search results for 'PN'

In the universe, all atoms and particles are united by the power of attraction and cohesion... There is a Mohammedan tradition that once a man met Jesus Christ fleeing hastily

PN_1901 p013, NRMM.225-226

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Law of cause and effect; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; One universal law; attractive power of love

ABU2509

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-21

If the question of violation had not occurred, now the Blessed Tree would have borne fruit. It was near its blossoming, but this delayed it.

PN_1919 p029, PN_1919 p154, LAT.087

Christian doctrine and practice; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Suffering; rejection of Christ

BH00354

Suriy-i-Vafa (=Lawh-i-Vafa)

1870

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas

Suriy-i-Vafa (Tablet to Vafa)

ان یا وفاء ان اشکر ربک بما ایدک علی امره و عرفک مظهر نفسه و اقامک علی ثناء ذکره

O Vafa! Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to embrace His Cause, enabled thee to recognize the Manifestation

INBA28:215, BLIB_Or15694.386, , Berlin1237#26, ALIB.folder18p103-109

GWBP#079 p.102x, AQA4#103 p.350, AQA4a.418, AVK1.119.07x, AVK1.276bx, AVK1.321.01x, LMA1.418 (253), MAS1.006x, MAS1.063x, ASAT5.300x, TBP#12, OOL.B140

TB#12, GWB#079x, WOB.138-139x, NYR#143

Exhorts the recipient to be the essence of faithfulness; asserts Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers questions about ‘the return’, the worlds of God, the ordinances of God, and paradise; and confirms that, as predicted during the time of His departure from ‘Iraq, the ‘birds of darkness’ have begun to stir.

Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of the Manifestations of God

ROB4.205, GSH.190, LL#329

ABU3163

Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said

With the appearance of the Truth the point of opposition raises its head. The former gains signal victory; the other goes into crushing defeat.

DAS.1913-07-02, ABIE.011, BLO_PN#007

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Things are known by their opposites; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures

ABU2116

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

130

It belongs to the lesson of yesterday. Events like these happen because of the connection between the parts of the universe, for every small part has connection

DLA.021-022, BLO_PN#026

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world

ABU2960

Words spoken on 1913-09-04 in Ramleh

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

ABU1317

Words to Mary Hanford Ford around Oct. 1911

240

Bahá'í Scriptures

The utterances of Bahá'u'lláh are to be translated into deeds... It is possible to so adjust oneself to the practice of nobility that its atmosphere surrounds us and colors all our acts

BSC.450 #822x, SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1911 p023, BSTW#084x

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds

ABU2096

Words to Mr and Mr C R Ashbee in March 1920

130

First we must get rid of all glosses, Talmuds, codes of divinity, and clerical law. Get back to the revealed word of God where we can.

APN.116-120

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Literal interpretation; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Twin Manifestations; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity

ABU2767

Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04

this meant the River of those who went before; that is to say, the religious laws of each preceding prophet are annulled... In the time of Christ the commands of Moses were as dry bones

PN_1901 p023

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

AB00279

710

Bahá'í Scriptures

دوست عزیز محترما نامه شما رسید و مضمون سبب سرور وجدان گردید زیرا دلالت میکرد

My honorable and dear friend: Your kind letter was received and its contents became the means of happiness

MNMK#116 p.224, PYM.164x, MJDF.063, NJB_v04#16 p.001

DAS.1913-07-08x, BSC.439 #797x, BSC.448 #817x, ABIE.019, ABIE.037, ADP.159-164, CHU.111-112x, BLO_PN#007

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU1203

Words spoken on 1911-10-20 in Paris

270

The sun shines upon the earth, giving light and warmth to all creatures. The Sun of Truth also shines

SW_v02#16 p.004-005, PN_1911 p018

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Manifestation of God as sun; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

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

ABU2675

, spoken on 1912-03-30

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

ABU1557

Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

200

If for a thousand years a man takes food, and nourishes his body, yet if for two or three days that nourishment ceases, his body will become weakened

PN_1909 p093

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Manifestation of God as sun

ABU1318

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-06

240

Whatever there is in the world of contingency is a symbol of the spiritual world; whatever there is on the earth is a symbol of heavenly things.

PN_1904 p002, PN_1904 p034, TTAW.004-005, BLO_PN#102

Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Empty learning; false spirituality; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0267

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04

790

When one is quiet the thing is forgotten. When discussion is forbidden the matter will be dropped... You cannot go according to an individual's conscience... It is the explicitly text that no one should disagree... The purpose of this is that no one may say that the House of Justice has made a mistake.

PN_1919 p064, PN_1920 p014, PN_1920 p024

Consultation; Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0696

Pilgrim notes of Anton Haddad, Jan. 1900

420

Disagreement among the believers is likened unto the clouds... You are a small army and very few in number in comparison with those around you.

PN_1900 p072

Contention and conflict; Growth of the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity of thought and belief

ABU2878

Words to pilgrims in June 1906

Those who first arose to persecute us and plotted against us are now seeking a means for reconciliation. We have no quarrel with anyone

PN_1906 p077, SUR.269, BLO_PN#001

Contention and conflict; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU3261

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

Bahá'í Scriptures

Fruit and grains. The time will come when meat will no longer be eaten.

COC#1052x, LOG#1009x, BSC.453 #830x, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.008-009, BLO_PN#104

Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology

ABU3478

Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-04-06

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

ABU2764

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-25

It has no effect. It does not develop the mind to subsist upon a vegetable diet. A man can be without reason or understanding, though he does not eat meat or flesh

PN_1909F p067, PN_1909F p127, AKL.010-011

Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Kindness to and rights of animals

ABU2941

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-02

That is passed now. An arrow that has been shot does not return to the bow... That rests with the delegates to the Convention, delegates only - not strangers. The Convention is like a parliament.

PN_1919 p059, PN_1920 p003, PN_1920 p012, PN_1920 p021

Business; financial; property matters; Consultation; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

ABU0841

Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23

360

In a certain newspaper there was written about the Shah of Persia a statement that he had left Persia... At such a time precisely I wrote to him not to be sorry or grieved

PN_1909 p090

Constitutional revolution in Iran; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Parliaments; constitutional government; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people; Status of kings; future of monarchy

ABU1279

Words to Miss Rogers, spoken on 1909-07-05

250

This is the third time you have been here. It has been a great pleasure for you... Man must always associate with those from whom he can get light or be with those to whom he can give light.

SW_v07#18 p.188x, PN_1909 p009, PN_1909 p035, PN_1909C p083, DJT.049-050, BLO_PN#027

Bringing forth results; fruit; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2911

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

See how the enemies of Christ persecuted and crucified Him, yet He loved them all. Man is like a tree. The tree lives to produce fruit. The fruit of man is love.

TDLA.020, BLO_PN#104

Bringing forth results; fruit; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

ABU2073

Words to Latimer and Remey, spoken on 1914-10-10

130

On your return to America speak with some of the firm Baha'is about the violators

PN_1914 p055

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

ABU0671

Words to MacNutts et al around Jan. 1905

440

There is something especially I wish to make you sure of…. Until real firmness is established among the believers in New York, individually and together, there will be no result.

PN_1905 p015

Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Mary Magdalene; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

AB09126

...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

ABU3058

Words spoken ca. 1916

If you have a bed of lilies-of-the-valley that you love and tenderly care for, they cannot see you, nor can they understand your care

CHH.215, BLO_PN#022

Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Soul; spirit after death

AB03883

190

O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Though thy father was not kind to thee, praise be to God thou hast a Heavenly Father.

PN_1909 p016, PN_1909 p050, DJT.094-095, BLO_PN#027

Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU3428

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Some material things have a spiritual effect. The spoken words cause a vibration

DLA.013, BLO_PN#026

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech

ABU2684

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

To have it (the Mashrak-el-Azkar) built is most important. Some material things have spiritual effect

SW_v06#07 p.053, SW_v06#17 p.134, SW_v07#07 p.058+060, BW_v01p060-061, DLA.014, BNE.188, BLO_PN#026

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building

ABU0261

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-31

800

In the world of existence it is possible that the truth should not become known? No, e.g., if we were not faithful towards the government they certainly would find out.

PN_1919 p056

Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Free will and predestination; fate; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2514

Words spoken ca. May 1912 in New York

Tell Juliet that she teaches well. I have met many people who have been affected by you, Juliet. You are not eloquent, you are not fluent, but your heart teaches.

SW_v12#07 p.139, DJT.281, FDA.019-020, BLO_PN#027

Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1131

Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25

280

One day she [Tahirih] was sitting with our Lord (Abbas Effendi, who was five years old) in her arms, behind a curtain

PN_unsorted p093

Conference of Badasht; Stories; anecdotes

ABU0497

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-19

540

The time of the Blessed Beauty was spent in the manner described until the appearance of the Báb

PN_1919 p041

Conference of Badasht; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

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

ABU2572

Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18

چقدر اینها مضطربند ابدا سکون ندارند این علامات عدم ایمان است در قران میفرماید

These people who called on us today were in a state of fright. They are expecting daily

KHH1.113 (1.157-158)

KHHE.172-173fn, DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v08#19 p.241, PN_1914 p098

Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Degrees of faith; certitude; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU0448

Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07

580

The [animal] spirit will not become human spirit, nor will vegetable spirit become animal spirit. Existence is one, as it appears in every grade, according to the exigency of that grade.

PN_unsorted p053, BLO_PN#070

Composition and decomposition; Contention and conflict; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

ABU0508

Words to Agnew, Chase, Sheffler, spoken on 1907-04-12

530

Today is a beautiful day. I have been longing to see such a day. I am very happy. My happiness is from the point that the Power of God has gathered us together…. If there should not be decomposition, composition would not be.

PN_1907 p073x, TTAG.008-011, BLO_PN#101

Composition and decomposition; Critique of Western values; culture; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity in diversity; War and peace

ABU0966

Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-12

320

It must be so. Twelve thousand now must be as one. Everything will be obtained by unity and harmony... Today I met some people who were very difficult to meet

PN_1907 p074, PN_1907 p078, TTAG.011-013, BLO_PN#101

Composition and decomposition; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Unity in diversity

ABU0757

Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-05-01

390

His Holiness St Paul says, 'You have died in Adam, you have come alive in the Christ.' This statement is most significant. The purpose is that in man there are two natures.

PN_1912 p078

Composition and decomposition; 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; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU1154

Words spoken on 1913-08-24 in Ramleh

280

If we look upon creation from a remote outlook, we see symmetry and harmony; the apparent differences and anomalies blending into one harmonious whole

DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.232, BLO_PN#007

Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Composition and decomposition; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher

ABU0447

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-26

580

Praise be to God, this is a very good gathering! Blessed souls are present... What is the meaning of the image and likeness of God?

PN_various p021x, BSTW#089

Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Human reality created in the image of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0378

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

640

the Blessed Perfection had revealed secretly in a Tablet some words about Universal Peace... Two of the signs of the Manifestation of the Cause of God are the preaching and acceptance of the Religion of God

PN_1901 p011, NRMM.220-221

Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Growth of the Cause; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Universal peace; world unity

AB03738

190

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

O thou maidservant of God! What thou hast written was perused and its contents became manifest. Thou hast questioned how thou canst accept this Divine Cause, for you are a member of the church.

TAB.327-328, BWF.390-390x, BSC.457 #841-842x, PN_various 009

Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Outward and inward meanings; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2375

Words spoken in Dec. 1900

100

Elijah and Enoch were believed to have come from human source, but ascended bodily into heaven. Jesus said this could not be.

PN_1900 p100

Christian doctrine and practice; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU2190

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-18

120

If he is God, whatever he does is right. If he is false, whatever he does is also false - even though he may not marry.

PN_1919 p039

Christian doctrine and practice; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Laws of marriage and dowry

AB01992

280

O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy latest letter and great love welled forth unto thee

SW_v08#19 p.239, DLA.088, BLO_PN#026

Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU0086

Public address given on 1912-08-06

1310

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Today we are enjoying temperate weather. As there are many strangers present, we will answer questions.

PUP#088 (p.247-252), SW_v03#18 p.006-007+10, SW_v19#09 p.258, SW_v08#08 p.098-099, PN_1912_heh p028, STAB#110

Christ; Christianity; Conference of Badasht; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Veiling [hijab]

AB01933

280

ای دکتر من نامه تو رسید نوایای خویش را مرقوم نموده بودی چه قدر این نوایا

O thou my doctor! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written regarding thy aims... The worst human quality and the most great sin is back-biting, and most especially

BRL_DAK#1147, AVK3.181.13x, GHA.304bx, NJB_v04#11 p.004

LOG#0312x, LOG#0305x, DAS.1913-08-11, SW_v04#11 p.192, SW_v07#19 p.196, ABIE.179, BLO_PN#007

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1250

Conversation with Hans Springer, Haifa, 1914-06-30

250

آیا تو همیشه روی زمین سفر مینمائی در فکر آن نیستی که سفری بآسمان کنی

Thou art welcome. Where didst thou come from?... Dost thou travel always on the surface of the earth?

ZSM.1914-06-30

DAS.1914-06-30, SW_v07#03 p.020-022, SW_v07#18 p.178, PN_unsorted p024

Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universal language

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

ABU1642

Words to A.M.Boylan, spoken on 1912-06-07

190

The marriage bond is important. Very, very important. Marriage must be strict and pure. You must all be very careful about this. Women and men must not embrace each other when not married... Do not distress them by saying that they should not have done this or that. They will see for themselves.

LOG#1438x, PN_1912 p026, PN_1912 p119, BSTW#148, BSTW#431

Chastity and purity; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU0474

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-01-30

560

Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith

Voice is the vibration of the air, and is like the waves of the sea. The voice is produced through the instrumentality of the lips… It is natural for the heart and spirit to take pleasure and enjoyment in all things that show forth symmetry, harmony, and perfection

BRL_IOA#24x, COC#1422, BAVA.011-014, BLO_PN#021

Chastity and purity; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Harmony of science and religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech

ABU3577

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

Their punishment will be a deprivation of God... No, for God's Mercy is never wearied.

PN_1907 p016

Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB08179

100

ای کنیز عزیز الهی خبر مشقت و زحمتی که در راه بر تو وارد شد بسیار سبب حزن

O Handmaiden of God! The news of your trouble and difficulty on the way caused Us great sorrows. In truth the trouble was very hard to bear.

BRL_DAK#0541

DJT.220, BLO_PN#027

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort

ABU3263

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

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

AB09108

...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

AB11431

...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

AB10292

...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

ABU1535

Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-01

200

بسیار خوش آمدید ماندن ما در اینجا مانند عبادت است امید وارم که نتائج عظیمه حاصل نماید جمیع نفوس خوابند

You must feel very happy because you are here with me and we are associating together with the utmost kindness.

NJB_v04#14 p.002

DAS.1913-11-01, PN_1913-14_heh p007

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Many are called but few are chosen; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1182

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-12-03

270

It is stated in the New Testament that Jesus Christ was once drinking of the fruit of the vine and said he would drink no more except in the presence of the Father.

PN_1901 p083, BLO_PN#109

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Christ; Christianity; Judas; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Second birth

ABU3545

Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh

The duty of the believers of God is to be servants to one another and to attend to his brother's wants

DAS.1913-08-05, SW_v08#12 p.143-144, ABIE.163, BLO_PN#007

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU3227

Words spoken on 1910-02-19

If anyone comes to you and endeavors to belittle the station of another in your presence or speaks in any terms against another, you must not listen

PN_unsorted p074

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others

ABU0802

Words to some students, spoken on 1914-10-12

370

مقصود اینست که الحمد الله تلامذه بهائی در بیروت بحسن اخلاق بحسن اطوار

Praise be to God, that the Bahai students in Beirut are well known for the beauty

NSS.161x, KHH1.110-111 (1.155)

COC#0798x, LOG#0719x, KHHE.168fn, DAS.1914-10-12, SW_v09#09 p.099-100x, PN_1914 p072, SEIO.011x

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; High station of learning

ABU3523

Words to Stanwood Cobb in Jan. 1908

One might say, 'Well, I will endure such-and-such a person so long as he is endurable.' But Bahá'ís must endure people even when they are unendurable.

IHP.032, VLAB.028, BLO_PN#046

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

ABU3501

Words recorded by Miss Boylan spoken around 1911-08-25

Tell them a Bahá'í is a person who is free from all prejudices - racial prejudice, religious prejudices... A Bahá'í is one in whom the human perfections are active.

PN_1912 p071

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2187

Words spoken ca. 1900

120

The material men of this world are like poison to the spiritual. They are the calamities and inconveniences which a man meets in the worldly life…. The people of God have no dependence upon the conditions of this world; they neither become embittered with the bitterness of the cup

BSC.501 #964x, PN_unsorted p146, PN_1900 p062x

Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU3057

Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21

They teach that the internal, spiritual idea is the same in all the religions; that a unique general plan underlies the foundation of the past faiths

DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014, PN_1914 p005

Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Oneness; unity of religion; Priestcraft; Religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU3233

Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh

Yes, a planet can lose the bounty of God and be destroyed. As man depends on his elements and the brain in particular, so the 'sent Prophets and Manifestations' are like the brain of a planet

PN_1911 p008

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

AB09727

You have asked concerning the stars, whether they are void – uninhabited. Know thou that God hath not created all these things without a purpose.

PN_unsorted p088

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Purpose; goal of creation

AB10282

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

ABU3370

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21

The stars that we can see in the heavens are not one per cent of those that actually exist. Ignorant people imagine this to be the only world of existence, but there are many, very, very many world of existence, many more than we can see.

PN_1909 p063

Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Realms of being; three realms; five realms

ABU3588

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1911-08-25

Yes. If not in this world, then in the next, as a sleeper wakens.

AIF.1911-08-25, DJT.171, BLO_PN#027

Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1555

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-21

200

The Kingdom of God is likened unto a garden and the gardener is a blessed Manifestation. The gardener comes and finds the trees unfruitful and the garden in disorder.

PN_1901 p075, BLO_PN#109

Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

AB04379

170

ای دوستان حقیقت پرست عبدالبهاء در دریای تبلیغ و لجه بیان و اقامه برهان شب و

O lovers of Truth! Though night and day 'Abdu'l-Baha is immersed in the sea of proclamation, teaching and the providing of proofs

KHAZ.i021+156

KHAZE.019, BLO_PN#025

Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Importance of community building; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1091

Words spoken in 1901

450

O people! The Doors of the Kingdom are opened--the Sun of Truth is shining upon the world... These great days are swiftly passing and once gone can never be recalled

SW_v03#14 p.012, SW_v04#15 p.258, SW_v05#01 p.001, SW_v06#14 p.106, SW_v06#15 p.113, SW_v06#15 p.116, SW_v08#14 p.189x, SW_v12#15 p.245x, PN_1901 p086, AHV.032, BLO_PN#045, BSTW#504bx

Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to Christians; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds

AB05472

150

Cry aloud and say: O friends, a hundred times glad tidings that the light of Reality has shone and enlightened the world. The proclamation of the Kingdom has reached you.

CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement

ABU1765

Words to Remey, Latimer, et al, spoken on 1914-10-16

170

When we were in Salmani-Pak, an Indian prince, Iqbalu'd-Dawlih, accompanied by one student, came there. There were between thirty and forty souls with Bahá'u'lláh.

DAS.1914-10-16, PN_1914 p093

Business; financial; property matters; Stories; anecdotes

BH03181

Khutbatu'n-Nikah [marriage Tablet]

280

Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

الحمد لله القدمی بلا زوال و الابدی بلا انتقال الذی شهد لذاته بذاته انه لهو

Praise be to God, the Ancient, the Ever-Abiding, the Changeless, the Eternal! He Who hath testified in His Own Being

INBA73:042, BLIB_Or15722.057a, , NLAI_BH4.075.13-076.09

BRL_DA#564, AVK4.157x, TSBT.205x

BPRY.117, PNAK.83

Business; financial; property matters; Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

LL#144, LL#205

ABU0939

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-02

330

I wanted to come from breakfast this morning but could not... One must either be a serpent or a servant, he must chose.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p063

Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU2576

Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-03-27

Mahmúd's Diary

چه قدر تفاوتست بین نفوس شخصی چنان خود را پست مینماید که پرستش جماد و اشکال

What a great difference exists between men. One person degrades himself to such a degree that he idolizes and worships stones

BDA1.013.17

DAS.1913-07-19, MHMD1.020, ABIE.086, BLO_PN#007

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Idolatry; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU3643

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

Yes, though not so great as Buddha.

DLA.062, BLO_PN#026

Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East

ABU2870

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21

Everyone upon awaking in the morning awakes with a thought. The commercial man awakes with the thought of commerce...

SW_v14#06 p.165, PN_1909 p063, PN_1909D p018

Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0768

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-19

390

For the present it is better to keep all the documents in the safety deposit vault... We will see what God wants. If America becomes illumined, its illumination like a magnet, will draw me there... The Turks are fond of eating.

SW_v10#17 p.315x, PN_1919 p028, PN_1919 p140, LAT.066-068, STAB#159

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Bribery and corruption; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3491

Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14

It is not impossible that He should have been, though it is not necessary that all Manifestations should come in that way.

PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU1697

Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

180

The Zoroastrians, who were very numerous throughout Persia... While the Christians claim this passage is to be taken literally, and that it means that Christ was born of a virgin

SW_v09#01 p.006x, PN_1900 p084

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Growth of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment

ABU3186

Words to some materialist scholars spoken in Dec. 1900

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

ABU1419

Words spoken ca. 1900

230

Regarding the birth of Jesus Christ, there is no doubt that Mary was the wife of Joseph; but the marriage had not yet taken place

PN_1900_heh p069

Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Christ; Christianity

ABU3627

Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910

The Christians have exaggerated the birth of Jesus.

PN_1912 p015

Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary

AB11421

...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

ABU0811

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-22

370

You must be a source of happiness to whomsoever you meet. The world is like the body and the love of God is like the spirit

PN_1909 p067

Being a source of light; guidance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU3447

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-30

The light is of four kinds: First the light of the sun.... Second, the light of the eye

SW_v08#08 p.098, AHV.025, BLO_PN#045

Being a source of light; guidance; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Stories; anecdotes

ABU3090

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

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

ABU1138

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-07

280

The friends have brought good news from Germany... The Blessed Beauty in all circumstances has given us the way to behave

PN_1914 p040

Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Praise and encouragement

ABU0777

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

380

When man has faith, even the mountains of the world can not oppose him, nay, he bears every trial and calamity

PN_1906 p061, SUR.254-255, BLO_PN#001

Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

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

ABU0740

Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-22

400

When this blessed Cause was manifested in Persia, some of the divines and famous learned men became believers and were martyred.

PN_1901 p076, BLO_PN#109

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2500

Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-11

In the days of the Blessed Perfection this was a place of recreation. He used to sit there

PN_1919 p081, PN_unsorted p108

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0731

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-21

400

Our feasts are very wonderful. They are unique and peerless. During the days of the Blessed Perfection we celebrated this national New year's Day with great festivities

DAS.1914-03-21, PN_1914 p017

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Consultation; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wealth inequality and its moderation

ABU3338

Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh

it is necessary for the rich to think of the poor during the month of Ramadan. Those souls who prefer themselves to others are tied with selfish iron bands, while those who prefer others to themselves are the benefactors of the human race. Such was the conduct and the life of Baha-Ullah.

DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.159, BLO_PN#007

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Business; financial; property matters; Law of fasting; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others

ABU1269

Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh

250

When we were imprisoned in the military barracks of Acca there was a small primitive bath

DAS.1913-08-05, SW_v08#13 p.174, ABIE.160, BLO_PN#007

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Business; financial; property matters

ABU3637

Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908

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

ABU2638

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-26

Still there may be souls like Mrs Kirchner, Dr Nutt and Fareed who have personal motives and wish to make a station for themselves. Dr Fareed wishes to acquire money. He has no religion or faith.

PN_1919 p014, PN_1919 p191

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

AB02430

250

ای یاران رحمانی عبدالبهاء هر چند شبانگاهست ولی صبحگاهی ملکوت الهی است یعنی

O ye merciful friends of Abdul Baha! Although it is night, yet it is the morn of the dawn of the divine Kingdom.... The ancient bestowal of the beauty of Abha is the companion of every pure heart

MKT8.184b, MKT9.245, AKHA_119BE #03-04 p.j, BSHN.140.375, BSHN.144.370, MHT1a.188, MHT1b.146

DAS.1913-07-21, ABIE.094, PN_various p013x, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#110a

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU3182

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-11-12

With those who are against the Center of the Covenant you must not associate at all.... You will see a dimness on the faces, like the letting down of a veil.

DJT.366, BLO_PN#027

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness

ABU1634

Words to Albert Vail, spoken on 1919-11-19

190

The City you deem most advisable is preferred by Me... Never associate with Mrs Kirchner... Be kind to them at first. Do not be severe at first. If you find they cannot be changed, leave them to themselves.

PN_1919 p013

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Personal instructions

ABU1579

Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-10

200

In Paris one of the notable representatives of France invited me to attend an evening party and I went. We saw that they had prepared a big banquet with sweets and cakes of many kinds.

PN_1919 p080

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Music and singing; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB10291

...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

ABU3326

Words spoken on 1913-07-30 in Ramleh

No one can imagine how many different issues must be met….I am now advanced in age. The reaction of this long journey has had a terrible effect upon my weakened constitution…

DAS.1913-07-30, ABIE.128, BLO_PN#007

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

ABU0847

Words spoken on 1913-07-17 in Ismailia

360

When two years had passed a regiment of soldiers was assigned to Acca. Of course there was only once place

DAS.1913-07-17, SW_v08#13 p.173-174, ABIE.078, BLO_PN#007

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment

ABU0514

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21

530

Whosoever turns to the Kingdom must neither be affected by poverty or wealth... While the Master was in Teheran and the family was pillaged, for three days and nights they were left absolutely foodless... Man comes into the world naked

PN_1909 p065, PN_1909C p121

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2372

Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1909-07-07

100

Say to her: I have two arts: one physical, the other spiritual. The physical one is that I draw the images of men.

PN_1909B p021, DJT.062, BLO_PN#027

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU2420

Words spoken on 1913-07-17 in Ismailia

100

When I was in Paris one of the believers brought me a soft cushion and urged

DAS.1913-07-17, SW_v08#02 p.020-021, ABIE.077, BLO_PN#007

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU3164

Words spoken on 1913-07-28 in Ramleh

Up to the time I was 32 years [old], I never slept in bed, preferring always a piece of mat and as cushion I chose one or two books.

DAS.1913-07-28, ABIE.123, BLO_PN#007

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline

ABU1259

Words to some Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1914-01-19

250

You are a good party! God willing, you shall have good weather on your journey! May you expend your days in the utmost joy and fragrance!

DAS.1914-01-19, PN_1914 p016

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08565

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

ABU2932

Words spoken on 1913-08-30 in Ramleh

I am trying to make amends for the past. I am devoting all my time to the Oriental friends.

DAS.1913-08-30, ABIE.256, BLO_PN#007

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

ABU3208

Words spoken at Broadway street en route in New York, 1912-04-18

This is nothing. This is only the beginning. We will be together in all the worlds of God. You can not realize here what that means.

DJT.262, FDA.012, BLO_PN#027

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humor; jokes; Personal instructions; Soul; spirit after death; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1792

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-25

170

When love enters the heart the bitter water becomes sweet... When I was in Baghdad, a thorn seller invited us. His dwelling was twenty miles from Baghdad

PN_1920 p036

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Hospitality; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU2942

Words to Tamaddunu'l-Mulk, spoken on 1911-08-25

Once, when I lived in Baghdad, I was invited to the house of a poor thorn-picker. In Baghdad the heat is greater even than in Syria

AIF.1911-08-25, SW_v08#13 p.167, PN_1909B p031, DJT.171, BLO_PN#027, STAB#089

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Hospitality; Humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU1044

Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-19

300

One of the things that Dr. Farid has circulated in London is that 'I have grown old and weak...' My power consists of the Bestowals of the Blessed Beauty.

DAS.1914-10-19, SW_v05#14 p.217-218, PN_1914 p104

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The power of words; of speech

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

AB03985

180

O Janabe Ameen! Although the doors are closed, the ways and the roads are severed

SW_v08#14 p.193-194, CHH.207-208, BLO_PN#022

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart

ABU0717

Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-12

410

The owner of this house was a native of Beirut. He himself used to live here. When the government gave permission for us to leave the barracks we wanted to rent a house.

PN_1919 p081

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU0466

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

560

In the Book of the Zend-Avesta the Zoroastrians are awaiting the Coming of two Manifestations.... Moses said that after him should come Joshua. The Christ said, addressing Peter... My assistance is the assistance of the Blessed Perfection.

SW_v08#17 p.221x, SW_v08#15 p.211-212x, TDLA.061-063, BLO_PN#104, BSTW#484x

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations

ABU1622

Words to Goodall, Wise and Cooper, spoken on 1912-07-20

190

I have come to these parts and I find out that certain people have attributed to me certain statements of which I am innocent… Any one quoting me must have authority written either with my own hand, or Tablets signed with my seal.

SW_v11#14 p.243x, PN_1912 p018, PN_1912 p028, BSTW#129, BSTW#172

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU3548

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

No, they are a distinct Revelation of God and will form a Book larger than our Bible.

TDLA.006-007, BLO_PN#104

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

ABU3372

Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905

There is no appointed length of life for man. Lengthen your life by living according to God's spiritual laws. Then you will live forever.

TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104

Attaining the life of the spirit; Knowledge; recognition of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal

BHU0034

There is only one Master—the others have names. The Master is none other than the Most Great Branch, He around Whom all names revolve.... Everything the Master says is just the same as if I said it. He is Me, and I am He.

STOB.092 #123, PN_1901 p028, PN_1901 p035, AFNAN.042, RKS.025x

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

ABU1314

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

240

In the Koran there is a verse which speaks of the 'lowest point of the low' as being the station of man. If we represent creation by a circle, at the top of it is God the creator

PN_1901 p015, NRMM.228-229

Arcs of ascent and descent; Living waters; water of life; Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

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

ABU3064

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

There is either a standstill or a progression. There could not be a descent, upon the same principle that a man could not become a babe again.

PN_1909F p061, PN_1909F p115, AKL.008-009

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

ABU2377

Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09

100

We hear the murmur of the sea always continuing. It never ceases. Were it to cease, the world would be dead, stagnant, lifeless. But the waves of the mind of man are far greater than those of the sea

SW_v07#11 p.107-108, SW_v08#02 p.024, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Power of the mind over nature

ABU1331

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-05

240

There are two kinds of changes and alterations. One causes descent and one ascent. The one which causes descent is not good

PN_1909 p010, PN_1909 p036, PN_1909C p088, DJT.053-054, BLO_PN#027

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Differences in human capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

ABU1067

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-06

300

We are speaking in Persian and you have to listen…. Man has two ears and one tongue, so he should hear twice and speak once…. I have walked far and am very tired

PN_1920 p046, PN_1920 p083, PN_1920_heh p020

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat]

ABU1945

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-06

150

I have been for a walk. Motion is the sign of life. If there be no wind, no motion, the air become impure... our sun with all its planets are moving around a central sun like the moon moves round the earth.

PN_1920 p038, PN_1920 p046, PN_1920 p083, PN_1920_heh p019, PN_1920_heh_haifa p070

All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Personal instructions

ABU0941

Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al, spoken on 1909-08-21

330

Wine is always a dangerous thing to take and no good effects ever come from it... Arak is a very, very dangerous drink

PN_1909 p064, PN_1909D p006-007

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love of God; Second birth

ABU1591

Words spoken on 1913-08-05 in Ramleh

200

It is said that at one time a king went out traveling incognito. He put on an humble suit of clothes

DAS.1913-08-05, SW_v09#18 p.211-212, ABIE.161, BLO_PN#007, STAB#146

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2766

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

In reality wine or spirits taken even in moderate quantities does no permanent good. It is like urging a horse to full speed by whipping him... they must on no account allow their children to drink wine or alcoholic drinks

SW_v07#15 p.143x, SW_v09#08 p.090x, PN_1901 p007, NRMM.214

Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light

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

ABU1964

150

In 'Akka [I] was visited by a Christian who expressed his disbelief in dreams.

DJT.179, BLO_PN#027, STAB#095

Accounts of dreams and visions; Stories; anecdotes

ABU2649

Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901

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

ABU3542

Words to Charlotte Bingham, spoken on 1907-10-14

Yes; not through Isaac nor Ishmael, but through one of his other sons, of whom he had six.

PN_1906 p109, PN_1907 p018, PN_unsorted p023

Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; 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

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

AB01159

370

Every Manifestation is the Adam of His time... There were one hundred thousand Adams before the Adam of biblical records each being the Manifestation of his own time or cycle.

PN_unsorted p087

AB06374

130

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

O thou who art looking to the Kingdom of God: In this Great Century the Powers of the Lord of Might

PN_various p020

AB11059

The song and anthem that Louise R. Waite raised in the Assembly of the Unity of Bahá'ís reached to the ears of the people of the Kingdom.

SW_v14#09 p.278, PN_1909E p117

AB11179

O thou dear friend! Thy letter was received. God willing, we shall endeavor to reach Washington in time and meet you and renew the Covenant of the ancient love.

AHV.030a, BLO_PN#045

AB11594

...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

BH10761

ان الشمس ارادت ان ترسل الیک تجلیا من تجلیات اسمها الاعظم

Verily, the Sun hath desired to send unto thee a revelation from among the revelations of Its Most Great Name [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.143a, , Berlin1237#17

AB11619

Cablegram dated 1913-09-19

Send Mrs. Fraser to Ramleh.

DAS.1913-09-18, ABIE.330, BLO_PN#007

ABU3451

Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan

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

ABU3214

Words spoken on 1920-09-20 in Haifa

He said that the belief of the Druses was very secret, but he knew it - that they do not believe in any prophet, neither Jesus nor Muhammad, but in minor people, such as Peter. Their leader was a servant of Muhammad. They believe in reincarnation. They veil and pretend to be a Muhammadan sect.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p024

ABU2026

Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-28

140

The water which was salty was changed. During the time of the Blessed Beauty, the cholera came up to the gates of Akka, but it did not enter Akka.

PN_1919 p047

ABU0809

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-07

370

The first entrance into light and into belief is extremely difficult. The spiritual birth is troublesome and painful in the same degree as the physical birth.

PN_1904 p004, PN_1904 p037, TTAW.006-008, BLO_PN#102

ABU2084

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-07

130

My love for you is like an ocean and your love is like a drop. The distress and calamities which I have endured for your sake

PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p041, PN_1909B p021, PN_1909C p091, PN_1909F p040, DJT.062-063, BLO_PN#027

ABU0486

Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900

550

Third explanation [of sacrifice] - The worldly grades of every Manifestation are so different from the spiritual grades, that each Manifestation has voluntarily sacrificed everything pertaining to worldly honor

PN_1900 p121

ABU3613

Words to two mullahs, spoken on 1913-07-30

Our field of activity is Europe and America. I have come here to rest for a few months.

DAS.1913-07-30, ABIE.130, BLO_PN#007

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