_PN#001 | Disregarding bodily comfort; Effort; striving; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3514 | Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-08 | 20 | Capacity attracts. The greater your capacity, the more you will be filled. When the child is hungry and cries for milk, the milk of the mother begins to flow rapidly. | DJT.075, BLO_PN#027 | Development of capacity and readiness; Law of cause and effect | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1238 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | By the term "angels" spiritual powers is sometimes meant, and other times you will find that the term means pure and holy souls. | BSC.498 #960, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p145 | Angels; Law of transformation and change; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3087 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 50 | By the Justice and judgment of God those who commit evil suffer and are punished for it... But mercy is by far the greatest of the divine attributes and owing to this great mercy of God those who die in their sins are not left without the possibility of attaining to Life. | PN_1901 p010, NRMM.219 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and mercy; Justice and wrath of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0566 | Words to an army commander, spoken on 1914-05-11 | 490 | By a general agreement all the governments of the world must disarm simultaneously. It will | DAS.1914-05-11, SW_v05#08 p.116, SW_v07#06 p.042-043, SW_v08#12 p.155-156, PN_1914 p012, STAB#151 | Call to action; Stories; anecdotes; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2370 | Words to Mary Hanford Ford in 1910 | 100 | But we are all happy because we have the love of God in our hearts. When the heart is full of the love of God it loses consciousness of the body. | PN_unsorted p150, TOR.160 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0668 | Words to some of the friends, spoken on 1912-04-18 | 440 | But such a representation should be complete, and taken from its inception to its consummation.... For example: His baptism | DJT.263-265, BLO_PN#027 | Literal interpretation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05474 | 150 | But regarding the innumerable stars and the distance between each other, that in this day the astronomers of Europe explain as worlds containing the living spirits | PN_unsorted p088 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Composition and decomposition; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Realms of being; three realms; five realms | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2362 | Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-07-10 | 100 | But he who possesses truthfulness possesses all the virtues. There was once a disciple of Muhammad who asked of another disciple | DJT.332-333, BLO_PN#027 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Imam 'Ali; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1457 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 220 | Buddha was a very good man -- a divine philosopher, but not a great Prophet. Many of his moral teachings greatly resemble those of Jesus.... The doctrine of reincarnation, as taught by the Buddhists and some ancient philosophers, is not true | PN_1901 p008, PN_1901 p016, NRMM.216, BSTW#043ax | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Theosophy | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3495 | Words to pilgrims in June 1906 | 20 | Both Peter and Paul suffered martyrdom with all steadfastness by the order of Nero. This is a clear and indisputable fact. | PN_1906 p077, SUR.268, BLO_PN#001 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3066 | Words spoken in Feb. 1910 | 50 | Both are one. Sometimes it is called heart and sometimes mind: but mind is of two kinds; one is a worldly mind which seeks the livelihood | PN_1910 p002 | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1893 | Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 | 160 | Bodily matters are not important. The physical suffering of Christ passed away | SW_v14#01 p.011, PN_1909 p092 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3166 | Words spoken at Jenner home in East Sheen, ca. Sep. 1911 | 40 | Blessed are the children, of whom His Holiness Christ said: 'Of such are the Kingdom of Heaven.' Children have no worldly ambitions. Their hearts are pure. We must become like children, crowning our heads with the crown of severance;; purifying our hearts, that we may see God in His Great Manifestations, and obey the laws brought to us by those, His Messengers. | CHH.166, BLO_PN#022 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2905 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 60 | Be firm in the West! Let the foundation principles of this Truth become deep-rooted. Hold fast until the fullness of Reality comes to you. | TDLA.005-006, BLO_PN#104 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0468 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 560 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Bahá‘u'lláh is the same Light in a new Lamp. To see, we must look at the Light and not at the Lamp.... Will is the center or focus of human understanding. We must will to know God | BSC.503 #968x, SW_v07#19 p.195x, TDLA.029-031, BLO_PN#104 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Literal interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3637 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 10 | Bahá'u'lláh was a descendent of Abraham. | DLA.066, BLO_PN#026 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2260 | Words spoken in early Sept. 1911 in Vevey | 110 | Bahá'u'lláh says that in this world there is nothing more absurd than divorce. If one has accepted another | PN_1909B p037, DJT.191, BLO_PN#027 | House of Justice; Law of divorce | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0211 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-24 | 890 | Bahá'u'lláh lived in ‘Akká nine years. Two years were passed in the barracks and seven years in a house in the city. There was a mobilization at that time | PN_1919 p178, LAT.118-123 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2900 | Words to pilgrims in June 1906 | 60 | Bahá'u'lláh has said that whoever has an art or handicraft, it is incumbent upon him to endeavor to develop it to the point of perfection - even though that art be as humble as that of weaving coarse straw matting. | PN_1906 p074, SUR.232, BLO_PN#001 | Excellence; distinction; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1145 | Words to True, Esslemont, spoken on 1919-11-20 | 280 | Bahá'u'lláh frequently predicted that there would be a period when irreligion and consequent anarchy would prevail; the chaos would be due to too great liberty among people who were not fit for self-government. | PN_1919 p034, PN_1919 p034 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Justice and wrath of God; Nationalism; love of country; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1574 | Words to Mary J. MacNutt | 200 | Bahá'u'lláh dictated the book of Iqan to me 1275 A.H. in less than twenty-four hours… | PN_unsorted p006 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Review of publications; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1185 | Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken on 1909-10-23 | 270 | At this table you will not find material comfort, but you will find spiritual comfort... I praise this fact that women have made progress. They are, in America, to surpass the men. | PN_1909 p086 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Equality of men and women; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Role and station of women; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1052 | Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-10 | 300 | At the time of prayer one must hold in one's mind some object. Then he must turn his face and direct his mind to this picture. | PN_1909 p017, PN_1909 p051, PN_1909C p097, DJT.090-091, BLO_PN#027, STAB#059, STAB#070 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Idolatry; Manifestation of God as mediator; Mary Magdalene; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Resurrection of Christ; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2396 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 100 | At the time of Muhammad, He sanctioned war for the preservation of the lives of His followers. The laws of individual justice were confused and preliminary in the souls of men. | TDLA.011, BLO_PN#104 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Muhammad; Islam; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3478 | Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-06 | 20 | Mahmúd's Diary | ما مداخله در طعام جسمانی آنها نمی کنیم مداخلهٴ ما در طعام روحانی است | At the table on board the Cedric Abdu'l-Baha spoke about simple diet - how much better | BDA1.023.02 | DAS.1913-07-20, SW_v08#02 p.018, MHMD1.031, ABIE.090, BLO_PN#007 | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0160 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23 | 1010 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London | At nine years of age, I accompanied my father, Baha'u'llah, in his journey of exile to Baghdad, seventy of his disciples going with us.... The confirmations of the spirit are all those power... Freedom is not a matter of place | BSC.438 #797x, AIL.115-121, ADP.018-023, CHH.166-167x, VLAB.009-010x, VLAB.149x, BLO_PN#022 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0864 | Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh | 350 | At another time there were fifteen celebrated thieves in Bagdad. They raided many houses during the night... Amongst the robbers there was one whose name was Haydar. | DAS.1913-08-13, ABIE.184-186, BLO_PN#007 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3350 | Words spoken at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-18 | 30 | Assuredly, give to the poor. If you give them only words, when they put their hands into their pockets after you have gone, they will find themselves none the richer for you! | DJT.266, BLO_PN#027 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Humor; jokes; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1047 | Words to Mountfort Mills, spoken around 1909-05-26 | 300 | Assisting one another and promoting unity and solidarity. These little troubles must not take up your time. | PN_1909 p082 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Conduct in finance and business; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Generosity [kirama]; House of Justice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2806 | Words spoken in Jun. 1911 in Egypt | 70 | Asceticism is not necessary. A soul grows by the exercise of human virtues and the observance of human morals | SW_v08#05 p.060, BLO_PN#002 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Monasticism; asceticism; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3187 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 40 | As we can only see different objects by the light of the sun, one might in one sense and with truth say the sun is in everything. | PN_1901 p002 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as sun; Material world a reflection of the spiritual | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3220 | Words to Mr Esslemont and Mrs True, spoken around Nov. 1919 | 40 | As to the House of Spirituality the first question relates to its election. The election should be carried out with sincerity and goodwill. | PN_1919 p016, BSTW#248a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0299 | Words to Lua Getsinger, Dec. 1900 | 740 | As the world follows a circle, so human beings travel in cycles. This illustration represents the cycle of man. All existence is created by the Infinite Essence. | PN_1900 p015, PN_1900 p052, PN_1900 p106, BLO_PN#033, BSTW#272 | Arcs of ascent and descent; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Manifestation of God as mirror; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3347 | Words spoken on 1913-08-24 in Ramleh | 30 | As regards free will. There are two distinct kinds of affairs, the first dominated by man, the second which is beyond his control | DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.233, BLO_PN#007 | Free will and predestination; fate | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1076 | Words to Nawabzade Mohammad Yousof, spoken on 1913-06-14 | 290 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امروز جمیع عالم علی الخصوص امم شرق بچنین قوّهٴ نافذهئی محتاجند تا از مضائب اختلاف | As long as these antiquated social customs and religious ceremonies hold sway in India, complete progress will not be obtained. This age is the age of light. | BDA2.349x | DAS.1913-06-14, MHMD2.463x, PN_unsorted p075 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0297 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken around July 1904 | 740 | As I said before, you must be sure whether the gardener is the True Gardener or not - if he is a true gardener what he does is right.... A wise schoolmaster should send his scholars out to play or to practice gymnastics | LOG#0491x, SW_v09#08 p.091x, PN_1900 p033 | Manifestation of God as divine physician; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2364 | Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1909-08-15 | 100 | As Christ said, the Word is like seed. Some seed falls upon barren ground and withers; some upon stony ground. | DJT.119, BLO_PN#027 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3400 | Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904 | 30 | Are you happy? For only by happiness can you progress spiritually. | PN_1904 p091 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1110 | Words spoken in Sep. 1913 in Ramleh | 290 | are they happy? If they are not happy, then, in this wide world, who could claim happiness? Happiness is the most natural possession and immanent attribute of every Bahá'í. | ABIE.383, BLO_PN#007 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0266 | Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-31 | 790 | Anyone whom I send to a place is confirmed; anyone. One of them is Miss Alma Knobloch... Answer the questioner: What is the use of your creation? What benefit have you given to the world? | COC#0422x, SW_v03#11 p.004-005, PN_1912 p007, PN_1912 p156 | Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3263 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 40 | Any movement that is for the benefit of mankind should be joined by the Bahá'ís. If they are not asked to help, they should offer their services | DLA.065, BLO_PN#026 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0513 | Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-07 | 530 | Amongst the proofs of the Blessed Beauty was the fact that two bloodthirsty monarchs opposed his cause. | PN_1919 p075 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0402 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-09 | 620 | Amongst the proofs of the Blessed Beauty is this: That what he revealed in tablets about fifty years ago is accomplished today. | PN_1919 p078 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2078 | Words to Mr Kinney, spoken around 1909-07-11 | 130 | Among the nations of the world there is darkness of religion. Darkness due to hostility and animosity is intense. | PN_1909 p059 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0268 | Address to the Baha'is at Bahá'í Temple Unity in Chicago, 1912-04-30 | 790 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Among the institutes of the Holy Books is that of the foundation of places of worship... O thou kind Lord! This gathering is turning to Thee. | BDA1.063n | BPRY.026x, PUP#027 (p.065-067), BSC.327 #650, SW_v03#04 p.007-008, SW_v05#16 p.248-250, SW_v06#17 p.144-145, SW_v12#06 p.123, PN_1912 p075, BW_v01p060x | A. Rae | Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | MHMD1.071 | |||||
| ABU2054 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-29 | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در میان این اطفال نفوس مبارکی مبعوث خواهد شد نهالهائی که بدست تربیت باغبان کامل افتد | Among the children many blessed souls will arise, if they be trained according to the Bahai Teaching. | BDA2.271 | COC#0696, LOG#0490x, DAS.1913-04-28, SW_v07#15 p.142, SW_v09#08 p.090-091, MHMD2.354, PN_1913 p006, PN_1913 p013, BW_v09p543 | Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2649 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 80 | Always, from the earliest ages, the conception of the Trinity has been present. In the time of Moses | PN_1901 p006, NRMM.212 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Mosaic imagery; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cross and the trinity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2897 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-08 | 60 | Although our assembly tonight at this table numbers only ten outwardly... Praise be to God, your hearts are overflowing with the Love of God... Rest assured in the fact that the breath of the Holy Spirit will aid you, - provided no doubts obtain in your hearts. Know this for a certainty. | SW_v08#08 p.103x, SW_v07#10 p.099x, PN_1909 p014, PN_1909 p046, PN_1909F p031, DJT.072-073, BLO_PN#027 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3202 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 40 | Allusion cannot convey what Reality teaches. Christ said, 'What has happened in the past will happen again in the future.' The reason of this is that all things are under the operation of Divine Law | TDLA.012, BLO_PN#104 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Limits of language; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0899 | God Is the Great Compassionate Physician Who Alone Gives True Healing: Words spoken on 1911-10-19 in Paris | 340 | Paris Talks | All true healing comes from God! There are two causes for sickness, one is material, the other spiritual... If the heavenly benediction be upon us while we are being healed | LOG#0966x, PT#03 p.005, SW_v02#16 p.004, SW_v02#19 p.008, SW_v08#18 p.229, PN_1911 p017 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3085 | Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris | 50 | All true art is a gift of the Holy Spirit... It is the Sun of Truth, O artist... The Sun of Truth is everywhere. It is shining on the whole world. | CHH.182, BLO_PN#022 | High station of the arts and sciences; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0869 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 350 | All this trouble is because humanity has wandered far from the true teaching of God. Nations are divided through superstition and tradition. | CHH.193-194, BLO_PN#022 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; High station of learning; Jabulqa and Jabarsa; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0667 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-08 | 440 | All things were created for man, and man for God. Man is distinguished from all other creations. This is a special problem. There are three general classes of creations | SW_v07#18 p.180-181x, PN_1904 p008, PN_1904 p042, TTAW.010-013, BLO_PN#102 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Man's distinction from the animal; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The mind's power of discovery; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1858 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 160 | All things in creation are composed either of simple atoms or of compound particles. In the mineral kingdom, many substances such as gold are composed of simple atoms... In the case of Prophets, some have the power to sway and subdue one country only | PN_1901 p014, NRMM.227 | Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Growth of the Cause; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3231 | Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09 | 40 | All these things - the fish, the honeycomb etc, are symbols and were meant to be understood spiritually, just as the Resurrection itself was a spiritual resurrection. | SW_v07#11 p.108, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104, PN_unsorted p022 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Resurrection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0893 | Words to May Maxwell et al, spoken around 1898-02-23 | 340 | All the sufferings you pass through in gaining the Kingdom of God will be obliterated when you attain its perfect happiness. It is as a man who has been ill and helpless | AEP.026-029, NRMM.166, BLO_PN#031 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0718 | Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-04 | 410 | All the Prophets have failed to ever say 'The Day has come' but said, 'The Day will come.' They all describe this Day of God. | PN_1900 p042 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2611 | Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-08-01 | 80 | All the people of the world are sowing their seeds in brackish ground and they write on the surface of the water. Therefore you must consider that all their efforts are fruitless. | PN_1912_heh p023, PN_1912 p009 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; High station of the true believer; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2021 | Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-26 | 140 | All the people are negligent, they are not thinking of pleasing God and spreading the word of God. | PN_1920_heh_haifa p057 | Attaining good pleasure of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0251 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-30 | 820 | All the nations of the world who believe in God are divided into two classes: the agnostics and the true believers... The agnostics are divided into two classes | PN_1900_heh p011, PN_1900 p024, BSTW#169f | Four methods of acquiring knowledge; Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of the intellect; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Rejection of Muhammad; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1716 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16 | 180 | Bahá'í Scriptures | All the meetings must be for teaching the Cause and spreading the Message, and suffering the souls | LOG#0157x, DAS.1913-01-16, BSC.502 #967, SW_v04#15 p.256, SW_v09#14 p.161, CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2675 | , spoken on 1912-03-30 | 80 | جمیع موجودات در تحت تغیر و تبدیلند هر جوانی پیر و هر نهالی درخت کهن میشود | All the created phenomena are subject to the law of change and transmutation. Youth is | BDA1.018.06 | DAS.1913-07-19, SW_v13#09 p.218, MHMD1.025, ABIE.086, BLO_PN#007 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Law of transformation and change; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0490 | Words to Youness Khan in 1904 | 550 | All the believers in Kashan were weeping and mourning. Here, there were fathers and mother patiently witnessing the agony of their beloved sons | PN_1904 p056 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2176 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken around 1904-02-06 | 120 | All teaching and knowledge are enclosed in the soul of man, because his soul encompasses everything. To study means to try to bring them to light. | PN_1904 p004, PN_1904 p036, TTAW.006, BLO_PN#102 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge of self; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0715 | Instructions to Mrs. Thornburg Cropper ca. 1900 | 410 | All prophets are messengers from God and all ways lead to Him and all have borne fruit. The great gift is unselfishness, and the loving wish to help others will guide us. | PN_1900 p007, BSTW#142 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Knowledge; recognition of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3504 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 20 | All believers have attained the Heavenly Gift, but each in a different degree. All have arrived at this Great Rolling Ocean, but each one has taken that which will quench his thirst. | PN_1901 p025, PN_1901 p037 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3051 | Words spoken in a private home in Chelsea, Sep. 1911 | 50 | All art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines through the mind of a musician, it manifests itself in beautiful harmonies. Again, shining through the mind of a poet | CHH.167-168, BLO_PN#022 | Creativity in art; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Music and singing; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2014 | Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07 | 140 | All are connected by the bond of existence. What greater bond is there than this? Furthermore, none of these can continue to exist independently | PN_unsorted p052, BLO_PN#070, BLO_PN#112 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1510 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-03 | 210 | All animals and birds sleep early. This is the creative law of God. The birds sleep early. The rule is to sleep very early | PN_1909 p007, PN_1909 p030, PN_1909C p079, DJT.038-039, BLO_PN#027 | Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2401 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-06 | 100 | Afflictions and troubles are due to the state of not being content with what God has ordained for you. If one submits himself to God he is happy | SW_v07#18 p.187, PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p022, PN_1909 p039, PN_1909B p020, PN_1909C p089, PN_unsorted p046, DJT.059-060, BLO_PN#027, STAB#127 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Free will and predestination; fate; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2535 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Advance always in the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh; occupy thy heart always by the mentioning of Bahá'u'lláh | BSC.502 #966, PN_1901 p026, PN_1901 p085 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3083 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 50 | Adam is the symbol of the childhood of the race of man. Childhood has not a great capacity, therefore when he put out his hand to take the apple, he had not the capacity to receive such great knowledge as the apple symbolizes. | PN_1900_heh p066 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1815 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-17 | 160 | Actual despotic government is undesirable. A republican form of government is good, but a constitutional monarchy is better | PN_1919 p021, PN_1919 p110, LAT.033-037 | Excellence; distinction; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Relationship between government and people; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0322 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg and Laura Clifford Barney, spoken on 1904-05-23 | 710 | Abdu'l-Bahá said we should speak in the language of heaven -- for there is a language of the spirit… When we pray to God a feeling fills our hearts | COC#1754x, SW_v08#04 p.042x, PN_1900 p036, BNE.089x | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Language and the structure of reality; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1291 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken in June 1904 | 250 | Abdu'l-Baha said that through the mercy of God, not through His justice, the condition of those who have died in sin and unbelief can be changed. | SW_v09#19 p.222-223, SW_v11#19 p.318-319, PN_1904 p025 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1530 | Words to the Cooper-Frankland party | 210 | Abdu'l-Baha advised that all pray for others more than for themselves, as that will help us to become less selfish, and as we pray for the bounties to be showered upon others, we draw them in this way to ourselves. | PN_1914 p020-021, BSTW#205 | Law of fasting; Reward and punishment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3090 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 50 | A sincere worker in the Cause of God is always assisted by the Divine Spirit when such questions arise. The Truth will flow through you | TDLA.015, BLO_PN#104 | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2683 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 80 | A master had a slave who was completely devoted to him. One day he gave the slave a melon | SW_v09#18 p.208, TDLA.103, VLAB.147, BLO_PN#104 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0810 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-12-01 | 370 | A Manifestation of God is first proven by the characteristics of the Divine Essence shining forth from Him... the Bab and the Blessed Perfection said before the appearance of the first Adam, an hundred thousand Adams appeared upon the earth, but in these days the people only know of the Adam who came 5,000 years ago. | PN_1900 p026, BSTW#169g | Adam; Adam and Eve; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Names and attributes of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3602 | Words to Dr. O. F. Fischer spoken around Apr. 1909 | 10 | A Manifestation of God is a tangible part of the Great Concord. | PN_1909F p044 | Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3186 | Words to some materialist scholars spoken in Dec. 1900 | 40 | A living body cannot come forth from a dead body. Only a living man can make a living child; this is a scientific fact. | PN_1900 p118 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Evolution; human evolution | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0392 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-20 | 630 | A group should come together every nineteen days. It is not optional, it is incumbent on them. In every city they should do this.... these Houses of Justice will not be in every village but only in the large cities | PN_1919 p148, LAT.072-075 | Elections; House of Justice; Music and singing; Nineteen-Day Feast; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1344 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 240 | A great king walking in his garden one day noticed a man, about ninety years old | SW_v09#18 p.207-208, DLA.038-039, BLO_PN#026, STAB#001 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1095 | Words to pilgrims in June 1906 | 290 | A food that is prepared in love and partaken of in love gives one great delight. Nay, whatever is done with love imparts great delight. When we were in Baghdad | PN_1906 p078, SUR.269-270, BLO_PN#001 | Hospitality; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3451 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 30 | A few hundred years ago, Darzi, a tailor, came from Persia to Syria, where he established the Druze cult. 'Druze' is a corruption of the word 'Darzi. | CHH.195, BLO_PN#022 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0890 | Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-23 | 340 | A certain rich man came into the presence of Jesus Christ and said 'O Thou Spirit of God, I want to be one of thy disciples.' | DWN_v4#07 p.113-114, PN_1901 p077, BLO_PN#109 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1346 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 240 | A certain king had a subject who having by a heroic action rescued the king from a great peril | SW_v09#18 p.208-209, TDLA.103, BLO_PN#104 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1010 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 310 | (Third proof of this Revelation) - This is that the most learned men in Persian believed in the Blessed Perfection. | PN_1900_heh p027, PN_1900 p046 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Quddus; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2186 | Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh | 120 | "Mirror" is the whole body, the brain in particular. Body has many elements in its composition | SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1911 p003 | Differences in human capacity; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2556 | Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25 | 80 | ‘Abdu'l-Bahá said that he had fulfilled that prophecy by building the Tomb of the Báb. He said, "The blessed and holy Tomb (of Baha'u'llah, May my soul be a sacrifice to its dust!) and the Tomb of the Bab on Mount Carmel was the first Mashraq'ul-Azkar…" | AIF.1911-08-23, SW_v11#01 p.015, PN_1912 p071, PN_1912 p120 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1019 | Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-13 | 310 | ‘Abdu'l-Bahá has written a Tablet specially for the purpose, that should anyone ask about his station, it is ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, and no more | TTAG.016-017, BLO_PN#101 | Development of capacity and readiness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10291 | 70 | ...Your letter was received; but Abdul Baha, owing to the infirmity of the body; the difficulty of voyaging over seas and lands, the lack of rest, the striving and exerting day and night | DAS.1913-07-28, ABIE.123, BLO_PN#007 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11265 | 40 | ...You must do a little better. The better you do, the better it is. The wife must endure the husband and she must hold to every means to please the husband. | PN_unsorted p075 | Exhortations and counsels | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09108 | 90 | ...Whatever contribution you may send to the school of Tarbiat is in the estimation of Abdul Baha, most acceptable. In this we observe the aim of God | DAS.1913-08-14, ABIE.189, BLO_PN#007 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11594 | 10 | ...Untrustworthiness is a poisonous arrow which mortally wounds the heart, the soul and the spirit of Abdul Baha. | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.211, BLO_PN#007 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3175 | Words to Badi Bushru'i and other students, Ramleh, 1913-09-19 | 40 | ...translate at least one page every day, either from English into Persian, or from Persian into English, thus they might acquire efficiency in this line of work. He recommended for the future that when the means are provided, a committee of translators be organized from both nationalities, who would know the two languages well, in addition to Arabic. Then the Tablets would be properly translated. | DAS.1913-09-19, ABIE.331, BLO_PN#007 | Language and the structure of reality; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01120 | 370 | ...Today it is incumbent upon the believers to forget and lay aside every thought and every preoccupation save the diffusion of the Fragrances of God | PN_various p016x | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04609 | Words to Miss Buckton | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come. | BSC.442 #806, SW_v10#19 p.344x, PN_1912 p110, BSTW#148, BSTW#356 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08655 | 90 | ناله و فغان از عدم ارسال مکاتیب عبدالبهاء نموده بودید چهل سال | ...Thy letter was received. Thou hast lamented and complained because it is come time since thou hast received any letter from ‘Abdu'l-Baha. | YHA2.997x, NJB_v04#15 p.002x | DAS.1913-08-03, ABIE.146, BLO_PN#007 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11267 | 40 | ...Thou hast written concerning the spiritual meeting. The spiritual meeting must be in the utmost state of ecstasy and tumult | DAS.1913-07-09, SW_v13#10 p.276x, ABIE.048, BLO_PN#007 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00595 | 510 | Bahá'í World Faith | …Thou hast written concerning the meetings and the gathering places of the believers of God. Such assemblies and congregations will greatly aid | BWF.407-408x, LOG#0797x, PN_1906 p095x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08648 | 90 | بسیار ستایش از دو دوست آلمانی و اطریشی نموده بودی بیا برو به استتگارت ببین چه خبر است | ...Thou hast given the utmost praise to the two believers, German and Austrian. Go to Stuttgart and see with thine own eyes what is there! | NJB_v04#15 p.004x | DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.199, BLO_PN#007 | Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11280 | 40 | ...Thou hast asked what shouldst thou do and what prayer shouldst thou offer in order to become informed of the Mysteries of God | DAS.1913-07-26, SW_v07#10 p.099, SW_v08#04 p.047, ABIE.117, BLO_PN#007 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06878 | 120 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | 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 | Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3453 | Words spoken on 1913-08-20 in Ramleh | 30 | ...this Blessed Cause has such great power that it shall, ere long, vanquish all opposition. We must live and act in such manner as not to lower the station of the Cause | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.215, BLO_PN#007 | Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1470 | Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04 | 220 | ...there are five kinds of love: 1st: The love of His own perfections which caused God to create | SW_v08#10 p.126x, BAVA.038-039, BLO_PN#021 | Four; five pathways of love; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09112 | 90 | ...The more difficulties one sees in the world the more perfect one becomes. The more you plough and dig the ground | SW_v14#02 p.041, PN_unsorted p046, BSTW#380 | A. Grammer | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09509 | 80 | ...The meetings that thou art holding in thy house are the means of strengthening the hearts of the spiritual ones | DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.158, BLO_PN#007 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08448 | 100 | ...The long journey over sea and land, the innumerable difficulties in the morn and at eve, the lack of rest and sleep | DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.138, BLO_PN#007 | Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09760 | 80 | ...The good news of the unity and harmony among the friends of New York brought much joy. I hope that this unity and harmony may increase | PN_1909 p071 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10768 | 60 | ...The Glances of Divine Providence are always vouchsafed, the infinite Bestowals are continually descending. | DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.139, BLO_PN#007 | Predictions and prophecies; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10767 | 60 | ...The glad-tidings of the Kingdom of Abha are effective over the hard stone and | DAS.1913-07-11, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.055, BLO_PN#007 | Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04010 | 180 | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | نامه مفصل که در خصوص استتکارت نوشته بودی ملاحظه گردید مختصر این است | ...The extensive letter you had written about Stuttgart was perused. In brief, Germany will shine resplendent, inasmuch as its citizens are religiously minded | ASAT1.025x | BBBD.242-243, DAS.1913-07-15, ABIE.069, BLO_PN#007, MHMD2s.323ax | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB05986 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The days of human existence are like vanishing shadows. Compared to the world of Reality, they are brought to a close with extreme speed. | DAS.1913-09-01x, BSC.449 #819x, SW_v16#07 p.583x, ABIE.264x, BLO_PN#007 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08449 | 100 | ...The correspondence of the believers of God with all parts of America and from America to all directions is very acceptable and seasonable. | DAS.1913-08-25, ABIE.235, BLO_PN#007 | East and West; communication between East and West; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03305 | 210 | ...The believers with the utmost firmness and steadfastness must engage in the teaching of the Cause. They must become united and agreed. They are all the drops of one river | DAS.1913-08-27, ABIE.246, BLO_PN#007 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11086 | 50 | ...The basis of the Call must be the Oneness of the world of humanity | DAS.1913-07-12, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.058, BLO_PN#007 | East and West; communication between East and West; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3189 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23 | 40 | ...that was not really a deterioration of the essential part of the man, the mind or spirit, but a weakening of the functional organs. | PN_1909F p061, PN_1909F p116, AKL.009 | Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0388 | Address at unity feast, Flynn home in Green Acre, 1912-08-20 | 630 | ...that a man from the East encounters a person from the West, and between the two | PN_1912 p023, BSTW#335 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03989 | 180 | ...Thank thou the Lord that thou hast winged thy way into this limitless heaven, and art journeying in the world of God. | PN_1913 p012, BSTW#052n, BSTW#073bx | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11087 | 50 | ...Thank God that thou art assisted in serving the believers of God. Thou art the enkindled brazier of the Fire of Love and a lamp of the utmost purity | DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.139, BLO_PN#007 | Being a source of light; guidance; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0124 | Words spoken on 1912-07-09 in New York | 1100 | ...Tell Mrs. D. there are only two ways of correcting the social conditions; it cannot be done by force. | PN_1912 p109x, BSTW#351ax | Agriculture; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11431 | 30 | ...Strive ye as much as ye can, so that love and amity may increase day by day amongst the believers of God; all of you can help each other and be ever ready to sacrifice your lives for one another. This is the quality of the people of Baha. | DAS.1913-09-12, ABIE.309, BLO_PN#007 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10294 | 70 | ...Rest ye assured that the Breaths of the Holy Spirit shall inspire you with the power of speech. Consequently, loosen your tongues and speak in every meeting | DAS.1913-09-23, ABIE.349, BLO_PN#007 | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09126 | 90 | ...Regarding thy extreme sorrow, thy sadness and thy great regret for My imprisonment, there is no harm therein... My catastrophes will increase hereafter | PN_1901 p088 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00468 | 570 | ...Praise be to God, it has been repeatedly proven that firmness in the Covenant and activity in the service of the Cause is the means | PN_1906 p090 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06766 | 120 | ...Praise be to God that you have not forgotten the time of our meeting and that your hearts and souls are attracted to Bahá'u'lláh | DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.200, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05742 | 140 | ...O thou esteemed one: This world is like unto a forest, and its trees are fruitless. Now the Divine Gardener hath come | PN_1906 p096x | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB09724 | 80 | ...Less than a year [ago], Abdul Baha raised the cry of 'Ya Baha El Abha' from his heart and soul as he crossed the mountains and deserts of that continent! | DAS.1913-07-11, ABIE.054, BLO_PN#007 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11557 | 20 | ...Knowledge is love. Study, listen to exhortations, think, try to understand the wisdom and greatness of God… The soil must be fertilised before the seed be sown | COC#0426x, SW_v20#10 p.314, BLO_PN#002 | Bass Adjustment | High station of learning; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Study; deepening; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08465 | 100 | ...It is some time since you are living in Yazd. Unquestionably you are the means of joy and the cause of ecstasy | DAS.1913-10-13, PN_various p013x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02511 | 240 | ...It is nearly two years and a half that I have been a wanderer over mountains and deserts and a traveler over seas and lands | DAS.1913-07-12x, SW_v05#07 p.097x, ABIE.058x, BLO_PN#007 | Business; financial; property matters; Growth of the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08565 | 90 | چندی بود که عبدالبهاء بسبب تقریر از تحریر بازمانده بود زیرا | ...It has been some time since Abdul Baha has been deprived of correspondence, because he has been engaged in the delivery of public addresses | YHA2.998x, NJB_v04#15 p.002x | DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.157, BLO_PN#007 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11101 | 50 | ...In regard to your question about using Kheirella's translation - Abdu'l-Baha says that the believers should use nothing that Kheirella has translated | PN_unsorted p074 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0913 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-19 | 330 | ...In future you will see far greater gatherings... Yes. What could be greater than this war?... | PN_1919 p026, PN_1919 p137, LAT.030-032x, LAT.069-070x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Martyrdom of the Bab; Non-participation in politics; Predictions and prophecies; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11423 | 30 | ...If thou desirest to be confirmed in the service of the Kingdom of God, live in accord with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh | DAS.1913-07-24, SW_v04#15 p.253x, ABIE.107, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11078 | 50 | ...If a soul calls the people to the Kingdom of God according to the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, there will be many listeners | DAS.1913-07-24, SW_v04#15 p.253x, SW_v05#01 p.009x, ABIE.108, BLO_PN#007 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11300 | 40 | ...I supplicate and entreat at the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection and beg for the Divine Friends infinite Bestowal and Grace | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.212, BLO_PN#007 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11421 | 30 | ...I hope that the Ensigns of Divine Verses may be upraised in Stuttgart; the Fire of the Love of God be so enkindled as to set all those parts aglow | DAS.1913-07-11, ABIE.055, BLO_PN#007 | Being a source of light; guidance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11276 | 40 | ...I desire every Bahá'í to be severed and detached. If he passes between two mountains of gold, he must not look to either side. | DAS.1913-08-01, SW_v07#10 p.099, ABIE.141, BLO_PN#007 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10292 | 70 | ...Every son who does not become a cause of glory for his parents is a manifest loss. How many children turn out to be fruitless and unfaithful! | DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.144, BLO_PN#007 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3387 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23 | 30 | ...diversity is really harmony. If our food were to be all of one kind it would become monotonous. So in many ways the existence of different degrees is in reality the perfection of harmony | PN_1909F p062, PN_1909F p116, AKL.009 | Differences in human capacity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Diversity of thought and belief; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09109 | 90 | ...Consider how Abdul Baha forgot every material thought and mention and turned his face toward the countries and empires, cities and villages | DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.203, BLO_PN#007 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10293 | 70 | ...Be thou in a state of utmost joy and fragrance and render thanks unto the Forgiving Lord, that praise be to God, thou art victorious and triumphant | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.212, BLO_PN#007 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10282 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...As to your question regarding the stars: Know that these brilliant stars are numberless and their existence is not devoid of wisdom both useful and important. | BSC.445 #811, PN_unsorted p088x, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11299 | 40 | ...All the believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful must summon the people to the Kingdom and be the cause of the guidance of the inhabitants of the world. | DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.200, BLO_PN#007 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11422 | 30 | ...All great movements have advanced through altruism, selflessness, and self-sacrifice, and not [merely] through the interchange of public opinion. | DAS.1913-07-12, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.058, BLO_PN#007 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05982 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...After my return from America and Europe, owing to the difficulties of the long voyage and the innumerable inconveniences... When the teacher delivers an address | DAS.1913-07-28, BSC.452 #827x, SW_v07#10 p.097x, ABIE.121, BLO_PN#007 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11314 | Cablegram dated 1913-08-17 | 30 | IF POSSIBLE LEAVE IMMEDIATELY FOR PORT SAID. WISH SEND THEE INDIA FOR SERVICE. | DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.202, BLO_PN#007 | Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11619 | Cablegram dated 1913-09-19 | 10 | Send Mrs. Fraser to Ramleh. | DAS.1913-09-18, ABIE.330, BLO_PN#007 | - | - |
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