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The Master is Our shield and the shield of everyone else. All live at ease, all know utmost comfort and tranquility. Associating with men such as these is very, very difficult

AFNAN.039-040

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes, @consolation and comfort

BHU0071

140

O flowers of the rose-garden of the honored Afnán! You are welcome; you are welcome. Your departure from Shiraz was very difficult and tiring

AFNAN.028-029

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam

BHU0070

170

When Mullá `Alí was led to the place of his martyrdom, he instructed the executioner to open one of his veins. When a bit of his throat was cut, with his own sacred blood, he dyed his white beard red

AFNAN.045-046

@martyrs and martyrdom, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @Imam Husayn

BHU0069

170

Consider how unfair and truly void of faith they [the Azalis] are. Because of the Mu`tamu’d-Dawlih’s supplications in Isfahán… One day, several of the clergy came to visit Us. One of them asked, ‘Where are you from?’ ‘We are from `Amá,’ We responded… The day We left Baghdad, We moved to the Garden of Najíb Pasha and stayed there for 12 days

AFNAN.042-043

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BHU0068

190

With the aid of Nasiri’d-Din Sháh and [Sultan] `Abdu’l-`Aziz, Shaykh `Abdu’l-Husayn tried hard to extinguish the light of God’s Cause… Another day in Baghdad, a learned divine came to see Us. He had a tall, heavy frame and thick beard

AFNAN.044-045

@humor; jokes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @prophecy and fulfillment

BHU0067

280

Islam was a good religion, but they destroyed it. Differences arose from the beginning of the Dispensation and, after the ascension of the Prophet, the foundation of Islam was shattered

AFNAN.033-034

@episodes from the early history of Islam, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0066

340

The Jaláluʾd-Dawlih has done what has caused the eyes of the denizens of the Supreme Concourse to shed tears of blood. Do you perceive the reason for his doings?

GEN.162, AFNAN.031x

@petitions to authorities, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @past, present and future of Iran, @status of kings; future of monarchy

BHU0065

unknown

مرسل رسل و منزل کتب

It is so! The Sender of the Messengers and the Revealer of the Books is Our station.

STOB#103

BHU0063

Extend thy consideration to Our loved ones and deal with them with kindness

GPB.150x

BHU0062

No blood has, till now, been poured upon the earth as pure as the blood he shed

GPB.136-137x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BHU0061

We have, for a while, tarried amongst this people, and failed to discern the slightest response on their part

GPB.119x

@chastisement and requital, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @justice and wrath of God

BHU0060

In the Book of God it is recorded that should a person embrace this Faith, his father and mother shall also receive forgiveness.

STOB.058 #072

@confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @parents and children; youth; families

BHU0059

If one of your soldiers were to commit a reprehensible act, would you be held responsible, and be punished in his place?

GPB.190x

@symbolism, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BHU0058

Let your acts be a guide unto all mankind, that from your behaviour and conduct they may be enabled to recognize the signs and commandments of God.

STOB.056 #067

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @goodly deeds; actions, @the power of example, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BHU0057

The traditions (hadith) which are passed down in Islam have been the cause of ruin for many homes, sources of disunity and division, and of suffering and calamities.

STOB.051 #059

@corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

BHU0056

These tents may be likened to the trappings of this world, which no sooner are they spread out than the time cometh for them to be rolled up

GPB.147x

@obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BHU0055

God is My witness that I have never seen the book you refer to. I regard, however, through the power of God, ... whatever you wish me to do as easy of accomplishment

GPB.122x

@power of faith; power of the spirit

BHU0054

Siyyid Isma'il was possessed of such power and might that were he to be confronted

GPB.136x

@rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0053

Whatever action the ministers of the Sultan took against Us, after having become acquainted with its contents, cannot be regarded as unjustifiable. The acts they committed before its perusal, however, can have no justification

GPB.160x

@rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0051

We did not associate with officials and the people while dwelling in the Most Great Prison but left this difficult task for the Master.

STOB.062 #086

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @personal instructions, @suffering and imprisonment

BHU0050

man is not infallible [but] God is the All-Forgiving. In the same way that God is the “Concealer”, so should the believers be forgiving

STOB.056 #068

BHU0049

There are four qualities which I love to see manifested in people: first, enthusiasm and courage; second, a face wreathed in smiles and a radiant countenance; third, that they see all things with their own eyes and not through the eyes of others; fourth, the ability to carry a task, once begun, through to its end.

STOB.051 #060

@personal instructions, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

BHU0048

Hear Me, My son. By God, the True One! This Cause will assuredly be made manifest. Heed thou not the idle talk of the people of the Bayan

GPB.116x

@suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0047

Sultan Abdu'l-'Aziz banished Us to this country in the greatest abasement, and since his object was to destroy Us and humble Us

GPB.195x

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BHU0046

This journey will be unlike any of the previous journeys

GPB.182x

@loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

BHU0045

God is My witness! Were it not contrary to the Law of God, I would have kissed the hand of My would-be murderer, and would cause him to inherit My earthly goods

ADJ.027x

@laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

BHU0044

We have through this all-satisfying, all-embracing message which We sent, revealed and vindicated the miracles of all the Prophets

GPB.144x

@defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @self-concealment of the Manifestation of God

BHU0043

Had the Amir-Nizam been aware of My true position

GPB.082x

BHU0042

He may well succeed in reproducing outwardly the exact counterpart of this low-roofed room

GPB.134-135x

BHU0041

It is more manifest than the sun.... Refer to the farman of the government which is in your possession..... My name is Baha'u'llah, and My country is Nur. Be ye apprized of it.

GPB.190x3x

BHU0040

Mulla Muhammad-'Aliy-i-Zanjani, soon after he had delivered that Tablet to Haji Mirza Aqasi, came and visited me.

DB.323

@praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause

BHU0039

Persian

بیان غصن اعظم و قوت و تصرف و تخیر شان حال معلوم و ظاهر نیست بعد معلوم میشود که فردا وحیدا... اگر ممکن بود هر نفسی اول ورود مدینه عکا غصن اعظم را ملاقات نماید و در خدمتشان ادراک فیض

The power and potency of the Most Great Branch are concealed now, but soon will they be made manifest…. Were it possible, We would recommend that the pilgrims who enter the city of 'Akka go directly to the presence of the Most Great Branch, listen to Him

BSDR.253-254, DHU.040

STDH.106-107, STOB.077 #105, ABCC.044x

@personal instructions, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transcending the material condition

BHU0038

Persian

یک شعر برایت بخوانم که از حکیم سنائیست هر چه بینی جز خدا کن بت بود بر هم شکن

I shall recite a poem for you which was penned by Ḥakím-i-Saná’í: Aught else save God that thine eyes might behold

DHU.028

STOB.055 #066

@stories; anecdotes, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @poems and quotation from poetry

BHU0037

By the truth of God, from the horizon of My visage a Sun hath dawned, on which the Supreme Pen

BKOG.237x

BHU0036

They [the friends] should establish beyond a shadow of doubt that by “Unity of God” is meant that the Manifestations of God Who inaugurate each Dispensation are to be regarded as one soul

STOB.079 #109

@divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @Imam 'Ali

BHU0035

O My companions I entrust to your keeping this city of Baghdad, in the state ye now behold it, when from the eyes of friends and strangers alike

GPB.149x

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

BHU0033

Persian

روزی چند نفر آخوند بدیدن ما آمدند یکی از آنها پرسید شما اهل کجائید

several divines came to visit Us [during the days in Baghdad], and one of them inquired, 'Where do You come from?', to which We replied, 'We are from ‘Amá’

DHU.036-037

STOB.093 #124, AFNAN.043-044

@the cloud ['ama], @symbolism

BHU0032

O My Leaf and My Handmaiden, verily We chose thee and accepted thee to serve My Most Great Branch

BKOG.348

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @personal instructions, @thankfulness; gratitude

BHU0031

Persian

من از جمیع شماها راضی و خوشنودم زیرا خدمت کردید و زحمت کشیدید هر صبح آمدید و هر شام

I am well pleased with you all...Ye have rendered many services, and been very assiduous in your labors

KKD1.517.21

STOB.108-109 #143-144, GPB.222x

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @The Holy Spirit

BHU0030

At stated periods souls are sent to earth by the Mighty God with what we call the Power of the Great Ether. And they who possess this power can do anything

EBTB.081-082, CHH.133, SW_v08#15 p.205, DJT.309, FDA.030

@power of the Manifestation of God, @Christ; Christianity

BHU0029

Prior to Our departure from Baghdád, We entered the Najíbíyyih Garden and tarried there for twelve days

STOB.093-094 #124, AFNAN.044

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @Declaration of Baha'u'llah

BHU0028

These creatures are the same creatures who for three thousand years have worshipped idols, and bowed down before the Golden Calf.

BKOG.114, GPB.119x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

BHU0027

Persian

ما بحضرات علما در عتبات پیغام دادیم که اگر میخواهند مطلب ما را بفهمند

We informed the religious leaders of 'Atabat that We were prepared to accept their request to perform any miracle they chose

DHU.041

STOB.029 #038

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @power of the Manifestation of God

BHU0026

100

Persian

عبد حاضر چای به نبیل بده ولی به آقا طاهر نده ... آیا صبح چای نوشیدید یانه

Servant in attendance, bring tea for Nabil but bring nothing for Aqa Tahir…. Do you drink tea in the morning or not?

KHML.091

KSHK#04

@personal instructions, @consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet

BHU0025

100

Persian

آیا صدر اعظم هر ماهی چقدر شهریه و مخارج برای شما معین کرده

How large of a stipend and expenditure does the Sadr A`zam allot you every month… What are you busying yourself with, Kalim?

TZH4.227-228

KSHK#05

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @alchemy; the elixir

BHU0024

100

Persian

دول عالم در ازدیاد آلات ناریه میکوشند تا حدیکه مانند تعبان میشوند و بهم میتازند

The nations of the world will arm themselves with infernal engines of war... They will therefore try to eliminate religion so as to eliminate prejudice

MSBH1.263

ROB4.056, PN_1904 p024, PN_unsorted p092

@growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @growth of the Cause, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @war and peace

BHU0023

120

Persian

در وجود آیتی است که ما در اکثر الواح آنرا باکسیر اعظم تعبیر فرموده اسم این آیت در هر نفسی

In this world of being there is a phenomenon which We have referred to in some Tablets as the 'Most Great Elixir'.

HHA.045, MSBH1.263

ROB4.056-057

@Christ; Christianity, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @power of the Manifestation of God, @suffering and imprisonment

BHU0022

130

Persian

زنجیر در گردن خیلی رنج آور بود ولی بدتر و سخت تر از آن این بود که انگشت ابهام هر دو دست را از پشت سر بیکدیگر

The weight of the chain placed about Our neck was difficult to bear, but having the thumbs of both hands bound together behind the back was even more aggravating.

DHU.040-041

STOB.108 #142

@suffering and imprisonment, @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @growth of the Cause

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