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| AB04009 | 180 | شب و روز بکوشید تا عَلَم میثاق چنانکه باید و شاید در آن آفاق موج زند زیرا الیوم بقوّهٴ میثاق نفوس باهتزاز آیند | O thou real friend! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written concerning Dr. Leon H. Harvey, 4th Unitarian Church.... ...The believers must respect and love Doctor Harvey, because he has invited them in such a willing, spontaneous way to his church. | NJB_v05#14 p.003x | DAS.1914-07-17, DAS.1914-06-18x | Importance of community building; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01006 | 390 | ای شمع روشن نامه روز نوروز وصول یافت ایامیکه در لندن در خانه تو بندای ملکوت | O thou radiant candle! Thy letter written on the day of Now Rouz was received. The days that I was occupied in thy house with the Cause... The address thou didst deliver at the King's Weigh House Church... During the lifetime of His Holiness Christ no book on this subject gained any importance | BRL_DAK#0126 | DAS.1914-04-17x, LBLT.162ax | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03738 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! What thou hast written was perused and its contents became manifest. Thou hast questioned how thou canst accept this Divine Cause, for you are a member of the church. | TAB.327-328, BWF.390-390x, BSC.457 #841-842x, PN_various 009 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Outward and inward meanings; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06846 | 120 | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received; now I answer it. Remain thou in the church and impress the Truth upon the priest | BSTW#314 | Kindliness; humility; self-effacement in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11313 | Words incribed in a church book for Rev. Fraser | 40 | O Thou Kind Almighty, confirm Thou this servant of Thine, Mr. Fraser, in the service of Thy Kingdom. Make him illumined; make him heavenly; make him spiritual; make him divine! Thou art the Generous, the King! | SW_v03#17 p.005 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02083 | 270 | O thou faithful beloved friend! The New Year's greeting was received. I became most grateful and pleased, because you remembered this longing friend | DAS.1915-02-13, CHU.174-175 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04275 | 170 | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای بنده آستان مقدس شکایت از کسادی تجارت نموده بودید در این سنه آفات و صدمات | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! . . . At churches and gatherings in Europe and America, ‘Abdu’l-Baha raised His voice in most of the large cities to proclaim the Cause | MMK5#090 p.071, AVK4.465x, NJB_v05#08 p.001x | MHMD2s.320x | Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB08783 | 90 | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید دعوت کلیسای متحده را قبول نمودم و از الطاف الهیه | O seeker of truth! Thy letter was received, and I accepted the invitation of the United Church. Through God's gracious favours [3.5s] | ANDA#43-44 p.86, NJB_v02#14-16 p.006 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Freedom of thought and action | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00119 | Letter to Mirza Hasan-‘Ali, uncle of the Bab | 1600 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قبله محترم دام عزکم تلاوت آیات کریمه را نموده ولی چه بسیار عجب است که اهل بصیرت ... والسلام خیرالکلام والحمد | O revered uncle, may thy glory endure! I have perused thy kind letter; yet how passing strange it is that the people of insight... Peace be upon the best of utterances, and praise be to [3.5s]... ...This lowly One hath completed the Commentary on the Súrih of Joseph in forty days, during which I wrote parts thereof each day | INBA91:170.11-180.06, PR04.200r05-204r11 | TZH3.283.09-286.11x | GOH.124x, MNP.002x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Literal interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| ABU0222 | Words spoken at Saint George church, 1911-09-17 | 870 | Translation List | ایها المحترمون اعلموا ان الانبیاء مرایاء تنبی عن الفیض الالهی و التجلی الرحمانی | O respected persons! Know that prophethood is a mirror that reflects the divine effluence and the celestial effulgence | DUR2.296, KHF.292, KHAB.059 (068), KHTB1.003, NJB_v05#18 p.002 | ADMS#318 | Manifestation of God as mirror; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Power of the mind over nature; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0445 | Words spoken at St. John Westminster, 1911-09-16 | 580 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | مظاهر الهیه حکایت از فیوضات غیبیه مینمایند و انعکاس شمس حقیقتند زیرا حقیقت | O Noble Friends! O Seekers for the Kingdom of God! Man all over the world is seeking for God. All that exists is God; but the Reality of Divinity is holy above all understanding. | AKHA_133BE #16 p.514x, AMK.242-243, DUR1.154x, MMG2#350 p.391x, BHQ.162, KHTB1.026, KHTP.001, NJB_v02#12-13 p.010 | AIL.022, SW_v02#12 p.002+12, ABCC.147-148, ABS#08 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Prayer for forgiveness; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB00725 | 460 | الهی الهی ترانی کیف تهلل وجهی و ابتهج قلبی و انشرح صدری لما تلوت اسماء احبائک | O my God! O my God! Thou hast beheld how my face shone with cheerfulness, my heart was rejoiced and my breast dilated...O ye friends of God! Engage in love as much as you can and be gentle to every outsider; suffer from enemies and behave with patience; see the asleep as the awakened | MKT3.252 | CHU.069b, TCI#2 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02996 | 220 | Attitude of Bahá'ís towards Persian Politics | ای یار مهربان نامه سلخ ربیع الاول سنه ۱۳۲۷ وصول یافت و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل | O loving friend! Thy letter dated the last day of Rabi'u'l-Avval 1327 was received and its contents were noted [3.5s]... ...As to the matter of our ill-wishers amongst the Yahya'ís [i.e. the Azalís], who accuse the Friends [i.e. the Baha'ís] of sympathy with the Court [or Government, Dawlat], it is certain that the truth of the case will become plain and evident | INBA85:412 | BRL_DAK#0198, YIA.337 | CHU.067b, BLO_PT#011bx | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Non-participation in politics; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| AB09028 | 90 | جناب آقا سید اسدالله البته تفاصیل مجامع عظمی و کنائس کبری را حضرات مرقوم | O Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah! Assuredly, the distinguished ones have written concerning the details of the great assemblies and mighty churches [3.5s] | INBA17:204 | Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00279 | 710 | Bahá'í Scriptures | دوست عزیز محترما نامه شما رسید و مضمون سبب سرور وجدان گردید زیرا دلالت میکرد | My honorable and dear friend: Your kind letter was received and its contents became the means of happiness | MNMK#116 p.224, PYM.164x, MJDF.063, NJB_v04#16 p.001 | DAS.1913-07-08x, BSC.439 #797x, BSC.448 #817x, ABIE.019, ABIE.037, ADP.159-164, CHU.111-112x, BLO_PN#007 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0835 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 360 | Live so as to be in peace with all your environment... The more obstacles one has to overcome, the more difficulties one meets successfully... Certainly one may belong to a church... Prayer is communion, aspiration, soul contact with God. | PN_1900 p009, PN_1906 p012, PN_1909 p023 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1654 | Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-09-05 | 190 | It is well to worship in any place where the thought is turned to God. Whether the place is home, church, or mosque | SW_v11#16 p.268-269, PN_1920 p031, PN_1920 p091 | Christ; Christianity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3729 | Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool | 50 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | این خوب است که آزادی عمومی دارد و سبب الفت هر فرقه و ملّتی است زیرا هر امر عمومی الهی است و هر امر خصوصی | It is good that this church is open to everyone, and is the cause of fellowship among every sect and creed, inasmuch as whatever is universal is of God, and that which is particular is of humanity | BDA2.024 | MHMD2.028 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0006 | Public address given on 1912-06-02 | 2430 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | کلیسا را بیعه نامیده اند یعنی محل بیعت این اصطلاح کتاب مقدس است | In the terminology of the Holy Books, the church has been called the "House of the Covenant".... Temples are symbols... There is no doubt that if the world of the Occident should abandon dogmas.... The law of God is a collective center | BRL_DAK#0643, BDA1.112.x | LOG#0739x, LOG#2078x, LOG#2096x, PUP#060 (p.163-171), SW_v03#10 p.025-029, SW_v05#16 p.246-247+248, SW_v06#17 p.146-148, SW_v08#10 p.125, SW_v14#05 p.145, SW_v14#05 p.147, MHMD1.120, BW_v01p060x | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Equality of men and women; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||
| BB00066 | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Arabic) | 2700 | Gate of the Heart | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Arabic) | بسم الله الافرد الافرد. بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفارود الفارد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفرود | In the name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Unique, the Supreme. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless [4o] | INBA_2007C:01a-13b, , PR02.101v10-104r18x, CMB_F22.092b?, , HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-a | DLLS, OOL.A005a | HURQ.BB54x | Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65, MSBR.204-205?, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.087-088, SRC.185, GOH.035 | |||
| ABU0994 | Conversation with Dr Finkelstein, Abu Sinan, 1915-03-01 | 310 | من در جمیع کنائس و مجامع بصوت بلند فریاد میزدم که ای قوم عالم انسانی در خطر است | In the loudest voice, I cried out in all the synagogues, and churches: O people! The world of humanity is in peril | AVK4.464.08, KHH1.178-179 (1.249-251) | KHHE.259-260, DAS.1915-03-01, BSR_v13 p.091 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Nationalism; love of country; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0798 | Words spoken on 1915-09-02 in Haifa | 370 | در نیویورک یک روزی به یک کلیسائی دعوت کرده بودند. یکی از خوانین هند به نیویورک آمده و تغییر لباس کرده بود | In the city of New York, upon a certain day, an invitation was extended to a church. One of the nobles of India had journeyed unto that city and had altered his raiment [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-02 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2723 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-20 | 70 | I remember the meetings, gatherings and churches which we attended in America... The condition of man is pure at two stages of his life | PN_1919 p151, LAT.079-080 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0081 | Words spoken at King's Weigh House Church in London, 1912-12-29 | 1350 | خدا را شکر میکنم که در این محل جمعی از محترمین حاضرند که قلوبشان با یکدیگر | I praise God that a number of revered souls are gathered in this congregation to serve the Almighty, whose hearts are cemented together, whose faces are joyous | KHF.221, KHAB.399 (404), KHTB3.086, NJB_v05#09 p.001 | DAS.1912-12-29, ABS#11 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0038 | Address to the Baha'is at Thompson home in New York, 1912-11-15 | 1760 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Universal peace — in which book is this?' | I have spoken in the various Christian churches and in the synagogues, and in no assemblage | PUP#128 (p.431-437), SW_v08#03 p.029-031+039-040, DJT.368-369x, BLO_PN#027x | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1848 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at port, 1912-12-13 | 160 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من از امریکا میآیم نه ماه در آن ممالک مسافر بودم در اکثر کنائس و مجامع نطق کردم | I come from America, where I spent nine months as a traveller. I spoke at many churches and synagogues | BDA2.020 | MHMD2.023 | East and West; communication between East and West; Methods of teaching the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU2612 | Words to the minister of the New Congregational Church, spoken on 1913-01-13 | 80 | I am only a servant of God. The station of servitude is very great. It is very difficult for any one to live in accord with the requirements of servitude | DAS.1913-01-13 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0502 | Words spoken at Paster Wagner's church in Paris, 1911-11-26 | 530 | Paris Talks | جمیع مظاهر مقدسه خدمت بحقیقت فرمودند حضرت موسی ترویج حقیقه فرمود حضرت مسیح | I am deeply touched by the sympathetic words which have been addressed to me... All down the ages the prophets of God have been sent into the world to serve the cause of truth | KHAB.201 (211), KHTB1.210, KHTP.156 | PT#39 p.120, DWN_v3#05 p.034-037, DWN_v4#08-9 p.115-119 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the mind over nature; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1668 | Words spoken on 1915-10-31 in Akka | 180 | چقدر از بزرگان نصاری از میان رفتند ولی هنوز صدای زنگ این کلیسا بلند است و اکثر اینها چقدر شرور بودند | How many great ones among the Christians have passed away, yet still doth ring forth the bell of this church; and how sinful were most among them! [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-31 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00003 | Kitab-i-Asma' (Book of Names) | >500000 | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Kitáb-i-Asma (Book of Names); Tablet of the Báb to the Sherif of Mecca | الباب الاول من الواحد الاول ... بسم الله الاسمم الاسمم. لا اله الا هو الأرشد الأرشد قل الله ارشد فوق کل ذا ارشاد لن يقدر ان يمتنع عن مليک سلطان ارشاده | God, no God is there save Him., the Supremely Guided (al-arshad), the Supremely Guided (al-arshad). Say: God proffers a Guidance (arshad) beyond every possessor of Guidance (irshad)…. O Lord! Enable all the peoples of the earth to gain admittance | INBA60:156-166x, INBA64:025.10-030.01x, INBA82:060-066x, INBA_6002C, INBA29, PR02.069v01-069v20x, PR03.150v08-151v11x, PR24.069r-072vx, PR30.001-344, CMB_F16x, CMB_F18x, CMB_F23.171v04-174r04 (58)x, , CMB_F17x, CMB_F19x, BLIB_Or5278, BLIB_Or5481, BLIB_Or5869, BLIB_Or6255, BN_5806, BN_5807, BN_6141, BN_6142, BLIB_Or5487-5490, , MKI4491, MKI4492, MKI4493, IOL (12:1-18)x, IOM.091-092x, HBH_asma, BYC_asma | MANU.039-045x, TZH2.006x, SWBP#07 (p.018-024x), SWBP#11 (p.092-106x), SWBP#15 (p.109-110x), SWBP#28 (p.121-122x), SWBP#31 (p.124-125x), SWBP#32 (p.125-125(a)x), SWBP#33 (p.125-125(b)x), SWBP#47 (p.136-136x), OOL.A008 | SWB#07 (p.029-037x), SWB#11 (p.129-149x), SWB#15 (p.155-155x), SWB#29 (p.172-172x), SWB#32 (p.176(a)x), SWB#33 (p.176(b)x), SWB#34 (p.177(a)x), SWB#48 (p.191-191x), BPRY.081x, BPRY.234x, GOH.passim (see index), HURQ.BB58x | E. Mahony, A. Bryan, G.H. Miller, K. Key | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Excellence; distinction; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's attributes require the existence of objects; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Justice and wrath of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Martyrs and martyrdom; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Predictions and prophecies; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to Muslims; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Relativity of religious truth; Return of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Words vs deeds | * | - | BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, AHDA.447.7, MMAH.065, SRC.091-092, SRC.188, GOH.036 and passim | Note that the Partial Inventory states that the word count is more than 500,000 words. | |
| BB00170 | Tablet to Siyyid Muhammad | 1200 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً قل هو الحق لا اله الا هو یحی و یمیت | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. Say: He is the Truth, there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death [3.5s]... ...Inasmuch as every morning I saw thee reciting these words, “I believe in the Mystery of the Family of Muhammad,” | INBA58:172.03-182.09 | KHSH6.010, TZH3.262, TZH3.223.06-225.07 | GOH.129x, GOH.135x | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Return of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.096 | ||||
| BB00035 | Lawh-i-Haykalu'd-Din | 5800 | Gate of the Heart | هو. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو الملک ذو الملاکین قد قدر فی الباب الاول ذکر نفسه نفسه انه لا اله الی هو له الاسماء الملکی ... الابد مثل الابد قد قدر فی الباب الثانی | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the King, Possessor of the Kingdoms. In the First Gate He hath ordained mention of His Own Self, His Very Self - verily there is none other God but Him. His are the sovereign Names unto all eternity, like unto eternity. In the Second Gate He hath ordained [3.5s]... ...Ye shall assuredly find All Good in the numerical difference between Qá’im and Qayyúm, in nine years | BYC_haykal | GOH.353x, HURQ.BB60x | Cleanliness and refinement; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Grammar and orthography; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | SRC.186 | |||||
| BB00289 | Prayer for Friday | 670 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الملائکة و اولو العلم قائما بالقسط لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم قد وقع علی ذلک الجبل کتابک و اشهد | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and the angels, and they who are possessed of knowledge, standing firm in justice, bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. Upon this mountain hath Thy letter descended, and I bear witness [3.5s]... ...Verily, at this time, the Sun of Truth hath reached the Point of midday zenith | INBA98:174.06-176.13, Berlin3655.116r-117v | GOH.171x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | |||||
| BB00039 | Risala Furu' al-'Adliyya (Epistle of Justice: Branches) | 5500 | Gate of the Heart | Sahifiy-i-Furu-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Branches) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و لقد فرض الله علی الناس قبل الصلوة بعضاً من الاحکام و هی ان الله لا یکلف لاحد الا دون قوته و ما یجبر علی احد لشیء | God hath enjoined upon mankind certain ordinances prior to the act of prayer, and among them is His decree that He imposeth no burden upon any soul beyond its capacity, nor is anyone to be compelled in any matter [4o] | INBA_3006C:148-182, , INBA_5010C:082-166, , INBA_6011C:081-120, , PR02.077v01-077v28, MKI4499.020, AEWB.141-145, | HBAB.798, OOL.A021a, OOL.A021b | Business; financial; property matters; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Justice and wrath of God; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | * | - | DB.208x, AHDA.448.1, MMAH.044, SRC.068-071, SRC.196, SRC.203, GOH.033 | ||||
| BB00186 | Answer to Haji Mulla Mihdi-i-Rashti, on grammar | 1100 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما یشاء بامره و اذا اراد لشیء فقیل ان یقول له کن فیکون لموجود الحمد لله الذی تجلی للجوهریات بنور طلعته اللازلیه | Glorified be He Who createth whatsoever He willeth through His command, and when He desireth a thing for it to be, He but saith unto it "Be!" and it is. Praise be unto God Who hath revealed Himself unto all essences through the light of His pre-existent Countenance [3.5s] | PR07.039r-040v, CMB_F21.111.02-115.15#17, | Grammar and orthography; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Monasticism; asceticism; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, GOH.206 | ||||||
| BB00047 | Tafsir-i-Vav-i-Va’s-Safat I | 3900 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله العلی الاعلی الاعظم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبر القائم القدوس الرفیع العزیز المنیع شهد الله لنفسه بالله لا اله الا هو الفرد الحی | Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the kingdoms of all things. There is none other God but Him, the One, the Most Great, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Almighty, the Impregnable. God hath testified unto His Own Self, by God, that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the Ever-Living [3.5s]... ...For verily God hath created, in the furthermost oceans of plurality, beyond the Alif, countless numerical letters according to His will | CMB_F21.044.16-060.17#06, | GOH.106-107x, GOH.356x, HURQ.BB06x | Angels; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Names and attributes of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.1, GOH.387fn63 | |||||
| BB00506 | Answer to Mirza Ahmad Azghandi | 9200 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض قل کل له ساجدون و الحمد لله الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض قل کل له قانتون شهد الله | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth. Say: all are prostrate before Him. And praise be unto God, Whom all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth do glorify; say: all are humbly obedient unto Him [3.5s]... ...As the Persian children say, the root principles of religion are five and its derivatives six. This indeed is thy Temple | Berlin3655.136r-155r | GOH.357x, GOH.371x | Angels; Apocalyptic imagery; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00030 | Answer to 25 questions of Mulla Ahmad | 6700 | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول و فرد لا تفوت ... علی کلشیء قدیرا لاشهدنک و کلشیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causest death, then bringest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the King Who passeth not away, the Sovereign Who changeth not, the Single One Who vanisheth not... powerful over all things. I testify, and all things testify [3.5s]... ...Should a man be endued with knowledge, and behold Thy [God’s] divine verses revealed during earlier times | CMB_F21.196.06-223.18#31, , MKI4494.065 | BAPT.005x, GOH.093-094x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | |||||
| ABU1549 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-07-23 | 200 | For the time being the proposed delegates to such a Conference must lay aside the discussion of dogmas and Apostles Creeds... If the churches are anxious to win the souls back to Christ they must interpret these 'seven great mysteries' of Christianity according to science and reason | DAS.1914-07-23 | Christian doctrine and practice; Harmony of science and religion; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0154 | Address given in Woking Mosque on 1913-01-17 | 1030 | Translation List | نه ماه بود که من در ممالک امریکا سیر میکنم و در بسیار از کنائس و مجامع و کلوبها صحبت میداشتم | For nine months, I traveled through the states of America and spoke at many churches, gatherings, and clubs. Even in the synagogues of the Jews | NJB_v12#10 p.176 | DAS.1913-01-17, ADMS#164 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Harmony of science and religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social) | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1796 | Words spoken on 1914-02-22 | 170 | Everyone must do away with false prejudices and must even go to the other churches and mosques | SW_v09#03 p.037-038 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fanaticism and hatred; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2985 | Words spoken on 1919-12-09 | 50 | بلی اهالی ایتالیا متعصبند وقتیکه وارد ناپولی | Every year, on the occasion of the arrival of the New Year, the Pope would deliver a sermon in the church. One year he invited the Italian king to attend this ceremony. | NJB_v11#19 p.341b | STAB#050 | The Christian clergy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1894 | Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 | 160 | Der Engländer hat ein unerschutterliches Staatsbewußtsein, welches mit seinem Geschäftssinn ganz verwachsen ist; deswegen ist er der geborene Eroberer und Kolonisator | SDW v14#01 p.008 | Critique of Western values; culture; Growth of the Cause; Praise of Western values; culture | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3621 | Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 | 10 | Das schönste Pentagramm umfaßt: Liebe, Arbeit, Gebet, Friede und Freude. Jage täglich seiner Verwirklichung nach! | SDW v13#10 p.104 | Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0608 | 470 | Both in Europe and America I have spoken in churches of all denominations, in the Jewish synagogues and universities | ADP.093-095 | Four methods of acquiring knowledge; Limits of the intellect; Man's distinction from the animal; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0152 | Public address given on 1912-05-19 | 1040 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Because this is called the Church of Brotherhood, I wish to speak upon the brotherhood of mankind... The real brotherhood is spiritual | PUP#050 (p.129-132), BSC.319 #639x, BSC.463 #858x, SW_v03#09 p.006-007+009 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00297 | Risala fi's-Suluk (Epistle on the Spiritual Path I) | 650 | Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God, The; Gate of the Heart | Risala fis-Suluk I and II (Journey towards God) | استقم یا سائل التقی فی مقام التوحید قال الله تعالى الذین قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقاموا تتنزل | Be steadfast, O seeker of piety, in the station of affirming the divine unity. As God, exalted be He, has said | INBA14:486-489, INBA53:058-061, INBA67:145-148, PR04.052r08-054r12, PR07.063r-064r, HBH_suluktr (=INBMC6006) | ASAT4.158-159x, AVK2.231.07 | LOIR03.049-058 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Four pillars; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | NSS.019-020, AHDA.449.3, MMAH.043, SRC.044, GOH.030, GOH.301 | |||
| ABU3281 | Words to the Master's entourage(?), spoken on 1912-06-02 | 30 | Mahmúd's Diary | اول حین ورود بکلیسا حالت صحبت نداشتم اما چون در مقابل آن جمعیت عظیم ایستادم | At the time of my arrival at the church I was in no condition to speak; but when I stood before this great gathering I found the atmosphere of the church filled with the Holy Spirit and so a state of wonderful happiness and joy came over me. | BDA1.112.11 | SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.119 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0095 | Public address given on 1912-05-26 | 1250 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | امشب در این سرود ذکری از قرُبیت الهی بود اعظم موهبت | As I neared this church this evening I heard the hymn, "Nearer, My God..." ... O thou forgiving God! These servants are turning to Thy kingdom | DWNP_v6#11 p.001x, KHF.059, KHAB.285 (295), KHTB2.091, NJB_v04#06 p.001 | BPRY.090-092x, PUP#055 (p.147-150), SW_v03#08 p.020-022, DWN_v6#10 p.002x | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| BB00151 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Haqiqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth) | 1300 | Gate of the Heart | Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Haqíqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و هو ان کمیل بن زیاد النخعی اردنه علی علیه السلام یوماً علی ناقته فقال کمیل یا مولای ما الحقیقة قال مالک | And it came to pass that Kumayl ibn Ziyad an-Nakha'i approached 'Alí - peace be upon him - one day as he rode upon his she-camel, and Kumayl asked: "O my master, what is Truth?" He said [3.5s]... ...thou must know that Kumayl’s response reflecteth his condition; for he was not attired with the vesture of utter servitude | INBA14:462-468, INBA53:063-068, INBA67:148-155, INBA_4011C:127-134, , INBA_6006C:074-077, , INBA_6010C:458-464, , PR07.064r-065v | AADA.014 | GOH.134x, GOH.165-168x, GOH.194x, GOH.251x, HURQ.BB44x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Knowledge; recognition of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | AHDA.459.18, MMAH.055, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.077, GOH.164 |
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