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Tag: "Lodestone"

tag name Lodestone type: Words, phrases
web link bahai-library.com/tags/Lodestone
variations or
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loadstone; jadhdháb ( جذّاب ); mighnáṭís ( مغناطیس )
related tags Character; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Attraction, Power of; Bahá'u'lláh, Greatness of the Revelation of; Deeds; God, Word of; Kindness; Magnets and magnetic forces; Teaching
selected quotations
(authoritative sources)

These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:

"... This Revelation is endowed with such a power that it will act as the lodestone for all nations and kindreds of the earth..."

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawḥ-i-Síyyid-i-Mihdíy-i-Dahají (Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahají), ¶19 (BH00587)

"... Center your attention unceasingly upon that which will cause the Word of God to be exalted. In this Most Great Revelation goodly deeds and a praiseworthy character are regarded as the hosts of God, likewise is His blessed and holy Word. These hosts are the lodestone of the hearts of men and the effective means for unlocking doors..."

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Excerpts from Other Tablets (BH01707)

"... A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding..."

– Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

"... The Mashriqu’l-Adhkár is the lodestone of divine confirmations... The establishment of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár is a means for the exaltation of the Word of God. The praise and glorification emanating from it cheereth the heart of every righteous soul..."

– 'Abdu'l-Bahá, quoted in compilation The Institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, no. 31 (AB03645)

references en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lodestone; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Lodestone; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Loadstone

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