inventory |
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AB05982 |
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140 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...After my return from America and Europe, owing to the difficulties of the long voyage and the innumerable inconveniences... When the teacher delivers an address |
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DAS.1913-07-28, BSC.452 #827x, SW_v07#10 p.097x, ABIE.121, BLO_PN#007 |
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Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha |
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AB03880 |
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190 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...As to the significance of the Cause of Baha'u'llah, know that everything which belongs to the universal is divine |
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BSC.495 #955, SW_v13#12 p.342 |
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Christ; Christianity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Universality of the Cause |
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AB10282 |
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70 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...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. |
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BSC.445 #811, PN_unsorted p088x, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b |
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Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture |
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AB00649 |
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490 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...Every one of the friends of God has two stations; one the station of mankind and the other the station of spirituality…. As long as one has not taken a portion of the mystery of sacrifice, it is impossible for him to attain to the Kingdom of God. |
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BSC.496 #958, SW_v07#12 p.116x |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God |
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AB11084 |
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50 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...In this prohibition (from visiting Haifa) there is a providence which will become manifest before long. But know ye with the utmost certainty |
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BSC.492 #948x |
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Nearness and remoteness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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AB11449 |
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30 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...Man must work, and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good. His work, both material and spiritual |
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BSC.440 #803 |
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Excellence; distinction; High station of the arts and sciences; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Work as worship |
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AB03591 |
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200 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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…Nine is the last number and it is the greater number. Ten is simply the continuation of the number 1 because 10 is 1 and 100 is 1. |
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BSC.441 #804 |
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Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ |
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AB11082 |
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50 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...People must live for one another, and not live in seclusion as do the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives. |
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BSC.440 #802 |
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Monasticism; asceticism; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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AB09110 |
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90 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...Perchance, God willing, ye may be helped and confirmed to arise and serve in a befitting and worthy manner, and be assisted to do that which is required |
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BSC.495 #956 |
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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AB05402 |
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150 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Translation List |
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ربّی و رجائی لک الحمد علی ما انزلت علینا هذه المائدة الرّوحانیّة ... ربّ و رجائی لک الشّکر علی هذه النّعمآء |
...Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord and my Hope, for what Thou hast sent down upon us—this spiritual sustenance |
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AVK4.069.08x, AVK4.070x, MAS9.074x, MJMJ2.106x, MJMJ2.107ax, MMG2#442 p.486x, MMG2#443 p.487x, NSR_1978.136x, NSR_1978.135ax, NSR_1993.149x, NSR_1993.147bx |
TAB.167-168x, BSC.427 #772x, RBB.120ax, RBB.120bx, ADMS#011x, ADMS#012x |
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Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer to be recited at table; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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AB09118 |
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90 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...The beloved of God must be the cause of spreading the Heavenly Love. They must impart spiritual concord |
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BSC.438 #795 |
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Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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AB05986 |
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140 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...The days of human existence are like vanishing shadows. Compared to the world of Reality, they are brought to a close with extreme speed. |
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DAS.1913-09-01x, BSC.449 #819x, SW_v16#07 p.583x, ABIE.264x, BLO_PN#007 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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AB04610 |
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170 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...The highest expression of the life of man on this planet in this age and many ages to come is Celestial |
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BSC.441 #805 |
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Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life |
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AB10780 |
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60 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...The Supreme One hath said "He loveth them and they will love Him." If God had not filled His Servant with His love, love would never have been realized in the creation |
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BSC.492 #947x |
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Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God |
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AB07148 |
Words to George Latimer |
120 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...The Word of God is the storehouse of all good, all power and all wisdom. The illiterate fishermen and savage Arabs |
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BSC.439 #799, SW_v06#16 p.122, SW_v16#04 p.487 |
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Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Limits of the intellect; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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AB11283 |
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40 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...There are before you so many temptations, trials, afflictions, calamities and difficulties because you have to be purified through fire and sifted through the sieve in order to separate the wheat from the tares. Verily, I say unto you: none will be saved but the believers, and from the believers only the sincere, and even those are in great danger, especially in such a time. |
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BSC.443 #808 |
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering |
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AB04609 |
Words to Miss Buckton |
170 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come. |
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BSC.442 #806, SW_v10#19 p.344x, PN_1912 p110, BSTW#148, BSTW#356 |
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena |
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AB10286 |
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70 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end, since nature does not seek to build a higher form than that of man |
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BSC.434 #789 |
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Evolution; human evolution; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; 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 |
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AB11113 |
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50 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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...When the foundation of the Mashrekol-Azkar is laid... a most wonderful and thrilling motion will appear in the world of existence... From that point of light the spirit of teaching ... will permeate to all parts of the world |
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COF.069x2x, BSC.547 #989 |
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ABU0395 |
Words spoken at The Friends' Meeting House in London, 1913-01-12 |
630 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks |
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About one thousand years ago a Society was formed in Persia called the Society of the Friends, who gathered together for silent communion |
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PT#54 p.185, BSC.322 #642, BSTW#091 |
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Contemplation; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Intuition; inspiration; Meditation; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts |
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ABU2535 |
Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 |
90 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Advance always in the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh; occupy thy heart always by the mentioning of Bahá'u'lláh |
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BSC.502 #966, PN_1901 p026, PN_1901 p085 |
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Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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AB00001 |
Alvah-i-Visaya (Will and Testament) |
5820 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá |
حمدا لمن صان هیکل امره بدرع المیثاق عن سهام الشبهات و حمی حمی شریعته السمحاء |
All praise to Him Who, by the Shield of His Covenant, hath guarded the Temple of His Cause from the darts of doubtfulness... O God, my God! Shield Thy trusted servants from the evils of self... O Lord by God! Assist Thy loved ones to be firm in Thy Faith |
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WTP, ABS#15-wt, AYT.456-484x, AYT.514-521x, DWNP_v1#03-4 p.005x, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.027-031x, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.024x and 026-029x, KHSH11.007, OOL.C003 |
WTAB, BPRY.153-154x, BPRY.191x, BWF.438-449x, BADM.003-012x, BADM.036-037x, BADM.069x, GPB.247x, GPB.250x2x, GPB.328x, GPB.332x, GPB.377x3x, GPB.389x, MBW.038x, TDH#64.4x, WOB.023x, WOB.128x, WOB.133x, WOB.148-149x, WOB.149x2x, BSC.552 #994x, SW_v14#03 p.085-086x, SW_v14#08 p.233-234x, DWN_v1#09 p.001x, DWN_v4#01 p.001x |
MJ Cyr, KC Porter, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, MANA, N. Chiang, O. Devine, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, KC Porter, S. Bayan & S. Suggs |
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Hands of the Cause; House of Justice; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Twin Manifestations |
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MMAH.284 |
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ABU3268 |
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40 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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All the believers, both men and women, in the West and in the East, must consider themselves the spreaders |
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BSC.548 #991 |
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Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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ABU2677 |
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80 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity |
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LOG#1061x, BSC.425 #768.1x, SW_v07#15 p.139 |
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Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas |
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ABU1716 |
Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16 |
180 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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All the meetings must be for teaching the Cause and spreading the Message, and suffering the souls |
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LOG#0157x, DAS.1913-01-16, BSC.502 #967, SW_v04#15 p.256, SW_v09#14 p.161, CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022 |
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Methods of teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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ABU0093 |
Address to the Baha'is at True home in Chicago, 1912-09-16 |
1260 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The |
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Allah-u-Abha! Praise be to God! I have spent a number of days among you, associating with you in love |
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LOG#0629x, PUP#104 (p.320-324), BSC.279 #577x, SW_v03#15 p.007+008-010, BSTW#052ox |
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Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace |
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BH00003 |
Kitab-i-'Ahd (Book of the Covenant) |
920 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Days of Remembrance |
Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of the Covenant) |
اگر افق اعلی از زخرف دنیا خالیست ولکن در خزائن توکل و تفویض از برای وراث |
Although the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation |
INBA65:101, BLIB_Or15261, , CMB_F25.8, |
AVK3.066.10x, AVK3.210.02x, AVK3.424.03x, AHM.410, MJMM.399, AYT.355, DWNP_v4#04 p.021, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.025-027x, UAB.036ax, DRD.176, AYI2.076x, AYI2.275x, RHQM2.0918-921 (350) (214-216), TBP#15, OOL.B014, AMB#32 |
TB#15, DOR#32, PUP.382x, GPB.028x, GPB.238x, GPB.239x8x, GPB.240x7x, GPB.242x, GPB.314x, WOB.134x, SW_v03#14 p.006-007+010, SW_v04#14 p.238, SW_v05#15 p.229, SW_v07#16 p.153, SW_v07#18 p.188, SW_v09#12 p.138x, SW_v09#13 p.150, BSC.259 #532-546 |
A. Youssefi |
Bahá’u’lláh’s last will and testament, appointing ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor by summoning ‘the Aghṣán, the Afnán and My Kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch’; categorically forbidding contention and conflict; and cautioning lest the means of order and unity that He brought into the world should become the cause of confusion and discord. |
Contention and conflict; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity; oneness of humanity |
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ROB4.419 et al, BKOG.420, MMAH.213, GSH.150, BSR_v19p03, LL#026 |
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ABU0268 |
Address to the Baha'is at Bahá'í Temple Unity in Chicago, 1912-04-30 |
790 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
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Among the institutes of the Holy Books is that of the foundation of places of worship... O thou kind Lord! This gathering is turning to Thee. |
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BDA1.063n |
BPRY.026x, PUP#027 (p.065-067), BSC.327 #650, SW_v03#04 p.007-008, SW_v05#16 p.248-250, SW_v06#17 p.144-145, SW_v12#06 p.123, PN_1912 p075, BW_v01p060x |
A. Rae |
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Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace |
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MHMD1.071 |
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ABU2678 |
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80 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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As regards the places for the convening of such a general body, it will be decided by the members. The Universal House of Justice |
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BSC.425 #768.2x, SW_v07#15 p.139 |
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House of Justice |
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ABU1801 |
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170 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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As there is no one who has not his designated place in the world, for there is nothing useless on this earth |
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BSC.450 #823-824x, ADP.058-059 |
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Human reality created in the image of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God |
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ABU0160 |
Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23 |
1010 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London |
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At nine years of age, I accompanied my father, Baha'u'llah, in his journey of exile to Baghdad, seventy of his disciples going with us.... The confirmations of the spirit are all those power... Freedom is not a matter of place |
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BSC.438 #797x, AIL.115-121, ADP.018-023, CHH.166-167x, VLAB.009-010x, VLAB.149x, BLO_PN#022 |
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Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Suffering and imprisonment |
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ABU0468 |
Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 |
560 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Bahá‘u'lláh is the same Light in a new Lamp. To see, we must look at the Light and not at the Lamp.... Will is the center or focus of human understanding. We must will to know God |
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BSC.503 #968x, SW_v07#19 p.195x, TDLA.029-031, BLO_PN#104 |
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Blind imitation [taqlid]; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Literal interpretation; Oneness; unity of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment |
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ABU0152 |
Public address given on 1912-05-19 |
1040 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The |
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Because this is called the Church of Brotherhood, I wish to speak upon the brotherhood of mankind... The real brotherhood is spiritual |
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PUP#050 (p.129-132), BSC.319 #639x, BSC.463 #858x, SW_v03#09 p.006-007+009 |
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Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wealth inequality and its moderation |
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ABU3362 |
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Bahá'í Scriptures |
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But where thousands are considering these questions, we have more essential questions. The secrets of the whole economic question are divine in nature, and are concerned with the world of the heart and spirit. In the Bahá'í teaching this is most completely explained |
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BSC.446.12 #812x, SW_v13#09 p.231 |
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Elections; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness |
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ABU1238 |
Words spoken ca. 1900 |
260 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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By the term "angels" spiritual powers is sometimes meant, and other times you will find that the term means pure and holy souls. |
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BSC.498 #960, PN_1900 p058, PN_unsorted p145 |
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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 |
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BH06012 |
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170 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Consort with all the people in love and fragrance. Fellowship is the cause of unity... Oneness, in its true significance… |
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BSC.157 #147-150x |
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Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Superstition; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] |
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ABU1198 |
Words to Dr. Getsinger, spoken on 1914-08-24 |
270 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Economy is the foundation of human prosperity. The spendthrift is always in trouble |
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DAS.1914-08-24, BSC.453 #829x, SW_v08#02 p.018, BSTW#303 |
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Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Conduct in finance and business; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Wealth inequality and its moderation; Work as worship |
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ABU0083 |
Words spoken at Clifton Guest House in Bristol, 1913-01-15 |
1330 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Every age requires a central impetus or movement. In this age, the boundaries of terrestrial things have extended |
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BSC.274 #562, SW_v04#01 p.004-006, SW_v11#17 p.287 |
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Education of children; moral education; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace |
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ABU0156 |
Words spoken at Esperantist society in Edinburgh, 1913-01-07 |
1020 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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از احساسات وجدانیه مستر ها خیلی ممنونم فی الحقیقه آنچه فرمودند ستایش خود |
Every movement which promotes unity and harmony in the world is good, and everything which creates discord and discontent is bad.... I recall an incident which occurred in Baghdad. There were two friends who did not know each other's language... His Holiness Baha'o'llah, many years ago, wrote a book called "The most Holy Book" |
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AMK.271-274, PYM.039-041x, KHF.225, KHTB3.090, NJB_v04#02 p.002 |
BSC.337 #664, SW_v04#02 p.034-036, SW_v11#18 p.299-303+306, SW_v17#07 p.201, SW_v11#17 p.286-287, VLAB.156x, STAB#138x |
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Harmony of science and religion; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity |
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ABU0004 |
Public address given on 1912-08-16 |
2530 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The |
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Every subject presented to a thoughtful audience must be supported by rational proofs.... We declare that love is the cause of the existence of all phenomena |
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PUP#089 (p.253-261), BSC.353 #683, FWU.086, SW_v03#16 p.005-009, SW_v08#10 p.124-125, PN_1916 p003x |
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Development of capacity and readiness; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Love of God; Power of the mind over nature; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; 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 |
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AB01454 |
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Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Everything is from God, both good and evil... Everything in existence is good, and only the lack of goodness make a thing evil. The being is created good |
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BSC.500 #963x, PN_1900 p061, PN_unsorted p148, PN_1900 p003x |
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Free will and predestination; fate; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God |
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ABU1999 |
Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 |
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Everything save man has one condition, but man has two.... One will lift him up, but the other will send him to the lowest depths. |
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BSC.440 #801, PN_1901 p022 |
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Education and the development of capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God |
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ABU2521 |
Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 |
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Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Evil does not exist. Death is only the lack of life; therefore death does not exist. Darkness is only the lack of light. |
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BSC.440 #800, PN_1901 p021 |
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Being a source of light; guidance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty |
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ABU3100 |
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Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Firstly: The elected members must be religious persons, God-fearing, high-minded and followers of the law. |
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BSC.424 #767.2x, SW_v07#15 p.138-139 |
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Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters |
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AB00328 |
Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol) |
660 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám) |
Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol) |
مدتی شد که آنجناب در پاریس بخدمت مشغولید هر چند زحمت و مشقت بسیار است ولی خدمت |
For some time you have been engaged in service in Paris and although there is much hardship and difficulty, it is service [3.5s]... ...As regards the explanation of Monsieur Angelmann(?) concerning the writing of the Greatest Name on the ringstone |
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BRL_DAK#0571, MMK6#166x, AKHA_103BE #12 p.05, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.v, AVK3.079.05x, MAS2.100-103, OOL.C023 |
LOG#0910x, BSC.478 #914x, PN_various p010x, RESP.072x, RBB.143-144, BLO_PT#160 |
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Adam; Adam and Eve; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Ringstone symbol |
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و از عالم ظاهر و اسرار کتاب من غیر ستر و حجاب لائح سبیل الهی مع الدلیل واضح و نازل |
From the visible world and the mysteries of the Book, unveiled and unobscured, the Path of God with its evidence standeth manifest [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15716.188a, |
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Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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ABU3261 |
Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 |
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Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Fruit and grains. The time will come when meat will no longer be eaten. |
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COC#1052x, LOG#1009x, BSC.453 #830x, PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.008-009, BLO_PN#104 |
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Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology |
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BH05768 |
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] |
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سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کلما ارید ان اذکرک تمنعنی خطیاتی الکبری و جریراتی |
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I venture to make mention of Thee, I am held back by my mighty sins |
INBA48:160, INBA92:180, BLIB_Or15739.285, |
PMP#124, AQMM.041, AQMJ1.119 |
PM#124, BPRY.076, BSC.185 #269 |
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Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times |
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BH00007 |
Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) |
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The |
Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) |
سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان |
Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive. |
INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099 |
NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121 |
SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434 |
G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber |
The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in which Bahá’u’lláh as the embodiment of the promised new Temple is called forth by the Holy Spirit and symbolically raised up limb by limb, with the mission of each part being assigned and sent forth into the world in fulfilment of the prophecy of the Old Testament (Zechariah 6:12). In its final form, it includes His epistles to Pope Pius IX, Emperor Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh. |
Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The power of example; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness |
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ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306 |
Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries. |
BH07996 |
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Bahá'í Scriptures |
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Glory be unto Thee, O God, for Thy Manifestation of Love to mankind! |
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BP1929.003, DWN_v5#06 p.001-002, BSC.184 #264 |
The Bird & The Butterfly, R. Dupras, Nica |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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