all items by Abdu'l-Bahá, details

Maybe, but if this is so, it will be known in the future. There are prophecies in the old Persian books that were taken to India long ago by Zoroastrians

DLA.062, BLO_PN#026

Predictions and prophecies; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

AB09226

Persian

ای بنده پارسی الهی الحمد لله که پارسیان زائر آستانند و زردشتیان مقرب درگاه

O Persian servant of God! Praise be unto the Lord that the Persians are pilgrims at the Threshold and the Zoroastrians draw nigh unto the Court [3.5s]

YARP2.299 p.245

Praise and encouragement; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

AB07302

110

Persian

ای پاسبان آستان خسرو آسمانی آنچه نگاشته بودی خوانده شد خندان شدیم گریان شدیم

O guardian of the celestial Sovereign's threshold! What thou didst write was read; we were made to smile and to weep [3.5s]

INBA13:308

YARP2.407 p.313

Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

AB02524

240

Persian

ای ثابت بر پیمان از پرواز برادر آن همراز هر چند اندوه بسیار رخ داد ولی آنمرغ

O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though the flight of that intimate brother hath brought great sorrow, yet that bird [3.5s]

ALPA.039b, YARP2.047 p.094, QUM.222.19x

Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

ABU1195

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-26

270

The influence of the Word of God is all-penetrative. One must simply arise and engage in the service of the Cause... The armies of the Supreme Concourse are drawn in battle-array on the plain of the Kingdom... The Zoroastrians must be very enkindled

DAS.1914-04-26

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

AB00767

450

mixed

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای عزیز پارسی هر چند الان بهیچوجه تحریر نتوانم و فرصت ندارم مع ذلک مختصر جواب

Praised be God ye have adorned yourselves with devotion and love... As to the question of evil spirits, demons and monsters, any references made to them in the Holy Books have symbolic meaning

INBA75:150

BRL_DAK#0427, ALPA.089, YARP2.106 p.127

BRL_ATE#138x, LOG#1731x

Astrology and numerology; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Demons and evil spirits; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

AB07287

110

Persian

ای بنده حقیقی حق دامنی بکمر زن و قدمی محکم کن و همتی بنما و جانفشانی کن در

O true servant of the Truth! Gird up thy loins, make firm thy steps, show forth courage and sacrifice thy life in the path [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0240, CPF.259, MSHR5.108-109

Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause

ABU2634

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-22

It is very strange indeed how many particulars of my earliest childhood always stick to my memory. I remember when I was 4 or 5 years old there was a very poor old man in our street

DAS.1915-02-22

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Poems and quotation from poetry; Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0968

Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-22

320

When I was a very little child in Teheran it became necessary and urgent that I should carry a message of great importance to the General of the army

DAS.1914-12-22

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1782

Words spoken on 1915-05-01 in Haifa

170

How the children love the small, innocent lambs... I remember an incident of my childhood... I was then very, very young, probably 3 or 4 years. At the time the Blessed Perfection lived in Tihran.

DAS.1915-05-01

Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1312

Words spoken on 1913-03-29 in Paris

240

Persian

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

من طفل بودم بسن نُه سالگی در بحبوحه بلایا و هجوم اعداء از بس سنگ بخانه ما

I was a child, nine years old. In the thick of those calamities, when the enemy attacked, they stoned our house

BDA2.205-206

MHMD2.263-264, BW_v13p1188, ABCC.009-010

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

AB03992

180

Persian

ای خاندان حضرت عم بزرگوار عم جلیل بر سریر مقعد صدق عند ملیک مقتدر جالس و

O family of the glorious and noble Uncle! That exalted Uncle is seated upon the throne of truth in the presence of the omnipotent King [3.5s]

MKT5.078, IQN.219

Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU2296

110

I cared more for hearing the Tablets of the Bab recited than anything else. I used

SW_v09#18 p.201-202, AELT.020 fn

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Kindness to and rights of animals; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1294

Words spoken on 1912-10-24 in San Francisco

250

We have been for a drive in the Park as far as the lake - a most beautiful spot, with lawns about it

ECN.213+500x

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1472

Words to Nabil-i-A'zam around 1889

220

We had sought shelter in the house of My uncle, Mirza Isma'il. Tihran was in the throes of the wildest excitement.

DB.616

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0678

Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-08

430

Persian

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

من خیلی میخواهم با شماها صحبت بدارم لکن صحتم مساعد نیست دعا کنید صحت تامه ای حاصل شود

I wish very much to speak with you all, but I am not feeling well… I have been travelling for two years and a half. Nowhere was I ill except here.

BDA2.172-173

DAS.1913-03-08x, MHMD2.217-218, ABCC.012x, STAB#092x

Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Mystical themes; Personal instructions; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha

AB02751

230

mixed

ای مظهر امتحانات الله نفوس بشریه در این خاکدان ترابی بر دو قسمند و مقسوم بر

O Manifestation of God's tests, human souls in this dust-heap of earth are of two kinds and divided [3.5s]

INBA85:103

BSHN.140.319, BSHN.144.317, MHT1a.065, MHT1b.023, MUH2.1120

Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB10924

Persian

ای شهریار شاه کشور آسمان یارت باد بپروردگار امیدوار باش و از روزگار بیزار

O Shahriar, King of the celestial realm, may the Lord be thy Helper. Place thy trust in God and turn away from worldly fortune [3.5s]

YARP2.146 p.160

Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU3183

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

Look at the plains, look at the hills: they are defeated armies, they are hosts that fell in heaps and were leveled with the ground

BW_v13p1188

Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB05312

150

mixed

ای ناظر بافق ابهی الیوم جمیع من علی الارض از پی سراب دوانند و از عقب ظل زائل

O thou who gazest towards the Most Effulgent Horizon! Today, all who dwell upon the earth are in pursuit of mirages, running after vanishing shadows [3.5s]

INBA85:377b

YMM.048

Idle fancies; lust and passion; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU1666

Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05

180

Persian

Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913

بقای آنها نسبت بنفوس مقدسه مانند فناست مثل این چوب که وجود دارد ولی نسبت بعالم انسانی

The permanence of those souls, when compared with that of the sanctified souls, is even as non-existence itself

BDA2.010

MHMD2.012

Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB08677

Persian

ای جمشید رشید حضرت جم از اینجهان پر پیچ و خم وفاای ندید و شهدی نچشید و بارزو

O Jamshid the Valiant! His Holiness Jam found no fidelity in this twisted and winding world, nor tasted any honey of his desires [3.5s]

YARP2.150 p.162

Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB09572

Persian

ای ورقه طیبه این جهان بسی عرصه تنگ و تاریک و آن جهان بغایت روشن و وسیع و

O pure leaf! This world is indeed a narrow and darksome arena, whilst that world is infinitely luminous and vast [3.5s]

INBA87:090a, INBA52:089a

Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB04015

180

Persian

ای دوستان حقیقی انجمن در اقطار عالم بسیار در هر شهری انجمنها در نهایت انتظام

O true friends! Associations throughout the world are numerous; in every city assemblies function with the utmost regularity [3.5s]

TAH.281a, ANDA#41-42 p.97

Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0928

Words to a French Bahá’í, spoken on 1913-05-14

330

The world of matter is full of vices and the people of these regions are engaged too much in chasing material things. They are thinking too much of money and the tinsels and playthings they can buy with it.

DAS.1913-05-14

Call to action; Fulfillment of true potential; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU1883

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-03

160

These [locusts] are the armies of God. They are countless in number. Look at them how they fly. How high they are ascending in the air. They must also be fed.

DAS.1915-04-03

Stories; anecdotes; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB01377

330

Persian

ای آوارگان کوی دوست آندلبر آفاق چون در انجمن اهل وفاق اشراق نمود آغاز رازی کرد

O ye exiles in the path of the Friend! When that Beloved of all horizons shone forth in the gathering of the faithful ones, He began to unveil a mystery [3.5s]

MMK2#037 p.025

Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0199

Words spoken on 1914-07-03

910

It is said that Jesus entered a village. In those days many houses were broken into

DAS.1914-07-03, SW_v09#18 p.212-214, STAB#058

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU1220

Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902

260

I wish that I could be with you always, but my time is not my own. Yet my heart is with you. The important thing is to be with each other in union of the heart.

AELT.211-212

Effort; striving; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB02378

250

Persian

Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones

ای جانهای پاک پاکی و آزادگی بدلست نه بتن بجانست نه بجامه و پیرهن انسان اگر

...Whatsoever driveth thee away from the one true God and shutteth thee out from the Best-Beloved is blameworthy and reprehensible

BRL_CONF2018P#02x, MMK2#097 p.075, YARP2.351 p.283

BRL_CONF2018#02x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Meditation; Nearness and remoteness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB06338

130

Persian

ای منجذب بنفحات قدس در این عرصه تنگ و جهان پر آب و رنگ اگر صد هزار سال درنگ

O thou who art attracted to the holy fragrances! In this narrow arena and this world full of color and allure, shouldst thou tarry a hundred thousand years [3.5s]

INBA59:229b

BSHN.140.436, BSHN.144.430, MHT1a.106, MHT1b.064

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB08230

100

Persian

ای منجذب بنفحات عرفان در عالم وجود آنچه انسان آرزو نماید تعلق را نشاید چه که

O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of divine knowledge! In the world of existence, whatsoever man may desire is unworthy of attachment, for [3.5s]

INBA13:020b

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB08553

Persian

ای بنده الهی اسکندر یونانی نامجوای در عالم ناسوت نموده و بخونخواری در عالم

O servant of God! Alexander the Greek gained renown in the realm of existence, and manifest was his thirst for blood in this earthly world [3.5s]

MMK3#070 p.045

Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU1231

Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-15

260

Now that thou art departing for India I desire that thou mayest become like unto a rose garden to perfume the nostrils of al the people.

DAS.1913-11-15

Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2920

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-02

Our real happiness is in the Kingdom. Here we seek no happiness, because in this world happiness does not exist. If you consider, you will see that people are in trouble.

PN_1909 p004, PN_1909 p077, PN_1909B p008

Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB08504

Persian

ای اردشیر همنامت چون شیر دلیر در میدان مردان جنگیرا اسیر کرد و عنوان جهانگیر

O Ardeshir, thy namesake, like a valiant lion, took captive the warriors on the field of battle and gained the title of world-conqueror [3.5s]

YARP2.230 p.209

Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU0294

Public address given on 1912-06-11

740

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

We have just returned from a visit to Philadelphia, spending two nights there and speaking

PUP#065 (p.183-186), SW_v04#06 p.099-100

Man's distinction from the animal; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcending the material condition; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB04666

160

Persian

ای بنده الهی ثروت دنیا مانند تپه های رمل است که بادها هر روز از جاای بجای

O servant of God! The wealth of this world is even as the sand dunes, which the winds do scatter from place to place with each passing day [3.5s]

BSHN.140.445, BSHN.144.439, MHT1b.231

Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Thankfulness; gratitude; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB05672

140

mixed

ای دو یار عزیز سرگونی من در این جهان امن و امان و سر و سامان چه کار اید

O two cherished friends! What purpose can my banishment serve in this world of safety and security [3.5s]

INBA17:083

BSHN.140.441, BSHN.144.435, MHT1a.183, MHT1b.141, MHT2.117, NFQ.017, QUM.149

Disregarding bodily comfort; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB12143

390

mixed

ای عزیز عبدالبهاء امید از دلبر فرید چنان است که آواره وحید در ظل ظلیل رب جلیل

O thou dear one of Abdu'l-Baha! The hope cherished by the peerless Beloved is that this solitary wanderer may abide beneath the sheltering shade of the Glorious Lord [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#1008

Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB00049

Tablet of the Divine Plan (U.S. and Canada II)

1460

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

ای بهائیان حقیقی امریک شکر حضرت مقصود را که موفق ...از راحت و آسایش جسمانی و تن‌پروری ...انسان بجهت زندگانی این حیات دنیا خلق نشده است

O ye real Bahais of America! Praise be to His Highness the desired One... O God, my God! Thou seest me enraptured and attracted toward Thy glorious kingdom

MKT3.020, BSHN.140.476.08x, DUR1.594x, RRT.145x, ADH2.106x, ADH2_3#02 p.141x, MJMJ1.018x, MMG2#063 p.067x, MJH.065x, FRTB.053

TDP#07, BPRY.206-207x, ADJ.013x, ADJ.050x, ADJ.062x2x, ADJ.065ax, ADJ.073-074x, ADJ.074x8x, COF.020x, COF.028-029x, COF.031x4x, COF.113x, GPB.254x, GPB.255x, GPB.389x, GPB.397x, MBW.038x, TDH#037.1x, TDH#158.5x, TDH#158.17x, BSC.534 #984, SW_v10#17 p.307-311

Sarah & Nava, C. Signori, R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 2], S. Peyman, J. Bryan & A. Youssefi, almunajat.com [item 11], K. Porray

Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

UDP.048

ABU3012

Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-19

Persian

Mahmúd's Diary

ما محافل وفا را دوست داریم نه مناظر با صفا و اما وفا اول باید بخدا و اوامر و عهد او نمود

We love meetings of fidelity and not picturesque scenes. We must first be faithful to God, to His ordinances and Covenant and to His servants

BDA1.128.08

SW_v19#08 p.254, MHMD1.137

Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB05102

150

Persian

ای بنده صادق کوکب منیر همنامت جهانگیر بود و بدخواهان را بزیر زنجیر و شمشیر

O faithful servant! Thou radiant star, thy namesake was Jahangir, who brought his foes beneath chains and sword [3.5s]

YARP2.550 p.391

Power of faith; power of the spirit; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2085

Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-12

130

Be not grieved or sorrowful that no great wealth or property has been bestowed upon you. Look at the birds!

SW_v08#02 p.027, FRGA.029

Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2614

Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-09

How pitiful it is that man is satisfied with material things and so regulates his life as to gain more and more!

DAS.1913-02-09

Human reality created in the image of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB07522

110

Persian

ای متمسک بعروه وثقی جهانی در جهد و کوشش است و عالمی در سعی و کشاکش هر سری را

O thou who clingest to the Sure Handle! A world is in striving and struggle, and all mankind in mighty exertion and conflict [3.5s]

MMK2#095 p.073, DUR1.546

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

AB07685

110

Persian

ای یار وفادار مردمرا گمان چنین است که بهترین سعادتی در اینجهان نامداریست و

O faithful friend! People imagine that the greatest happiness in this world lieth in fame and renown [3.5s]

MMK3#093 p.061, DUR4.814, YARP2.269 p.232

Material and spiritual existence; two books; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

ABU2991

Words spoken on 1915-04-06 in Abu Sinan

Persian

چقدر ناس از آفات جسمانی اضطراب دارند و از آفت

It is amazing that people are afraid of physical afflictions, but have no worries of spiritual handicaps.

KHH1.204 (1.285)

KHHE.298-299, BSR_v13 p.096

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

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