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Tag: "Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity"

tag name: Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity type: Writings, Bahá'u'lláh
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Be_generous_in_prosperity,_and_thankful_in_adversity
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Tablet to Badí'u'lláh
inventory #: BH03420
notes: Passage from "Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh", extract 130 (first published in 1935).

Bahá'u'lláh quotes this passage in "Epistle to the Son of the Wolf", pp. 93-94 (authorized translation published in 1941).

references: www.bahai.org/r/063064574

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  1. 2026-01-20. Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to Badí'u'lláh. Universal House of Justice, Research Department. — Regards the translation of a Tablet of Baha’u’llah (“Be generous in prosperity…”) by Shogh...
  2. 2007. Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Badi'u'llah: Parallels to Bahá'í Teachings by Native American Messengers of God. Donald Francis Addison, Christopher Buck. — Compilation of writings from Native American traditions and analogous texts from Baha'i scripture.
  3. 1935. 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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