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| AB00066 | 1260 | O ye who are attracted toward the Kingdom and have drunk the Wine, the nature of which is cool and exhilarating! In these days that the Bestowals of the Kingdom of Abha | DAS.1914-06-20 | @methods of teaching the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat], @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00074 | 1230 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O God! O God! Thou dost behold me, how my forehead is laid upon the dust of humility and submission and how my face is covered | DAS.1914-01-09, BSC.375 #709, SW_v07#14 p.127+130-132 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00217 | 790 | O thou attracted Maid servant of God, Mrs Brittingham. Convey the following- To Susan Isabel Moody: The greeting of the Kingdom from Abdul-Baha. | BSTW#503 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00232 | 770 | Your last letter was received and I was informed of all its contents. You had written concerning the beloved of God and the slight difference of opinions. | CUPAB.012x, BSTW#164, BSTW#199, BSTW#309, BSTW#448 | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @twin Manifestations, @martyrs and martyrdom, @love and unity, @words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00238 | 760 | ...Mr. Mountfort Mills, Mrs. Alice Breed... displayed selfless effort... Mrs. Rohanna Bogislav and her daughter, Elfrida Martin, sang such a melody | BSTW#086x | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00242 | 750 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | O noble friends and seekers for the Kingdom of God! About sixty years ago, in the time | KHAB.066 (076) | AIL.036, SW_v02#13 p.005x, SW_v09#01 p.016 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @suffering and imprisonment, @East and West; communication between East and West | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00245 | 750 | O thou honorable martyr and the pioneer of the Cause of God! The letter which you had written on the 19th of December 1918 | SW_v10#06 p.105-107 | @teachings as spirit of the age, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @praise of Western values; culture, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00306 | 680 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy numerous and successive | SW_v10#06 p.107-108, BSTW#264, BSTW#265 | @review of publications, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @race unity; racial issues, @power of love, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @contention and conflict, @naming of children; of individuals, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00308 | 680 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident... O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The Lord of the Kingdom and the sun of Truth hath sent forth a splendor | SW_v08#10 p.123x, BSTW#479 | @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @importance of prayer, @love and unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00310 | 670 | O Almighty! Instruct Thou these thankful birds in the rose-garden of Guidance the tuneful melodies and the harmonious strains of the Psalms of David | DAS.1913-11-22x | @love of God, @spiritual transformation, @presence of; reunion with God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @martyrs and martyrdom, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00340 | 640 | O ye beloved friends of God! Two days ago, through the protection and providence of the | SW_v03#07 p.007-009 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity in diversity, @oneness; unity of religion | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00366 | 620 | Bahá'í World Faith | O thou my dear affectionate son! Two letters from thee have arrived. Exercise | BWF.384-385x, SW_v11#15 p.257-258, BSTW#258 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00370 | 620 | ...Know ye of a certainty that the question of the gathering of the descendants of Abraham in Jerusalem | SW_v08#17 p.225-226 | @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00372 | 620 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou bearer of the Glad Tidings of the Kingdom of God! Your letter written four months ago was received. It contained the good news of the assemblage | TAB.420-423, LOG#0800x | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @music and singing | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00438 | 590 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Give thanks unto God for having revealed unto thee, in visions, the mysteries of His Kingdom | TAB.678-681, LOG#1614x, PN_1903 p005 | @interpretation of dreams and visions, @symbolism of color and light, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @station of the Manifestation of God, @angels | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00448 | 590 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art esteemed in the Threshold of the Almighty! Praise thou God... Thou hast written concerning the impersonality of the Divinity. Personality is in the Manifestation of the Divinity... As to the question whether the souls will recognize each other | TAB.203-206, BWF.367-367x, BSC.482 #921-922x, SDW v01#03 p.046-047, NRMM.170-173, BSTW#043a-043b | @soul; spirit after death, @nearness to God, @nearness and remoteness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as mirror | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00466 | 570 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Announce greeting on my behalf to the two young Japanese and say: “His Imperial Majesty, the Mikado, became the cause of the material progress of Japan. | TAB.565, JWTA.024-025 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @universal peace; world unity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @power of prayer, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00468 | 570 | ...Praise be to God, it has been repeatedly proven that firmness in the Covenant and activity in the service of the Cause is the means | PN_1906 p090 | @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @oneness; unity of religion, @wisdom [hikmat], @spiritual transformation, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00481 | 570 | O thou who art a new grown tree on the meadow of Truth! Thy letter dated October 14, 1920 has been received. | JWTA.033-036, SW_v12#02 p.040-041 | @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00512 | 550 | ...Among the most important affairs is the founding of the Mashrak-el-Azkar... ...When the Mashrak-el-Azkar was erected in Ishkabad, its influence was felt | GPB.351x3x, COF.069x, SW_v06#17 p.137x, SW_v07#15 p.148x, SW_v01#14 p.007x | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00537 | 540 | ...Four letters have been received from you, the last dated April 18th, 1919. All | SW_v10#14 p.263x, BSTW#240 | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @soul; spirit after death, @eulogies; reminiscences, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00544 | 530 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy detailed letters were received | SW_v10#17 p.317-318 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @race unity; racial issues, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @universal peace; world unity, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00557 | 530 | Consultation | ...Every one of the friends should highly praise the other and each should regard himself as evanescent and as naught in the presence of others. All matters should be consulted upon in the meeting | BRL_CONSULT#15x, COC#0181x | @unity; oneness of humanity, @Hands of the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @consultation, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00569 | 520 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter written from Cleveland was received and I learned its contents. | TAB.178x, BWF.382-382x | @call to action, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @importance of community building, @unity; oneness of humanity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00583 | 510 | O thou dear heavenly daughter! The services of His honour, Fazel, to the Kingdom of God are well known. It is my hope that he may be confirmed | BSTW#371 | @race unity; racial issues, @business; financial; property matters, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00586 | 510 | O thou godlike maidservant of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents were conducive to the happiness of this depressed one. Thank thou God | DAS.1914-11-06, DAS.1914-10-31 | @war and peace, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal peace; world unity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00595 | 510 | Bahá'í World Faith | …Thou hast written concerning the meetings and the gathering places of the believers of God. Such assemblies and congregations will greatly aid | BWF.407-408x, LOG#0797x, PN_1906 p095x | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @high station of the true believer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00597 | 510 | O ye beloved and ideal friends of God! The divine voice from the invisible Kingdom of Abha is reaching those who are asleep | SW_v08#15 p.208-209, BSTW#261 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for teaching, @call to action, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00603 | 500 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the covenant! An article in the Broadway Magazine of September, 1906, written by G. A. Dobson and published in New York | TAB.494-496x | @methods of teaching the Cause, @prayer for governments and rulers, @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00618 | 500 | O ye friends and maidservants of the Merciful! Your letter was received. Its perusal conveyed the utmost supplication | SW_v08#16 p.218 | @firmness in the Covenant, @consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00620 | 500 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art rejoiced at the explanation of the maidservant of God...! Thank thou God... It behooveth him to seek only the divine bounties... ...As to the critical period (1901): Know though, that verily, Abdu'l-Baha dominates every critical period | TAB.610-612, BSC.464 #863x, SW_v08#15 p.211x, TOR.203-204x, VTRM.025-026, BSTW#043b, BSTW#043c, BSTW#501 | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @light and darkness, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh], @power of the mind over nature | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00626 | 500 | O thou heavenly youth! O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received | SW_v09#14 p.155+164 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00628 | 490 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast manifested cheerfulness and gladness on account of the news of my happiness. | TAB.216-218 | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @praise and encouragement, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @music and singing, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00643 | 490 | O thou merciful youth who art the son of that glorious man! Verily, thy | SW_v10#13 p.249-250 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00649 | 490 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...Every one of the friends of God has two stations; one the station of mankind and the other the station of spirituality…. As long as one has not taken a portion of the mystery of sacrifice, it is impossible for him to attain to the Kingdom of God. | BSC.496 #958, SW_v07#12 p.116x | @spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00658 | 480 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved and benevolent daughter of the Kingdom The letter which thou hast written was received. I read it with the utmost love | TAB.224-226 | @interpretation of dreams and visions, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00661 | 480 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thou hast written regarding the death of thy mother. Praise be to God, she hath attained to the desire | TAB.591-593x, BWF.370-370x, BWF.396-396x, BSC.463 #859x, BSC.491 #944x, BSTW#075 | @The Holy Spirit, @soul; spirit after death, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00662 | 480 | ...Know thou that hardship and privation shall increase day by day, and the people shall thereby be afflicted. The doors of joy and happiness shall be closed on all sides | LOG#0438x, SW_v12#08 p.148x, BSTW#446x, BSTW#504ax | @praise and encouragement, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00685 | 470 | O my God! Verily, I beseech Thee and supplicate before Thy Presence, to forgive and overlook my sins and transgressions | PN_1900_heh p079 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00690 | 470 | O sons and daughters of the Kingdom: Your letter of congratulation was received. Its contents show steadfastness and attraction to the Kingdom | DAS.1914-01-16 | @unity in diversity, @love of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00727 | 460 | ...As for the question of inheritance which is occasioning perplexity: in truth, one is entirely free during his lifetime | BRL_UHJ1996-07-01#2 | @law of inheritance, @justice and wrath of God, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00737 | 460 | O thou honorable person! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God it indicated that in Budapest a radiant assembly is organized! | DAS.1913-11-15 | @nationalism; love of country, @love and unity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @war and peace, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00746 | 460 | ...There is no wonder when a soul advances to God, but (there is) when he remains firm | SW_v14#09 p.275x, BSTW#440 | @martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00756 | 450 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter, which thou hast written to his honor Mirza . . ., was considered. Be thou happy! | TAB.344-346 | @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @words vs deeds, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00759 | 450 | ...Announce on my behalf my warmest greetings to Mr. Howell, and say, The Mashrak-el-Azkar of Chicago is of the greatest importance. This is a Bahá'í Temple | SW_v02#03 p.007x, SW_v06#17 p.140x, SW_v13#10 p.264x | @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00763 | 450 | River of Life, The | O Heavenly Friends! Your letter arrived and its subject afforded me joy and gladness. Thanks be to God! that such an assembly | ROL.055-057 | @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @universal language, @love and unity, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00784 | 450 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | …Thou hast written concerning the Board of Consultation. It is very proper thou shouldst exert thyself with heart and soul | TAB.026-027x | @consultation, @role and station of women, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the concourse on high, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00785 | 450 | O thou two attracted ones to the fragrances of God and enkindled by the fire of the love of God | BSTW#121a | @martyrs and martyrdom, @Shrines and Holy places, @prayer for pilgrims | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00794 | 440 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Since the extinction of the fire | SW_v10#02 p.019+027 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00796 | 440 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Rest thou assured in the bounty of the | SW_v10#18 p.329-330 | @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @predictions and prophecies, @business; financial; property matters, @naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00820 | 430 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of Baha'! Thy letter dated July 26, 1906, was received. Correspondence between the believers of the Orient and the Occident | TAB.466-468 | @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00833 | 430 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Two of your letters were received, one after the other; the first dated Oct. 22, 1918 | BSTW#222 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @unity of governments; political unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00837 | 430 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art calling in the Name of God and heralding unto the Kingdom of God! Verily I considered the contents of thy recent letter | TAB.267-269, BSC.455 #835, SW_v08#14 p.186x | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @Mary Magdalene, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00844 | 430 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye longing ones! O ye cheered ones! O ye attracted ones! O ye who are beseeching | TAB.273-275 | @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00845 | 430 | O thou eloquent and fluent poetess! Be thou not discouraged nor become thou dispirited on account of the unavoidable events | BSTW#190 | @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @soul; spirit after death, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00866 | 420 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O thou wooer of Reality! His Highness the Merciful One hath cause the appearance of the splendors of love and affinity in the world of humanity | DAS.1914-07-07, BSC.303 #616, SW_v07#04 p.025-026, SW_v09#12 p.135-136 | @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @unity in diversity, @oneness; unity of religion | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00883 | 420 | Praise be to God that through the Bestowal and Grace of the Beauty of Abha, from the Continent of Europe I have returned to the Continent of Africa…. During this long trip great capacity was created… | DAS.1913-07-28, SW_v08#17 p.228x, ABIE.121, BLO_PN#007 | @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00903 | 410 | O friends of God! Your letter was received through Mrs. Stannard... A profession, a trade, farming, these are worshipping God. | SW_v10#12 p.226, SW_v14#06 p.168, PN_various p019, BSTW#179, BSTW#242 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @work as worship, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @firmness in the Covenant, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00907 | 410 | O thou who art attracted to the Word of God and herald of the Kingdom of God! | SW_v11#16 p.275, TDD.013-014 | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00908 | 410 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ...As to [what thou hast heard concerning] the child born from Russian parentage, this is pure imagination. Yea, certain persons | TAB.647-648 | @predictions and prophecies, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @role and station of women, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00925 | 410 | The letter which thou hadst written on December 16, 1918, was received | SW_v10#07 p.137-138 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal peace; world unity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @soul; spirit after death, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00930 | 410 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O God! O thou Attracted of the hearts of the favored ones toward the Manifest Horizon! | TAB.485-487 | @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @pain of love; love as veil, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @prayer for pioneers and travel teachers | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00946 | 400 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your numerous letters have been received | SW_v10#05 p.095x | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @law of Huququ'llah, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00958 | 400 | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of God! I have considered thy letter, and have answered the letters thou hast sent. Praise be to God! | BSTW#440 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00964 | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou that virtuous soul and individual who art ready for the confirmation of the Holy Spirit! I, with the utmost clemency | TAB.706-708, BWF.369-369x, BSC.468 #876x, SW_v07#10 p.098-099 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @many are called but few are chosen | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00968 | 400 | In the last two mails, detailed answers have been written to thee | SW_v01#05 p.003-004 | @education of children; moral education, @promotion of commerce and industry, @East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity of governments; political unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00973 | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of God! I read thy letter of graceful composition...As to thy question, "Why pray? What is the wisdom thereof..." Know thou, verily, it is becoming of a weak one to supplicate to the strong One | COC#1753x, BSC.491 #945x, SW_v08#04 p.044-045x, BNE.092-093x, VLAB.129-130, BSTW#060a, BSTW#111 | @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @power of prayer, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00974 | 400 | O ye friends of God! All the people of the world today are workmen of destruction and ruin | SW_v05#09 p.130, SW_v08#10 p.136, PN_1909 p061 | @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @love and unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00975 | 400 | O ye believers of God and friends of Abdul-Baha! If ye knew how the heart of Abdul-Baha is soaring | SW_v01#13 p.001-002 | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual transformation, @unity in diversity, @firmness in the Covenant, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01010 | 390 | O thou wooer of the Beauty of the Possessor of Glory! Thy letter was perused with perfect joy and fragrance. | DAS.1914-09-07 | @consolation and comfort, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01012 | 390 | Bahá'í World Faith | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Thy detailed letter was received. Its contents indicated that thou didst travel in the cities of America | BWF.417-418x, SW_v05#04 p.049x, SW_v06#14 p.108x, SW_v08#16 p.218x, SW_v06#17 p.138x | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01036 | 390 | I praise Thee, O Thou Remover of Sorrows, Overlooker of faults, Rejoicer of hearts and Illuminator of faces! Verily to the beloved ones at the door of Thy oneness | DAS.1913-07-17, ABIE.074, BLO_PN#007 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @thankfulness; gratitude, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01045 | 380 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou advancing maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and considered. Thank God that the evidence and the proof became clear | TAB.695-697 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @spiritual transformation, @interpretation of dreams and visions, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01048 | 380 | Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ...Convey warmest, most loving greetings to Mark Tobey on my behalf, and heartfelt affection to Marguerite Bull. | BRL_ATE#034x, BRL_IOA#12x | @work as worship, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01053 | 380 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou faithful servant of the True One! I received thy letter and its contents caused the utmost joy and fragrance within me | TAB.157-159, BSTW#276o | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01055 | 380 | O thou my dear son! Thy letter, dated July 3, 1913, was received. Its contents... This covenant is the Covenant of His Holiness Baha'o'llah. Now its importance is not known befittingly | SW_v04#14 p.240-241, SW_v06#12 p.096, SW_v08#16 p.214, SW_v08#14 p.186 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01073 | 380 | O thou dear maidservant of Baha'o'llah! The letter thou hadst written | SW_v10#05 p.096, BLO_PT#052.34 | @Christ; Christianity, @reincarnation, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @unity; oneness of humanity, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01074 | 380 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was excellent and its contents were perfect and complete. Happy is thy condition | TAB.297-299 | @spiritual springtime, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transcending the material condition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01086 | 380 | O thou who art rejoiced at the Glad Tidings of God! I have received thy recent letter, and I am, thereby, informed of thy pleasure in the Good Pleasure | BSTW#003 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @personal instructions, @suffering and imprisonment, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01087 | 380 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God and enkindled with the Fire wherein Moses, the Speaker, found Guidance! May it be salutary to thee | TAB.286-288 | @interpretation of dreams and visions, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01098 | 380 | O thou light of the love of God! Thy detailed letter and also the second one received. | SW_v09#15 p.171+173 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @rejection of Muhammad, @Christ; Christianity, @music and singing, @light and darkness, @material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01100 | 380 | O ye friends of God! O ye manifestors of bounties and favors of the Beauty of ABHA! That illumined Orb | SW_v02#06 p.003-004, SW_v07#10 p.098 | @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01119 | 370 | O thou kind and beloved daughter! The letter dated November 2nd was duly received. As its contents indicated faith, assurance... ...My spiritual and material Physician is His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh. His Graces and Bestowals are sufficient for me. | DAS.1913-11-20x | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet, @review of publications, @personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01120 | 370 | ...Today it is incumbent upon the believers to forget and lay aside every thought and every preoccupation save the diffusion of the Fragrances of God | PN_various p016x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB01126 | 370 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward the Divine Kingdom! What thou hast written was understood and noted. Thou hast asked concerning the station of this servant. | TAB.191-193, SW_v13#06 p.148x, BSTW#163, BSTW#207b | @resurrection of Christ, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01140 | 370 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! I am already informed of the import of thy wonderful letter and the meanings of thine excellent words. | TAB.291-293, LOG#1787x | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @high station of the true believer, @praise and encouragement, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01150 | 370 | O thou son of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents were in the utmost sweetness | SW_v11#08 p.122, BSTW#366 | @nationalism; love of country, @critique of Western values; culture, @unity in diversity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01157 | 370 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thou hast written regarding the articles | TAB.499-501, BWF.412-412x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @review of publications | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01158 | 370 | O ye believers in the heart and spirit of Abdul Baha! It has been well-nigh three years since this Servant at the Threshold of Baha has been a wanderer over mountain and desert and a traveler upon plain and sea. | DAS.1913-09-26, ABIE.358, BLO_PN#007 | @education of children; moral education, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01159 | 370 | Every Manifestation is the Adam of His time... There were one hundred thousand Adams before the Adam of biblical records each being the Manifestation of his own time or cycle. | PN_unsorted p087 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB01160 | 370 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | God sends Prophets for the education of the people and the progress of mankind. Each such Manifestation of God | AIL.042 | @oneness; unity of religion, @Muhammad; Islam, @Christ; Christianity, @Moses, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01161 | 370 | O servant of the True One! What thou hadst written was known. It was a clear evidence of thy thoughtfulness | SW_v02#16 p.014-015, BSTW#112 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01163 | 360 | O God! O God! Verily these intelligent souls are assured in Thy mentioning, are enkindled with the fire of Thy love | DAS.1914-10-17x | @spiritual transformation, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @business; financial; property matters, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01171 | 360 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye heavenly Assemblage! Your letter was received and its contents became known. Ye have written concerning the printing and the publication of the Tablets. | TAB.000:iii-v | @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @soul; spirit after death, @praise and encouragement, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01173 | 360 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letters were received. The journey to Japan | BRL_DAK#1216 | JWTA.014-015, SW_v10#13 p.246-247, MAX.102x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @soul; spirit after death, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01202 | 360 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! Thy letter was received. Its details concerning those two persons | SW_v06#12 p.095-096, BSTW#073c | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01223 | 360 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O thou who art seeking for Truth! Your letter has been forwarded. I have no opportunity to write a detailed answer... As to life, however, it has had no beginning | BSC.434 #787-789, SW_v12#12 p.194, BSTW#104 | @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @oneness; unity of religion, @spiritual transformation, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @evolution; human evolution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01247 | 350 | O well-wisher of all humanity! The poem entitled “The Woods of Blavincourt” has been perused. It was eloquent and consummate. | TDD.011-012 | @war and peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01248 | 350 | Convey this message to each and all the believers in New York: Any person who comes to America | SW_v06#12 p.096, BSTW#073e | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @love and unity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01262 | 350 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye esteemed maidservants of God, and ye revered beloved ones (or men believers) of the Merciful! Your letter was received | TAB.443-444 | @development of capacity and readiness, @eulogies; reminiscences, @soul; spirit after death, @consolation and comfort, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01265 | 350 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou herald of the Covenant! Thy letters have been received and an answer has been written.... I have been greatly affected by the death of Mr. Sandy Kinney. What | SW_v11#15 p.259-260, SW_v10#19 p.350x, BLO_PT#028jx | @consolation and comfort, @wisdom [hikmat], @praise and encouragement, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01293 | 350 | O thou revered one! Verily, I always remember thee, and forget thee not; I invoke God to ordain for thee good in this world and in the Kingdom | BSTW#033 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @spiritual transformation, @power of prayer, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01294 | 350 | Thank God that you have come and attained to this visit! I hope, as you have received physical health, you will receive your spiritual health | SW_v08#18 p.232x, PN_1905 p007, BSTW#369a | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @development of capacity and readiness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01295 | 350 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my spiritual friends! What you have written is perused, all of which was an entreaty | TAB.645-647 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01335 | 340 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written that Doctor Maria Montessori is expecting to go to America | DAS.1914-10-31x | @spiritual transformation, @universality of the Cause, @interconnectedness of the teachings, @education of children; moral education, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01367 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art confident in the appearance of the Kingdom of God! Verily I read thy letter... Consider the past, so that thou mayest become informed | TAB.175-176, BWF.394-394x, BSC.481 #919x | @suffering and imprisonment, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01368 | 340 | The Greatest Name (may my life redeem His beloved!) was manifested in the centre of the world. It sent forth the Light of Unity and the Bounty of Harmony and Love. | PN_1909 p073 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @love and unity, @light and darkness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01375 | 330 | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your joint letter was received | SW_v10#07 p.136-137, BSTW#214 | @power of prayer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity of thought and belief, @oneness; unity of religion, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01389 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written regarding thy trip to the Holy Land.... Say on my behalf to the maidservant of God, Mrs. Claudi Coles: 'The end of every material work is without result | TAB.218-219, BSC.484 #927x, BSTW#449x | @spiritual transformation, @prophecy and fulfillment, @naming of children; of individuals, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01423 | 330 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual friend! Thy services are accepted in the Kingdom of Abha, mentioned in this merciful Assemblage and the cause of joy | TAB.417-418 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @high station of the true believer, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01439 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily, thy coming, at this time, unto this shining, blessed Holy Land | TAB.681-683, BSC.466 #868x, SW_v09#14 p.162-163x | @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01444 | 330 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God and steadfast in the Covenant of God! Verily I read thine eloquent letter | TAB.199-200 | @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01454 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Everything is from God, both good and evil... Everything in existence is good, and only the lack of goodness make a thing evil. The being is created good | BSC.500 #963x, PN_1900 p061, PN_unsorted p148, PN_1900 p003x | @free will and predestination; fate, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @light and darkness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01455 | 330 | ...The radiance of servitude shining from the Candle of the Testament has illumined all horizons | SW_v08#16 p.214-215 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01456 | 330 | Every season hath its own condition. Every place hath its own beauties. In the time of spring the blossoming of the wilderness gives loving pleasure. | CHH.113-114, BLO_PN#022 | @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01468 | 320 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy excellent letter was full of spiritual significance. It was an indication of the loftiness of thy nature | TAB.624-625 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01472 | 320 | O thou servant of the Beauty of Abha! What thou hadst written was perused. I was informed of the details. His Holiness Christ said... Had each one of the beloved of God in America engaged in teaching the Cause of God, like unto the beloved in Persia, now they would have guided several millions of souls | BSTW#453, BSTW#504b | @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01474 | 320 | O thou servant of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter was received. As there is no time for a detailed answer I will give it briefly.... Regarding the Spiritual Assembly, this is not the House of Justice. It is a purely spiritual assembly and belongs to spiritual matters | DAS.1913-10-18, DAS.1913-10-19x, BSTW#094 | @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @House of Justice, @newspapers and the media; publications, @review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01490 | 320 | O Thou compassionate Lord! Thou knowest the magnitude of my sorrow | SW_v11#05 p.090-091 | @eulogies; reminiscences, @prayer for the departed, @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01498 | 320 | O thou beloved divine maidservant! The letter, dated May 26th of the present year | SW_v05#11 p.168 | @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @love and unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01504 | 320 | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! The foundation of all the monarchs of the earth, notwithstanding their imperial sovereignty, royal purple | DAS.1914-07-30 | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01510 | 320 | O ye friends of God! The innate desire of this humble servant is to write to each one of those blessed souls a manifest book … | BRL_DAK#1220 | DAS.1914-10-25 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01535 | 320 | O loving companion! The Kingdom of God is the source of all power…. O my companion! The light of truth is shining everywhere | DWN_v1#09 p.006-007 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @power of faith; power of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01536 | 320 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast sought illumination from the Light of the Guidance of God! Verily I read thy words... Know thou, verily, man before reaching (spiritual) maturity | TAB.165-167, BSC.480 #917x | @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01566 | 310 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and the Testament! Thy letters dated March 22nd and 29th | SW_v10#12 p.230 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @business; financial; property matters, @unity in diversity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01571 | 310 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant and the Testament! Your letter of congratulation (November 26th, 1913) was received. Its contents were an evidence | DAS.1914-01-15 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual transformation, @unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @being a source of light; guidance, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01574 | 310 | O thou well-wisher of humanity! Thy letter was received. Utmost sorrow | ADJ.039x, SW_v12#06 p.121-122 | @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01577 | 310 | O thou my beloved friend! Thy letter was received from India. From its contents it became evident that thou art occupied, and art spending thy days in the company of that respected lady, Mrs. Besant. | DAS.1913-08-29, ABIE.254, BLO_PN#007 | @Mary Magdalene, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01590 | 310 | O thou seeker for truth! Whatever thou hast heretofore heard was fancy, not truth; was tradition, not vision | BSTW#144, BSTW#451 | @suffering; rejection of Christ, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @knowledge of self | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01593 | 310 | O dear maidservant of God! I remember thee in all circumstances and mention thy name in the luminous assembly, asking confirmation | BSTW#352 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01614 | 310 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye spiritual friends of Abdul-Baha! Your long letter was considered and its contents were a source of happiness. Thank God that ye, western friends | TAB.020-022, BWF.413-413x | @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @grammar and orthography, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01623 | 310 | O thou who art spreading the fragrances of God! Verily, thy letter was received and I was informed of thy chanting the Verses of God in the spiritual assemblies | SW_v14#11 p.353x | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @the power of words; of speech, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01641 | 310 | Your detailed letter has been received, and has been the cause of the utmost joy and gladness. Praise be to God! The loved ones are all astir and active, but you have rent the veil too widely asunder. | BSTW#608 | @methods of teaching the Cause, @wisdom [hikmat], @rejection, opposition and persecution, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01643 | 310 | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that Julia and her respected husband entered into the religion of God | BLO_PT#052.17a | @suffering; rejection of Christ, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01652 | 310 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents imparted the utmost of gladness | SW_v10#01 p.009-010 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01653 | 310 | ...Thou hast had the intention of going out into the woods and the country for change of weather... Judas Iscariot must not be forgotten | BSTW#052fx, BSTW#131x | @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01654 | 310 | O thou real friend! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written concerning the unity and concord, the affinity and communication, the fellowship and attraction amongst the believers | DAS.1913-10-18x | @suffering and imprisonment, @unity; oneness of humanity, @martyrs and martyrdom, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01659 | 300 | Verily, those who quaffed the cup of the great martyrdom in the path of God, are favored | DAS.1914-06-21, SW_v09#10 p.120 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for martyrs, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01661 | 300 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Crisis and Victory; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou child of the Kingdom and firm in the Covenant! Thy letter, through his honor Mirza ..., was received and thy former letters also became acceptable.. In this day the most vital and momentous matter | BRL_CRISIS#13x, TAB.360-362, COC#0270x, BSC.443 #808x | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01666 | 300 | ...Abdu'l-Baha was educated by the Beauty of Abha. He imparted to him instruction and the code of manners. | DAS.1914-09-04x | @Hands of the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @high station of the true believer, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01670 | 300 | O thou spiritual daughter of the Kingdom! The letter that thou hast written to Mirza Ahmad Sohrab was perused | SW_v07#17 p.165-166 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01671 | 300 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Your letter dated December 1918, was received | SW_v10#04 p.079-080 | @predictions and prophecies, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01683 | 300 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Its entire contents was the utmost of supplication and invocation | PN_1912 p131 | @interpretation of dreams and visions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01694 | 300 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your numerous letters have been received. | SW_v10#12 p.230 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @love and unity, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity, @newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01707 | 300 | O ye real friends and the favored maidservants of His highness Baha'u'llah! The maidservant of God Mrs. A. Parmerton | DAS.1914-08-20 | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01721 | 300 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! What thou hast written was considered. It indicated purity of heart and advancement toward God. | TAB.302-304 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01722 | 300 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou favored maidservant of God! Thy letter was received . Thou has expressed joy on account of thy visit to the friends in Chicago. | TAB.214-215, BSC.484 #925x | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @Greatest Name, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01730 | 300 | O Thou who art aflame by the Fire of the Love of God. The letter you had sent dated June 26th 1916 was received. | MAB.091x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01747 | 300 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art ignited through the brilliant Flame which is blazing in this blessed spot!... The blessed ones of God whose eyes are brightened | TAB.060-061, BSTW#355 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01754 | 300 | Your letter written on March 10 1915 was duly received. Praise be to God that it contained the good news of the health | DAS.1915-04-25x | @unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @light and darkness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01763 | 300 | O thou my beloved sister! Through the encircling graces of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a ransom to the dust of His Holy Threshold - we have crossed the blue seas | LTDT.172-173, AIF.1911-08-21, DAS.1914-10-27 | @Shrines and Holy places, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01770 | 300 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Faith and assurance are like unto trees of the orchards, and praiseworthy deeds and actions are like unto the fruits thereof. A lamp is in need of the illuminating light | DAS.1913-12-28x, BSTW#288 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @kindliness; humility; self-effacement in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01771 | 300 | ...Be thou not grieved and sad because of the ordeals and tests heaped upon thee. | DAS.1914-08-16x | @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @consolation and comfort, @justice and wrath of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01772 | 300 | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances which are diffused from the garden of the Bestowal of God! Verily God has opened the doors | DAS.1913-10-21x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @consolation and comfort, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01773 | 300 | O ye Beloved Friends of Abdul-Baha! Today the most important affair is delivering the Cause of God | SW_v01#11 p.001-002 | @methods of teaching the Cause, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01774 | 300 | O thou sweet singing bird! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became | SW_v09#17 p.198, BLO_PT#052.32 | @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @music and singing, @unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01787 | 290 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | O ye members of the radiant Assembly! Praise be to God that the lights of the Sun of Reality show forth from the horizon of Urbana… When saying the Obligatory Prayer, one must turn towards the Holy Reality of Bahá’u’lláh, that Reality which encompasseth all things | BRL_IOPF#2.20x, DAS.1914-07-30 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @praise and encouragement, @importance of prayer, @Manifestation of God as educator | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01796 | 290 | O thou servant of the Beauty of Abha! From the contents of thy letters it has become evident and clear that the standard of the Cause of God | PN_1906 p094 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @review of publications, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01812 | 290 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and the Testament! Your detailed letter dated April 30th, 1919 | LOG#1715x, SW_v10#12 p.231-232 | @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @stories; anecdotes, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01824 | 290 | O thou visitor of the Blessed Rose-Garden! Praise be to God that thou hast obtained the Favor of circumambulating | DAS.1913-11-17 | @prayer for the departed, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01832 | 290 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! The penetration of the word of man depends upon the heat of the fire of the love of God. | TAB.698-699, SW_v07#10 p.097-098x, SW_v07#15 p.140x, SW_v08#12 p.142x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @power of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01850 | 290 | O ye real friends and heartfelt beloved of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá! Your petition full of prayer and supplication was received... Not one soul has the right to say one word on his own account... ...For this Divine Covenant is an institution of the Lord. The Blessed Perfection in all the Tablets, Books, Epistles and supplications, has begged confirmations | BSTW#310, BSTW#416, BSTW#052h | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01856 | 290 | O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! The letter which ye had written to the Central | SW_v11#10 p.161-162 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @love and unity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01859 | 290 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Know thou that some of the souls... Know thou, verily insight seeth that which sight seeth not... Then know that the power of the Word of God is effective | TAB.607-608, BSC.463 #861-862x, TOR.202x, VTRM.021-022 | @intuition; inspiration, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @outward and inward meanings | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01860 | 290 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou lamp who art enkindled with the fire of the Love of God! Verily, I read thy recent letter which showed thy strong love | TAB.716-718 | D. & E. Aumua | @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01870 | 290 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Your three reports, together with the public announcement, were received. Praise be to God! all the contents indicated firmness, spirituality and goodness.... Souls are like unto mirrors | TAB.019-020, BWF.367-367x, BSC.473 #893x, CUPAB.011-012x, BSTW#305x | @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @wisdom [hikmat], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01873 | 290 | Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth thou hast been thrown amidst dire ordeals | BSTW#188 | @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @thankfulness; gratitude, @effort; striving | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01882 | 290 | O thou real friend! Thy letter dated April 11th was duly received. Thou hast written regarding the maidservant | MAX.335-336 | @consolation and comfort, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @exhortations and counsels | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01883 | 290 | O ye who are favored in the Threshold of the Almighty and the lovers of His Holiness, BAHA'O'LLAH! According to the reports... O Thou Almighty! Illumine Thou this Association and make Thou this gathering the bright candle of the world! | SW_v01#05 p.004-005, SW_v02#01 p.004 | @importance of community building, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @call to action, @promotion of commerce and industry, @East and West; communication between East and West, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01884 | 290 | O thou who art a servant at the Threshold of God! Thy letter has been received. From its flowers of significance | SW_v12#13 p.218-219+210 | @empty learning; false spirituality, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @high station of the arts and sciences, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01885 | 290 | O ye kind friends and the beloved maidservants of His Holiness the Incomparable One! The letter that you have written on the anniversary day of the Declaration of the First Point | DAS.1914-08-11 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @praise and encouragement, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01892 | 280 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye maidservants of His Majesty, the Lord—daughters and sons of the Kingdom! The meeting of the Lord's Supper | TAB.675-676 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @call to action, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01897 | 280 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom; O thou esteemed maidservant of God! O thou Mrs. Peeke, pure and sanctified is the Lord of the Kingdom | @prayer for the departed, @eulogies; reminiscences, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB01899 | 280 | O thou who art the daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received | JWTA.015-016, SW_v12#03 p.060 | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit, @development of capacity and readiness, @power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01903 | 280 | Bahá'í World Faith | …If any differences of opinion may arise in those regions you must keep yourself entirely aloof and show forth love and kindness | BWF.408-408x | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01918 | 280 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter which thou hast written to his honor, Mirza . . . . . . . . . was received. Its contents imparted the utmost happiness | TAB.152-153 | @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @soul; spirit after death, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01926 | 280 | ...Give ye great weight to the Nineteen Day gatherings, so that on these occasions the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful may |
COC#0923x, SW_v06#17 p.143x | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01932 | 280 | ...It is natural that a passenger on board the steamer and sailing on the great ocean may now witness the tumultuous waves of a wild storm | SW_v07#09 p.080x | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01956 | 280 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | The letter which thou hast written was received and its perusal brought me joy, for it indicated that you are extremely pleased | TAB.663-664 | @growth of the Cause, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @love and unity, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01963 | 280 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter written Aug. 3 1920 gas been received. Praise be unto God, the friends at Los Angeles | BSTW#029 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01964 | 280 | O thou confidant and kind friend of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letter was received. It became the cause of exceeding joy and happiness that praise be to God | DAS.1914-08-13?x | @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01991 | 280 | O thou who art tested with calamities and ordeals! Verily, I became exceedingly saddened for thy sadness | SW_v10#19 p.341 | @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @soul; spirit after death, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01992 | 280 | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy latest letter and great love welled forth unto thee | SW_v08#19 p.239, DLA.088, BLO_PN#026 | @Christ; Christianity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02012 | 280 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is attracted and whose breast is dilated with joy by the Holy Fragrances | TAB.438-440 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02013 | 280 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of Truth! The letter which thou hast written to ... was received | TAB.546-548 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @consolation and comfort, @personal instructions, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02014 | 280 | You have asked concerning Consultation, to the practice of which we are all commanded. The cardinal idea of consultation is based upon the principle that unanimous counsels of several persons is weightier than the opinion of a single individual. | DAS.1914-03-18 | @unity in diversity, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @consultation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02015 | 280 | O ye friends of God and the maidservants of God! Praise be to God that during the season of divine Spring | DAS.1914-04-20 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @thankfulness; gratitude, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02016 | 280 | ...Now you must engage in the service of the Cause of God with the utmost firmness, steadfastness and resolution, and expend day and night in the promotion of the Religion of God. | DAS.1913-10-21x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB02017 | 280 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! It was a long time since the thread of correspondence had been entirely broken | SW_v09#15 p.169-170 | @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @consolation and comfort, @praise of Western values; culture, @Crimson Ark; the Ark of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02045 | 270 | Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The dispatched letter was received. Praise be unto God that in this springtime of God | BLO_PT#003d | @education and the development of capacity, @spiritual transformation, @review of publications, @rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02053 | 270 | O thou servant of the Holy Threshold of the Beauty of Abha! I read what you had written to Jenabi H. Seyed Taki. | PN_1906 p091 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02062 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated April 23rd, 1907, was received and its contents became the cause of the happiness of the heart of this grieved one | TAB.471 | @newspapers and the media; publications, @review of publications, @firmness in the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02063 | 270 | O thou firm in the Covenant! Your last letter dated October 28, 1918, was | SW_v10#07 p.143, SW_v02#01 p.010 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @review of publications, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02067 | 270 | With regard to the violator (Nakez) thou hast treated him most appropriately. It is necessary for the believing souls to associate with the righteous | BSTW#052ex | @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02076 | 270 | O thou spiritual friend! Thy letter was received. I was made very sad on account of the event of the closing of the Church of Brotherhood. But when I was in those parts | PTF.139-140 | @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @humor; jokes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02080 | 270 | O thou beloved daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It contained the most great glad tidings | SW_v10#04 p.080 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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 | @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual transformation, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02088 | 270 | ...From the beginning of the dawn of the Morn of Guidance the friends of Neireez were like unto overflowing cups | DAS.1913-11-07 | @martyrs and martyrdom, @praise and encouragement, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02092 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter written on the 20th of July was received. Its contents became evident. Thou hast written concerning Baltimore | TAB.461-462 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02097 | 270 | O Thou dear maidservant of God! Your letter was received and its contents became known. Have no care because of the blame of enemies | MAB.009-010x | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @consolation and comfort, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02099 | 270 | O thou propagator of the Religion of God! A few days ago an epistle was written... Now the believers must engage their time in teaching the Cause... O thou servant of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! Inform all the believers that a number of calumnious articles will be written in those parts | DAS.1914-08-04, SW_v05#09 p.138, SW_v09#14 p.161x, BSTW#175, BSTW#461 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02101 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing to the Kingdom of God! What thou hast written became evident and what thou hast heard from | TAB.359-360 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @naming of children; of individuals | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02141 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye dear friends and maidservants of God! A good fragrance is coming from the rose-garden of Kenosha and a pleasing breeze is blowing | TAB.146-147, BSTW#068 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02143 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou sign of the Kingdom and the bird singing with the most wonderful melodies in the Rose-garden of Paradise! | TAB.726-727 | @praise and encouragement, @interpretation of dreams and visions, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02144 | 270 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I noted thy letter and utterance. God hath accepted thy devotion | TAB.064-066, LOG#0401x, BSC.475 #900-901x | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual transformation, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02145 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou pure soul who hath turned with a submissive heart to the Kingdom of God! Turn thy face to the Assembly of the Covenant | TAB.527-529 | @suffering; rejection of Christ, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @fire and light; fire and water, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02146 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou Godlike person and spiritual friend! Verily God hath, through His bounty and grace… Truly, I say unto thee, if thou be steadfast in this Cause and arise with all thy power to promote the Word | TAB.197-198 | @spiritual transformation, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @The Holy Spirit, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wisdom [hikmat], @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02148 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear and honorable! I received thy last letter through his honor . . . and its contents imparted to me spiritual joy, for it indicated the high | TAB.454 | @Christ; Christianity, @love and unity, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02151 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily, I read thy letter of thanksgiving to God, for He hath illumined thy heart | TAB.254-255 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02171 | 270 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast spread the Fragrances of God! -- may God confirm thee! Since thou hast reached | TAB.259-261, BWF.363-363x | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02172 | 270 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art acknowledging the Oneness of God! Verily, I read thy letter... Observe the pages of the universe | TAB.170-171, BSC.481 #918x | @suffering; rejection of Christ, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02173 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou candle of the Love of God! What thou hast written was considered. The contents | TAB.718-719 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prophecy and fulfillment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02186 | 260 | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! You brief and interesting letter | SW_v01#06 p.002-003 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02219 | 260 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your detailed letter was received | SW_v10#12 p.233, SW_v11#11 p.197 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02223 | 260 | ...The founding of these spiritual meetings is purely for the purpose of teaching; but, as the Mashriqu'l Azkar is not yet founded | SW_v13#10 p.276x | @wisdom [hikmat], @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @contention and conflict | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02231 | 260 | O thou my spiritual daughter of the Kingdom! For some time I have failed corresponding with thee. This was because of the absence of soundness of physical health | DAS.1914-02-21x | @personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @consolation and comfort, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02232 | 260 | O thou my beloved daughter! Your letter dated November 13th was received | SW_v09#19 p.228, SW_v10#03 p.040 | @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02233 | 260 | O thou beloved daughter! Thy detailed letter, dated December 7th, 1919, written to Shoghi Effendi, was received | SW_v11#05 p.087-088x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02257 | 260 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O dear servant of God! The tests of God are surrounding you from all directions and many afflictions have occurred; but thanks be to God | TAB.263-264, BWF.363-364x | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02263 | 260 | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! It is the early morn and suddenly into | DAS.1914-03-08, SW_v05#15 p.232x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02290 | 260 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward God! The letter of that divine maidservant was received and contents were apprehended. | TAB.251-252, BWF.388-389x, BSTW#052yx, BSTW#073gx | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02291 | 260 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of god! Thy letter dated December 26th | SW_v10#06 p.110, BSTW#262, BSTW#263 | @war and peace, @predictions and prophecies, @unity; oneness of humanity, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02292 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Call of the Kingdom! Thy letter was presented and I was informed of thy expression. And it was glorious proof | TAB.227-229, BSC.471#883x, VTRM.015-017 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @importance of prayer, @Christ; Christianity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02301 | 260 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast arisen to render service to the Cause of God in His Great Vineyard! Verily, I have already written thee several letters | TAB.164-165, BWF.393-394x | @limits of the intellect, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02307 | 260 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | The contents of thy last letter were extremely rejoicing, for they were a glorious evidence of the glowing of the fire of the love of God | TAB.719-720 | @the state of enkindlement in teaching, @unity in diversity, @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @Judas | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02315 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art awakened to the Cause of God! Verily, I read thy letter and my heart... As to the manifestation of the Greatest Name | TAB.612-614, BSC.464 #864x, VTRM.027-028 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @station of the Manifestation of God, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02316 | 260 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your letters have been received. God willing | TAB.487-489 | @relationship between government and people, @petitions to authorities, @wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02317 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O my God, my beloved, my assistant and my chosen! ...Bring them together again, O Lord, by the Power of Thy Covenant, and gather their dispersion by the Might of Thy Promise | BSC.263 #549x, SW_v05#15 p.225x, SW_v04#14 p.240x, SW_v09#19 p.221x, SW_v10#07 p.119x, BSTW#062 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @prayer for unity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02318 | 260 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye shining faces and spiritual beings! Verily I was rejoiced at beholding | TAB.270-271 | @praise and encouragement, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02329 | 250 | O son of the Kingdom of God! Praised be the Lord, thou hast rent asunder the veil | TDD.020b | @Christ; Christianity, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02371 | 250 | ...Thou hadst written concerning the services of Mrs. Goodall and Mrs. Cooper. These two dear maidservants of God are truly two shining candles | MAB.008cx | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02398 | 250 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thank thou the kind Father for that the world of creation was adorned with the light of His Manifestation | TAB.426-428 | @spiritual transformation, @interpretation of dreams and visions, @review of publications, @prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02399 | 250 | O dear maidservant of God! Indeed, what thou hadst written is true | SW_v10#03 p.041 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @being a source of light; guidance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02405 | 250 | O thou respected one, a herald of the Kingdom of God! The article that thou | SW_v08#08 p.088-089 | @role and station of women, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @review of publications, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02431 | 250 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye spiritual friends of this prisoner! According to what is heard and is evident, you have arranged an assembly in the utmost beauty | TAB.632-633 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02445 | 250 | O thou who art advancing into the Kingdom of God! Verily, I read thy eloquent letter... Know verily that Abdu'l-Baha has spiritual speech, heavenly conversations | SW_v14#07 p.210x, CUPAB.014-015x, BSTW#171 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02446 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, this mundane world is as the mirage of the desert | TAB.660-661, BSC.426 #769 | @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @being a source of light; guidance, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02455 | 250 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye sincere, O ye firm and steadfast in the Testament of God! I have read your letter signed by you, which shows your steadfastness | TAB.350-352 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02456 | 250 | O thou who art attracted to God, may God uphold thee! I implore God, the Ever-Living | SW_v14#09 p.263, SW_v08#18 p.233, BSTW#176, BSTW#182 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @the power of words; of speech, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02457 | 250 | The meeting thou hast called at Mr. Bowen's and hast lectured therein was a spiritual gathering | BSTW#364 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @stories; anecdotes, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02478 | 250 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O Thou Pure God! Gaze providently at the beloved ones and the dear maidservants | TAB.355-356, BSTW#054 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02479 | 250 | Thou must be firm and unshakable in thy purpose, and never, never let any outward | DAS.1913-08-19, SW_v04#12 p.208+210, ABIE.208, PN_1913 p005, MAB.016, VLAB.127x, BLO_PN#007 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02480 | 250 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye beloved of God and His sincere friends! By the life of God! The hearts are cheered | TAB.346-347 | @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @many are called but few are chosen, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02481 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth, thou hast been thrown amid dire ordeals... The wisdom of all these tribulations that poured successively | TAB.654-656, BSC.486 #934x | @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @call to action, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02490 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God! O my God! Praise be unto Thee! for Thou hast created me of the most excellent fabric, in the most honored form | TAB.614-615, BSC.430 #780, VTRM.028-029 | @prayer for praise and gratitude, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02500 | 240 | O thou respected maidservant of god! Thy letter dated November 17th, 1918, was received | SW_v10#03 p.039-040, SEIO.022-023x | @war and peace, @equality of men and women, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02505 | 240 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The letter thou hadst written on January 22nd | SW_v10#09 p.184-185, BSTW#426 | @business; financial; property matters, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02511 | 240 | ...It is nearly two years and a half that I have been a wanderer over mountains and deserts and a traveler over seas and lands | DAS.1913-07-12x, SW_v05#07 p.097x, ABIE.058x, BLO_PN#007 | @growth of the Cause, @business; financial; property matters, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02518 | 240 | O thou servant of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! The letters thou hadst written... The Star of the West must, at present, be written both in English and Persian. | SW_v10#13 p.249, SW_v11#11 p.198 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @newspapers and the media; publications, @review of publications, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02526 | 240 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Four letters from thee have been successively received | BSTW#363 | @personal instructions, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02528 | 240 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy third report was received and its contents imparted the utmost exhilaration. The 19 days Feast was the Lord's Supper | DAS.1913-08-30, ABIE.257, BLO_PN#007 | @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation, @newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02529 | 240 | Ye have written that the colored Bahais have gathered in one meeting | SW_v12#05 p.106x | @race unity; racial issues, @prayer for forgiveness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02545 | 240 | ...The Ancient Beauty, may My spirit be sacrificed for His loved ones, from the beginning had the utmost consideration for that family | LTDT.305-306x | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02554 | 240 | O thou my dear heavenly friend and old associate! Although communication and correspondence has not been continuous, yet be assured | BSTW#433 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02566 | 240 | O thou heavenly personage! Thy letter was an evidence of the fact that praise be to God thou hast arisen to serve the Kingdom | DAS.1914-02-21 | @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02573 | 240 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written | SW_v10#12 p.233-234, BLO_PT#028n, BSTW#267 | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02576 | 240 | Bahá'í World Faith | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter dated October 4, 1918 | BWF.386-387x, SW_v10#03 p.043 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @non-participation in politics, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02577 | 240 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O dear servant of God! Thy letter hath arrived and the contents have given glad-tidings that the ground for the Temple hath been bought | TAB.100-101, BWF.416-417x | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @equality of men and women | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02578 | 240 | O thou beloved maidservant of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter was received. Its contents indicated that thou art sad | DAS.1914-10-21x | @war and peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02583 | 240 | O thou who art encompassed with the blessings of God | SW_v10#02 p.028-029 | @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @unity in diversity, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02589 | 240 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of ABHA! For a period of time no news hath been outwardly received from thee | TAB.729-730 | @growth of the Cause, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02590 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | In whatsoever matter man wisheth to engage, he must first acquire some capability, and make provisions and preparations therefor | TAB.358-359, BSC.454 #833 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @review of publications, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02591 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted one of the Kingdom! The epistle was received; likewise the enclosed epistle was read. The personage (Mr. . . . .) is in reality | TAB.702-703, BSC.468 #874x | @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02613 | 240 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose nostrils are perfumed with the Fragrances of God! Verily, I read thy letter which contained graceful expressions | BRL_DAK#1204 | TAB.261-263, LOG#0505x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @parents and children; youth; families, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise and encouragement, @education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02615 | 240 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily, I read thy words of thanksgiving to God, for He hath guided the beloved of God | TAB.411-412 | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02627 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing to the Kingdom of God! I have considered thy writing... You have asked me two questions | TAB.102-103, BSC.476 #906x | @station of the Manifestation of God, @demons and evil spirits, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02628 | 240 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Owing to the lack of time I write a brief answer.... Glad-tiding! Glad-tiding! The morn of guidance hath dawned! | DAS.1913-03-21 | @proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized), @call to action, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02629 | 240 | O God! O God! This is the attracted servant to Thy Bounty of Abha; his heart is set aglow with the Fire of Thy Love amongst mankind | DAS.1913-12-30 | @prayer for pioneers and travel teachers, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02630 | 240 | O ye dear friends and maidservants of God! Your epistle was received.** You have expressed joy and happiness | SW_v01#16 p.001-002, BSTW#388 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02631 | 240 | With regard to the assembly, there must be spiritual consultation therein; discourses | DAS.1914-06-07, SW_v09#10 p.110 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consultation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02645 | 230 | O ye believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful! All your epistles were duly received. From its contents it became evident | DAS.1915-01-05 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @war and peace, @love of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02666 | 230 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou slave of the Beauty of Abha! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God! It indicated thy firmness and steadfastness in the love of God | TAB.119-120, BWF.402-403x | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02673 | 230 | O Divine Providence, O Forgiving Lord! Mrs. Hearst has hastened from this dark and dreary world to the realm of Light | BSTW#198, BSTW#241, BSTW#454 | @prayer for the departed, @eulogies; reminiscences, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02676 | 230 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Praise be unto God, that thou wert | SW_v12#03 p.057-058 | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02692 | 230 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your detailed letter dated March 10th | SW_v10#05 p.094-095 | @chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02697 | 230 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The means of communication being severed, your letter of ... was received only in these days. | TAB.118-119 | @review of publications, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02701 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual youth! Japan hath made wonderful progress in material civilization, but she will become perfect when she also becometh spiritually developed | TAB.564-565, JWTA.027, BSC.462 #856x, TEW.013-014 | E. Mahony | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02710 | 230 | O ye two dear maidservants of God! Your letter dated December 4th | SW_v10#07 p.144, BSTW#425 | @House of Justice, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02724 | 230 | O thou pilgrim of the Holy of Holies of the Supreme Concourse! Although in appearance thou hast left this blessed spot | DAS.1914-07-25 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @exhortations and counsels, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @unity; oneness of humanity, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02741 | 230 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thy detailed letter was perused. On account of the multitude of occupations and work, a brief answer is written. | TAB.209-210 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @development of capacity and readiness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @personal instructions, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02744 | 230 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. From its contents...At present both of you must, as ye have been doing in the past, endeavor for the arrangement and the publication of the Star of the West | SW_v10#13 p.248-249, SW_v11#11 p.198 | @review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02753 | 230 | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter dated September 7th 1914 was duly received. Its contents was an indication to thy faith, assurance and firmness | DAS.1914-12-10 | @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02761 | 230 | O thou who hast faith in God! Thy letter has been forwarded. Treat thy traveling | SW_v12#12 p.200 | @growth of the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @non-participation in politics | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02785 | 230 | O ye real friends and the daughters of the Kingdom!...Today the magnetic power that attracts heavenly blessings is teaching the Cause... The three conditions of teaching the Cause of God are the science of sociability... | DAS.1914-08-01, SW_v12#11 p.177x, VLAB.104x | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02799 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who are supplicating to God and turning to the Spirit of His Kingdom! I have read the texts of thy praise to God | TAB.705-706, BWF.368-369x, BSC.468 #875x | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02800 | 230 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward God! Verily, I read thy long letter, which showed thine abundant joy for the appearance of the Kingdom of God | TAB.476-477 | @reincarnation, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @firmness in the Covenant, @Baha'u'llah | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02801 | 230 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Spirit of Truth! At this moment I remember thee | TAB.601-602, TAB.710-711, SW_v07#10 p.097x, VTRM.014-015 | @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @living waters; water of life, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02803 | 230 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art cheerful in heart, by the Fragrances of the Merciful! Verily, I read the verses of thy thanksgiving unto God | TAB.425-426 | @suffering and imprisonment, @accounts of dreams and visions, @thankfulness; gratitude, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02807 | 230 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hearest and seest in this wonderful Cause! Verily, I read thy interesting letter, its beautiful composition | TAB.073-074, BWF.361-362x | @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @love of God, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02831 | 230 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye maidservants of the Merciful! Leaves of the Tree of Life! Thank ye the Lord | TAB.143-145 | @high station of the true believer, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02843 | 230 | O respected personage, thou seeker of Reality! Thy letter was received. It was not a letter but a mirror... If thy earthly house is destroyed, be thou not sad! | DAS.1913-09-12x, SW_v04#13 p.223, ABIE.310x, BLO_PN#007 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @call to action, @consolation and comfort, @material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02844 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art gazing toward Abdul-Baha! Now I address thee with a heart filled... Arise to serve the Cause of God in the vineyard of God | TAB.600-601, BSC.463 #860x, VTRM.013-014 | @Mary Magdalene, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @the human soul, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @role and station of women, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02845 | 230 | O true friends! Separation from the friends causes the burning of heart and soul | SW_v10#07 p.142, BSTW#230b | @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02846 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye crying voices in the region of America! Make level the path of the Covenant of God!... I know, verily, that the universal, never ending, eternal | TAB.032-033, BSC.473 #894x, BSTW#276l | @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02847 | 230 | ...As to thy question concerning the husband and wife, the tie between them | SW_v09#07 p.085-086 | @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @education of children; moral education, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02848 | 230 | O thou my heavenly son! Several letters and cards are received from you and | SW_v09#14 p.164, BSTW#249 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02849 | 230 | O ye believers of God! Avoid the smell of ignorant prejudices, the blind enmity and hatred and the racial, patriotic and religious superstitions | DAS.1914-03-05 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02851 | 230 | O God! O God! Thou beholdest how Thy beloved ones are treated by those who are negligent of Thy mention | DAS.1914-09-07 | @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @love of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @prayer for protection, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02874 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted maidservant of God! Thy letter ... was received and its contents produced happiness and joy, for it evinced affinity and love | TAB.213 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @power of prayer, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @review of publications | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02880 | 220 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Your letter dated March 5th, 1919, was received... ...Today the pulsating power in the arteries of the body of the world is the spirit of the Covenant | COC#0251x, SW_v10#14 p.263-264, SW_v14#08 p.225x, BSTW#233 | @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @methods of teaching the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02915 | 220 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received! It became the cause | SW_v11#10 p.167 | @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @race unity; racial issues, @power of prayer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02919 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and Testament! Thy letter which was written on March 7th was received and its contents became known. Thou hast written regarding the election | TAB.472-473 | @importance of community building, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02927 | 220 | O thou beloved spiritual daughter! Thy postal card of August 26, 1916, was received | SW_v09#14 p.165 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02928 | 220 | O thou respected maidservant! The letter that thou hast written to his honor Sohrab | SW_v07#10 p.095, BSTW#109 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @praise and encouragement, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02933 | 220 | O ye two who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter dated January 28 | SW_v11#18 p.308 | @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02953 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter *** was received; its contents were very sweet. The sweetness of the meanings was unlimited. | TAB.232-233 | @interpretation of dreams and visions, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02954 | 220 | Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of the Blessed Perfection! Thy letter was received. It was written in Persian. I was very much pleased… I earnestly hope that thou wilt memorize all the Persian poems | BRL_IOA#08x, TAB.212 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02955 | 220 | O thou faithful maidservant of the Blessed Beauty! The article thou hadst | SW_v11#03 p.054 | @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @review of publications, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02956 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! In reality thou art faithful and assured, thoughtful and mentioning the name of thy Lord. All the inhabitants of the Kingdom | TAB.264-265 | @spiritual transformation, @stories; anecdotes, @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement, @angels, @education of children; moral education | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02963 | 220 | O thou who art turning thy face to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written concerning the discussion thou hadst with Mr. Naylor. | BSTW#244 | @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02966 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O bird without a nest! It is reported thy home and shelter is burnt, thy resting place and habitation is become desolate. Though this news | TAB.299-300 | @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consolation and comfort, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02970 | 220 | O thou afflicted one! In this great catastrophe the eyes are weeping | SW_v07#19 p.192-193 | @soul; spirit after death, @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @spiritual transformation, @relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02972 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art near to the Threshold of ABHA! I have considered what thou hast written to Mirza . . . . . . . . . as well as the letter addressed to me. | TAB.151-152 | @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @review of publications | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02976 | 220 | O thou herald of the Kingdom! The detailed letter thou hadst written was perused | SW_v10#03 p.043-044 | @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02978 | 220 | O ye heralds of the Covenant. Your letter was received and its contents conducive to the utmost joy for it indicated that ye have arisen with all your heart and soul | BSTW#252 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02985 | 220 | O thou who art guided by the Light of Guidance! Thy letter was received. Its contents were of the utmost beauty and its significances far-reaching. | BSTW#423 | @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power of prayer, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02989 | 220 | O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Kingdom! Although a delay hath occurred in writing, I can now answer thee. | MAX.245 | @eulogies; reminiscences, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03014 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye brilliant realities! Blessed are ye, for that ye believed in the Lord of Hosts, advanced unto the Kingdom of God, with faces rejoicing... Be not sorrowful on account of the affliction of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá | TAB.406-407, SW_v08#19 p.242x, PN_1901 p087 | @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03016 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! I was informed of thy recent letter which indicated thine abundant love for God | TAB.711-712 | @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03020 | 220 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant of God! Mayest thou enjoy this cup which is overflowing with the pure wine of the love of God! | TAB.448-449, BWF.376-377x, COC#1175x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement, @high station of the arts and sciences | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03030 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye sincere ones and ye who are attracted and moved by the breeze of the favor of God! Verily, I have read the names of your beloved assembly | TAB.082-083 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03031 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are sincere! O ye who are firm! O ye who are steadfast! Verily, I received a letter from that brilliant body and Spiritual Gathering | TAB.007-008 | @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03041 | 220 | ...Lord! Verily, Thy servant, Eskandar Sprague, journeyed to the most remote | SW_v01#10 p.009 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03061 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast addressed Abdul-Baha! Verily, I pray my Lord to teach thee a language and writing of the Kingdom which will satisfy thee | TAB.559-560, JWTA.021-022 | @spiritual transformation, @mystical themes, @unity of thought and belief, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03064 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art set aglow with the Fire of the Love of God! Verily, I read thy long letter | TAB.519-520 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03065 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | El-Baha, praise, light, blessing and peace be upon thee, O thou fire of the Love of God | TAB.382-383 | @eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for martyrs, @martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03066 | 220 | O thou my revered friend, famous throughout the world, from the day of separation up to this time not one moment I have been disengaged from the remembrance of your kindness. | DAS.1913-06-29 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03067 | 220 | O thou who art steadfast in the covenant! What thou hast written is perused. It is a clear proof of thy belief and assurance | BSTW#200, BSTW#456 | @spiritual transformation, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @firmness in the Covenant, @wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03068 | 220 | ...The line of progress is perpendicular and it has no end. Progress is infinite but there are many degrees. Each animate or inanimate organism advances along its own degree. | DAS.1914-03-14 | @progress only takes place within its own degree, @spiritual transformation, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @power of the Manifestation of God, @essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others, @Manifestation of God as educator | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03069 | 220 | ...Praise be unto thee, O God, and glory be unto thee, O my Lord, for thou hast | SW_v08#17 p.224 | @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @consultation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03081 | 210 | O God! O God! Thou knowest that the hearts burned, the souls torn to pieces, the tear fell, the lamentations ascended | DAS.1914-11-06 | @eulogies; reminiscences, @prayer for the departed, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03088 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye members of the shining assembly! The letter which was written by you | TAB.480-481 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @firmness in the Covenant, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03095 | 210 | O ye denizens of the Kingdom! Your letter was received and caused joy and gladness | DAS.1914-10-13, SW_v06#11 p.083+087, PN_1914 p077, PN_1914 p110 | @universal peace; world unity, @call to action, @firmness in the Covenant, @praise and encouragement, @love and unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03100 | 210 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Two letters have been received from thee | SW_v11#13 p.232 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity of thought and belief, @education of children; moral education, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03102 | 210 | O ye servants of God and Maidservants of the Merciful! Thank ye God that the Divine call reached the ear of the spirit... Praise be to God, that the doors of the Kingdom are opened... In the world of existence the meeting is blessed when the white and colored meet together | SW_v12#05 p.103x, SW_v12#05 p.106x, AHV.030-31, BLO_PN#045 | @race unity; racial issues, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03105 | 210 | O thou servant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written that the publication of the book of Mirza Abul Fazl (The Bahá'í Proofs) is commenced | SW_v09#05 p.057 | @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations, @review of publications, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03109 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of Baha'! Thy letter written to his honor, Mirza . . . . . . . . . ., with the enclosed map of the ground of the Mashrak-el-Azkar | TAB.127-128 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03112 | 210 | O thou servant of the Blessed Perfection! Your epistle dated October 30th reached me at Ramleh. ...Regarding my coming to America | SW_v01#17 p.002-003 | @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03116 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant who art near and dear to the Glorious Threshold! Give thanks to God for having been ushered into His Kingdom | TAB.147-148 | @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03118 | 210 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou near servant to the Threshold of God! Thy letter was received and thy desire became known. Thou wishest to serve the Threshold... ...Thou hast written concerning the organization of a Council for the building of the Mashrak-el-Azkar | TAB.633-634, BWF.418-419x, LOG#2053x, SW_v06#17 p.134x, BSTW#193x | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03122 | 210 | O thou dear Son: Thy letter dated about one month ago was duly received today…. I have repeatedly written that any Persian - although he be my relative | SW_v06#12 p.095x, BSTW#073c | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @growth of the Cause, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03129 | 210 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Truly I say, thou art the servant | SW_v09#14 p.165-166 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03132 | 210 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents perused with the utmost of attention. | DAS.1914-02-21x, SW_v05#02 p.025 | @spiritual transformation, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03141 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! The report of the Spiritual Gathering, which is dated ... and sent by you, was received and its contents | TAB.005-006 | @non-participation in politics, @spirit and form in the administration, @House of Justice, @rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03151 | 210 | O thou daughter of the kingdom! Thy letter dated July 15th, 1916, received. Its contents indicated... All the individuals of humanity are farmers. | JWTA.013-014, SW_v08#05 p.055-056+053, BSTW#291 | @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03154 | 210 | O ye two attracted ones to the reality! Your letter was received together… ...I am hopeful by divine bounty and grace that the beloved ones of God may be confirmed in the building of the Mashrak-el-Azkar | SW_v06#17 p.136, SW_v01#07 p.009-010x, BW_v01p060x | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03181 | 210 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and it produced joy and fragrance. Its contents were of the utmost sweetness. | TAB.725, BSC.469 #879x | @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03182 | 210 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy numerous letters have been received. All were indicative of faith, assurance | BSTW#200, BSTW#455 | @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @praise and encouragement, @firmness in the Covenant, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03197 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art favored in the Kingdom of the Almighty! The letter that thou hast written with the utmost eloquence, compassion | TAB.304 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03199 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye elect and chosen ones of the Kingdom! Thank God that the Greatest Name selected and elected that gathering | TAB.434-435 | @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @suffering and imprisonment, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03253 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art calling in the cities, the bearer of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God! Verily, I read thy wonderful and eloquent letter | TAB.517-518 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03254 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art enkindled by the fire of the Love of God! Verily, I was informed of the text of thy letter, wherein thou praisest the firm servant of God | TAB.076 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03255 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are attracted to the Heavenly Kingdom! O ye who are enlightened by the light of guidance! O ye lamps lighted by the light of love and faithfulness! | TAB.143 | @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @angels, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03256 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Word of God! Verily I read thy excellent letter, nay, rather thy brilliant, peerless pearls | TAB.282-283 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03258 | 210 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art assured by the grace of thy Lord! I have perused thy excellent letter which shows that thou art turning thy face | TAB.097-098, BWF.374-375x | @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @importance of prayer, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @prayer for prosperity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03262 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Breaths of God!—may God confirm thee! Verily I read thy letter, which contained expressions | TAB.172-173 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03271 | 210 | My dear and honoured friend! Thy letter hath arrived, bringing much joy by its tidings that thine efforts have borne fruit | DAS.1914-05-26 | @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @independent investigation of truth; reality | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03272 | 210 | O Lord! O Lord! Verily Thy maidservant who was attracted | SW_v09#19 p.229-230 | @eulogies; reminiscences, @prayer for the departed, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03299 | 210 | ...Thou hast written concerning love, marriage and divorce. Love is the moving principle of all phenomena. It is the first Divine Grace and its effects are apparent | BSTW#192 | @law of divorce, @laws of marriage and dowry, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03300 | 210 | ...These days are like unto the days of Christ and the days of the Apostles. Unquestionably all the people | DAS.1913-10-13 | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @growth of the Cause, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03301 | 210 | O thou my beloved son of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents was conducive to the realization of the susceptibilities of the Kingdom | DAS.1914-01-27 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @being a source of light; guidance, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of imagination; thought; right intention | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03302 | 210 | ...In thy letter thou hast stated the news of the holding of an educational conference. In reality such conferences are conducive to the progress | DAS.1914-04-17x | @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03303 | 210 | ...We only attain to these spiritual stations through the Bounty and Favor of the Blessed Perfection. When I look to myself, I realize that I am an infinitesimal atom. | DAS.1914-06-24 | @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @Manifestation of God as sun, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03304 | 210 | O thou who art thirsty for the Salsabil of Divine Bestowals! The acquirement of a part of the Gifts and Graces of God depends upon ability, worthiness and capability. | DAS.1913-10-14 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @knowledge; recognition of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03305 | 210 | ...The believers with the utmost firmness and steadfastness must engage in the teaching of the Cause. They must become united and agreed. They are all the drops of one river | DAS.1913-08-27, ABIE.246, BLO_PN#007 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wisdom [hikmat], @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03312 | 200 | O God! O God! Thou seest me cast on the ground of humility and lowliness, supplicating the Kingdom of Thy Singleness | DAS.1915-05-18 | @prayer for the departed, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03318 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that the Friends and Maidservants of the Merciful gathered together | TAB.440-441 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03328 | 200 | O thou respected maidservant of God! Your letter, dated October 22nd | SW_v10#01 p.008-009 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03329 | 200 | O thou attracted maidservant of God! Your letter was received. From its | SW_v02#05 p.006 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @power of prayer, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03343 | 200 | O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! Praise be to God, that the events of the Cause | SW_v11#05 p.087 | @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03346 | 200 | O thou servant of the sacred Threshold!... During these days the affairs of every soul are in utter confusion and distraction. | DAS.1914-10-21x | @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03383 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Your letter ... arrived at this time and was read with great care. Its contents proved a source of gladness | TAB.338-339 | @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03394 | 200 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that the divine friends in Boston are in the utmost attraction and enkindlement... Regarding the Convention of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Washington... In those public meetings, universal and not particular principles must be discussed | DAS.1914-03-03x, SW_v09#15 p.172x | @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03401 | 200 | ...Concerning the publications of books and pamphlets: The books of Mirza Abul Fazl, the books and pamphlets of Mr. Remey | SW_v08#10 p.133-134x | @review of publications, @firmness in the Covenant, @law of Huququ'llah, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03415 | 200 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that in this great tempest | DAS.1914-10-26 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03417 | 200 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Although your letter has not been received, yet we do answer it. | JWTA.014, SW_v10#02 p.017 | @East and West; communication between East and West, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @personal instructions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03418 | 200 | O ye my heavenly daughters and son! Your letters were received. I intended to write an individual answer for each but I have no time. | DAS.1914-09-07 | @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @personal instructions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03422 | 200 | O ye two glorious leaves of the Divine Ferdows! It is now some time that his honor Mirza Abdul Ghani | DAS.1914-07-24 | @humility; meekness; lowliness, @Shrines and Holy places, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant, @power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03424 | 200 | At the time I met you and felt the susceptibilities of your conscience my heart | SW_v03#13 p.008 | @newspapers and the media; publications, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @oneness; unity of religion | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03425 | 200 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou my friend of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that the city of Boston is stirred | SW_v07#16 p.160, BLO_PT#028d | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03458 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of the Beauty of ABHA! The valued epistle was received and the contents understood. By its reading and perusal | TAB.701-702 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03462 | 200 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letters were received. God willing, this | SW_v10#14 p.270 | @firmness in the Covenant, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03463 | 200 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou revered maidservant of Bahá'u'lláh! Your detailed letter was received. Praise be to God that it was an indication of thy firmness | BLO_PT#028f | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @business; financial; property matters, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03473 | 200 | O thou that art aglow with the Fire that burneth in the Sacred Tree! At this morning hour | WOB.112x, SW_v13#12 p.339, DWN_v2#05 p.033-034, BP1926.007-008 | @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love as fire | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03479 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became known that thou hast turned thy face | TAB.522-523 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03492 | 200 | O thou who hast turned thy attention to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter | JWTA.032, SW_v12#03 p.059 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @call to action, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03499 | 200 | O thou pure leaf of the Blessed Tree! Thy letter was received and its contents | SW_v11#10 p.164 | @firmness in the Covenant, @photographs and recordings, @equality of men and women, @non-participation in politics, @role and station of women | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03515 | 200 | O ye merciful friends and the respected spiritual maidservants! Your blessed | SW_v01#06 p.001-002 | @praise and encouragement, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03525 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou that mirror in which the Light of Guidance is printed! I was informed of thy prayer, thy supplication and thy beseeching. | TAB.515-516, BSC.460 #848 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @love and unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03526 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! By God the Truth, verily the angels of the Supreme Assembly pray for thee every morn and eve | TAB.281-282 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @angels, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03528 | 200 | O thou who art cheered in soul by the fragrances of God! Verily I read thy words of thanksgiving | BSTW#046 | @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03530 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou artery pulsating in the body of the world! Verily I read thy recent letter which indicated conscious joy and abundant happiness | TAB.295-296 | @empty learning; false spirituality, @spiritual transformation, @nearness and remoteness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03539 | 200 | O ye who are attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! Verily, I have read your | SW_v08#16 p.216 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03542 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | What thou hast written was read and its contents became known. In reality blessed days are coming. This is the time for the service of the Kingdom | TAB.462-463 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @review of publications, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @call to action, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03576 | 200 | O thou who art attracted to the breath of God! Verily I read thy detailed letter... Know that there are two kinds of happiness--spiritual and material... As to spiritual happiness | SW_v07#16 p.163x, PN_1900_heh p070, VLAB.112x, BSTW#195 | @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @purpose; goal of creation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @light and darkness, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03577 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turned to the Kingdom! Thou shouldst establish a divine and heavenly transaction | TAB.154-155, BSTW#274a | @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03578 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the call of the Lord of the Kingdom! Know thou, verily, the Kingdom is a magnet | TAB.602-603 | @station of the Manifestation of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03579 | 200 | ...To consider that after the death of the body the spirit perishes, is like imagining | SW_v01#09 p.012-013 | @soul; spirit after death, @prayer for nearness to God, @relationship of the soul to the body, @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03580 | 200 | O ye real friends! This is the period of attraction and acclamation; the period of rejoicing and merry-making. This is the morn of glad-tidings. Is it not suffused with lights? | BSTW#137x | @suffering and imprisonment, @light and darkness, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03581 | 200 | O my dear beloved! Trust thou in the favor of thy Master and be not saddened by anything. In all affairs be thou patient, dignified, thankful, calm | BSTW#434 | @contention and conflict, @consolation and comfort, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03582 | 200 | O ye friends of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá! The East is illumined, the West is perfumed, and the world is in motion and acceleration. The fame of the Grandeur of the Word of God | PN_1907 p070 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @call to action, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03583 | 200 | O ye kind friends! When I returned from the Western regions to the Eastern clime, I met the Zoroastrian believers. | DAS.1913-06-27 | @fulfillment of true potential, @praise and encouragement, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03584 | 200 | O ye real friends! In every country and city of the world innumerable meetings are organized. | DAS.1913-11-04 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @goodly deeds; actions, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03585 | 200 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! When a just man looks to himself he will become characterized with the utmost humility and submission. He will observe that he is less than an atom | DAS.1915-02-09 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03586 | 200 | O thou who art attracted with the reality! Thy letter was received. Thy hope is the highest desire of the people of Truth. In the world of existence the spirit of life is love, the electric affinity | DAS.1915-02-25 | @love as fire, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03587 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art anticipating the appearance of the Gift of God! Verily, I read thy letter... Know thou, verily, there are many veils in which the Truth is enveloped | TAB.071-072, BSC.475 #902x | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03588 | 200 | ...Servitude to all the human race is my perpetual religion. Through the bounty and favor of the Blessed Perfection | SW_v08#15 p.210-211x | @unity; oneness of humanity, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03589 | 200 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | ...Thy letter contained most cheering good news and indicated the oneness of spiritual state that exists | DAS.1914-04-17x, BLO_PT#028p, BSTW#097 | @suffering and imprisonment, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03590 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Breath of God! With all joy I read thy brilliant letter | TAB.112-113 | @love and unity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03591 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures | …Nine is the last number and it is the greater number. Ten is simply the continuation of the number 1 because 10 is 1 and 100 is 1. | BSC.441 #804 | @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03592 | 200 | O thou whose soul is tranquilized by the grace of God and by the Greatest Gift | SW_v14#02 p.040 | @eulogies; reminiscences, @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03593 | 200 | O ye illumined Friends of Abdul-Baha! Praise be to God, that you have organized | SW_v01#14 p.001 | @martyrs and martyrdom, @knowledge; recognition of God, @praise and encouragement, @importance of community building, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03619 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye shining Assembly! The meeting that you organized hath attracted the divine gaze and the subject of your conversation was the divine commemoration. | TAB.253-254 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @firmness in the Covenant, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03622 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! I hope, from the Almighty, that thou mayest be confirmed to the necessities and conditions of the following address | TAB.728-729, BLO_PN#093 | @spiritual transformation, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @transcending the material condition, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @development of capacity and readiness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03629 | 190 | O thou servant of God! Thy letters are received. Praise be to God, the convention of this year has been held with the utmost magnificence | BSTW#266 | @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @unity of thought and belief, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03652 | 190 | O thou spiritual son! The letter of September 8th 1920, which thou hast written to Mirza Lotfullah, has been received. Praise be unto God that that city | TDD.015 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03653 | 190 | O thou dear son! I hope from the divine Bestowals that day unto day thou mayest become more illumined and, like unto the candle | SW_v06#12 p.094, BSTW#073b | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @chastisement and requital, @praise and encouragement, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03655 | 190 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! | SW_v11#07 p.112-113, BSTW#254 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03687 | 190 | O thou Pure Spirit, Amalie Knobloch! Although thou didst soar away from this terrestrial world, yet thou didst enter into the immeasurable, illumined Universe of the Almighty. | BBBD.091, FRGA.039-040 | @eulogies; reminiscences, @soul; spirit after death, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03693 | 190 | ...The days that I spent in London, although the physical health was precarious yet the heavenly spirit was confirming at all times. | DAS.1914-02-21x | @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03694 | 190 | O dear daughter! Thy letter was received. Its content was understood. Thy aim is very high and thy intention superb. The President of the Republic | BLO_PT#052.35 | @business; financial; property matters, @universal peace; world unity, @prayer for governments and rulers, @spiritual transformation, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03696 | 190 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter full of significances imparted spiritual joy | SW_v09#13 p.143-144 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03697 | 190 | O thou heavenly daughter! Thy letter through Mr. Hannen received from Japan, likewise the letters | JWTA.012-013, SW_v08#05 p.054-055 | @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03700 | 190 | O ye two dear maidservants of God! Ye have written that Mr. Marion Nuevo | SW_v12#12 p.201-202 | @business; financial; property matters, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03715 | 190 | O thou light of the love of God! Thy letter was received; likewise thy cablegram. Both of them were evident proofs | DAS.1914-05-30 | @spiritual transformation, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03720 | 190 | O thou respected personage! Thy letter was received. Its contents evidenced the significance of love and turning the face | DAS.1914-07-13 | @suffering; rejection of Christ, @spiritual transformation, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @House of Justice, @prophecy and fulfillment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @day of rest | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03726 | 190 | O thou radiant child! The letter thou hast written in the utmost sweetness | SW_v10#17 p.316 | @suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03730 | 190 | O kind Aunt! Thy letter adorned with God’s remembrance hath been perused. On the one hand it caused exceeding happiness | LTDT.272-273 | @nearness and remoteness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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, @spiritual baptism, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @outward and inward meanings, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03739 | 190 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! In thy letter thou hast intimated that thou art colored. | SW_v12#05 p.106, AHV.030b, BLO_PN#045, BSTW#362 | @race unity; racial issues, @symbolism of color and light, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03740 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou esteemed maidservant of the Loving Lord! What thou hast written in recommendation of a number of Christians was perused. | TAB.296-297 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @power of prayer, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @development of capacity and readiness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03741 | 190 | Thy detailed letter was received. Indeed, it was not a letter but a spiritual rose-garden in which the flowers of inner meaning | MAX.290-291 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @praise and encouragement, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03743 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye blessed maidservants of the Beauty of Abha! If ye have written letters to Abdul-Baha and answers to them are delayed | TAB.628 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @consolation and comfort, @love of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03745 | 190 | O thou resplendent Kokab! Thy letter was received. Associate as before with | SW_v11#10 p.165 | @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03752 | 190 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | The advent of the prophets and the revelation of the Holy Books is intended to create love between souls | TAB.505, BWF.364-364x | @unity in diversity, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03754 | 190 | O ye afflicted ones! A most terrible news reached my ears and that | SW_v09#06 p.080 | @consolation and comfort, @eulogies; reminiscences, @soul; spirit after death, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03766 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! I hope thou wilt ride thy steed in this field as much as thou canst | TAB.279-280 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03769 | 190 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art directed toward the Light of Guidance! In this moment the heart of Abdul-Baha is rejoiced at thy remembrance | TAB.449-450, BWF.377-377x | @excellence; distinction, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @parents and children; youth; families, @work as worship, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03773 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou faithful and confident! Thanks be to God that thou hast obtained that which was sought by all prophets and holy souls | TAB.415-416 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God, @praise and encouragement, @material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03793 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou my dear friend, my associate and companion! The times of (our) meeting are still remembered and the sweetness of thy company | TAB.416-417 | @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03800 | 190 | O ye divine friends! Praise be to God that the showers of the cloud of Guidance have adorned the plain | DAS.1914-10-26x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @development of capacity and readiness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03801 | 190 | O ye friends of God! At this moment, while the sun of the elemental world is setting behind the western horizon | DAS.1913-10-12 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03822 | 190 | O ye kind friends! A letter was received from Kerman giving you utmost praise and saying | DAS.1913-07-12, ABIE.057, BLO_PN#007 | @growth of the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @East and West; communication between East and West, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03823 | 190 | O ye who are firm in the Testament and the Covenant! I supplicate to God that He may cause ye to become two lamps resplendent... Convey my greeting and my longing to all the friends. I am fully pleased and satisfied with the friends in California and its dependencies | BSTW#227 | @praise and encouragement, @personal instructions, @unity; oneness of humanity, @being a source of light; guidance, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03830 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I read thy letter of graceful expressions and eloquent composition | TAB.715-716 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @call to action, @love of God, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03842 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O Divine Providence! O Lord of loving-kindness! Thy faithful servant, Mr. Thornton Chase, forsook his home | TAB.340, ECN.512 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03858 | 190 | ...Concerning what you have written about your dear husband | SW_v09#19 p.223, SW_v10#02 p.029 | @consolation and comfort, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @exhortations and counsels | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03878 | 190 | ...My name should be confined to "Abdu'l-Baha" in all writings. This is the collective name | SW_v08#15 p.212x | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03879 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art gazing toward the Kingdom of the Testament! I already received thy letter | TAB.648-649 | @the power of words; of speech, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual transformation, @idle fancies; lust and passion, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03880 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...As to the significance of the Cause of Baha'u'llah, know that everything which belongs to the universal is divine | BSC.495 #955, SW_v13#12 p.342 | @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03881 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Hearken with the ears of (thy) spirit to the Concourse | TAB.163-164 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03882 | 190 | O thou who art advancing toward God! Know verily that the reign of Jesus is a spiritual reign, penetrative in the hearts and the spirits | BSTW#207c | @Christ; Christianity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @soul; spirit after death, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03883 | 190 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Though thy father was not kind to thee, praise be to God thou hast a Heavenly Father. | PN_1909 p016, PN_1909 p050, DJT.094-095, BLO_PN#027 | @consolation and comfort, @being a source of light; guidance, @call to action, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03884 | 190 | O ye friends of His Highness the Merciful! A hundred thousand glad tidings are descending at every moment | DAS.1913-10-17 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB03885 | 190 | Truly I say many societies are organized in America for the promotion of the thought of peace and universal brotherhood. | CHU.074 | @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @means of establishment of future civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03886 | 190 | ...Now you must engage in the service of the Cause of God with the utmost firmness, steadfastness and resolution | SW_v05#01 p.005 | @effort; striving, @call to action, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03887 | 190 | O thou kind friend and spreader of truth! The eloquent letter of your honor received | SW_v09#17 p.200 | @past, present and future of Iran, @newspapers and the media; publications, @praise and encouragement, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03888 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! I have read thy recent letter and noted... This day is not a day of seclusion and solitude | TAB.520-521, BSC.460 #849x, BSTW#301 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03889 | 190 | O ye friends of God and assistants of Abdu'l-Baha! What can I write, and what can I say? That which is in the heart can be neither translated into words nor written on paper... The world is black; the divine bestowal is radiant. This blackness must be changed | DAS.1913-08-26, SW_v08#10 p.135-136x, ABIE.242, BLO_PN#007 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @unity; oneness of humanity, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @spiritual transformation, @call to action, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03890 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and thy words produced effect | TAB.186-187 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @naming of children; of individuals | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03891 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | My Lord! My Lord! Thou hast caused me to hear the Call, guided me unto the sea | TAB.616-617, VTRM.030-031 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for teaching, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03907 | 180 | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! It is some time since news has | SW_v02#05 p.005, SW_v05#07 p.098 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03920 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Though thy letter was brief in words, it was ample in significance. It indicated that thy heart is illumined... The Tree of Life which is full of blossoms, leaves and fruits, the shade thereof is peace to the soul... But shade trees are many in the forest, which though fresh and verdant, are nevertheless fruitless. | TAB.126 | @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @symbolism, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03956 | 180 | O my dear son! Numerous letters have been received from you and their | SW_v10#07 p.144 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @independent investigation of truth; reality | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03958 | 180 | O thou who art thirsty for the water of Heavenly Life! Thy letter hath been received. Its contents brought delight | BBBD.519, SW_v13#10 p.281 | @consolation and comfort, @poems and quotation from poetry, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @living waters; water of life, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03974 | 180 | ...Thy letter was received. There is no time to answer them in detail…. Firmness in The Covenant means obedience so that no one may say, 'this is my opinion' nay rather he must obey... | SW_v04#10 p.174x, SW_v08#17 p.227x, SW_v06#14 p.111x, ECN.419x | @review of publications, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03977 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! I am ever busy with the remembrance of the friends | TAB.664-665 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03985 | 180 | O Janabe Ameen! Although the doors are closed, the ways and the roads are severed | SW_v08#14 p.193-194, CHH.207-208, BLO_PN#022 | @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03987 | 180 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O my spiritual associate! Since the day thou didst leave the Holy Land for America up to the present, I have at every dawn | BLO_PT#028c, BSTW#257 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of prayer, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03989 | 180 | ...Thank thou the Lord that thou hast winged thy way into this limitless heaven, and art journeying in the world of God. | PN_1913 p012, BSTW#052n, BSTW#073bx | @firmness in the Covenant, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @love and unity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03990 | 180 | O thou maidservant of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received and I became informed with its contents. | DAS.1914-03-03 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03991 | 180 | O thou maidservant of the Kingdom! Thy service in the Kingdom of God | SW_v09#14 p.163 | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @high station of the true believer, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03996 | 180 | O thou who art the well-wisher of mankind! Thy letter was received and was | SW_v10#01 p.007-008 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @unity; oneness of humanity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04006 | 180 | O ye two guiding souls! Your letter was received. It was indicative of | SW_v10#19 p.342 | @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04042 | 180 | O thou maidservant of God! I perused the letter which thou didst dictate in a state of illness and sickness | MAX.225 | @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04045 | 180 | O thou dear maidservant of God! The question of the Mashrak-el-Azkar is very important and is superior to every matter... ...Today, in America, no matter is greater for the elevation of the Word of God | SW_v02#05 p.013, SW_v06#17 p.143x, SW_v06#17 p.143x | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @martyrs and martyrdom, @call to action, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04046 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter, concerning the celebration of the anniversary of the declaration of His Holiness the Supreme | TAB.101 | @music and singing, @praise and encouragement, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @Declaration; advent of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04047 | 180 | Crisis and Victory | ...Thou hadst written concerning the growth in stature of the Cause of God in thy country. There is no doubt that the Faith of God will progress | BRL_CRISIS#50x, COC#0307, BBBD.629 | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @entry by troops, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04050 | 180 | O thou favored maidservant in the Threshold of the Almighty! Mr. Hopper had requested of me | MAX.246-247 | @soul; spirit after death, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @consolation and comfort, @martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04067 | 180 | O thou lover of truth! ... O thou beloved maidservant of God! The two | SW_v11#01 p.014 | @accounts of dreams and visions, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04069 | 180 | O thou wooer of Reality! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, the sight of thy mind | JWTA.036, SW_v12#03 p.059-060 | @oneness; unity of religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @Manifestation of God as sun, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04071 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advanced toward the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents created joy, for it showed thy faith and assurance. | TAB.504-505, LOG#0539x | @consolation and comfort, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04077 | 180 | O thou herald of the True One! His honor, Mr. Remey, is traveling in India | SW_v01#11 p.009 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04120 | 180 | O ye friends of God and the maidservants of the Merciful! The Congratulations for the Day of the Declaration of the Báb | DAS.1914-07-17 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @Declaration; advent of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04142 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the love of God! Verily I read thy recent letter*** and I praised God for His glorious mercy and His blessings | TAB.269-270, BSTW#354 | @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04143 | 180 | O thou asker for forgiveness! Verily I perused thy letter | PN_1909C p115 | @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04145 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are attracted! O ye who are united! O ye who are believers and assured! Glad-tidings unto you for that ye believed in God | TAB.272 | @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04161 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou confirmed by an inspiration from the Kingdom! Blessed thou art, for thou hast delivered the Word of thy Lord to . . ., the maidservant of God! | TAB.258 | @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04169 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou friend of old and O thou incomparable companion! Many letters have so far been received from thee and lengthy answers | TAB.339 | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04179 | 180 | O thou son of the Kingdom! The article that thou hast written was perused. There is no doubt that thou hast written this article through the Confirmations | DAS.1913-10-16 | @review of publications, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @law of pilgrimage, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04182 | 180 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted maidservant of God! Verily, I bow my face to the dust of the Threshold of El-Baha | TAB.314-315, BSC.456 #837 | @prayer for nearness to God, @pain of love; love as veil, @martyrs and martyrdom, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04206 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art set aglow with the Fire burning in the Tree of Sinai! Verily, I read thy letter | TAB.247-248 | @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04207 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | To him who is looking unto God! O thou who art gazing unto the Center of the Covenant -- may God confirm thee! | TAB.161, BSTW#274b | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04208 | 180 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye whom God hath chosen from among those who are called! -- know that "many are called... O ye beloved of God, know that steadfastness and firmness in this new | TAB.442-443, BWF.357-357x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @firmness in the Covenant, @call to action, @many are called but few are chosen | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04209 | 180 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy postal card received. It indicated thy firmness | SW_v09#17 p.198-199 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04210 | 180 | What thou hast written was perused. In reality thou hast a good intention and lofty desire.... It is stated in the Gospel | BSTW#197, BSTW#457 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Christ; Christianity, @The Holy Spirit, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04211 | 180 | O thou maidservant of God! Praise be to God that thou together with thy daughter | BSTW#247 | @soul; spirit after death, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant, @Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04212 | 180 | O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! Thank God that thou didst answer the call of 'am I not your Lord?' with affirmation | DAS.1913-06-25 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04213 | 180 | ...Praise be to God that the believers of ... are in the utmost of happiness and poise | DAS.1913-11-04 | @methods of teaching the Cause, @courtesy; culture [adab], @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @hospitality, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04214 | 180 | O God! O God! Thou beholdest these faces are brightened by the Light of Guidance, these eyes are looking toward | DAS.1913-11-04 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04215 | 180 | O ye friends of Abdu'l-Baha and the daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter informing me that a memorial meeting was held in behalf of his holiness Abdu'l-Fadl | DAS.1914-02-28x | @eulogies; reminiscences, @firmness in the Covenant, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04216 | 180 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. It became the cause of great joy | DAS.1914-03-14 | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @praise and encouragement, @light and darkness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04217 | 180 | ...Thy letter was received. Praise be to God it contained the good news of the firmness and steadfastness of the believers of God; that they are willing to sacrifice | DAS.1914-07-02 | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04218 | 180 | O thou who hast inhaled the Fragrance of Faithfulness from the Rose-Garden of the Bestowal of God! | DAS.1913-10-17 | @praise and encouragement, @predictions and prophecies, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04219 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are longing for the beauty of El-Abha! Verily that light | TAB.134-135 | @spiritual transformation, @blind imitation [taqlid], @Manifestation of God as sun, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @development of capacity and readiness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04220 | 180 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye firm, steadfast, and faithful Believers! Verily, I, from this brilliant and Blessed Spot | TAB.145-146, BWF.360-360x | @apocalyptic imagery, @call to action, @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04221 | 180 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are turned towards the Kingdom and drawn unto the Holy Fragrance diffused from the Garden of El-ABHA! | TAB.162, TAB.433-434, BWF.362-363x, BSTW#275c | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @firmness in the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04222 | 180 | O happy starred and noble prince: The gift you have forwarded was very acceptable because it was from your Highness | DAS.1913-08-03, ABIE.149, BLO_PN#007 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04223 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my Lord! O my Lord! Verily, I am one of Thy maidservants, supplicating humbly | TAB.615-616, VTRM.029-030 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04224 | 180 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye Beloved Friends of Abdul-Baha! The news of your spiritual assembly reached this Illumined Spot and the heart of this yearning one | TAB.666-667, BSC.472 #889x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04245 | 170 | O thou my son of the Kingdom! Your letter dated December 20th was duly received. Praise be to God it was an indication to firmness and steadfastness | DAS.1914-02-15 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04261 | 170 | O ye brothers and sisters of Abdu'l-Baha! Your letter was received. | SW_v01#06 p.003 | @angels, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power of prayer, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04263 | 170 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Although the dove and the nightingale, both of them, are two sweet singing birds | PN_1909E p118, BLO_PT#052.08 | @music and singing, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04274 | 170 | O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! Thy cablegram was received, and immediately | SW_v11#13 p.232 | @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04301 | 170 | O thou favored servant at the Threshold of the Almighty! The letter | SW_v10#01 p.012 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @methods of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04304 | 170 | ...Praise be to God that the New York believers became confirmed in the accomplishment of a great service and held in that city the Consultation Convention | SW_v04#10 p.177x | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04305 | 170 | O thou enlightened beloved son! Praise be unto God, that thou didst arrive | BBBD.538-539, SW_v11#13 p.229-230, BSTW#384 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @firmness in the Covenant, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04306 | 170 | O thou who art thirsty after the Water of Reality! The editors of the newspapers and magazines are in reality the guides of nations | DAS.1914-04-25 | @newspapers and the media; publications, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teachings as spirit of the age, @Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04311 | 170 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Today the glance of the favor of His Holiness, Bahá'u'lláh is directed to those souls who are full of the love of God | BSTW#018 | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @firmness in the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04320 | 170 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received! Its contents produced the utmost joy because it was a proof… Through whichever country thou goest, speak thou with moderation | SW_v05#01 p.007x | @firmness in the Covenant, @methods of teaching the Cause, @review of publications, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @moderation; frugality; simplicity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04339 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye firm ones in the Covenant! The report of [your meeting] was noted. All the arrangements of the meeting are suitable and acceptable. | TAB.015-016, TAB.000:i | @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04340 | 170 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated November 26th, 1918, was received with the divine assistance. | SW_v12#01 p.027-028 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04351 | 170 | O thou honorable servant of Reality and well-wisher of the world of humanity! Thy letter was received. It became the cause the cause of infinite joy | DAS.1914-09-08 | @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @light and darkness, @Manifestation of God as educator | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04352 | 170 | O thou respected maidservant of God! Thou hast written that since two years | SW_v09#15 p.173 | @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @harmony of science and religion, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04358 | 170 | O my dear daughter! ... Indeed the separation from thy dear husband is very hard and difficult for thee. | SW_v14#02 p.039-040 | @soul; spirit after death, @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04359 | 170 | O my heavenly daughter! Thy letter has been received. Its content showed that thou art a true believer and assured and firm in the Covenant and Testament. | BSTW#424 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04365 | 170 | O ye faithful one of the Holy Threshold! Your letter, which was expressive | SW_v14#06 p.168 | @things are known by their opposites, @love of God, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04369 | 170 | O ye two eloquent, impassioned and artistic poets! Thank ye God that ye are spending your time | DAS.1914-10-13 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04374 | 170 | ...This is such a universal cause that the refulgent light has enveloped the continents and established the oneness of humanity. | DAS.1914-04-17x | @spiritual transformation, @call to action, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @unity; oneness of humanity, @review of publications, @material world a reflection of the spiritual | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04378 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye friends of God and daughters of the Kingdom! The letter you have written was considered. It caused abundant spirit and fragrance. | TAB.353 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @oneness; unity of religion, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04411 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and I became acquainted with its contents. The Cause of Bahá'u'lláh is the same as the Cause of Christ... In the coming of Christ the Divine teachings were given in accordance with the infancy of the human race. | TAB.535-536, BWF.400-400x, BSC.461 #853x, SW_v08#13 p.168, SW_v11#01 p.005, SW_v13#09 p.218 | @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @oneness; unity of religion, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04422 | 170 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter has been received. Verily, thy sister has lighted a lamp in Germany… It may be that the government in these regions will check thee. | BBBD.533, SW_v11#17 p.282, BSTW#256x | @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @non-participation in politics, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04423 | 170 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! ...Add as much as ye can to love and affinity | SW_v10#11 p.222 | @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to action, @non-participation in politics, @consultation, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04425 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! What thou hast written hath caused joy and happiness, for it was an evidence of turning to the Kingdom | TAB.235 | @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04428 | 170 | Praise be to God that in the blessed day of Narooz the sanctified remains of | SW_v13#05 p.120 | @sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @House of Justice, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @elections, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04436 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fire of the Love of God! I am cognizant of all thou hast written in thy letters. To attain the pleasure of God | TAB.456-457 | @attaining good pleasure of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @effort; striving | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04443 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye heavenly ones! Organize ye spiritual assemblies. Lay ye the foundation of union | TAB.553-554, BWF.409-409x, BSC.461 #855x, SW_v05#09 p.129, SW_v13#12 p.324 | @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04444 | 170 | Convey the wonderful Abha greetings to.......and Mrs. Waite and tell her that the tune for the Dawning rays of Truth has come | BBBD.119-120, BLO_PT#052.17b | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04451 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of Holiness! The Light of Reality gave sight unto thine eye, the Call of God gave hearing unto thine ear | TAB.132-133 | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @knowledge; recognition of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04455 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! The letter written by you *** was received. Its contents become evident. The expressions (of thy letter) | TAB.211 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04456 | 170 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Though others have very often spoken of thee in their letters | MAX.363-364 | @praise and encouragement, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04457 | 170 | O thou who hast sought guidance from the Kingdom of God! Thy letter dated October 24, 1918 | SW_v10#02 p.028 | @growth of the Cause, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04460 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art set aglow with the fire of the Love of God! The letter was received. Thou hast commended the meeting held at the home | TAB.635-636 | @call to action, @consolation and comfort, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04493 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou my dear friend! I am now viewing the flowers in the little garden and remembering thy rose-like face. This material rose | TAB.458 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04499 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye real friends of Abdul-Baha! From the gathering of those illuminated faces and flowers of the rose-garden (of God) in Camp Mineola | TAB.428-429 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04518 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who are enkindled by the fire of the Love of God! Verily, I received thy good and beautiful letter and I found it to be a sign of thy love | TAB.109-110 | @music and singing, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04527 | 170 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of God! ...Trust no man save him whose breast hath been dilated by God through the light of faith, whom God hath confirmed in His Religion | TAB.014-015, BWF.412-412x | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04528 | 170 | O Shafi, O thou who hath been interceded for by others! By God, the True One, Thy Lord's bounty hath been overflowing | NYR#102 | @firmness in the Covenant, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @call to action, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04531 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art skilled in the Knowledge of God and wise in the Wisdom of the Almighty! Turn thy face toward the Kingdom of Might | TAB.586-587 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04539 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O Spiritual Assembly! Everything produces an impression in existence and results in the course of ages. The (earthly) assemblies | TAB.069, BSTW#372 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04540 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye sincere ones! O ye firm ones! O ye heralds of the Kingdom of God! Fly away with joy! | TAB.348 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of prayer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04541 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto the Kingdom of God! Verily I noted thy writing and was made glad by thy letter. I pray God to cause thee to attain | TAB.137-138, BSC.478 #913x, BSTW#207ax | @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04571 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of God! I was assuredly informed of thy confessing the unity of God and that thou hast drawn from the ocean | TAB.638-639, BSC.486 #933x | @growth of the Cause, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @knowledge; recognition of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04595 | 170 | Thy letter was received. Its contents perused with attention. From its words I heard a sweet melody and that melody was the psalm of the love of God. | DAS.1914-08-17, SW_v08#12 p.142-143 | @love as fire, @love of God, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @power of love, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04596 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art honorable and faithful to God! How many men and women | TAB.230-231 | @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @station of the Manifestation of God, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04597 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto the Kingdom of God! Verily, I read thy beautiful letter | TAB.140-141 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @prayer for women, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04598 | 170 | O my God! O my God! We are servants who have sincerely turned our faces unto Thy Grand Face | SW_v02#04 p.007-008 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04599 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily, I considered the meanings | TAB.200-201 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @the power of words; of speech, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04600 | 170 | O thou who art shining with the Light of the Love of God! Verily I read thy confession of the Oneness of God | BSTW#034, BSTW#452 | @role and station of women, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04601 | 170 | O thou servant of the Threshold of God! Thy letter dated August 17th, 1920 received. Truly I say, his honor Randall is engaged in service with all his power. | BSTW#100 | @the power of words; of speech, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04602 | 170 | Whenever entering a meeting read the following supplication: O Thou kind God! We have gathered together with the utmost humility and submission in this spiritual assembly. We have turned our faces | PN_various p003, BSTW#191 | @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies, @prayer for unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04603 | 170 | O thou who art seeking the Truth! Thy letter has been received. Thou hast taken much pain in inventing the new Japanese writing. | JWTA.039-040 | @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04604 | 170 | O thou respected heavenly doctor! Praise be to God that the Call of the Kingdom reached thy ears and thou didst become informed with the Principles | DAS.1914-02-10 | @light and darkness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04605 | 170 | O thou who hast addressed me ‘Abdu'l-Bahá' in the beginning of thy letter! How wonderful is this brilliant | DAS.1913-12-28 | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @love of God, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04606 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Supplicate God that thou mayest be confirmed to what is worthy | TAB.276-277 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @interpretation of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04607 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou wonderful leaf of the Tree of the Love of God! All that thou hast written... Engage thou in commemorating God... Take some honey, recite Ya Baha-ul-Baha, and eat a little thereof for several days | TAB.185-186, BSC.483 #923x | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @power of prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04608 | 170 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily, I read thine excellent letter... Every flock of the sheep of God | TAB.184-185, BWF.402-402x | @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04610 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The highest expression of the life of man on this planet in this age and many ages to come is Celestial | BSC.441 #805 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04611 | 170 | Thy letter written May 19th, 1920, duly received. Notwithstanding the lack of time | SW_v12#03 p.058-059 | @newspapers and the media; publications, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04612 | 170 | O thou herald of Reality! Thou hast written that thou art spending the winter with thy parents | SW_v07#10 p.094 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04626 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God! O my God! These are servants who have turned unto Thy Kingdom and hearkened unto Thy voice. Their hearts were dilated | TAB.006-007 | @prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies, @praise and encouragement, @elections, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04644 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O attracted maidservant of God! The epistle written (and sent) through Mirza Enayat was received. The account of the land designated | TAB.101-102, BSTW#065 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04659 | 160 | O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents imparted | SW_v08#16 p.219 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04660 | 160 | Praise be to God! Thou art engaged in teaching and educating the children | SW_v09#08 p.093 | @education of children; moral education, @race unity; racial issues, @praise and encouragement, @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04671 | 160 | O thou servant of God! Thy letter and thy poems arrived. From their contents | SW_v11#10 p.166-167 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04684 | 160 | O thou servant of the Blessed Perfection! They have written from Teheran | SW_v02#01 p.006 | @education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04696 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou sincere servant of the True One! Thy letter caused joy to the hearts. Its meanings perfumed the nostrils like unto a tender flower | TAB.123-124 | @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04709 | 160 | O thou my respected son: The letter that thou hast written with the utmost love became the cause of perfect happiness. | DAS.1914-03-28, PTF.236-237 | @power of imagination; thought; right intention, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04736 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O God who art without likeness! The servant of Thy Kingdom, Mr. . . . . . . . . . reached the Holy Threshold in the utmost of sincerity | TAB.127 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04741 | 160 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Two letters have been received from thee | SW_v11#10 p.168 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal peace; world unity, @many are called but few are chosen, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04743 | 160 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written concerning the union, agreement and affinity amongst the believers | DAS.1914-07-02 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @growth of the Cause, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04751 | 160 | O ye two servants of the Kingdom! Your letter was received. It was | SW_v10#17 p.319 | @blind imitation [taqlid], @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04758 | 160 | O ye two respected souls! At this moment Abdu'l-Baha is remembering those two pure spirits | DAS.1914-07-25 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04765 | 160 | O my true friends! The friends on their return from Stuttgart are praising all the friends of the Merciful in that city | BBBD.150-151, SW_v02#17 p.007 | @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04770 | 160 | O thou light of love! Thy letter indicated that the call of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris hath awakened thee. | DAS.1914-05-30 | @universal human capacity for spiritual recognition, @differences in human capacity, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04781 | 160 | O dear and revered personage! Thy letter concerning the group in Florence, who are interested in the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, was received. | DAS.1914-08-01 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04788 | 160 | O thou lover of the Beloved of the World! The new song and thy notes were received. Praise thou God that thou art ever engaged | BLO_PT#052.12 | @music and singing, @East and West; communication between East and West, @praise and encouragement, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04791 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who seekest for the Will of God! Give thanks to God that thou entered the divine Kingdom and knowest the heavenly Lord of Hosts! | TAB.409 | @scarcity of receptive souls, @knowledge; recognition of God, @light and darkness, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04804 | 160 | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was written in utmost humiliation and supplication, evincing thy prayer and commune to the Kingdom.... ...Say to Percy Grant and Juliet Thompson: O ye intelligent ones, there is no rest or tranquillity in this world. | DJT.073-074, BLO_PN#027 | @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power of prayer, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04807 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Your letter was received. Its contents were a glorious proof that thy heart and soul are attracted | TAB.252 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04808 | 160 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Blessed art thou, for having been the cause of unity and love among the beloved ones of God. | BSTW#443 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @contention and conflict, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04812 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O dear servant of God! Observe how dear thou wert that He guided thee to the Kingdom of Light, and how near to His Threshold | TAB.054-055 | @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04813 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear servant of God! Thy letter is received and its contents were the cause of happiness. Regard the bounty and forgiveness of the Mighty Creator | TAB.481 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @development of capacity and readiness, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04819 | 160 | O thou who art turning thy face to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter dated December 2nd, 1918 | SW_v10#03 p.042-043, ABCC.437-438x | @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04829 | 160 | O thou who art yearning after the Kingdom of God! Thy detailed letter was received. At present I am living on the shore | DAS.1914-05-26 | @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love of God, @The Holy Spirit, @light and darkness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04843 | 160 | O thou who are favored in the Threshold of the Almighty! Your letter was | SW_v01#06 p.004 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04845 | 160 | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Thy detailed letter was received. It contained the glad-tidings of the promotion of the Cause of God | DAS.1914-04-17 | @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04851 | 160 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! The letter which thou hast written to Mirza Lotfullah was perused. I became much delighted with its contents | TDD.012 | @labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04859 | 160 | Thy services in Baltimore were truly great and became acceptable and approved. Display thou an effort | SW_v14#07 p.211 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04865 | 160 | O thou who art guided by the Light of Guidance! Thy first and second letters were received. | JWTA.031, SW_v08#05 p.055 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04917 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art tranquilized by the Call of the Kingdom at this time! The meanings of thy words evinced thine abundant attraction | TAB.629-630, LOG#0925x | @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04918 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art rejoicing at the Glad-tidings of God! Thank thou God for that by reason | TAB.159-160, BSTW#276m | @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04919 | 160 | O thou who hast heard the call of the Cause of God! I adjure thee, by God! Hast thy young and honourable daughter ever been in the state | MAX.179 | @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @exhortations and counsels | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04920 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward the Threshold of Mercifulness! Verily, I have read the expressions of thy longing for the visit | TAB.199-200 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04921 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art wholly advancing unto God! Verily I have read thy letter in answer to mine and praised God | TAB.280-281 | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04932 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou Secretary of the meanings emanated from the hearts of the people of the Kingdom. Verily, I have read thine eloquent letter | TAB.081 | @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @power of prayer, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04933 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art longing for the Orb of Horizons! Verily, I read thine eloquent, accurate and wonderful letter | TAB.080 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @fewness of numbers not regarded in teaching the Cause, @prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04935 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast approached toward God! Verily I have received thy letter and my heart was dilated by the content of thy expression | TAB.447-448 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04936 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of God! I received thy letter and was informed of the content of thy speech. | TAB.190 | @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @The Holy Spirit, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04937 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art assuredly believing in God! Verily, I read thy letter which showed how thou art believing in God, assured of the signs of God | TAB.649-650, BSC.432 #783x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @prayer for protection, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04938 | 160 | O ye believers who are attracted to the Center of Lights! Verily there have been various assemblies in America | SW_v02#01 p.008, BLO_PT#052.16 | @firmness in the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04939 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye illumined faces! O ye divine souls! and O ye spiritual temples! Verily, I read your letter which uttered your extreme love and entire attraction | TAB.141-142 | @praise and encouragement, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04940 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual son! Verily I have received thy letter ... and its contents were known. I supplicate God to open to thee a way | TAB.455 | @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @laws of marriage and dowry, @study; deepening | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04957 | 160 | Thy letter dated December 21, 1918, reached us... Concerning | SW_v10#01 p.012-013 | @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @personal instructions, @unity; oneness of humanity, @praise and encouragement, @unity in diversity, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04965 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye maidservants of God and leaves of the Tree of Eternal Life! Blessed are ye for attaining to that which was the greatest hope of Mary | TAB.662 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @call to action, @Mary Magdalene, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04969 | 160 | O Amata’l-Bahá! Think not that because thou art away from the Blessed Shrine, thou art distant and in a forlorn state | LTDT.341x | @presence of; reunion with God, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04975 | 160 | O thou lover of all mankind! Verily, have I chanted thy verses of praise to God | SW_v09#17 p.196 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @non-participation in politics, @being a source of light; guidance, @love of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04992 | 160 | O thou dear daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received and the proceedings of the Convention understood. | SW_v11#09 p.139 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04993 | 160 | O ye two servants of the Kingdom of God! His honor, Mr. Vail, has arrived | SW_v11#15 p.259 | @newspapers and the media; publications, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04994 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the Love of God! Thank thou thy revered friend | TAB.237-238 | @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @The Holy Spirit, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04995 | 160 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! ...Ere long the regions of the West will become the dawning-places of the East | COC#0269x, COC#1534x, SW_v01#10 p.001-002 | @spiritual transformation, @exhortations and counsels, @consolation and comfort, @predictions and prophecies, @chastisement and requital | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04996 | 160 | O ye friends of the heart and soul of Abdu'l-Baha! The violators of the Covenant have raised a new cry | DAS.1914-08-10, SW_v05#12 p.184 | @review of publications, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Hands of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04997 | 160 | O thou who hast visited the Radiant Spot! Praise be to God that the Most Great Bounty was unveiled and the most eminent Gift uncovered | DAS.1913-06-25 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04998 | 160 | O thou wise teacher! The Breeze of Providence wafts from the direction of the rose-garden of Reality bestowing joy and happiness upon the adepts. | DAS.1914-04-20 | @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @continual renewal of creation, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04999 | 160 | My Dear Friend: Your letter of invitation has been received, and I am much obliged for it. | SW_v02#09 p.003-004 | @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @war and peace | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05000 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art seeking fire from the Fire of the Love of God! I received thy brilliant letter | TAB.686-687 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power of prayer, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05001 | 160 | O ye blessed souls! The beloved pilgrim like unto an overflowing cup has a heart full of your praises. Continually this Servant expects that all the believers unloose their tongues | DAS.1913-09-26, ABIE.360, BLO_PN#007 | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual transformation, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @praise and encouragement, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05002 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Thy letters were received. Although thou hast complained on account of not receiving answers | TAB.498-499x | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05003 | 160 | ...The time has arrived for the world of humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness | SW_v14#04 p.097 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB05022 | 150 | O God, my God, hearts are ablaze with the fire of Thy love and attraction. The flames of yearning have intensified! | NYR#111 | @eulogies; reminiscences, @prayer for the departed, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05047 | 150 | Take away thy dear child from among the heedless ones, for they are fast after | SW_v09#08 p.091 | @education of children; moral education, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05049 | 150 | O maidservant of God! Thy letter was read. If thou seekest information of the future turn thyself to the Kingdom of Abha, and ask for confirmation | BSTW#016 | @knowledge of self, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05054 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and the contents indicated that—praise be to God!—thy heart is ablaze | TAB.688-689 | @suffering; rejection of Christ, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05059 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two merciful assemblies! Praise be to God! that through the outpouring of guidance, India is rapidly becoming a Rose-garden of Abha | TAB.634-635, BSTW#079 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05060 | 150 | O thou illumined man! The days that I spent with thee in Stuttgart I shall never forget | BBBD.249-250, DAS.1913-08-12, ABIE.182, BLO_PN#007 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05079 | 150 | O thou servant of the Divine Threshold! Thy letter was received. Thou hadst | SW_v11#16 p.276 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05095 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! The content of thy letter was replete with spiritual feelings and was a source of pleasure and of joy. Of my freedom | TAB.151, SW_v19#04 p.121 | @true liberty; freedom, @transcending the material condition, @suffering and imprisonment, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @light and darkness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05114 | 150 | O thou my spiritual son! Thy letter written on ... 1913, was duly received. Thank God | SW_v04#10 p.176 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @firmness in the Covenant, @symbolism, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05128 | 150 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast mentioned | SW_v11#10 p.164 | @eulogies; reminiscences, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @soul; spirit after death, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05140 | 150 | O thou who art in the Covenant! Thy detailed latter was received. It was the incarnation of pure joy for it contained the particulars of thy trip to Augusta | DAS.1914-04-17 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05151 | 150 | O thou firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated October 24, 1918, was received | SW_v10#02 p.032 | @power of prayer, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05165 | 150 | O thou maidservant of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter has been received. Its contents indicated that thou didst desire to go to Leipzig | BBBD.483, SW_v11#13 p.231 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05172 | 150 | O thou beloved daughter! Thy letter was received, though much delayed on the way, and is now being answered. Praise be to God, all of us are safe | DAS.1915-04-19 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @consolation and comfort, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05173 | 150 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thank thou God that the Lights of the Kingdom have shone upon thy heart | DAS.1914-04-30 | @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05174 | 150 | O thou my daughter of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that thou art assisted and confirmed in the service of the Mashrak-el-Azkar | SW_v07#10 p.093 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @firmness in the Covenant, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05188 | 150 | O ye two faithful and assured souls! Praise be to God, your son, George | SW_v11#10 p.159+163 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @universal peace; world unity, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05192 | 150 | O thou kind, beloved friend! The copies of your peerless paper which are in reality the proofs of your high ideals, the exaltation of your aims | DAS.1913-09-17, ABIE.326, BLO_PN#007 | @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @review of publications, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05196 | 150 | O ye true friends and ye who are firm in the love of God! Although it has been a long time since I have written | BBBD.365, SW_v07#17 p.173-174 | @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for peace and unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05204 | 150 | O thou old friend! One or two letters have been received from thee and an answer has been written. At present it seems | BSTW#260 | @eulogies; reminiscences, @consolation and comfort, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05205 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou kind friend! Thy letter was received and its contents considered. Man must, under all conditions, be thankful to God, the One | TAB.067-068 | @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @thankfulness; gratitude, @education of children; moral education, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05208 | 150 | O thou visitor whose breath is fragrant! Thou seest how varied are my works and occupations. I have not one moment of rest | DAS.1913-06-25 | @personal instructions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @universal education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05209 | 150 | O thou visitor of the Holy Place around which the Supreme Concourse revolve! Were there time I would have written a special epistle to each one | DAS.1913-06-25 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB05220 | 150 | O thou dignified personage! Thy letter was received. Its terms were most | SW_v10#17 p.320 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @unity; oneness of humanity, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05228 | 150 | O thou who art seeking the Kingdom of God! Thy letters were received. Praise thou God that thou art continually engaged in the commemoration of God | BSTW#245 | @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05231 | 150 | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received, on account of the lack of time I will write a brief answer | BSTW#081 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @music and singing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05245 | 150 | O dear maidservant of God! At the divine threshold address this prayer | SW_v10#03 p.044 | @soul; spirit after death, @prayer for the departed, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05246 | 150 | ...It was my aim that after thy return to ... thou shouldst hoist the ensign | SW_v07#16 p.151-152x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05249 | 150 | O thou beloved handmaid of God! Thy letter was received. Thank thou God that thou wert assisted in meeting Reverend Albert Vail | DAS.1915-02-14x | @spiritual transformation, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05251 | 150 | ...The letter that thou hast written to his honor Mirza Ahmad Sohrab was perused. The Board of Consultation is radiant and spiritual | DAS.1914-03-26 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consultation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05252 | 150 | O thou brilliant Kokab (star)! Praise be to God! Thou hast become resplendent | SW_v10#12 p.231 | @consolation and comfort, @personal instructions, @praise and encouragement, @importance of community building, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05257 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art hoping for the Kingdom! Thank thou God that He hath guided thee, led thee to the Kingdom of Being, ushered thee under the shade | TAB.099-100 | @soul; spirit after death, @consolation and comfort, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05261 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art honored and dear! Thy letter was received and was the source of pleasure, for thou hast not forgotten this imprisoned one | TAB.357-358 | @photographs and recordings, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love of God, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05272 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art enkindled with the Fire of the Love of God! Thy letter was received and I was informed of the contents. It was a proof of truthfulness | TAB.199 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @exhortations and counsels, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05280 | 150 | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received and its contents imparted the utmost spiritual joy, for its contents indicated that | DAS.1914-09-08 | @health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05291 | 150 | O thou who art attracted to the divine Beloved! Thy letter was received. The contents indicated that thou hast utmost love towards Mr. And Mrs. James Kehler | MAX.365x | @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05293 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Holy Spirit! It is some time since news hath come from thee, though I have the utmost kindness | TAB.721-722 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @living waters; water of life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05325 | 150 | O united souls! The letter you sent is perused and by its contents happiness and joy was produced; for it expressed union and harmony | BAVA.036-037, BLO_PN#021 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05345 | 150 | O thou remembrance of that daughter of the Kingdom! ... Collect the traces of thy mother's pen, so that they may remain after her | BLO_PN#093 | @eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05350 | 150 | O thou the inheritor of the great, respected Mrs. Peeke! Although that beloved maidservant of God ascended | SW_v07#17 p.167 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @call to action, @eulogies; reminiscences, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05383 | 150 | O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful! Your letter which was an evidence of your firmness in the Path of guidance was duly received. | DAS.1914-05-30 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @exhortations and counsels | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05386 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou bird warbling in the Garden of the Love of God! Thank God that He hath illumined thine insight, led thee unto the Fire glowing in the Tree of Man | TAB.308-309, JWTA.011 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05387 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who are illuminated by the Light of Knowledge! Verily, I beseech God and supplicate Him to increase thine assurance | TAB.599-600, VTRM.012-013 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @characteristics and conduct of true believers | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05388 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art longing to witness the lights from the Beauty of El-Abha! Thy letter reached me at this moment and I was rejoiced at thine excellent words | TAB.234, BSC.484 #929x, SW_v14#07 p.210 | @knowledge; recognition of God, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @love of God, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @firmness in the Covenant, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05391 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of the Kingdom of El-ABHA! I read thy letter which was beautifully composed | TAB.300 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05399 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two birds warbling in the Garden of Wisdom. Verily, I saw your photographs, whose beauty proved the turning of your hearts | TAB.070 | @praise and encouragement, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @chastisement and requital | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05408 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou fragrant rose blooming in the Garden of Guidance! Thank thou God for that He hath removed from off thine eye the covering | TAB.620-621 | @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @universal peace; world unity, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05431 | 150 | O thou attracted maidservant of God! Verily I read thy letter which indicated thy | SW_v01#18 p.007 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for protection, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05438 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! I have read thy letter which indicated thy straightforwardness in the love of God and thy desire | TAB.310-311 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @race unity; racial issues, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05442 | 150 | O My sister, the kindred of My spirit! I have perused all the communications that were sent. Regarding a trip to Alexandria | LTDT.174-175 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05451 | 150 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted unto the Beauty of El-ABHA! Verily I read thy recent letter***, and noted its beautiful contents and meanings | TAB.259, BWF.359-360x | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @importance of prayer, @being a source of light; guidance, @thankfulness; gratitude, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05467 | 150 | ...Praise be to God, that you have a blessed Assembly surnamed by the name of the Center | SW_v08#17 p.223x | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05468 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received; its contents were of the utmost | TAB.556-557 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @universality of the Cause, @eulogies; reminiscences, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05469 | 150 | O thou persecuted handmaiden of God! Although rich women may be brought up in utmost ease | SW_v14#05 p.137-138 | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @attaining the life of the spirit, @martyrs and martyrdom, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05470 | 150 | ...Blessed art thou, for thou hast severed thyself from aught else save God! | MAX.175 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @chastisement and requital | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05471 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O Thou Benevolent God! Grant us a shelter in Thy threshold and inform us of Thy mysteries! Make our eyes seeing and our ears hearing! | BSC.428 #774 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @The Holy Spirit, @prayer for nearness to God, @living waters; water of life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05472 | 150 | Cry aloud and say: O friends, a hundred times glad tidings that the light of Reality has shone and enlightened the world. The proclamation of the Kingdom has reached you. | CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022 | @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05473 | 150 | In this world millions of ministers have been ordained but the majority of them have been useless and atrophied organs. They left behind neither a fruit nor a trace | DAS.1913-03-29x | @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @bringing forth results; fruit, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05474 | 150 | But regarding the innumerable stars and the distance between each other, that in this day the astronomers of Europe explain as worlds containing the living spirits | PN_unsorted p088 | @material and spiritual existence; two books, @composition and decomposition, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @realms of being; three realms; five realms | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05475 | 150 | O thou blessed soul! Thy letter was received. It was not a letter. It was a scent bag of the musk-deer from which the fragrance | JWTA.039 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05476 | 150 | O thou beloved daughter! Thy letter was received. It became the cause of great rejoicing, for it spoke concerning thy faith | DAS.1913-10-13 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05477 | 150 | O ye two revered souls! Since the day of my departure from Budapest I have been always remembering you and have begged from his holiness | DAS.1913-04-25 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the power of words; of speech, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05478 | 150 | O ye godlike Nasser and Mansour! His honor your father has traversed through the desert and crossed the ocean until he reached the Holy Land and attained | DAS.1913-06-21 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05479 | 150 | O thou servant of the Divine Threshold! In this year mankind is afflicted with terrific tests. | DAS.1914-09-04 | @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @war and peace, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05480 | 150 | O ye spiritual friends! Thank ye God His Highness the Almighty, who has granted ye such a gift and conferred such a Bestowal! | DAS.1913-10-17 | @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05481 | 150 | Consider thou that Abdul Baha is proving the validity of Christ through divine argument, brilliant traces and infinite outpouring | BSTW#357 | @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @Christ; Christianity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05482 | 150 | ...Convey the wonderful Abha greeting to the believers. Chicago, in comparison | SW_v04#10 p.174x | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05483 | 150 | O thou who art a favored servant at the Threshold of the Most High! Thy letter was received. Verily, verily hast thou suffered in thy life time. | JWTA.037 | @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05484 | 150 | O People! O People! The Sun of Reality has dawned from the horizon of the world... The teachings of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh declare the oneness of the human world... | SW_v19#04 p.101x, LAT.005 | @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @spiritual transformation, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @equality of men and women, @The Holy Spirit, @universal language, @race unity; racial issues, @living waters; water of life, @harmony of science and religion, @universal education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05485 | 150 | ...Although up to this time I have not written thee, yet spiritual communion united the hearts and ideal correspondence was uninterrupted. | DAS.1914-07-13x | @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @the concourse on high, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05489 | 140 | Praise be to God, the Lamp is lighted and the Path hath become straight and manifest. The Breeze of Providence is spirit-imparting and the Sun of Reality | DAS.1913-03-23x | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05509 | 140 | O thou son of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thy desire | SW_v11#16 p.276 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05521 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted maidservant of God! A few days ago the photograph of thyself and sister was received and a tablet was revealed and forwarded. | TAB.479-480 | @call to action, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05527 | 140 | ...Thank thou God that the doors of the Kingdom were opened and the beauty of the Promised One became manifest | DAS.1914-08-16x | @Christ; Christianity, @suffering and imprisonment, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism, @praise and encouragement, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05529 | 140 | O thou heavenly personage! Thy greeting and salutation received. I reality thou art kind. Sorrow and pains are like unto rust and dust | DAS.1914-08-02 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love of God, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05543 | 140 | O ye daughters of the Kingdom! The reflection of your forms (picture) arrived | JWTA.038-039, SW_v12#02 p.044 | @praise and encouragement, @being a source of light; guidance, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05544 | 140 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter, dated January 6, 1910, was received | SW_v01#03 p.015, SW_v04#04 p.072 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @elections, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05576 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou sincere servant of God! Be not sad nor sorrowful over what hath occurred. What hath transpired is for the best | TAB.457 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05584 | 140 | O ye radiant Baha'is! I am ever anticipating that you make Minneapolis the Paradise of Abha | DAS.1914-08-20 | @firmness in the Covenant, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05589 | 140 | O Thou divine Providence! Sanford was a child of the Kingdom and, | SW_v10#19 p.350 | @soul; spirit after death, @prayer for the departed, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05606 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter, sent through the maidservant, . . ., hath been received. Thou hast written concerning the changing of names. | TAB.460-461 | @love of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @naming of children; of individuals | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05611 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written regarding the visit of the beloved maidservant of God | TAB.590-591 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05645 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou worshipper of Truth! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. Praise be to God! immense results and great effects | TAB.588-589, TAB.238 | @predictions and prophecies, @power of prayer, @unity; oneness of humanity, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05646 | 140 | O thou truthful servant of Him the Most High, Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter has been received. Praise be unto God that the House of Spirituality | BSTW#383 | @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05647 | 140 | O thou servant of the Divine Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents | SW_v11#10 p.165-166 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of prayer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05650 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye servants of the Threshold of God! The weekly reports of ... were received and I was informed of their beautiful meanings which proved firmness | TAB.009 | @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05655 | 140 | O thou my beloved daughter! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that the effulgence of the Sun of Reality is cast upon thy heart | DAS.1914-02-28 | @Manifestation of God as sun, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05656 | 140 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, thou hast attended the | SW_v11#10 p.163 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05670 | 140 | O ye two blessed souls! The letter was received. Its text indicated that the days of interview are still in memory and have not been forgotten. | BSTW#238 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05676 | 140 | O thou real friend! Your letter was received. Its content was very effective. The heart and the soul were moved. It was my hope to come to California... But know thou, verily, that I associate with heart and conscience with firm friends | BSTW#351fx | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05683 | 140 | O ye friends of Abdu'l-Baha! The supplication which ye have offered to the Kingdom of Abha was in reality a flame | BSTW#102 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05717 | 140 | O honourable person! A thousand times thanks be unto God that thou art athirst for the sea of Reality and seeketh for the secrets of the Kingdom of God. | TDD.008 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @effort; striving, @living waters; water of life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05724 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of the True One! In the day of Christ all nations were expecting... If thou wishest to find the truth, then compare the days of the Manifestation | TAB.409-410, BWF.387-387x, BSC.459 #844x | @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @blind imitation [taqlid], @proofs of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05742 | 140 | ...O thou esteemed one: This world is like unto a forest, and its trees are fruitless. Now the Divine Gardener hath come | PN_1906 p096x | @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @power of love, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05753 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thy writing was considered. I ask God that thy mind may be illumined with the light of knowledge and faith… Fasting is the cause of the elevation of one’s spiritual station | BRL_IOPF#2.27x, TAB.056-057, BSC.474 #897x, BSTW#289 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @law of fasting, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05755 | 140 | O thou maidservant of God! Be thou not sad on account of past vicissitudes and troubles, neither be thou discouraged | MAB.029, BSTW#048 | @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05758 | 140 | O thou the loved maidservant of God! Ye are three sisters. Praise be to God, all three are of the Kingdom | BBBD.479, SW_v11#13 p.231 | @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05759 | 140 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. It was an indication | SW_v04#05 p.088, SW_v06#12 p.094 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @firmness in the Covenant, @call to action, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05761 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thank ye that God hath enkindled the light of guidance in this darkness of ignorance | TAB.657-658 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05764 | 140 | ...O thou daughter of the Kingdom! In reality thou art attracted to the divine realm and set aglow with the fire of divine love. | MAX.242 | @love of God, @spiritual transformation, @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05778 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou bird of pleasing tones! Thy little book of poems, which were very sweet, was read. It was a source of joy, for it was a spiritual anthem | TAB.059, BLO_PT#052.06 | @music and singing, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05807 | 140 | O thou attracted to the Abha Kingdom: Thy letter arrived. It indicated that thy nostrils have been perfumed | BSTW#235 | @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05816 | 140 | O thou my respected hostess! The days that I was a guest in thy home are ever before my sight. | SW_v08#05 p.051 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05884 | 140 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O ye friends of Abdul-Baha! Your letter was received and from its meaning the reality of firmness and steadfastness | BLO_PT#028k | @call to action, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @war and peace, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05886 | 140 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ...It is the wish of my heart and soul that the Sun of the divine heavens will shine with such splendour | BRL_ATE#039x | @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05891 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art commemorating the praises of God! Verily, I read thy letter of elegant expression, for which I supplicate to God to make thee meek | TAB.179-180 | @prayer for forgiveness, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for peace and unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05893 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast acknowledged the Kingdom of God! I received thy letter wherein thou hast confessed the appearance of the Kingdom of God | TAB.083-084 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05894 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Be rejoiced for my mentioning thee and gladden thine eyes by the bounty of thy Lord. | TAB.261 | @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @martyrs and martyrdom, @stories; anecdotes, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @praise and encouragement, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05896 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art commemorating the Name of God! Verily I read thy interesting letter and my heart was made happy by its beautiful contents. | TAB.312-313 | @evolution; human evolution, @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05897 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are considering the Kingdom of your august Savior! I know the ardor which enflames you both with the desire to present yourselves | TAB.317-318 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment, @love of God, @wisdom [hikmat], @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05898 | 140 | O thou nightingale of astonishing soaring in the rose-gardens! Verily I have chanted the verses of thy praise and holiness to God. | BLO_PT#052.14 | @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity, @praise and encouragement, @music and singing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05900 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou leaf who art moved by the Breeze of God! Verily, I address thee with all spiritual love and gladness from this my residence | TAB.685, BSC.466 #870x | @prophecy and fulfillment, @The Holy Spirit, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @Shrines and Holy places, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05917 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted unto the Beauty of God! Verily I have read thy excellent letter and was gladdened by its wonderful meaning. | TAB.332 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05918 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou confident soul who art content and patient! Verily, I read thy welcome letter and was informed of its contents | TAB.650-651 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05927 | 140 | O thou my friend! The dreadful and calamitous news of the death of the loving daughter of that spiritual friend caused intense sadness | DAS.1914-06-13, SW_v09#10 p.112 | @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @the ephemeral and the eternal | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05939 | 140 | Know this of a certainty: Verily, the Bounty of God will pour upon ye (all the friends) and the confirmations of Heaven will encircle ye from all sides | BSTW#052rx | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power of prayer, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05941 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted one! Thy letter was an evidence of the happiness and rejoicing of thy heart and soul and a proof of knowing | TAB.671 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @being a source of light; guidance, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @music and singing, @transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05945 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! I was informed of the contents of thy letter and rejoiced with the fragrances which are being diffused | TAB.241 | @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05946 | 140 | O thou maidservant of God! Verily, I received thy letter and was informed of its contents. I beg of God to strengthen thee | BSTW#284 | @interpretation of dreams and visions, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05958 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art controlled by the attraction of the Holy fragrances of the gardens of God's Kingdom! Thy brilliant letter | TAB.335 | @praise and encouragement, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05973 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Thank God for choosing thee, saving thee and granting thee | TAB.111-112 | @praise and encouragement, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @being a source of light; guidance, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05974 | 140 | O ye real friends! And ye who are drawn to the Beauty of God! This is the time of attraction and acclamation, and the period of rejoicing and merrymaking. | DAS.1913-09-08, ABIE.294, BLO_PN#007 | @suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05975 | 140 | O thou sign of Guidance! Thank God that thou hast advanced from the region of darkness toward the center of Lights and after crossing the desert | DAS.1913-09-16, ABIE.323, BLO_PN#007 | @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05976 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Light of Guidance! Verily, I read the signs of thy thanks | TAB.182-183 | @praise and encouragement, @personal instructions, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05977 | 140 | Thy letter was received. From its contents, it became evident that, Praise be to God! The lights of the Kingdom are spreading | DAS.1914-07-07, SW_v09#10 p.119 | @growth of the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance, @call to action, @methods of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05978 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! ...The prison is like a paradise to ‘Abdu'l-Bahá | TAB.352x | @suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05979 | 140 | O thou maidservant of God Lua! Depart for India with the intention of teaching the Cause of God and spreading the Fragrances of God. | DAS.1913-11-15 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @being a source of light; guidance, @transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05980 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of the Deity! Verily, I have thy clear letter... O thou maidservant of God! Be tranquil and know | TAB.133-134, BSC.477 #911x | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05981 | 140 | ...Consider thou how the power of the Word of God has united the East and the West and bestowed spiritual communication, that a blessed soul from the inhabitants of America, while in the Holy Land | SW_v01#08 p.013 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @East and West; communication between East and West | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05982 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...After my return from America and Europe, owing to the difficulties of the long voyage and the innumerable inconveniences... When the teacher delivers an address | DAS.1913-07-28, BSC.452 #827x, SW_v07#10 p.097x, ABIE.121, BLO_PN#007 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @consolation and comfort, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05983 | 140 | ...Thy mission in America for the present is this: Thou must travel as far as possible to every part | SW_v02#06 p.006, SW_v07#01 p.007 | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @exhortations and counsels, @prophecy and fulfillment, @spiritual springtime | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05984 | 140 | O ye servants of the Blessed Perfection! In the Day of the Manifestation, you have caught the lights from the Manifestor on the Mount of Sinai | SW_v01#15 p.001 | @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @knowledge; recognition of God, @firmness in the Covenant, @soul; spirit after death, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05985 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art exhilarated by the Wine of the Love of God -- young in age and old in soul! | TAB.652-653 | @love of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05986 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The days of human existence are like vanishing shadows. Compared to the world of Reality, they are brought to a close with extreme speed. | DAS.1913-09-01x, BSC.449 #819x, SW_v16#07 p.583x, ABIE.264x, BLO_PN#007 | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05987 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | I ask God that thou mayest find a perceiving eye, an attentive ear and an eloquent tongue; that thou mayest loosen thy tongue | TAB.428 | @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @education of children; moral education, @importance of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06008 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O My God! O My God! This thy servant hath abandoned superstitions, emerged from darkness and hath entered into Thy Light | TAB.257 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual transformation, @light and darkness, @belief and denial | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06011 | 130 | O God! O God! These are Thy servants who are attracted to Thy Kingdom of Beauty, yearning after the lights of Thy Meeting | DAS.1914-04-20 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @being a source of light; guidance, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06015 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Verily, I read thy magnificent letter, thy brilliant writing, and found its meanings as the chanting of the verses of guidance | TAB.075 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06016 | 130 | ...Ye should strive to widen the circle of those with whom ye enjoy friendly relations, and to establish the closest contact with those benevolent souls whose only thought is to do good | COC#1838x | @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06018 | 130 | O ye believers of God! It is a long time that his honor Ali Kuli Khan is engaged in the service of the Cause of God | SW_v07#14 p.128 | @hospitality, @compassion; kindness, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06029 | 130 | O Amata’l-Bahá!...Treat Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl with utmost kindness. Enquire about his health | LTDT.337x, LTDT.359x | @personal instructions, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06031 | 130 | O thou favored maidservant of God! Thy letter has been received and its | SW_v12#01 p.019 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @elections | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06033 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thy message, through the maidservant of God . . . was received. Happy is thy state that thou art seeking the Truth | TAB.483-484 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @scarcity of receptive souls, @call to action, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06042 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O Spiritual Ameen! Thy letter is received; likewise that of Mr. . . Print soon the booklet (Mirza Badi Ullah's Epistle to the Bahai world) and spread it broadcast. | TAB.420 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @review of publications | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06044 | 130 | O thou heavenly personage! Thy letter was received. It became the cause of joy - that praise be to God | DAS.1914-07-22 | @growth of the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06079 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of the Beauty of ABHA! We considered all that thou hast written. It seems that the maidservant of God, Mrs. . . . ., hath arisen | TAB.720-721 | @education and the development of capacity, @the power of words; of speech, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06147 | 130 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Although it is a long time that I have not written a letter | SW_v07#17 p.166 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06149 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived, imparting joy and gladness by the evidence it provided of thy firmness and steadfastness. | TAB.343-344 | @firmness in the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06152 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thank thou God for that thou art assisted to establish a spiritual meeting in that city. | TAB.457-458 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @firmness in the Covenant, @importance of community building, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06159 | 130 | O ye that stand fast and firm in the Covenant! The faithful servant of the Ever-Blest beauty, Shoghi Effendi, hath written a letter, and therein hath praised you | TDD.020a | @praise and encouragement, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06176 | 130 | Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City | O thou heavenly daughter! Thy detailed letter written to His Honor Mirza Ahmad was perused. It is very acceptable and seasonable that thou hast taken this voyage. | DAS.1913-10-19, SW_v05#01 p.006x, BLO_PT#003c | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06177 | 130 | O thou dear daughter! Thy letter was received. It became the cause of infinite rejoicing for it expressed eloquently thy faith | JWTA.012 | @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @light and darkness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06197 | 130 | O ye two respected souls! Thank ye God that you have a son like Mr Vakil. Erelong Vakil will become glorious | DAS.1914-09-07 | @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06201 | 130 | O thou real friend! Praise be to God that thou hast perfumed thy nostrils with the Breeze of the Rose-garden of Abha. Thou didst find the Doors of the Kingdom | DAS.1914-07-30 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06203 | 130 | ...Your letter was received and from its contents it became evident that you are journeying toward India. | DAS.1914-03-14 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06206 | 130 | O ye faithful friends! The maidservant of the Kingdom of Baha'o'llah has written the joyful news | SW_v02#10 p.004, BSTW#118 | @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06236 | 130 | O thou eloquent, expressive poetess! How many poets have come to this world who have written elegies and eulogies in the utmost of eloquence | PN_1909E p001, BLO_PT#052.07 | @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @poems and quotation from poetry | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06239 | 130 | O thou candle of the love of God! Thy letter was sweet, and was as honey and sugar to the friends | BSTW#279 | @suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06240 | 130 | O thou sweet-singing Shahnaz of the Baha'is! The fragrant flower that thou hast sent from the land of Mashriku'l Adhkar is at this very moment | BLO_PT#052.27 | @love and unity, @music and singing, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06269 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou flower of the Rose-Garden of the Love of God! The letter which thou hast written was read. Thou hast written regarding the arrival | TAB.235 | @praise and encouragement, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06271 | 130 | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became known that thou art seeking nearness to God | BSTW#246 | @love of God, @transcending the material condition, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06272 | 130 | O maidservant of His Holiness Baha'o'llah! Thy letter dated September | SW_v10#02 p.031, SEIO.023x, BSTW#435 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @words vs deeds, @the power of words; of speech, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06274 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and its contents became known. God willing, the vision will become actualized. | TAB.215, BSC.484 #926x | @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06278 | 130 | O thou dear maidservant of God! When I was in Denver I enjoyed | SW_v10#13 p.246 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06279 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thank thou God that thou hast stepped into the arena of existence in such a blessed Age | TAB.530-531, BSC.460 #850x | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06280 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! The letter, which thou hast forwarded through Mrs. . . . . . . . . was received. | TAB.226-227 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06281 | 130 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Its sweet contents imparted the utmost of rejoicing | DAS.1914-02-10 | @unity of thought and belief, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06282 | 130 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. From its | SW_v10#19 p.342 | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06285 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou esteemed maidservant of the Word of God! Praise be to God! upon thy departure from Acca, thou hast been assisted | TAB.423-424 | @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06286 | 130 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou revered and beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that thou art turning thy face at all times toward the Kingdom | DAS.1913-03-20x, BLO_PT#028e | @high station of the true believer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @nearness and remoteness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06310 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art desirous of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was the cause of happiness and its contents were the proof of thy turning | TAB.250 | @spiritual transformation, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @martyrs and martyrdom, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06313 | 130 | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the Love of God! Your letter was received. The vision of Mrs. Nash for you was absolutely true! | BSTW#170 | @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06333 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art waiting for the Appearance of the Kingdom! Glad-tidings be unto thee, for the Kingdom of God hath raised its tent | TAB.667-668 | @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @growth of the Cause, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06336 | 130 | O thou attracted to the Kingdom of god! Thy letter dated January 31st | SW_v10#09 p.185 | @consolation and comfort, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06339 | 130 | O thou who art attracted to the light of the Kingdom! What thou hast written caused joy | BSTW#283 | @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06341 | 130 | O thou who art attracted with the Fragrances of God! The poems were in the utmost of sweetness, flowing from a nature imbued with the love of God. | BLO_PT#052.40 | @attaining the life of the spirit, @knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God, @the power of words; of speech, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06342 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Thy letter ... was received. Its contents were of the utmost grace | TAB.364 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @the power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06343 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of God! Thy letter was received. I ask from God, supplicating and entreating in the Threshold of Oneness | TAB.703-704, SW_v07#10 p.098x | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06344 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Love of God! In the Persian tongue hast thou written a letter; I was happy to read it. | TAB.426 | @East and West; communication between East and West, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06361 | 130 | O thou who art confirmed by the Divine Spirit! A thousand times bravo | DAS.1913-11-07, SW_v05#19 p.295 | @predictions and prophecies, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06374 | 130 | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | O thou who art looking to the Kingdom of God: In this Great Century the Powers of the Lord of Might | PN_various p020 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06400 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my spiritual beloved! The days of association and intimacy are not forgotten and the sweetness of that love and meeting is still tasted in my heart. | TAB.153-154 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06402 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou my beloved friend! For a long time thou didst have the longing to visit the Blessed Spot and the yearning to meet this imprisoned one. | TAB.473 | @spiritual transformation, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06411 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye Friends! Thank God that the Light of Truth shone in that city, the bounty of guidance was granted, the fire of the love of God was ignited | TAB.555 | @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06422 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who in truth art attracted through the Breaths of the Holy Spirit! I sent to thee a letter few in words and full in its meanings and its mysteries | TAB.279 | @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06424 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art yearning for the Glad-tidings of God! Verily, I was informed of the contents of thy letter which showed that thine insight is opened | TAB.630 | @suffering and imprisonment, @second birth, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06425 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art witnessing the Light of Guidance! Verily I read thy excellent letter and praised God, for He hath removed the veil | TAB.529-530 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06427 | 130 | O thou kindled with the fire of the love of God! I have read thy beautiful and spiritual letter in which thou dost supplicate | BSTW#281 | @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06429 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art kindled as a lamp with the Fire of the Love of God! Be thou a fountain flowing with the waters of the mercy of God | TAB.424 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06430 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing to the Kingdom of God! Verily, I pray God to make thee the sign of guidance among the maidservants of the Merciful | TAB.315-316 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @the power of words; of speech, @The Holy Spirit, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06433 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by a breath that passed upon thee from the Holy Garden, the Blessed Spot—the paradise of El-Abha! I have read thy brilliant | TAB.239 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06434 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of Holiness! Be dilated in thy heart by the gentle breeze which emanates from the garden of Eternal Life | TAB.104 | @the state of enkindlement in teaching, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @law of fasting, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06436 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy letter which indicated thy knowledge of the significances of the Revelation of St. John. | TAB.294-295 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06437 | 130 | O thou who art drawn by the fragrances of God! Blessed art thou for that by reason of which thou hast been kindled by the fire of the love of God | BSTW#285 | @love of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @martyrs and martyrdom, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06439 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou pure soul who are kindled by the fire of the Love of Baha'! By God, the True One! thy letter created joy and happiness within hearts | TAB.363 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06452 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art set aglow with the Fire of the Love of God! Verily, I am in receipt of thy letter, and my breast is dilated by its contents | TAB.413-414 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @consolation and comfort, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06453 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art directed unto God! Thy revered wife, Mrs. . . . . . . . ., is indeed confirmed by the fragrances of the spirit and rendered victorious | TAB.177 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06454 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | O thou who art advancing toward God! Verily I read thy letter which thou hast sent through Mrs…. O my friend! Render thou thanks unto God for having illumined thy sight with the effulgent rays | BRL_ATE#089x, TAB.276 | @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @second birth, @spiritual baptism | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06455 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who have advanced! O ye who are rejoiced! Verily, God hath, through His grace and generosity, guided you toward His Kingdom | TAB.081-082 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06456 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art controlled by the attractions of the Fragrances of God! Thy terse and eloquent letter, showing the excess of thine attraction | TAB.621-622 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06458 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I received thy letter which proved thy yearning to the Kingdom of God | TAB.048 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06471 | 130 | O thou, my revered friend: Your letter imparted the utmost rejoicing, for its contents evidenced attraction to the Kingdom of God | PTF.130 | @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06480 | 130 | Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, it contained the glad tidings of the firmness and uprightness | SW_v09#11 p.123 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06488 | 130 | O maidservant of God! If at every instant thou tenderest thy thanks to Mrs. Brittingham, thou shalt not be able to acquit thyself | BSTW#223 | @second birth, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06490 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God who art attracted unto Him! Verily, I read thy letter and was informed of its words. | TAB.694-695 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @power of prayer, @importance of prayer, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06514 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast confessed and believed in the Words of God! Thank God, for He hath uncovered the veil from before thine eye | TAB.475 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06517 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turning thy heart unto the Kingdom of God! Verily, I read thy recent letter and praised God for having blessed thee with two babes | TAB.414 | @naming of children; of individuals, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06527 | 130 | ...Praise be to God that the Fragrances are daily spreading in those parts. This is through the self-sacrifice of the friends. | DAS.1913-11-04 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06528 | 130 | Bahá'í Prayers; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O seeker of Truth! If thou desirest that God may open thy (spiritual) eye, thou must supplicate unto God, pray to and commune with Him at midnight… O Lord, I have turned my face unto Thy kingdom of oneness | BPRY.061x, TAB.676-677 | D. Stevenson, A. Wensbo, M. Sparrow, M. Sparrow, The Bird & The Butterfly, G. Sterling, G. Sterling | @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06529 | 130 | ...Give my salutations and praise to that assembly who are firm in the covenant of God | SW_v08#16 p.217x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @many are called but few are chosen, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06530 | 130 | O seekers for the Truth! Praise God that you have heard the celestial Call, seen the ray of the Sun of Truth, followed the right Direction and reached the longed-for Home! | JWTA.038 | @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06531 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art afflicted by a visitation by which thine eyes are overflowing with tears! | TAB.139-140 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @soul; spirit after death, @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06532 | 130 | O thou, my spiritual philosopher! Thy letter was received. In reality its contents were eloquent | LBLT.161x, SW_v04#17 p.286-287x, ABCC.353-354x | @material and spiritual existence; two books, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06533 | 130 | O fragrant leaves of the Assembly of Teaching! Endeavor until royal teaching comes | SW_v11#10 p.162 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06534 | 130 | ...All created things have their degree or stage of maturity. The period of maturity in the life of a tree | PDC.194-195x, WOB.164-165x | @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @teleology; goal-directed motion | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06535 | 130 | Thy letter was received and read. Thou hast invited me to America, saying: "In that region and in that country | SW_v02#06 p.006 | @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06536 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I received thy letter | TAB.365 | @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06537 | 130 | ...I send you the glad tidings of the erection of the Mashrak-el-Azkar in Ishkabad | SW_v06#17 p.133 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06538 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turning unto the Kingdom of God, and looking unto the Day-spring of the lights of God! I, with the utmost joy and cheerfulness | TAB.113-114 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06539 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Know thou that the heart of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá | TAB.136-137x | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @consolation and comfort, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06540 | 130 | O thou handmaid of the Lord! Thou hast, in the end of thy letter, prayed the Lord | SW_v14#12 p.358-359 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06541 | 130 | O ye firm ones! O ye steadfast ones! The publication of the Star of the West is conducive to the happiness | SW_v01#18 p.008-009 | @newspapers and the media; publications, @East and West; communication between East and West, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06542 | 130 | O beloved of God! These days are the time for firmness and the period for steadfastness | SW_v06#09 p.069 | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @firmness in the Covenant, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06543 | 130 | O ye kind friends! Today in the world of existence the most honorable profession is the promotion of education. | DAS.1913-11-18 | @education of children; moral education, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @high station of the arts and sciences, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06544 | 130 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter has been received. Praise be unto God, it indicates that through the presence of Jenabe Fazel | SW_v12#12 p.201 | @call to action, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06545 | 130 | O thou real beloved! The letter which thou hast written in regard to the happiness and joy, beatitude and rejoicing | SW_v01#17 p.003 | @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of prayer, @review of publications, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06546 | 130 | O thou who art thirsty after the Sea of Reality! Thy detailed letter was received, and its contents produced the utmost of happiness. | DAS.1913-12-10 | @executive government; power of execution, @love of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @Manifestation of God as divine physician | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06547 | 120 | Contributions collected for the teaching fund must be used for teaching | SW_v10#13 p.250x | @personal instructions, @business; financial; property matters, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06567 | 120 | I supplicate God to perfume thy nostrils with the fragrances of holiness wafting from this Paradise of Abha! | BSTW#452 | @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @The Holy Spirit, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06569 | 120 | O thou son of the Kingdom! A copy of the book written by thee and forwarded | DAS.1913-09-12, SW_v04#16 p.274, ABIE.309, BLO_PN#007 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06570 | 120 | ...Praise be to God, thou hast given up thy material comfort, ... hast travelled to Lubeck and hast instituted an assembly. From the bounties of God, I hope that that assembly | BBBD.454x, SW_v13#12 p.343x | @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @disregarding bodily comfort, @war and peace | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06573 | 120 | O ye believers of God! In the commencement of the dawn of the Morn of Reality Hendeyan caught the splendor of light. The names | DAS.1913-06-21 | @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @education of children; moral education, @exhortations and counsels, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06580 | 120 | Your letter was received. I supplicated and entreated at the Threshold of the Kingdom of Abha | DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.159, BLO_PN#007 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06589 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Its contents were redolent with spiritual emotion. | TAB.506 | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @bringing forth results; fruit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06597 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Truly, I say, complete capacity and ability is the cause of the appearance of the divine gifts. | TAB.639-640 | @attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @scarcity of receptive souls, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06614 | 120 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! When the Sun of Reality shone forth from the Horizon of Persian, every soul who belonged to the world of nature | DAS.1914-07-13 | @material and spiritual existence; two books, @differences in human capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06615 | 120 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thou hast praised | SW_v12#01 p.027 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @growth of the Cause, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @importance of community building, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06618 | 120 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It was indicative of | SW_v10#14 p.250-251 | @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @attaining the life of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06655 | 120 | O thou servant of God! Thy letter was received. It was an indication to the outward and inward health and safety. | JWTA.028 | @business; financial; property matters, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06660 | 120 | O thou servant of the heavenly Beloved! Thy letter was fragrant because its contents were agreeable. During the day of the Manifestation | DAS.1914-09-04 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06662 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou sincere servant of God! Thy letters are received regularly and by reading them joy was produced. Thou hast written regarding the building | TAB.470-471 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06677 | 120 | O thou dear son! Under the protection and providence of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh we reached Paris safely. We are always engaged in the commemoration of your love | DAS.1913-05-06 | @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06678 | 120 | O thou beloved son of the Kingdom! Truly I say thou art self-sacrificing and in the service of the Kingdom of God thou art volition-less | DAS.1913-08-10x, ABIE.176x, BLO_PN#007 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06722 | 120 | O thou illumined youth! Thy letter was received. Its perusal produced | SW_v07#17 p.167-168 | @praise and encouragement, @newspapers and the media; publications, @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06723 | 120 | The glory and the exaltation of the Station of Christ is as clear as the sun in midday from the Books and Tablets of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh. | DAS.1914-03-03 | @Christ; Christianity, @Baha'u'llah, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06731 | 120 | DAS.1913-06-21 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @suffering and imprisonment, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB06745 | 120 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God | SW_v10#14 p.270-271 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @education of children; moral education, @firmness in the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06746 | 120 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written concerning the organization of the Bahá'í Assembly in Vienna. | DAS.1914-07-13 | @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06747 | 120 | ...For we, the followers of the Blessed Beauty, should all be engaged in the service of the Cause of God, and become sources of guidance to humanity | COC#1847x | @grammar and orthography, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06748 | 120 | O thou my daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that the Flag of Ya Baha El Abha is unfurled in that state | DAS.1914-03-28x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06750 | 120 | O thou dear little girl! Thy letter was received... Be thou kind to the "bantam chickens and their babies" and take good care | DAS.1914-07-31, SW_v09#08 p.091x | @kindness to and rights of animals, @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06761 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two lamps of the Love of God! Your letter to . . . was read and its contents considered. Its meanings expressed the feelings of spiritual hearts | TAB.320-321 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06763 | 120 | O ye two doves of the nest of the Love of God! Although it is a long time that no news has reached us from you | SW_v07#10 p.093-094 | @thankfulness; gratitude, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06766 | 120 | ...Praise be to God that you have not forgotten the time of our meeting and that your hearts and souls are attracted to Bahá'u'lláh | DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.200, BLO_PN#007 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06769 | 120 | O ye two souls of the Kingdom! Turn your faces to the Kingdom of the merciful One | SW_v12#01 p.028 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06782 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye spiritual ones! O ye heavenly ones! The assembly which you have established in that city is a splendor from the congregation of the Supreme Concourse | TAB.593 | @methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love of God, @consultation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06804 | 120 | Praise be to God that in this glorious manifestation thou hast been made of the chosen and not of the called. | BSTW#259 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @many are called but few are chosen | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06805 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou respectful soul! Thy letter with its great and expressive contents gave me satisfaction. It gave utterance to the feelings of thy heart | TAB.321 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06818 | 120 | ...Praise be to God that this Heavenly Melody reaches thine ears. Thou didst hear | DAS.1914-04-17 | @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @unity; oneness of humanity, @universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06820 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art longing for the Kingdom! Mr. . . . .in thy behalf hath made a great endeavor. Thou shouldst be eternally grateful to him | TAB.684-685 | @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06828 | 120 | O thou Abbas of Abdul Baha! O thou namesake of Abdul Baha! The letter that thou didst write to Mr. Joseph Hannen was forwarded | DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.197, BLO_PN#007 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06845 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! What thou hast written and that which thou hast retained in mind are evident. Appreciate Mrs. . . . . . . . . who reminds you of God | TAB.053 | @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06848 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thou hast learned of thy Lord and engaged thyself in the servitude of the Lord of Hosts. | TAB.667 | @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance, @knowledge; recognition of God, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06850 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter and that of thy revered daughter were received last year, but the storm of trials | TAB.509-510 | @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06851 | 120 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Your letter has been forwarded. An answer is written to Mrs. Marcella Morgan. It is enclosed, forward it! | BLO_PT#052.38 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @firmness in the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06854 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou illumined maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God! that thou art assisted and confirmed | TAB.703 | @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06879 | 120 | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Thy letter was received | SW_v10#11 p.221 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @effort; striving | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06889 | 120 | O thou wooer of Truth! From the letter, which was a nose-gay from the Rose-Garden of significance, a sweet fragrance was inhaled. | BSTW#313 | @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06896 | 120 | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Truly I say in this journey thou hast demonstrated the utmost self-sacrifice in the Divine Path. | DAS.1914-06-17 | @call to action, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06900 | 120 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy detailed letter was received. From its contents it became evident that praise be to God | DAS.1914-06-17 | @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06903 | 120 | O thou who art attracted to the Abhá Beauty and the lover of the Best Beloved! At every moment I remember thee | MAX.247-248 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06906 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Be thou thankful and grateful to the favored maidservant . . . . ., for she became the cause of thy utmost joy | TAB.534-535 | @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06911 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was read with the utmost attention. The poetry was beautiful. | TAB.223-224 | @praise and encouragement, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06918 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art guided by the Light of Guidance! The material world is gloomy. Praise be to God! thou hast been led to the illumined realm. | TAB.536 | @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual transformation, @light and darkness, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06945 | 120 | Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City | ...God, please keep your servants from wine and alcohol and keep alcoholic liquor away from them. O God, please destroy this harmful substance from the earth so no sign of it can be seen, and no one will hear any more about it | BLO_PT#003b | @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06955 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual clarion! The voice of the physical clarion may travel the distance of three miles, but the harmony of the spiritual Clarion | TAB.234-235 | @the power of words; of speech, @call to action, @exhortations and counsels, @music and singing | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06956 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye blessed souls! On the night of the feast ye entertained the beloved and were occupied in the service of the friends of God | TAB.533-534 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07017 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art patient and resigning thyself to the judgement (of God)! Be not grieved at the calamity which hath unexpectedly come upon thee | TAB.086 | @soul; spirit after death, @consolation and comfort, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07018 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art anticipating the descent of the Gift of God! The sweetness of the expressions contained in thy words | TAB.249 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07019 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art agitated as oceans by the winds blown from the direction of the Kingdom of God! Verily I read thy wonderful letter | TAB.074-075 | @love of God, @praise and encouragement, @high station of the true believer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07021 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I chanted thy poem. Its significance was beautiful, its composition eloquent | TAB.057-058, BLO_PT#052.03 | @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @music and singing, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07022 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I read thy poem, which contained new significances and beautiful words | TAB.058, BLO_PT#052.04 | @music and singing, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07023 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose breast is dilated (with joy) for the Kingdom of Truth! Verily I read thy letter which showed that thine inner heart is attracted | TAB.356 | @chastisement and requital, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @knowledge; recognition of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @consolation and comfort, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07024 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is moved by a breeze blowing from the Garden of El-ABHA! Thy elegant and terse letter, couched in graceful words | TAB.314 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God, @power of love, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07025 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou speaker in the remembrance of God! Verily I say unto thee, O servant of God! The earth and what is therein are imaginations | TAB.362 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07029 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual man and merciful being! I have read thy brilliant letter which showeth the utterance of thy praise upon the Beauty of El-Abha | TAB.131-132 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07040 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art supplicating unto God! Verily I mention thee always and shall never forget thee forever and ever. | TAB.446-447 | @power of love, @oneness; unity of religion, @praise and encouragement, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @call to action, @methods of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07043 | 120 | O ye who are enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Ever do I inhale the fragrance of faithfulness | SW_v09#17 p.199x | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07044 | 120 | O thou who art advancing toward God! Verily, I am informed of the text of thy letter, which contained how thou art confessing the Kingdom of God | MAB.042, ECN.747 | @praise and encouragement, @many are called but few are chosen, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07046 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was read; its contents had bearing upon Guidance. | TAB.529 | @praise and encouragement, @thankfulness; gratitude, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07048 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the speech of Abdu'l-Baha! Verily, I speak unto thee through the tongue of my spirit, from the spiritual direction | TAB.173-174, SW_v14#07 p.210x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @high station of the true believer, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07050 | 120 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art uttering the mention of God! Know that the pure hearts upon which the mysteries | TAB.669, BSC.472 #888x | @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07053 | 120 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou pure soul who art turning toward the Lord of the creatures! Verily, I received thy letter ... and was informed of its meanings | TAB.636, BSC.471 #884x | @humility; meekness; lowliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07073 | 120 | ...Several days ago we were going to come to Haifa but legal and religious impediments presented themselves . . . God willing, we will come but know not when | LTDT.327x | @personal instructions, @humor; jokes, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07091 | 120 | O Amata’l-Bahá! With utmost ease I arrived in New York. However, I was not for a moment free of My thoughts for all of you | LTDT.345-346 | @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07092 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God, who art supplicating unto the Sublime Kingdom! Grieve not at the divine trials. Be not troubled because of hardships | TAB.051 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @power of prayer, @thankfulness; gratitude, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07095 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! I am in the blessed place of the Holy Land and thou art in foreign parts and I do not see thee with my material eyes | TAB.064 | @consolation and comfort, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07096 | 120 | O thou maidservant of God! The letter thou hadst written on November 23, 1918 | SW_v10#03 p.041-042 | @importance of community building, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07107 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art kindled by the Fire of Guidance which blazed and burnt in the Tree of Sinai! By the life of God, I am moved with joy | TAB.275-276 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @living waters; water of life, @love of God, @the power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07110 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Word of God to the Kingdom of God! Turn with the whole of thy being to God, forget aught else save God | TAB.563-564, JWTA.021 | @call to action, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance, @high station of the true believer, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07112 | 120 | ...O God, aid Thou this servant to be firm in Thy Covenant which has encompassed the heaven and earth | NYR#116x | @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07126 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was read and I am very happy that thou art active | TAB.105 | @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07127 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art drawn unto God and kindled by the Fire which burned on Mt. Sinai! Set aside every mention | TAB.160, BSTW#276d | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant, @thankfulness; gratitude, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07128 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual friend! Verily, I was informed of the contents of thy letter and increased gratitude unto God | TAB.066-067 | @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07129 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art ablaze with the fire of the Love of God! Thine elegant letter reached me… As to thy vision | TAB.604x, VTRM.017-018 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @angels, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07130 | 120 | O thou who art devoted to Truth! In this divine garden, thousands of fresh and verdant trees have raised their tops to the Supreme Apex | JWTA.040 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07131 | 120 | ...Praise be to God that this cycle is the luminous Cycle. This is the century in which the Divine Spirit pervades all things. | DAS.1914-04-17x | @unity; oneness of humanity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07132 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Consider not thy capacity and merit | TAB.608-609, SW_v07#10 p.099x, VTRM.022-023 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @martyrs and martyrdom, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07133 | 120 | O my revered! Thy letter that thou hast written in the utmost sincerity and love was the cause of perfect joy. | SW_v09#12 p.136 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07134 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou confident leaf! Thank thou God that thou hast been guided by the light | TAB.510 | @praise and encouragement, @high station of the true believer, @thankfulness; gratitude, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07135 | 120 | ...Today, if the soul -- who is attracted with the Love of God and burning with the flame of enthusiasm | SW_v05#17 p.257 | @call to action, @the power of words; of speech, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07136 | 120 | ...Today the most important thing to be established is the unity of the word of the beloved of God and fellowship, good feelings and love among the faithful ones. | BSTW#504bx | @love and unity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07137 | 120 | O thou who art exhilarated with the Wine of the Covenant! Know thou this of a certainty that today the title of the Most Great Bestowal is firmness | DAS.1913-10-12, SW_v08#16 p.218x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07138 | 120 | O thou spiritual friend! Thank thou God that thou art not an unserviceable and idle instrument. Thou art working. | DAS.1913-11-07 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07139 | 120 | O thou dear servant of God!... During the time of your visit here the meaning of the words of Christ--'let the dead bury their dead' | TAB.670-671, BSTW#287 | @attaining the life of the spirit, @soul; spirit after death, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @The Holy Spirit, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07140 | 120 | Praise be to God that the radiant century hath come. Praise be to God the springtime of Eternity hath pitched its tent. | DWN_v1#05 p.002 | @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @harmony of science and religion, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07141 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast spoken concerning thy lack | TAB.109 | @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @development of capacity and readiness, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @many are called but few are chosen, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07142 | 120 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou bird of the Garden of God! Why art thou sad and sorrowful, disappointed | TAB.672-673, BSC.471 #886x, RBB.125bx | @consolation and comfort, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @nearness and remoteness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07143 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast approached the Kingdom of God and hast looked toward the Center of the Covenant! Verily, thy namesake, the faithful Joseph | TAB.364-365 | @stories; anecdotes, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07144 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | The letter no.17 was read. Thou hast written concerning the universal peace, that before long the congress of The Hague | TAB.595-596x, BSTW#154 | @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @universal language, @predictions and prophecies, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07145 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dazzling gem by the light of the love of God! Verily I read thy beautiful | TAB.236-237 | @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07146 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou my kind friend! I have the utmost love for thee and I ask God | TAB.472x | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07147 | 120 | O thou spiritual pearl and leaf stirred by the wafting of the Breeze of God! Verily with a heart overflowing with love and affection I perused thy letter | DAS.1913-07-13, ABIE.060, BLO_PN#007 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @knowledge; recognition of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07149 | 120 | Thy letter was received. Its perusal indicated thy faith and firmness in the Covenant | SW_v08#16 p.219-220x | @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07150 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou my spiritual companion! Two letters have reached me from you | TAB.418-419 | @East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07151 | 120 | O friend! ... A celestial fire hath been kindled in the very heart of mankind, and burns | SW_v14#01 p.018-019, DWN_v3#08 p.065x, BP1926.025-026 | @call to action, @fire and light; fire and water, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @belief and denial | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07153 | 120 | ...As to thy question concerning the 54th chapter of Isaiah This chapter refers to the Most Exalted Leaf | TDH#064.17x | @eulogies; reminiscences, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @thankfulness; gratitude, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07154 | 120 | ...Thou hast asked concerning the spirits of men. They are not at all annihilated. They are | SW_v14#02 p.038x | @soul; spirit after death, @existence; immortality of the human soul | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07170 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God! O my God! This is a servant who hath ascended to the Kingdom of Thy Mercifulness; supplicated to the realm of Thy Might and Singleness | TAB.229-230 | @prayer for the departed, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @soul; spirit after death, @love of God, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07197 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thy writing was considered. Thank God that thou wert fed from the table which hath descended from heaven. | TAB.677 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07223 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou sign of the Love of God! Be rejoiced that thou hast held the cup of providence in thy hand and drunk the choice wine of guidance | TAB.179, BSTW#043b | @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement, @soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07233 | 110 | O thou nightingale in the Rose-garden of Significances! The poetry that thou hast composed on the occasion of the Feast of the Riḍvan | BSTW#297 | @music and singing, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @predictions and prophecies, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07234 | 110 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom!... Thou hast written that the Cause is progressing in America. | DAS.1914-09-04 | @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @human reality created in the image of God, @material world a reflection of the spiritual | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07292 | 110 | O thou faithful servant of God! Thy letter diffused a musk-scented | SW_v10#17 p.319-320 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07309 | 110 | O thou who art thirsty for the water of reality! Thank thou God that thou art confirmed in listening to the Call of the Divine Kingdom | DAS.1914-04-17 | @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @living waters; water of life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07312 | 110 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Praise be to God, that the friends of God in Washington | SW_v07#10 p.094 | @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07336 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The short treatise which thou hast written upon “Service in the Kingdom,” forwarding it here | TAB.465-466 | @review of publications, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07348 | 110 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Today whatever assembly is established that has for its purpose the welfare of mankind | SW_v11#06 p.104 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07350 | 110 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter was received. Praise be to God, that | SW_v05#17 p.264, MAB.091-092 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @personal instructions, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07363 | 110 | O thou seeker of Reality!... Truly I say thou art a seeker of Reality and a spreader of Reality! Thou art the cause of spirituality | DAS.1914-03-14 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07386 | 110 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou my beloved daughter! Thy detailed letter was received. Its contents portrayed the details of the Feast of Nau Roez. | BLO_PT#028i | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the power of words; of speech, @The Holy Spirit, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07399 | 110 | O ye two firm ones in the Covenant! Happy are ye that, like unto a blessed | SW_v10#14 p.268 | @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07400 | 110 | O ye two firm ones in the Covenant! Although we are living in the holy land and you are dwelling in the United States | SW_v07#17 p.167 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07406 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two maidservants of God! The Lord of the Kingdom hath invited, chosen and guided you through His pure favor | TAB.478-479 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07409 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two accepted ones in the Kingdom of God! Your letter was read and its contents caused joy and happiness. Thank God that in such a cycle | TAB.049 | @naming of children; of individuals, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07417 | 110 | O thou real friend! 'Moore' In the Persian language, is 'Ant'; but I hope this Moore may become the lion of the forest | DAS.1913-10-19 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07458 | 110 | O thou man of the Kingdom, Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that in Manchester the Fire of the Love of God is ignited | DAS.1914-08-02, TDD.009-010 | @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @spiritual baptism, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07465 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou lamp of the Love of God! Thou hast made the wish for the great martyrdom in the path of Baha', that thou mayest become intoxicated | TAB.556 | @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07477 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker after the Beauty of the True One! What thou hast written was perused. It indicated thy yearning and advancement | TAB.695 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07478 | 110 | O thou seeker of Truth! Thy letter was received. Thou hast complained of thy son and brother. Be thou patient with their defections | BSTW#419 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @consolation and comfort, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07479 | 110 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou yearner after the Truth! The Supper of the Lord which His Highness the Spirit (Christ) ate with the apostles was a heavenly supper | TAB.514, BWF.390-391x | @Christian doctrine and practice, @outward and inward meanings, @literal interpretation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07489 | 110 | ...Open thou the eloquent tongue and deliver fluent utterances and guide the souls: so that thou mayst be confirmed | DAS.1914-03-03x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07504 | 110 | O thou living flame of the love of God! Thy letter was received. It was | SW_v10#12 p.236 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @non-participation in politics, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07513 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! The Divine Providence hath chosen thee, made thee the object of favors and guided thee | TAB.521, LOG#0892bx | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @Greatest Name, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @the power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07514 | 110 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter arrived. Thou hast, very highly, praised Mr. and Mrs. Randall and their eloquent speeches. | BLO_PT#028l | @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @firmness in the Covenant, @music and singing | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07528 | 110 | O thou who hast turned thy face towards the Kingdom! I read what thou hadst written. Know thou that there is in the world of existence a center for each great matter | SW_v04#04 p.073, SW_v08#12 p.144 | @spiritual transformation, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07536 | 110 | O thou respected one! Your letter dated February 2nd, 1919, has been | SW_v10#07 p.143 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07539 | 110 | O ye birds of the rose-garden of the Kingdom! Your letter of congratulation like unto the song of the nightingale thrilled the hearts | DAS.1914-04-17 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @importance of community building, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07549 | 110 | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Thy letter was received on November 24, 1916 | SW_v09#17 p.197-198 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07565 | 110 | Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City | O ye Herald of the Kingdom of God. Happiness be upon thee for thou hast become free from every fetter and bondage of this transitory world | BLO_PT#003e | @predictions and prophecies, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @thankfulness; gratitude, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07572 | 110 | ...Supplicate all of you toward the Kingdom of Abha, beseech ye and render ye thankfulness unto the Lord | DAS.1914-03-03x | @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @living waters; water of life, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07573 | 110 | O thou who art attracted by the Spirit of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that thou hast seeing eyes and hearing ears. | DAS.1914-09-08 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @prophecy and fulfillment, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07575 | 110 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. The details of publishing articles in the newspapers | DAS.1914-03-14 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07576 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom! Thy likeness (photograph) was seen. The Sun of the Kingdom hath shed a light on thee | TAB.634 | @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07580 | 110 | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! It was the effulgence of the Ray which became manifested | DAS.1914-09-04 | @thankfulness; gratitude, @Mosaic imagery, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07597 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou believer in God! Thy letter was received and from its contents happiness was realized. It was a proof of faith and assurance | TAB.241-242 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07598 | 110 | O thou who hast believed and art convinced. Thank God you are firm in thy faith and have arisen to serve the Kingdom. | DAS.1915-02-14x | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07623 | 110 | O ye blessed souls! Praise be to God, that ye have been confirmed | SW_v10#12 p.233 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07624 | 110 | O ye blessed souls! Thank ye God that ye have heard the Melody of the Kingdom from the Orient. | DAS.1914-04-17x | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07677 | 110 | The Cloud of Providence hath poured down the rain of guidance upon the East and the West; the rays of the Sun of Reality | DAS.1913-08-03, ABIE.146, BLO_PN#007 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within | - | - |
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