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| AB00715 |
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470 |
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رب رب قد اشتد الظلام و خرب الخیام علی روس الانام و حجبت الابصار غشاوه |
O Lord, O my Lord! The darkness hath indeed grown intense, and the pavilions covering the heads of men have been laid waste, and a veil hath obscured their sight [3.5s] |
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MMK6#486 |
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Empty learning; false spirituality; Literal interpretation; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others |
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| AB02406 |
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250 |
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ای مشتاق موهبت پایدار تا چند در زاویه خمول از اوج قبول دور مانی و در این ظلمت |
O thou who yearnest for enduring grace! How long wilt thou remain in the corner of obscurity, far from the heights of acceptance, in this darkness [3.5s] |
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AMK.093-094a, AHB.109BE #18-19 p.316 |
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Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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| AB03488 |
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200 |
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ای منیر نیرات بر چند قسم منقسم یکی جرمش مظلم و تاریک ولی اقتباس نور از غیر |
O Luminous One! The luminaries are divided into several kinds: one hath a body dark and obscure, yet deriveth its light from another [3.5s] |
INBA13:104 |
AYBY.439 #169, YMM.454x |
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Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach |
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| AB09441 |
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80 |
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ای فریدون همنامت گمنام شد نامش لفظی است در السن و افواه زیرا سلطنتش جهانبانی |
O Firaydun, thy namesake hath been rendered obscure, his name but a mere utterance upon the tongues and lips of men, for his sovereignty did encompass the world [3.5s] |
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ALPA.074a, YARP2.086 p.117 |
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Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise of Eastern values; culture |
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| BH01003 |
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830 |
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عالم از نور معرفت روشن و از غبار افئده معتدین تاریک و مظلم اثر یوم یاتی |
The world is illumined by the light of knowledge, yet darkened and obscured by the dust from the hearts of the transgressors - the effect of the Day that cometh [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15731.413, |
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power of prayer; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness |
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| BH01446 |
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600 |
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یا اولیاء الله و حزبه امروز نور عدل از ظلم ظالم عالم مستور بل محو شده چه که |
O friends of God and His party! In this day the light of justice hath been obscured, nay, utterly effaced, by the tyranny of the oppressor of the world [3.5s] |
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LHKM2.310 |
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Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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| BH01999 |
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440 |
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بلسان پارسی ذکر میشود تا مقصود من غیر ستر و حجاب بر قاصدان کعبه مقصود واضح |
The following words are rendered in the Persian tongue, that the purpose may be unveiled and unobscured for them that seek the Sacred Kaaba of their desire [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15710.159, , BLIB_Or15719.038, |
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Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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| BH02995 |
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300 |
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قد اتی الیوم و القوم فی حجاب مبین قد ظهر |
The Day is come, and the people remain veiled in manifest obscurity [3.5s] |
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LHKM2.304 |
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Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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| BH03089 |
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290 |
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حجاب کذب و جفا نور صدق و وفا را ستر نموده و تقوی تحت براثن طغی معذب گشته شعله |
The veil of falsehood and cruelty hath obscured the light of truth and fidelity, and piety lieth tormented beneath the claws of transgression [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15690.132, , BLIB_Or15728.204b, |
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Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness |
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| BH06825 |
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150 |
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یا جواد قد اتی مالک الایجاد بامر مامنعته الامور و بسلطان لم تحجبه سبحات |
O Javád! The Lord of creation hath come with a Command that no affairs can withstand, and with a sovereignty that no veils of glory can obscure [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or15713.280b, , BLIB_Or15715.206c, |
BRL_DA#319, SFI22.014b |
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Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment |
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| BH08358 |
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120 |
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قد نزل الکتاب و اتی الوهاب و الناس فی حجاب مبین قد نقر فی الناقور اذ ظهر مطلع |
The Book hath been revealed and the All-Bountiful hath come, yet the people remain veiled in manifest obscurity. The Trump hath been sounded when the Dawning-Place appeared [3.5s] |
BLIB_Or03114.026b, |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Service to others; to the Cause of God |
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| BH10029 |
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90 |
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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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| ABU1492 |
Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-07-19 |
210 |
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خیر، هیچ مشتبه نمی شود، غرض بمیان میآید. همه حضرات که راجع شده اند می دانستند که میرزا محمد علی مخالفت |
Nay, there remaineth no obscurity, for the intention hath been made manifest. All those who were involved were well aware that Mirza Muhammad Ali opposed [3.5s] |
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ZSM.1915-07-10 |
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Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes |
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| AB00973 |
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400 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of God! I read thy letter of graceful composition...As to thy question, "Why pray? What is the wisdom thereof..." Know thou, verily, it is becoming of a weak one to supplicate to the strong One |
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COC#1753x, BSC.491 #945x, SW_v08#04 p.044-045x, BNE.092-093x, VLAB.129-130, BSTW#060a, BSTW#111 |
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Love of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer |
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| BH04783 |
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200 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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قد ظهرت العلامات و برزت البینات و اتی الموعود باسمه المهیمن القیوم انه لهو |
The signs have appeared, the evidences become manifest and the Promised One hath come in His Name, the Protector, the Self-existent. |
BLIB_Or15729.137a, , NLAI_22848:334, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p171v, , Ghazi3072.098-102, MKI4522.334, |
AQA2#014 p.180 |
BSC.135 #052 |
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Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement |
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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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| BH07997 |
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130 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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I ask of Thee by Thine Ancient Beauty, and I supplicate Thee by the manifestation of Thy Greatest Majesty |
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BSC.186 #271, BP1929.029-030 |
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Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for healing |
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| AB02317 |
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260 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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O my God, my beloved, my assistant and my chosen! ...Bring them together again, O Lord, by the Power of Thy Covenant, and gather their dispersion by the Might of Thy Promise |
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BSC.263 #549x, SW_v05#15 p.225x, SW_v04#14 p.240x, SW_v09#19 p.221x, SW_v10#07 p.119x, BSTW#062 |
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Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Prayer for unity |
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| ABU1120 |
Words spoken at City Temple in London, 1911-09-10 |
280 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London |
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ای جمع محترم و ای طالبان خدا الحمد لله نور حقیقت درخشید و نسیم گلشن عنایت وزید |
O noble friends, seekers after God, praise be to God! Today the light of truth.... This is a new cycle of human power |
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BRL_DAK#1056, AMK.174-174a, KHAB.053 (062), KHTB1.019 |
BSC.273 #561, AIL.019, SW_v02#11 p.008, SW_v08#01 p.009, ABS#06 |
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Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Oneness; unity of religion; Race unity; racial issues; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity |
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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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| ABU0343 |
Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 |
690 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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God is Love and Peace. God is Truth. God is Omniscience. God is without beginning and without end. |
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BSC.300 #609, AELT.153-157 |
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Evolution; human evolution; Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Reincarnation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty 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; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures |
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| AB01366 |
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340 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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یا من یخاطبه فوادی اعلم ان المیثاق کوکب یلوح و یضای علی الافاق و ان انواره |
O thou whom my heart addresses! Know thou, verily, the Covenant is an Orb |
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BRL_DAK#0793 |
BSC.320 #641, SW_v04#10 p.170, SW_v06#14 p.107, SW_v08#16 p.218, BSTW#052a |
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering; rejection of Christ |
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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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| ABU0001 |
Words to Mr Pinchot and others, spoken on 1912-06-04 |
3400 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Mahmúd's Diary |
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امیدواریم در مجلس شما مائده آسمانی بخوریم آن بالتمامه مطابق مذاق ماست زیرا |
We hope that in this gathering we shall partake of the heavenly table… The solution of this problem is one of the fundamental principles of his holiness BAHA’O’LLAH |
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BRL_DAK#0644, AVK4.335x, AVK4.340bx, AVK4.466x, KHF.265, KHAB.290 (300), KHTB2.110 |
BSC.340 #666-670x, FWU.038x, SW_v07#09 p.077-079+081-084, SW_v08#01 p.007x, SW_v09#07 p.086-087x, SW_v13#09 p.231x, SW_v13#12 p.324x, SW_v14#02 p.036x, SW_v16#03 p.456-457x, SW_v16#11 p.706x, STAB#128, STAB#140 |
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Consultation; Elections; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace |
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MHMD1.120 |
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| ABU0236 |
Words spoken at Assembly Rooms in San Francisco, 1912-10-05 |
850 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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I have the utmost joy to find in the distant West such an established Baha'i center |
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BSC.372 #701, SW_v10#13 p.243-245, ECN.096+955 |
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Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness |
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| ABU0055 |
Words spoken at The White Lodge in Wimbledon, 1913-01-03 |
1510 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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هر جزئی از اجزاء فردیه در صور نامتناهی جمادی نباتی حیوانی انسانی سیر دارد |
How beautiful it is to organize such lovely gatherings... When we ponder over the reality of the microcosm, we discover that in the microcosm there are deposited three realities. |
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AVK1.151.04x |
BSC.399 #736x, FWU.051, SW_v07#13 p.117-119+124, BSTW#090, BSTW#365 |
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Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the mind over nature |
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| AB00145 |
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930 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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ترانی یا الهی فی هذا الجبل الرفیع و المقام الباذخ المنیع ماوی کل رجل عظیم و |
Thou seest me, O my God, on this lofty mountain; the sublime and supreme threshold |
INBA16:069 |
MNMK#003 p.009, MJAI.002 |
BSC.406 #744, SW_v08#14 p.194-196, CHH.188x, CHU.194-196, BLO_PN#022, BSTW#215 |
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Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; War and peace |
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| ABU3100 |
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50 |
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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| ABU3097 |
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50 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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The election of temporary members of the assemblies of the kingdom should depend upon the choice and satisfaction of the public |
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BSC.424 #767.3x, SW_v07#15 p.139 |
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Parliaments; constitutional government; Relationship between government and people |
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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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| AB05471 |
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150 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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O Thou Benevolent God! Grant us a shelter in Thy threshold and inform us of Thy mysteries! Make our eyes seeing and our ears hearing! |
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BSC.428 #774 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause |
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| AB07768 |
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110 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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قد اشرق الافاق من انوار نیر الاشراق طوبی للفائزین قد ارتفع الندآء من الشجره |
The rays of the Day-star of the world have illumined every land—blessed are they that have beheld! |
INBA55:459, INBA59:135, UMich962.151-152, UMich991.101 |
MKT2.218, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023a, BCH.023, DUR1.189, MJH.070 |
BSC.432 #785 |
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Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high; Transcendence; unknowability of God |
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| AB01223 |
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360 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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O thou who art seeking for Truth! Your letter has been forwarded. I have no opportunity to write a detailed answer... As to life, however, it has had no beginning |
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BSC.434 #787-789, SW_v12#12 p.194, BSTW#104 |
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Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Evolution; human evolution; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Oneness; unity of religion; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation |
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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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| ABU0323 |
Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 |
710 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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There is reincarnation of matter, and there is reincarnation of spirit. Reincarnation of matter is the process whereby matter is developed or evolved... When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end |
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BSC.434 #789x, AELT.178-183 |
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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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| ABU0160 |
Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23 |
1010 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy |
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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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| ABU1955 |
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150 |
Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy |
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The sun of truth rises in each season from a different point of the horizon... People think religion is confined to an edifice, to be worshipped at an altar... This movement eludes organization... There are many people who have never heard of this Revelation that teach its laws and spiritual truths |
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BSC.438 #797x, ADP.015-016, BSTW#096 |
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Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spirit and form in the administration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of |
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| AB00219 |
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790 |
Bahá'í Scriptures |
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یا من انجذب الی الملکوت و شرب الکاس التی مزاجها کافور در این ایام که فیوضات |
O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom and hast quaffed from the cup whose essence is of camphor! In these days when the outpourings [3.5s]... ...Indifference breeds deterioration. Silence is the cause of retrogression. Thoughtlessness leads to forgetfulness. Passivity, inaction, produce oblivion.... Consider the story of Simon the Rock [Peter]: Two of the Apostles of His Holiness, the Spirit [Jesus], went to the city of Antioch to teach the Cause of God |
INBA72:041, INBA88:116 |
BRL_DAK#0570, MKT1.471 |
BSC.439 #798x, SW_v13#07 p.180-181x, BSTW#271d, BTO#05x |
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Call to action; Methods of teaching the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Wisdom [hikmat] |
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| AB07148 |
Words to George Latimer |
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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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| 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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| 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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...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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| AB11449 |
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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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…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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| AB04610 |
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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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| AB04609 |
Words to Miss Buckton |
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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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Words to Isobel Chamberlain spoken around Sept. 1913 |
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy |
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I have great hopes for the American people, but alas! as yet they do not understand the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh |
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BSC.443 #807x, ADP.030-031 |
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light |
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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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...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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