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Tag: "Adversity"

tag name: Adversity type: Miscellaneous; Words, phrases
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Adversity
variations or
mis-spellings:
Trials; tribulations; Adversities
related tags: Mental tests; Tests and difficulties
notes: "Lament not in your hours of trial, neither rejoice therein; seek ye the Middle Way which is the remembrance of Me in your afflictions and reflection over that which may befall you in future. Thus informeth you He Who is the Omniscient, He Who is aware." – Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, ¶ 43

"... ‘Abdu’l-Bahá payeth no heed whatsoever to any ordeal, difficulty, or adversity. Nay, rather, he regardeth adversity to be, at times, the same as bounty itself. For forty years the prison-city of ‘Akká was for him a heavenly paradise, and he saw the early days of that imprisonment, which were its most severe, as a garden of roses.

Thou too must be my companion, and abandon not the arena in the face of afflictions and calamities. Thou must not merely refrain from complaining, but must rather be thankful..." – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Light of the World, #22.5-6

references: www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Adversity

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  1. 2025-12. Epistle of the Báb Revealed for Mullá Ḥusayn Concerning the Practice of Dissimulation, Patience, and the Reward of the Faithful. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — On the guarded exercise of faith under conditions of trial; the spiritual necessity of dissimulation...
  2. 2018. Thankful in Adversity: Using Bahá'í Writings and Benefit Finding to Enhance Understanding and Application of Mental Health Recovery Principles. Lindsay-Rose Dykema. — Both the Baha’i Writings and the literature on "benefit finding" can enhance the understanding and...
  3. 1939. Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Bahá'u'lláh. — Well-known passage from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, posted as a standalone page here for ease of re...
 
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