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@free will and predestination; fate, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @exhortations and counsels, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment

ABU3396

Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914

Zoroastrians are the real Iranis. Their blood is not spoiled by the admixture of Turkish, Russian and Arab bloods.

TDAB.08-09

BHU0009

260

Zillu's-Sultan wrote Me a letter which was in his own handwriting, and gave it to Haji Sayyah to bring. He requested Me to aid him with the Babis to destroy his Shah-Baba.

BKOG.409-410, AFNAN.030-031

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU2904

Words spoken on 1914-10-07 in Haifa

Youthfulness depends upon the heart and spirit and not upon the physical body of man. You may find often a young man who may look a thousand years old.

PN_1914 p039

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @hospitality, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB01870

290

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

Your three reports, together with the public announcement, were received. Praise be to God! all the contents indicated firmness, spirituality and goodness.... Souls are like unto mirrors

TAB.019-020, BWF.367-367x, BSC.473 #893x, CUPAB.011-012x, BSTW#305x

@human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @wisdom [hikmat], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB09660

Persian

تلغراف شما رسید مضامین که منبعث از حیات وجدانی و انجذابات روحانی بود سرور و

Your telegram was received, and its contents, which sprang from the life of conscience and spiritual attractions, brought joy [3.5s]

INBA84:367a

@unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity in diversity

AB03265

210

mixed

تلغراف شما رسید و بمژده شفای جناب حاجی نهایت روح و ریحان حاصل شد در کتاب مبین

Your telegram arrived, and the glad tidings of the recovery of his honor the Hají brought forth the utmost joy and delight [3.5s]

MMK6#379

@acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH02230

400

mixed

مراسلات آنجناب پی در پی رسید و اکثر آن بفیوضات فیاض حقیقی فائز یعنی بلحاظ

Your successive letters have been received, and most of them have attained unto the outpourings of the True Bestower, that is to say, through His glances [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15690.288, , BLIB_Or15699.066b,

PYK.033x

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @high station of teachers of the Cause

ABU1694

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-27

180

Your steamer is waiting; it is best that you remain together and go direct to America.... Praise be to God that ye have come and attained this station

PN_1919 p210, LAT.146-147

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @Shrines and Holy places, @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God

AB09177

Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City

Your short letter was long because it came from the depths of your love. One word expressing the love of God

BLO_PT#003a

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the power of words; of speech, @nearness and remoteness

ABU2195

Words to editors of Star of the West, spoken on 1912-05-01

120

Your services are acceptable. You have labored much. These labors are productive

SW_v08#14 p.193

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @newspapers and the media; publications, @compassion; kindness, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @non-participation in politics

AB00423

Tablet to the Hague II

590

Persian

Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague)

Second Tablet to The Hague

اعضای محترما جواب نامه من که بتاریخ ۱۲ جون ۱۹۲۰ مرقوم فرموده بودید رسید نهایت

Your reply, dated 12 June 1920, to my letter was received with the utmost gratitude.

BRL_HAGP2, MKT4.199, MNMK#113 p.218, MSBH9.364-366, YHA1.340x

BRL_HAG2, SW_v11#17 p.288-289, ABCC.439-440x, BLO_PT#192

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @war and peace, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @martyrs and martyrdom, @universal peace; world unity

ABU2969

Words spoken on 1913-04-01 in Stuttgart

Persian

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

استعداد شما سبب شد که خدا مرا باستتکارت فرستاد تا بملکوت بهآءالله ندا کنم

Your receptivity is the reason God has sent me to Stuttgart, that here I might cry out: 'How blessed is this day!'

BDA2.210

BBBD.201, MHMD2.270

@growth of the Cause, @power of the Manifestation of God

AB10727

mixed

نامه اخیر شما رسید که بتاریخ ۲۹ صفر ۳۹ بود

Your recent letter dated 29 Safar 1339 hath been received [3.5s]

MSHR4.053x

@growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB01094

380

Persian

مکاتیب منعدده شما رسید و از شدت طوفان بلا در جواب تاخیر افتاد مختصر اینست که

Your numerous letters were received, and due to the severity of the tempest of trials there was a delay in reply. In brief, it is this [3.5s]

PYK.251

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation

AB00924

410

mixed

مکاتیب متعدده شما واصل و فرح و سرور حاصل گشت امروز روز فیروز است هر پروانه که

Your numerous letters were received and joy and delight were attained. Today is a victorious day, every moth that [3.5s]

YIK.100-101

@spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @review of publications, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @growth of the Cause

BH02339

380

mixed

قد بلغ الی الخادم کتابک الشریف الذی تضوع منه عرف حبک محبوب الله العزیز المنیع

Your noble letter, from which wafteth the fragrance of thy love for the Beloved of God, the Mighty, the Inaccessible, hath reached this servant [3.5s]

INBA27:413

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement

ABU1116

Words to Mrs Narcissa Casad Purdon, spoken on 1912-10-09

290

Your mother? Blessed!... You must be thankful to God for having such a daughter for she writes down everything I say…. There are some times when the favors of God descend without man asking for them, without request on the part of man.

ECN.609+1047

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @differences in human capacity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @many are called but few are chosen, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH00873

940

mixed

مکتوب آنجناب که بعبد حاضر لدی العرش نوشته بودید تلقاء وجه حاضر از قبل لوح

Your missive, which you had addressed to this servant present before the Throne, was laid before His countenance, ere the Tablet [3.5s]

BLIB_Or11096#020, , BLIB_Or15710.059, , BLIB_Or15738.120,

ASAT5.350x

@business; financial; property matters, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BH05526

180

mixed

نامه آنجناب بلسان پارسی تلقاء عرش الهی حاضر و بطرف عنایت ملاحظه شد انشاء الله

Your missive, composed in the Persian tongue, was presented before the Divine Throne and was regarded with the glance of favor. God willing [3.5s]

BLIB_Or03116.081.07, , BLIB_Or11096#177, , BLIB_Or15722.021a,

PYM.111bx

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @law of cause and effect, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

BH05368

180

mixed

ذکر شما لدی المظلوم بوده و هست از حق میطلبیم ترا موید فرماید بر آنچه سزاوار

Your mention hath been and remaineth with the Wronged One. We beseech God to aid thee in that which is befitting [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15715.200b,

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

ABU3046

Words to Mr. Smiley at Peace Society conference in Lake Mohonk, 1912-05-16

Your members may be compared to beams of different metals and you are trying to unite them as you would tie these fingers together with a string.

SW_v19#06 p.182

@love of God, @unity in diversity, @metallurgical metaphors

ABU1129

Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-28

280

Persian

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

دیروز با آنکه هیچ حالت نداشتم محض خاطر شما بمجلس آمدم زیرا که مجمع احباء محفل روحانیان است

Your meeting yesterday afternoon was very good. I did not feel well but for your sake I came. The gathering of the believers is the assembly of the spiritual ones.

BDA2.268-269

DAS.1913-04-28, MHMD2.351-352

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @transcending the material condition, @Christ; Christianity, @race unity; racial issues

AB11999

Turkish

تحریرات محبانه کزی آلدم قصد و نیت صادقانه کز موافق در گرگ ماموریتکز و کرک

Your loving letters have reached me, and whether in your sincere intentions or sacred mission [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0247

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

ABU3708

Words spoken in Vienna on 1913-04-19

Persian

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

محبّت شما سبب آمدن من باینجا شد من برای دیدن شما آمدم نه برای سیر و سیاحت

Your love is the reason I have come here. I have come to see you, not to go on leisurely excursions

BDA2.246

MHMD2.320

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @being a source of light; guidance, @unity of thought and belief, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity

BH03392

270

Persian

نامه‌های شما الحمدلله متواتر رسید هر یک برهانی بود بر توکل و توجه و اطمینان

Your letters, praise be unto God, arrived in continual succession, each one a testimony to reliance, devotion and certitude [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.096c,

AB08390

100

Persian

جناب منشادی نامه های شما ملاحظه گردید اظهار پریشانی نموده بودید بقول ناس حیف

Your letters, O Manshadi, were reviewed. You expressed distress - as people say, alas [3.5s]

MMK6#156

@growth of the Cause, @call to action, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB00966

400

Persian

جناب خان نامه های شما رسید مضامین معلوم شد در جواب آنشخص حقیقت را مرقوم دارید

Your letters, Jinab-i-Khan, have been received and their contents noted. Write thou the truth in reply to that person [3.5s]

MMK5#061 p.055

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @proofs for the existence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @harmony of science and religion, @equality of men and women, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB00623

500

mixed

مکاتیب آنجناب ملاحظه گردید و ناله های شدید که در هویت کلمات مندرج و مندمج

Your letters were perused, and the intense lamentations embedded and interwoven within the words were noted [3.5s]

AYBY.346 #027

@firmness in the Covenant, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH08450

120

Persian

نامه های شما رسید و هر یک بابی بود از ابواب فرح و سرور هر حرفش گواهی

Your letters have arrived, each one a gate among the gates of joy and gladness, every word bearing witness [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.095c,

AB09051

Persian

مکاتیب شما رسید سفره ها را بفرستید برات میرزا اسحق خان قبوضاتش از پیش ارسال گشت برات قائممقامی

Your letters arrived. Send the cheques. The draft of Mírzá Isḥáq Khán - his receipts were previously dispatched - as well as the draft of Qá'im-Maqámí [3.5s]

INBA17:216

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @business; financial; property matters

AB09050

Persian

مکاتیب شما رسید الحمد لله در جمیع موارد موید و موفق بوده و خواهید بود از خدا

Your letters arrived and, praise be to God, in all matters you have been, and shall ever remain, confirmed and successful [3.5s]

INBA89:197

@review of publications, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11404

220

Persian

محررات شما پیاپی میرسد و جمیع مژده اشتعال نار محبت الله میدهد که الحمد لله... اطفال را بسیار باید تربیت نمود و نهایت همّت در مشق و درسشان مبذول داشت

Your letters arrive in succession, and all give glad tidings of the enkindling of the fire of the love of God, for which praise be to God.... Children must be greatly educated, and the utmost effort must be expended in their training and instruction [3.5s]

MJTB.109ax, FRH.422-423

@growth of the Cause, @education of children; moral education, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH07280

140

mixed

نامه ات که باسم عبد حاضر ارسال نمودی لدی المظلوم حاضر و تمام آن باصغا فائز

Your letter, which you sent in the name of this servant, hath reached the Wronged One and all thereof hath been heard [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15730.125e,

@call to action, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @predictions and prophecies, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort

AB03277

210

mixed

مکتوبی که بحضرات محرمین کعبه رحمان مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید روح و ریحان

Your letter, which you had addressed to the sanctified confidants of the Sanctuary of the All-Merciful, was perused with joy and delight [3.5s]

AYBY.406 #114, TRZ1.161

@firmness in the Covenant, @praise and encouragement, @love of God

BH01018

820

mixed

نامه آنجناب که ببدایع ذکر رب الارباب مزین بود بر مکمن بلا و مخزن ابتلا واصل

Your letter, which was adorned with wondrous mention of the Lord of Lords, hath reached this Repository of Tribulation and Treasury of Tests [3.5s]

INBA38:096b, BLIB_Or15738.144b,

AVK1.271x, HDQI.068, SFI01.096, MAS1.061x

@free will and predestination; fate, @chastisement and requital, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB03857

190

mixed

مکتوب شما که دلالت بر توجه الی الله و توسل بحبل عنایت و تشبث بر ذیل رحمت

Your letter, which betokeneth your turning unto God, your taking hold of the cord of His grace, and your clinging to the hem of His mercy [3.5s]

MMK6#120

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH10007

mixed

نامه ات بتوسط اهل حرم بساحت قدم منور گشت ندایت اصغا شد و ذکرت لدی الوجه مذکور

Your letter, through them that dwell within the sanctuary, illumined the court of His presence. Thy call was heard, and mention of thee was made before His countenance [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.057d,

@praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @consolation and comfort, @exhortations and counsels

AB01754

300

Your letter written on March 10 1915 was duly received. Praise be to God that it contained the good news of the health

DAS.1915-04-25x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @light and darkness

AB02622

240

Persian

نامه ات نامی بود و مورث فرح روحانی گشت انشاء الله در آن لسان ترجمان فصیح

Your letter was renowned and brought spiritual joy. God willing, through that eloquent tongue [3.5s]

YBN.032, YIA.411-412

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB09055

Persian

نامه شما رسید ذکر مطلوب خویش را نموده بودی که هزار و پانصد تومان سند در دست

Your letter was received. You had mentioned your desired matter concerning a bond of one thousand five hundred tumans in hand [3.5s]

INBA87:205a, INBA52:207a

@business; financial; property matters, @courtesy; culture [adab]

AB06580

120

Your letter was received. I supplicated and entreated at the Threshold of the Kingdom of Abha

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

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02827

230

mixed

Trustworthiness

نامه شما رسید بنص قاطع جمال مبارک احباء در امور سیاسی مداخله ندارند بلکه باید

Your letter was received. According to the explicit text of the Blessed Beauty, the beloved friends must not interfere in political affairs, but rather they should [3.5s]... ...If it should happen that one of the friends be called upon to serve his country and people in some capacity, he should apply himself to his work with heart and soul

COMP_TRUSTP#63x, MKT4.182, AKHA_123BE #04 p.j, AVK3.285.14x, YHA1.410x

BRL_TRUST#62x, COC#2074x

@obedience to and respect for government authority, @non-participation in politics, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08008

100

mixed

نامه شما رسید ولی عبدالبهاء از شدت آلام و محن سفر صحرا و دریا و عدم راحت

Your letter was received, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá, due to the intense sufferings and tribulations of his journeys by land and sea, and the lack of rest [3.5s]

YHA2.1002-1003x, NJB_v04#15 p.004x

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @rejection, opposition and persecution

AB04178

180

Persian

نامه شما رسید و بملکوت ابهی تضرع و ابتهال گردید که آنجمعیت مبارکه در آلمان

Your letter was received, and supplications and entreaties were offered to the Abhá Kingdom that that blessed gathering in Germany [3.5s]

MKT3.442, YHA1.420x (2.828)

@prayer for the departed, @growth of the Cause, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

AB12116

570

Your letter was received, and its contents were of the greatest loveliness. Praise be to God that you have been confirmed in the service of the Kingdom

BBBD.032b

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

BH09043

110

mixed

نامه شما رسید و در سجن اعظم جواب آن از مالک قدم نازل طوبی لعین رات و لاذن

Your letter was received, and in the Most Great Prison an answer hath been sent down from the Ancient King. Blessed be the eye that seeth and the ear that hearkeneth [3.5s]

INBA51:188, KB_620:181-182

@prayer for nearness to God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @praise and encouragement

AB06481

130

Persian

نامه شما رسید و از اینکه در فکر انتخاب عمومی بودید روح و ریحان حاصل گردید و

Your letter was received, and from your thoughts concerning the general election, joy and spiritual fragrance were attained [3.5s]

INBA16:228

AMK.131-131, AMK.133-133, AVK4.309bx, RHQM2.1013-1014 (453) (279-280), MAS5.023

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @elections

AB09056

Persian

نامه شما رسید ولی از قرائت خود شما میدانید این دل و جان چه حالتی پیدا کرد

Your letter was received, and from its perusal you yourself know what condition it produced in this heart and soul [3.5s]

YARP2.448 p.336

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @love and unity, @call to action, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB09685

Persian

نامه شما رسید و از مضمون چنین مفهوم گردید که خبر سفر مصر در آندیار اشتهار

Your letter was received, and from its contents it became evident that news of the journey to Egypt had spread throughout those regions [3.5s]

MSHR2.187x

@martyrs and martyrdom, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @business; financial; property matters

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