Partial inventory: all items by Abdu'l-Bahá, details

In this Cause consultation is of vital importance, but spiritual conference and not the mere voicing

PUP#031 (p.072-073), SW_v03#04 p.011-012, STAB#060

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @parliaments; constitutional government, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @consultation, @unity in diversity

ABU1691

Words spoken at Plaza Hotel in Chicago, 1912-05-02

180

Persian

نفوس دارای دو استعدادند یکی بصرف قوآء طبیعی و دیگری بتربیت معلم عالم انسانی حاصل شود و استعداد طبیعی نیز ظهور و بروزش

Souls possess two types of capacity: one is derived from innate powers and the other is acquired through the education imparted by the Teacher of the world of humanity... This, too, has two aspects. There are certain evils whose consequences

AVK3.085.08x, BDA1.065.08

SW_v19#04 p.112, MHMD1.073

@fellowship with the wayward and ungodly, @education and the development of capacity, @differences in human capacity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU3259

Words spoken at Persian embassy in New York, 1912-04-23

If all the spirits of the air were to congregate together they could not create a salad!

SW_v12#07 p.135+137-140, SW_v12#08 p.145-172, DJT.270, FDA.014, BLO_PN#027

@humor; jokes, @the human soul, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the mind's power of discovery

ABU0502

Words spoken at Paster Wagner's church in Paris, 1911-11-26

530

Persian

جمیع مظاهر مقدسه خدمت بحقیقت فرمودند حضرت موسی ترویج حقیقه فرمود حضرت مسیح

I am deeply touched by the sympathetic words which have been addressed to me... All down the ages the prophets of God have been sent into the world to serve the cause of truth

KHAB.201 (211), KHTB1.210, KHTP.156

PT#39 p.120, DWN_v3#05 p.034-037, DWN_v4#08-9 p.115-119

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @power of the mind over nature, @oneness; unity of religion, @war and peace, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @unity; oneness of humanity, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @love of God

ABU0240

Words spoken at Parsons home in Dublin, 1912-08-15

840

Persian

سه هفته است که من در دوبلین هستم در حقیقت دوبلین جای بسیار خوشیست جای بسیار

For three weeks have I dwelt in Dublin, which is, in truth, a most delightful place, a place most pleasing [3.5s]

AVK4.325bx, AVK4.331bx, AVK4.332x, AVK4.340ax, KHF.088, KHAB.365 (371), KHTB2.202, NJB_v03#15 p.002

@spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @proofs for the existence of God, @the ephemeral and the eternal

ABU1600

Words spoken at Mrs Jack's Unity Meeting, 1911-09-22

190

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

Although the day is cold for me to go out, yet I have come to see you

KHAB.063 (072)

AIL.048, SW_v02#12 p.005-006

@East and West; communication between East and West, @unity; oneness of humanity, @power of love, @praise of Western values; culture

ABU0062

Words spoken at Morse home in Paris, 1913-03-13

1450

Persian

PN_1920_heh p010, PN_1920_heh_haifa p067

خوش آمدید من وقتی کتاب شما را دیدم خیلی مسرور شدم میخواستم شما را ملاقات و... شما از شرق خیر دارید که چه قدر افق شرق را ظلمت تعصب و نادانی احاطه کرده بود

You are aware of the situation in the East; you know how grievously its horizon was enveloped with the darkness of ignorance and prejudice

KHF.155, KHTB3.068, NJB_v05#13 p.001, BDA2.200-203

MHMD2.256-258

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @unity in diversity, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @unity; oneness of humanity, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU0032

Words spoken at Minneapolis synagogue in Minneapolis, 1912-09-18

1850

Persian

بسیار مسرورم که خود را بین این جمع می بینم الحمد لله وجوه نورانی نفوس روحانی

I am most delighted to find myself in this gathering. Praise be to God! These faces are radiant, these souls spiritual [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0642, AHB.123BE #07-08 p.191x, KHF.104, KHTB2.245

@oneness; unity of religion, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @nationalism; love of country, @Moses, @war and peace, @Christ; Christianity, @harmony of science and religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @independent investigation of truth; reality

ABU2074

Words spoken at Krug home in New York, 1912-07-10

130

It is a blessed evening; you are blessed. Blessed souls are gathered here. In reality, this house is illumined... It has become necessary to depart for the Orient... All your efforts must be expended in two ways

PN_1912 p110, BSTW#351b

@The Holy Spirit, @the concourse on high, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU2273

Words spoken at Kinney home in New York, 1912-12-01

110

I desire to go to the Orient... Know this for a certainty that today, the penetrative power in the arteries of the world of humanity, is the power of the Covenant.

SW_v06#14 p.111x, SW_v11#08 p.121x, PN_1912 p025, BSTW#052s

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU0081

Words spoken at King's Weigh House Church in London, 1912-12-29

1350

Persian

خدا را شکر میکنم که در این محل جمعی از محترمین حاضرند که قلوبشان با یکدیگر

I praise God that a number of revered souls are gathered in this congregation to serve the Almighty, whose hearts are cemented together, whose faces are joyous

KHF.221, KHAB.399 (404), KHTB3.086, NJB_v05#09 p.001

DAS.1912-12-29, ABS#11

@power of faith; power of the spirit, @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity in diversity, @universal peace; world unity, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @suffering and imprisonment, @oneness; unity of religion, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU3166

Words spoken at Jenner home in East Sheen, ca. Sep. 1911

Blessed are the children, of whom His Holiness Christ said: 'Of such are the Kingdom of Heaven.' Children have no worldly ambitions. Their hearts are pure. We must become like children, crowning our heads with the crown of severance;; purifying our hearts, that we may see God in His Great Manifestations, and obey the laws brought to us by those, His Messengers.

CHH.166, BLO_PN#022

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @humility; meekness; lowliness

ABU0511

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1920-11-04

530

Not one among the former religions, such as the Jews, spoke a word of praise concerning His Holiness Christ or concerning His Holiness Muhammad.

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @newspapers and the media; publications, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU2679

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1920-09-05

I hope the health of the friends is good.... His Holiness Christ was once eating grapes. He said, 'I will not eat grapes again until I eat them anew with you in the Kingdom

SW_v11#16 p.270, PN_1920 p031, PN_1920 p055, PN_1920 p091, PN_1920_heh p013, PN_1920_heh_haifa p020, IHP.118, BLO_PN#046

@station of the Manifestation of God

ABU0059

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-08

1480

Persian

میانه جمیع این نعمای جسمانی از همه لذیزتر خواب است روح انسانی یکقدری آزاد میشود

Among all the worldly bounties none is more wonderful than the dream. In this state the human spirit

AVK1.325-327x, NJB_v14#09 p.288

BKOG.091x

@meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

ABU0011

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-07

2260

BKOG.057-059x

@early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @suffering and imprisonment, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0063

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-06

560

When the mujtahids and Nasiri'd-Din Shah sent Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Husayn to 'Iraq, and he began agitating against the Blessed Perfection

BKOG.143-144x, STAB#078

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0637

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-04

450

In the books of Divine Philosophy, the term light is frequently mentioned. Some religious leaders still teach today that by light is meant the accidental phenomenal radiation from the sun

PN_1919 p005

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @light and darkness, @idolatry

ABU1492

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-07-19

210

Persian

خیر، هیچ مشتبه نمی شود، غرض بمیان میآید. همه حضرات که راجع شده اند می دانستند که میرزا محمد علی مخالفت

Nay, there remaineth no obscurity, for the intention hath been made manifest. All those who were involved were well aware that Mirza Muhammad Ali opposed [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-07-10

@stories; anecdotes, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU1494

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-06-24

210

Persian

شامل هر دو است مثل بنی اسرائیل و بنی حشام و بنی امیه و بنی یافث و بنی سام و بنی عباس ، این اصطلاح شرق است

It encompasseth them both, even as the Children of Israel, the Children of Hashim, the Children of Umayyah, the Children of Japheth, the Children of Shem, and the Children of Abbas - this is the designation of the East [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-06-24

@role and station of women, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0352

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-06-20

670

Persian

جمال مبارک روحی لاحبائه الفداء دو سفر به بغداد و کربلا فرمودند. یک سفر بعد از شهادت حضرت اعلی

The Blessed Beauty - may my spirit be offered up for His loved ones - undertook two journeys to Baghdad and Karbila. One journey was after the martyrdom of the Exalted One [3.5s]

ZSM.1915-06-20

@spiritual transformation, @martyrs and martyrdom, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

ABU1549

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-07-23

200

For the time being the proposed delegates to such a Conference must lay aside the discussion of dogmas and Apostles Creeds... If the churches are anxious to win the souls back to Christ they must interpret these 'seven great mysteries' of Christianity according to science and reason

DAS.1914-07-23

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @Christian doctrine and practice, @unity in diversity, @harmony of science and religion

ABU1864

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-07-23

160

Having then realized how these holy, spiritual, luminous Manifestations sacrificed their lives, teaching us with deeds and not words... then if we have one grain of loyalty how can we stand by idle

DAS.1914-07-23

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0978

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-02-12

320

The air here at Mount Carmel is fragrant and the earth is sweet... Syria is a most wonderful country. It is a world in miniature.

DAS.1914-02-12, SW_v14#05 p.148

@Mount Carmel

ABU1232

Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-02-12

260

The Bible and the Holy Books of other religions must always be studied and be read in the Bahá'í meetings. Their study will widen the circle of one's information

DAS.1914-02-12

@methods of teaching the Cause, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @review of publications, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0073

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1915-03-04

1400

Persian

نصف شب خبر دادند که یکنفر بدوی آمده است و میخواهد من را ببیند پیغامی آورده چون او ... یک وقتی در عکا شخصی بود عبدالله پاشا نام او پیر شده ماهی هزار غروش تقاعد میگرفت و زندگی میکرد

Many years ago there lived in Akka an old retired officer by the name of Abdollah Pasha. He received from the government a pension of ten pounds a month

KHH1.191-192 (1.268-270)

KHHE.284-285, DAS.1915-03-11

@business; financial; property matters, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0509

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1915-01-04

530

These childish demonstrations are most shallow in their motives, because they are based on the conquest of the earth which in itself is not permanent.

DAS.1915-01-04

@stories; anecdotes, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU1452

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-12

220

Persian

یک ترتیبی از برای تربیت اطفال در ذهن من هست که هنوز اسبابش فراهم نشده که آن را مجری دارم

When people invite me alone to their houses I ask them to prepare only one dish... I have carried in my mind for some time an educational system

ZSM.1914-12-12

LOG#0483x, DAS.1914-12-12, SW_v13#07 p.171-173, SW_v14#01 p.006

@educational curricula, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @education of children; moral education, @moderation; frugality; simplicity

ABU0932

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-08

330

Once upon a time there was a merchant in the city of Balsora

DAS.1914-12-08, SW_v13#06 p.152x, STAB#007

@selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0620

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-01

460

When we were in Baghdad several believers including myself started with a large caravan for Kazemayn. Each one of us was riding on a fine horse.

DAS.1914-12-01

@stories; anecdotes, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @humor; jokes

ABU1876

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-01

160

Those persons who are firm in the Faith during these days shine like unto the brilliant sun and are the cause of the tranquility of the hearts; but those whose hearts are not set aglow

DAS.1914-12-01

@stories; anecdotes, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU1708

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-04-01

180

I praise Thee, O God! For Thou hast made the prison a throne in Thy earth, a heaven in Thy heavens, and Orient amongst Thy Orients

BSTW#052w

@prayer for protection, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1389

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-14

230

In reality the German Baha'is are the embodiment of attraction and enthusiasm. They are Baha'is by deeds and actions.

DAS.1913-12-14

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement

ABU0377

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-13

640

How I longed for the re-appearance of these divine nights!... There is a place in America called Green Acre. It is customary during the months of summer

DAS.1913-12-13, SW_v08#05 p.050x

@growth of the Cause, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @freedom of thought and action, @eulogies; reminiscences, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU3395

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-12

I have been crying at the top of my voice all these years. Now I prefer to choose silence and listen to the melodies of the nightingales of the Paradise of Abha

DAS.1913-12-12

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

ABU2118

Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-11

130

My work is done. The tree of my life has yielded its fruits. I have set a fire in the world

DAS.1913-12-11, SW_v05#01 p.010

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU0220

Words spoken at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-21

870

Persian

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Social Action

از عادت قدیمه است که هر ملتی از ملل را ایام سرور عمومی که جمیع ملت در آن روز

According to ancient custom, every nation has general holidays when all the people rejoice and are glad… In all the prophetic Dispensations, philanthropic affairs were confined to their respective peoples only

BRL_DAK#0394, AYT.349-353, DWNP_v1#07 p.005-007, KHF.275, KHAB.226 (236), KHTB3.101

BRL_ATE#135, BRL_SOCIAL#085x, LOG#1030x, SW_v09#01 p.008-009

@Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @past, present and future of Iran, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @universality of the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU0090

Words spoken at Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, 1912-03-05

1290

Persian

مظاهر مقدسه الهیه هر یک عالم امکان را شمسی در نهایت اشراق بودند هر یک وقت

The sacred Manifestations of God were each, in the world of existence, even as a sun in its utmost splendor, each in its time [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0599, KHF.001, KHAB.221 (231), KHTB3.001

@Muhammad; Islam, @power of the Manifestation of God, @call to action, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @suffering and imprisonment, @fewness of numbers not regarded in teaching the Cause, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas

ABU0501

Words spoken at hotel suite in New York, 1912-05-31

530

Persian

امروز میخواهم آقامیرزا ولی الله خان را بشما معرفی کنم

Today, I would like to introduce you to Áqa Mírza Valíyu’llah Khan. This young man was the son of Áqa Mírza Varqa

KHTB2.107, NJB_v03#18 p.004

ADMS#177

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @martyrs and martyrdom, @love of God, @stories; anecdotes, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BDA1.111, MHMD1.118

ABU2193

Words spoken at Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh, 1912-05-07

120

The friends here are anxious to know if I like these rooms! They do not know what we had to go through in the past. Imagine the conditions

SW_v19#05 p.140-141

@suffering and imprisonment, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @banishment to; life in 'Akka

ABU3275

Words spoken at Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh, 1912-05-07

Persian

اگر مدخل امراض را بدانند و اعتدال عناصر را میزان گیرند در هر عنصری

If one is fully cognizant of the reason for the incursion of disease and can determine the balance of elements

BDA1.075.x

SW_v19#05 p.141, MHMD1.084

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @four elements, @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

ABU2719

Words spoken at Hotel Plaza in Minneapolis, 1912-09-19

Persian

با وجود این باز نصاری و مسلمین از ما راضی نیستند و حال انکه انها در خانهٴ خود سر گرم راحت و عشرتند

Notwithstanding this, the Muslims and Christians alike are not satisfied with us. They are engaged in pleasurable diversions and enjoyable pastimes

BDA1.256.01

MHMD1.274

@suffering and imprisonment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2209

Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-26

110

Persian

اهالی سویس مردمان با استعدادی هستند اگر این امر را در آنجا منتشر شود

The Swiss are a receptive people. Should this Cause be spread in that land, blessed souls would be raised up as a result

BDA2.263

MHMD2.343-344

@spiritual transformation, @love of God, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU2542

Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-26

Persian

از حرب خودمان بگوئید که با جنود تأیید و نصرت در مقابل لشکر ظلمات عالم طبیعت

Speak of our own war, wherein the hosts of aid and confirmation fight against the legions of the darkness of the world of nature

BDA2.262

MHMD2.342

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @spiritual transformation, @high station of learning

ABU2049

Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-04

130

Persian

حال معلوم نیست که چه موهبتی دربارهٴ استتکارت مبذول شده بعد معلوم خواهد

It is not known as yet what a vast measure of celestial grace hath been bestowed upon Stuttgart.

BDA2.214

BBBD.630, DAS.1913-04-04, MHMD2.276

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @symbolism, @Theosophy, @predictions and prophecies

ABU2177

Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-04

120

I hope that each one of you may become a divine farmer and each one may cultivate a large blessed farm. The real Bahá'í farming is through deeds.

DAS.1913-04-04

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @goodly deeds; actions, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @bringing forth results; fruit, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual transformation

ABU3289

Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-04

I was most happy to see the believers of Germany so holy, so pure and so united

DAS.1913-04-04, SW_v04#09 p.162

@praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3707

Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-02

Persian

من دیشب خیلی مسرُور بودم زیرا میدیدم در قلوب شما نار محبّت اللّٰه شعلهور است و نفثات روح القدس

I was very happy last night because I saw that your hearts are ablaze with the fire of the love of God… Those in attendance were baptized with the divine spirit and the fire of the love of God

BDA2.212-213

MHMD2.274

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love of God, @spiritual baptism, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit

ABU1597

Words spoken at Hotel Lankershim in Los Angeles, 1912-10-20

190

Persian

اگر اینها هم مقصد خیری در امر الله دارند باید بخدمتی موفق شوند و بروند تبلیغ امر الله نمایند

If they have good intentions for the Cause of God, they must render some service and they must go out to teach the Cause. If they are able, they should raise the cry

BDA1.322.12

MHMD1.340-341

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0677

Words spoken at hotel in Denver, 1912-09-25

430

Persian

دیدید چه آتشی بقلوب زدم انسان باید اول خود مسرور و منجذب باشد تا تواند

Did you see what a fire was set aglow in the hearts?... I have come to your city and found tall buildings and advancement in material civilization... Man must take flight from the cage of the body... The Persian friends travel mostly on foot.

BDA1.270.01

MHMD1.288-290, STAB#032

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @material and spiritual existence; two books, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU3350

Words spoken at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-18

Assuredly, give to the poor. If you give them only words, when they put their hands into their pockets after you have gone, they will find themselves none the richer for you!

DJT.266, BLO_PN#027

@humor; jokes, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @words vs deeds, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities

ABU2601

Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-02

Persian

یک کشیش پروتستان خیلی متعصبی بود همیشه میخواستند مجادله کند یکدفعه آمد پیش من و گفت

There was a fanatical Protestant minister that always wanted to argue. One time he came to Me and said, ‘Given His large body and girth, with what kind of ladder did Muhammad ascend to heaven?'

KHH1.137 (1.190-191)

KHHE.207

@stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

ABU3129

Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-02

Persian

بی پرگار با دستش دایره میکشید دو خط متساوی و متلاصق مانند پرگار و خطکش

Without [the aid of] a compass, he could draw circles. He did this using two equal, perpendicular lines

KHH1.138 (1.191)

KHHE.207-208

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU1211

Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-01

260

Persian

در این ایام حسن سیاست و تدابیر لازم است مردمان با تدبیر نیستند در جنگ روس و ایران

In these days, wise and sound policies are needed in political affairs, but leaders are not prudent. In the Russian-Iranian War, Iran was defeated

KHH1.132 (1.182-183)

KHHE.198-199, STAB#145

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir], @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU0113

Words spoken at home of Mrs. Gastea in Paris, 1911-11-26

1170

Persian

جمیع انبیای الهی مظاهر حقیقت بودند حضرت موسی اعلان حقیقت کرد حضرت مسیح ترویج

All the divine prophets are the Manifestations of Truth. His Highness Moses declared the Truth.... The foundation of divine religion is love, affinity and concord.

AVK4.323x, DWNP_v1#08 p.005-006, KHF.288, KHAB.204 (214), KHTB1.213, KHTP.161

SW_v02#18 p.003-006, SW_v06#15 p.120

@war and peace, @oneness; unity of religion, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @supreme tribunal, @power of love, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace

ABU1068

Words spoken at home of Lady Blomfield, 1911-09-08

300

I have journeyed by sea and land for the pleasure of seeing you all. I needed a change

SW_v02#12 p.003-004

@nationalism; love of country, @goodly deeds; actions, @praise of Western values; culture, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1337

Words spoken at home of Aqa Siyyid Ali Afnan in Akka, 1914-04-22

240

In the neighborhood of Baghdad there lived a man and a Bahá'í by the name of Mohamad, the 'thorn-picker'. He lived about 21 miles away from the city.

DAS.1914-04-22

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @stories; anecdotes, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

ABU3274

Words spoken at home of Alexander Graham Bell in Washington, 1912-04-24

Persian

اکثر صنایع مهمه از همین راه اختراع شده مانند طالب کیمیا که سبب ظهور هزارها ادویه مفیده گشته

Yes, most of the great inventions were made in a similar way. For instance, the search for alchemy has brought into being thousands of useful medicines and the desire of finding a direct route to India from Europe became the cause of the discovery of America

BDA1.050.16

SW_v19#03 p.089, MHMD1.059

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @alchemy; the elixir, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

ABU3346

Words spoken at Higher Thought center, 1911-11-01

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

...it matters not what name each calls himself -- The Great Work is One. Christ is ever in the world of existence

AIL.040, BSTW#207c

@oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0022

Words spoken at High school auditorium in Berkeley, 1912-10-09

2050

Inasmuch as those who are present are especially interested in that which constitutes truth, I shall take truth for my subject this evening.

ECN.287+1053

@unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @harmony of science and religion, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @unity; oneness of humanity, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU1844

Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-15

160

Persian

فی الحقیقه اطفال زینت سفره اند علی الخصوص این اطفال که خیلی ملیحند قلوب اطفال بسیار صاف و ساده است

In reality, children are the ornaments at the table... How can we render Thee thanks, O Lord? Thy bounties are endless and our gratitude cannot equal them.... When in the city of Zor the lamp of his life was extinguished

AVK4.070, MAS5.256, MMJA.010, BDA1.311.07

MHMD1.329, ABCC.308x

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @prayer to be recited at table, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU2560

Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14

Persian

آنچه با تقدیرات موافقت نماید تحقق می یابد و علاوه نیت خیر و حسن تدبیر جاذب تأیید است

What conforms to the divine decree will be realized. In addition, good intentions and sound thoughts attract confirmations.

BDA1.310.09

MHMD1.328

@power of faith; power of the spirit, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @effort; striving, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of imagination; thought; right intention

ABU2720

Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14

Persian

باید شخصی رئیس باشد که خود اصرار در ریاست نداشته باشد فی الحقیقه در خیال شهرت و برتری نباشد

The president must be a man who does not insistently seek the presidency. He should be a person free from all thoughts of name and rank; rather, he should say, 'I am unworthy and incapable of this position

BDA1.309.12

MHMD1.327, VLAB.107

@elections, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence

ABU3291

Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14

Persian

ترانا یا الهی مجتمعین علی هذه المائدة شاکرین لنعمتک ناظرین الی ملکوتک

Thou seest us, O my God, gathered around this table, praising Thy bounty, with our gaze set upon Thy Kingdom.

AVK4.070, MAS5.256, BDA1.310.01

MHMD1.327, ABCC.308

@prayer to be recited at table, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU3316

Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-13

Persian

PN_1920_heh p021, PN_1920_heh_haifa p075

هر امر عمومی الهی است و هر امر خصوصی بشری لهذا خدمات و زحمات نفوس اگر مفید بحال عموم

Every universal matter is from God; and limitations are from man.

BDA1.309.07

MHMD1.326

@Word of God and human limitations, @universality of the Cause, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0972

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-21

320

It would be better if they were educated in the same schools, because it would bring love among them... I am in favor of the marriage of the black and white races

PN_1920 p033, PN_1920 p045, PN_1920 p047, PN_1920_heh_haifa p081

@race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity

ABU1004

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-16

310

The Baha'is should sacrifice life in the path of each other... It must be so that each one of the friends should prefer others to himself.

PN_1920 p044, PN_1920_heh_haifa p079

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @martyrs and martyrdom, @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies

ABU1111

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-15

290

The remaining eight should elect one... The Blessed Beauty says that if two persons have differences both are wrong.

PN_1920 p043, PN_1920 p096, PN_1920 p110, PN_1920_heh_haifa p077

@House of Justice, @review of publications, @unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @elections

ABU0570

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-13

490

You got very tired in Jerusalem... A Rabbi told me that they expected a Christ that would come and be successful, that he would conquer the world

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @prophecy and fulfillment, @oneness; unity of religion, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

ABU1400

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-08

230

I have been with visitors all the morning... Here one must always be with visitors... I am caught among different nations and all refer their cases to me

PN_1920_heh_haifa p074, PN_1920 p042

@diversity of thought and belief, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU0539

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-06

510

Last night I visited the Mufti, the spiritual head of the Muslims... When I speak it is in such a manner that no one can object... It is written that Socrates went to other lands; they do not say that he did not leave Greece

PN_1920 p070, PN_1920_heh p015

@Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @predictions and prophecies, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @oneness; unity of religion, @stories; anecdotes

ABU1067

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-06

300

We are speaking in Persian and you have to listen…. Man has two ears and one tongue, so he should hear twice and speak once…. I have walked far and am very tired

PN_1920 p046, PN_1920 p083, PN_1920_heh p020

@all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @wisdom [hikmat], @spiritual transformation

ABU1945

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-06

150

I have been for a walk. Motion is the sign of life. If there be no wind, no motion, the air become impure... our sun with all its planets are moving around a central sun like the moon moves round the earth.

PN_1920 p038, PN_1920 p046, PN_1920 p083, PN_1920_heh p019, PN_1920_heh_haifa p070

@all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @personal instructions

ABU1813

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-05

170

I speak in Persian and you do not understand... The tongue of the soul is the tongueless tongue... People drink wine and say it is useful. It is not the wine, but the juice of the grape which is useful.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p069

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @Shrines and Holy places, @language and the structure of reality

ABU0680

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-04

430

Yesterday was very pleasant with Arthur... Jerusalem is Jerusalem, but the real Jerusalem is spiritual

PN_1920_heh_haifa p065

@critique of Western values; culture, @Shrines and Holy places, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

ABU0939

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-02

330

I wanted to come from breakfast this morning but could not... One must either be a serpent or a servant, he must chose.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p063

@business; financial; property matters, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

ABU0408

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-29

610

Some souls appeared among the Jews, the people of Moses, who concealed their real motives

PN_1920 p033, PN_1920_heh p005, PN_1920_heh_haifa p064

@idolatry, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @education of children; moral education, @stories; anecdotes, @Shrines and Holy places, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU1558

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-28

200

The Jews were expecting the appearance of His Holiness Christ, but they were expecting him to come with certain signs.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p061

@literal interpretation, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @outward and inward meanings, @the power of words; of speech, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0314

Words spoken at Haifa pilgrim house, 1920-10-27

720

Yes, I eat it in order that I may be your partner. In the same way, in the world of the Kingdom

PN_1920_heh_haifa p059

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @law of obligatory prayer, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @Manifestation of God as educator

ABU2021

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-26

140

All the people are negligent, they are not thinking of pleasing God and spreading the word of God.

PN_1920_heh_haifa p057

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @attaining good pleasure of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

ABU0698

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-25

420

The gathering of the friends is like a magnet... There are mines in the sea as there are mines on the earth. The waves come and the salt is melted

PN_1920 p035, PN_1920_heh_haifa p045, PN_1920_heh_haifa p054

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @love of God, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @firmness in the Covenant

ABU1792

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-25

170

When love enters the heart the bitter water becomes sweet... When I was in Baghdad, a thorn seller invited us. His dwelling was twenty miles from Baghdad

PN_1920 p036

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @hospitality, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU0475

Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-23

560

Here is the place of health, but the place of spiritual health. Whoever is weak and comes here will become strong.

PN_1920 p057, PN_1920_heh_haifa p027

@spiritual transformation, @race unity; racial issues, @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence

ABU3458

Words spoken at Haifa pilgrim house, 1914-10-12

Persian

اصل جوهر بیان اینست که انسان باید در فکر این باشد که دیگران را محافظه کند نه در فکر خود باشد

A man must ever think of the protection of others and not of himself.

DAS.1914-10-12, SW_v07#18 p.188

@the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others

ABU2016

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

140

other/unknown lang

و دیگر آنکه امر حضرت بهآءاللّٰه را قیاس بامری ننمائید زیرا این امر جامع جمیع امور است

The Cause of Baha'u'llah is incomparable to any other Cause, because it is the Collective Center of this age. This Cause regenerates the souls; everyone receives a new baptism and attains to the station of the new birth.

BDA2.253-254

DAS.1913-04-23, MHMD2.329-330

@second birth, @spiritual transformation, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual baptism, @love as fire

ABU2779

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

The greatest consolation for the heart is the Love of God. This is the balm for every wound and the remedy for every ailment.

DAS.1913-04-23

@love of God, @consolation and comfort, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @light and darkness

ABU3590

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

To enter in the Kingdom of God is the greatest and most important duty.

DAS.1913-04-23

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

ABU3672

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

300

Persian

باروپا آمدیم دیدیم بعضی از اهل ایران یعنی چند نفر غیر مهم که ابداً در بند دیانت

We came to Europe and found that some Persians -- individuals of no significance who are entirely unconcerned with religion

BDA2.254-255

MHMD2.330-331

@corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @past, present and future of Iran, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3714

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

Persian

من میخواهم شما کرهٴ نار شوید و از هر قیدی آزاد این امر بهآئی چشمهٴ ایّوبی است

I wish for you all to become balls of fire, freed from every chain and fetter. This Baha'I Cause is a fountain of healing that purges people of every defilement

BDA2.254

MHMD2.330

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3754

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

Persian

در امر بهآءاللّٰه داخل شوید و بموجب وصایایش عمل کنید چون در امر بهآءاللّٰه کامل گردید

Enter into the Cause of Baha'u'llah and act in accordance with His counsels. When you have attained to the pinnacle

BDA2.254

MHMD2.330

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU3760

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23

The thirsty one must run after the water; the fountain will not run after those who are thirsty

DAS.1913-04-23

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @condition of search, @effort; striving, @living waters; water of life

ABU0255

Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Cincinnati, 1912-11-04

800

Persian

امروز در جمیع جهان افکار مادیه انتشار یافته و احساسات روحانیه بکلی منقطع

Today throughout all the world have material thoughts spread abroad, and spiritual sentiments been wholly severed [3.5s]

KHF.011, KHTB2.321, KHTB3.011

@power of the mind over nature, @human reality created in the image of God, @man's distinction from the animal, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

BDA1.354, MHMD1.372

ABU2739

Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-16

Persian

در راه این صحبت را میداشتیم که هیچ بخاطر نمیآمد که بکلیفورنیا بیائیم و این طور با احباء ملاقات کنیم

On the way here we were saying that it never occurred to us that we would come to California and meet with the friends in this manner

BDA1.314.17

MHMD1.332

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @suffering and imprisonment, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU2826

Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-12

Persian

امروز در کنیسه موسویان صحبت کردیم شما دیدید که چگونه اثبات شد که حضرت مسیع

Today we spoke in the Jewish temple. You saw how it was proven that Christ was the Word of God

BDA1.307.11

MHMD1.324-325

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Christ; Christianity, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0105

Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-03

1200

I am going to say "welcome," to you, instead of your welcoming me. I am most happy to be here with you.

SW_v04#11 p.190-191+194, MAB.038-039, ECN.081+929

@love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

ABU3009

Words spoken at Golden Circle Club in Boston, 1912-07-24

Persian

لسان عربی لسان عمومی نمیشود ولی چند هفته پیش نامه ئی از نیویورک بیکی از رؤسای اسپرانتو نوشتم که اگر مجمعی از وکلای اجناس و ملوک فراهم کنند

A few weeks ago, I wrote a letter from New York to one of the promoters of Esperanto

BDA1.165.06

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.179-180

@universal language

ABU1988

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-26

140

Persian

معلم نمی تواند کامل بکند. معلم نمی تواند شمع عالم انسانی بکند. البته طفلی که تربیت نشده باشد ولو بتواند بخواند بهتر از نفسی است

The teacher cannot perfect. The teacher cannot make one the candle of the human world. Verily, an untutored child who can yet read is better than a soul [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-09-26

@education of children; moral education, @bringing forth results; fruit, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

ABU1664

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-24

180

Persian

بسا نفوس به این فکر افتادند و به کلی محو شدند. خلافت فاطمیه دویست سال زحمت کشید بی نتیجه

How many souls have fallen into this thought and been utterly effaced! The Fatimid Caliphate strove for two hundred years, yet all was in vain [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-09-24

@Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @Islamic laws and jurisprudence

ABU0987

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-23

310

Persian

پیش عقلا و اصحاب افکار و ارباب معارف مسلم است که عالم انسانی در پراکنده گی یعنی تفرق سبب خذلانشان است

Before the minds of them that are endowed with understanding, and the possessors of thought, and the lords of knowledge, it is evident that the dispersion and disunity of the human world is the cause of their abasement [3.5s]

NJB_v14#11 p.352, ZSM.1916-09-23

@nationalism; love of country, @religion as source of love and unity, @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible, @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues, @universal language

ABU2965

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-30

Persian

ادراکات بر دو قسم است، قسمی مبنی بر حواس خمسه و قسمی مبنی بر قوای معقوله. قوای حساسه آلتی است از برای عقل

Perceptions are of two kinds: the one founded upon the five senses, and the other founded upon the rational faculties. The powers of sensation are but instruments for the mind [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-30

@mind as intermediary between soul and body, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

ABU3285

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-28

Persian

اینها قلبشان از رحمت الهی مأیوس است لابدند که خود را به یک چیزی تسلی دهند، اینست که به فسق و فجور مشغول می شوند

These souls, whose hearts are bereft of divine mercy, have no recourse but to console themselves through some means; thus do they engage in deeds of wickedness and transgression [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-28

@stories; anecdotes, @humor; jokes

ABU1671

Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-27

180

Persian

چون انسان به خیرات و مبرات پردازد، عیون برکت و فزونی به جوش و خروش آید و از آسمان و زمین فراوانی رخ بگشاید

When man engageth himself in deeds of goodness and charity, the fountains of bounty and abundance shall surge forth, and from heaven and earth shall plenteous blessings be unveiled [3.5s]

ZSM.1916-08-27

@stories; anecdotes, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

ABU0156

Words spoken at Esperantist society in Edinburgh, 1913-01-07

1020

Persian

از احساسات وجدانیه مستر ها خیلی ممنونم فی الحقیقه آنچه فرمودند ستایش خود

Every movement which promotes unity and harmony in the world is good, and everything which creates discord and discontent is bad.... I recall an incident which occurred in Baghdad. There were two friends who did not know each other's language... His Holiness Baha'o'llah, many years ago, wrote a book called "The most Holy Book"

AMK.271-274, PYM.039-041x, KHF.225, KHTB3.090, NJB_v04#02 p.002

BSC.337 #664, SW_v04#02 p.034-036, SW_v11#18 p.299-303+306, SW_v17#07 p.201, SW_v11#17 p.286-287, VLAB.156x, STAB#138x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @universal language, @stories; anecdotes, @unity in diversity, @harmony of science and religion, @universal peace; world unity

ABU0025

Words spoken at El Grosse Bldg. in Los Angeles, 1912-10-19

2000

This is a good gathering, a good meeting. This assemblage is the assemblage of God…. Do not look at your small number. Plurality of numbers is not of importance.

SW_v07#04 p.033-034x, ECN.137+166

@unity; oneness of humanity, @love and unity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @call to action, @fewness of numbers not regarded in teaching the Cause, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @thankfulness; gratitude, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause

ABU0116

Words spoken at East Putney in London, 1912-12-29

1160

Are you all well? Are you all happy? Are you all joyous? You must be exceedingly joyous

DAS.1912-12-29x

@transcending the material condition, @man's distinction from the animal, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity in diversity, @critique of Western values; culture, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU1202

Words spoken at E.J. Rosenberg's Unity Meeting, 1911-09-08

270

Abdu'l-Bahá in London

Praise be to God, that such a meeting of purity and steadfastness is being held in London.

AIL.044

@oneness; unity of religion, @Manifestation of God as educator, @Moses, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @call to action, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0531

Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-03

510

mixed

دین الله فی الحقیقه عبارت از اعمال است عبارت از الفاظ نیست زیرا دین الله

The Religion of God, in truth, consisteth in deeds and not in mere words, for verily the Religion of God [3.5s]

KHF.283, KHAB.119 (129), KHTB1.105, KHTP.082

@Christian doctrine and practice, @war and peace, @words vs deeds, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

ABU0341

Words spoken at Dodge home in New York, 1912-04-16

690

In those places where they have no Mashrak-el-Azkar they rent a house and call it by that name

SW_v03#10 p.007-009

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @differences in human capacity, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU3113

Words spoken at dinner hosted by a Rajput prince in London, 1913-01-19

Persian

چون احبّای فارسی در بمبئی خبر شدند یکی از آنها که کیخسرو نام داشت با کمال شوق برخاست

When the Parsi believers of Bombay learned of Mr Sprague's illness, one of them--a man named Kay-Khusraw--arose with the utmost alacrity

BDA2.095

DAS.1913-01-18n, MHMD2.115, ABCC.371, STAB#137

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @power of love

ABU0083

Words spoken at Clifton Guest House in Bristol, 1913-01-15

1330

Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London

Every age requires a central impetus or movement. In this age, the boundaries of terrestrial things have extended

BSC.274 #562, SW_v04#01 p.004-006, SW_v11#17 p.287

@education of children; moral education, @universal education, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @harmony of science and religion, @equality of men and women, @universal language, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @universal peace; world unity, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU1120

Words spoken at City Temple in London, 1911-09-10

280

Persian

ای جمع محترم و ای طالبان خدا الحمد لله نور حقیقت درخشید و نسیم گلشن عنایت وزید

O noble friends, seekers after God, praise be to God! Today the light of truth.... This is a new cycle of human power

BRL_DAK#1056, AMK.174-174a, KHAB.053 (062), KHTB1.019

BSC.273 #561, AIL.019, SW_v02#11 p.008, SW_v08#01 p.009, ABS#06

@unity; oneness of humanity, @The Holy Spirit, @race unity; racial issues, @competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence, @oneness; unity of religion, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @universal peace; world unity

ABU0067

Words spoken at Century Club in San Francisco, 1912-10-13

1430

I am delighted to speak before this gathering of revered ladies who have met for the purpose of investigating the realities of life.

ECN.349+497n

@role and station of women, @equality of men and women, @education of children; moral education

ABU3040

Words spoken at Cedar Club in London, 1913-01-02

I am very glad to be among you, who are blessed in God's name with children.

SW_v03#18 p.009-010

@status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @education of children; moral education, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3208

Words spoken at Broadway street en route in New York, 1912-04-18

This is nothing. This is only the beginning. We will be together in all the worlds of God. You can not realize here what that means.

DJT.262, FDA.012, BLO_PN#027

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @humor; jokes, @soul; spirit after death, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @personal instructions, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

ABU0400

Words spoken at Blomfield home in London, 1912-12-24

620

Persian

هر انسانی باید اول در فکر تربیت خویش باشد در فکر این باشد که خودش کامل گردد

Every person must first think of educating themselves. Indeed, they must think of perfecting themselves, for it is necessary for one to first educate oneself

KHF.281, KHAB.396 (401), KHTB3.107, NJB_v05#18 p.001

ADMS#268

@education of children; moral education, @words vs deeds, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @spiritual transformation

ABU2757

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-22

There are three kinds of light. The light of the sun has only one function and that is to make things manifest.... The second light is the light of the eye... The third light is the light of the intellect.

DAS.1913-05-22

@symbolism of color and light, @intelligible vs. perceptible realities, @ether; the phenomenon of light, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU2755

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-19

Persian

من عربی را تحصیل نکرده‌ام وقتی طفل بودم کتابی از مناجاتهای حضرت باب را بخط جمال مبارک

All the Baha'ís know that I have never studied Arabic.... I will tell you how I came to know Arabic. When I was very, very young, I found in our house in Tihran a large voluminous book containing many prayers in Arabic revealed by the Bab and copied by Baha'u'llah.

HHA.004x, BDA2.308

DAS.1913-05-19, MHMD2.407-408, STAB#093, KSHK#31

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @power of prayer, @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings

ABU1005

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-16

310

Whosoever schemes in this Cause will come to no good end. Above all other things we must be honest to our consciences and not dissimulate. We must not speak against each other

DAS.1913-05-16

@idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @stories; anecdotes, @the power of words; of speech, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @courtesy; culture [adab], @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

ABU2842

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-13

Persian

در امرالله محفل سری نباید باشد و لو امروز نفوسی بیغرض و خالص این محفل را تأسیس مینمایند

In this Cause of God there is no secret doctrine or secret society or club or gathering. I want you to be impressed with the importance of this fact that there is no secret doctrine in this Cause at all.

BDA2.298

DAS.1913-05-13, MHMD2.394

@secret societies, @empty learning; false spirituality, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @contention and conflict

ABU1737

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

170

The greatest prison is the material world. Prison is the antithesis of freedom. Now man is a prisoner of food, of sleep

DAS.1913-05-11

ABU1949

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

150

There are three paths through which man attains spiritual happiness. The first path is the path of ordeals, trials and difficulties.

DAS.1913-05-11

@attaining the life of the spirit, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU2384

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

100

Different things are considered by us as of absolute importance, while in reality they have a relative importance at various stages of our development

DAS.1913-05-11

@martyrs and martyrdom, @relativity of religious truth

ABU2664

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11

Bahá'u'lláh in one of his Tablets says: "Therefore I will explain for your benefit certain luminous and shining mysteries, whereby you will become so attracted

DAS.1913-05-11

@spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

ABU3402

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-08

I am always thinking how to carry the loads of others and not to put my own load on their shoulders. The Blessed Perfection has taught me this. We must prove this through deed and not by mere word.

DAS.1913-05-08, ABCC.391x

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @words vs deeds

ABU3493

Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-06

Before you teach others, teach yourself. Man must first test his knowledge in himself to see whether it is workable or theoretical.

DAS.1913-05-06

@teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @knowledge of self

ABU1367

Words spoken at Bahji, 1916-05-03

230

Persian

در بغداد زين العالدين خاني بود از نجباي ايران به فلاکت افتاده بود

In Baghdad there was a man of Persian nobility who had fallen on hard times.

PYB#210 p.18, ZSM.1916-05-03

STAB#013

@stories; anecdotes, @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness

ABU1637

Words spoken at Bahji, 1914-01-03

190

A fair and impartial observer perceives the signs of the power and intelligence of God in all the atoms of existence. Before leaving Haifa, I felt very ill... Then I reached Stuttgart. There I found wonderful Baha'is.

DAS.1914-01-03

@praise and encouragement, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2442

Words spoken at Bahji, 1913-12-18

I have seen many meadows in Europe and America, but seldom have I seen a place more spiritual, more divine, more inspirational.

DAS.1913-12-18

@Shrines and Holy places

ABU0236

Words spoken at Assembly Rooms in San Francisco, 1912-10-05

850

I have the utmost joy to find in the distant West such an established Baha'i center

BSC.372 #701, SW_v10#13 p.243-245, ECN.096+955

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @growth of the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @call to action

ABU1029

Words spoken at a wedding on 1914-06-18

300

It is more than one month and a half that I have not had the pleasure of being present in the meetings of the believers. Now the means have been brought about

DAS.1914-06-18, SW_v09#10 p.118-119

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @fulfillment of true potential, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU2758

Words spoken at a public park in San Francisco, 1912-10-05

Persian

هر چند نباتات نسبت بعالم حیوان حساس گفته نمی شوند ولی در عالم خود روح نباتی و قوهٴ حساسه دارند

Although sensitivity in plants is slight as compared with that manifested in animals, within their own kingdom they have sensitivity and vegetable spirit.

BDA1.289.07

MHMD1.306

@all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence

ABU3468

Words spoken at a public park in San Francisco, 1912-10-05

Persian

تغییر اوضاع عالم و غلبه امر بهائی بجائی خواهد رسید که از سایر امور جز نمونه‌ای مانند این عمودها باقی نخواهد ماند

The world and its condition will change to such a degree and the Baha’í Cause will prevail to such an extent that nothing but a remnant -- like these pillars -- will remain of the previous order.

BDA1.289.05

MHMD1.306

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men

ABU2735

Words spoken at a banquet on 1912-11-04

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Abdu'l-Bahá in London

خوب سفره ایست چه که بمحبت بهآءالله ما بر آن مجتمع شده ایم امشب من بسیار مسرورم که در مجلس شما هستم

It is an excellent table for we have assembled here through the love of Baha'u'llah.... O thou kind Lord, we render thanks unto Thee that thou hast brought us from the farthest lands

BDA1.353.16

MHMD1.372-373

@East and West; communication between East and West, @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3536

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, ca. Sep. 1911

That is well. Very well. A day's work done in the spirit of service is in itself an act of worship. Such work is a prayer unto God.

CHH.152, BLO_PN#022

@stories; anecdotes, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @work as worship, @courtesy; culture [adab]

ABU0160

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens, 1911-09-23

1010

At nine years of age, I accompanied my father, Baha'u'llah, in his journey of exile to Baghdad, seventy of his disciples going with us.... The confirmations of the spirit are all those power... Freedom is not a matter of place

BSC.438 #797x, AIL.115-121, ADP.018-023, CHH.166-167x, VLAB.009-010x, VLAB.149x, BLO_PN#022

@suffering and imprisonment, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment, @Ottoman commissions of investigation

ABU0992

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, ca. 1913(1911?)

310

Persian

مبلغ باید مدارا داشته باشد جوهر تقدیس باشد اطلاعات داشته

Teachers of the Cause must have courtesy and forbearance. They must be the essence of sanctity—informed, moved by the divine teachings, knowledgeable and well apprised

INBA06:629-632

RRT.086-088

ADMS#158

@methods of teaching the Cause, @priority over other activities in teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU1061

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16

300

The Cause has become very great. Many souls are entering it--souls with different mentalities... Teach the Cause to those who do not know

DAS.1913-01-16, SW_v04#01 p.016, CHH.177, VLAB.141x, BLO_PN#022

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity in diversity, @priority over other activities in teaching the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @growth of the Cause

ABU1716

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-16

180

Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks

All the meetings must be for teaching the Cause and spreading the Message, and suffering the souls

LOG#0157x, DAS.1913-01-16, BSC.502 #967, SW_v04#15 p.256, SW_v09#14 p.161, CHH.177-178, BLO_PN#022

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @priority over other activities in teaching the Cause

ABU1800

Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1912-12-26

170

Yes: In the Baha'i Cause arts, sciences and all crafts are (counted as) worship.... all effort and exertion put forth

LOG#0967x, LOG#2110x, PT#55 p.189, BSC.452 #826x, VLAB.134x

Leona and Larry

@evolution; human evolution, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @work as worship, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual transformation

ABU2013

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-19

140

This time I want to send you with a new spirit, a new strength, to enlighten California

PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351e

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause, @prophecy and fulfillment, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation, @Mary Magdalene

ABU1372

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-17

230

Persian

دیشب وضع مجلس خیلی موافق حکمت و مورث محبت بود که عقد و ازدواج اهل بها در مجلس بقانون مسیحی هم جاری شود تا نفوس بدانند که اهل بها در بند این رسومات جزئیه نیستند

The holding of last night's meeting was done with wisdom... My discourses in various gatherings have been founded on principles that are in conformity with reality

BDA1.158.12

MHMD1.172-173

@acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @wisdom [hikmat], @oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @changing and unchanging parts of religion

ABU2845

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-17

Persian

دو قسم آفاتست یکی را سبب اعمال و اخلاق غیر ممدوحه است مانند کذب و نفاق و خیانت و ظلم وامثال اینها

Calamities are of two kinds. One kind results from bad morals and misconduct such as falsehood, dishonesty

BDA1.157.17

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.171

@theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @law of transformation and change, @recompense; reward for belief; right action

ABU3317

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-11

Persian

هر چند نسآء با رجال در استعداد قواء شریکند ولی شبهه نیست که رجال اقدمند و اقوی حتی در حیوانات مانند کبوتران

Although women are equal to men in abilities and capacities, there is no doubt that men are bolder and physically more powerful

BDA1.153.07

SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.166

ABU3148

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-10

Persian

مراد لوحی از الواح مبارکست و کنایه از اینکه الواح الهیه را باید بر سنگهای گرانبها نقش نمود

What is meant is one of the holy Tablets. But it also alludes to the fact that the divine Tablets should be engraved on precious stones. In addition, there is a saying in the East by which the color white symbolizes divine will

ASAT5.040, MAS2.021, BDA1.152.02

MHMD1.164

@symbolism of color and light, @symbolism, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU0182

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-07

950

Persian

خوش آمدید خوش آمدید انسان دو حیات دارد یک حیات جسمانی یک حیات روحانی حیات

Welcome, welcome! Man possesseth two lives: one life physical, one life spiritual [3.5s]

BSHN.140.530x, BSHN.144.518x, MHT1a.126x, MHT1b.084x, BQA.054, KHF.036, KHAB.334 (341), KHTB2.176, NJB_v03#18 p.001

@stories; anecdotes, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition, @the human soul

MHMD1.162

ABU3146

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-04

Persian

قول منجمین اکثر اشتباه و غیر معتبر است ولی جمیع کائنات بهم مرتبط مثل اعضآء هیکل انسان که ارتباط تام دارد

The words of the astrologers are for the most part doubtful and unreliable. But the whole of creation is interrelated like the different parts of the human body which have a complete affinity from the toenail to the hair on the head.

BDA1.146.05

MHMD1.157

@astrology and numerology, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]

ABU3571

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-04

Persian

مثل تعلق آفتاب بمرآتست و موت عبارت از انقطاع این ارتباط

It has the same connection as the sun has with the mirror. Death is the name for the dissolution of this connection.

BDA1.146.08

SW_v14#02 p.037, MHMD1.157

@relationship of the soul to the body, @soul; spirit after death, @symbolism

ABU2457

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-19

Persian

سلسلهٴ موجودات بیک قانون عمومی و نظام الهی مربوطست و جمیع کائنات بهم مرتبط نمی شود

The chain of creation is interwoven in a natural law and divine order. Everything is interlinked. A link cannot be broken without affecting that natural order.

BDA1.130.02

SW_v19#08 p.254-255, MHMD1.139

@composition and decomposition, @one universal law; attractive power of love, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @law of cause and effect

ABU2450

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12

Persian

در امر بهآءالله بر هر نفسی اشتغال بصنعت و کسبی فرض است مثلاً منه حصیر بافی میدانم و شما صنعت دیگر

In the Cause of Baha'u'llah it is obligatory for the individual to engage in a trade or profession. For instance, I know mat weaving and you know another trade... I have already spoken about this matter

BDA1.121.02

COC#0016x, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.129

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @spiritual transformation, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @work as worship

ABU3043

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12

One of the special laws of Bahá'u'lláh is the one prohibiting cursing and defamation, and that all should seek forgiveness from their enemies

SW_v19#07 p.220

@martyrs and martyrdom, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

ABU0436

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-11

590

The essence of the intention is that I wish you to pray for me and I will pray for you.

SW_v04#02 p.040-041

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @stories; anecdotes, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others

ABU3153

Words spoken at 227 Riverside Drive in New York, 1912-11-12

Persian

من با فقرا کار دارم و بمحل فقرا میروم نه اغنیا جمیع را من دوست دارم علی الخصوص فقرا را

I deal with the poor and visit them, not the rich. I love all, especially the poor. All sorts of people come here and I meet them

BDA1.369.03

MHMD1.387

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick

ABU2305

Words spoken at 1815 California Street in San Francisco, 1912-10-10

110

You are all welcome, exceedingly welcome. I have journeyed a great distance to visit you, having longed to see you, for Bahá’u’lláh has created a marvelous love in the hearts

ECN.120+471+476+599+606

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

ABU2698

Words spoken at 1815 California Street in San Francisco, 1912-10-10

It was in the path of God, therefore it was not suffering, not trouble. You must strive in order that you may acquire the blessings of the Holy Spirit.

ECN.471+599+606-608

@suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0284

Words spoken at 1815 California Street in San Francisco, 1912-10-07

760

I have been walking in the garden. There are many parks and gardens here…. When I was in the barracks of Acca, than which there is no worse place

ECN.110+493x+1005

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @stories; anecdotes, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0881

Words spoken at 15 Rue de Greuze in Paris, 1913-03-21

340

I am extremely glad to see you on this Nau Rooz occasion. This day is the anniversary of many historical events

LOG#1025x, SW_v05#01 p.004-005, ADP.074-076, BSTW#343

@symbolism, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @past, present and future of Iran, @spiritual springtime, @spiritual transformation, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar

ABU3455

Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910

The meaning is this -- For instance, take this teapot. It, in its beauty, is of itself in appearance. It is the last of its kind.

@Seal of the Prophets, @symbolism

ABU3516

Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910

The atoms composing an ocean are in appearance the ocean, but the identity of the atoms remains. So it is with our individuality in the ocean of life, it remains.

@soul; spirit after death, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @unity in diversity

ABU3541

Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910

The sun that would come down and enter everything would not remain the sun. Its identity would be scattered.

@God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @Manifestation of God as sun, @transcendence; unknowability of God

ABU3627

Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910

The Christians have exaggerated the birth of Jesus.

@birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary

ABU3501

Words recorded by Miss Boylan spoken around 1911-08-25

Tell them a Bahá'í is a person who is free from all prejudices - racial prejudice, religious prejudices... A Bahá'í is one in whom the human perfections are active.

PN_1912 p071

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @race unity; racial issues, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU3670

Words of Abdu'l-Baha in 1919

310

Verily it is so. They are now in Paradise. The German friends are pure, their hearts are overflowing with love, their whole beings are filled with the Cause of God

BBBD.473-474

@praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @East and West; communication between East and West, @universal peace; world unity

AB10779

Words inscribed in Mr. Campbell's guest book

O God! O Thou worshipped one! Confirm these souls so that they may raise the call of Thy Kingdom and suffer humanity to be delivered from the dark priciples of the world of nature

DAS.1913-01-18

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others

AB11313

Words incribed in a church book for Rev. Fraser

O Thou Kind Almighty, confirm Thou this servant of Thine, Mr. Fraser, in the service of Thy Kingdom. Make him illumined; make him heavenly; make him spiritual; make him divine! Thou art the Generous, the King!

SW_v03#17 p.005

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation

ABU2778

Words following address to theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-10

Our hearts like unto pure mirrors receive the impressions and these spiritual images are reflected from one mirror upon another without the medium of language.

DAS.1913-04-10

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the power of words; of speech, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @limits of language

ABU3742

Words directed at Mirza Muhammad 'Ali

unknown

نه تو آن عمر هستی که امر باین عظمت را بلند کنی و نه من آن علی هستم که از دست تو در نخلستان گریه کنم

Inform my brother that I am not `Alí, nor is he `Umar. I am much greater than `Alí and he is much lesser than `Umar.

KNSA.134 (235)

MNYA.180, AFNAN.083, RKS.038

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1013

Words compiled by Isabella Brittingham, spoken in 1903

310

To live the life. To be no cause of grief to anyone. To be kind to all people and to love them with a pure spirit... To be silent concerning the faults of others

TOR.168-170, ABTM.072-073, BNE.083x, BSTW#036, BSTW#390

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU3471

Words at table to the Syrian and Greek Relief Society, spoken on 1912-05-23

Persian

خوشا بحال شما که بخدمت فقرا مشغولید بزرگترین سعادت من اینست که از فقرا محسوب شوم

Happy are you who are engaged in serving the poor. My greatest happiness is this, that I may be counted among the poor.

BDA1.101.05

SW_v19#06 p.183, MHMD1.108

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

ABU1919

Words at table to the friends, spoken on 1912-06-07

150

Persian

در عالم وجود امری اعظم از اینگونه محافل نیست که محض محبت الله انعقاد گشته ملاحظه نمائید

Nothing in the world of existence is greater than such gatherings as these

KHTB2.127, BDA1.116.11

SW_v19#06 p.185, MHMD1.124

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity, @importance of community building

ABU0430

Words at reception with Turkish Ambassador, spoken on 1912-04-23

590

Persian

الحمد لله قرون تاریک گذشت قرن نورانی آمد عقول و نفوس در ترقی است ادراکات در

Praise be unto God! The dark ages have passed away, and the illumined century hath dawned. Minds and souls are advancing, and understanding is [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0773, AMK.264-266, DWNP_v1#05 p.003-004, KHF.091, KHAB.250 (260), KHTB2.043, NJB_v05#08 p.002

@war and peace, @universal peace; world unity, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @equality of men and women, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to action

BDA1.047, MHMD1.056

ABU1575

Words at a wedding, spoken on 1920-11-18

200

This is a very happy evening, one of joy. In one respect it is a wedding night

PN_1920 p082, PN_1920_heh p023

@unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0619

We Must Not Be Discouraged by the Smallness of Our Numbers: Words spoken on 1911-11-25 in Paris

460

Persian

وقتیکه حضرت مسیح ظاهر شد در اورشلیم ظهور

When Christ appeared He manifested Himself at Jerusalem. He called men to the Kingdom of God, He invited them to Eternal Life and He told them to acquire human perfections.

KHAB.199 (209), KHTB1.207

PT#38 p.118

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @power of the Manifestation of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00689

Two Kinds of Prophecy

470

Persian

انبیا را استفاضه از فیض عمومی نامتناهی الهی و همچنین استفاضه از فیض

The Prophets of God draw upon both His boundless universal grace and upon His particular grace, that is, upon divine revelation and inspiration.

BRL_TTTP#02

BRL_TTT#02

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @prophecy and fulfillment

ABU1175

This Great and Glorious Cause: Words spoken on 1911-11-28 in Paris

270

Persian

موسیو در یفوس امروز صدایش گرفته نمیتواند

In these gatherings where we have met and spoken together you have all become acquainted with the principles of this dispensation, and with the reality of facts. Unto you it has been given to know these things

KHTB1.231

PT#52 p.176

@study; deepening, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @power of the Manifestation of God, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0276

There Can Be No True Happiness and Progress without Spirituality: Words spoken on 1911-11-21 in Paris

770

Persian

درندگی سزاوار حیوانات وحشیه است و سزاوار انسان الفت و محبتست خدا جمیع انبیا

Ferocity and savagery are natural to animals, but men should show forth the qualities of love and affection. God sent all His Prophets into the world with one aim… Oh, trust in God! For His Bounty is everlasting

BRL_DAK#0956, AMK.204-207, KHF.049, KHAB.188 (199), KHTB1.192, KHTP.139

PT#34 p.106, DWN_v1#12 p.007cx

N. Ma'ani, Friends in Paris

@war and peace, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @oneness; unity of religion, @harmony of science and religion, @transcending the material condition, @justice and wrath of God

ABU0281

The Universal Love: Words spoken on 1911-10-24 in Paris

770

The Message of Krishna is the message of love. All God's prophets have brought the message of love.... The power of the Holy Spirit enlightening man's intelligence has enabled him to discover

PT#09 p.025, SW_v08#08 p.097x, SAS.108x, CHH.153x

E. Mahony, E. Mahony, Shay & Camila, S. Peyman

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @words vs deeds, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @The Holy Spirit, @love of God, @unity in diversity, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @oneness; unity of religion, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU0706

The Two Natures in Man: Words spoken on 1911-11-01 in Paris

410

mixed

شنیده ام امروز در پاریس عید است عید جمیع قدیسین چرا این ها را شماها قدیس

Today is a day of rejoicing in Paris! They are celebrating the Festival of 'All Saints'. Why do you think that these people were called 'Saints'?

KHAB.113 (123), KHTB1.097

PT#18 p.055

@apostles; early disciples of Christ, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

ABU0755

The Two Kinds of Light: Words spoken on 1911-11-05 in Paris

390

Persian

بسیار بسیار خوش آمدید امروز هوا تاریک است

Today the weather is gloomy and dull! In the East there is continual sunshine, the stars are never veiled

KHAB.125 (137), KHTB1.111

PT#22 p.064, SW_v08#08 p.097-098

@light and darkness, @knowledge; recognition of God, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @spiritual transformation, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

ABU0473

The True Meaning of the Prophecies Concerning the Coming of Christ: Words spoken on 1911-10-30 in Paris

560

Paris Talks; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

In the Bible there are prophecies of the coming of Christ. The Jews still await

PT#16 p.047, SW_v13#05 p.115x

@literal interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @symbolism, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @outward and inward meanings

ABU0984

The True Meaning of Baptism by Water and Fire: Words spoken on 1911-11-08 in Paris

310

Persian

انسان حیوان نبات حتی جماد جمیع حیاتشان باب است حتی حیات جماد باب شفافی منجمد

In the Gospel according to St John, Christ has said: 'Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.'… The love of God is spoken of as fire, for it burneth away the veils, and as water, for it is the source of life

BRL_DAK#0881, DWNP_v4#11-12 p.060-061, KHAB.139 (150), KHTB1.125

BRL_ATE#088, PT#27 p.079

@love of God, @symbolism, @love and unity, @call to action, @spiritual baptism, @martyrdom of the Bab, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

AB01283

The Transference of Matter across the Kingdoms of Existence

350

Persian

در کائنات نامتناهیه اعظم وسائط تجدد وجود بلکه ترقی قضیۀ اکل و مأکول است

Throughout this endless universe the greatest means for the progress and renewal of existence is that all things are eaters and eaten.

BRL_TTTP#08

BRL_TTT#08

@law of transformation and change, @composition and decomposition, @competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being

AB06566

The Three Kinds of Prophets

120

Persian

انبیای الهی بر سه قسمند قسمی مظاهر کلیه هستند که بمثابه شمسند بظهور

There are three kinds of divine Prophets. One kind are the universal Manifestations

BRL_TTTP#01

BRL_TTT#01

@categories of Prophets (major; minor; village), @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun

ABU1437

The Tenth Principle—Equality of Sex: Words spoken on 1911-11-14 in Paris

220

Persian

جمیع کائنات موجوده مذکر و مونثند و در مابین ذکور و اناث آنها فرقی نیست نظر در

The Tenth Principle of the teaching of Baha'u'llah is the equality of the sexes. God has created all creatures in couples.

AMK.210-212, KHAB.166 (177), KHTB1.163, KHTP.113, QIRT.20ax

LOG#2081x, LOG#2085x, PT#50 p.169, SW_v03#02 p.004-005, SW_v07#15 p.138

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @equality of men and women, @education of children; moral education

ABU0625

The Sun of Truth: Words spoken on 1911-10-22 in Paris

460

It is a lovely day, the sun shines brightly upon the earth, giving light and warmth to all creatures

PT#07 p.020

@Manifestation of God as sun, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @Christ; Christianity, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU1079

The Spiritual Meetings in Paris: Words spoken on 1911-11-04 in Paris

290

Persian

در اروپا مجامع بسیار تشکیل میشود از قبیل مجالس تجارت زراعت معارف سیاست جغرافیا

All over Europe today one hears of meetings and assemblies, and societies of all kinds are formed. There are those interested in commerce

BRL_DAK#1234, KHAB.124 (135), KHTB1.109

PT#21 p.062

Stefan & Marie, K. Porray

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @thankfulness; gratitude

ABU0462

The Sixth Principle—Means of Existence: Words spoken on 1911-11-14 in Paris

560

Persian

امروز مختصر صحبت میدارم از جمله اساس بهاء الله تعدیل معیشت است طبقات ناس

Among the most important principles of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah is the equalization of the means of living among men.

AMK.212-215, AVK4.336x, KHF.251, KHAB.172 (183), KHTB1.170, KHTP.121

LOG#1866x, PT#46 p.156, SW_v03#02 p.005-006

@Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @maintainance of degrees in society, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

ABU1959

The Seventh Principle—Equality of Men: Words spoken on 1911-11-15 in Paris

150

The Laws of God are not imposition of will, or of power, or pleasure, but the resolutions of truth, reason and justice.' All men are equal before the law, which must reign absolutely

PT#47 p.160

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @justice and mercy, @unity; oneness of humanity, @relationship between government and people

ABU0457

The Second Principle—The Unity of Mankind: Words spoken on 1911-11-11 in Paris

570

Persian

Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

دیروز ذکر کردیم اول چیزی که برای انسان لازم تحری حقیقت است و در تحری حقیقت

Yesterday I spoke to you of the First Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Search after Truth

BRL_DAK#1226, DWNP_v6#02 p.002-004, KHAB.157 (168), KHTB1.151, KHTP.103

PT#42 p.141, SW_v03#01 p.004-005, DWN_v3#01 p.010x

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @love and unity, @differences in human capacity, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB00676

The Rejection of the Manifestations of God in Every Age

480

Persian

وقتی که حضرت ابراهیم مبعوث شد و تأسیس شریعت الله نمود و تعالیم جدیده انتشار داد

When Abraham was sent forth, however much He expounded the truth, established the religion of God

BRL_TTTP#06

BRL_TTT#06, TTCT.06-08

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @belief and denial, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @suffering and imprisonment

ABU1482

The Progress of the Soul: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London

220

The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering.

PT#57 p.191

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @knowledge of self, @spiritual transformation

ABU1414

The Power and Value of True Thought Depend upon Its Manifestation in Action: Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris

230

The reality of man is his thought, not his material body. The thought force and the animal force are partners.

PT#02 p.004, SW_v02#16 p.003-004, SW_v02#19 p.004-005, PN_1911 p016

@divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @goodly deeds; actions, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @the mind's power of discovery, @knowledge of self, @mind as intermediary between soul and body

ABU0478

The Pitiful Causes of War, and the Duty of Everyone to Strive for Peace: Words spoken on 1911-10-21 in Paris

550

mixed

امروز حوادث ایطالیا و ترکیا را خواندم باز محاربه جدیدی شده خون بیچارگان انسان

I hope you are all happy and well. I am not happy, but very sad. The news of the Battle of Benghazi grieves my heart. I wonder at the human savagery that still exists in the world!

KHAB.106 (115), KHTB1.087

PT#06 p.017, SW_v02#14 p.004-005

E. Mahony, jeph.ilosopher, Maryam & Nabil, N. Ma'ani, T. Ellis, A. & M. Zemke [track 1], K. Key, G.H. Miller, Nica, Sahar & Delara

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @importance of prayer, @war and peace, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU0665

The Perfect Human Sentiments and Virtues: Words spoken on 1911-11-23 in Paris

440

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks

شما باید بسیار مسرور باشید و شکر کنید که در چنین

You should all be very happy and thankful to God for the great privilege that is yours. This is purely a spiritual meeting!

AVK4.478.08x, KHAB.195 (205), KHTB1.201

PT#36 p.113

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @human reality created in the image of God, @man's distinction from the animal, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual transformation, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU0253

The Ninth Principle—The Noninterference of Religion with Politics: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-17

810

mixed

انسان باید در عالم وجود امید بمکافات و خوف از مجازات داشته باشد علی الخصوص

In the conduct of life, man is actuated by two main motives: 'The Hope for Reward' and 'The Fear of Punishment'.... Oh, friends of God, be living examples of justice! ... Justice is not limited, it is a universal quality.

BRL_DAK#0957, KHF.286, KHAB.175 (186), KHTB1.174

ADJ.028bx, PT#49 p.163, BSC.425 #768.3x, SW_v03#02 p.007, SW_v07#15 p.139, ABS#02

@reward and punishment, @relationship between government and people, @justice and mercy, @non-participation in politics, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization

ABU0937

The Need for Union between the Peoples of the East and West: Words spoken on 1911-10-20 in Paris

330

Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

In the past, as in the present, the Spiritual Sun of Truth has always shone from the horizon of the East

PT#04 p.008

@East and West; communication between East and West, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal peace; world unity

AB03269

The Meaning of the Invocation "He is God"

210

Persian

جواب این مصطلح اهل شرق از اسلام است مقصد آنان اینکه در هر امری باید ابتدا باسم خدا نمود

This is a common practice in the East among the Muslims, and their intent is that one must begin all things with the mention of God.

BRL_TTTP#04, MAS9.022-023x

BRL_TTT#04, TTCT.03-05

@law of fasting, @spiritual transformation, @Christ; Christianity, @Moses, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab

AB11056

The Meaning of the "Mysteries"

Persian

Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

مقصد از سر مطالب و مسائلی که از عقول و ادراک خلق دور و مستور بعد چون شخص کاملی

By “mysteries” is meant such matters and questions as are remote and hidden from the minds

BRL_TTTP#07

BRL_TTT#07, TTCT.09

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @prophecy and fulfillment, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures

AB05412

The Meaning of Speaking in Tongues

150

Persian

Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

جواب مقصد حضرات حواریون بلسان ملکوتی تبلیغ مینمودند و آن لسان مطابق جمیع لسانها است

The meaning is that the Apostles taught in a spiritual tongue, a tongue that embraces all tongues.

BRL_TTTP#03, MAS9.021-022x

BRL_TTT#03, TTCT.05-06

@Christ; Christianity, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0845

The Light of Truth Is Now Shining upon the East and the West: Words spoken on 1911-10-23 in Paris

360

When a man has found the joy of life in one place, he returns to that same spot to find more joy

PT#08 p.023, SW_v02#16 p.005-006, PN_1911 p018

@East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritual transformation, @call to action

ABU0503

The Last Meeting: Words spoken on 1911-12-01 in Paris

530

Persian

روزیکه بپاریس آمدم دیدم مزرعه ایست

When I arrived in Paris some time ago for the first time, I looked around me with much interest, and in my mind I likened this beautiful city to a large garden.

KHTB1.239

PT#53 p.177, SAS.109x

@oneness; unity of religion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation

ABU1062

The Imprisonment of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Words spoken on 1911-10-25 in Paris

300

I regret much that I have kept you waiting this morning, but I have so much to do in a short time

PT#10 p.030, SW_v02#16 p.006, PN_1911 p019

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @suffering and imprisonment, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0773

The Holy Spirit, the Intermediary Power between God and Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-31 in Paris

380

Persian

حقیقت الوهیت در نهایت تنزیه و تقدیس است از برای حقیقت الوهیت نزول و صعودی

The Divine Reality is Unthinkable, Limitless, Eternal, Immortal and Invisible. The world of creation is bound by natural law, finite and mortal.

KHF.121, KHAB.108 (118), KHTB1.090

PT#17 p.050, SW_v02#14 p.015

@The Holy Spirit, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @apostles; early disciples of Christ

ABU0493

The Fourth Principle—The Acceptance of the Relation between Religion and Science: Words spoken on 1911-11-12 in Paris

540

Persian

دیروز بیان کردیم اساس ثانی وحدت عالم انسانی است سوم دین و علم توام است اگر

Yesterday I spoke to you of the Second Principle of the Teaching of Baha'o'llah, the Unity of Mankind

BRL_DAK#1227, KHAB.160 (171), KHTB1.155, KHTP.108

PT#44 p.145, SW_v03#01 p.005, DWN_v3#03-4 p.024-027

@harmony of science and religion, @empty learning; false spirituality, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @unity in diversity, @idolatry, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @differences in human capacity

ABU0651

The Four Kinds of Love: Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-04

450

What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers.... There are four kinds of love

PT#58 p.192, DAS.1913-01-04x

Baha'i Youth of Japan, S. & C. Zein

@love and unity, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @four; five pathways of love, @God's love for His own Essence

ABU0282

The First Principle—Search after Truth: Words spoken on 1911-11-10 in Paris

760

Persian

دیروز رفتیم در جمعیت روحانیون چون آنجمع

If a man would succeed in his search after truth, he must, in the first place, shut his eyes to all the traditional superstitions of the past.

DWNP_v5#07-8 p.006x, KHAB.146 (157), KHTB1.137

PT#41 p.138x, SW_v03#01 p.003-004x, DWN_v2#08 p.061-063x

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @soul; spirit after death, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @blind imitation [taqlid], @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU0285

The Fifth Principle—The Abolition of Prejudices: Words spoken on 1911-11-13 in Paris

750

Persian

از جمله اساس بهاء الله ترک تعصب وطنی و تعصب مذهبی و تعصب جنسی و تعصب سیاسی

Another principle of the teaching of Baha'o'llah is this: That you must renounce all prejudices

AMK.224-228, DWNP_v5#12 p.004-006, KHAB.163 (174), KHTB1.158

PT#45 p.151, SW_v03#02 p.003-004, DWN_v3#01 p.010-011x

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @Judas

ABU0054

The Evolution of the Spirit: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-10

1510

Persian

امشب باید ذکری از ترقی و بقای روح بشود هر نفس موجودى لابد بر این است

Tonight I will speak of the evolution or progress of the spirit. Absolute repose does not exist in nature.

BRL_DAK#0650, AVK1.227x, BSHN.140.537x, BSHN.144.525x, MAS5.051-058, MHT1a.134x, MHT1b.092x, KHF.167, KHAB.150 (161), KHTB1.142, KHTP.090, VUJUD.098x

PT#29 p.086, VUJUDE.150x

@soul; spirit after death, @composition and decomposition

ABU0626

The Evolution of Matter and Development of the Soul: Words spoken on 1911-11-03 in Paris

460

Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks

Paris is becoming very cold, so cold that I shall soon be obliged to go away

PT#20 p.060

@evolution; human evolution, @relationship of the soul to the body, @soul; spirit after death, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @spiritual transformation

ABU0416

The Eleventh Principle—The Power of the Holy Spirit: Words spoken on 1911-11-18 in Paris

600

Persian

از جمله تعالیم حضرت بهاء الله این است بشر هر قدر ترقی بکند باز محتاج بنفثات

In the teaching of Baha'u'llah, it is written: 'By the Power of the Holy Spirit alone is man able to progress, for the power of man is limited and the Divine Power is boundless.'... Turn your faces away from the contemplation

KHAB.179 (190), KHTB1.179, KHTP.126

ADJ.046x, PT#51 p.172, BSC.452 #825x, SW_v03#02 p.006-007, SW_v16#06 p.0541, SW_v08#08 p.102

@The Holy Spirit, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation

ABU0705

The Eighth Principle—Universal Peace: Words spoken on 1911-11-29 in Paris

410

Persian

از جمله أوامر حضرت بهاء الله اینست که باید جمیع ملت

A Supreme Tribunal shall be established by the peoples and Governments of every nation, composed of members elected from each country and Government.

KHTB1.233, KHTP.175

LOG#1076x, PT#48 p.161

@universal language, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0653

The Duty of Kindness and Sympathy towards Strangers and Foreigners: Words spoken on 1911-10-16 in Paris

450

Paris Talks (book)

When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere. All men are his brothers…. Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone...

PT#01 p.001, AIF.1911-10-16, SW_v02#19 p.004x, SW_v08#11 p.137

T. Ellis, Nabil and Karim, R. Lea, Alda, Mea, Onni, Nader & Pedram, MANA, Naim & Friends

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @words vs deeds

First chapter of the book "Paris Talks", a collection of 59 talks given during ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's visit toParis in 1911 and 1912.

ABU1814

The Desires and Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Baha: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-15

160

Persian

از فرط محبت بشما تضرع و زاری من بملکوت الهی این است که شماها را تایید نماید

You are all very welcome, and I love you all most dearly. Day and night I pray to Heaven for you that strength may be yours, and that, one and all, you may participate

KHAB.168 (179), KHTB1.166

PT#30 p.093

E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2)

@being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @study; deepening

AB00097

The Declaration of Baha’u’llah

1130

Persian

جواب جمال مبارک از بدو طفولیت اطوار و آثار و گفتاری عجیب داشتند

From the beginning of His childhood Baha'u'llah was possessed of such astonishing qualities

BRL_TTTP#11

BRL_TTT#11

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @banishment to; life in Adrianople, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @banishment to; life in Constantinople

ABU0679

The Cruel Indifference of People towards the Suffering of Foreign Races: Words spoken on 1911-11-24 in Paris

430

Persian

میگویند یک ترن در رود سن افتاده بیست و پنج نفر غرق شده و امروز در پارلمان

I have just been told that there has been a terrible accident in this country. A train has fallen into the river and at least twenty people have been killed.

BRL_DAK#1241, KHAB.197 (207), KHTB1.204, KHTP.152

PT#37 p.115, SW_v07#11 p.106-107, SW_v16#08 p.616, ABS#13

@war and peace, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual transformation, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0735

The Clouds That Obscure the Sun of Truth: Words spoken on 1911-10-27 in Paris

400

Persian

در انجیل میفرماید هر وقت حضرت مسیح میاید سوار بر ابر است جمال مبارک در تفسیر

The day is fine, the air is pure, the sun shines, no mist nor cloud obscures its radiance. These brilliant rays penetrate into all parts of the city

DWNP_v5#10 p.002-003, KHF.206, KHAB.098 (107), KHTB1.076

PT#12 p.034, PN_1911 p021

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary

ABU0936

The Benefits of God to Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-27 in Paris

330

God alone ordereth all things and is all-powerful. Why then does He send trials to His servants?

LOG#2041x, PT#14 p.041

@theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @spiritual transformation, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

ABU0613

The Baha’ís Must Work with Heart and Soul to Bring About a Better Condition in the World: Words spoken on 1911-11-19 in Paris

460

Persian

الحمد لله امروز جمعیت خوبی داریم جهت آنکه این جمعیت ما جمعیت آسمانیست و جهت

How joyful it is to see such a meeting as this, for it is in truth a gathering together of 'heavenly men'… Love and obey your heavenly father

KHAB.182 (193), KHTB1.183

PT#32 p.099

S. Peyman

@war and peace, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0546

Talk to pilgrims at Haifa pilgrim house, 1914-10-23

500

Persian

باید شام بعد از غروب حاضر باشد هر وقت میل دارند بخورند بهترین اوقات

The best hour to eat supper is right after sunset... During the life of my grandfather, the Ministers of State had an established custom

KHH1.117 (1.163-164)

KHHE.178-179, DAS.1914-10-23

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @stories; anecdotes, @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

ABU0442

Talk to pilgrims at Haifa pilgrim house, 1914-10-22

580

Persian

حال من بسیار خوبست در جمیع جاها گردیدم هوا باین خوبی ندیدم اگر اهالی اینجا منهمک

I am always well, especially in these days. Here the air is paradisiacal. The weather of Mount Carmel at this season is most healthful... Before we were exiled from Tihran all our properties and possessions were pillaged

KHH1.114-116 (1.159-162)

KHHE.174, DAS.1914-10-22

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @degrees of faith; certitude

ABU0354

Talk given at Hotel Moderne, Paris, on 1913-02-12

670

Persian

در عالم انسانی دو قضیه است عمومی و خصوصی هر امری عمومی فوائدش بی نهایت است و

In the material world of existence, human undertakings are divided into two kinds--universal and specific.

AMK.276-279, AVK3.209.19x, KHF.241, KHTB3.093, NJB_v12#06 p.128, BDA2.133x

SW_v04#02 p.036-037, SW_v17#07 p.216, SW_v11#17 p.287+290-291, MHMD2.167x, ADP.141-146

@universal language, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity of governments; political unity, @universal peace; world unity

AB00098

Tahirih and the Conference of Badasht

1130

Persian

Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan)

حقیقت این قضیه مختصراً اینست که در آن اوقات بدایت امر بود و هیچکس از تعالیم الهی خبر نداشت

In brief, what happened is the following. Those were the early days of the Cause and no one was informed of the divine teachings.

BRL_TTTP#09, MMK4#018 p.017

BRL_TTT#09

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @conference of Badasht, @holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God, @stories; anecdotes

AB00015

Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Qalam (Commentary on the Surih of the Pen)

4670

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی جعل النقطه البارزه فی کتاب الابداع طراز جداول الاختراع و فصل

Praised be to God Who made the Point to be outstretched within the Book of Origination, an Ornament through which is the Genesis of Creativity

INBA56:023

BMT.119

HURQ.BH48

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

AB00006

Tafsir-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyyan (Commentary on the Hadith of the Hidden Treasure)

8270

mixed

Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure)

الحمد لله الذی قد حرک افلاک الذوات بحرکه جذب صمدانیه و قد موج ابحر الکینونات

Praise be to God Who hath stirred up the celestial spheres of being through the movement of divine attraction, and hath caused the oceans of existence to surge [3.5s]... ...And to continue: To him who looks at these lines and understands these indications, it is well known with respect to the request of that traveller… O Lord so rich in bounty, so replete with grace

INBA13:411x

BRL_MON#26x, MKT2.002, BMT.174, ADH2.070x, ADH2_2#09 p.101x, MMG2#120 p.135x, MJH.051x, HUV1.004x, OOL.C028, VUJUD.139.18x

BRL_POAB#26x, BRL_Aqdas.n023x, SW_v08#06 p.062-063x, BLO_PT#024, VUJUDE.146x, JHT_A#005x

S. Rezaei and M. Vahman, Ahdieh, S. Tirandaz, S. Taefi [track 13], unknown, L. Slott

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @knowledge of attributes same as knowledge of God, @names and attributes of God, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah], @essential vs. actional attributes of God, @mystical themes

Makatib v.2 p.55 mentions that this was written in Edirne; see also BMT.178. For brief commentary by Baha'u'llah see BH04769.

AB00018

Tafsir-i-Hadith هل رأیت رجلاً (Commentary on the Tradition "Dost thou see a man")

4180

Arabic

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn'

الحمد لمن تعالی بجوهر ذاته عن وصف الممکنات و تقدس بساذج حقیقته من نعت

Praise be unto Him Who, in the essence of His Being, is exalted above all description of contingent things and Who, in the reality of His Nature, is sanctified from every attribute [3.5s]... ...O thou who hast turned thy face towards the court of eternity, and art even as a brand afire with the flames of the Burning Bush! Concerning thy question about the term “angels”… And now concerning thy question about the 'Jinn', know thou that God - exalted be He - hath created man from four elements: fire, air, water and earth

INBA56:090, INBA55:077x

BRL_DAK#0649, AVK2.262x, AVK2.145.08x, AVK2.162.15x, BMT.234, MAS2.043-047x

BLO_sazedj#20x, ADMS#050bx

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the human soul, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @knowledge; recognition of God

AB00014

Tafsir-i-Hadith لا یسعنی (Commentary on the Tradition "Heaven and Earth cannot contain me…")

4700

Arabic

الحمد لله بما من علی العباد بالفضل و الافضال فی هذه الایام التی فیها تجلی علی

Praise be to God, Who hath bestowed upon His servants grace and bounty in these days wherein He hath manifested [3.5s]

INBA56:067

BMT.219, SFI02.166

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @literal interpretation, @blind imitation [taqlid]

AB00013

Tafsir-i-Bismillah

4760

Arabic

Creation

Tafsír-i-Bismilláh ar-Raḥmán ar-Raḥím (Commentary on the opening verse of the Quran)

الحمد لله الذی بفیض ظهوره الاعلی کشف الغطاء عن وجه الهدی و اشرقت الارض

...The names of God derive from those attributes which are the perfections belonging to the reality of the Essence

INBA55:001, INBA59:044, INBA90:097, UMich962.072-092, UMich991.174-203

MKT1.033, MNMK#005 p.032, ASAT4.475-476x, QT105.1.122x, BMT.012, RHQM1.252-255x (312x) (187-189x), YMM.179x, JNM1.453x, DLS.284x, DLS.418x, NSS.168x, OOL.C027

BLO_createx, BLO_PT#216.031nx

@names and attributes of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

MMAH.279

Date of publication mentioned in TZH6.282 and BMT.012-013.

AB00173

Tafsír-i-Áyat-i-Yuhanna (Commentary on Verses of John)

870

mixed

Commentary on Verses of John (Tafsír-i-Áyát-i-Yuhanná)

Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Yuhanna (Commentary on Verses of John)

بشیر اشارات پر بشارات که از مصر وفا عزم کری جهانان نموده از محفل دوستان

The herald of joyous tidings, who from the Egypt of faithfulness hath set forth to traverse the world, hath reached the gathering of the friends [3.5s]... ...The concourse of the Gospel have presently fallen lost in the wilderness of error and purblindness and thus have considered as naught these assertions of the Gospel

MKT2.057, PYM.423x

BLO_PT#026

@prophecy and fulfillment, @Christ; Christianity, @The Holy Spirit, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

AB00017

Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Qayyumu'l-Asma (Commentary on a Verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma)

4460

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی جعل الخط المتکون من النقطه الاولیه الظاهره بالباء طراز الختم

Praise be to God Who hath ordained that the Line, proceeding from the Primal Point manifested in the letter Bá, be the ornament of the seal [3.5s]

INBA59:001

BRL_DA#305, MAS9.048

@mystical themes, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

AB00012

Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Ra'd (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Thunder)

4830

Arabic

الحمد لله تنطق السن البلغاء ببدایع جوامع منابع اذکار الحمد و الثناء و مظهر

Praise be to God! The tongues of the eloquent ones give utterance to wondrous and comprehensive wellsprings of praise and thanksgiving [3.5s]

INBA56:043

BMT.045

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism

AB00009

Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Kahf (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Cave)

5500

Arabic

Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn; As to what is meant by Gog and Magog, these were two factions that were in constant strife…"

Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Kahf (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Cave)

الحمد لله الذی نزل الایات من ملکوت العظمه و الاقتدار و جعلها حجه لاهل

Praise be to God Who hath sent down verses from the Kingdom of grandeur and power, and made them a proof for the people [3.5s]... ...As to the intended meaning of Dhu’l-Qarnayn in this verse, it is none other than Muḥammad Himself—may the spirits of them that are nigh unto God be a sacrifice for Him

BMT.059

ADMS#329x, ADMS#345x

@station of the Manifestation of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00021

Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Jinn (Commentary on the Surah of the Jinn)

3270

Arabic

الحمد لله الاول بلا اول و الاخر بلا آخر الذی خلق الارض و السماء و ابدع

Praise be to God, the First without beginning and the Last without end, Who hath created the earth and the heavens and brought forth through His power of creation [3.5s]

BMT.153, NSS.157bx

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @outward and inward meanings, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God

AB00031

Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Furqan

1950

Arabic

الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی اهل الامکان و افاض انوار الجمال لمن فی الاکوان بطراز

Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto the peoples of the contingent world and shed the effulgent lights of His beauty upon all created things [3.5s]

BMT.073

AB00007

Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith "Rome was Overthrown")

6630

Arabic

Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines

Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith 'Rome was Overthrown')

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد نزلت من سماء عز احدیتک میاه الوجود بجودک و رحمانیتک

Praise be to Thee, O Lord! O my God! Out of Thy Bounty and Mercy, Thou hast caused the waters of existence to descend from the heaven of Thy Oneness

PCH.1237#14, , UMich962.001-034, UMich991.104-147

MKT1.062, MNMK#004 p.012, BMT.086, DLS.317

LOIR02.099

@higher encompasses the lower, @spiritual transformation, @God's love for His own Essence, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @soul; spirit after death, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture

Baha’u’llah's assigning ‘Abdu’l-Baha to write this is mentioned in AQA5#036 p.045.

AB00002

Tadhkiratu'l-Vafa (Memorials of the Faithful)

42100

Persian

Memorials of the Faithful

Memorials of the Faithful (book)

در نجف اشرف در دائره شیخ مرتضی انصاری مجتهد شهیر شخصی بی نظیر بود

There was, in the city of Najaf, among the disciples of the widely known mujtahid

MFP, IQN.174x, IQN.193x, MSBH1.496x, MSBH8.141-146x, OOL.C026

MF, STAB#003, STAB#010, STAB#029, STAB#085, STAB#088, STAB#101, STAB#132, STAB#135

Smith & Dragoman, R. Peterson [track 7]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @eulogies; reminiscences, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @stories; anecdotes, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @accounts of dreams and visions, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @firmness in the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @high station of learning, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @station of the Manifestation of God, @praise and encouragement, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @methods of teaching the Cause, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @spiritual transformation, @predictions and prophecies, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis, @Shrines and Holy places, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @pain of love; love as veil, @zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @The Holy Spirit, @Hands of the Cause, @visitation Tablets, @soul; spirit after death, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @martyrs and martyrdom, @Mount Carmel, @thankfulness; gratitude, @love of God, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @suffering and imprisonment, @Shaykhis, @love as fire

MMAH.283

AB00423

Tablet to the Hague II

590

Persian

Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague)

Second Tablet to The Hague

اعضای محترما جواب نامه من که بتاریخ ۱۲ جون ۱۹۲۰ مرقوم فرموده بودید رسید نهایت

Your reply, dated 12 June 1920, to my letter was received with the utmost gratitude.

BRL_HAGP2, MKT4.199, MNMK#113 p.218, MSBH9.364-366, YHA1.340x

BRL_HAG2, SW_v11#17 p.288-289, ABCC.439-440x, BLO_PT#192

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @war and peace, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @martyrs and martyrdom, @universal peace; world unity

AB05069

Tablet to Amir Khan

150

Persian

Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای بنده الهی شکایت از عدم اتقان در صنایع متعدده نموده بودید تعدد صنایع سبب

O thou servant of God! Thou didst complain about the lack of perfection in various crafts and trades. The multiplicity of crafts is a cause of [3.5s]... ...In ancient times the people of America were, through their northern regions, close to Asia

MMK6#247, AVK3.307, AVK2.045.16x

BRL_ATE#045x

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @excellence; distinction

AB03275

Tablet of Visitation for Manuchihr Khan

210

Arabic

علیک التحیه و علیک الثناء و علیک الصلاه و علیک البهاء یا سید الوزراء و ملیک

Upon thee be salutations and praise, and on thee rest blessings and glory, O leader of the ministers and sovereign of the rulers, O resplendent sun among the officials

AHB.126BE #05-06 p.140, AYT.195, DLH3.430

ADMS#260

@prayer for martyrs, @eulogies; reminiscences, @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement

AB01228

Tablet of visitation for Aqa Zaman

350

Arabic

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

اول نور اشرق من افق البقاء و اول شعاع سطع من صبح الهدی و اول رحمه نزلت من

The first light which shone forth from the horizon of Eternity, the first radiance

INBA89:151

MSBH2.231, VAA.094-095, YIK.452-453

TAB.385-387, TOR.190x, VTRM.009-011

@martyrs and martyrdom, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @visitation Tablets

AB03022

Tablet of visitation for Aqa Siyyid Jafar

220

Arabic

Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ایها الشهید الوحید الفرید المجید انی احیی ترابک الطاهر و مرقدک المقدس المبارک

O thou peerless, matchless, glorious martyr! Verily, I salute thy pure dust

INBA89:153

MSBH2.230, VAA.094-094, YIK.451-452

TAB.383-385, VTRM.011-012

@chastisement and requital, @visitation Tablets, @eulogies; reminiscences, @martyrs and martyrdom, @love of God

AB02852

Tablet of visitation for Aqa Rida

220

Arabic

البهاء و الثناء و الضیاء و الصلوه و السلام علیک یا نار محبه الله و نور ملکوت

Glory, praise, radiance, and peace be upon thee, O flame of the love of God and light of the Kingdom [3.5s]

MSBH2.233-234, VAA.095-096

VTRM.008-009

@martyrs and martyrdom, @eulogies; reminiscences, @visitation Tablets, @Shrines and Holy places, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB00210

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Western states II)

800

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

ای یاران و اماء رحمن مختارین ملکوت خطه مبارکه کالیفورنیا نهایت مشابهت بارض

O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful, the chosen ones of the Kingdom! The blessed state of California... O God! O God! This is a broken-winged bird and his flight is very slow

MKT3.049, RRT.147, ADH2.105x, ADH2_3#01 p.140x, MJMJ1.014x, MMG2#060 p.064x, MJH.062x, FRTB.082

TDP#12, BPRY.216-217x, BSC.520 #979, SW_v10#10 p.198-200, BSTW#012x

W. Heath, G. Sky, Nabil and Karim, D. Stollar, D. E. Walker, Strong Steep, C. Zein, R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 7], A. & M. Zemke [track 2]

@prayer for teaching, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @call to action

UDP.031

AB00936

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Western states I)

400

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت شب و روز جز یاد یاران و دعای خیر در حق ایشان و طلب تایید

O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Day and night I have no other occupation

MKT3.010, FRTB.043

TDP#04, BSC.518 #978, SW_v07#10 p.088-089, SW_v07#10 p.085, SW_v09#14 p.160

@growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

UDP.029

AB00094

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

1140

mixed

ای نفوس آسمانی و ابناء و بنات ملکوت خداوند در قرآن میفرماید و اعتصموا بحبل

O ye heavenly souls, sons and daughters of the Kingdom! God says in the Qur'an... O God! O God! Thou seest my weakness, lowliness and humility before Thy creatures

MKT3.058, RRT.148x?, RRT.155x?, ANDA#03 p.73, ADH2.113x, ADH2_3#06 p.147x, MMG2#209 p.237x, FRTB.091

TDP#14, BPRY.207-209x, BWF.419-423, ADJ.070-071x, COF.017x, BSC.530 #983, SW_v10#15 p.283-285, SW_v11#12 p.215x

Seals and Crofts, Chicago Baha'i Community, Heroes Teaching Conference

@oneness; unity of religion, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @growth of the Cause, @prayer for teaching

UDP.066

AB00032

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

1770

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

ای حواریون بهاء الله روحی لکم الفداء نفس مبارک موعود در کتاب مقدس رب الجنود

O ye apostles of Baha'o'llah - may my life be a ransom to you! The blessed person of the promised One... It behooveth the loved ones of God to be enamoured of one another and to sacrifice themselves... O God, my God! Thou seest how black darkness is enshrouding all regions... O Lord! The ocean of rebellion is surging

MKT3.027, AKHA_107BE #07 p.04x, AKHA_107BE #07 p.02x, AKHA_105BE #01 p.01x, QT105.1.374, HHA.258x, ADH2.072x, ADH2_2#10 p.102x, MMG2#056 p.056x, FRTB.060

TDP#08, BPRY.209-212x, BWF.423-429, ADJ.050x, ADJ.061-062x, ADJ.062x, BADM.035x, COF.007x, COF.020x, COF.028x, COF.069x, GPB.238x, GPB.254x, TDH#158.5x, TDH#158.17x, TDH#158.23x, COC#0252x, BSC.539 #985, SW_v11#02 p.032-037, SW_v10#06 p.104, SW_v12#14 p.228+236, SW_v14#03 p.085, DWN_v2#05 p.034, DWN_v5#09 p.002-003x

B. Lisbeth, Nadia, Zaynab & Earl, R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 3]

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @methods of teaching the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @prayer for pioneers and travel teachers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

UDP.055

AB00049

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

1460

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

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

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

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

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

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

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @prayer for teaching, @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

UDP.048

AB00218

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

790

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

ای نفوس مبارکه من از برای شماها فوز و فلاح ابدی میخواهم و موفقیت تامه در جهان

O ye blessed souls! I desire for you eternal success and prosperity... O Thou incomparable God! O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! These souls are Thy heavenly army.

MKT3.015, AKHA_122BE #05 p.383x, AHB.121BE #02 p.000x, PYB#176 p.25x, DUR3.075x, DUR1.301x, ANDA#58 p.19x, ANDA#64 p.12x, MJMJ1.095x, MMG2#071 p.078x, MJH.039ax, FRTB.048, MMJA.027x

TDP#06, BPRY.205-206x, ADJ.049-050x, ADJ.055x, ADJ.070x, COF.010x, COF.016x2x, COF.017x, COF.029x, BSC.527 #982, SW_v10#15 p.280-282

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 1]

@prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @call to action

UDP.046

AB00209

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Southern states II)

800

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

ای نفوس مبارکه محترمه فلاسفه قرون اولی و علماء قرون وسطی و فلاسفه قرون اخیره

O ye blessed, respected souls! The philosophers of the ancients, the thinkers... O my God! O my God! Thou seest me in my lowliness and weakness

MKT3.041, DUR1.577x, RRT.146x, ADH2.112x, ADH2_3#05 p.145x, MJMJ1.017x, MMG2#062 p.066x, MJH.064bx, FRTB.074

TDP#10, BPRY.214-215x, BSC.511 #975, SW_v10#06 p.100-102

K. Key, T. Nosrat, Heroes Teaching Conference, Y. Mesbah, Sasha, Saeon and Sam

@prayer for teaching, @growth of the Cause, @love and unity, @call to action, @station of the Manifestation of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

UDP.013

AB01505

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Southern states I)

320

mixed

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 5]

ای منادیان بملکوت الله چند روز پیش بان یاران الهی نامه نگاشته گشت ولی چون این

O ye heralds of the Kingdom of God! A few days ago an epistle was written

MKT3.006, AKHA_121BE #01 p.j, AKHA_134BE #01 p.8, AHB.119BE #01 p.000, FRTB.038

TDP#02, ADJ.062x, BSC.510 #974, SW_v07#10 p.090, SW_v09#14 p.166-167

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

UDP.012

AB00241

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Northeastern states II)

750

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

ای دوستان حقیقی جمیع اقالیم در نزد حق اقلیم واحد است و جمیع مدائن و قری یکسان

O ye real friends! All countries, in the estimation of the True One are but one country and all the cities and villages... O Thou kind Lord! Praise be unto Thee that Thou hast shown us the highway of guidance

MKT3.037, DWNP_v5#09 p.001-002x, DUR1.027x, ANDA#79 p.05x, MJMJ1.102x, MMG2#075 p.082x, MJH.044x, FRTB.070, NJB_v10#10 p.204x

TDP#09, BPRY.212-214x, ADJ.006x, COF.027-028x, COF.035x2x, GPB.254x, GPB.396x, TDH#158.5x, WOB.053x, WOB.077x, BSC.507 #973, SW_v10#04 p.069-071

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 4], Ladjamaya [track 8]

@spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for teaching, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

UDP.007

AB00956

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Northeastern states I)

400

mixed

Tablets of the Divine Plan

ای منادیان آسمانی ایام نوروز است همیشه بیاد آن یاران مهربان هستم و از درگاه

O ye heavenly heralds! These are the days of Naurooz. I am always thinking of those kind

MKT3.003, AHB.120BE #01 p.01, FRTB.036, NJB_v10#10 p.204

TDP#01, ADJ.057x, BSC.505 #972, SW_v07#10 p.087-088, SW_v09#14 p.159-160

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness

UDP.005

AB00184

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Central states II)

840

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

ای احبای قدیم و یاران ندیم در قرآن عظیم میفرماید یختص برحمه من یشاء این

O ye old believers and intimate friends! God says in the great Qur'an... These twelve Central states of the United States... O Lord, my God! Praise and thanksgiving be unto Thee for Thou hast guided me to the highway

MKT3.045, AHB.110BE #06-07 p.102, RRT.146x, ADH2.110x, ADH2_3#04 p.144x, MMG2#208 p.236x, MJH.063x, FRTB.078

TDP#11, BPRY.215-216x, TDH#158.5x, COF.031x2x, COF.069x, COF.121x, GPB.254-255x, GPB.351x, GPB.397x, BSC.515 #977, SW_v10#07 p.124-126

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 6]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

UDP.023

AB01130

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Central states I)

370

mixed

Savva, Danika, Lauren & Jeremy

ای نفوس آسمانی ای محافل روحانی ای مجامع ربانی هر چند مدتیست که در تحریر

O he heavenly souls, O ye spiritual assemblies, O ye lordly meetings! For some time past correspondence has been delayed

MKT3.008, FRTB.041

TDP#03, BSC.514 #976, SW_v07#10 p.091, SW_v09#14 p.167-168

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

UDP.022

AB00169

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Canada and Greenland II)

880

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Bahá'í Prayers

یاران مهربانا و اماء رحمانا لن تری فی خلق الرحمن من تفاوت در قرآن عظیم

O ye kind friends and the maidservants of the Merciful: In the great Qur'an God says... ...Be not concerned with the smallness of your numbers, neither be oppressed by the multitude... Praise be to Thee, O my God! These are Thy servants who are attracted by the fragrances... O God, my God! Thou beholdest this weak one begging for celestial strength

MKT3.054, RRT.148x, ANDA#03 p.71, ADH2.108x, ADH2_3#03 p.143x, MJMJ1.015x, MJH.064ax, NSR_1978.115x, NSR_1993.128x, FRTB.087

TDP#13, BPRY.217-218x, BPRY.218-219x, ADJ.055x, ADJ.058x2x, ADJ.062x, COF.012bx, GPB.397x, TDH#158.17x, WOB.077-078x, LOG#1985x, BSC.524 #981, SW_v10#12 p.227-229

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 9], almunajat.com [item 3, 14]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prayer for teaching

UDP.038

AB01552

Tablet of the Divine Plan (Canada and Greenland I)

310

mixed

R. Grammer & G. Watson [track 8]

ای بنات و ابناء ملکوت هر چند در اکثر ایالات و مدائن متحده الحمد لله نفحات الله

O ye daughters and sons of the Kingdom! Although in most of the states and cities

MKT3.013, ANDA#71 p.06, FRTB.046

TDP#05, ADJ.055x, ADJ.057-058x, COF.012ax, BSC.523 #980, SW_v07#10 p.089-090, SW_v09#14 p.168

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @universal peace; world unity, @call to action, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

UDP.037

ABU0555

Spiritual Aspiration in the West: Words spoken on 1911-11-06 in Paris

500

Persian

من از شرق آمدم بغرب در شرق میشنیدم که

You are very welcome! From Eastern lands I have come to the West to sojourn awhile among you. In the East it is often said

KHAB.128 (139), KHTB1.113

PT#23 p.066

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @man's distinction from the animal, @critique of Eastern values; culture, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @praise of Western values; culture, @high station of learning

AB00063

Some Answered Questions #084 The Station of Actions Performed without the Knowledge of God

1330

Persian

بدان که این اعمال و رفتار و گفتار ممدوح است و مقبول و شرف عالم انسانیست

Know that such ways, words and deeds are to be lauded and approved, and they redound to the glory of the human world.

MFD#84, OOL.C022.84

SAQ#84

@love of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual transformation, @unity in diversity, @race unity; racial issues, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @differences in human capacity

AB00520

Some Answered Questions #083 The Four Criteria of Comprehension

550

Persian

میزان ادراک آنچه مسلم است منحصر در چهار موازینست یعنی حقائق اشیاء باین چهار چیز ادراک میشود

There are only four accepted criteria of comprehension, that is, four criteria whereby the realities of things are understood.

MFD#83, OOL.C022.83

SAQ#83

@limits of the intellect, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @rational arguments, @The Holy Spirit, @four methods of acquiring knowledge

AB00062

Some Answered Questions #082 The Unity of Existence

1340

Persian

بدانکه این مسألهٴ وحدة الوجود قدیم است تخصیص بثیاسفه و صوفیه ندارد

Know that the idea of the unity of existence is ancient and is not restricted to the Theosophists and the Sufis alone.

MFD#82, OOL.C022.82

SAQ#82

@unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00036

Some Answered Questions #081 Reincarnation

1720

Persian

آنچه گفته میشود ما را مقصد بیان حقیقت است توهین عقاید ملل دیگر نیست

Our purpose in what we are about to say is to express the truth and not to denigrate the beliefs of others

MFD#81, OOL.C022.81

SAQ#81

@reincarnation, @spiritual transformation, @arcs of ascent and descent, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds

AB00839

Some Answered Questions #080 True Pre-existence

430

Persian

بعضی از حکما و فلاسفه بر آنند که قدیم بر دو قسم است قدیم ذاتی و قدیم زمانی

Certain sages and philosophers hold that there are two kinds of pre-existence, essential and temporal

MFD#80, OOL.C022.80

SAQ#80

@eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @four causes, @God's attributes require the existence of objects, @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal

AB02618

Some Answered Questions #079 The Reality of the World of Being

240

Persian

طائفهء سوفسطائیه بر آنند که موجودات عبارت از اوهامات است هر موجود وهم محض است

The sophists hold that all existence is illusory, indeed, that each and every being is an absolute illusion

MFD#79, OOL.C022.79

SAQ#79

@existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @material world a reflection of the spiritual, @life and death

AB00099

Some Answered Questions #078 Strikes

1120

Persian

از مسئله اعتصاب سؤال نمودید . در این مسئله مشکلات عظیمه حاصل شده و میشود

You have asked about strikes. Great difficulties have arisen and will continue to arise from this issue.

MFD#78, OOL.C022.78

SAQ#78, BWF.280-284x

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @relationship between government and people, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

AB00090

Some Answered Questions #077 The Punishment of Criminals

1150

Persian

عقوبات جزائیه بر دو قسم است یک قسم انتقام است

There are two kinds of retributive actions: One is revenge and retaliation

MFD#77, OOL.C022.77

SAQ#77, ADJ.028bx

@reward and punishment, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @education of children; moral education, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @universal education, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @justice and mercy

AB00779

Some Answered Questions #076 The Justice and Mercy of God

450

Persian

بدان که عدل اعطای کل ذی حق حقه است مثلاً شخصی اجیر

Know that justice consists in rendering each his due…. But if he who has been struck

MFD#76, OOL.C022.76

SAQ#76

C. Oja

@reward and punishment, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @justice and mercy, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

AB09024

Some Answered Questions #075 Two Kinds of Torment

Persian

بدان که عذاب بر دو قسم است عذاب لطیف و عذاب غلیظ

Know that there are two kinds of torment: subtle and palpable.

MFD#75, OOL.C022.75

SAQ#75

@chastisement and requital, @nearness and remoteness

AB01360

Some Answered Questions #074 The Relativity of Good and Evil

340

Persian

بیان حقیقت اینمسئله بسیار مشکل است بدانکه کائنات بر دو قسم است

To explain the truth of this matter is difficult indeed. Know that created things are of two kinds

MFD#74, OOL.C022.74

SAQ#74

@nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @intelligible vs. perceptible realities, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB00646

Some Answered Questions #073 Healing by Material Means

490

Persian

دیروز در سر ناهار در مسئلهء طب و علاج روحانی ذکر شد که بقوای معنویه معالجهء امراض میشود

Yesterday at table we mentioned, in connection with the question of spiritual medicine and healing, how illnesses can be cured through spiritual powers.

MFD#73, OOL.C022.73

SAQ#73, LOG#1011x

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @the animal kingdom

AB00380

Some Answered Questions #072 Healing without Medicine

620

Persian

تفصیل این کیفیت از پیش بیان شد اگر درست ملتفت نشده‌اید تکرار کنیم

A detailed explanation of this matter was provided earlier. If you have not fully grasped it

MFD#72, OOL.C022.72

SAQ#72

@mind as intermediary between soul and body, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB00482

Some Answered Questions #071 Spiritual Discoveries

560

Persian

اکتشافات روحانیه بر دو قسم است یک نوع اندکی اوهامست که مصطلح اقوام سائره است

Spiritual disclosures are of two kinds: one, which is commonly referred to among other peoples, is mere imagination

MFD#71, OOL.C022.71

SAQ#71

@power of imagination; thought; right intention, @power of the mind over nature, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions

AB00441

Some Answered Questions #070 Free Will and its Limits

590

Persian

این مسئله از مهمات مسائل الهیه است و بسیار غامض است

This is one of the most important questions of divinity and it is most abstruse.

MFD#70, OOL.C022.70

SAQ#70

@free will and predestination; fate, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB00475

Some Answered Questions #069 The Influence of the Stars and the Interconnectedness of All Things

570

Persian

بعضی از کواکب آسمانیرا بر کرهء ارض و کائنات ارضیه تأثیر جسمانی واضح و مشهود

Certain celestial bodies exert a physical influence upon the earth and its creatures which is clear and apparent

MFD#69, OOL.C022.69

SAQ#69

@interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @astrology and numerology, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy

AB05420

Some Answered Questions #068 Two Kinds of Fate

150

Persian

قضا دو قسم است یکی محتوم است و دیگری مشروط که معلق گفته میشود

Fate is of two kinds: one is irrevocable and the other is conditional, or, as it is said, impending.

MFD#68, OOL.C022.68

SAQ#68

@free will and predestination; fate, @law of cause and effect, @life and death, @wisdom [hikmat]

AB00336

Some Answered Questions #067 Eternal Life and Entrance into the Kingdom of God

650

Persian

سؤال از حیات ابدیه و دخول در ملکوت مینمائید ملکوت باصطلاح ظاهری آسمان گفته

You have asked concerning eternal life and entrance into the Kingdom. The Kingdom is outwardly referred to as “heaven”

MFD#67, BSHN.140.504x, BSHN.144.492x, MHT1a.158x, MHT1b.116x, OOL.C022.67

SAQ#67

@spiritual transformation, @soul; spirit after death, @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @knowledge; recognition of God, @attaining the life of the spirit, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @relationship of the soul to the body, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut]

AB01631

Some Answered Questions #066 The Subsistence of the Rational Soul after the Death of the Body

310

Persian

بعضی را گمان چنین که جسد جوهر است و قائم بالذات است و روح عرض

Some hold that the body is the substance and that it subsists by itself, and that the spirit is an accident

MFD#66, OOL.C022.66

SAQ#66

@soul; spirit after death, @relationship of the soul to the body, @the human soul

AB05486

Some Answered Questions #065 Faith and Works

140

Persian

از این آیهء مبارکه مقصد اینست که اساس فوز و فلاح عرفان حق است

The meaning of this blessed verse is that the foundation of success and salvation is the recognition of God

MFD#65, OOL.C022.65

SAQ#65

@twin duties of recognition and obedience, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB00420

Some Answered Questions #064 The Station of Man and His Progress after Death

600

Persian

چون در کائنات ببصر بصیرت نظر کنیم ملاحظه شود که محصور در سه قسم است

When we examine all things with the eye of discernment, we observe that they are generally confined to three categories

MFD#64, OOL.C022.64

SAQ#64, BWF.331-333, LOG#1834x

@two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @soul; spirit after death, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @arcs of ascent and descent, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @differences in human capacity, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @spiritual transformation, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]

AB01145

Some Answered Questions #063 The Progress of All Things Within their Own Degree

370

Persian

بدان که شیء موجود در مقامی توقف ننماید یعنی جمیع اشیاء متحرک است

Know that nothing that exists remains in a state of repose—that is, all things are in motion.

MFD#63, OOL.C022.63

SAQ#63, BWF.330-331

@progress only takes place within its own degree, @law of transformation and change, @soul; spirit after death, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence

AB00399

Some Answered Questions #062 The Infinite Perfections of Existence and the Progress of the Soul in the Next World

610

Persian

بدان که مراتب وجود متناهیست مرتبهء عبودیت مرتبهء نبوت و مرتبهء ربوبیت

Know that the degrees of existence are finite—the degrees of servitude, of prophethood and of Divinity

MFD#62, OOL.C022.62

SAQ#62, BWF.328-330, LOG#0684x, LOG#0685x

@soul; spirit after death, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for the departed

AB00228

Some Answered Questions #061 The Immortality of the Spirit (2)

770

Persian

دیروز در بحث بقای روح بودیم بدان که تصرف و ادراک روح انسانی بر دو نوع است

Yesterday we were discussing the immortality of the spirit. Know that the influence and perception of the human spirit is of two kinds

MFD#61, BSHN.140.509x, BSHN.144.497x, MHT1a.152x, MHT1b.110x, OOL.C022.61

SAQ#61, BWF.326-328

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @relationship of the soul to the body, @mind as intermediary between soul and body

AB00268

Some Answered Questions #060 The Immortality of the Spirit (1)

720

Persian

پس اثبات روح شد که روح انسانی موجود است حال باید اثبات بقای روح را کرد

Having established the existence of the human spirit, we must now establish its immortality.

MFD#60, BSHN.140.515x, BSHN.144.503x, MHT1a.146x, MHT1b.104x, OOL.C022.60

SAQ#60, BWF.323-326

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual transformation, @recompense; reward for belief; right action

AB00395

Some Answered Questions #059 Man's Comprehension of God

610

Persian

این مسئله را زمان فرصت لازم و در سر ناهار بیان مشکل است

This subject requires ample time, and to explain it at table will be difficult.

MFD#59, OOL.C022.59

SAQ#59, BWF.321-323

@Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @human reality created in the image of God, @Manifestation of God as mirror

AB00747

Some Answered Questions #058 The Extent and Limitation of Human Perception

460

Persian

بدان که ادراکات مختلف است ادنی رتبهء ادراکات احساسات حیوانیست

Know that comprehension varies. Its lowest degree consists in the senses of the animal realm

MFD#58, OOL.C022.58

SAQ#58

@power of the mind over nature, @physical limitations of the Manifestation of God, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

AB00117

Some Answered Questions #057 The Causes of the Differences in Human Character

990

Persian

اخلاق فطری و اخلاق ارثی و اخلاق اکتسابی که بتربیت حاصل گردد

There is the innate character, the inherited character, and the acquired character, which is gained through education.

MFD#57, OOL.C022.57

SAQ#57, BWF.318-321

@differences in human capacity, @lying and deceit, @education of children; moral education, @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil

AB01868

Some Answered Questions #056 The Outwards and Inward Powers of Man

290

Persian

در انسان قوای خمسهء ظاهرهء جسمانیه موجود و این قوی واسطهء ادراک است

There are five outward material powers in man which are the means of perception

MFD#56, OOL.C022.56

SAQ#56, BWF.317-318

@mind as intermediary between soul and body

AB02018

Some Answered Questions #055 Soul, Spirit, and Mind

270

Persian

از پیش بیان شد که کلیهء ارواح در پنج نوع تقسیم میشود روح نباتی روح حیوانی روح انسانی روح ایمانی روح القدس

It was already explained that in general spirit is divided into five categories: the vegetable spirit, the animal spirit, the human spirit, the spirit of faith, and the Holy Spirit.

MFD#55, OOL.C022.55

SAQ#55, BWF.316-317

@spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @the human soul, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @mind as intermediary between soul and body

AB00316

Some Answered Questions #054 The Procession of the Human Spirit from God

670

Persian

بدان که قیام بر دو قسم است قیام و تجلی صدوری و قیام و تجلی ظهوری

Know that procession is of two kinds: procession and appearance through emanation and procession and appearance through manifestation.

MFD#54, OOL.C022.54

SAQ#54

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @The Holy Spirit, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation

AB00876

Some Answered Questions #053 The Connection between God and Creation

420

Persian

تعلق حق بخلق تعلق موجد است بموجود تعلق آفتاب است باجسام مظلمهٴ

The connection between God and creation is that of the originator and the originated

MFD#53, OOL.C022.53

SAQ#53, BWF.315-316

@The Primal Will; self-generation of the Primal Will, @composition and decomposition, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated, @creation of the world, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB00919

Some Answered Questions #052 The Appearance of the Spirit in the Body

410

Persian

حکمت ظهور روح در جسد اینست روح انسانی ودیعهء رحمانیست

The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a divine trust

MFD#52, OOL.C022.52

SAQ#52, BWF.313-314

@relationship of the soul to the body, @the human soul, @fulfillment of true potential

AB00722

Some Answered Questions #051 The Appearance of the Spirit and the Mind in Man

460

Persian

ابتدای تکون انسان در کرهء ارض مانند تکون انسان در رحم مادر است

The beginning of the formation of man on the terrestrial globe is like the formation of the human embryo

MFD#51, OOL.C022.51

SAQ#51, BWF.312-313

@evolution; human evolution, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity

AB00440

Some Answered Questions #050 Spiritual Proofs of the Origin of Man

590

Persian

این دلائل که بر اصلیت نوع انسان اقامه نمودیم ادله‌های عقلی بود

The arguments we have adduced thus far for the originality of the human species have been rational ones.

MFD#50, OOL.C022.50

SAQ#50, BWF.310-311x

@evolution; human evolution

AB00167

Some Answered Questions #049 The Evolution of Species

880

Persian

در این مسئله روزی دیگر مذاکره شد باز مجدداً نیز صحبتی میشود خلاصهء اینمسئله

We discussed this matter the other day but we will speak of it again. Briefly, this question comes down to

MFD#49, OOL.C022.49

SAQ#49, BWF.307-310

@evolution; human evolution, @need for an educator

AB00057

Some Answered Questions #048 The Difference between Man and Animal

1420

Persian

یکدو مرتبه در مسئلهء روح صحبت شد اما نوشته نشد

We have already had one or two conversations on the subject of the spirit but they were not written down.

MFD#48, OOL.C022.48

SAQ#48, BWF.303-307

@man's distinction from the animal, @the mind's power of discovery, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @power of the mind over nature, @rational arguments, @the human soul

AB00077

Some Answered Questions #047 The Evolution of the Universe and the Origin of Man

1210

Persian

بدان که یک مسئله از غوامض مسائل الهیه اینست که این عالم وجود یعنی این کون غیر متناهی بدایتی ندارد

Know that it is one of the most abstruse questions of divine philosophy that the world of existence—that is, this endless universe—has no beginning.

MFD#47, OOL.C022.47

SAQ#47, BWF.297-300

@evolution; human evolution, @names and attributes of God, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @creation of the world

AB00278

Some Answered Questions #046 Transformation of Species

710

Persian

آمدیم بر سر مسئلهء تغییر نوع و ترقی اعضا یعنی انسان از عالم حیوان آمده

We now come to the question of the transformation of species and the evolution of organs

MFD#46, OOL.C022.46

SAQ#46, BWF.301-303

R. Peterson [track 10]

@interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @evolution; human evolution

AB00227

Some Answered Questions #045 The Most Great Infallibility

770

Persian

بدان که عصمت بر دو قسم است عصمت ذاتیه و عصمت صفاتیه

Know that infallibility is of two kinds: infallibility in essence and infallibility as an attribute.

MFD#45, OOL.C022.45

SAQ#45, LOG#1065x

@infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @House of Justice

AB00168

Some Answered Questions #044 The Rebukes Addressed by God to the Prophets

880

Persian

هر خطاب الهی که از روی عتابست ولو بظاهر بانبیاست ولی بحقیقت آن خطاب

Every divine utterance that takes the form of a rebuke, though it be outwardly addressed to the Prophets of God

MFD#44, OOL.C022.44

SAQ#44

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat], @Moses, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB00347

Some Answered Questions #043 The Two Kinds of Prophets

640

Persian

کلیهء انبیا بر دو قسمند قسمی نبی بالاستقلالند و متبوع و قسمی دیگر غیر مستقل و تابع

Prophets are in general of two kinds. Some are independent Prophets Who are followed, while others are not independent and are themselves followers.

MFD#43, OOL.C022.43

SAQ#43

@categories of Prophets (major; minor; village), @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East

AB00921

Some Answered Questions #042 The Power and Perfections of the Divine Manifestations

410

Persian

در عالم وجود یعنی کائنات جسمانیه ملاحظه نمائید دائرۀ شمسیه مظلم و تاریک

Consider the world of existence, that is, the material creation. The solar system is wrapped in darkness.

MFD#42, DWNP_v3#08 p.069-070, OOL.C022.42

SAQ#42

@Manifestation of God as sun, @growth of the Cause, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @spiritual transformation

AB00206

Some Answered Questions #041 Universal Cycles

810

Persian

همچنان که این اجرام نورانیه در این فضای نامتناهی هر یک را دوری زمانیست

Each of the luminous bodies of this limitless firmament has its cycle of revolution

MFD#41, DWNP_v2#08 p.068-069, OOL.C022.41

SAQ#41

@the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

AB00780

Some Answered Questions #040 The Knowledge of the Divine Manifestations

450

Persian

علم بر دو قسم است علم وجودی و علم صوری یعنی علم تحققی و علم تصوری

Knowledge is of two kinds: existential knowledge and formal knowledge—that is, intuitive knowledge and conceptual knowledge.

MFD#40, OOL.C022.40

SAQ#40

@Manifestation of God as divine physician, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @station of the Manifestation of God, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar], @knowledge; recognition of God, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight

AB00477

Some Answered Questions #039 The Human and the Divine Station of the Manifestations

570

Persian

گفتیم که در مظاهر ظهور سه مقام هست اول حقیقت جسمانیه که تعلق باین جسد

We stated before that the Manifestations of God have three stations: First, the material reality

MFD#39, OOL.C022.39

SAQ#39

@station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction

AB00345

Some Answered Questions #038 The Three Stations of the Divine Manifestations

640

Persian

بدان که مظاهر مقدسه را هرچند مقامات و کمالات غیر متناهیه است ولی کلیهء مراتب ایشان سه رتبه است

Know that, while the Manifestations of God possess infinite virtues and perfections, they occupy only three stations

MFD#38, DWNP_v2#05 p.038-040, OOL.C022.38

SAQ#38

@twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @power of the Manifestation of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @physical limitations of the Manifestation of God, @Word of God sanctified from time and place

AB00105

Some Answered Questions #037 The Connection between God and His Manifestations

1070

Persian

بدان که حقیقت الوهیت و کنه ذات احدیت تنزیه صرف و تقدیس بحت

Know that the reality of the Divinity and the nature of the divine Essence is ineffable sanctity and absolute holiness

MFD#37, DWNP_v2#01 p.015-018, OOL.C022.37

SAQ#37

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @station of the Manifestation of God, @differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction, @names and attributes of God, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God

AB00266

Some Answered Questions #036 The Five Divisions of Spirit

720

Persian

بدانکه کلیه ارواح پنج قسم است اول روح نباتی و آن قوه‌ئیست که از ترکیب عناصر

Know that in general there are five divisions of spirit. First is the vegetable spirit

MFD#36, DWNP_v2#01 p.001-003, OOL.C022.36

SAQ#36

@degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @power of the mind over nature, @The Holy Spirit, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @spiritual springtime

AB03274

Some Answered Questions #035 Free Will and Foreknowledge

210

Persian

علم بشیء سبب حصول شیء نیست زیرا علم ذاتی حق محیط بر حقائق اشیاء قبل وجود اشیاء

The knowledge of a thing is not the cause of its occurrence; for the essential knowledge of God encompasses the realities

MFD#35, OOL.C022.35

SAQ#35

@God's knowledge, @special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @free will and predestination; fate, @predictions and prophecies

AB00256

Some Answered Questions #034 Peter and the Papacy

730

Persian

این بیان مسیح تصدیق قول پطرس است در وقتی که گفت چه اعتقاد بمن داری

This utterance of Christ is an affirmation of Peter's reply, when Christ asked: “Whom do ye believe me to be?”

MFD#34, OOL.C022.34

SAQ#34, PN_1905 p008x

@Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @priestcraft, @Christian doctrine and practice, @high station of learning, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science, @the Christian clergy

AB00419

Some Answered Questions #033 The Return of the Prophets

600

Persian

جمال مبارک در ایقان بیان اینمطلب را مفصل و مشروح مرقوم فر??وده‌اند

Baha'u'llah has set forth a lengthy and detailed explanation of this matter in the Book of Certitude.

MFD#33, OOL.C022.33

SAQ#33

@return of the Manifestations of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @John the Baptist, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

AB01359

Some Answered Questions #032 "Many are Called, but Few are Chosen"

340

Persian

بدان که نظم و کمال در جامعیت عالم وجود چنین اقتضا نماید که وجود منحل بصور غیر متناهی

Know that the order and perfection of the universe require that existence be resolved into countless forms.

MFD#32, OOL.C022.32

SAQ#32

@many are called but few are chosen, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @development of capacity and readiness, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @differences in human capacity, @progress only takes place within its own degree

AB01521

Some Answered Questions #031 Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit

320

Persian

حقائق مقدسهء مظاهر الهیه را دو مقام معنویست یکی مظهریت است

The sanctified realities of the Manifestations of God have two spiritual stations: One is that of manifestationhood

MFD#31, OOL.C022.31

SAQ#31

@light and darkness, @chastisement and requital, @The Holy Spirit, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB00100

Some Answered Questions #030 Adam and Eve

1110

Persian

در تورات مذکور که خداوند آدم را در جنت عدن نهاد تا عامل و حافظ باشد و فرمود

It is recorded in the Torah that God placed Adam in the garden of Eden to work and tend it, and said to Him

MFD#30, OOL.C022.30

SAQ#30

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @literal interpretation, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @original sin, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @symbolism, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB00096

Some Answered Questions #029 Sin and Atonement

1140

Persian

بدان که در انسان دو طبیعت است طبیعت جسمانیه و طبیعت روحانیه

Know that there are two natures in man: the material and the spiritual. The material nature is inherited from Adam

MFD#29, OOL.C022.29

SAQ#29

@Christ; Christianity, @original sin, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @symbolism, @The Holy Spirit, @transcendence; unknowability of God

AB01528

Some Answered Questions #028 The Pre-existence of Christ

320

Persian

قدم بر دو قسم است قدم ذاتیست که مسبوق بعلت نباشد بلکه وجودش بذاته

Pre-existence is of two kinds. One is essential pre-existence, which is not preceded by a cause

MFD#28, OOL.C022.28

SAQ#28

@crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @Manifestation of God as mediator, @Christ; Christianity, @Word of God sanctified from time and place

AB00713

Some Answered Questions #027 The Trinity

470

Persian

حقیقت الوهیت که منزه و مقدس از ادراک کائناتست و ابداً بتصور اهل عقول

The reality of the Divinity is sanctified and exalted beyond the comprehension of all created things

MFD#27, OOL.C022.27

SAQ#27

@Manifestation of God as mirror, @essential vs. actional attributes of God, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @The Holy Spirit, @transcendence; unknowability of God

AB00570

Some Answered Questions #026 The Second Coming of Christ and the Day of Judgement

520

Persian

در کتب مقدسه مذکور است که مسیح دوباره آید و بعلاماتی مشروط است

It is recorded in the sacred scriptures that Christ will return and that His return is conditioned upon the fulfillment of certain signs

MFD#26, OOL.C022.26

SAQ#26

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @outward and inward meanings, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @literal interpretation

AB01290

Some Answered Questions #025 The Holy Spirit

350

Persian

مقصود از روح القدس فیض الهی است و اشعهء ساطعهٴ از مظهر ظهور

By the Holy Spirit is meant the outpouring grace of God and the effulgent rays that emanate from His Manifestation.

MFD#25, OOL.C022.25

SAQ#25

@intelligible vs. perceptible realities, @The Holy Spirit, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @predictions and prophecies

AB03529

Some Answered Questions #024 Pentecost

200

Persian

این حلول روح القدس نه مثل حلول هوا در جوف انسان است این تعبیر و تشبیه است

The descent of the Holy Spirit is not like the entrance of air into the human body.

MFD#24, OOL.C022.24

SAQ#24

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @Manifestation of God as mirror

AB00575

Some Answered Questions #023 The Resurrection of Christ

520

Persian

قیام مظاهر الهیه بجسد نیست جمیع شئونات و حالات و اعمال

The resurrection of the Manifestations of God is not of the body. All that pertains to them

MFD#23, OOL.C022.23

SAQ#23

@resurrection of Christ, @outward and inward meanings, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @harmony of science and religion

AB00381

Some Answered Questions #022 The Miracles of Christ

620

Persian

مظاهر مقدسهء الهیه مصدر معجزاتند و مظهر آثار عجیبه هر امر مشکلی و غیر ممکنی

The Manifestations of God are sources of miraculous deeds and marvellous signs.

MFD#22, OOL.C022.22

SAQ#22, PN_1905 p007, BAVA.017-019x, BLO_PN#021x

@miracles and their interpretation, @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight, @life and death, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB00329

Some Answered Questions #021 The Bread and the Wine

660

Persian

مقصد از این نان مائدهء آسمانی کمالات الهی است یعنی هر کس از این مائده

By this bread is meant the heavenly sustenance of divine perfections. In other words

MFD#21, OOL.C022.21

SAQ#21

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @spiritual transformation, @symbolism, @Christ; Christianity

AB00211

Some Answered Questions #020 Baptism and the Changing Law of God

800

Persian

تغیر احوال و تبدل و انقلاب زمان از لوازم ذاتیهء ممکنات است و لزوم ذاتی از حقیقت اشیاء

The change and transformation of conditions and the succession and revolution of ages are among the essential requirements

MFD#20, OOL.C022.20

SAQ#20

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @changing and unchanging parts of religion

AB00674

Some Answered Questions #019 True Baptism

480

Persian

در باب سیم آیهء سیزدهم از انجیل متی میفرماید "آنگاه عیسی از جلیل به اردن

In Matthew 3:13–15, it is said: “Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John

MFD#19, OOL.C022.19

SAQ#19

@Christ; Christianity, @spiritual baptism, @The Holy Spirit, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @religious rituals minimized or eliminated

AB01218

Some Answered Questions #018 The Greatness of Christ

360

Persian

شخصی بزرگوار خواه بی‌پدر خواه باپدر یکسانست بی‌پدری اگر فضیلت است

A great man is a great man whether or not he is born of a human father. If being without a father were a virtue

MFD#18, OOL.C022.18

SAQ#18

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @Manifestation of God as recipient of divine revelation; Holy Spirit, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @Christ; Christianity, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @The Holy Spirit

AB00920

Some Answered Questions #017 The Birth of Christ

410

Persian

در این مسئله در میان الهیون و مادیون اختلاف است الهیون بر آنند

In regard to this question the divine and the material philosophers disagree: The former believe

MFD#17, OOL.C022.17

SAQ#17

@rational arguments, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @evolution; human evolution, @creation of the world

AB00259

Some Answered Questions #016 Intelligible Realities and their Expression through Sensible Forms

730

Persian

یک مسئله‌ئیست که خیلی مدار است از برای ادراک مسائل دیگر که ذکر نموده

There is a point that is pivotal to grasping the essence of the other questions that we have discussed

MFD#16, OOL.C022.16

SAQ#16

@symbolism, @intelligible vs. perceptible realities, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit

AB00476

Some Answered Questions #015 True Felicity

570

Persian

شرافت و علویت هر کائنی از موجودات بامری مشروط و بکیفیتی مربوط

The honour and exaltation of every existing thing is contingent upon certain causes and conditions.

MFD#15, OOL.C022.15

SAQ#15

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB00086

Some Answered Questions #014 Material and Spiritual Cycles

1170

Persian

در این عالم جسمانی زمان را ادوار است و مکان را اطوار فصول را گردش است

In this material world, time has changing cycles and place is subject to varying conditions

MFD#14, OOL.C022.14

SAQ#14

@spiritual springtime, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality

AB00061

Some Answered Questions #013 Commentary on the Twelfth Chapter of the Revelation of John

1370

Persian

از پیش گذشت که مراد از شهر مقدس و اورشلیم الهی در کتب مقدسه

We have explained before that what the sacred scriptures most often mean by the Holy City

MFD#13, OOL.C022.13

SAQ#13

@quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @prophecy and fulfillment, @symbolism, @suffering and imprisonment, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

AB00091

Some Answered Questions #012 Commentary on the Eleventh Chapter of Isaiah

1140

Persian

اصحاح یازدهم از اشعیا آیهء اول میفرماید "و نهالی از تنهء یسی بیرون آمده

In Isaiah 11:1–9 it is said: “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse

MFD#12, OOL.C022.12

SAQ#12, GPB.316x, PDC.191x, PDC.198-199x, WOB.204-205x, LOG#1676x

@universal peace; world unity, @future of Haifa; of the Holy Land, @symbolism, @knowledge; recognition of God, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity in diversity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @prophecy and fulfillment

AB00019

Some Answered Questions #011 Commentary on the Eleventh Chapter of the Revelation of John

4060

Persian

در باب یازدهم آیهء اول از مکاشفات یوحنا میفرماید "و نئی مثل عصا بمن داده شد

In Revelation 11:1–2 it is said: “And there was given me a reed like unto a rod

MFD#11, OOL.C022.11

SAQ#11, GPB.092x

@symbolism, @apocalyptic imagery, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @spiritual transformation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB00030

Some Answered Questions #010 Rational and Traditional Proofs from the Sacred Scriptures

2070

Persian

امروز در سر این سفره قدری از برهان صحبت بداریم اگر در ایام ظهور نور مبین

Today at table let us speak a little of proofs. Had you come to this blessed spot in the days

MFD#10, OOL.C022.10

SAQ#10, GPB.092x2x, GPB.196x

@miracles and their interpretation, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @twin Manifestations, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @prophecy and fulfillment

AB00029

Some Answered Questions #009 Baha’u’llah

2110

Persian

اما جمال مبارک در زمانیکه ممالک ایران در چنین ظلمت و نادانی مستغرق

Baha'u'llah appeared at a time when Persia was plunged in the darkest ignorance

MFD#09, OOL.C022.09

SAQ#09, GPB.144x2x, GPB.183x2x, GPB.196x, STAB#081

@banishments of Baha'u'llah, @past, present and future of Iran, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prophecy and fulfillment, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @growth of the Cause, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals

AB01889

Some Answered Questions #008 The Bab

280

Persian

اما حضرت اعلی روحی له الفدآء در سن جوانی یعنی بیست و پنج سال

As for the Bab —may my soul be His sacrifice!—it was at a young age

MFD#08, OOL.C022.08

SAQ#08

@events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @Declaration; advent of the Bab

AB00035

Some Answered Questions #007 Muhammad

1720

Persian

اما حضرت محمد ، اهل اروپا و امریکا بعضی روایات از حضرت رسول شنیده‌اند

Now as to Muḥammad, the people of Europe and America have heard certain tales about the Prophet

MFD#07, OOL.C022.07

SAQ#07, DWN_v5#02 p.004-009, DWN_v6#05 p.002-005

@Muhammad; Islam, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @rejection of Muhammad, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science

AB01520

Some Answered Questions #006 Christ

320

Persian

بعد حضرت مسیح آمد و گفت که من بروح القدس تولد یافتم اگر چه حال

Afterwards Christ appeared, saying, “I am born of the Holy Spirit.” If it is easy today

MFD#06, OOL.C022.06

SAQ#06

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @power of the Manifestation of God, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ

AB00855

Some Answered Questions #005 Moses

420

Persian

اما حضرت موسی مدت مدیده در صحرا چوپانی میکرد و بظاهر شخصی بود

Moses was for a long time a shepherd in the wilderness. To outward seeming

MFD#05, OOL.C022.05

SAQ#05

@Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Moses, @Manifestation of God as educator, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB00556

Some Answered Questions #004 Abraham

530

Persian

دارندهء این قوه و مؤید این قوه از جمله حضرت ابراهیم بود و برهان بر این

Among those who possessed this divine power and were assisted by it was Abraham.

MFD#04, OOL.C022.04

SAQ#04, GPB.107-108x

@suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael

AB00081

Some Answered Questions #003 The Need for an Educator

1190

Persian

چون ما نظر بوجود میکنیم ملاحظه مینمائیم که وجود جمادی و وجود نباتی

When we consider existence, we observe that the mineral, the vegetable, the animal

MFD#03, OOL.C022.03

SAQ#03, LOG#0997x

@Manifestation of God as educator, @need for an educator, @unity of governments; political unity, @education of children; moral education, @power of the Manifestation of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

AB00815

Some Answered Questions #002 Proofs and Evidences of the Existence of God

440

Persian

و از جمله دلائل و براهین الوهیت آنکه انسان خود را خلق ننموده بلکه خالق و مصور دیگری است

Among the proofs and arguments for the existence of God is the fact that man has not created himself

MFD#02, OOL.C022.02

SAQ#02

@proofs for the existence of God, @necessary and possible being, @knowledge; recognition of God, @rational arguments, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB01029

Some Answered Questions #001 Nature is Governed by a Universal Law

390

Persian

Some Answered Questions (book)

طبیعت کیفیتیست و یا حقیقتیست که بظاهر حیات و ممات و بعبارت اخری ترکیب و تحلیل

Nature is that condition or reality which outwardly is the source of the life and death, or, in other words, of the composition and decomposition

MFD#01, OOL.C022.01

SAQ#01

@nature and God's will, @power of the mind over nature, @law of cause and effect, @composition and decomposition, @one universal law; attractive power of love, @man's distinction from the animal

The first of 84 chapters of the book "Some Answered Questions", a compilation of table talks of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, collected by Laura Clifford Barney.

AB00011

Siyasiyyih (The Art of Divine Polity - Treatise on Politics)

5110

Persian

Treatise on Leadership (Risáliy-i-Síyásíyyih); Treatise on Leadership; La Politique

Risaliy-i-Siyasiyyih (Treatise on Leadership)

ستایش و نیایش پاک یزدانیرا سزا که بنیان آفرینش را بر ظهورات کمالات مقدسه عالم

Adoration and praise beseem the Spirit of Purity that has laid the foundation of creation with the sole object

INBA88:001, BLIB_Or.08117#4,

AVK3.275.13x, AVK3.279.14x, AVK3.282.02x, AVK3.287.17x, DWNP_v4#01 p.004-008x, OOL.C025

BLO_PT#203x, BLO_PT#206, BLO_PT#207x

@obedience to and respect for government authority, @unity; oneness of humanity, @justice and wrath of God, @spiritual springtime, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha

MMAH.236

AB00046

Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kazim

1500

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám)

بدانکه شیعیان ایران در اواخر ایام حقیقت شریعت‌الله را فرموش کردند و از اخلاق روحانیان بکلی محجوب

Know that in the latter days the Shí‘ahs of Persia had forgotten the truth of the religion of God

BRL_TTTP#10, NSS.148-152

BRL_TTT#10

@Letters of the Living, @symbolism, @Shaykhis, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.

AB00328

Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol)

660

mixed

Sharh-i-Fass-i-Nigin (on the Ringstone Symbol)

مدتی شد که آنجناب در پاریس بخدمت مشغولید هر چند زحمت و مشقت بسیار است ولی خدمت

For some time you have been engaged in service in Paris and although there is much hardship and difficulty, it is service [3.5s]... ...As regards the explanation of Monsieur Angelmann(?) concerning the writing of the Greatest Name on the ringstone

BRL_DAK#0571, MMK6#166x, AKHA_103BE #12 p.05, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.v, AVK3.079.05x, MAS2.100-103, OOL.C023

LOG#0910x, BSC.478 #914x, PN_various p010x, RESP.072x, RBB.143-144, BLO_PT#160

@ringstone symbol, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @Adam; Adam and Eve, @pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient

ABU0072

Religious Prejudices: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-10-27

1400

Persian

SW_v09#03 p.031-032+034-045

چونکه تعلیم بهاء الله توحید جمیع بشر است و نهایت الفت و اتحاد و بقدر امکان

The basis of the teaching of Baha'u'llah is the Unity of Mankind, and his greatest desire was that love and goodwill should live in the heart of men.

AMK.232-236, DWNP_v1#08 p.001-004, KHF.199, KHAB.100 (109), KHTB1.079, KHTP.057

PT#13 p.036, DWN_v3#02 p.015-017, STAB#103

@Muhammad; Islam, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @Christ; Christianity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU0238

Reaction to pilgrims prostrating at 'Abdu'l-Baha's feet, spoken on 1914-02-17

850

No, it is unlawful.... All the people of the world will become believers.... The friends of Yezd suffered great calamities

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @contention and conflict, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0029

Public address to Naturalist Association of San Francisco, spoken on 1912-10-10

1880

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

امشب مریض بودم احوالم خوب نبود لکن محض محبتی که بشما دارم با وجود علیلی مزاج

Although I was feeling indisposed this evening, yet owing to the love I entertain for you I have attended this meeting. For I have heard

AMK.280-286, AVK1.170.05x, KHTB2.297, NJB_v05#03 p.001

PUP#111 (p.355-361), ECN.297+1065

@evolution; human evolution, @power of the mind over nature, @man's distinction from the animal, @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @mind as intermediary between soul and body

ABU0016

Public address to International Peace Forum, spoken on 1912-05-12

2200

Persian

چون نظر بتاریخ میکنیم ملاحظه مینماایم که از اول عالم الی زماننا هذا بین بشر

When we glance at history, we find that from the beginning up to the present

BRL_DAK#0637, KHF.073, KHAB.264 (274), KHTB2.060, BDA1.083.09

LOG#1418x, PUP#047 (p.116-122), BSC.311 #630, FWU.022, SW_v03#09 p.012-016, SW_v05#09 p.131-135, SW_v15#01 p.023, SW_v19#05 p.143, MHMD1.092-098

@suffering and imprisonment, @unity in diversity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @justice and wrath of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @war and peace, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to action

ABU0404

Public address to Congress of East-West Relations, spoken on 1912-04-20

610

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

امشب من نهایت سرور دارم که در همچو مجمع و محفلی وارد شدم من شرقی هستم

Tonight I am most happy, for I have presented myself to an audience like unto this

BRL_DAK#0711, AMK.309-311, PYB#159 p.44, DUR4.034x, DUR1.100x, MJMJ1.093x, MMG2#178 p.206x, MJH.038ax, KHF.033, KHTB2.030, BDA1.040n

BRL_ATE#185x, PUP#014 (p.035-037), SW_v03#03 p.008-009, SW_v15#08 p.235-236, SW_v19#03 p.087, ADMS#052

unknown

@need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible, @unity of governments; political unity, @praise of Western values; culture, @unity; oneness of humanity, @suffering and imprisonment, @service to others; to the Cause of God

MHMD1.049

ABU0399

Public address to Advanced Thought Center, spoken on 1912-04-14

620

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

من از ممالک بعیده آمدم تا این مجامع را ببینم از مشاهده

I have come from distant lands in order to visit the assemblies and meetings.... the greatest bestowal of God is love

KHTB2.021, NJB_v04#11 p.001, BDA1.034n

BWF.217-220, PUP#006 (p.014-016), SW_v03#10 p.005-006, SW_v14#02 p.060

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @unity in diversity, @love of God

MHMD1.043-044

ABU1476

Public address given on 1913-04-21

220

The glory of the world of humanity is not through the body. This is the honor of the animal world; but the glory of man comes through the spirit.

DAS.1913-04-21

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual transformation, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2174

Public address given on 1913-04-12

120

O Thou compassionate Lord! Illumine these hearts with the light of the Most Great Guidance! Confer life upon these spirits through thy divine glad tidings!

BBBD.206, DAS.1913-04-12

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @The Holy Spirit, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual transformation, @mindfulness; concentration; focus

ABU0212

Public address given on 1913-04-06

890

Many meetings are organized and established in all parts of the world; societies and organizations for the extension of general intercourse

SW_v04#09 p.156-157

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @unity; oneness of humanity, @equality of men and women, @teachings as spirit of the age, @unity in diversity, @fanaticism and hatred, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU0292

Public address given on 1913-04-03

750

I came from a distant land. I have travelled twenty thousand miles until I came to you in Stuttgart.... In this age every face must turn to God!

DAS.1913-04-03x, SW_v04#04 p.067-069, SW_v15#01 p.037, ABCC.381-382x

@two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @oneness; unity of religion, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha

ABU1207

Public address given on 1913-02-19

260

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

انبیای الهی و عقلا و فلاسفهٴ عالم در هر حال تربیترا از برای عالم خلقت اهم امورو اعظم شئون گفتند

The prophets of God are the real Instructors and Educators, so that the morality of the people is improved, the ignorant become wise, the blind receive sight

BDA2.147x

DAS.1913-02-19, MHMD2.184x

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @Manifestation of God as educator, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

ABU2616

Public address given on 1913-02-17

This is the work. All else save this has no result. Humanity must become illumined with the light of the Kingdom, otherwise all our efforts will remain fruitless.

DAS.1913-02-17

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @attaining the life of the spirit, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual transformation

ABU1393

Public address given on 1913-01-28

230

Now praise be to God that his holiness Bahá'u'lláh hath appeared. He has upraised the flag of divine civilization, He has opened the doors of the Kingdom of God

DAS.1913-01-28

@praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @light and darkness

ABU2276

Public address given on 1913-01-28

110

There are certain trees which grow and develop quickly, other trees may take a long time before they put forth leaves and blossoms. It is evident that Paris is one of those trees which may take a long time to grow.

DAS.1913-01-28

@light and darkness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

ABU0163

Public address given on 1913-01-24

1000

Welcome! Welcome! I have come again to Paris so that I may see if the seed I have sown last year has sprung up. Praise be to God, I can see that they have taken root

DAS.1913-01-24

@mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @power of the mind over nature, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @disregarding individual capacity; weakness, @spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition

ABU0033

Public address given on 1912-12-04

1850

Persian

نفوسی که خبر از عالم حقیقت و تتبع در کائنات ندارند اکتشاف حقایق

Those who are uninformed of the world of reality, who do not comprehend the

ANDA#43-44 p.161, KHTB2.333, BDA1.405.02

PUP#139 (p.462-468), BSC.292 #598, FWU.107, SW_v07#08 p.069-071+074-076, MHMD1.423-429

@literal interpretation, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as educator, @creation of the world, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @the human soul, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness

ABU0523

Public address given on 1912-12-03

520

I have been informed that the purpose of your class meeting is to study the significances

PUP#137 (p.458-460)

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @outward and inward meanings, @study; deepening, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @literal interpretation

ABU0139

Public address given on 1912-11-29

1060

PUP#133 (p.449-452), SW_v07#12 p.109-111+115

This evening I wish to speak to you concerning the mystery of sacrifice. There are two kinds of sacrifice

@original sin, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @spiritual transformation, @justice and mercy, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

ABU3159

Public address given on 1912-11-28

Persian

هر چند بمدنیت مادیه و شئون جسمانیه مشغولند ولی مثل بعض بلاد اروپا بکلی از روحانیات غافل نشده اند

Although they are engrossed in material civilization and physical pursuits, still, unlike people in some European countries, they are not wholly devoid of spiritual susceptibilities.

BDA1.394.09

MHMD1.413

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @critique of Western values; culture, @love and unity, @independent investigation of truth; reality

ABU0101

Public address given on 1912-11-17

1210

This is a blessed meeting, for these revered souls have come together in complete unity

PUP#130 (p.437-442), FWU.009

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @spiritual transformation, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU0425

Public address given on 1912-11-15

600

Persian

یوم ظهور مظاهر مقدسهٴ الهیه ربیع الهی است و بهار معنوی که اشجار نفوس انسانی را سبز و خرم نماید

The day of the Manifestation of God is the divine and spiritual springtime when the trees of human souls become green and flourishing

BDA1.375.10x

MHMD1.394x

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual springtime, @spiritual transformation, @station of the Manifestation of God, @symbolism

ABU0102

Public address given on 1912-11-10

1210

What is the reality of Divinity, or what do we understand by God? When we consider the world of existence

PUP#125 (p.421-425), SW_v06#03 p.021-024, SAS.108x

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @creation of the world, @knowledge; recognition of God, @things are known by their opposites, @call to action, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

ABU0256

Public address given on 1912-11-10

800

This is a beautiful assembly. I am very happy that white and black are together

PUP#126 (p.425-428), SW_v06#13 p.099+102-103, SW_v12#05 p.108, STAB#005x

@unity in diversity, @race unity; racial issues, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @stories; anecdotes

ABU0138

Public address given on 1912-11-09

1070

PUP#123 (p.415-418), SW_v05#19 p.291-293

Every composition is necessarily subject to destruction or disintegration. For instance

@meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @the human soul, @second birth, @relationship of the soul to the body, @composition and decomposition, @mind as intermediary between soul and body

ABU0002

Public address given on 1912-11-08

2660

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

God is one, the effulgence of God is one, and humanity constitutes the servants of that one God

ABB.054, BDA1.361n

PUP#121 (p.402-410), FWU.092, SW_v06#01 p.003-005+006-010, PN_1912 p041x

@purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people, @human reality created in the image of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

MHMD1.380

ABU0280

Public address given on 1912-11-07

770

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers

In the world of nature we behold the living organisms in a ceaseless struggle for existence

PUP#120 (p.400-402), SW_v06#03 p.019-021, SW_v17#11 p.333

@two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @need for an educator, @Christ; Christianity, @Muhammad; Islam, @unity; oneness of humanity, @categories of Prophets (major; minor; village), @Moses, @education of children; moral education

ABU0009

Public address given on 1912-11-06

2320

Persian

فی الحقیقه در این سفر نهایت انصاف و محبت را از اهالی امریکا دیدم و ملاحظه نمودم که از هر جهت حریت افکار

Praise be to God! The standard of liberty is held aloft in this land. You enjoy political liberty... O Thou compassionate Lord, Thou who art generous and able!

BDA1.359.01x

BPRY.112x, PUP#118 (p.390-397), FWU.079, SW_v05#13 p.195-199, SW_v05#13 p.200, MHMD1.377-378x

Emily Price & Van Gilmer

@love and unity, @the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle, @harmony of science and religion, @war and peace, @equality of men and women, @being a source of light; guidance, @unity in diversity, @freedom of thought and action

ABU0788

Public address given on 1912-11-05

380

As we are in Cincinnati, the home of President Taft, who has rendered such noble service

PUP#117 (p.388-389), SW_v06#11 p.081-082, SW_v13#12 p.324

@love and unity, @universal peace; world unity, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @parliaments; constitutional government, @supreme tribunal

ABU0119

Public address given on 1912-10-26

1140

I have visited your Capitol and its gardens. No other Capitol has such beautiful surroundings.

PUP#114 (p.376-380), DAS.1914-09-05x, SW_v05#17 p.259-262, MAB.087-088x, ECN.368+503x+912x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @war and peace, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0040

Public address given on 1912-10-25

1730

When Christ appeared, certain blessed souls followed His example. They were with their Master

LOG#2092x, PUP#113 (p.370-376), MAB.086x, ECN.359

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @unity; oneness of humanity, @equality of men and women, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @harmony of science and religion, @martyrdom of the Bab, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah

ABU2707

Public address given on 1912-10-21

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Christians, Muhammadans, and Jews

اگر تقرب الهی خواهید از جمیع اشیا منقطع شوید و از آلایش دنیای فانی پاک و مقدس گردید

If you desire the nearness of God, you must sever yourself from everything and become purified and sanctified from the dross of this transitory world.

BDA1.320.07

MHMD1.338

@knowledge; recognition of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @love of God

ABU0015

Public address given on 1912-10-12

2220

mixed

اول موهبت الهیه در عالم انسانی دین است زیرا دین تعالیم الهی است البته تعالیم

The first bestowal of God in the world of humanity is Religion, because religion consists of divine teachings.

KHF.098, KHTB2.307, BDA1.299.02

BWF.270-280, PUP#112 (p.361-370), BSC.388 #718, SW_v03#13 p.003-007+010-011, SW_v06#16 p.121, DWN_v4#05-6 p.102-112, MHMD1.316-324, BLO_PT#022, ECN.329+846

@Muhammad; Islam, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @Christ; Christianity, @Moses, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU0048

Public address given on 1912-10-08

1590

Persian

امشب الحمد لله در کلیسای موحدینم کلیساایکه منسوب بتوحید است لهذا خواستم ذکری از

In all the religions of God there is an exposition concerning unity. What is the basis of this unity?

KHF.110, KHTB2.280

BSTW#085, ECN.280+1037

@unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @transcendence; unknowability of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @oneness; unity of religion, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @love and unity

ABU0039

Public address given on 1912-10-07

1750

Persian

امشب در نهایت سرورم که خودم را در بین این جمع

It is a great happiness to be here this evening, especially for the reason that the members of this Association have come from the region of the Orient.

KHTB2.288, NJB_v12#05 p.112

COC#0043x, PUP#109 (p.343-348), JWTA.042-047, ECN.258+1009

@oneness; unity of religion, @Muhammad; Islam, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @Christ; Christianity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU0035

Public address given on 1912-10-06

1800

The most important issue confronting humanity today is one religious in character. Religion should be the cause of fellowship and unity among mankind

ECN.248+976

@oneness; unity of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @suffering and imprisonment, @unity in diversity, @war and peace, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @teachings as spirit of the age, @relativity of religious truth

MHMD1.308

ABU2138

Public address given on 1912-10-05

120

Persian

این ممالک در مادیات کمال ترقی حاصل نموده مانند هیکلی است که در نهایت صباحت و ملاحت است

These countries have reached the apex of material progress. They are like bodies in the utmost health... The people of America have a great capacity for the acquisition of spiritual qualities but they are immersed in material affairs

BDA1.288.11

MHMD1.306

@critique of Western values; culture, @presence of; reunion with God, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU1611

Public address given on 1912-10-02

190

Persian

ما در دنیا عقب انسان می گردیم انسان بحیات روحانی انسانست و سبب این حیات کمالات معنوی و صفات رحمانی است

We aspire to find true human beings in this world. Man becomes human only through spiritual life, and the foundation of such a life is made up of heavenly perfections.

BDA1.284.05

MHMD1.301-302

@man's distinction from the animal, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @purpose; goal of creation, @attaining the life of the spirit

ABU0057

Public address given on 1912-09-25

1500

In the Orient I was informed of the lofty purposes and wonderful attainments of the American people. When I arrived in this country

PUP#108 (p.337-342)

@changing and unchanging parts of religion, @teachings as spirit of the age, @oneness; unity of religion, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @Moses, @unity in diversity, @Christ; Christianity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity

ABU0158

Public address given on 1912-09-24

1010

PUP#107 (p.334-337), SW_v04#13 p.219-220+226

I have come from distant lands of the East to visit you, crossing the great ocean

@unity; oneness of humanity, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love of God, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God

ABU0109

Public address given on 1912-09-20

1190

The materialists hold to the opinion that the world of nature is complete. The divine philosophers declare

LOG#1000x, PUP#106 (p.329-333)

@divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @spiritual transformation, @man's distinction from the animal, @second birth, @Manifestation of God as educator, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @education and the development of capacity, @power of the Manifestation of God, @perfection; imperfection of nature

ABU0150

Public address given on 1912-09-20

1040

Address to the Theosophical Society, An; Mahmúd's Diary

Praise be to God! This is a beautiful and radiant assemblage. It is a merciful gathering

PUP#105 (p.325-328)

@divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @Greek philosophers; Greek civilization, @spiritual transformation, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @religion as source of love and unity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @knowledge; recognition of God, @proofs for the existence of God

ABU0021

Public address given on 1912-09-14

2100

I have the utmost of happiness this afternoon to be present at this revered meeting

BLO_PT#007

@realms of being; three realms; five realms, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @maintainance of degrees in society, @equality of men and women

MHMD1.263

ABU2738

Public address given on 1912-09-13

Persian

در جمیع تواریخ عالم نظر کنید به بینید چنین حکایتی هست که شخصی شرقی در ممالک غرب وانگهی امریکا حاضر شود

Look at the history of the world and try to find a parallel instance in which a native of the East has come to the countries of the West

BDA1.244.14

MHMD1.262

@growth of the Cause, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU2986

Public address given on 1912-09-13

Persian

بودن مدنیت الهیه اسرار ملکوت ظاهر نگردد فیوضات روحانیه تحقق نجوید حکمت و قوهٴ ماورآء الطبیعه جلوه ننماید

With[out] divine civilization the mysteries of the Kingdom are not revealed and the bounties of heaven are not ascertained; supernatural wisdom and power to not manifest themselves

BDA1.243.09

MHMD1.260

@spiritual foundations of true knowledge, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @wisdom [hikmat]

ABU0012

Public address given on 1912-09-05

2260

Praise be to God! It is with a deep realization of happiness that I am present here this evening... O my Lord! Thou Who art ever-forgiving! Verily, this assembly hath turned its face

PUP#103 (p.312-319), SW_v13#11 p.292-293x, ABIC.014-017

@unity; oneness of humanity, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @equality of men and women, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @harmony of science and religion, @power of prayer, @The Holy Spirit, @universal peace; world unity, @education of children; moral education, @universal language, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU0042

Public address given on 1912-09-03

1700

It seems as though all creatures can exist singly and alone. For example, a tree

PUP#102, FWU.038, SW_v07#17 p.171-172x, SW_v08#01 p.013x, SW_v13#09 p.227-230, ABIC.010-013, ECN.689x + 946x, STAB#047

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @maintainance of degrees in society, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0104

Public address given on 1912-09-03

1200

Persian

ساعتی پیش جوانی اینجا آمد با او مذاکره کردیم که طبیعت کامل است یا ناقص روشن

Nature is the material world. When we look upon it, we see that it is dark and imperfect. For instance

BRL_DAK#0655, KHF.014, KHAB.375 (381), KHTB2.233, NJB_v05#06 p.001

LOG#0485x, PUP#101 (p.308-312), ABIC.008-010

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @universal education, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @station of the Manifestation of God

ABU0100

Public address given on 1912-09-02

1230

I am exceedingly happy to meet you. Praise be to God! I see before me souls who have unusual capability

PUP#099 (p.302-306), ABIC.001-003

@second birth, @The Holy Spirit, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @unity; oneness of humanity, @man's distinction from the animal, @the human soul

ABU0241

Public address given on 1912-09-02

840

The subject of immortality has been suggested. Life is the expression of composition; and death, the expression of decomposition. In the world or kingdom

PUP#100 (p.306-308), ABIC.006-008

ABU2993

Public address given on 1912-09-02

Persian

چون نفوس تربیت یافته می بینند که کشیشها نان و شراب را در دست گرفته نفسی بآن می دمند و می گویند

When educated people see the priests taking bread and wine in their hands, blowing a few breaths over them and saying

BDA1.221.15

MHMD1.238

@Christian doctrine and practice, @confession of sins, @critique of Western values; culture, @rejection, opposition and persecution

ABU3014

Public address given on 1912-09-02

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

مدنیت مادی صنایع ترقی نموده علوم و فنون توسیع یافته همین قسم اسباب حرب و قتال و خونریزی و هدم بنیان انسانی

Because of material civilization, industry has progressed and sciences and arts have burgeoned but at the same time weapons of war and bloodshed

BDA1.222.15

MHMD1.239

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU0052

Public address given on 1912-09-01

1570

Persian

خداوند عالم جمیع را از تراب خلق فرموده جمیع را از یک عناصر خلق کرده کل را از

God the Almighty has created all humanity from dust, from the same elements

BRL_DAK#0656, AVK2.132.04x, AVK4.321x, AVK4.333cx, KHF.214, KHAB.369 (375), KHTB2.224, NJB_v05#05 p.001, BDA1.214.03

PUP#098 (p.297-302), SW_v13#11 p.291-292, MHMD1.231-236, ABIC.003-006

@unity; oneness of humanity, @oneness; unity of religion, @equality of men and women, @call to action, @war and peace, @prayer for peace and unity, @universal language, @race unity; racial issues, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @religion as reality; definitions of religion

ABU0019

Public address given on 1912-08-29

2160

In the Books of the Prophets certain glad tidings are recorded which are absolutely true and free from doubt

WOB.075x, LOG#1733x, PUP#097 (p.289-296), FWU.072

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @unity in diversity, @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @East and West; communication between East and West, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @need for an educator, @oneness; unity of religion, @literal interpretation, @blind imitation [taqlid], @evolution; human evolution

ABU0024

Public address given on 1912-08-27

2000

Upon the faces of those present I behold the expression of thoughtfulness and wisdom

PUP#096 (p.284-289), FWU.057

@passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @The Holy Spirit, @harmony of science and religion, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @universal peace; world unity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @heat and motion, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @second birth

ABU0153

Public address given on 1912-08-26

1030

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Among the teachings of Baha'u'llah is the principle of equality of man and woman

LOG#2091x, LOG#2100x, PUP#095 (p.280-284)

@role and station of women, @equality of men and women, @unity in diversity

ABU0079

Public address given on 1912-08-25

1360

O Thou kind God! In the utmost state of humility and submission do we entreat and supplicate

PUP#094 (p.276-280), BSC.367 #696, SW_v04#07 p.117-119+122, SW_v08#08 p.099-100, BSTW#485kx

@continual renewal of creation, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual springtime, @station of the Manifestation of God, @need for an educator, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @spiritual transformation, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0049

Public address given on 1912-08-18

1590

PUP#093 (p.270-275), SW_v03#15 p.004-007

The worlds of God are in perfect harmony and correspondence one with another. Each world

@connection between material and spiritual worlds, @names and attributes of God, @prayer for peace and unity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU0043

Public address given on 1912-08-17

1660

PUP#092 (p.264-270), SW_v08#07 p.076-080

Are you all well and happy? This is a delightful spot; the scenery is beautiful

@one universal law; attractive power of love, @unity; oneness of humanity, @oneness; unity of religion, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

ABU0572

Public address given on 1912-08-17

490

The physical beauty of this place is very wonderful. We hope that a spiritual charm

PUP#090 (p.261-263)

@human reality created in the image of God, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @man's distinction from the animal, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0825

Public address given on 1912-08-17

360

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Although the body was weak and not fitted to undergo the vicissitudes of crossing the Atlantic

PUP#091 (p.263-264)

@suffering and imprisonment, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @the mind's power of discovery, @relationship of the soul to the body, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @power of the mind over nature

ABU0004

Public address given on 1912-08-16

2530

Every subject presented to a thoughtful audience must be supported by rational proofs.... We declare that love is the cause of the existence of all phenomena

PUP#089 (p.253-261), BSC.353 #683, FWU.086, SW_v03#16 p.005-009, SW_v08#10 p.124-125, PN_1916 p003x

@development of capacity and readiness, @love of God, @the human soul, @power of the mind over nature, @existence; immortality of the human soul, @proofs of the Manifestations of God

ABU3318

Public address given on 1912-08-08

Persian

هر چه تربیت ظاهری بیشتر شود مسابقهٴ در تعدیات زیادتر می شود اما تربیت روحانی سبب مسابقهٴ در اعمال خیریه و کمالات انسانیه است امیدواریم که ازین تعدیات کاسته و روز بروز بر کمالات روحانیه افزوده شود

The more material education advances, the more competitive is the race in aggression and injustice. But spiritual education is the cause of competition in praiseworthy actions

BDA1.183.06

SW_v19#12 p.379, MHMD1.199

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @goodly deeds; actions, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU0086

Public address given on 1912-08-06

1310

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Today we are enjoying temperate weather. As there are many strangers present, we will answer questions.

PUP#088 (p.247-252), SW_v03#18 p.006-007+10, SW_v19#09 p.258, SW_v08#08 p.098-099, PN_1912_heh p028, STAB#110

@Christ; Christianity, @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @veiling [hijab], @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @oneness; unity of religion, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @conference of Badasht

ABU0316

Public address given on 1912-08-05

710

The people of Christianity have clung to literal interpretation of the statement in the Gospel.... You have asked concerning approval of Christian Science treatment and healing. Spirit has influence

PUP#087 (p.245-247), BSC.379 #710, SW_v03#18 p.004-006, SW_v08#04 p.045-046

@outward and inward meanings, @wisdom [hikmat], @symbolism, @power of prayer, @literal interpretation, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0082

Public address given on 1912-07-31

1350

Persian

من از مسس پارسنز بسیار ممنونم که سبب شده با شماها ملاقات و معاشرت میکنم

You are all welcome. It is a source of great pleasure and we are indebted to Mrs. Parsons. I am a visitor from the Orient

KHF.171, KHAB.350 (357), KHTB2.190, NJB_v03#19 p.001-2

PN_1912_heh p019x

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @unity; oneness of humanity, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

ABU1360

Public address given on 1912-07-25

230

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

I am very happy to greet you here today. This is the second time the breeze of God has wafted

PUP#086 (p.244), SW_v07#12 p.116

@spiritual transformation, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within

ABU0096

Public address given on 1912-07-24

1250

In the world of existence there is nothing so important as spirit, nothing so essential as the spirit of man

PUP#085 (p.239-243), BSC.362 #690, SW_v04#07 p.115-117, SW_v08#08 p.085-088

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @man's distinction from the animal, @relationship of the soul to the body, @power of the mind over nature, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions

ABU0689

Public address given on 1912-07-23

420

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers

The Baha'is must not engage in political movements which lead to sedition. They must interest themselves in movements which conduce to law and order… Strive, therefore, to create love in the hearts

PUP#084 (p.238-239), SW_v04#07 p.122, SW_v07#15 p.148

A. Youssefi

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @love of God, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @non-participation in politics, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God

ABU0023

Public address given on 1912-07-14

2030

Today I wish to speak to you upon the subject of the oneness of humanity, for in this great century... O my God! O my God! Verily, I invoke Thee… O Lord! Unite and bind together the hearts

BPRY.238-239x, COC#0858x, LOG#0732x, PUP#082 (p.228-235), BSC.345 #672, SW_v03#11 p.013-016

A. Youssefi, N. Zabihi, P. Weber

@unity; oneness of humanity, @Satan; the Evil One, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @suffering and imprisonment, @equality of men and women, @universal language, @war and peace

ABU0112

Public address given on 1912-07-06

1170

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

انسان در عالم وجود طی مراتب کرده است تا بعالم انسانی رسیده است در هر رتبه

In the world of existence man has traversed successive degrees until he has attained the human kingdom. In each degree of his progression

BRL_DAK#0550, KHF.132, KHAB.329 (337), KHTB2.170, NJB_v03#17 p.001

BRL_ATE#158x, PUP#081 (p.225-228), BSC.324 #645, FWU.063, SW_v03#11 p.010-012, SW_v07#16 p.153-154, SW_v14#02 p.041, BSTW#391x

@evolution; human evolution, @transcending the material condition, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0037

Public address given on 1912-07-05

1790

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

بسیار بسیار خوش آمدید در جمیع کتب مقدسه الهیه بشاراتی است که بشارت میدهد روزی

You are very welcome! In the divine Holy Books there are unmistakable prophecies

AVK2.071.13x, KHF.182, KHAB.322 (330), KHTB2.161, NJB_v04#01 p.001

PUP#080 (p.220-225), BSC.268 #552, SW_v03#11 p.006-007+009-010, SW_v13#06 p.146, PN_1912 p029

@proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @chastisement and requital, @suffering and imprisonment, @predictions and prophecies, @blind imitation [taqlid], @growth of the Cause, @oneness; unity of religion, @prophecy and fulfillment

ABU0403

Public address given on 1912-07-05

620

PUP#079 (p.218-220), SW_v04#05 p.087+089-090

The Divine Sovereignty is an ancient sovereignty; not an accidental sovereignty.

@the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle, @literal interpretation, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @names and attributes of God, @God's attributes require the existence of objects, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @creation of the world, @infinity and eternity

ABU0437

Public address given on 1912-07-01

590

What could be better before God than thinking of the poor? For the poor are beloved

PUP#077 (p.216-217), FWU.036, SW_v04#06 p.102-103

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @differences in human capacity, @law of Huququ'llah

ABU0147

Public address given on 1912-06-23

1050

You are always smiling. [Mr. Osborne:] Surely our faces should reflect happiness in this presence.

PUP#075 (p.210-213)

@prophecy and fulfillment, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @education of children; moral education, @Christ; Christianity, @oneness; unity of religion, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture

ABU0204

Public address given on 1912-06-20

900

PUP#074 (p.206-209), SW_v03#10 p.023-024

I am about to leave the city for a few days rest at Montclair. When I

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @unity in diversity, @composition and decomposition

ABU0790

Public address given on 1912-06-17

380

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

We should all visit the sick. When they are in sorrow and suffering, it is a real help

LOG#0937x, PUP#072 (p.204-205), SW_v04#06 p.101-102, VLAB.038-039x

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick

ABU0027

Public address given on 1912-06-16

1900

This is a goodly temple and congregation, for -- praise be to God! -- this is a house of worship

PUP#071 (p.197-203), BSC.330 #651, SW_v03#10 p.019-023

@unity; oneness of humanity, @literal interpretation, @Muhammad; Islam, @Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal peace; world unity, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0129

Public address given on 1912-06-16

1090

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers

This is a Unitarian church, and in the Arabic tongue this day may well be called... What is real unity?... O God! Educate these children

BRL_CHILD#18x, BPRY.028x, BWF.257-260, PUP#069 (p.190-194), FWU.066x, SW_v03#10 p.030-032

William Sears & the Ayyam-i-Ha Kids [track 1], Ine, Nabil and Karim, TaliaSafa, E. Peterson, MANA, J. Crone, C. McGrail, E. Mahony

@Manifestation of God as sun, @love and unity, @education of children; moral education, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @oneness; unity of religion, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @martyrs and martyrdom

ABU1034

Public address given on 1912-06-16

300

Persian

عالم مادی هر قدر ترقی کند لکن باز محتاج تعلیمات روح القدس است زیرا کمالات

No matter how much the world of humanity advances in material civilization

BRL_DAK#1036, AMK.258-259, KHF.035, KHAB.320 (328), KHTB2.151, KHTB3.028

PUP#073 (p.205-206), SW_v04#05 p.086-087, SW_v19#08 p.253

@spiritual transformation, @Christ; Christianity, @The Holy Spirit, @education of children; moral education, @material and spiritual existence; two books

ABU0294

Public address given on 1912-06-11

740

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

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

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transcending the material condition, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @man's distinction from the animal

ABU0749

Public address given on 1912-06-11

400

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Prayers

Man must be lofty in endeavor. He must seek to become heavenly and spiritual

LOG#2113x, PUP#066 (p.186-187), SW_v04#06 p.101

@work as worship, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

ABU0030

Public address given on 1912-06-09

1860

mixed

من از مملکت بعیده شرق میایم مملکتی که همیشه نور آسمان در آن طلوع نموده مملکتی

I come here from distant countries, from Oriental climes… O Thou forgiving Lord! Thou art the shelter of all these Thy servants… Baha’u’llah hath proclaimed the universality of education, which is essential to the unity of mankind

BRL_DAK#0184, KHF.228, KHAB.303 (312), KHTB2.129, NJB_v04#12 p.001

BRL_ATE#107x, BPRY.082-083x, LOG#0492x, LOG#2097x, PUP#062 (p.172-176), SW_v05#07 p.099-102, SW_v09#07 p.085

S. Tirandaz

@equality of men and women, @oneness; unity of religion, @harmony of science and religion, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prayer for protection, @Manifestation of God as mirror

ABU0007

Public address given on 1912-06-08

2410

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

نهایت سرور را امشب دارم که بین جمع محترم حاضر شدم فی الحقیقه جمعی است در

I have the utmost pleasure this evening in being present. Truly this is an assembly

BRL_DAK#0632, MJTB.083x, KHF.243, KHAB.310 (319), KHTB2.138

BWF.235-242, PUP#063 (p.176-182), FWU.069, SW_v05#07 p.102-103+105-106, SW_v08#08 p.097

@power of the mind over nature, @harmony of science and religion, @equality of men and women, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @universal language, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal education, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU1450

Public address given on 1912-06-08

220

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

The body politic today is greatly in need of a physician. It is similar to a human body... The disease which afflicts the body politic is lack of love

PUP#061 (p.171), BSC.445 #812, SW_v03#10 p.014, SW_v08#10 p.122, SW_v13#09 p.231-232, SW_v07#15 p.148, DWN_v6#05 p.001

@love and unity, @harmony of science and religion, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @Manifestation of God as divine physician, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of prayer

ABU0006

Public address given on 1912-06-02

2430

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

کلیسا را بیعه نامیده اند یعنی محل بیعت این اصطلاح کتاب مقدس است

In the terminology of the Holy Books, the church has been called the "House of the Covenant".... Temples are symbols... There is no doubt that if the world of the Occident should abandon dogmas.... The law of God is a collective center

BRL_DAK#0643, BDA1.112.x

LOG#0739x, LOG#2078x, LOG#2096x, PUP#060 (p.163-171), SW_v03#10 p.025-029, SW_v05#16 p.246-247+248, SW_v06#17 p.146-148, SW_v08#10 p.125, SW_v14#05 p.145, SW_v14#05 p.147, MHMD1.120, BW_v01p060x

@changing and unchanging parts of religion, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @equality of men and women, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @unity of thought and belief, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization

ABU0187

Public address given on 1912-05-31

930

PUP#059 (p.161-163), SW_v05#11 p.169-170

The material world is subject to change and transformation. The Cause of the Kingdom is eternal

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0041

Public address given on 1912-05-30

1720

Persian

از احساسات جناب رایس نهایت خشنودی را دارم و همچنین از احساسات وکیله ایشان

I am most pleased with these expressions of kindly feeling and evidences

BRL_DAK#0636, KHF.092, KHAB.253 (263), KHTB2.098, NJB_v12#07 p.144

PUP#058 (p.156-160), FWU.100, SW_v04#03 p.055+056-058

@ether; the phenomenon of light, @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal, @universal peace; world unity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @essential vs. actional attributes of God, @unity in diversity

ABU0385

Public address given on 1912-05-29

630

PUP#057 (p.154-156), SW_v03#10 p.013-014

The divine Manifestations have been iconoclastic in Their teachings, uprooting error

@oneness; unity of religion, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God, @Christ; Christianity, @Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0149

Public address given on 1912-05-28

1040

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers

The Fatherhood of God, His loving-kindness and beneficence are apparent to all.... Praise be to God, the springtime of God

PUP#056 (p.150-153), FWU.014, SW_v03#07 p.015+019-021, SW_v11#01 p.006-007

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @universal peace; world unity, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity in diversity, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

ABU0095

Public address given on 1912-05-26

1250

Persian

امشب در این سرود ذکری از قرُبیت الهی بود اعظم موهبت

As I neared this church this evening I heard the hymn, "Nearer, My God..." ... O thou forgiving God! These servants are turning to Thy kingdom

DWNP_v6#11 p.001x, KHF.059, KHAB.285 (295), KHTB2.091, NJB_v04#06 p.001

BPRY.090-092x, PUP#055 (p.147-150), SW_v03#08 p.020-022, DWN_v6#10 p.002x

@development of capacity and readiness, @symbolism, @martyrs and martyrdom, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @nearness to God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within

ABU0205

Public address given on 1912-05-26

900

Persian

مسئله بقای روح را نقلا در کتب مقدسه خوانده اید دیگر لازم نیست که من مجددا

As regards the matter of the immortality of the spirit, you have already studied this in the Holy Books, and there is no need for me to expound upon it anew [3.5s]

KHF.129, KHAB.346 (353), KHTB2.185, NJB_v04#19 p.004

@proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence, @relationship of the soul to the body, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @existence; immortality of the human soul

ABU0188

Public address given on 1912-05-25

930

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers

I am going away from your city, but I leave my heart with you. My spirit will be here... O my God! O my God! Verily, these servants are turning to Thee

BPRY.089-090x, BWF.228-231, LOG#0731x, PUP#054 (p.143-146), FWU.018

@present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @unity in diversity, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @suffering and imprisonment, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU0121

Public address given on 1912-05-23

1120

Persian

Abdu'l-Bahá's Address at Clark University

ای انجمن مبارک بینهایت مسرورم از اینکه در این جمعیت دارالفنون حاضر شده ام

Blessed audience, I am overjoyed to be with you here today. It had been my hope to visit this University, and now that hope has been fulfilled

KHF.062, KHAB.276 (286), KHTB2.077, NJB_v03#03-05 p.009

BLO_PT#004

@high station of learning, @East and West; communication between East and West, @oneness; unity of religion, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @power of the mind over nature, @transcending the material condition

ABU0098

Public address given on 1912-05-20

1240

Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

Today questions of the utmost importance are facing humanity, questions peculiar to this radiant century

LOG#2080x, LOG#2082x, LOG#2099x, LOG#2103x, LOG#2104x, PUP#051 (p.133-137), SW_v03#08 p.018-020, STAB#129, STAB#130

@role and station of women, @universal peace; world unity, @the animal kingdom, @equality of men and women, @unity in diversity

ABU0152

Public address given on 1912-05-19

1040

Because this is called the Church of Brotherhood, I wish to speak upon the brotherhood of mankind... The real brotherhood is spiritual

PUP#050 (p.129-132), BSC.319 #639x, BSC.463 #858x, SW_v03#09 p.006-007+009

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @unity; oneness of humanity, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @love and unity, @predictions and prophecies, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity

ABU0178

Public address given on 1912-05-19

970

PUP#049 (p.126-129), SW_v03#09 p.010-012

Religions are many, but the reality of religion is one. The days are many, but the sun is one

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @religion as source of love and unity, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3406

Public address given on 1912-05-14

...It is the Holy Spirit of God which insures the safety of humanity, for human thoughts differ, human susceptibilities differ. You cannot make the susceptibilities of all humanity one except through the common channel of the Holy Spirit.

VLAB.060-061x

@The Holy Spirit, @unity in diversity, @differences in human capacity

MHMD1.101

ABU2862

Public address given on 1912-05-13

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

هندوستان در زمان قدیم خیلی ترقی داشت از قطعهٴ آسیا مدنیت بمصر و سوریه سرایت کرد

India had a great civilization in former times. That civilization spread from that part of Asia to Syria and Egypt

BDA1.093.10

SW_v19#06 p.180, MHMD1.100

@coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @universal peace; world unity

ABU0051

Public address given on 1912-05-07

1580

I have come from the Orient to visit your country. Surely this continent is praiseworthy

BDA1.075n

LOG#0710x, LOG#2101x, PUP#044 (p.105-110), SW_v03#06 p.002-004+08, SW_v15#01 p.038

@equality of men and women, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @universal education, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @The Holy Spirit, @unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.083

ABU0192

Public address given on 1912-05-06

930

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

This is a very joyous evening, an evidence in itself of the possibility of uniting the East and the West

BDA1.074n

PUP#042 (p.101-103), SW_v03#04 p.029+031-032, SW_v13#12 p.324

@two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @war and peace, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @East and West; communication between East and West, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @oneness; unity of religion

MHMD1.082

ABU0137

Public address given on 1912-05-05

1070

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers

The divine religions were founded for the purpose of unifying humanity and establishing universal peace.... O Thou kind Lord! Thou hast created all humanity from the same stock

BDA1.070n

BPRY.113-115x, PUP#041 (p.097-100), SW_v03#04 p.024-027, SW_v15#03 p.057, DWN_v6#11 p.002-004

Louis, Bahiyyih, Oisin & Danny

@changing and unchanging parts of religion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal peace; world unity, @war and peace, @prayer for peace and unity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

MHMD1.079

ABU0174

Public address given on 1912-05-05

980

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

I offer thanks to God for the privilege of being present in an assemblage which is commemorating Him

BDA1.068n

BWF.254-257, PUP#040 (p.093-096), FWU.011, SW_v03#04 p.022-024

@oneness; unity of religion, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @Manifestation of God as sun, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

MHMD1.077

ABU0070

Public address given on 1912-05-04

1410

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers

I am very happy in being present at this meeting. Praise be to God! I see before me the faces... O Thou kind Lord! These are Thy servants who have gathered in this meeting

BDA1.067n

BPRY.088-089x, BWF.263-267, LOG#0788x, PUP#038 (p.087-091), BSC.383 #717, SW_v03#04 p.019-022

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @spiritual transformation, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

MHMD1.076

ABU0293

Public address given on 1912-05-03

750

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

According to the statement of philosophers the difference in degree of humankind from lowest

BWF.248-251, PUP#037 (p.084-087), FWU.055, SW_v03#04 p.018-019

@education of children; moral education, @differences in human capacity, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @Christ; Christianity, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world

ABU0901

Public address given on 1912-05-03

340

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

I was in the Orient, and from the Orient to this part of the world is a long distance

BDA1.067n

PUP#036 (p.083-084), SW_v03#04 p.017-018, PN_1912 p085, BSTW#311x

@war and peace, @universal peace; world unity, @praise of Western values; culture, @service to others; to the Cause of God

MHMD1.075

ABU0122

Public address given on 1912-05-02

1120

PUP#035 (p.079-083), SW_v03#04 p.015-017

When we carefully investigate the kingdoms of existence and observe the phenomena of the universe

ABB.062

@power of the mind over nature, @proofs for the existence of God, @man's distinction from the animal, @things are known by their opposites, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

ABU0733

Public address given on 1912-05-02

400

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

بسیار خوش آمدید امروز صبح بر خواستم دیدم شهر را مر گرفته صفا نگذاشته هر روز صبح

I find this morning that the city is enveloped by a fog and mist. It is a good city

BSB5:3-6:1

PUP#034 (p.078-079), SW_v03#04 p.015

@symbolism, @rational arguments, @oneness; unity of religion, @unity in diversity

ABU0627

Public address given on 1912-04-30

460

When we view the world of creation, we find that all living things may be classified under two aspects

BDA1.062n

PUP#028 (p.067-069), SW_v03#04 p.009-010

TaliaSafa, New Creation

@degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @love of God, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity, @man's distinction from the animal

MHMD1.070

ABU0196

Public address given on 1912-04-26

910

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Prayers

در این انجمن محترم میخواهم در خصوص وحدانیت الهیه تکلم کنم بدیهی است که حقیقت

I wish to speak upon the subject of divine unity, the oneness of God, before this revered assemblage… O Thou kind Lord! O Thou Who art generous and merciful!

BRL_DAK#0573, KHF.114, KHAB.260 (270), KHTB2.049, KHTB3.045, NJB_v05#04 p.001, BDA1.054n

BPRY.112-113x, PUP#046 (p.113-116), SW_v03#07 p.013-014

D. Djalili, Stevie & Tory, M. Levine [track 6], A. Youssefi

@transcendence; unknowability of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @oneness; unity of religion

MHMD1.062

ABU3456

Public address given on 1912-04-26

Persian

از جمله تعالیم بهآءالله تساوی حقوق رجال ونسآء است

One of the teachings of Baha'u'llah is equality of rights for men and women.

BDA1.054.x

SW_v19#03 p.091, MHMD1.063

@role and station of women, @East and West; communication between East and West, @equality of men and women

ABU0110

Public address given on 1912-04-25

1180

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

امشب شب مبارکی است شایان نهایت سرور و ستایش است بجهاتی چند اولا الحمد لله

This night is a very blessed night, worthy of the utmost praise and joy for many reasons.

KHTB2.046, BDA1.052

SW_v19#03 p.090, MHMD1.060-061

@unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity in diversity, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU0262

Public address given on 1912-04-25

800

The greatest power in the realm and range of human existence is spirit -- the divine breath

BDA1.051n

BWF.260-263, PUP#024 (p.058-060), SW_v03#03 p.022-023, BSTW#336e

@degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @The Holy Spirit, @the human soul, @spiritual transformation, @realms of being; three realms; five realms

MHMD1.059

ABU1584

Public address given on 1912-04-25

200

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

Today the greatest need of the world of humanity is discontinuance of the existing misunderstandings

LOG#1138x, PUP#025 (p.060-061), SW_v03#03 p.023-024, SW_v11#18 p.304

@means of establishment of future civilization, @universal language, @universal peace; world unity, @unity of thought and belief, @language and the structure of reality

ABU0528

Public address given on 1912-04-24

520

What a wonderful meeting this is! These are the children of the Kingdom. The song we have just listened to... The art of music is divine and effective

BDA1.048n

LOG#1362x, PUP#021 (p.052-054), SW_v03#03 p.019-020, SW_v08#02 p.027-028, SW_v09#08 p.093-094

MANA

@music and singing, @fulfillment of true potential, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @education of children; moral education, @differences in human capacity

MHMD1.056-057

ABU0157

Public address given on 1912-04-23

1020

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

As I stand here tonight and look upon this assembly, I am reminded curiously of a beautiful bouquet of violets

BDA1.048n

PUP#020 (p.049-052), FWU.060, SW_v03#03 p.016-018

@man's distinction from the animal, @unity in diversity, @race unity; racial issues, @high station of learning, @power of the mind over nature, @true liberty; freedom

MHMD1.056

ABU0308

Public address given on 1912-04-23

720

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

امروز من در نهایت سرورم زیرا می بینم بندگان الهی در این مجمع حاضرند سفید و سیاه

Today I am most happy, for I see here a gathering of the servants of God... ...In the estimation of God there is no distinction of color; all are one in the color

BRL_DAK#0712, KHF.261, KHAB.247 (257), KHTB2.039, BDA1.047n

BWF.267-270, ADJ.037b-038x, ADJ.038x, PUP#018 (p.044-046), FWU.034, SW_v03#03 p.014-015

@race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @love and unity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

MHMD1.055

ABU0118

Public address given on 1912-04-21

1150

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

آنچه قسیس فرمودند دلیل بر حسن اخلاق و خدمت بعالم انسانى است

What the Minister of the Church delineated before us just now testifies to his high sense of morality and his efforts to serve the world of humanity.

KHTB2.033, BDA1.041.07

PUP#016 (p.039-042), SW_v03#03 p.010-012, SW_v19#03 p.087, MHMD1.050-054

@love and unity, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman], @oneness; unity of religion, @contention and conflict, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ABU0145

Public address given on 1912-04-19

1050

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

If we look with a perceiving eye upon the world of creation, we find that all existing things may be classified

BDA1.038n

BWF.242-245, PUP#012 (p.029-032), FWU.049, SW_v03#08 p.008-010

@present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @man's distinction from the animal, @war and peace, @oneness; unity of religion, @high station of learning, @unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.047-048

ABU0223

Public address given on 1912-04-18

870

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

در این محفل میخواهم از حیات حضرت بهاءالله قدری صحبت نمایم از بدایت

Tonight I wish to tell you something of the history of the Bahai Revelation. The Blessed Perfection, Baha'u'llah, belonged to the nobility of Persia

BRL_DAK#0641, SFI07.026-027, BDA1.037n

BWF.220-224, GPB.124x, PUP#011 (p.025-029), BSC.285 #586, SW_v03#09 p.003-005, SW_v08#13 p.159-160, SW_v08#13 p.171

MANA

@early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @suffering and imprisonment, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @human reality created in the image of God, @banishments of Baha'u'llah

MHMD1.046-047

ABU0882

Public address given on 1912-04-18

340

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

امشب من بسیار مسرورم زیرا بدیدن دوستان خودم آمده ام شما همقطار و اقران من هستید

Tonight I am very happy for I have come here to meet my friends

BRL_DAK#1030, SFI07.028, BDA1.037n

PUP#013 (p.032-034), SW_v03#07 p.011-012, SW_v08#03 p.033+037-038, DJT.257-259, FDA.008-009, BLO_PN#027, STAB#056

@status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @stories; anecdotes, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

MHMD1.047

ABU0300

Public address given on 1912-04-17

740

Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The

During my visit to London and Paris last year I had many talks with the materialistic philosophers of Europe

BWF.251-254, PUP#009 (p.020-022), FWU.045, SW_v03#10 p.010-011, SW_v15#01 p.003-004

@limits of the intellect, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @intuition; inspiration, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0456

Public address given on 1912-04-17

570

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

در بعضی از کتب الهی مذکور است که چون شمس حقیقت طلوع نماید

In the Holy Books it is recorded that when the Sun of Truth dawns it will

SFI07.025, BDA1.037n

PUP#010 (p.023-025), SW_v03#10 p.009-010, SW_v19#02 p.055

@unity in diversity, @differences in human capacity, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

MHMD1.046

ABU0676

Public address given on 1912-04-16

430

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

خوب مجلسی است قوای مادیه نمیتواند این گونه نفوس را

Souls from the East and from the West have been brought to this spot... Christ appeared in this world nineteen hundred years ago

KHF.192, KHAB.244 (255), KHTB2.027, NJB_v04#10 p.001, BDA1.036n

PUP#008 (p.018-020), SW_v03#10 p.006-007, BSTW#209

@unity of governments; political unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @Christ; Christianity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @universal peace; world unity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

MHMD1.045

ABU0275

Public address given on 1912-04-14

770

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

در این جمع قسیس عبارتی از پولس قدیس ذکر نمود که شما نور را از شیشه های رنگین

I speak from a verse in Corinthians, the substance of which is that though

BRL_DAK#0562, MMG2#171 p.197x, KHF.056, KHAB.241 (251), KHTB2.016, KHTB3.032, BDA1.033n

PUP#005 (p.011-013), SW_v04#01 p.007-008, SW_v03#03 p.005-006, SW_v14#04 p.117, SW_v19#02 p.054, DJT.245-246, BLO_PN#027

@two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual transformation, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity

MHMD1.043

ABU0405

Public address given on 1912-04-13

610

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

چند روز است من به نیویورک آمدم پیش از این به اروپا رفتم

It is a few days since my arrival in New York; but before coming to New York

KHTB2.013, NJB_v04#10 p.004, BDA1.032n

PUP#007 (p.016-018), SW_v03#07 p.003-004

@man's distinction from the animal, @power of the mind over nature, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @harmony of science and religion, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit

MHMD1.042

ABU1161

Public address given on 1912-04-13

270

Persian

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

ایام ظهور مظاهر مقدسه بهار الهی است اراضی قلوب را سبز

Praise be to God! This is an illuminating gathering. The faces are brilliant

KHF.193, KHAB.239 (249), KHTB2.011, NJB_v04#14 p.002, BDA1.031n

PUP#004 (p.009-011), SW_v03#08 p.004-005

@corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @spiritual transformation, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds

MHMD1.040-041

ABU0126

Public address given on 1912-04-12

1100

Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary

This is a most happy visit. I have crossed the sea from the land of the Orient

BDA1.030n

PUP#002 (p.004-007), SW_v15#09 p.254-255x, DWN_v5#11 p.001-004x

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love and unity, @suffering and imprisonment, @Christ; Christianity, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @martyrdom of the Bab

MHMD1.039

ABU0008

Public address at Stanford University on 1912-10-08

2330

Persian

اعظم منقبت عالم انسانی علم است زیرا کشف حقایق اشیاست و چون امروز خود را در

The greatest attainment in the world of humanity has ever been scientific

BRL_DAK#0654, KHF.207, KHAB.380 (386), KHTB2.267, NJB_v05#01 p.001

PUP#110 (p.348-355), SW_v03#12 p.010-014, ECN.267

@law of transformation and change, @universal peace; world unity, @war and peace, @harmony of science and religion, @need for an educator, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @high station of learning, @power of the mind over nature, @universal human capacity for spiritual recognition, @unity; oneness of humanity

ABU3070

Prayer spoken at children's dinner, Cannongate School in Edinburgh, ca. 1913-01-09

O Thou Kind God! These beloved children are created by Thy Mighty Hand. They are the signs of Thy Omnipotence.

DAS.1913-02-27

@prayer for children and youth, @education of children; moral education, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @symbolism

AB11094

Prayer for the departed.

Bahá'í Prayers

O my God! O Thou forgiver of sins, bestower of gifts, dispeller of afflictions!

BPRY.041

Y. Mesbah, The Humming Birds, D. Gundry, K. Bartlett, Hailey & Milton, The Hummingbirds, Nabilinho, E. Mahony, N. Bahraini, W. Heath

@prayer for the departed, @soul; spirit after death, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

ABU0169

Pilgrim notes of Anton Haddad, Jan. 1900

990

Let no seditious rumors prevent you from coming into the kingdom of God and receiving the spirit of confirmation.

PN_1900 p073

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @unity in diversity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @contention and conflict, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @suffering; rejection of Christ

ABU0696

Pilgrim notes of Anton Haddad, Jan. 1900

420

Disagreement among the believers is likened unto the clouds... You are a small army and very few in number in comparison with those around you.

PN_1900 p072

@contention and conflict, @unity of thought and belief, @symbolism, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @growth of the Cause

AB00053

Paper presented to the Universal Races Congress

1430

Persian

ای اهل عالم چون در جمیع عالم سیر و سیاحت نمااید آنچه معمور است از آثار الفت

When travelling about the world we observe an air of prosperity in any country

BLIB_Or.08117.002,

AVK3.205.17x, RAHA.112-115, DAUD.11, KHAB.005 (016), KHTB1.035, KHTP.013, NJB_v02#14-16 p.008

SW_v02#09 p.005-006, ABS#09

@composition and decomposition, @war and peace, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity in diversity, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

ABU0386

Pain and Sorrow: Words spoken on 1911-11-22 in Paris

630

Persian

SDW v01#01 p.007-010, SDW v01#02 p.025-027, SDW v18#06-07 p.179-185

جمیع بشر همیشه مورد دو احساس هستند یکی احساس سرور دیگری احساس حزن وقت سرور

In this world we are influenced by two sentiments, Joy and Pain. Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital

BRL_DAK#0955, AMK.207-210, DWNP_v6#08 p.002-003, KHF.039, KHAB.192 (202), KHTB1.197, KHTP.146

PT#35 p.110

J. Heath [track 4]

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @suffering and imprisonment, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ABU0017

On the creation of the world: words to Miss St. and others in summer of 1910

2200

Wir haben wohl alle heute etwas Zeit, über dieses ebenso schwierige wie wichtige Thema zu reden und der Ort

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @evolution; human evolution, @creation of the world, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @relationship of the soul to the body, @soul; spirit after death, @cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds, @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @absolute freedom; independence of God

ABU0181

On Calumny: Words spoken on 1911-11-20 in Paris

950

mixed

از بدایت عالم تا امروز هر وقت ندای الهی بلند شد ندای شیطان هم بلند شد زیرا

From the beginning of the world until the present time each 'Manifestation' sent from God has been opposed by an embodiment of the 'Powers of Darkness'.

AMK.200-204, DWNP_v1#06 p.004-006, KHF.203, KHAB.184 (195), KHTB1.186, KHTP.131

PT#33 p.101, ABS#01

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @rejection of Muhammad, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @growth of the Cause, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

ABU1703

Message to Theosophists in London, Sep. 1911

180

Give my most friendly greetings to all the Theosophists. You have risen to help humanity because you are freeing yourselves from superstition

CHH.173-174, BLO_PN#022

@oneness; unity of religion, @Theosophy, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

ABU1140

Message to the Baha'is of New York from Thonon-les-Bains, 1911-08-26

280

In this Cause, hundreds of families have sacrificed themselves. There have been more than twenty thousand martyrs.

AIF.1911-08-26, PN_1909B p032, DJT.181-183, BLO_PN#027

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @contention and conflict

ABU1357

Message to humanity, through a journal editor, spoken at Milburn home in Chicago, 1912-11-03

230

Persian

الحمد لله قرون ظلمانى گذشت قرن نورانى آمد الحمد الله آثار اوهام و تقالید زائل شد و عقول

Praise be to God that the centuries of darkness have passed.... Glad tidings, glad tidings, that the Sun of Truth has shed its radiance!

PYM.182, KHTB2.319, BDA1.351.03

MHMD1.369-370, VLAB.113x

@progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @oneness; unity of religion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0419

Material and Spiritual Progress: Words spoken on 1911-11-02 in Paris

600

Persian

Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, A; Traveler's Narrative, A

جسم انسان در هوای خوش منتعش میشود حیات انسان تجدد می یابد قلب مسرور میشود

How beautiful the weather is today, the sky is clear, the sun shines, and the heart of man is made glad thereby!

KHAB.110 (120), KHTB1.093, KHTP.069

PT#19 p.057

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @The Holy Spirit

AB00003

Maqaliy-i-Shakhs Sayyah (A Traveller's Narrative)

22000

Persian

Travelers Narrative, A (book)

در خصوص شخص معروف بباب و حقیقت احوال اینطائفه روایات مختلفه و تفاصیل

Touching the individual known as the Bab and the true nature of this sect diverse tales are on the tongues

CMB_F56, IOM.100-101

TNP, AVK3.203.01x, AVK3.210.12, AVK3.214.06x, AVK3.223.01x, AVK3.286.11x, AVK3.473.16x, OOL.C021

TN, GPB.055x, GPB.066x, GPB.075x, GPB.113x, GPB.133x2x, GPB.143x, GPB.159x5x, GPB.197x, GPB.201x, TDH#158.18x, STAB#116

"The ablest and most valuable presentation of the early history of the Faith and of its tenets." (Shoghi Effendi) Recounts events in the life of the Bab and in the lives of His followers and illustrates the character of the Baha'í revelation with numerous quotations from Baha'u'llah's Writings.

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @events in the life and ministry of the Bab, @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrdom of the Bab, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im, @empty learning; false spirituality, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @petitions to authorities, @growth of the Cause, @Declaration; advent of the Bab, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @martyrs and martyrdom, @grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @power of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @Letters of the Living, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God, @infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]

PN_1919 p023

AB00004

Madaniyyih (The Secret of Divine Civilization)

20800

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Secret of Divine Civilization

Secret of Divine Civilization (book)

بدایع حمد و ثنا و جوامع شکر و سپاس درگاه احدیت پروردگاریرا سزاست که از بین کافه

Praise and thanksgiving be unto Providence that out of all the realities in existence He has chosen the reality of man

BLIB_Or.08686, IOM.100, BLIB_Or.08117,

SDCP, AVK3.336.14x, AVK3.222.07x, AVK3.290.13x, AVK3.292.05x, AVK3.324.05x, AVK4.317bx, AVK4.328x, AVK4.339x, MSHR3.097x, OOL.C019

SDC, WOB.037-038x, WOB.192x, LOG#1061 ¶1x, LOG#1417x, LOG#1682x, LOG#1882x, LOG#1883x, BSC.424 #767.1x, SW_v07#18 p.181-182x, BLO_PT#057, STAB#044, STAB#064

Treatise addressed anonymously to the entire Persian nation, outlining both the secular and the religious bases of true civilization. Identified by Shoghi Effendi as Abdu'l-Baha's "outstanding contribution to the future reorganization of the world." Presents a defense of Western-style modernization in the face of opposition to the Shah's reforms. Explores the qualities of the spiritually learned through the lens of an Islamic tradition that the learned "must guard himself, defend his faith, oppose his passions and obey the commandments of his Lord". Presents the essential outlines of the Lesser Peace. Argues that religion is the greatest instrument for achieving true civilization, but warns that it can be diverted to the wrong ends. Rejects the possibility of a secular morality based on an "innate sense of human dignity", since "self-love is kneaded into the very clay of man". Issues a call for education reform, borrowing from other cultures as necessary, to restore the ancient glory of Persia.

@past, present and future of Iran, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @praise of Eastern values; culture, @Muhammad; Islam, @status of kings; future of monarchy, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @universal peace; world unity, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @war and peace, @Christ; Christianity, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @bribery and corruption, @education of children; moral education, @parliaments; constitutional government, @promotion of commerce and industry, @call to action, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power of the mind over nature, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @universal education, @excellence; distinction, @justice and wrath of God, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @symbolism

MMAH.234

ABU0360

Lesson given to I. D. Brittingham, Apr. 1909

660

The events mentioned in the first part of chapter 16 of Revelation happened before the coming of the Manifestation. The seven angels signify seven Powers

PN_1909F p051, BSTW#136

@symbolism, @predictions and prophecies, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @war and peace, @rejection, opposition and persecution

interpretation of Rev ch16.

ABU0350

Lecture Given at a Studio in Paris: Words to Baha'is of Paris, 1911-11-27

670

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

این منزل محفلی است بهائی محفل بهائی هر جا تاسیس شد روز بروز اتساع یافت و سبب

This is in truth a Baha'í house. Every time such a house or meeting place is founded it becomes one of the greatest aids to the general development

KHTB1.221

PT#24 p.069

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB00142

Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education)

930

mixed

Lawh-i-Tarbiyyat (Tablet of Education)

ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن جمهور عقلاء بر آنند که تفاوت عقول و آراء از تفاوت

O ye beloved of God and maidservants of the Merciful! The republic of wise men believes that the difference in minds and opinions is due to the difference of education

INBA16:026

MKT1.330, MNMK#110 p.207, MMK1#098 p.123x, MMK1#104 p.127x, MILAN.084, AKHA_104BE #06 p.15, AKHB.210x, AVK1.250x, AVK3.326.17x, DWNP_v6#05 p.004-006, PYM.218, MJTB.035, DUR1.574x, YHA1.329-330x, YHA1.382x#7, YHA1.382x#8, NJB_v05#02 p.005, OOL.C018

SWAB#098x, SWAB#104x, TAB.576-580, BWF.396-399x, LOG#0482x, LOG#0484x, LOG#0486x, BSC.486 #935x, TEW.003-006

MANA (1), MANA (2)

@education of children; moral education, @differences in human capacity, @education and the development of capacity, @equality of men and women, @work as worship

AB00109

Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (=Lawh-i-Dukhan)

1040

mixed

Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Tablet of Purity

Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (Tablet of Chastity and Purity)

ای یاران پاک یزدان تنزیه و تقدیس در جمیع شئون از خصائص پاکانست و از لوازم آزادگان

O Friends of the Pure and Omnipotent God! To be pure and holy in all things is an attribute of the consecrated soul

MKT1.324, MNMK#107 p.200, MMK1#129 p.142, AKHA_104BE #07 p.01, AHB.123BE #05 p.136x, AVK3.039.03x, AVK3.296.10x, DWNP_v6#10 p.001-004, PYB#139 p.03, ADH2_1#34 p.051x, MJMJ2.020bx, MMG2#377 p.421x, YHA1.340x, KHAZ.111-114, HYB.168, OOL.C017

SWAB#129, BRL_Aqdas.n170ax, TAB.581-585, BWF.333-336x, COC#1414x, LOG#1186x, LOG#1188x, LOG#1192x, LOG#1839x

@alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @excellence; distinction, @cleanliness and refinement

AB00158

Lawh-i-Tanazu'-i Baqa

900

mixed

Tablet on the Struggle for Survival (Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá); Universal Education

Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá (Tablet on the Struggle for Survival)

ای انجمن محترم عالم انسانی از این نیت خیریه و علویت مقاصد که دارید باید مورد شکرانیت

O honored society [for the advancement] of humanity! All mankind should be grateful on account of your noble purpose and lofty intentions…. One day I was standing by a creek and observed that a swarm of small locusts

BRL_DAK#0585, MKT4.018, KHF.066, KHTB3.035

BLO_PT#163, STAB#099x

@The Holy Spirit, @nationalism; love of country, @unity; oneness of humanity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love and unity, @competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence

AB00010

Lawh-i-Shuhaday-i-Yazd va Isfahan (Tablet on the Martyrs of Yazd and Isfahan)

5290

mixed

Treatise on Persecution of Bahá'ís in 1903

Lawh-i-Shuhaday-i-Yazd va Isfahan (Tablet on the Martyrs of Yazd and Isfahan)

در این عصر انوار که قرن عظیم حضرت پروردگار است و از پرتو شمس حقیقت انوار

In this enlightened age, which is the century of the Almighty God, by the effulgence of the Sun of Reality, the lights of civilization are diffused

MKT3.122, OOL.C024

BLO_PT#208

@past, present and future of Iran, @martyrs and martyrdom, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB00026

Lawh-i-Mahmud Furughi

2440

mixed

ای گمگشته بادیه پیما اگرچه چون باد بادیه پیماای ولی از جام عنایت سرمست

O thou who art lost and wandering in the desert! Though thou roamest the wilderness like unto the wind, thou art intoxicated with the wine of divine bounty [3.5s]

INBA13:364, INBA21:168 (209), INBA59:260, INBA88:299

BRL_DAK#0640, AKHA_135BE #16 p.318x, BSHN.140.227, BSHN.144.227, DUR1.342x, MSHR2.103x, MSHR4.319x, MJMJ2.037x, MMG2#028 p.028x, MHT2.173, QUM.215x

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @relationship between government and people, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB00394

Lawh-i-Mahfil-i-Shawr?

610

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

ای یاران رحمانی من در این ایام خبری پر روح و ریحان از آنسامان رسید که الحمد لله

O ye spiritual friends! In these days, most soul-uplifting tidings have reached from that region, for which praise be to God [3.5s]... ...the first condition is absolute love and harmony amongst the members of the assembly.

MKT3.505, MMK1#045 p.084x, MILAN.153, AKHA_134BE #14 p.548, AVK3.409.04x, AVK4.311x, MMG2#373 p.416x, HYB.094, YARD.054x

SWAB#045x, BADM.022-023x, COC#0176x, COC#1372x, COC#1373x

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @consultation, @The Holy Spirit, @unity; oneness of humanity, @non-participation in politics

AB01545

Lawh-i-Mahfil-i-Shawr?

310

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Huqúqu'lláh

اول فریضه اصحاب شور خلوص نیت و نورانیت حقیقت و انقطاع از ما سوی الله و انجذاب

The prime requisites for them that take counsel together are purity of motive, radiance of spirit, detachment from all else save God… A third requisite is the promulgation of the divine commandments among the friends

INBA16:216, INBA88:287, INBA89:018

BRL_HUQUQP#091x, MKT3.504, MMK1#043 p.083, MILAN.083, AKHA_134BE #15 p.586, AKHA_133BE #12 p.314, AMK.048-050, AVK4.314cx, OOL.C015

SWAB#043, BRL_HUQUQ#091x, BADM.021bx, COC#0174x, COC#0175x, COC#1171x, COC#1370x, COC#1392x, DAS.1913-10-21x

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @education of children; moral education, @consultation, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @non-participation in politics, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @twin Manifestations, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

AB01214

Lawh-i-Mahabbat (Tablet of Love)

360

Arabic

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک الاخیر الدال علی فرط محبتک لعبدالبهاء

O thou who art attracted by the fragrant breezes of God... Know thou of a certainty that Love is the secret of God's holy Dispensation

INBA89:262

MKT1.159, MNMK#036 p.121, MMK1#012 p.024x, MMK1#147 p.171x, MMK1#179 p.200x, MMK1#180 p.201x, AVK3.207.19, NSR_1978.137, NSR_1993.150, KNSA.219 (412), OOL.C016

SWAB#012x, TAB.524-526, MNYA.306-307, BSC.435 #790, AELT.209-210x, BSTW#025, BSTW#250, BSTW#502a

A. Youssefi, Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America, K. Porray, SKY, Ladjamaya [track 13], E. Mahony

@love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @one universal law; attractive power of love, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

AB00016

Lawh-i-Lahih (Tablet to the Hague)

4540

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague); Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague)

ای اول اشخاص خیرخواه محترم عالم انسانی نامه های شما که درین مدت حرب ارسال

O ye esteemed ones who are pioneers among the well-wishers of the world

BRL_HAGP1, MKT3.101, MNMK#112 p.210, MMK1#227 p.285x, AKHA_134BE #13 p.495x, AVK3.401.05x, AVK3.409.08x, AVK4.324ax, AVK4.324bx, AVK4.326x, AVK4.331ax, AVK4.334bx, DWNP_v2#12 p.095-99x, HDQI.211, ANDA#16 p.06x, KHAB.034 (043), OOL.C014

BRL_HAG1, SWAB#227x, BWF.284-296, LOG#1075x, BSC.410 #745, FWU.028x, SW_v11#08 p.123-127+129-134, DWN_v2#05 p.005x, ABCC.438-439x, BLO_PT#192, BLO_PT#193

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @war and peace, @unity in diversity, @universal peace; world unity, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @call to action, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @religion as source of love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity

MMAH.271

AB00265

Lawh-i-Khurasan

720

Arabic

Lawh-i-Khurasan

ایا نفحات الله هبی معطره و ایا نسمه الله مری مطیبه و اقصدی وادی الرحمن نادی

O zephyr of God blow forth with fragrance! O breeze of God waft by sweetly scented! Hasten to the valley of the Merciful

INBA59:088, INBA88:029

MKT1.141, MNMK#016 p.088, MILAN.156, HDQI.201, ANDA#07 p.04, OOL.C013

SW_v09#12 p.130-131+133

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement, @chastisement and requital, @consolation and comfort

AB04989

Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Abhar

2700

mixed

یا من قام علی خدمه المیثاق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید

O thou who hast arisen to serve the Covenant! That which thou didst write hath been perused [3.5s]

BRL_DAK#0139, MMK6#330x, YIA.363-371, YMM.299x

@defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @education of children; moral education, @predictions and prophecies

AB00008

Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti II (Second Tablet of the Thousand Verses)

6520

mixed

Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses, two tablets)

یا من وقف حیاته لاعلاء کلمه الله آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید ملحوظ گردید و بدقت

O thou who hast devoted thy life to the exaltation of the Word of God! What thou hast written was perused

INBA21:120ax, INBA55:422x, INBA55:425ax, INBA59:311, INBA88:001, INBA88:013x

MKT2.253x, MMK4#188 p.232, MMK4#188a p.242x, AYBY.387 #068x, HHA.080-084x, MSHR1.029x, MSHR3.028x, MSHR3.165x, AADA.162-163x, OOL.C012b

BSR_v16p114-130

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @personal instructions, @firmness in the Covenant, @chastisement and requital

AB00005

Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses)

10300

mixed

Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses, two tablets)

ای رب تری هجوم الامم و جولتها و غرور الملل و صولتها علی عبدک الفرید الوحید

O Lord! Thou beholdest the assault of the nations and their violent commotion, and the pride of the peoples and their fierce onslaught against this lone and solitary servant [3.5s]

INBA87:520, INBA52:548b

MMK4#189 p.259, AYT.428x, HHA.084-088x, KHSH14.000x, RHQM1.170-176 (215x) (127-131x), ADH2_1#38 p.055x, MSHR3.098x, MSHR4.295x, MJMJ2.030bx, MJMJ2.034x, MJMJ2.072bx, MMG2#018 p.017x, MMG2#241 p.271x, MMG2#248 p.279x, OOL.C012a

A. Haghighi

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @episodes from the early history of Islam, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @the Imamate; the Caliphate, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @firmness in the Covenant, @importance of authoritative interpretation, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @Imam 'Ali, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @martyrs and martyrdom

MMAH.237

AB00143

Lawh-i-Haft Sham' (Seven Candles)

930

Persian

Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

Lawh-i-Haft Sham' (Tablet of the Seven Candles of Unity)

ای منجذبه محبت الله مکتوبی که هنگام رفتن مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از

O captive of the love of God! The letter which thou didst write at the time of thy departure hath been received. It brought me joy

MKT1.354, MNMK#121 p.231, MMK1#015 p.027, AKHA_119BE #11 p.j, AVK3.098.10x, AVK3.491.12x, OOL.C011

SWAB#015, PDC.197x2x, WOB.038-039x, COC#1584x, BSC.444 #810, PN_1903 p002, ABCC.360-362x, BSTW#185, BSTW#359, BSTW#407

@mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @unity in diversity, @composition and decomposition, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity of governments; political unity, @unity of thought and belief, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal language, @race unity; racial issues

AB00022

Lawh-i-Du-Niday-i-Falah va Najah (Two Calls to Success and Prosperity)

3040

mixed

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Abdu'l Bahá's Tablet of the Two Calls

Tablet of the Two Calls

ای اهل ملکوت ابهی دو ندای فلاح و نجاح از اوج سعادت عالم انسانی بلند است

O ye concourse of the Kingdom of Abha! Two calls to success and prosperity are being raised from the heights of the happiness of mankind…

MKT1.307, MNMK#106 p.192, MMK1#225 p.272, MILAN.017, AKHA_106BE #08 p.02x, AVK4.288bx, AYT.523bx, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.024-025x, DWNP_v6#09 p.009x, MAS5.109, YHA1.017x, BSDR.506, DLS.082, OOL.C009

SWAB#225, ADJ.054-055x, GPB.309x, WOB.042x, SW_v06#09 p.065-068+070-072, SW_v13#12 p.324x, SW_v13#09 p.236x, BW_v02p054-055x, BSTW#382

@historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @war and peace, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB00020

Lawh-i-Dr Forel (Tablet to Dr Forel)

3770

Persian

Bahá'í World Faith; Tablet to Auguste Forel

Tablet to Auguste Forel

ای شخص محترم مفتون حقیقت نامه شما که ۲۸ جولای ۱۹۲۱ مورخ بود رسید مضامین خوشی

O revered personage, lover of truth! Thy letter dated July 28th, 1921, hath been

BRL_LAFP, MKT3.474, MNMK#144 p.255, AKHA_106BE #06 p.02x, PYM.315, MJDF.002, KHF.018, KHAB.011 (022), KHTB3.015, NJB_v14#01 p.032, NJB_v14#02 p.064, OOL.C010, VUJUD.033-040

TAGF, BWF.336-348x, SW_v14#04 p.101-109, SW_v13#08 p.195+197-202, ABCC.449x, VUJUDE.043-056

@universality of the Cause, @The Holy Spirit, @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @proofs for the existence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @names and attributes of God

MMAH.243

AB00444

Lawh-i-Ayat (Tablet of the Signs)

590

Arabic

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá

Lawh-i-Ayat (Tablet of the Signs)

سبحان من انشا الوجود و ابدع کل موجود و بعث المخلصین مقاما محمود و اظهر الغیب

Praise be to Him Who hath made the world of being, and hath fashioned all that is, Him Who hath raised up the sincere to a station of honour

INBA13:398, INBA55:229, INBA59:148, INBA88:051, UMich962.092-094, UMich991.047-051

BRL_DAK#0958, MKT1.137, MNMK#021 p.099, MMK1#004 p.013, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.v, BCH.130, DLH2.223, OOL.C008

SWAB#004, SW_v09#03 p.032-034, DWN_v3#08 p.070-073, STYLE.043x

@chastisement and requital, @prophecy and fulfillment, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @suffering and imprisonment, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power of the Manifestation of God, @praise and encouragement

AB00023

Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Celestial Spheres)

3020

Arabic

Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih); Abdu'l-Bahá — de l'Univers

Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe)

الحمد لله الذی جعل اسمائه و صفاته لم یزل نافذه احکامها فی مراتب الوجود

Praise be to God Who hath ever caused His Names and Attributes to penetrate the degrees of existence

INBA55:048, INBA59:027b, UMich962.036-050, UMich991.150-170

MKT1.013, MNMK#006 p.047, MILAN.001, AVK2.150.10x, MAS5.147x, ADH2.093x, ADH2_2#16 p.121x, MMG2#122 p.140x, YHA1.375x, DLS.319, OOL.C005

BLO_PT#142

Treatise highlighting the intimate connection between physical and spiritual realities and laws. Opens with an exordium on the names and attributes of God, which move "in the firmament of perfection in descending and ascending arcs", and "in the orbits of sanctity and circles of glorification", occupying "spiritual spheres" which are "subtle", "fluid", and "vibrating". Explains that since motion is intrinsic to existence, and this motion must be governed that order and perfection may be maintained, a universal attractive force was brought into being between the "holy and resplendent suns" and their planets and satellites. Emphasizes that the creation of God has no limits. Clarifies that the preceding are "spiritual truths pertaining to the spiritual world" and that material truths can also be inferred from this, for "physical things are signs and imprints of spiritual things". Describes the interconnected and relative nature of "earthly" and "heavenly", "material" and "spiritual", "accidental" and "essential", "particular" and "universal", "foundation" and "structure". States, quoting a Hadith, that particular and universal realities in both the physical and spiritual realms are infinite. Explains that the divine grace is manifested according to capacity, both individually in the human reality and collectively in this new cycle: thus "in this most great manifestation ... the gates of revelation and discovery have been thrown wide open". Clarifies that it is not possible that God's grace should have appeared all at once, but that a gradual and progressive revelation is necessary. Warns that the knowledge and sciences of past ages are "superstitious fancies" compared to those realities which have become unveiled in this Revelation, and so all matters must be weighed in the balance of this Cause. Directs that all things be investigated "in a methodical and scientific way", and that conventional wisdom be rejected, in order "to discover the undisclosed verities and the hidden mysteries, which are concealed in the inmost heart of the universal realities". Reiterates that the discoveries and opinions of earlier philosophers, including those regarding the celestial spheres, were unsound, since it is only in this age that the mathematical sciences have been systematized. Defends the statements of the Prophets about the celestial spheres, that they merely referred to the orbits of the planets. Affirms that the planets move within a subtle, fluid and vibrating substrate, and that "the heavens are a restrained wave because a void is impossible and inconceivable". Rejects the notion that the celestial spheres are solid and glassy. Returns to the topic of the errors of the ancient philosophers, in relation to the orbit of the Earth around the sun: while Pythagoras, Plato and Aristarchus affirmed the correct theory, their opinions were based on presentiment and not on evidence; while most of the sages, including al-Farabi, followed the erroneous theory of Ptolemy (in contradiction to the explicit text of Qur'an 36:38). Reiterates that sound scientific theories are supported by logical proofs and careful observation, as well as being "in conformity with the principles of the universal themes expounded in the divine sciences". Praises the careful observations of Copernicus. Closes with a prayer in praise of God and this Day and asking for steadfastness.

@celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @infinity and eternity, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being, @microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar], @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB04891

Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírza

160

Persian

Tablet to Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá (Lawh-i-Abu'l-Hasan Mírzá); Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks

ای یار مهربان آنچه کلک مشکین نگاشت شادمانی بخشید و خرمی آورد

O kind Friend! What thy musk-laden pen hath inscribed bestowed joy and brought delight. It was not a dew-drop

BRL_DAK#0415, SFI10.021

BRL_ATE#144, EBTB.155, BLO_PT#169

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @knowledge; recognition of God

AB04958

Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat

160

Persian

Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát)

Lawh-i-Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat (Tablet to Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat)

مقام اطمینان اعظم درجه بر ایمانست لیزدادوا ایمانا فوق ایمانهم هر چند حضرت ابراهیم

...The station of assurance is greater in degree than that of mere faith. It is the station denoted by “that they should add faith upon faith.”

MAS9.100-101x, YMM.319bx, VUJUD.142x

BLO_PT#167x, VUJUDE.126x

@degrees of faith; certitude, @fire and light; fire and water, @soul; spirit after death, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @spiritual transformation

AB00025

Lawh-i-'Ammih (Tablet to the Aunt)

2740

mixed

Lawh-i-'Ammih (Tablet to the Aunt)

قد اشرقت الانوار و القوم فی عمه عظیم قد ظهرت الاسرار و الناس فی دهش قدیم

O kind aunt! The world hath been stirred into motion by the life-giving breezes of the disposition of thy august Brother

CMB_F60, CMB_F61, CMB_F62, PR20.008

MKT2.168, YHA1.374x, OOL.C007

LTDT.289-291x

@suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @chastisement and requital, @call to action, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

Tablet written by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to His unfaithful aunt Shah Sultan Khanum, after the ascension of Bahá'u'lláh.

AB00024

Lawh-i-'Ahd va Mithaq (Last Tablet to America)

2840

mixed

Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith

Commentary on the Tablet of the Branch and the Covenant

ای یاران الهی عبدالبهاء شب و روز بیاد شما و بذکر شما مشغول زیرا یاران الهی

O ye friends of God! Abdu'l-Baha is day and night thinking of you and mentioning... Consider! The Divine Gardener cuts off the dry or weak branch

BRL_DAK#0951, MKT3.410, AKHA_106BE #03 p.02x, AVK3.092.04x, AVK3.090.06x, AYT.488x, HHA.335x, RHQM1.131 (168x) (099-099x), OOL.C006

BWF.429-438, GPB.250x, GPB.251x, GPB.309-310x, PDC.024x, BSC.551 #994x, SW_v13#01 p.019-025, ABCC.450-451x

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @fellowship with the wayward and ungodly

ABU3631

Last recorded words

You wish me to take some food, and I am going?

GPB.311x, PAB.007, ABCC.462, VLAB.141

ABU3080

Interview with W.H. Randall, Haifa, 1919-11-18

This question will only be solved through the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh... From the association of the white friends with the colored friends the others, people outside the Cause, will learn the meaning.

PN_1919 p017x, BSTW#319

@race unity; racial issues

ABU3239

Interview with W.H. Randall, Haifa, 1919-11-18

Don't forget this, that this is a Universal Temple--advertise it so; announce that this is for all and every religion

PN_1919 p016

@elections, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @universality of the Cause

ABU0363

Interview with W. H. Short at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-15

660

You are very welcome; am most happy to greet you. I have looked forward with much pleasure to this meeting

BDA1.035n

SW_v03#07 p.004-005

@war and peace, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

MHMD1.044

ABU0365

Interview with W. A. Lawson of the Sacramento Bee, 1912-10-26

660

The papers write that up themselves. I do not claim to be a prophet at all… He is founding the basis of all the religions by declaring that the fundamental basis of divine religions are one and the same. It is not a new religion in that sense at all.

ECN.913, ECN.409+526x

@definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @oneness; unity of religion, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @critique of Western values; culture, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @unity in diversity, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @Muhammad; Islam, @universality of the Cause, @harmony of science and religion

ABU3639

Interview with W. A. Lawson of the Sacramento Bee given on 1912-10-26

Being a Bahá’í, my affiliation is with all religions.

ECN.409+526

@definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @oneness; unity of religion

ABU0979

Interview with Stanwood Cobb, Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-23

320

Hope is made possible through turning one's face toward God. If all the benefits of the world are made possible for man and he has no hope, he will not enjoy them.

DAS.1913-03-23

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

ABU0940

Interview with Sir William Crookes, 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1913-01-18

330

People are running after dogmas... The teachings of Bahá'u'lláh are the spirit of this age; for although material civilization has advanced

DAS.1913-01-18

@war and peace, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @growth of the Cause, @East and West; communication between East and West, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @blind imitation [taqlid]

ABU0026

Interview with Rev. J. T. Bixby at Hotel Ansonia in New York, 1912-04-13

1930