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| AB07697 | 110 | O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful! Your letter was received. Its contents conformed with the reality; for it was the song of the heart | DAS.1914-05-30 | @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07702 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is empty and pure through the Light of the Word of God shining therein! I have read thy brilliant letter which proveth thy humbleness | TAB.231 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07703 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turning unto the Kingdom of God! Thy letter came and I was informed of its wonderful contents. Know thou, verily, all the doors are closed | TAB.229, BSC.484 #928x | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07704 | 110 | O Venerable Lady! I have read thy detailed letter and noted its contents. I immediately wrote a letter to thine esteemed daughter | MAX.180 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07705 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art remembered by Abdul-Baha! Thy letter which is couched in graceful words hath given me joy and happiness | TAB.313 | @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07706 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art kindled by the fire of the Love of God! Rejoice through the fragrance of God and be attracted by the melodies | TAB.670 | @praise and encouragement, @love of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07707 | 110 | O thou who hast advanced toward God! Blessed art thou, for thy heart is attracted to the Love of God, thy breast is filled with the knowledge of God | BSTW#277 | @call to action, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07710 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing to the kingdom of God! On perusing the contents of thy brilliant letter, I became cognizant of the secrets of thy heart | TAB.309-310 | @suffering and imprisonment, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07711 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is filled with the Love of God! I was informed of thy longing for meeting (me) and that thy breast is boiling with the love of God. | TAB.194-195 | @consolation and comfort, @love of God, @prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07712 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Thank God for giving and granting thee “sight of eyes” | TAB.123 | @naming of children; of individuals, @martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07713 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I read thy beautiful composed letter and thank God for that He granted thee characteristics | TAB.091 | @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07714 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose breast is dilated with the Fragrances of God! I received thy letter which showed thine advance toward the Kingdom of God. | TAB.219-220 | @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07715 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art cheerfully moving by the Fragrances of God! Know thou verily, that when the Sun of Truth shown forth to the horizons | TAB.482-483 | @belief and denial, @light and darkness, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07717 | 110 | O ye illumined faces! It was in truth with great pleasure that I looked upon the picture which portrayed your noble selves. | MAX.176 | @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07719 | 110 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant! Verily, your letter was the third of those | SW_v10#01 p.003 | @praise and encouragement, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07720 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two doves, flying in the verdant Gardens of the Kingdom! Thank ye your Lord for that by reason of which He hath guided you into the Path | TAB.188 | @spiritual transformation, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07725 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou lamp ignited by the fire of the Love of God! I ask God to make thee a sign of love, standard of agreement, means of union and harmony | TAB.057, BLO_PT#052.01 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07727 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two birds in the open-space of the Love of God! Verily I read your letter and I inhaled therefrom a spiritual fragrance | TAB.079-080 | @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07730 | 110 | O thou who art unique! Thy letter dated January 19, 1911, was received. You have written of the good news from California | SW_v01#19 p.003 | @growth of the Cause, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07733 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast acknowledged the Kingdom of God! I received thy letter and considered it wonderful expressions | TAB.079 | @spiritual transformation, @thankfulness; gratitude, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07734 | 110 | O thou who hast advanced toward God! By God, I rejoiced when reading | SW_v09#06 p.078-079 | @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07760 | 110 | O Lord, my Lord! This is the day which Thy Sacred Tongue and Thy Pen of Glory | SW_v14#03 p.082 | @prayers (general or uncategorized), @prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07774 | 110 | …O God! This is a branch sprung from the tree of Thy mercy… and bestow upon him the name Shoghi so that he may yearn for Thy Kingdom | BW_v13p060, CHC.269x, PPRL.005x, SEIO.001x | @prayer for children and youth, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07775 | 110 | ...It is truly a delightful place. The mildness of the weather, the freshness of the grass and fields, the lushness and pleasantness of the hills | LTDT.344x, AIF.1911-08-21x | @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07776 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Speak of my servitude unto God, of my humbleness | TAB.603-604, VTRM.017 | @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07777 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God: The tongues have spoken of thy attraction to God, and the pens have testified to thy burning | TAB.307-308, JWTA.010 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @love as fire | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07779 | 110 | O my beloved one, I received thy letter in which thou hast expressed thy contentment with one who hath turned unto God and prayerfully adoreth Him. | MAX.208-209 | @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07814 | 110 | ...The hope which Abdu'l-Baha cherishes for you is that the same success which has attended | WOB.078x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07815 | 110 | ...Now is the commencement of organization, hence every affair concerning the Kingdom | SW_v13#10 p.263-264x, SW_v13#12 p.325x | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07816 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art submissive and humble before the Holy Threshold! Know thou, verily, submissiveness is the good quality of the maidservants | TAB.077 | @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07817 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hath advanced to the Kingdom of his Lord, the Glorious! Know thou that the Kingdom of God hath pitched its tents | TAB.637-638, BSC.486 #932x | @growth of the Cause, @The Holy Spirit, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07818 | 110 | O ye who are attracted to the Beauty of ABHA! Your letter was received; it indicated that a new union and harmony | SW_v02#05 p.004 | @religion as source of love and unity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07819 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and a sweet odor wafted | TAB.202-203 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07820 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou candle shining by the light of the Love of God! That which thou hast inscribed and conceived of in thy mind | TAB.063-064 | @power of love, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07821 | 110 | ...But regarding teaching the Truth: One must teach with wisdom, amiability, good-naturedness and kindness | SW_v02#06 p.005-006 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @study; deepening, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @courtesy; culture [adab], @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07822 | 110 | Thy letter was received. On account of the death of thy father and brother the utmost sorrow and regret was produced. | SW_v07#19 p.192 | @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07823 | 110 | O ye blessed souls! Many assemblies are formed and organized in the world | DAS.1913-10-31, SW_v07#10 p.096x | @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07824 | 110 | O thou spiritual leaf, which is verdant and fresh through the downpourings of the Kingdom of God!... Verily, verily, I say unto thee, the Covenant of God and His Testament is the lamp | DAS.1913-07-18, SW_v08#16 p.218x, ABIE.083, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#105, BSTW#123c | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07825 | 110 | Every high-soaring bird does not attach its heart to its low nest and abode. At every morn it sings a new melody in a rose-garden | DAS.1913-03-29x | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07826 | 110 | I ask Thee, O my God -- by Thy power, might and dominion, which have encompassed all who are in Thy heaven and earth -- to point out to Thy servants Thy straight pathway | PN_various p003, BSTW#191 | @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07827 | 110 | ...I love you tenderly and I know that you are drinking deep of the cup of afflictions. But that ever Christ | BSTW#204 | @consolation and comfort, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07828 | 110 | Today there is no greater service to the Kingdom of God than endeavor in uniting the friends and the maidservants of the Merciful One. | BSTW#504ax | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07829 | 110 | O thou who art attracted with the Fragrances of God! The eloquent and delightful odes of that maidservant | DAS.1913-10-13 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07830 | 110 | ...Verily I received your eloquent letter, the composition of which was wonderful. It was an evidence of your firmness in the Covenant | DAS.1914-02-28x | @soul; spirit after death, @eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07831 | 110 | O thou servant of His Highness the Friend! Strive thy utmost that in the center of the world thou mayest become the sign | DAS.1913-10-20 | @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07832 | 110 | O thou spreader of Reality! In the first two editions of the magazine, thou didst demonstrate noble effort | DAS.1914-08-04 | @newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07833 | 110 | ...Concerning the erection of the Temple: Now all the believers must become united so that the Temple may be built soon in one place | SW_v06#17 p.134 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07834 | 110 | ...Although the life of the creature is called life, in reality, compared to the life of the children (of the Kingdom) | SW_v07#16 p.150 | @life and death, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @attaining the life of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07835 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto the Kingdom of God! Verily, I read thy letter | TAB.246-247 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @power of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07836 | 110 | ...The believers of God in America, one and all, must unitedly make an effort, so that the Temple | SW_v06#17 p.135-136 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07837 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Thank God, thy faith increased and thou didst become attached... Hypnotism hath a weak influence over bodies | TAB.168-169, LOG#0976x, BSC.488 #938x | @power of prayer, @alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07838 | 110 | ...A few, unaware of the power latent in human endeavor, consider this matter as highly impracticable | WOB.038x | @effort; striving, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07839 | 110 | ...Now the day has arrived in which the edifice of God, the divine sanctuary, the spiritual Temple, shall be erected in America | SW_v06#17 p.133, SW_v06#17 p.130, SW_v07#07 p.057-058, BW_v01p061 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07840 | 110 | ...Praise be to God! That the Convention of the delegates for the Mashrak-el-Azkar was held in perfect order | SW_v06#17 p.137-138 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07841 | 110 | O thou spiritual daughter! They letter was received. It contained wonderful significances. Praise be to God | DAS.1914-08-20x | @praise and encouragement, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07842 | 110 | ...Thou hast manifested joy at the freedom of Abdu'l-Baha. This happiness came from thy | SW_v08#19 p.240x | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07843 | 110 | O Omnipotent God! Verily the pavilion of justice has been raised in the Holy Land extending from East to West.... O Almighty God! Confirm the greatest Emperor George V through Thy divine confirmation | PN_unsorted p056, BSTW#021, BSTW#202 | @prayer for governments and rulers, @relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07844 | 110 | ...Today the distinguished leaders of nations must sing such a song in the ears of the people that the heart of the world of humanity may be stirred | DAS.1914-07-02 | @call to action, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @unity of governments; political unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07845 | 110 | This is the Day of rejoicing for the Truth hath been made manifest. His call hath been raised | NYR#002 | @spiritual springtime, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @praise and encouragement, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07858 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God! O my God! This is thy servant who hast turned his face toward Thee, hast put his trust in thee, hast believed in thee | TAB.617, VTRM.031 | @prayer for pilgrims, @prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07859 | 100 | O my God! These are the five leaves of the tree of Thy clemency and the five servants of the sacred threshold of Thy oneness. | MAX.177 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @prayer for women | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07863 | 100 | O thou son of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that like unto a torch thou hast been | SW_v10#09 p.185, BSTW#447 | @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07868 | 100 | O ye children of the Kingdom, Your letters whose contents were conducive of great happiness were received. Praise be to God that you are studying | DAS.1914-07-25 | @spiritual transformation, @naming of children; of individuals, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07966 | 100 | O thou servant at the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection! Offer thou glorification to the Lord because the radiant morn of the most great Guidance | DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.159, BLO_PN#007 | @spiritual transformation, @firmness in the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07981 | 100 | O Thou Almighty! O Thou Forgiving Lord! Endear Thou this believing, assured maidservant of God in Thy Kingdom and submerge her | DAS.1914-07-29 | @spiritual transformation, @prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07993 | 100 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant. The glad-tidings of he unity of the | SW_v12#12 p.201 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08004 | 100 | ...Some of the loved ones should establish ties of friendship with the notables of the region and manifest towards them the most affectionate regard | COC#1837x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @business; financial; property matters, @methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08006 | 100 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and thy services in the meeting became known. Today whosoever is engaged in the service | DAS.1914-07-13x | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08009 | 100 | ...Thou hast written of that meeting held in the quarter where standeth the city gate of 'Abdu'l-'Azim. Do not call it a meeting. Call it a confluence of holy souls | COC#0931x | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08031 | 100 | O ye assembly of the Bahá'ís! Your letter expressed eloquently your ultimate hope and aspiration: for you are resolved to become the spreaders | DAS.1914-05-26 | @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08040 | 100 | O thou worshipper of truth! Thy letter was received and thy pure intentions | SW_v07#18 p.187 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08053 | 100 | O thou kind Lord! Grant to these believing, sincere souls heavenly confirmation! Suffer each one of them to soar | DAS.1914-07-29 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08066 | 100 | O thou heavenly daughter! Thy letter was received. I implored and supplicated to the Kingdom of God for whatever is thy utmost desire | BSTW#226 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08072 | 100 | O ye two servants of the Kingdom of God! Praise be to God, that your services are accepted in the divine threshold and your songs impart joy | SW_v07#10 p.092-093 | @praise and encouragement, @newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08077 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two kind and beloved maidservants of God! A splendor from the Supper of the Lord was cast upon the table that ye have spread | TAB.534 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08087 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear friend! What thou hast written was perused. Thank thou God that the doors of the Kingdom are opened and the way of the Truth | TAB.552 | @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08090 | 100 | O thou my heavenly friend! The letter which was written to you by the Editor | SW_v03#12 p.008 | @personal instructions, @newspapers and the media; publications, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08094 | 100 | O ye real friends and lovers of the Kingdom of God! In these days the scroll of the | SW_v07#13 p.121 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08145 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of Truth! I received the photograph of thy shining figure and I looked at it with thorough attention. A tranquility and steadfastness | TAB.483 | @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance, @thankfulness; gratitude, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08148 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thou hast forwarded thy photograph and it was considered. In thy face a brilliant light is apparent | TAB.244 | @love of God, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08156 | 100 | O thou my beloved! Be not unhappy. Let not thy thoughts be scattered. Man under the circumstances of tests must be patient | DAS.1913-02-27, BSTW#015 | @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @acquiescence and resignation; contentment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08171 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! What thou hast written was perused. It is evident that thou hast all thy life been seeking the Lord of signs | TAB.476 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08174 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! The subject matter of thy letter is known to me. Happy is thy condition, for thou hast loved Jesus always and wept | TAB.328 | @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08176 | 100 | O thou maidservant of God! Although in body thou art weak and ill | SW_v09#15 p.173 | @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08182 | 100 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou dear maidservant of God! The program of the Naw Ruz festival was received and caused utmost joy. Praise be to God that white and colored | BLO_PT#028b | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @race unity; racial issues, @Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08183 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Mr. Arthur Agnew hath greatly praised thee that—praise be to God!—thou art like unto a melodious nightingale | TAB.521-522 | @praise and encouragement, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08184 | 100 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast | SW_v10#01 p.013 | @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08187 | 100 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written that in these days the establishment of the meeting has become impossible in that city | SW_v07#16 p.158x | @predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @The Holy Spirit, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08189 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou esteemed maidservant of God! Be thou hopeful and be thou happy and rejoiced. For I have supplicated and beseeched | TAB.545 | @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @consolation and comfort, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08203 | 100 | O thou Sweet Singing Maidservant of the Rose-Garden of the Love of God! Although you took the trouble and hastened to London | BLO_PT#052.19 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @music and singing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08221 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advanced toward God! Thy letter was received. Its contents indicated that thou hast become alive | TAB.552 | @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08222 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. In reality thou art spiritually hungry | TAB.524 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @The Holy Spirit, @education of children; moral education | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08231 | 100 | O thou who art attracted to the Truth! Many of the philosophers of the | SW_v05#19 p.295 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08232 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom! Mrs. . . . . became the cause of thy life and suffered thee to inhale the fragrances of the rose-garden | TAB.630-631 | @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08234 | 100 | O ye who are attracted to the Kingdom of God! Your letter was received. It was a glorious proof to your firmness in the Cause of God. | DAS.1914-08-02, BSTW#040, BSTW#113, ACOA.054-055 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08235 | 100 | Bahá'í World Faith | ...Those souls who have the capacity and ability to receive the outpourings of the Kingdom and the confirmation of the Holy Spirit, they become attracted through one word. | BWF.364-365x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08239 | 100 | Praise be to God, that through Mr. and Mrs. Kinney thou didst hear the glad-tidings | SW_v12#05 p.106-107 | @race unity; racial issues, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08263 | 100 | O Thou who art uttering the praise of the Beloved of the world, if Thou hast an eloquent tongue, engage it to praise The veilless Beauty of The Beloved | NYR#110 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08277 | 100 | O ye blessed souls! Thank ye God that the Morn of Guidance hath arisen from the Supreme Horizon | DAS.1914-07-29 | @praise and encouragement, @unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08278 | 100 | O ye the honored souls! Your letter of congratulation arrived and imparted joy, because its contents indicated that the Sun of Reality hath begun Its radiation | JWTA.037 | @growth of the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08285 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou tree planted in the Garden of the Love of God! Although thou art absent in body, yet, praise God! thou art present in spirit | TAB.523 | @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08302 | 100 | O thou pure leaf of the Blessed Tree! Thy letter was received. Thou hast | SW_v10#17 p.320 | @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08307 | 100 | ...Should people enquire about My whereabouts, tell them that certain prominent Americans and Europeans have repeatedly sought | LTDT.344x | @personal instructions, @wisdom [hikmat], @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08328 | 100 | ...Thy remembrance is always my intimate and associate and the heart and the soul of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá supplicating | DAS.1913-11-07 | @call to action, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08329 | 100 | O thou kind friend! Those days that we were in London we associated together with the utmost love. | DAS.1914-03-03x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08347 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou honorable lady! Verily, I received thy excellent letter and read it and my heart was gladdened with its content, which shows thy guidance. | TAB.240 | @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08349 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto the Face of God! Blessed art thou for that thou wert saved from the storm of doubts | TAB.639 | @love of God, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08351 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy last letter and gathered from its meanings the mysteries of thy great love. | TAB.295 | @prayer for teaching, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08352 | 100 | …Be well assured of the favours of thy Lord, be resigned unto Him, and cross the ocean in full tranquillity… Give my greetings to thine honourable husband | MAX.191x, MAX.209x | @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08353 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Thou hast said aright, that verily, Abdul-Baha looketh to deeds and not words. | TAB.311 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @words vs deeds, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08356 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou blooming rose in the garden of the Love of God! Verily, the heavenly angels address thee from the Supreme Horizon | TAB.071 | @praise and encouragement, @the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle, @angels | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08366 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two singing birds in the Garden of Belief! I have read your letter in which you confess the Unity of God and the grandeur of His reign | TAB.318 | @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08370 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast set thy face towards the Kingdom: Verily, I say unto thee: Should a spark from the fire of the love of God alight upon a heart | TAB.330 | @praise and encouragement, @love of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08371 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art awakened from the sleep of negligence and forgetfulness! Thank God for that He hath awakened thee from thy sleep | TAB.120 | @spiritual transformation, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08372 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art sincere in the Religion of God! Verily, the maidservant of God, the assured leaf [thy wife] hath presented herself in the Sacred Spot | TAB.173 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08373 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art kindled with the fire of the Love of God! Verily I read thy words which showed thy yearning love in God | TAB.331-332 | @consolation and comfort, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08374 | 100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou advancer to the Kingdom of God! Shouldst thou come with the whole of thy being | TAB.622-623, BWF.391-391x, BSC.465 #865x | @literal interpretation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the Christian clergy | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08375 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy excellent letter which contained thy praises of the Supreme Lord. | TAB.137 | @humility; meekness; lowliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08413 | 100 | O Amata’l-Bahá! Day and night all the Leaves are engaged in remembering thee and await the receipt of news of thy recovery and well-being | LTDT.338x | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08416 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Verily thy letter indicated thy faith in the Oneness of God. I ask God to make thee firm in His Religion | TAB.412 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08417 | 100 | ...Thy recent letter was received. It contained good news, and that is: Thou hast guided to the Kingdom of Abha one new soul. | DAS.1913-10-18 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08426 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whom I mention with my heart and tongue! Though I do not see thee with mine eyes, I do see thee with my heart | TAB.255-256 | @call to action, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08445 | 100 | O thou who art supplicating unto God! I read thy precious letter and am informed | SW_v08#18 p.232 | @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08446 | 100 | ...Consider how ‘Abdu'l-Bahá forgot all thoughts and mentions and turned his face towards the countries and empires | SW_v05#01 p.007, SW_v07#10 p.098 | @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08447 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of Truth! The Lord of Hosts became manifest in Moses and the children of Israel | TAB.515 | @Manifestation of God as mirror, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08448 | 100 | ...The long journey over sea and land, the innumerable difficulties in the morn and at eve, the lack of rest and sleep | DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.138, BLO_PN#007 | @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08449 | 100 | ...The correspondence of the believers of God with all parts of America and from America to all directions is very acceptable and seasonable. | DAS.1913-08-25, ABIE.235, BLO_PN#007 | @East and West; communication between East and West, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08450 | 100 | O thou servant of the Almighty! Beg of God that in this world which is groaning with pains and troubles, thou mayst aspire to a breath of rest and that in this sorrow-begirdled globe, thou mayst obtain happiness. | DAS.1913-08-26, ABIE.243, BLO_PN#007 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity of thought and belief, @wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08451 | 100 | O Thou kind, incomparable God! Familiarize these hearts with Thy Mysteries and detach them from friends and strangers. | DAS.1913-09-10, ABIE.301, BLO_PN#007 | @spiritual transformation, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @nearness and remoteness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08452 | 100 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou heavenly, brilliant and precious pearl! I greet thee from this Holy Land... Verily, I say unto thee that the gifts of thy Lord are encircling thee | TAB.156-157, BWF.367-367x, BSC.480 #916x, BSTW#276d | @origin of the soul; the soul as emanation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08453 | 100 | ...Thou hast questioned concerning ordeals and difficulties and catastrophes: "Are these | SW_v08#18 p.235 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @prayer for tests and difficulties | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08454 | 100 | ...The world of humanity will not be transformed into the heavenly paradise through the promotion of one, single principle... The Cause of Baha'u'llah and his heavenly teaching include all the elements | SW_v13#06 p.131 | @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @interconnectedness of the teachings | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08455 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art partaking of the Heavenly Food! Know thou verily the Divine Food is descending | TAB.130-131 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08456 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of God! Verily, I was rejoiced when I read thy excellent letter | TAB.182 | @spiritual transformation, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08457 | 100 | O thou son of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received. The contents were indicative of spiritual susceptibilities. | JWTA.041 | @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @The Holy Spirit, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08458 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto God! Verily, I read thy letter and noted its contents. | TAB.619-620 | @methods of teaching the Cause, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08459 | 100 | O ye friends of God and maidservants of the Merciful! The congratulations for the declaration of the anniversary | SW_v09#11 p.125 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08460 | 100 | ...As to thy inquiry about traveling to nearby towns out of Chicago for the promulgation | SW_v10#06 p.108-109x | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08461 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ...Honorable Dr... According to what is heard you have received the permission | TAB.419-420 | @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08462 | 100 | ...Cover the sins of the weak ones with the hem of the garment of Thy Mercy! Change the indifference | SW_v05#12 p.178 | @spiritual transformation, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08463 | 100 | Therefore, O ye beloved of God! Now the time has come that in order to show thankfulness for this Gift, ye may arise to perform that which is incumbent upon you... Keep the fast in the month of fasting | BSTW#194 | @law of fasting, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08464 | 100 | I am a sinner. Thou art the Forgiving One. I am ... in my deeds, but hopeful in Thy pardon. | PN_1909C p115 | @spiritual transformation, @prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08465 | 100 | ...It is some time since you are living in Yazd. Unquestionably you are the means of joy and the cause of ecstasy | DAS.1913-10-13, PN_various p013x | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08466 | 100 | ...Praise be to God that in every Society thou didst investigate the Reality and | DAS.1913-10-13 | @independent investigation of truth; reality, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08467 | 100 | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! The contents of thy letter written to ... was perused. Thank thou God that in that country | DAS.1913-10-14 | @being a source of light; guidance, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08468 | 100 | ...Now it is much better if you start directly for Japan and while there be engaged in the diffusion of the Fragrances of God. | DAS.1914-08-09 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08469 | 100 | O thou who art advancing toward God! Inasmuch as the attracted maidservant of God, Mrs. Cochran, hath guided thee unto this great Cause | BSTW#076 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08470 | 100 | O thou respected youth! How many holy souls in past ages have longed most intensely to hear the name of the Divine Kingdom and live during the day of the Promised one | DAS.1913-09-22, ABIE.347, BLO_PN#007 | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08472 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O the spiritual leaf who art verdant and well-watered by the outpouring from the Kingdom | TAB.672 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08473 | 100 | ...The confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha shall descend uninterruptedly upon those souls | SW_v04#14 p.241 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08474 | 100 | O ye daughters of the Kingdom! Your congratulation on the Feast has been received. Its perusal imparted joy and happiness. Through the Bounties of the Supreme Lord | JWTA.038 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08490 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God, my God! I am a servant attracted to Thee, humbly coming to the door of Thy Oneness and addressing the kingdom of Thy mercy. | TAB.181, BSC.429 #778, DWN_v5#06 p.002 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @love of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08492 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God! O my God! I am a servant, abject, lowly, humble and submissive at the door of Thy Oneness | TAB.330-331 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08502 | 90 | O thou son of the Kingdom! Thank thou God that thou hast stepped into the Arena of Existence in this blessed period | AHV.029b, BLO_PN#045 | @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08528 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Be exceedingly grateful to the maidservant of God, Mrs.. . . . . . . . who guided thee, led thee to the Kingdom of Glory | TAB.068 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08536 | 90 | O thou who wanderest in the divine Path! In the path of God thou didst leave behind thy familiar country | JWTA.016 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08547 | 90 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thou art in my memory and art present in heart and soul in the assemblage of the Kingdom. | MAX.243 | @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08548 | 90 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy brief letter was received. Although it was short yet it contained detailed significance. | DAS.1914-07-29 | @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08558 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of God! Thy letter was received and the sign of the hand was observed. This sign was a mystery of the perfection of Love. | TAB.545 | @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08588 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of God! According to what I have heard, thou hast experienced a great financial loss. Do not feel sorry, for thou wilt be compensated. | TAB.133 | @consolation and comfort, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08605 | 90 | O thou sincere servant of the True One! Be thou a speaker of the truth and a skillful physician | DAS.1913-10-12 | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08612 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two, servant and maidservant of the Beauty of Abha! Thank ye His Highness the Incomparable One, that ye have become assisted | TAB.585-586 | @preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08624 | 90 | O thou dear son! From thy letter the fragrance of the rose garden of significances was inhaled, that praise be to God, thou art assisted | JWTA.017 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08628 | 90 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Praise be to God that thou art firm in the Covenant and attracted to the Love of God | BBBD.331, DAS.1914-09-08 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08640 | 90 | O thou firm in the Covenant! As to thy attendance at the Esperanto Congress | SW_v11#18 p.306 | @universal language, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08646 | 90 | ...As to his question about the permissibility of promulgating the divine teachings without relating them to the Most Great Name, you should answer: "This blessed Name hath an effect on the reality of things | COC#1922x | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08647 | 90 | ...Consider how the signs of the Tablet which was revealed to you on Sept. 1, 1901, have become apparent and manifest. At that time the hurricane of the violation of the Covenant had been extinguished | BSTW#052nx | @being a source of light; guidance, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08649 | 90 | ...Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that, praise be to God, the highest hope of the believers of Boston | DAS.1914-04-17 | @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08656 | 90 | ...As to the education of children, exert every effort to further this; it is of the utmost importance. So too, the education of girls in all the rules of righteous conduct | COC#0630x | @education of children; moral education, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08701 | 90 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter like unto the song of the warbler caused joy and happiness. Consequently I read it | DAS.1914-03-25x | @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08702 | 90 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! ...Thou hadst written concerning the Convention which thou art going to establish in Canada | MAX.363b | @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08712 | 250 | ...Now in the world of being the Hand of divine power hath firmly laid the foundations | BRL_DAK#1233 | BADM.015-016x, WOB.111x, WOB.205x | @spiritual transformation, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @material world a reflection of the spiritual | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08715 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two dear maidservants of God! Your longing to visit the Sacred Soil is expressed and evident and your presence | TAB.506 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08725 | 90 | O thou true friend! Through the graces of the Sun of Reality do I supplicate | SW_v12#03 p.057 | @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08731 | 90 | ...Thou art not and shalt never be forgotten. Be thou strong and firm. Be thou resolute and steadfast | SW_v10#19 p.348x | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08733 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear friend! What thou hast written was perused. I beg of God that thou wilt become assisted and confirmed under all circumstances | TAB.456 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @spiritual transformation, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08741 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear friend! The maidservant of God . . . hath remembered thee in her letter and hath thus made my heart busy with thy thought. | TAB.251 | @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08782 | 90 | O thou yearner after truth! I pray and supplicate at the threshold of God and beg healing for thee. | BSTW#107 | @power of prayer, @development of capacity and readiness, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08784 | 90 | O thou seeker of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast praised Mrs. Krug. Truly I say she is one of the daughters of the Kingdom. | DAS.1914-03-25 | @praise and encouragement, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08786 | 90 | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. I prayed at the Court of Holiness to deliver thee from the darkness | JWTA.011 | @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual transformation, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08787 | 90 | O thou seeker of the Divine Light! Whosoever is freed from self and illusion, released from the claws of passion and lust | DAS.1914-05-26 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @unity; oneness of humanity, @blind imitation [taqlid] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08797 | 90 | There is no doubt that thou art assiduously engaged in serving the Cause, giving eloquent talks | COC#0392x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08814 | 90 | O thou perfect Campbell: Miss Juliet Thompson is extremely kind to thee and loves thee with life and conscience. I also with perfect Spiritual love | BSTW#421 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08815 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! The breeze of Life is wafting from the rose-garden of the Kingdom; become thou undoubtedly moved thereby. | TAB.668 | @spiritual transformation, @being a source of living waters in teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08818 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Thy letter hath arrived. It brought joy to all hearts, for it carried the proof of thy sincere work. | TAB.326 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08820 | 90 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou maid servant of Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that thou art assisted in service and art enkindled with the Fire of the Love of God. | BLO_PT#028h | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08826 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou favored maidservant of God! The meeting which thou hast formed and therein assembled the faithful (or believers) together | TAB.305 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08827 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! The letter that thou hast written in Persian was highly appreciated. I have read it from beginning to end. | TAB.210-211 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08834 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art spreading the Cause of God! I hope thou wilt become as a rising light and obtain spiritual health—and spiritual health | TAB.305-306 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @high station of the true believer, @spiritual transformation, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08842 | 90 | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It indicated, praise be to God, that in the matter of advancing toward the Kingdom of God | JWTA.017-018 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08874 | 90 | O thou wooer of the love of God! For a long time I have desired to correspond | SW_v11#10 p.166 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08875 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art marching unto God! Thy letter was read. Its contents indicated thy devotion to the Horizon of the Living God | TAB.138-139 | @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08878 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of Abha! Be thankful that thou art inebriated with the cup of the love of God | TAB.446 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08884 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O heavenly one! The maidservant of God . . . . hath praised thee! I hope thou wilt acquire great proficiency in writing literature | TAB.501-502 | @excellence; distinction, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08890 | 90 | O thou who art attracted with the Love of God! Thy letter was like the mirror in which were reflected the pictures of Divine Confirmations. | DAS.1913-09-12, ABIE.310, BLO_PN#007 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08892 | 90 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter has been received together with the picture | SW_v12#12 p.202 | @prayer for forgiveness, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08909 | 90 | O thou old believer! Thou art one of the old believers and hast served the Cause of God most faithfully. I shall not forget thee. | DAS.1914-02-21 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08947 | 90 | O thou leaf of the tree of Life! Your letter has been received. Because | SW_v11#10 p.166 | @praise and encouragement, @high station of the true believer, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08973 | 90 | O thou kind friend! Thy letter of safe arrival to India was duly received. Undoubtedly thou wilt become the cause | MSBH10.062 | DAS.1914-09-07 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love and unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08979 | 90 | O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! Now I am at the Holy Tomb. The vase which | SW_v12#12 p.202 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @Shrines and Holy places, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08987 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou flower perfumed by the Breaths of the Love of God! Verily, I read thy written letter and have supplicated unto God to receive thee in His Kingdom | TAB.052 | @firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @spiritual transformation, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08990 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turning toward the Kingdom of God! I have read thy letter of eloquent composition. I beg of God to make thee fluent in tongue | TAB.629 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08992 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art rejoiced at the Kingdom of God! The letter indicating thy great wish to be a maidservant of the Cause of God | TAB.220 | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08993 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art set aglow with the Fire of the Love of God! Thy letter reached me and I noted its beautiful contents. I ask God to augment thy faith | TAB.189-190 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08994 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art baptized by the Spirit of the Love of God! Be rejoiced with this great bounty and gladdened by this mighty gift! | TAB.414 | @unity in diversity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08996 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art marching onward to God! I have read thy beautiful letter which contained delicate meanings | TAB.077 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08997 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward God! Verily, I received thy letter, which showed that thou hast turned unto the Kingdom of God | TAB.227 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08998 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turning unto God! Thy letter was an inheritance of joy and happiness unto me, for its significance was a supplication | TAB.084-085 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @spiritual transformation, @the concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08999 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art tested with a great calamity! Be not grieved nor troubled because of the loss which hath befallen thee | TAB.085-086 | @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09001 | 90 | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy letter and thanked God for thy joy and happiness | MAX.215 | @prayer for married couples, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09002 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose breast is dilated by the Fragrances of God! Verily thy letter reached me and I prayed God to confirm thee in guiding the people | TAB.408-409 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09006 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou lamp glowing with the fire of the Love of God! Know that the garden drew near and the paradise hath been adorned with the sweet-basils | TAB.620 | @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @existence; immortality of the human soul | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09008 | 90 | O thou spiritual young man and merciful youth! Verily, thy father and mother have both of them traversed the seas | BSTW#276n | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @law of pilgrimage, @Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09010 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is overflowing with the love of God! Verily, I received thy beautiful letter and praised God for kindling the fire of His Love | TAB.174 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @attaining the life of the spirit, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09014 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art arisen for the service of the Cause of God! I received thy recent letter and rejoiced in spirit at its interesting contents | TAB.334 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise and encouragement, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09015 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou cup overflowing with the Wine of the Love of God! Know, verily, that the doors of the Kingdom are being opened to the East and West. | TAB.410 | @spiritual transformation, @entry by troops, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @growth of the Cause, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09018 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast turned towards the Lights of the Verily, I greet thee from this White Place, the bright, blessed Holy Land, and say | TAB.242 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09019 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto God! Thank God for that He taught thee the word of guidance, illuminated thy heart by the light of the Kingdom | TAB.413 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @importance of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09020 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted unto the Beauty of ABHA! Verily I call thee, from this Spot, with a speech whereby the spirit is breathed into hearts and bodies | TAB.174, SW_v14#07 p.210x | @martyrs and martyrdom, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @love of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09021 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Bounty of El-ABHA! Verily, I have read thine excellent message, which announced thy praise to thy Supreme Lord | TAB.188-189 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09022 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy new letter and was informed of its meanings, which proved thy lowliness | TAB.122-123 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09032 | 90 | Since I intend to return home, therefore, I do not write in detail. Praised be God that we are all safe and secure in the shelter of divine care | LTDT.113x, LTDT.325 | @consolation and comfort, @personal instructions, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09033 | 90 | ...One must obey the command of God and submit to medical opinion. Thou hast undertaken this journey to comply with His command and not for the sake of healing | COC#1024x, LOG#0960x | @personal instructions, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09041 | 90 | Praised be Thou O Lord my God! This is one of the leaves of the Tree of Thy Oneness and a fruit of the Tree of Thy Singleness | LTDT.272 | @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @eulogies; reminiscences, @prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09047 | 90 | ...when I came to ‘Akká, it was prescribed for me to go to the sea every day and this was not possible in Yarkih. Moreover, I had a lot of work | LTDT.327x | @personal instructions, @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09052 | 90 | Your letter dated November 13, 1918, was received. Praise be to God | SW_v10#01 p.003 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09060 | 90 | O Amata’l-Bahá! The subject of Mírzá Badí‘u’lláh hath become extraordinarily strange | LTDT.337 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Ottoman commissions of investigation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09063 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Verily, the Lord of Hosts calleth thee from the absence of existence (or non-existence) and sayeth | TAB.415 | @spiritual transformation, @presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09065 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! It is incumbent upon thee to turn thyself wholly to the kingdom of God | TAB.233-234 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09066 | 90 | O maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written something about Mr. Remey. | JWTA.011-012 | @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09096 | 90 | O ye wooers of the Beloved of regions! The true Beloved like unto the Joseph of Canaan, unveiled his face | DAS.1913-11-01 | @spiritual transformation, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09097 | 90 | O Thou Kind God! These travellers over mountains and deserts and these wanderers over land and sea | DAS.1913-02-27 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09098 | 90 | ...This Cause is proclaimed through eloquent, sincere addresses. We must unloose the tongue, spread the fragrances of God | SW_v13#10 p.276x | @methods of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09099 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of God! What thou hast written was perused. Be thou rejoiced on account of | TAB.546 | @war and peace, @praise and encouragement, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @love and unity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09100 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art conscious! At last thou didst learn of the path of salvation... The powers of the sympathetic nerve | TAB.309, BSC.455 #836 | @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09102 | 90 | ...To the one who hath hearkened to God's good tidings and hath proclaimed His bountiful favours! | MAX.082-083 | @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09103 | 90 | O ye my soldiers of the Kingdom! Be ye valiant and fearless! Day by day add to your spiritual victories | COC#1685x, LOG#1935x, SW_v13#05 p.113 | A.R. Cundall | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09104 | 90 | ...Thou hast inquired regarding the teachings and instructions of BAHA'O'LLAH! Thou must instruct the people of the world in the Love of God | SW_v02#06 p.005 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @light and darkness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09105 | 90 | ...If you question regarding the trials and difficulties of Abdu'l-Baha - that is a sea boundless | SW_v12#16 p.254x | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09107 | 90 | ...Through the protection and help of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a sacrifice to his beloved ones! - you must conduct and deport yourselves | SW_v14#08 p.225 | @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @firmness in the Covenant, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09108 | 90 | ...Whatever contribution you may send to the school of Tarbiat is in the estimation of Abdul Baha, most acceptable. In this we observe the aim of God | DAS.1913-08-14, ABIE.189, BLO_PN#007 | @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09109 | 90 | ...Consider how Abdul Baha forgot every material thought and mention and turned his face toward the countries and empires, cities and villages | DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.203, BLO_PN#007 | @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09110 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...Perchance, God willing, ye may be helped and confirmed to arise and serve in a befitting and worthy manner, and be assisted to do that which is required | BSC.495 #956 | @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09111 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Word of God! Verily, I read thy letter which contained new significances | TAB.050 | @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09112 | 90 | ...The more difficulties one sees in the world the more perfect one becomes. The more you plough and dig the ground | SW_v14#02 p.041, PN_unsorted p046, BSTW#380 | A. Grammer | @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09113 | 90 | ...You have written regarding the Assembly of Women. Undoubtedly, show ye great effort in this matter | SW_v01#09 p.010-011 | @role and station of women, @praise and encouragement, @equality of men and women, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09114 | 90 | ...The quintessence of the matter is this: With the greatest effort one must arise to spread the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh | DAS.1913-10-14 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09115 | 90 | Victory is of two kinds: material and spiritual. Material victory is not so important but spiritual victory is conducive to the life of the world of humanity. | DAS.1914-10-26x | @call to action, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09116 | 90 | ...Today, at the Threshold of His Holiness, Baha'u'llah, there is nobody more favored | SW_v12#10 p.170 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09117 | 90 | ...The Divine confirmations have in every way prepared for you the means of development. | SW_v01#08 p.016x | @predictions and prophecies, @past, present and future of Iran, @promotion of commerce and industry, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09118 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The beloved of God must be the cause of spreading the Heavenly Love. They must impart spiritual concord | BSC.438 #795 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09119 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is soaring in the sky of the love of God! Praise be unto Him | TAB.078, BSC.427 #770 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09120 | 90 | ...Treat ye the sinners, thy tyrants and the bloodthirsty enemies as the faithful friends | SW_v08#11 p.139 | @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09121 | 90 | ...Thou hast written concerning the meetings and gathering-places of the believers of God. Such assemblies | SW_v02#06 p.005 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @study; deepening, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09123 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye seekers of Truth! Your letter was received and a sweet fragrance was inhaled | TAB.550-551 | @spiritual transformation, @life and death, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09124 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto God! Praise God that He guided thee to the Path of His Kingdom | TAB.128-129 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09125 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art always calling on God! Thank thou God for He hath guided thee | TAB.516-517 | @knowledge; recognition of God, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @praise and encouragement, @love of God, @human reality created in the image of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09126 | 90 | ...Regarding thy extreme sorrow, thy sadness and thy great regret for My imprisonment, there is no harm therein... My catastrophes will increase hereafter | PN_1901 p088 | @consolation and comfort, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09177 | 80 | Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City | Your short letter was long because it came from the depths of your love. One word expressing the love of God | BLO_PT#003a | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the power of words; of speech, @nearness and remoteness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09182 | 80 | ...Convey my longing and love to thy dear husband, and say: In this world, from the days of Christ down to the present time | MAX.230x | @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09193 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thank thou God for having found the realm of the Kingdom, become guided by the lights of the Sun of Reality | TAB.625 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09194 | 80 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. In reality thou art my daughter and a beloved daughter, for thou art supplicating | BSTW#428 | @love of God, @being a source of light; guidance, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09195 | 80 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents indicated that Mrs. Rice Ray has become the Cause of thy guidance | BSTW#418 | @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09210 | 80 | O thou servant of God! Thy letter was received. On thy behalf I prayed | SW_v11#16 p.277-278 | @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09230 | 80 | O thou servant of the Beauty of Abha! Be thou happy because thou hast presented thyself at the table of the heavenly food | DAS.1913-10-20 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09268 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou sincere servant of the Lord of the Kingdom! Thou art favored and accepted in the Threshold of His Highness the Incomparable One | TAB.194 | @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09292 | 80 | ...In brief, after having deducted the yearly expenses, if there is still any surplus left, then Huquq will be applicable to this surplus at the rate of 19% | COC#1164x | @law of Huququ'llah, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09296 | 80 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter has been received. From the Kingdom of Abha I ask assistance and bestowal | MAB.103 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09324 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou yearning one! Be thou a physician to every sick one and teach thou every ignorant one; that is, show thou to others the way of the Kingdom | TAB.524 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @accounts of dreams and visions, @interpretation of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09340 | 80 | O thou affectionate Lord! The maidservant of God, Mrs. Hathaway, was a daughter | SW_v12#19 p.313 | @prayer for the departed, @love of God, @prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09345 | 80 | O thou beloved daughter! Thy letter was received and I have written for thy | SW_v05#16 p.243, SW_v06#11 p.084 | @review of publications, @newspapers and the media; publications, @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09346 | 80 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The few lines that thou hast written reflected thy character and behavior. | DAS.1914-08-02 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity; oneness of humanity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09362 | 80 | O ye two who are attracted to the Kingdom of God! Your blessed photograph was received and considered. Praise be to God | BSTW#158 | @spiritual transformation, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09367 | 80 | O thou real friend! Thank thou God that thou hast heard the call of the Kingdom | DAS.1914-07-22 ca. | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @many are called but few are chosen | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09392 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art quickened by the Divine Fragrances! I considered thy letter. Its expression was wonderful and indicated the brilliancy of thy heart | TAB.169-170 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09412 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou candle of the love of God! I read what thou hast written. Its meanings were spiritual and its contents merciful. It indicated (thy) pure intention | TAB.193 | @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09415 | 80 | O thou sweet-voiced Shahnaz, The melody, which thou didst compose for the Mashrak-el-Adhkar has reached the ears of Abdul Baha. | BLO_PT#052.31 | @music and singing, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09452 | 80 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! The poetry, which thou hast composed has been perused. In it was concealed wonderful meanings | BLO_PT#052.10 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09453 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy likeness (photograph) was received through Mrs. . . . . . . . . and was seen. The light of faith shone in thy brow | TAB.052 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09455 | 80 | O thou dear handmaid of God! Thy letter was received. It is certain that thou art completely happy, for thou art successful in teaching the Cause | DAS.1913-10-19x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @high station of teachers of the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09456 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thy faith and certainty became evident. Happy is thy condition, that in such a day | TAB.359 | @consolation and comfort, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09457 | 80 | O thou dear maidservant of God! Your epistle was received and the desire and request of the beloved ones | SW_v01#16 p.002 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09477 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Kingdom of God! I supplicate God that thou mayest become like unto Peter, the “Rock” | TAB.363-364 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @law of obligatory prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09480 | 80 | O illumined Assemblage! Praise be to god, that ye have been confirmed | SW_v10#17 p.320 | @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @unity; oneness of humanity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @importance of community building, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09484 | 80 | O thou sweet-singing bird! Thy letter was received. Thou hast asked regarding the notes that thou hast written. | BLO_PT#052.26 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09485 | 80 | O thou sweet-songed bird! Sing and play in the meetings of the friends and the maidservants of the Merciful; engage thyself in the praise | BLO_PT#052.15b | @music and singing, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09495 | 80 | O thou who hast been set ablaze by the fire of the love of God! Perfume thy nostrils | NYR#117 | @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09506 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto God! Thy precious and beloved letter came to hand and all contents noted. Consider how the bounty of God | TAB.257-258 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09509 | 80 | ...The meetings that thou art holding in thy house are the means of strengthening the hearts of the spiritual ones | DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.158, BLO_PN#007 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09513 | 80 | O thou who proclaimest the Kingdom of God! Thy letter has been received and gave much joy. Praise be to God that the confirmations | JWTA.016-017 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09522 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! I know how great a love thou hast! Thou art like unto a blooming rose in the rose-garden | TAB.209 | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @nearness to God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09523 | 80 | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of the Love of God! I pray for thee and seek help and assistance from the favors of God | DJT.113x, BLO_PN#027x | @personal instructions, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @chastisement and requital | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09525 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Light of the Kingdom! Thank thou God, that in this glorious period, thou hast advanced toward the Manifest Light | TAB.328 | @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09530 | 80 | Thank God that a light of guidance has shone in the court of thy heart and soul! Thirsty wert thou, thou didst attain to the fountain of eternal life. | DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.158, BLO_PN#007 | @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @living waters; water of life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09553 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou plant in the Garden of the Kingdom! God created man in the utmost perfection, for He inscribed the edict of the divine likeness on his brow. | TAB.674-675 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @human reality created in the image of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09624 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art imploring God! I was indeed acquainted with the great misfortunes and afflictions which have befallen thee | TAB.114 | @consolation and comfort, @prayer for forgiveness, @spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09625 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art supplicating unto the Kingdom of God! Rest assured in the mercy of thy Lord; be rejoiced for my remembering thee | TAB.053-054 | @prayer for healing, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09626 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turning toward the Kingdom of God! I was informed of the contents of thy excellent letter and supplicated the Holy Threshold | TAB.527 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09627 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art rejoicing by the Glad-tidings of God! The contents of thy letter clearly show that thou art drawn by the love of God | TAB.692-693 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09628 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advanced towards God! Verily I implore God to cause thee to be a sign of the book of Genesis | TAB.122 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09629 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto God! Verily I pray to God to make thee and thy revered husband—under the shadow of His Greatest Name | TAB.048-049 | @prayer for married couples, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09630 | 80 | O thou who art advancing unto God! Blessed thou art, for that thou hast drawn nigh unto God | BSTW#280 | @martyrs and martyrdom, @prayer for sacrifice, @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09631 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing towards God! I have already read thy letter sent to his honor, . . . May God confirm and strengthen thee to serve His Cause | TAB.240 | @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09633 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the fragrance of God! Beloved art thou, for | TAB.517, SW_v10#19 p.343 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09634 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art rejoiced by the Appearance of God! Blessed art thou for that thine eyes were brightened by the light of guidance | TAB.651-652 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09636 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art assuredly believing in God! Verily, I am informed of thy letter which showeth how thou art praising God | TAB.475-476 | @spiritual transformation, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09638 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose tongue is uttering the Name of God! Turn wholly unto the Lord of Hosts, “Glorious Station” the Manifest | TAB.410-411 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09647 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art awakened from the sleep of negligence and forgetfulness! Thank God for that He hath awakened thee from thy sleep | TAB.120-121, BSC.477 #909x | @spiritual transformation, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09651 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou messenger in the command of God! Blessed art thou for guiding . . . . . . . . unto the Fountain of the Water of Life | TAB.189 | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09688 | 80 | The letter adorned with the True One’s mention hath been received. Praised be God that under divine favours ye are the recipients of the greatest of all bounties | LTDT.325 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09691 | 80 | O Handmaid of God! . . . All that was written hath become known and been understood. Praised be God, through the bounty | LTDT.326x | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09694 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my dear friend! Verily, my heart is united with thee even though my body is in a distant land, for verily neither long distance | TAB.482 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09697 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou at whose mention I am rejoiced! By God, the True One, verily pure hearts are as clear and brilliant mirrors | TAB.121, BSC.477 #910x | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09721 | 80 | Thy letter was received. It was in indication that (thou art) firm and steadfast in the | SW_v08#16 p.215-216 | @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09722 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Thy letter was read. The doors of the Kingdom are open | TAB.523-524 | @exhortations and counsels, @spiritual transformation, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09723 | 80 | Glory be unto Thee, O Thou Guide of the seekers to the Sought One and the Magnet of the lovers to the Presence of the Beloved! | DAS.1913-12-01 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @praise and encouragement, @living waters; water of life, @Manifestation of God as divine physician | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09724 | 80 | ...Less than a year [ago], Abdul Baha raised the cry of 'Ya Baha El Abha' from his heart and soul as he crossed the mountains and deserts of that continent! | DAS.1913-07-11, ABIE.054, BLO_PN#007 | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09725 | 80 | ...Thou hast longed for the power of teaching the Religion of God. This desire is the ultimate | DAS.1914-08-16x, SW_v09#14 p.161-162x | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09726 | 80 | Glory be to Thee, my God and my Beloved! Thy Fire is burning in me, O my Lord, and I feel its glowing in every member of my weak body. | SW_v05#10 p.151, DWN_v4#08-9 p.113 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love as fire | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09727 | 80 | You have asked concerning the stars, whether they are void – uninhabited. Know thou that God hath not created all these things without a purpose. | PN_unsorted p088 | @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @purpose; goal of creation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09728 | 80 | ...O thou kind God! To me Thou art kinder than myself and Thy love is more abundant and more ancient! | DAS.1914-08-20x, SW_v08#18 p.233 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for healing, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09729 | 80 | ...One of the important questions which affect the unity and the solidarity of mankind | ADJ.038x, ADJ.055x | @race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09730 | 80 | ...I hope that the light of guidance may become ignited in the lamp of thy heart with utmost brilliancy | DAS.1914-04-17x | @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09731 | 80 | The Greatest Name should be found upon the lips in the first awaking moment of early dawn. It should be fed upon by constant use | LOG#0892ax, BNEW#80 suppl Oct 1964 p.2 | @Greatest Name, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09732 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and its contents read | TAB.237 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @parents and children; youth; families, @attaining the life of the spirit, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09733 | 80 | ...The spirit of the age demands the establishment of universal peace. No power on earth can stand before it. God has purposed | SW_v14#05 p.129 | @spiritual springtime, @universal peace; world unity, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity, @predictions and prophecies, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09734 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art seeking for the Power of the Holy Spirit! The reality of man is like unto a sea | TAB.326-327 | @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09735 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye spiritual assembly! As ye were gathered in the meeting of hospitality | TAB.554-555 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09736 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! I was very happy to receive thy letter because it showed thy servitude | TAB.066 | @spiritual baptism, @servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09737 | 80 | The perfect man is a mine of mercy and benevolence. It is necessary to be kind to both man and animal | DAS.1913-03-20x | @kindness to and rights of animals, @compassion; kindness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09738 | 80 | ...Thou hast written regarding the results of my trip to America. Its importance is not now manifest. Erelong you shall behold that these pure seeds have grown | DAS.1913-03-17 | @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09740 | 80 | O Thou faithful God of the upright people! Thanks be unto Thee, because these pure souls are detached from the world of matter | DAS.1913-06-29 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09741 | 80 | O thou new plant of the Garden of Abha! Thou art the twig of the Tree of Life | DAS.1913-10-01 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09742 | 80 | O Thou Glorious Lord! O Thou Giver of Gifts and Bestower of Bounties and the Goal toward which all the Guides are leading humanity! | DAS.1913-12-01 | @prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09743 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art shining with the Kingdom's Lights! Verily, I am informed of thine earnest desire | TAB.231-232x | @transcendence; unknowability of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09744 | 80 | ...If a soul shall utter a word without the sanction of the Covenant, he is not firm. | SW_v08#14 p.189, SW_v11#14 p.239 | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09745 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art kindled with the fire of the Love of God! Blessed art thou | TAB.236 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @call to action, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09746 | 80 | O God, my aim, my hope! With hearts full of longing and breast full of yearning, we beg of Thee | SW_v01#13 p.013, SW_v06#17 p.142 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB09747 | 80 | ...His Holiness Baha'u'llah has even said that occupation and labor are devotion. All humanity must obtain | SW_v14#06 p.167-168 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09748 | 80 | O ye who are firm in the Covenant of the Self-Subsistent, Eternal God! Praise God with glad faces | SW_v11#07 p.105x | @thankfulness; gratitude, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09749 | 80 | O ye believers of God! Supplicate and entreat at the Threshold of the Almighty | DAS.1913-07-21, SW_v04#15 p.253 , ABIE.094, BLO_PN#007 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09750 | 80 | ...In this age His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh has breathed the Holy Spirit into the dead body of the world... A new era of divine consciousness is upon us. | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| AB09751 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two who are advancing towards the Kingdom of God! Mr. . . hath praised you that | TAB.256-257 | @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09752 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou handsome child! Thy spiritual father and thy good mother sent me thy radiant picture | TAB.070-071 | @attaining the life of the spirit, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09753 | 80 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual temple whose heart is drawn unto the Horizon of Certainty! Verily, I am now | TAB.156, BSTW#276n | @love as fire, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09754 | 80 | ...The human spirit is a power which comprehends the realities of things. All that thou seest | SW_v08#08 p.097 | @power of the mind over nature, @the mind's power of discovery, @the human soul, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09755 | 80 | My Dear Friend: I have received your letter, for the contents of which I am extremely grateful to you. I understand the aims | SW_v01#18 p.004 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @newspapers and the media; publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09756 | 80 | ...Though the Beauty of the Most Great Name, the Light of Eternal Splendour | SW_v14#11 p.347 | @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09757 | 80 | ...You have written that "We all pray that we and all the friends everywhere be favored | SW_v08#16 p.220x | @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09759 | 80 | ...Whenever the heart finds attraction, the spirit seeks ecstasy and exultation and turns itself toward the Kingdom | SW_v07#10 p.098 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09760 | 80 | ...The good news of the unity and harmony among the friends of New York brought much joy. I hope that this unity and harmony may increase | PN_1909 p071 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09793 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! I ask from the favors of the Sun of Truth the splendors of the eternal outpouring for thee | TAB.527 | @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09795 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thy poetry was received. The context was elegant. The words were eloquent and the theme, the Manifest Light. | TAB.546 | @literature; drama; humanities; the arts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09829 | 70 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents | SW_v10#03 p.042 | @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09830 | 70 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Formerly | SW_v10#17 p.318 | @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09888 | 70 | ...Regarding the rainbow, - this rainbow is the Covenant of God and the Testament | SW_v08#17 p.226x | @interpretation of dreams and visions, @symbolism, @law of divorce, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09900 | 70 | O Thou kind father, your son Musa, like unto His Holines Kalim, attained the Sacred Valley, that Blessed Spot. | NYR#109 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB09914 | 70 | ...Sometime ago I wrote thee a letter, whose content was that praise be to God, thou hast become confirmed in drawing a plan for the pilgrim house in Haifa | SW_v13#08 p.221x | @suffering and imprisonment, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09917 | 70 | Thy letter of April 10th 1914 was perused. Whenever thou desirest thou hast permission to come to the Presence | DAS.1914-04-25 | @growth of the Cause, @personal instructions, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09923 | 70 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy friends of God are most pleased with | SW_v11#10 p.168 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09947 | 70 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The good news of the organization of the Bahá'í Assembly in Vienna was received. | DAS.1913-11-15 | @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @Christ; Christianity, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09948 | 70 | Your affectionate brother hath written and mentioned your names, and hath highly praised and commended you. Observe how drawn he is to you, and how he loveth you | COC#0848x | @rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09962 | 70 | O thou beloved friend! The letter which thou hast written to Mr. Hannen | SW_v03#12 p.008 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB09998 | 70 | O thou spiritual person! As far as thou art able, do thou practice self-sacrifice | SW_v12#03 p.057 | @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10008 | 70 | O thou seeker of truth! Praise be to God that through the guidance of Mrs Rice-Wray thou hast heart the Divine Call, beheld the Light of Truth | BSTW#420 | @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10009 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of Truth! Praise be to God! the essence of severance is manifest from this world and the star of love of God is shining | TAB.623 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10010 | 70 | O thou seeker of truth! All the people are submerged in the ocean of superstition and know nothing of the appearance of the Sun of Reality. | BBBD.273, DAS.1913-10-19x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB10012 | 70 | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written | SW_v10#17 p.319 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10019 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou bird of the Rose-garden of the Kingdom! In appearance there hath some time elapsed since news hath been received from thee | TAB.727-728 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10036 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou excellent maidservant of God! Thank thou God that thou hast stepped into the arena of existence in this glorious age | TAB.623-624 | @praise and encouragement, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10045 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou thrall in the Lord of the Kingdom! Thy photograph was considered with utmost insight. This picture is an emblem of an enlightened face | TAB.479 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10047 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O dear maidservant of God: Be thankful to God that you have been guided to the light of truth, entered to the Kingdom of Love of God | TAB.684 | @thankfulness; gratitude, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10048 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and from the rose-garden of its significances sweet fragrances were inhaled. | TAB.671-672, BSC.471 #885x | @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10049 | 70 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that thou art intending to come to Boston. | BLO_PT#052.41 | @personal instructions, @music and singing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10063 | 70 | O thou respected one! Praise God and be grateful that thou hast | SW_v10#02 p.032 | @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10070 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou bird of the Rose-garden of the Love of God! Thank thou God that, through the utterance of Mrs. .., thou hast heard of the universe | TAB.669 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10093 | 70 | ...Thou art, in truth, a herald of the Kingdom and a harbinger of the Covenant, Thou art truly self-sacrificing. Thou showest kindness unto all nations | GPB.389x | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10096 | 70 | O thou who art attracted to God! The eloquent and fluent poems were read. They were in the utmost sweetness. I beg of God that thy poetic nature | BLO_PT#052.39 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10097 | 70 | O thou who art attracted toward the Kingdom! The Doors of the Kingdom are open; and the sons of the Kingdom are in the utmost joy and happiness. | BSTW#422 | @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10098 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom! Thy letter contained meanings full of sweetness. I therefore took it in my hand with the utmost love | TAB.554 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10166 | 70 | O ye merciful friends! It is now three years that this enamored wanderer has been a traveller over mountains and deserts and a wayfarer over lands and seas | DAS.1913-06-24 | @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10177 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou Spiritual Physician: Turn unto God with a heart beating with His love, sincerely devoted to His commemoration, gazing unto His Kingdom | TAB.628-629 | @prayer for healing | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10179 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou effulgence of the Kingdom! I read thy letter and was informed of thy speech, the contents of which were full of the feelings | TAB.249-250 | @material and spiritual existence; two books, @ether; the phenomenon of light | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10181 | 70 | O thou who art beseeching God and supplicating before the Kingdom of God! Blessed art thou; again blessed art thou! For thou art attracted | BSTW#008 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10182 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast advanced towards Baha'! Truly, I say unto thee, wert thou to spend all that is on earth, thou couldst not obtain this gift | TAB.248 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10183 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward God! Blessed are thou, for the lights of guidance have shone forth upon thee and the bounty of the Supreme Kingdom | TAB.196-197 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10184 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing towards the Kingdom of God! Verily, I supplicate God to illuminate thy heart through the Light which is shining | TAB.121 | @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10185 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing towards the Shining Orb of the Horizons! Verily, the East and West have already glittered through the light | TAB.305 | @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @growth of the Cause, @the concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10186 | 70 | Verily thy letter reached Me, and I noted its contents, and the severe trials which surround thee from all sides. Be not sorrowful on this account | BSTW#445x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @Mary Magdalene, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10187 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art assured in God! Verily we read thy letter and asked for thee confirmation. Verily thy Lord will strengthen thee in great spirituality | TAB.121-122 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10192 | 70 | O thou Leaf that moveth with the fragrant breezes of God! The written sheet was perused and from its contents the lamentation | LTDT.347x | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @consolation and comfort, @pain of love; love as veil, @Ascension of Baha'u'llah, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10197 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou lamp who art illuminated with the light of the Love of God! Leave thou the world and abandon the people | TAB.073 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10200 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is pure and whose soul is rejoiced! Verily, thy revered wife sent unto us thy photograph and we saw and rejoiced | TAB.636-637 | @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10204 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art directed unto God! Verily, I saw thy photograph and was rejoiced by perceiving thy illumined likeness, which proved the purity of thy heart | TAB.242-243 | @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10206 | 70 | ...When thou wishest to treat nervous pains turn thy whole being to the realm on high with thine heart detached from aught else besides Him and thy soul enraptured by the love of God | COC#1027x | @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @The Holy Spirit, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10207 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose face is radiant with the light of the Love of God! | TAB.589 | @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10208 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou advancer to God! Verily, I have read thy brilliant letter which is elegantly composed. I supplicate God to alleviate thy trials | TAB.636 | @prayer for healing, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10218 | 70 | His honor Aqa Faraj like unto the wind swept across the deserts and like unto the birds soared over mountains | DAS.1913-03-06 | @praise and encouragement, @prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10245 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! I ask God to open before thy face the doors of wisdom, to give thee a drink of the chalice overflowing | TAB.412 | @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10246 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Thank thy Lord for confirming thee unto this wonderful day and new century and giving thee to drink the cup | TAB.637 | @thankfulness; gratitude, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10249 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! I supplicate and implore my Lord to strengthen thee by the Spirit of Life, make thee enter the Ark of Safety | TAB.313 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10255 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my tender friend! Verily, the union between myself and thee is on a solid foundation and a well made basis. Neither the winds can remove it | TAB.072-073 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10275 | 70 | Bahá'í Prayers | Remove not, O Lord, the festal board that hath been spread in Thy Name | BPRY.024-025, SW_v13#12 p.332, DWN_v2#03-4 p.019, BP1926.018 | @living waters; water of life, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10276 | 70 | O thou who art a seeker of reality! Verily I pray God to make thee firm in the love of el-Baha | BSTW#374 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Judas, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10277 | 70 | O thou loved maid-servant of God! Do thou observe the Divine Bounty! We are in Haifa and thou in Tokyo, nevertheless how (our) hearts have become related | JWTA.033 | @personal instructions, @East and West; communication between East and West | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10278 | 70 | O God! O God! Verily these are the attracted ones to the Kingdom of Beauty and enkindled ones with the Fire of the Love of the Lord of Glory | DAS.1913-12-01 | @prayer for assistance; intercession, @prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10279 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art cheered through the Fragrances of God! When thou desirest and yearnest for meeting in the world of vision | TAB.104, BSC.477 #907x, RBB.125ax | @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @composure; tranquillity; serenity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10280 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are set aglow with the fire of God's Love! Blessed are ye for having been chosen | TAB.084 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10281 | 70 | O thou who art heavenly! If, with the consultation of the Executive Board and | SW_v12#13 p.218 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10282 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...As to your question regarding the stars: Know that these brilliant stars are numberless and their existence is not devoid of wisdom both useful and important. | BSC.445 #811, PN_unsorted p088x, PN_unsorted p091, BSTW#017, BSTW#042b | @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10283 | 70 | O Thou kind Lord! Accept this pure and holy girl in Thy new Kingdom. Make her beloved by all and glorify her in their sight. | DAS.1913-04-07 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10284 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art longing for the Heavenly Kingdom! Mrs... became the guide and directed thee | TAB.674 | @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10285 | 70 | O thou son of the Kingdom! ...Today, the most important affair and greatest hope is the unity and concord of the Friends | SW_v01#10 p.001 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10286 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end, since nature does not seek to build a higher form than that of man | BSC.434 #789 | @evolution; human evolution, @the human soul, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10287 | 70 | Lua, Juliet, May, Ella—how attached to each other they are! Poor Lua! She is no more | MAX.332x | @soul; spirit after death, @eulogies; reminiscences, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10288 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art assuredly believing in God! Verily, I read thy brilliant letter | TAB.113 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10289 | 70 | O friends, know that the believers of God must be the cause of union and love among all mankind | SW_v09#02 p.022 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10290 | 70 | O ye servants and the maidservants of God! Happy, happy are ye, for ye have found the Sovereign of the heavenly Empire | DAS.1913-11-01 | @call to action, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10291 | 70 | ...Your letter was received; but Abdul Baha, owing to the infirmity of the body; the difficulty of voyaging over seas and lands, the lack of rest, the striving and exerting day and night | DAS.1913-07-28, ABIE.123, BLO_PN#007 | @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10292 | 70 | ...Every son who does not become a cause of glory for his parents is a manifest loss. How many children turn out to be fruitless and unfaithful! | DAS.1913-08-02, ABIE.144, BLO_PN#007 | @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10293 | 70 | ...Be thou in a state of utmost joy and fragrance and render thanks unto the Forgiving Lord, that praise be to God, thou art victorious and triumphant | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.212, BLO_PN#007 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10294 | 70 | ...Rest ye assured that the Breaths of the Holy Spirit shall inspire you with the power of speech. Consequently, loosen your tongues and speak in every meeting | DAS.1913-09-23, ABIE.349, BLO_PN#007 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10295 | 70 | O thou who art looking for the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was considered. Glad tidings be unto thee | SW_v09#01 p.005x | @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10296 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou fresh, slender branch saturated with the abundant rain of His bounty! I ask God | TAB.154, BSTW#276f | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10297 | 70 | O thou forgiving Lord! Shed Thy radiance upon these servants of Thine and give unto them a melodious voice | DAS.1913-11-01 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10298 | 70 | ...I hope ... certain souls may arise who may prove radiant lamps to the world of humanity | SW_v07#16 p.151x | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10299 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose face is illumined with the Light of the Love of God! The answer already | TAB.198-199 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10300 | 70 | ...The American people are indeed worthy of being the first to build the Tabernacle of the Great Peace | ADJ.085b-086x, GPB.254x, GPB.396-397x | @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10301 | 70 | O God! I ask of Thee by Thy Supreme Pen and by Thy Name... to forgive me my debts through Thy grace and bounty, and to overlook and pardon my trespasses | BSTW#198 | @prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10302 | 70 | The invincible Hosts of divine Confirmations are standing in battle-array upon the plain of the Kingdom of Abha, ready to rush to the assistance of any soul | DAS.1913-03-18 | @spiritual warfare; struggle, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of faith; power of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10303 | 70 | O God! O my hope! I supplicate toward the Kingdom of Thy sanctity and entreat before the realm of Thy might to bless and accept the father | DAS.1913-06-24 | @prayer for parents | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10304 | 70 | Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that a report is circulated in those parts that I am departing for India. | DAS.1913-11-07 | @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10305 | 70 | ...His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh knows how much I love you. I wish for each one of you everlasting glory, beg for you eternal welfare | DAS.1914-06-24 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10306 | 70 | The difference between Christ and others is this: Christ was the spirit, others are bodies. Christ was the Sun, others are mirrors. | BSTW#357 | @Christ; Christianity, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10307 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou son of the Kingdom! Consider the bounty of the Lord and the gifts of thy Creator | TAB.159, BSTW#276e | @knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10308 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! The letter that thou hast written, through his honor Mr. ... | TAB.357 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10309 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my dear, intimate friend! Verily, I address thee with such an appellation whereby the hearts | TAB.129 | @consolation and comfort, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10310 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turned to the Kingdom of the Lord, the Forgiving! With prayers and supplications | TAB.233 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10311 | 70 | ...The invisible hand has opened the doors, and wisdom requires that ‘Abdu'l-Bahá hasten to the country of Egypt, for he is infinitely ashamed | SW_v01#17 p.007 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10312 | 70 | As much as you are able, unloose the tongue in teaching the Cause of God and demonstrate ye extraordinary effort | DAS.1914-06-24, SW_v09#17 p.200 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10313 | 70 | O thou heavenly person! Praise be unto God, that having rent asunder the veils and having seen the rays of the Sun of Reality, thou didst turn thine attention to the Center of the Covenant. | JWTA.038 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB10314 | 70 | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thy desire to serve Green Acre is in reality a very important matter. | SW_v08#05 p.051 | @importance of community building | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10315 | 70 | ...This is the first step in the path of God, but the distance of the way is great. I hope that thou mayest traverse | SW_v08#17 p.228x, SW_v13#05 p.113x | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10316 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou bird who art warbling in the Garden of the Guidance of God! Verily, I read | TAB.187-188 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10317 | 70 | Tablet 27 Feb 1913 to Graham Pole (Secretary General Theosophical Society) | O thou revered Friend! Thy letter was received. Its contents indicated that that illumined lady soared toward the Kingdom of the Merciful. | BLO_PT#103 | @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teachings as spirit of the age | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10350 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted maidservant of God! This is a blessed address. If thou fulfill | TAB.150 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10353 | 60 | Whilst passing some days in the East, thou wert a flame of the love of God. Now, assuredly, thou art even more aglow and illumined. | MAX.264b | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10452 | 60 | O thou who art thirsty for the Fountain of Guidance! Thank God that thou hast reached to the fountain-head of guidance | DAS.1913-10-19 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10473 | 60 | ...Thy letter hath arrived. Praised be God, under the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty, I have safely returned from the West but will again proceed to America | LTDT.306x | @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10542 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of Truth! Thank thou the maidservant of God Mrs. . . . ., for she hath guided thee to the Divine Kingdom | TAB.675 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10543 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou yearner after Truth! I know in what condition thou art, and how much thou longest for the meeting. The real meeting consists in the communication of heart. | TAB.589-590 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10544 | 60 | O thou seeker of Truth! Thy letter was received and thy thankfulness became | SW_v02#10 p.003-004 | @thankfulness; gratitude, @methods of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10545 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou yearner after the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It was brief and expressive of meaning. I ask from God that thy name be registered | TAB.590 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10555 | 60 | ...The world is mortal. In one instant it will pass away; but the principle of ease and tranquillity is the soul | SW_v07#16 p.151x | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @soul; spirit after death, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10561 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou flower of the Rose-garden of God! Thou hast presented thy life. I have also accepted it, in order that thou mayest sacrifice thyself | TAB.590 | @bringing forth results; fruit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10575 | 60 | ...Regarding the education of those two daughters D. . . . and M. . . . If thou givest true Bahai education to those two young trees in the garden of Abha | SW_v09#07 p.088x | @equality of men and women, @role and station of women, @education of children; moral education, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10603 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and I supplicated and implored at the Divine Kingdom | TAB.668 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10617 | 60 | O thou my darling little Mona! Thy tiny eloquent letter was received and thy sweet dear thoughts became known to me. | DAS.1913-08-15, ABIE.196, BLO_PN#007 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10667 | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thank and praise God that He hath caused thee to drink from the cup of the gifts and caused thee to suckle | TAB.060, BSC.475 #898x | @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10671 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou tree planted in the Vineyard of God! Verily, the clouds of the mercy of thy Lord have poured forth the rain of His greatest gift | TAB.686 | @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10672 | 60 | ...Remember thou that Judas Iscariot was the head of the disciples and their example, How then his feet stumbled and fell in the path | BSTW#073gx | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Judas, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10674 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O Thou who art attracted to God! I send this letter written by my own hand, that thou mayest thank god, thy Lord | TAB.085 | @praise and encouragement, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10675 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto the Kingdom of God! I ask God to make thee a helper to the maidservants of the Merciful, to walk in the path of salvation | TAB.054 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10677 | 60 | O thou who art attracted unto God! Verily, I remember thee in my prayer and supplication to God, and implore my Lord to make thee a flame of the Fire | MAX.174 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @love as fire | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10679 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art guided by the Light of Guidance! Verily, I am informed of thy confession of the Oneness of God and thy being attracted | TAB.408 | @knowledge; recognition of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10680 | 60 | O thou who art gazing at the Kingdom of God! Verily I supplicate to God to illuminate thy face, by the light of Knowledge | BSTW#001 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10689 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou shining ray! Verily, the ray, being transmitted from the etheric sphere, rends the space and reaches the surface of the earth | TAB.249 | @light and darkness, @ether; the phenomenon of light | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10696 | 60 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ...Know thou that before maturity man liveth from day to day and comprehendeth only such matters | BRL_ATE#037x | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10697 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art accepted of God! Know thou that, verily, the eye of favors is directed to thee and is beholding thee with a divine glance | TAB.133 | @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10698 | 60 | O thou who are attracted to the fragrances of God, serve ye the Cause of God and spread His Word and Covenant among His creatures | NYR#131x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10710 | 60 | O thou my kind friend! Its my hope that through the bestowals of the Blessed Perfection | DAS.1913-10-01, SW_v07#04 p.026 | @music and singing, @praise and encouragement, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10725 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maid-servant of God! Thy letter reached me and I prayed God to bless thee by His heavenly blessing in thy marriage | TAB.058-059, BLO_PT#052.05 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10734 | 60 | [refers to reports indicating that Munirih Khanum's condition was the same as before and says that the Exalted Leaves were of the opinion that she should go to Egypt] | LTDT.337-338x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB10735 | 60 | O Amata’l-Bahá! All that thou hadst penned down hath been perused. Thou hast written regarding a trip to Quds (Jerusalem) | LTDT.346 | @personal instructions, @business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10736 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Be rejoiced at the mercy of God and be delighted by the remembrance of thy Master! Thank thou Him | TAB.189 | @martyrs and martyrdom, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10737 | 60 | O thou revered maidservant of God! Verily thy letter which tells of the gathering of the Woman's Assembly | BLO_PT#052.18 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10739 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God, who art guided to the Light of Guidance! Verily, I read thy letter which expressed praise to thy Supreme Lord | TAB.693-694 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @role and station of women, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10749 | 60 | O Thou my Lord the Merciful and my Beloved, the Clement! Verily these intelligent souls are assured in Thy mention | DAS.1914-04-27 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10762 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou leaf who art well watered through the out-pouring of the cloud of favor from God! | TAB.062 | @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10763 | 60 | O my Lord, my Adored One and my Desire. Lowly and suppliant, I implore Thee | BP1926.019 | @prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10764 | 60 | ...Strive earnestly and put forth your greatest endeavor toward the accomplishment of this fellowship | ADJ.039x | @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10765 | 60 | ...I hope that ye may cause that downtrodden race to become glorious, and to be joined with the white race | ADJ.039x, ADJ.055x, LOG#1790x | @race unity; racial issues, @predictions and prophecies, @unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10766 | 60 | O servant of God! Know thou, verily, the Fragrances of the Garden of the Covenant | SW_v04#10 p.175, BSTW#045 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10767 | 60 | ...The glad-tidings of the Kingdom of Abha are effective over the hard stone and | DAS.1913-07-11, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.055, BLO_PN#007 | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10768 | 60 | ...The Glances of Divine Providence are always vouchsafed, the infinite Bestowals are continually descending. | DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.139, BLO_PN#007 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @predictions and prophecies, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10770 | 60 | ...The holy ones of past ages and centuries have, each and all, yearned with tearful eyes to live | WOB.110x | @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10771 | 60 | O Lord, make these holy souls who have arisen to build this temple the dawning points of the lights and manifestations of (thy) signs. | SW_v05#05 p.068, SW_v07#07 p.058 | @prayer for service, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10772 | 60 | Praise be to God that the Treasury of the Kingdom is inexhaustible and the holy, divine graces a fathomless sea. | DAS.1914-09-07 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10773 | 60 | ...Verily the poems of Bishop Kan and John Newton are exalted, but it were possible | SW_v08#08 p.100 | @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10774 | 60 | O thou seeker after the knowledge of numbers! Thy letter was received. The science of numbers is one of the common sciences | SW_v01#06 p.005 | @knowledge; recognition of God, @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10775 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of the Divine Kingdom! The heavenly doors opened, the hosts of realities | TAB.674 | @love and unity, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10776 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art directed to the Light of Guidance! Thank thou God, for thou hast chanted | TAB.256 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10777 | 60 | ...In reality, the radiant, pure hearts are the Mashrak-el-Azkar and from them the voice of supplication | SW_v06#17 p.135 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @outward and inward meanings | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10778 | 60 | O ye beloved maidservants of God! In this most wonderful Dispensation God hath clothed the women with a new garment | DAS.1913-11-01 | @equality of men and women, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10780 | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The Supreme One hath said "He loveth them and they will love Him." If God had not filled His Servant with His love, love would never have been realized in the creation | BSC.492 #947x | @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10781 | 60 | O ye real friends! Whosoever belongs to the company of the elect, his head is at the Threshold. | DAS.1913-11-01 | @humility; meekness; lowliness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10782 | 60 | ...The believers of God must be kind toward each other; if one commits a mistake the other must forgive. It is not at all befitting to refer their names to a court | BSTW#192 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @thankfulness; gratitude, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10783 | 60 | ...That beloved friend is always before my sight, both at home and abroad. With my heart, tongue and pen I mention thee. | DAS.1913-10-13 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10784 | 60 | Receptivity is necessary. The love of God is like unto the ray of the sun. | DAS.1913-03-20x | @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10785 | 60 | This means when the mirror is purified and turned toward the sun, the Bestowals of the sun will become reflected therein. The disc of the sun does not enter | DAS.1913-03-20x | @Manifestation of God as mirror, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10786 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved of my heart! Verily, my soul longs for thee, for the lamp of the love | TAB.130 | @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @being a source of light; guidance, @unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10787 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast sought shelter in the Impregnable Cave! Verily, the glad-tidings of God | TAB.105-106 | @wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10788 | 60 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou revered sincere one! Know thou, verily, the brilliant realities and sanctified spirits are likened to a shining crescent | TAB.108-109, BSC.477 #908x | @material and spiritual existence; two books, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10789 | 60 | O ye friends of God! Show ye an endeavor that all the nations and communities of the world | SW_v07#18 p.187-188 | @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @characteristics and conduct of true believers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10790 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye dear children! Your father is compassionate, clement and merciful | TAB.622 | @personal instructions, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10791 | 60 | ...Jesus Christ said only a few words to Peter, telling him that upon that rock he would | SW_v08#17 p.221, PTIM.057 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10792 | 60 | ...All these wishes are well worthy of asking, especially the rescue from self-love | SW_v07#18 p.184 | @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10793 | 360 | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God!... As to thy question: If the husband prevents his wife from entering into the Light… As to thy question concerning the additions to the Old Testament | SW_v09#07 p.086x, VTRM.023-025 | @idolatry, @marriage as means of spiritual progress | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10794 | 60 | O unequalled God! For this helpless child be a protector! For this weak and sinful one | SW_v09#10 p.114 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10795 | 60 | Man while in this life should endeavor to learn of the Throne of God, to serve the Holy Threshold, to seek knowledge of the other World | BAVA.029-030, BLO_PN#021 | @power of love, @radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10796 | 60 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, the maidservant of god | TAB.517 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10797 | 60 | ...The moment this Divine Message is carried forward by the American believers from the shores | WOB.078x | @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10799 | 60 | ...In this great cycle and wonderful dispensation, the majority of those non-essential commands which refer to the body are to be administered by the House of Justice | SW_v06#16 p.127 | @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @House of Justice, @the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10800 | 60 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Praise be unto God, that through the guidance of Miss Alexander thou couldst hear the Call | JWTA.037 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10819 | 170 | ...Praise be to God He hath appeared with a luminous Countenance. Verily the Promised One is His Highness Bahá’u’lláh Who hath dawned from the Eastern horizon | SW_v09#01 p.005x, ACOA.052-053 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10827 | 50 | O Amata’l-Bahá, O Spiritual Leaf! There is nothing wrong with Me. Through the bounty and grace of the Ancient Beauty | LTDT.342 | @personal instructions, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10848 | 50 | ...Thou hast written about thy poor sight. According to the explicit divine text the sick must refer to the doctor. This decree is decisive and everyone is bound to observe it | COC#1023x, LOG#0962x | @personal instructions, @business; financial; property matters, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10876 | 50 | O thou son of the Kingdom! I read thy letter with the utmost joy and I hope that thou mayest grow and develop like unto a young tree | DAS.1914-04-17 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10880 | 50 | ...This glory shall be turned into the most abject abasement, and this pomp and might converted into the most complete subjugation | PDC.147x | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @non-participation in politics, @prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10903 | 50 | ...For some time past the feebleness of health and the prostration of the nerves impeded the path of correspondence... All that thou observest shall ere long vanish and disappear like unto the mirage | DAS.1914-02-21x | @Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10904 | 50 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. In regard to thy dear father, rest assured that in the Kingdom of God | MAX.304x | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10931 | 50 | O thou spiritual child! I hope that thou mayest become a daughter of the Kingdom and become conducive to the diffusion of the heavenly Light | DAS.1914-07-30 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10943 | 50 | ...Regarding thy question about the morning prayer. Both meanings are included in the word dawn: the natural dawn and the dawn of the Kingdom | DAS.1914-03-03x, SW_v08#04 p.048x | @mindfulness; concentration; focus, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10945 | 50 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou beloved Maidservant of God! I hope thou wilt detach thyself day by day from this mound of earth and become nearer and nearer | BLO_PT#028a | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10958 | 50 | O thou sweet singing bird! The new song has been received. Verily | SW_v11#16 p.276, BLO_PT#052.37 | @praise and encouragement, @music and singing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10963 | 50 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of God! The doors of the Ideal Heaven of God are opened and some souls are on the wing | TAB.675 | @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10977 | 150 | My illumined Noory! According to what is mentioned, with abundant joy through the bounty of | DAS.1914-06-13, SW_v09#10 p.115 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10990 | 50 | ...As to the question of Huquq: In no wise shouldst thou make statements requiring any person to pay the Huquq. However if a devoted and self-sacrificing soul freely and spontaneously offereth | COC#1168x | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @power of the Manifestation of God, @law of Huququ'llah, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @Shrines and Holy places, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11033 | 50 | ...Since the loved ones of God in Persia are regarded as veteran friends, it is by virtue of the tremendous affection I cherish for them that their offerings for Huquq are accepted | COC#1172x | @law of Huququ'llah, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11039 | 50 | O thou kind Friend! Your telegram was received. I was made very happy and most pleased with the susceptibilities of the conscience. | ECN.749 | @educational curricula | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11040 | 50 | O my Lord! confirm these Thy servants and maidservants with thy ever increasing | DAS.1914-06-10, SW_v09#10 p.111 | @prayer for assistance; intercession, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11058 | 50 | ...Thou hast written regarding thy meeting with... He hath written that he desireth to teach thee one of the crafts and show thee affection and consideration | COC#0012x | @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @firmness in the Covenant, @power of love, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11059 | 50 | The song and anthem that Louise R. Waite raised in the Assembly of the Unity of Bahá'ís reached to the ears of the people of the Kingdom. | SW_v14#09 p.278, PN_1909E p117 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11066 | 50 | O My beloved sister, the Greatest Holy Leaf! My eagerness knows no bound. I have not seen thee for such a long time | LTDT.175x | @personal instructions, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11073 | 50 | Meetings, Bahá'í | ...If it were possible that in every city a few of the awakened ones, when opportunity offered, could hold a meeting, and therein habitually present the proofs and arguments | BRL_MEET.AB#16x, COC#0394x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @prayer for teaching | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11078 | 50 | ...If a soul calls the people to the Kingdom of God according to the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, there will be many listeners | DAS.1913-07-24, SW_v04#15 p.253x, SW_v05#01 p.009x, ABIE.108, BLO_PN#007 | @methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11079 | 50 | ...The beloved of God and the maidservants of the Merciful intend to found a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Chicago. | SW_v01#15 p.007 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @business; financial; property matters, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11080 | 50 | O ye friends of God! Praise be to God that those pure souls are released from the world of matter and enlisted in the rank of the angels | DAS.1913-11-01 | @soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11081 | 50 | ...Praise be to God, that with our soul and with your heart you are striving to guide | SW_v09#08 p.090 | @education of children; moral education, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11082 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...People must live for one another, and not live in seclusion as do the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives. | BSC.440 #802 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @monasticism; asceticism, @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11083 | 50 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. Its contents proved firmness and steadfastness. Thank God that thou hast believed | DJT.128, BLO_PN#027 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11084 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...In this prohibition (from visiting Haifa) there is a providence which will become manifest before long. But know ye with the utmost certainty | BSC.492 #948x | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @nearness and remoteness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11085 | 50 | ...But it is two or three years since a number of people are making efforts in Chicago | SW_v06#17 p.134-135 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11086 | 50 | ...The basis of the Call must be the Oneness of the world of humanity | DAS.1913-07-12, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.058, BLO_PN#007 | @methods of teaching the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11087 | 50 | ...Thank God that thou art assisted in serving the believers of God. Thou art the enkindled brazier of the Fire of Love and a lamp of the utmost purity | DAS.1913-08-01, ABIE.139, BLO_PN#007 | @thankfulness; gratitude, @being a source of light; guidance, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11088 | 50 | ...As to the matter of the building of the Mashrak-el-Azkar, that is, the matter of beginning | SW_v06#17 p.149 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @business; financial; property matters, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11089 | 50 | ...Certain regulations are revealed which in sure the welfare and well-being of all humanity | SW_v07#15 p.133x | @wealth inequality and its moderation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11090 | 50 | Any Persian, whether Bahá'í, or belonging to the ancient religions of Persia--in short, any Persian | SW_v06#12 p.095, BSTW#073c | @personal instructions, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11091 | 50 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeing one! Know thou, verily, God hath preferred the insight to the sight | TAB.604-605, SW_v07#16 p.151x, VTRM.018-019 | @two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11092 | 50 | ...Consider thy composure, for composure of thought will become the cause of one's confirmation in the service | SW_v07#18 p.187 | @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11093 | 50 | ...An hundred good tidings that the doors of the Kingdom have been opened and the Call of the Lord of the Kingdom upraised. | SW_v14#10 p.304-305 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @blind imitation [taqlid] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11096 | 50 | ...Several plans and designs of the Mashrak-el-Azkar have been received from America | SW_v06#17 p.140 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11097 | 50 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! How blessed thou hast been to have entered the Kingdom of God! | TAB.062 | @love and unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11098 | 50 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thank God that thou dost believe in the Greatest Manifestation | TAB.130 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11099 | 50 | ...Paul in the beginning worked against the Spirit of God - Christ - but when he became confirmed he was the first servant of Christ | DAS.1914-09-04 | @Saint Peter and Saint Paul | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11100 | 50 | You have asked concerning the relations and genealogy of the mother of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. The father and grandfather went to Persia from the regions of Taif | BSTW#020, BSTW#072 | @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11101 | 50 | ...In regard to your question about using Kheirella's translation - Abdu'l-Baha says that the believers should use nothing that Kheirella has translated | PN_unsorted p074 | @review of publications, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11102 | 50 | ...Praise be to God the Fragrances of Holiness are diffused and the believers and the maidservants | DAS.1913-10-01 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11103 | 50 | ...At present we are living in Ramleh, near Alexandria. From all parts the believers are arriving daily | DAS.1913-10-01 | @personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11104 | 50 | ...As much as you are able, be ye faithful at the Threshold of the Beauty of Abha. Faithfulness demands self-sacrifice. | DAS.1914-07-02 | @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11105 | 50 | ...The everlasting glory of the friends, and the heavenly sublimity of the believers, is to teach the Cause of God | SW_v05#02 p.017 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11106 | 50 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! If thou seekest eternal glory, let thyself be humble and meek in the presence | TAB.061-062x, DWN_v5#04 p.002a | B. Grover, B. Weber | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11107 | 50 | O Almighty! Endear thou this maidservant of Thy Threshold, Frau Ruoff | BBBD.296, DAS.1914-04-18, SW_v05#13 p.202 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11108 | 50 | O ye beloved of God! Highway robbers are many and hypocrites are innumerable. | SW_v06#12 p.093, BSTW#073a | @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11109 | 50 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou illumined youth! Thank thou God, for that the tongues spoke in thy praise | TAB.108 | @praise and encouragement, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11110 | 50 | O my Lord! Make them Thy refulgent dawns which shine and gleam upon the temple of unity | SW_v05#05 p.071, SW_v05#10 p.151 | @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11111 | 50 | Every soul who sacrifices his life in the service of the Cause of God, all the existing beings will come under his command | BSTW#044x | @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11112 | 50 | ...From the beginning of time until the present day the light of Divine Revelation hath risen | WOB.074-075x | @East and West; communication between East and West, @Christ; Christianity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11113 | 50 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...When the foundation of the Mashrekol-Azkar is laid... a most wonderful and thrilling motion will appear in the world of existence... From that point of light the spirit of teaching ... will permeate to all parts of the world | COF.069x2x, BSC.547 #989 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11114 | 50 | O God! Make this company of Bahai children eternal and everlasting; bestow blessing and profit | SW_v11#19 p.330 | @prayer for children and youth, @consultation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11115 | 50 | I beg of God that thou mayst discover the stars of the Kingdom of Abha, behold the zodiacal towers on the world on High, unfold the secrets of God | DAS.1913-03-29x | @Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11116 | 50 | Man is created in the image of the Lord of Mercy, i.e. Divine characteristics. Physical likeness is mortal; merciful characteristics are immortal. Spirit is the Grace of God. Body is an earthly compound. Therefore strive ye to adorn yourselves with the image of the Lord of Mercy. | DAS.1915-04-24 | @material and spiritual existence; two books, @exhortations and counsels, @human reality created in the image of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11117 | 50 | O thou kind God! I am a little babe; exalt me at the threshold of Thy Kingdom. I live | SW_v09#10 p.115 | @prayers (general or uncategorized), @material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11118 | 50 | ...These souls who are not vivified and attracted by the Holy Spirit are accounted among the dead | SW_v14#02 p.038x, BSTW#043a | @soul; spirit after death, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11119 | 50 | ...By the life of Baha! He who is filled with the love of the Glory (of God) and forgets all things, the Holy Spirit will be heard | SW_v07#10 p.099, BSTW#369b | @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11120 | 50 | ...On the shore of Lake Michigan a piece of land is blessed because it has been mentioned by the name of Mashrekol-Azkar | SW_v11#11 p.169x | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11140 | 40 | ...Hold thy husband dear and always show forth an amiable temper towards him, no matter how ill-tempered he may be | COC#0850x, LOG#0757x | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love and unity, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11144 | 40 | ...It is the commandment of the Blessed Beauty, may my life be a sacrifice at His Threshold, that whosoever engageth in a craft, should endeavour to acquire in it utmost proficiency | COC#0015x | @excellence; distinction, @work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11155 | 40 | O Thou Almighty! Make this Theosophical Society a rose-garden and a meadow through the downpour of the rain of Thy Providence | DAS.1913-04-21 | @prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11164 | 40 | ...Ye have written of the Nineteen Day festivities. This Feast is a bringer of joy. It is the groundwork of agreement and unity. It is the key to affection and fellowship | COC#0920x | @House of Justice, @praise and encouragement, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11179 | 40 | O thou dear friend! Thy letter was received. God willing, we shall endeavor to reach Washington in time and meet you and renew the Covenant of the ancient love. | AHV.030a, BLO_PN#045 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11187 | 40 | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Thy letter was received, but I have no time to answer | MAX.275 | @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11209 | 40 | ...if in the andarún women related something about some person, the hearer should observe complete silence, engage in communion with the True One and say that the remembrance of God is best | LTDT.331x | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11210 | 40 | O thou who art rejoicing with the glad tidings of God! Verily the Song of the Covenant of most eloquent phrase and of most wonderful melody was received. | BLO_PT#052.25 | @music and singing, @praise and encouragement, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11212 | 40 | ...O handmaiden of God! Verily, God has confirmed thee in spreading the fragrances of God in those climes. Be a pillar of fire and a cloud of light and a blessed tree in the vineyard of God, the Precious, the Forgiving | SW_v14#11 p.353x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Mary Magdalene, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11218 | 40 | ...With regard to the printing of any book that concerns the Cause, it is not permissible except with permission from the Centre of the Covenant, whether that be of the blessed Tablets or the composition of the friends, otherwise there is great danger | SW_v09#05 p.060x | @praise and encouragement, @review of publications, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11241 | 40 | NYR#151x | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11248 | 40 | O Amata’l-Bahá! Apparently, thou hast decided to go to Egypt. For the time being, thou wilt explore a new place | LTDT.338 | @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11262 | 40 | ...May this American democracy be the first nation to establish the foundation of international agreement | ADJ.085bx, GPB.254x, WOB.075-076x | @universal peace; world unity, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11263 | 40 | ...The judgment of God hath come; respond ye unto the call of God! Hearken ye | SW_v05#03 p.037 | @call to action, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11264 | 40 | ...Today the greatness of the believers of God depends upon delivering the Cause of God | SW_v07#10 p.098 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11265 | 40 | ...You must do a little better. The better you do, the better it is. The wife must endure the husband and she must hold to every means to please the husband. | PN_unsorted p075 | @exhortations and counsels | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11266 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! Give thanks to God for you have come to the Holy Land, visited the Sacred Threshold, associated with us for a few days | TAB.678, BAVA.036, BLO_PN#021 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11267 | 40 | ...Thou hast written concerning the spiritual meeting. The spiritual meeting must be in the utmost state of ecstasy and tumult | DAS.1913-07-09, SW_v13#10 p.276x, ABIE.048, BLO_PN#007 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11268 | 40 | ...Thou hast written regarding the love and unity of the believers and their firmness in | SW_v08#17 p.227x | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11269 | 40 | ...The believers of God from now on must think about going to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition | SW_v05#17 p.265, MAX.312bx | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11270 | 40 | ...The Kingdom of God is possessed of limitless potency. Audacious must be the army of life | TDH#046.4, COC#1683x | @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11272 | 40 | Today whosoever arises to herald the Kingdom of Abha, a magnetic power will be produced which shall attract the rays of confirmation | DAS.1913-03-29x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11273 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou candle of the Love of God! The light of man depends on the light of the love of God | TAB.250 | @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @praise and encouragement, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11274 | 40 | ...Whosoever claims that Abdu'l-Baha has given to him a tablet or sent a cablegram he must prove it | SW_v06#12 p.094-095, BSTW#073c | @authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11275 | 40 | O God! O God! Verily I place my head on the earth and beg of Thee, O Thou Lord of lords, to submerge these believers of Thine | DAS.1914-03-28 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @living waters; water of life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11276 | 40 | ...I desire every Bahá'í to be severed and detached. If he passes between two mountains of gold, he must not look to either side. | DAS.1913-08-01, SW_v07#10 p.099, ABIE.141, BLO_PN#007 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11277 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Dost thou remember when Mrs... was talking with thee | TAB.673 | @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11278 | 40 | ...God maketh no distinction between the white and the black. If the hearts are pure both are acceptable | ADJ.037bx, LOG#1794x | @race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @human reality created in the image of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11279 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou candle of the Love of God! I ask God to grant thee by His favor and grace | TAB.129-130 | @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11280 | 40 | ...Thou hast asked what shouldst thou do and what prayer shouldst thou offer in order to become informed of the Mysteries of God | DAS.1913-07-26, SW_v07#10 p.099, SW_v08#04 p.047, ABIE.117, BLO_PN#007 | @power of prayer, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11281 | 40 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Prayers; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my Lord! O my Lord! This is a lamp lighted by the fire of Thy love and ablaze with the flame | BPRY.176, TAB.618, BSC.429 #776, PN_1909F p002, VTRM.032 | MJ Cyr, M. Sparrow, Yasmin, TaliaSafa, A. Wensbo, Sarah, Nava & Sahar, Sofia, Avinash, Goleta & Pradheep, E. Lilian, N. Chiang | @thankfulness; gratitude, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @love as fire, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11282 | 40 | O thou who art athirst for the Water of Life! This manifest book is the fountainhead of the Water of Life Eternal. | SW_v14#05 p.124, BSTW#044 | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @living waters; water of life, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @study; deepening | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11283 | 40 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...There are before you so many temptations, trials, afflictions, calamities and difficulties because you have to be purified through fire and sifted through the sieve in order to separate the wheat from the tares. Verily, I say unto you: none will be saved but the believers, and from the believers only the sincere, and even those are in great danger, especially in such a time. | BSC.443 #808 | @spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @characteristics and conduct of true believers | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11284 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of Baha'! Thy visit is accepted and thy name ever mentioned | TAB.127 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @consolation and comfort, @personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11285 | 40 | ...To be approved of God alone should be one's aim. And has thou realized thy own shortcomings? | SW_v07#18 p.185 | @humility; meekness; lowliness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @knowledge of self, @attaining good pleasure of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11286 | 40 | ...May America become the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world receive this heavenly blessing | TDH#158.17x | @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @being a source of light; guidance, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise of Western values; culture | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11287 | 40 | O thou endued with the Spirit of Life! The call of God hath proved the very life of the | SW_v14#01 p.019, BP1926.027 | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11288 | 40 | O my Lord! Confirm this revered personage, that he may attain the Essential Purpose; travel in these Seven Valleys; enter the silent chamber of realities and significances, and enter the Kingdom of Mysteries. Verily, Thou art the Confirmer, the Helper, the Kind. | PTF.076 | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11289 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ...Convey my respectful greetings to [Dr.] ... and say : "Have confidence in heavenly bounty | TAB.507 | @East and West; communication between East and West, @unity; oneness of humanity, @personal instructions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11290 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou Glorious Lord! Make thou this little maidservant a brilliant-starred daughter | TAB.551 | @prayer for children and youth, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11291 | 40 | ...The Call of God, when raised, breathed a new life into the body of mankind, and infused a new spirit | WOB.169x | @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11292 | 40 | ...In the world of being the meeting is blessed when the white and colored races meet together | ADJ.038-039x, SW_v12#05 p.103 | @praise and encouragement, @race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11293 | 40 | ...It is difficult for the weak ones to endure the tests but for souls like you, it is very easy | SW_v08#19 p.240x | @power of faith; power of the spirit, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11294 | 40 | O ye believers of God! We are sending to America the maidservant of God Zeenat Khanum with Mrs Wise. | DAS.1914-03-03 | @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11295 | 40 | O Thou God, the Mehreban! Suffer Thy Mehreban to become the crier of Heaven! Confer upon her spirituality and fragrance! | DAS.1913-03-31 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11296 | 40 | ...Truly I say his honor ... is striving with all his powers in the diffusion of the Fragrances of God. | DAS.1913-11-04 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11297 | 40 | ...This talk opens with the words "About six hundred years ago." This Society was founded in the city of Hamadan | SW_v08#14 p.204x | @grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @past, present and future of Iran | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11298 | 40 | ...Absolute equality amongst men: this would be impossible. There is needed some organization which will bring about an order in this disorder. | SW_v13#12 p.323 | @maintainance of degrees in society | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11299 | 40 | ...All the believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful must summon the people to the Kingdom and be the cause of the guidance of the inhabitants of the world. | DAS.1913-08-16, ABIE.200, BLO_PN#007 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11300 | 40 | ...I supplicate and entreat at the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection and beg for the Divine Friends infinite Bestowal and Grace | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.212, BLO_PN#007 | @martyrs and martyrdom, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11301 | 40 | ...Turn thy face sincerely toward God; be severed from all save God; be ablaze with the fire of the love of God | SW_v08#04 p.048 | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @consolation and comfort, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11302 | 40 | ...The question of the school of Tarbiat is very important. Through the Bounty and Providence of the True One it must become evident | SW_v01#05 p.003 | @excellence; distinction, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11303 | 40 | ...There exists a great Confirmation in the School of Tarbiat | SW_v01#05 p.003x | @education of children; moral education, @generosity [kirama], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11304 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | My God! My God! Elohim. To this Thy servant give the understanding of the Old Testament | TAB.277-278 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11305 | 40 | ...The full measure of your success is as yet unrevealed, its significance still unapprehended | WOB.077x | @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @being a source of light; guidance, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11306 | 40 | O thou shining and spiritual Gem! Glad tidings to thee from the Generosity of Thy Lord. Be happy on account of the Gifts of thy God which shall soon surround thee; and Thou art confirmed in the Covenant! | MAB.017 | @praise and encouragement, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11307 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ...Be not sad on account of poverty, nor be sorrowful when the people scorn thee | TAB.177 | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @Christ; Christianity, @consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11308 | 40 | O maidservant of God! Hold fast to the Covenant which hath emanated from the Supreme Pen | SW_v11#12 p.201 | @firmness in the Covenant, @prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11309 | 40 | Regarding His Holiness Christ and His birth into this world of matter: speak not of this, if you can, Should anyone ask, answer 'His Holiness Christ was born of the Holy Spirit,' and let that be final. | BSTW#357 | @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11310 | 40 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! ...I beg of God that He may make [that place] a center | TAB.202 | @love as fire, @love of God, @prayer for service, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11311 | 40 | ...The East hath verily been illumined with the light of the Kingdom. Ere long | WOB.079x | @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @love of God, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11312 | 40 | ...Verily, the founding of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar will mark the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth | SW_v05#04 p.051 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11338 | 30 | ...As to the Nineteen Day Feast, ye must give this your most careful attention, and firmly establish it. For this Feast bringeth bliss and unity and love to the lovers of God | COC#0919x | @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11340 | 30 | ...God willing, through the endeavor of the friends in America, may the Bird of Paradise be revealed in all its beauty in the Philippine Islands. | SW_v01#19 p.003x | @growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11342 | 30 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O servant of God! Faith is the magnet which draws the confirmation of the Merciful One. Service is the magnet which attracts the heavenly strength. | TAB.062, DWN_v5#04 p.002b | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11347 | 30 | ...Make ye inquiries as to a woman teacher. She must be extremely modest, even-tempered, forbearing, and well bred, and she must be expert in the English language | COC#0611x | @courtesy; culture [adab], @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11374 | 30 | ...Supplication and prayer on behalf of others will surely be effective. When hearts are united, when faces are turned towards the kingdom of Abha, surely enlightenment will be the result. | SW_v08#04 p.047x | @humility; meekness; lowliness, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @unity of thought and belief, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11386 | 30 | ...As to his honor Mr. Hoar, verily he is one who hath presented himself here, witnessed, heard, comprehended and became illuminated and enlightened with the light of the gift of God | SW_v12#19 p.311x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for children and youth, @love of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @martyrs and martyrdom, @naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11413 | 30 | ...The future of California, whether in regard to its material affairs or spiritual affairs, is very important | SW_v02#13 p.006, SW_v05#15 p.232x, SW_v05#16 p.242, SW_v05#17 p.265 | @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11414 | 30 | ...The effulgence of God's splendorous mercy hath enveloped the peoples and kindreds of the earth | WOB.111x | @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11416 | 30 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Know thou that supplication and prayer is the Water of Life. | SW_v08#04 p.043x | @importance of prayer, @living waters; water of life, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @power of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11417 | 30 | O God! Make this servant melodious, attuned with the airs of the Supreme Concourse, and confer upon him a thrilling and resounding voice, like the nightingale of hidden meanings in the Divine Rose Garden. | TOR.178-179 | @prayers (general or uncategorized), @the concourse on high, @music and singing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11418 | 30 | O Thou incomparable Lord! Bless Thou the members of this household and endear these souls in Thy Kingdom and confirm them in the service of Thy Cause! Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty. | DAS.1913-04-05 | @prayer for service, @prayer for children and youth | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11419 | 30 | ...The essence of Oneness is sanctified above the servitude of the world of mankind | SW_v14#06 p.167 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11420 | 30 | O ye faithful friends! This Assembly was organized at the right time. It is my hope | SW_v13#08 p.204 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11421 | 30 | ...I hope that the Ensigns of Divine Verses may be upraised in Stuttgart; the Fire of the Love of God be so enkindled as to set all those parts aglow | DAS.1913-07-11, ABIE.055, BLO_PN#007 | @being a source of light; guidance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11422 | 30 | ...All great movements have advanced through altruism, selflessness, and self-sacrifice, and not [merely] through the interchange of public opinion. | DAS.1913-07-12, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.058, BLO_PN#007 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @universal peace; world unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11423 | 30 | ...If thou desirest to be confirmed in the service of the Kingdom of God, live in accord with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh | DAS.1913-07-24, SW_v04#15 p.253x, ABIE.107, BLO_PN#007 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love and unity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11424 | 30 | ...Moderation is necessary in all affairs. Man must take a lesson from divine actions and deeds | SW_v08#02 p.026x | @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @wisdom [hikmat], @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11425 | 30 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou faithful one! One of the requirements of faithfulness is that thou mayest sacrifice | TAB.552, BBBD.031a, BSC.461 #854 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa, @love of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11426 | 30 | ...The letter signed by most of the friends in India has been received. Abdu'l-Baha is greatly | SW_v12#13 p.215x | @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11427 | 30 | ...The souls of the well-favored among the concourse on high the sacred dwellers of the most exalted Paradise | WOB.110-111x | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11428 | 30 | ...The holy realities of the Concourse on high yearn, in this day, in the Most Exalted Paradise | ADJ.047x | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @the concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11429 | 30 | ...Regarding the Exposition of 1915 which will be inaugurated in San Francisco in America: From now undoubtedly | SW_v02#13 p.006 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11430 | 30 | O God! Endear this maidservant of Thine in Thy Kingdom. Verily her heart is filled with love and happiness. Bless her family and encircle her husband with the glances of Thy Providence. | DAS.1913-04-07 | @prayer for married couples, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @prayer for women | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11431 | 30 | ...Strive ye as much as ye can, so that love and amity may increase day by day amongst the believers of God; all of you can help each other and be ever ready to sacrifice your lives for one another. This is the quality of the people of Baha. | DAS.1913-09-12, ABIE.309, BLO_PN#007 | @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11432 | 30 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ...Express my affection to Mrs ... and say: "The grace of God hath chosen thee | TAB.507-508 | @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11433 | 30 | O ye believers of God! We are sending to America, the maidservant of God, Zeenat Khanum, with Mrs. Wise | SW_v05#04 p.057 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11434 | 30 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | To the servant of God! I ask God to make thee a growing, developing branch in His vineyard | TAB.653 | @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @spiritual transformation, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @bringing forth results; fruit, @Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11435 | 30 | ...Now concerning the verse in Daniel, the interpretation whereof thou didst ask... A century will have elapsed from the dawn of the Sun of Truth; then will the teachings of God be firmly established | LOG#1414x, PAB.024, BNE.250 | @prophecy and fulfillment, @predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11436 | 30 | Praise be to God that the Sun of Universal Religion hath dawned. From all parts of the world host after host enter under its Radiance. Erelong it will become world-wide. | DAS.1913-03-29x | @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @universality of the Cause, @growth of the Cause, @entry by troops, @Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11437 | 30 | ...The vision also signifies that a Mashrak-el-Azkar will soon be established in America | SW_v06#17 p.133 | @predictions and prophecies, @entry by troops, @growth of the Cause, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11438 | 30 | O Lord! Clothe this thy servant with the garment of the Most Great Bestowal and protect him from every evil | DAS.1914-03-28 | @prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11439 | 30 | ...Such souls are nothing but pure harm to the Cause of God, and it is very well that they go out | SW_v04#10 p.174x, BSTW#131 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11440 | 30 | ...Regarding arrangements for the Bahai Sunday meeting for the purpose of worship | SW_v13#10 p.276x | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @music and singing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11441 | 30 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou tree, developed in the garden of the Love of God! Be well watered | TAB.131 | @spiritual transformation, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @bringing forth results; fruit, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11442 | 30 | ...The deeds of man must be the cause of glory. Everything that is conducive to the honor of the religion of God is good. | SW_v09#10 p.107x | @goodly deeds; actions, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause, @words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11443 | 30 | ...Baha'u'llah hath said that the various races of humankind lend a composite harmony and beauty of color to the whole | ADJ.037bx | @unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11444 | 30 | ...There is no wonder in confessing the appearance of the Kingdom of God, but true wonder consists in good deeds | SW_v08#05 p.059x | @goodly deeds; actions, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @firmness in the Covenant, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11445 | 30 | Thy detailed letter... was duly received. Its contents produced joy and happiness | SW_v08#16 p.219x | @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11446 | 30 | ...In prayer one must turn his face towards the sanctified Reality of His Holiness Baha'o'llah - that Reality which surrounds all phenomena. | SW_v09#10 p.113x | @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11447 | 30 | O ye real friends, O ye people of unity! His honor Mahmood Khan is a true friend and is firm and steadfast | SW_v07#11 p.108 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11448 | 30 | ...Every proof and prophecy every manner of evidence, whether based on reason or on the text | WOB.127-128x | @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11449 | 30 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...Man must work, and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good. His work, both material and spiritual | BSC.440 #803 | @excellence; distinction, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @high station of the arts and sciences, @work as worship | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11451 | 30 | ...My thoughts are turned towards you, and my heart leaps within me at your mention | WOB.077x | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11452 | 30 | ...My hope is that the Esperantists may become attracted by these epistles and may | SW_v11#17 p.291x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal language | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11453 | 30 | O thou revered beloved! Glad tidings be unto thee for thy firmness in the strong Covenant. | SW_v09#19 p.223-224 | @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11454 | 30 | ...In these days, the Holy Ones of the Realm of Glory, dwelling in the all-highest Paradise | BADM.037x, SW_v14#03 p.086 | @martyrs and martyrdom, @return of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11455 | 30 | ...The continent of America is in the eyes of the one true God the land wherein the splendors | WOB.075x | @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11456 | 30 | ...I hope that the friends will give the utmost importance to the Mashriqu'l Azkar... The American friends are greatly endeared. Therefore I desire that they may be confirmed | SW_v13#10 p.264x | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11457 | 30 | Today firmness in the Covenant is the means of the promotion of the Word of God and conducive to the effect of the word of the teacher. | DAS.1913-03-29x | @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11458 | 30 | ...Regarding the society of healing of which thou art a member; when it comes under the protection of this Cause, its power will be a hundred fold. | BSTW#369b | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11459 | 30 | ...Convey my infinite love and kindness to ... and say: One must summon the people to the Kingdom of God. Silence and speechlessness is not at all permitted. | DAS.1913-10-14 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11460 | 30 | O God! Confer thou a shelter upon this person under Thy protection and surround him with Thy infinite Bounties! Verily Thou art the Generous and the Merciful. | DAS.1913-04-05 | @prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11461 | 30 | ...Baha'u'llah once compared the colored people to the black pupil of the eye surrounded by the white | ADJ.037bx, MBW.136x | @race unity; racial issues, @symbolism | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11462 | 30 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ...Be not in despair, but rather smile by the mercy of thy Lord; and be not sorrowful | TAB.177 | @consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11463 | 30 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art esteemed and guarded! Thank God for that by reason of which thy picture | TAB.651 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11464 | 30 | ...The prestige of the Faith of God has immensely increased. Its greatness is now manifest | WOB.079x, COC#0264x, COC#1532x | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11473 | 20 | LTDT.306x | @personal instructions, @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11475 | 20 | ...Because of Abdu'l-Baha many a test will be visited upon you. Troubles will befall you, and suffering afflict you | ADJ.042x | @Mary Magdalene, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11476 | 20 | ...The Hidden Words is a treasury of divine mysteries. When thou ponderest its contents, the doors of the mysteries will open | COC#0398x | @study; deepening, @Greatest Name, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11492 | 20 | ...Thou hast written regarding the education of the children. It is very acceptable and beloved. Unquestionably these children shall make ideal and physical advancement | SW_v09#08 p.093x | @race unity; racial issues, @education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11494 | 20 | ...It is necessary for all to learn a craft, through which the people may earn their living. This commandment is universal. | COC#0014x | @business; financial; property matters, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11498 | 20 | ...Know thou that all the promises of Abdul-Baha are true and his instructions are inspirations of the Holy Spirit and received as suggestions from Baha’o’llah. | SW_v08#15 p.211x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @personal instructions, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11514 | 20 | O Lord! Grant that this dearly-loved maidservant of Thine may proclaim the servitude of Abdu'l-Bahá. | BLO_PT#052.23 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11516 | 20 | Sing in all gatherings of the love and harmony of the beloved and the maidservants of the Merciful. | BSTW#009, BSTW#023 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @music and singing, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11518 | 20 | ...the all-mighty Covenant, the like of which the sacred Dispensations of the past have never witnessed | GPB.239x | @praise and encouragement, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11520 | 20 | ...Indeed the sweet melody of the pupils of Mrs. H... gladdened the hearts of the people of the Supreme Concourse. | SW_v09#08 p.093x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @nearness to God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11523 | 20 | Thank thou God for inspiring thee with these verses in which thou art urging for peace, quietness, unity and affiliation. | BLO_PT#052.21 | @call to action, @love and unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11524 | 20 | ...Those who accept only what logic can prove, On the path of life upon clumsy wooden legs they move | LTDT.344x | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters, @prayer for protection, @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11525 | 20 | ...O thou prepared lamp! Be thou enkindled with the fire of the love of God as much as thou canst and illumine those countries | SW_v14#07 p.211x | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @attaining the life of the spirit, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11526 | 20 | ...I hope that all of them may become assisted in the service of the Mashrak-el-Azkar | SW_v06#17 p.140 | @call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11527 | 20 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou spiritual beloved! I have carefully looked at thy picture and found that from thy face | TAB.648 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @light and darkness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11528 | 20 | ...is equipped and empowered to accomplish that which will adorn the pages of history, to become the envy of the world, and be blest in both the East and the West for the triumph of its people | COF.035x, COF.121x, GPB.254x, GPB.397x, TDH#158.5x | @East and West; communication between East and West, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11530 | 20 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ...Say to [Dr.] ... that "he studied physical medicine and he cured physical diseases | TAB.507 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11533 | 20 | O thou maidservant! Have great magnanimity so that thou mayest be favored in the threshold of the Almighty. Have lofty aspirations | SW_v07#18 p.188 | @exhortations and counsels, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11534 | 20 | ...His honor, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, has been permitted to leave for America, that there | SW_v09#17 p.188 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @prayer for service | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11535 | 20 | ...Whatsoever is latent in the innermost of this holy cycle shall gradually appear and be made manifest | WOB.146x, SW_v13#09 p.253 | @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @spiritual springtime | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11536 | 20 | ...The construction of Mashrak-el-Azkar in those regions is of the utmost importance | SW_v06#17 p.134 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11537 | 20 | ...The Almighty will no doubt grant you the help of His grace, will invest you with the tokens of His might | WOB.077x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11538 | 20 | ...Verily, thy Lord will assist and inspire thee with the breath of the Holy Spirit and | SW_v08#08 p.102-103 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11539 | 20 | ...Man is endowed with superior reasoning power and the faculty of perception | ADJ.038x | @human reality created in the image of God, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11540 | 20 | ...The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony | ADJ.038x, LOG#1792x | @unity in diversity, @love and unity, @music and singing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11541 | 20 | ...If you meet those of a different race and color from yourself, do not mistrust them | ADJ.038x | @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11542 | 20 | ...The rulers of Palestine envied His influence and power. Governors and mutisarrifs | GPB.193x | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11543 | 20 | ...When a gathering of these two races is brought about that assemblage will become the magnet | ADJ.039x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @race unity; racial issues, @the concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11544 | 20 | ...This long voyage will prove how great is My love for you. There were many troubles | GPB.288x | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11545 | 20 | ...As thou hast realized thy own shortcomings, rest thou assured that thou art firm | SW_v08#17 p.228x | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @firmness in the Covenant, @love of God, @knowledge of self | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11546 | 20 | ...The range of your future achievements still remains undisclosed. I fervently hope | WOB.077x | @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11547 | 20 | ...If so helpless a creature can be endowed with so subtle a capacity, how much more efficacious | WOB.127x | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11548 | 20 | ...God did not make these divisions. These divisions have had their origin in man himself | ADJ.037bx | @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11549 | 20 | ...The American continent giveth signs and evidences of very great advancement. Its future | GPB.254x | @praise of Western values; culture, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11550 | 20 | The use of the Greatest Name and dependence upon it, cause the soul to strip itself of the husks of mortality and to step forth freed, reborn, a new creature | LOG#0892cx, BNEW#80 suppl Oct 1964 p.2 | @Greatest Name, @second birth, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11551 | 20 | ...Truly, I say, in this publication you have written instructive articles. May God assist and confirm you! | SW_v01#13 p.010x | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11552 | 20 | ...The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Baha'u'llah | WOB.075x | @East and West; communication between East and West, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11553 | 20 | ...Let them (the Bahá'ís) be awake! Let them be mindful! As soon as they see a trace of violation | SW_v04#10 p.174x, BSTW#131 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @call to action | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11554 | 20 | ...May the inhabitants of this country...rise from their present material attainment to such heights | GPB.254x | @spiritual transformation, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11555 | 20 | Bahá'í World Faith | ...Thou hast asked whether to enlist in the Socialist party. The Bahá'ís must be in the Bahá'í Cause which comprehends all the degrees and is perfect from every standpoint. | BWF.375-375bx | @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @non-participation in politics, @critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism, @universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11556 | 20 | ...Among the miracles which distinguish this sacred Dispensation is this, that women have evinced a greater boldness | ADJ.069x | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power of the Manifestation of God, @role and station of women | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11557 | 20 | ...Knowledge is love. Study, listen to exhortations, think, try to understand the wisdom and greatness of God… The soil must be fertilised before the seed be sown | COC#0426x, SW_v20#10 p.314, BLO_PN#002 | Bass Adjustment | @knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God, @study; deepening, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @high station of learning | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11558 | 20 | ...When the spirit is confirmed and assisted by the confirmation of the Holy Spirit then it will show its effect in every condition of the world of existence | SW_v07#18 p.177 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11562 | 20 | ...In the estimation of God all men are equal. There is no distinction or preference for any soul, in the realm of His justice and equity | ADJ.037bx | @equality of men and women, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11563 | 20 | ...Verily, I pray God to confirm thee with the All-Power so that the means may be prepared | SW_v06#17 p.149 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11564 | 20 | ...If a man commit a transgression he has been unjust to himself, and soon he will find that he is in manifest regret and remorse | DAS.1914-08-06, SW_v07#18 p.186 | @justice and wrath of God, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11565 | 20 | ...rise from their present material attainments to such a height that heavenly illumination may stream from this center to all the peoples of the world | COF.035x | @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual transformation, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11568 | 20 | ...As to the matter of the Mashrak-el-Azkar: This is very important. All the believers must most decidedly exert their collective effort in this particular | SW_v04#09 p.160x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11569 | 20 | ...So firm and mighty is this Covenant that from the beginning of time until the present day no religious Dispensation hath produced its like. | WOB.146x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11570 | 20 | ...This variety in forms and coloring which is manifest in all the kingdoms is according to creative Wisdom and hath a divine purpose | ADJ.038x | @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @purpose; goal of creation, @wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11574 | 10 | ...The "One who is to come" is he who was promised in the books of God and his epistles; that is, the Manifestation | SW_v09#01 p.006x | @predictions and prophecies, @prophecy and fulfillment, @station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11575 | 10 | ...What is meant in the prophecies by the Lord of hosts, the promised Christ, is the Blessed Perfection (Baha'o'llah) and his highness, the Supreme (Báb) | SW_v09#01 p.006x | @prophecy and fulfillment, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @twin Manifestations | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11576 | 10 | ...In this day, assemblies of consultation are of the greatest importance and a vital necessity. Obedience unto them is essential and obligatory. | BADM.021cx | @consultation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11578 | 10 | ...This Sublime Shrine has remained unbuilt ... God willing, it will be accomplished. We have carried its construction to this stage | COF.053x | @Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11579 | 10 | ...The time has not yet arrived, even in those countries (America) | SW_v01#03 p.004x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11585 | 10 | O ye friends of God! His honor Ardeshir and his brother Bahman have permission | DAS.1914-06-21 | @permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11586 | 10 | ...All nations were promised by a sure promise and were awaiting with anxiety and longing the coming of the promised one. | SW_v09#01 p.006x | @prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11587 | 10 | O God and assister of all! ... Verily, thou art the hearer of prayers, and verily, thou art powerful in all things! | SW_v08#04 p.048x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11588 | 10 | ...This man is an enchanter; perhaps he will perform an enchantment, and then we shall have nothing more to say | PDC.141x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11589 | 10 | ...worthy of being the first to build the Tabernacle of the Most Great Peace and proclaim the oneness of mankind | COF.035x, TDH#158.5x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11590 | 10 | ...We must entirely focus our thoughts upon the diffusion of the divine light and the building of the heavenly foundation | SW_v07#10 p.098x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11594 | 10 | ...Untrustworthiness is a poisonous arrow which mortally wounds the heart, the soul and the spirit of Abdul Baha. | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.211, BLO_PN#007 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11595 | 10 | ...Live and act thou in the present as far as possible for thee, according to the divine instructions. | SW_v07#18 p.187 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11596 | 10 | ...You shall soon see in Persia that the people shall believe in this Cause in groups every day. | SW_v12#12 p.215x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11597 | 10 | ...Be not disappointed in thyself; trust thou in the favor and bounty of his highness, the Almighty. | SW_v07#18 p.187 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11604 | 10 | Thou shouldst continue thy profession and at the same time try to serve the Kingdom of God | COC#1022x | @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @effort; striving, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11607 | 10 | ...We should do little things as well as great things for the love of God. | SW_v14#06 p.167 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11608 | 10 | ...the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world received this heavenly blessing | COF.035x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11609 | 10 | ...His light at first had been a star; now it became a mighty sun | GPB.196x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11610 | 10 | ...It is the manifest Standard waving in the center of that great continent | GPB.351x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11611 | 10 | ...Even as the snow, they will melt away in the July sun | PDC.147 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11612 | 10 | ...The Lord of the day of the manifestation is his highness, Baha'o'llah. | SW_v09#01 p.006x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11613 | 10 | ...developed powers and capacities greater and more wonderful than other nations | COF.035x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11614 | 10 | ...heavenly illumination stream to all the peoples of the world | COF.121x, COF.132x, GPB.397x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11615 | 10 | ...on that day will the faithful rejoice with exceeding gladness | MBW.044x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11616 | 10 | ...Assuredly ye will achieve a Conquest in California | SW_v02#13 p.006 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11623 | 10 | ...influence and illumination are far-reaching | COF.035x | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11624 | 10 | The greatest prison is the prison of self. | VLAB.009 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB11758 | 120 | O God, for the sake of Thy love, will I leave everything and wander in the deserts… To teach is to learn, to learn is to work, to work is to serve, to serve is to love | R. Johnston-Garvin [track 9], Arrayanes [track 6] | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for strength, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11808 | 690 | O God! O Thou Guide of seekers unto the Path of Guidance; Thou Deliverer of bewildered ones from the desert of error and blindness | TCI#4 | @loving community spirit in teaching the Cause, @exhortations and counsels, @praise and encouragement, @light and darkness, @non-participation in politics, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11906 | 140 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ...The Obligatory Prayers have been set down by the Pen of the Most High and have been mentioned in the Persian “Questions and Answers” | BRL_IOPF#2.09x | @law of obligatory prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11973 | 100 | Meetings, Bahá'í | ...The hearts of all the friends rejoiced, and in particular, the heart of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, when we heard of thy rising up to serve the Cause of God | BRL_MEET.AB#10x | @power of prayer, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11988 | 80 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | O thou servant of the True Lord! Obligatory prayer and other supplications are essential to servitude unto Him Who is the All-Sufficing | BRL_IOPF#2.19 | @law of obligatory prayer, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12002 | 70 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ...The laws of God, such as fasting, obligatory prayer and the like, as well as His counsels regarding virtues, good deeds and proper conduct, must be carried out everywhere to the extent possible | BRL_IOPF#2.04x | @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12011 | 50 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ...Recite the Obligatory Prayer and supplications as much as thou art able, so that day by day thou mayest attain to increased firmness and steadfastness | BRL_IOPF#2.17x | @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @law of obligatory prayer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love as fire, @love of God, @knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12022 | 60 | Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith | ...The art of music must be brought to the highest stage of development, for this is one of the most wonderful arts | BRL_IOA#09x | @praise and encouragement, @music and singing, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12023 | 280 | Social Action | O my spiritual friends! Among the greatest means of achieving modern advancements, the prosperity of nations, and the civilization of the peoples is the establishment of companies for commerce | BRL_SOCIAL#210 | @conduct in finance and business, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @promotion of commerce and industry | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12024 | 90 | Meetings, Bahá'í | Thy letter was received. Thou hast written in regard to the Sunday meeting, saying that it is established in the utmost of love. | BRL_MEET.AB#15x | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @music and singing, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12027 | 180 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Thou hadst asked about the meaning of the statement “the transgressions of the parents will affect four generations of their descendants | BRL_ATE#086 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @being a source of light; guidance, @the power of example | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12029 | 170 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Verily I say unto thee that if thou be steadfast in this Cause, and arise with all thy power to promote the Word of God | BRL_ATE#077 | @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12030 | 160 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | O ye friends of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá! The tumult of the nations and the clamour of their peoples are certain and inevitable | BRL_ATE#087 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12032 | 160 | Social Action | ...The foundation of life and existence is cooperation and mutual aid, whereas the cause of annihilation and deterioration is the cessation of aid and assistance | BRL_SOCIAL#130x | @importance of community building, @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible, @unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12033 | 150 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | In brief, though outwardly far away and remote, and burning with the fire of separation, yet, because we are inebriated with the same wine | BRL_ATE#071 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12034 | 150 | Social Action | ...And now, in gratitude for the assistance, confirmation, protection, and loving-kindness vouchsafed by the All-Glorious Lord | BRL_SOCIAL#017x | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @education of children; moral education | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12036 | 140 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | The meaning is this: Although those ill-mannered ones offered thee insults and taunts, cursed and reviled thee | BRL_ATE#114 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort, @suffering and imprisonment, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12038 | 130 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Whosoever entereth the Kingdom of God is under the protection of Bahá’u’lláh | BRL_ATE#067 | @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12039 | 120 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Verily, I place my brow upon the dust, turn my face towards the Lord of Lords, and invoke Him with all fervour and attraction | BRL_ATE#076 | @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @firmness in the Covenant, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12040 | 110 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Likewise, when the regiments of an army and the members of a legion stand together and are connected with one another | BRL_ATE#083 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12041 | 100 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | The highest wish of them that are filled with the Divine Spirit is unity and harmony amid the friends and spiritual connection | BRL_ATE#082 | @service to others; to the Cause of God, @compassion; kindness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity of thought and belief, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12043 | 80 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Verily, I beseech God to cast upon you the glances of the eye of His mercy, to raise you up through His celestial power | BRL_ATE#079 | @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12044 | 80 | Social Action | ...We hope that the beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful will, in accordance with the heavenly Teachings | BRL_SOCIAL#069x | @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @unity; oneness of humanity, @harmony of science and religion | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12045 | 50 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | The friends of God and the handmaids of the All-Merciful should know that in every movement of ‘Abdu’l-Baha | BRL_ATE#066 | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12046 | 50 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Strive with the full fervour of thy soul that the wellspring of true understanding may flow within thy heart | BRL_ATE#074 | @inmost heart [fu'ád], @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @outward and inward meanings | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12047 | 50 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Verily I say unto thee: I am with you in heart and in spirit. I delight in your joy and my spirit rejoiceth in your happiness | BRL_ATE#080 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12048 | 50 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | When that essence of holiness and reality of sanctity, her honour the Virgin Mary | BRL_ATE#115 | @suffering; rejection of Christ, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12050 | 40 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Striving meaneth this, that ye should live and move according to the divine counsels and admonitions and be filled with zeal and fervour | BRL_ATE#075 | @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @effort; striving, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12051 | 40 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | I beseech God to illumine thy sight with the light of hope, to enable thee to extol His praise among His handmaidens | BRL_ATE#078 | @power of prayer, @spiritual transformation, @firmness in the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12052 | 40 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | Every assembly held for the purpose of bringing about unity and concord will be conducive to turning strangers into friends | BRL_ATE#084 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12054 | 30 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | O ye true friends! Make ye a mighty effort, that this world may become another world, and this darksome earth | BRL_ATE#072 | @light and darkness, @Manifestation of God as sun, @call to action | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12116 | 570 | Your letter was received, and its contents were of the greatest loveliness. Praise be to God that you have been confirmed in the service of the Kingdom | BBBD.032b | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12148 | 380 | O daughter of the Kingdom! Your letter arrived. Its content was an expression of heavenly feelings. In the world of existence, nothing can unite hearts like the Kingdom of God | BBBD.534-535 | @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12155 | 350 | O you who are steadfast in the Covenant! Your letter dated March 22, 1921, was received. It brought immense joy, as it shared the news of your visit to Reutlingen | BBBD.584-585 | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12179 | 290 | O ye two blessed souls! The esteemed visitors to Stuttgart, the highly honored Khans | BBBD.462-463 | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12198 | 270 | Your letter to our beloved 'Abdu'l-Bahá dated March 24 was read to Him. He was very pleased with the news that the New Year's celebration in Leipzig was held by the friends | BBBD.293 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12199 | 260 | O beloved servant of God! I have received your letter. You have written that Miss [Alma] Knobloch has guided you to the illuminated horizon of guidance | BBBD.047 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12217 | 250 | The greatest need of humanity today is the removal of the existing misunderstandings and disagreements among nations, which can only be achieved through the unity of language | BBBD.170 | @universal language, @universal peace; world unity, @the power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12218 | 250 | O thou lover of truth! Indeed, indeed, you have searched for the truth from the earliest days of your life, without giving yourself rest day or night | BBBD.551 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @interconnectedness of the teachings, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12220 | 240 | O ye two souls of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, day and night ye are confirmed in service and have no other motive and desire | BBBD.481-482 | @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @consolation and comfort, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12230 | 240 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Praise be to God! You have attained the attachment of heart and soul to the Most Exalted. You have been enraptured | BBBD.583-584 | @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity, @blind imitation [taqlid], @East and West; communication between East and West | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12232 | 230 | O ye two blessed souls! Your letter was received. You have asked about the resurrection and ascension of His Holiness Christ | BBBD.628 | @resurrection of Christ, @crucifixion; ascension of Christ, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12240 | 220 | O my beloved daughter! Thy letter of 9 July 1914 was received. Its contents made it clear that, praise be to God, the believers in Germany are of great firmness | BBBD.324-325 | @growth of the Cause, @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12251 | 210 | O thou servant of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents understood. Souls who are the servants of His Holiness Baha'u'llah and are sincere in His Cause | BBBD.532 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12264 | 210 | O you, who are captivated by the truth! Your letter has been received. It indicates that you have heard the voice of the Kingdom of God and are drawn to the divine breath | BBBD.586 | @development of capacity and readiness, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12280 | 200 | ...My kind friend, Some distinguished people think that by giving currency to tales and legends the Cause of the Baha'is can be discredited | EGBBF.109x | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12281 | 200 | O sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Thank God that the heavenly Father is infinitely gracious to all | BBBD.158-159 | @predictions and prophecies, @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit, @thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12282 | 200 | O son of the Kingdom! Praise be to God that you have found the path to the heavenly Kingdom, that you have recognized the light of the Kingdom | BBBD.536 | @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12283 | 200 | O Son of the Kingdom! Give thanks to God, for through the pure breath of Mr. Herrigel, you have received the heavenly spirit | BBBD.582-583 | @rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12284 | 190 | O ye, the couple in the kingdom of God! Your letter dated February 3 has been forwarded. Its content is conducive of firmness and stability | BBBD.420 | @review of publications, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12285 | 190 | O thou who art captivated by the Kingdom of Abha! Your letter arrived, in which you reported that you attained a portion from the treasury of divine knowledge | BBBD.478-479 | @spiritual baptism | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12286 | 190 | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom of God! Your letter arrived. It brought me the news that you had united in a gathering and turned your attention to the Kingdom | BBBD.482 | @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12294 | 180 | O son of the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived and has been read. You should give thanks a hundred thousand times over every moment because you have attained this greatest guidance | BBBD.076-077 | @thankfulness; gratitude, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12296 | 180 | O thou tho thirstest for the fountain of truth! I received your letter; it was exceedingly delightful, for it showed that throughout your life you have sought the path of salvation | BBBD.453 | @spiritual baptism, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12311 | 180 | O ye two of the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived. It expresses gratitude for the presence of the Khans (the three Persian friends). I sent them because their visit also brought joy and happiness | BBBD.499 | @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12312 | 170 | O ye beloved maid servants of God! The beauty of the True One hath chosen you from among the maid servants so that ye may be engaged in the service of the Kingdom | BBBD.038-039 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12315 | 170 | O you two steadfast ones in the Covenant! Your letter was received. It brought me the glad tidings of the love and harmony that reign among the friends of God | BBBD.436 | @unity in diversity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @race unity; racial issues, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12317 | 170 | O ye two birds of the heavenly Nest! Praise be to God, through the love and affection and treatment of Mr. Gohring Mr. Kustner obtained cure | BBBD.597 | @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12318 | 170 | O servants of God! Your letter has arrived. Its contents brought a musk-scented breeze... Praise be to God! The reviving breath of life is blowing upon that city | BBBD.606, BBBD.613 | @praise and encouragement, @growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12340 | 170 | O you who have been attracted by the fragrances of God! Thank God that you became the companion of Miss Margarete Döring, through whose guidance the light of guidance shone into your heart | BBBD.373 | @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12341 | 170 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! You should be unspeakably grateful to Mrs. Knobloch, Mrs. Doring, and Mrs. Rose Schwarz, as these blessed souls were the cause of your enlightenment | BBBD.626-627 | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12344 | 160 | O thou herald of the kingdom of God! I was thinking of thee and praying on thy behalf that God may increase thy assistance and confirmation day unto day | BBBD.252 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12346 | 160 | O ye servants of the Kingdom of God! Offer your thanks to God, who has chosen you to serve His Kingdom and confirmed you to be the cause of enlightening and uplifting humanity | BBBD.571-572 | @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12367 | 150 | O ye two who are blessed at the threshold of the Almighty! Your letter has been received. Praise be to God that you are fully attentive to the Kingdom of Abhá with self-sacrifice as your greatest longing | BBBD.527-528 | @firmness in the Covenant, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12368 | 150 | O ye fresh saplings in the Rose Garden of the Kingdom! His Holiness Christ—may my soul be a sacrifice for Him—praised the children, that is, the children who enter the Kingdom | BBBD.567 | @education of children; moral education, @education and the development of capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12388 | 150 | O ye two heavenly souls! In the existing world, everything that signifies love is regarded as a heavenly gift. Now, your engagement is the greatest expression of love and affection | BBBD.537 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @marriage as means of spiritual progress, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12390 | 140 | O thou dear maid-servant of God! Thy letter was received. All thy wishes are destined to be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God | BBBD.107-108 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12391 | 140 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It imparted exceeding joy, because thy respected sister is engaged day and night | BBBD.253-254 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12392 | 140 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The letter which thou hast written in behalf of the Baha'i children was perused and through you the answer is written | BBBD.325-326 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12396 | 140 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thank God that you have been blessed with the light of guidance, that you have turned your attention to the Kingdom of God | BBBD.514 | @knowledge; recognition of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12397 | 140 | O my daughter! If thou art able to study Persian, it will be appreciated, provided you would study in Stuttgart itself when one of the Persian friends would be sent there | BBBD.517 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12398 | 140 | O ye beloved friends of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá! Ye have taken upon yourselves the task of publishing the Bahá'í magazine, “Sun of Truth” | BBBD.573-574 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @newspapers and the media; publications, @war and peace, @universal peace; world unity, @spiritual transformation, @oneness; unity of religion | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12399 | 140 | O you who are steadfast in the Covenant! Your letter was received. From its contents, it was evident that you gathered in the house of Mrs. Bottcher | BBBD.595-596 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @being a source of light; guidance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12421 | 140 | O you who long for the Kingdom of God! Praise be to God that you have heard the Divine Call with the ear of the spirit, found a path to the heavenly universe | BBBD.292 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love and unity, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12422 | 140 | O thou who advancest toward God! Truly, I have read your eloquent letter and my heart was uplifted by its content, for know truly, 'Abdu'l-Baha hath spiritual words, heavenly conversation, and revelations of the heart | BBBD.626 | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12424 | 130 | O ye two lights of God's love! Your letter arrived, and its contents brought forth the feelings of the heart. I hope that you will always be ideal Bahá'ís | BBBD.109 | @review of publications, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12425 | 130 | …When the maid-servant of God, Miss Knobloch, was sent to that country I supplicated from the Threshold of His Highness Baha'u'llah that confirmations might descend upon her | BBBD.194 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12426 | 130 | O ye two blessed souls! Your letter dated July 27, 1919, did not arrive, but the latest one from August 5 was delivered by Riad Selim | BBBD.454 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12453 | 130 | O thou dear one! Thy letter has been received. Thanks unto God, that thou wert cured from sickness | BBBD.545 | @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @loving community spirit in teaching the Cause, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12456 | 120 | O seeker of the Kingdom of God! Your letter has arrived. Thanks be to God that you have attained a share of His infinite grace and received joy and the fragrance of eternal life | BBBD.162 | @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12457 | 120 | O thou Daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents became the cause of rejoicing; for it indicated that thou hast a free heart | BBBD.179-180 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12459 | 120 | O thou two pure souls! Your letter arrived. Praise be to God that in Switzerland you were able and supported in serving, raising the call of the Kingdom | BBBD.269 | @growth of the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12460 | 120 | O servant of God! I have the greatest trust in you. I wish for you heavenly exaltation. The book with the translations of the talks in Paris has been received | BBBD.308-309 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12462 | 120 | O daughter of the Kingdom! When I was in Stuttgart, one day you gathered the children of the Esslingen friends, and I visited that assembly | BBBD.405 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12463 | 120 | O you two blessed souls! You are truly blessed, for you have sincerely occupied yourselves in the service of the Kingdom. You have no other desire | BBBD.412 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12466 | 120 | O thou heavenly daughter! Your letter was delivered to me. Praise be to God! You have met this young American (Mac Gilivray) and have united in the highest spirituality | BBBD.566-567 | @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12496 | 110 | O servant of God! You have asked about learning the Esperanto language. This language has not yet reached a state of perfection | BBBD.131 | @education of children; moral education, @universal language | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12497 | 110 | O lover of the truth and seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter arrived. Do thank God, that the light of guidance shone and the glass of thy heart became bright | BBBD.163-164 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12502 | 110 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Your letter has been received. You wrote that the German government desires the services of your dear husband either for Persia or Africa | BBBD.627 | @personal instructions, @business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12531 | 110 | O seeker of truth! Your letter has been received. Its content proves that, praise be to God, you have awakened from the sleep of heedlessness | BBBD.294 | @thankfulness; gratitude, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12532 | 110 | O benevolent one of the world of humanity! Praise be to God that you possess a pure heart, which is delighted by the glad tidings of God | BBBD.548-549 | @unity in diversity, @blind imitation [taqlid], @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12534 | 100 | …Thou hast written about Dr. Fisher, that praise be to God, thou hast found a helper for him and ere long she will start for Germany | BBBD.037x | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @review of publications, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12536 | 100 | O child of the Kingdom of God! Render thanks to God that you heard the heavenly voice and have awakened from sleep. You saw the light of the Kingdom | BBBD.163 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12537 | 100 | O thou who yearnest after the heavenly Beloved! Thank God that you love the Beloved of God and are a seeker of the incomparably Beloved! The dawn of reality has broken | BBBD.181 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12539 | 100 | O thou who art attracted toward the Kingdom of God! Every soul is freed from the claws and prison of desire and self and is released from the vices of the world of nature | BBBD.192-193 | @servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12545 | 100 | O ye two birds in the same nest! For every bird there is a nest and a resting place. Your nest is the Kingdom of the Merciful | BBBD.412-413 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12546 | 100 | O thou heavenly daughter! Your letter was received. It showed your joy and devotion. The honorable Mr. Remey is confirmed and a wise man | BBBD.569 | @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12570 | 100 | O thou hyacinth of the Spiritual Garden! …Mayest thou grow and develop in the meadow of graces and become green and verdant in the orchard of understanding | LABC.014x | @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @prayer for children and youth, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12571 | 100 | O people of the kingdom! Do offer hearty thanks to God of having heard the Divine Call, and are revived with the breath of the Holy Spirit | BBBD.135 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB12572 | 100 | O thou yearning after the Kingdom! The meaningful letter became the cause of happiness. Whosoever enters in the Kingdom of God, he becomes the object of pardon | BBBD.176 | @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @spiritual transformation, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12573 | 100 | O thou eloquent speaker! Every bird which reaches the rosegarden it breaks forth into lay and began singing various harmonies | BBBD.177-178 | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the power of words; of speech, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12574 | 100 | O thou fresh seedling in the orchard of God's love! Every maidservant in this universe of life hath a leading desire. One longeth for wealth, another for worldly honors | BBBD.391 | @The Holy Spirit, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12576 | 90 | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Love from the depth of your heart and soul the beloved servant of God, Miss Alma Knobloch, and be grateful and appreciative toward her | BBBD.048 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12577 | 90 | O thou who hast turned toward God! Be joyful for God's grace, hope for all goodness, and anticipate help, protection, favor, and kindness from God | BBBD.066 | @prayer for prosperity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12578 | 90 | O thou who art attracted by the light of truth! I received your letter. Its content testifies that the handmaiden of God has been attracted by the truth, ignited by the fire of God's love | BBBD.118 | @firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12581 | 90 | O daughter of the Kingdom! The day we were your guests and you brought together those Baha'i children with their radiant faces | BBBD.213 | @education of children; moral education, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12584 | 90 | O thou who hast been tested! Although thy dear husband drank the cup of martyrdom and gave his life on the battlefield, be not sorrowful and sad | BBBD.407 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @martyrs and martyrdom, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12590 | 90 | O beloved maidservant of God, Praise be to God, for His grace surrounds you, and through it, you have attained the highest guidance. | BBBD.599 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12591 | 90 | O ye two lamps which are kindled with the fire of the Love of God! Your letter was received. Ye should be highly rejoiced and obliged to Mr. Herrigel, Mr. and Mrs. Bosch | BBBD.600 | @praise and encouragement, @interpretation of dreams and visions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12626 | 90 | O ye two birds in the Kingdom! Thank God that you have built a nest and a home in the garden of great bounties | BBBD.373-374 | @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12627 | 90 | O ye two heavenly souls! I received your engagement announcement. I turned my face to the Holy Threshold of God and prayed that this marital bond be interwoven with prosperity | BBBD.566 | @prayer for married couples | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12628 | 80 | O thou spiritual soul! I transmit unto you the good news that Abdul-Baha has thoroughly perused the contents of your letter | BSTW#276f | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12629 | 80 | O ye two pure-hearted souls! Your letter arrived. Name the newborn child "Kurshed". Do not grieve and do not be discouraged by the resistance of people | BBBD.113 | @consolation and comfort, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @naming of children; of individuals | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12630 | 80 | O thou Baha'i child! Thank thou God that in the Paradise of Abha thou art a fresh plant. The hand of Providence hath planted thee | BBBD.187-188 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB12634 | 80 | O esteemed family! Your heartfelt greetings and love were conveyed to me. I beseech for you heavenly life, I pray for your eternal happiness | BBBD.498 | @prayer for spiritual recognition, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @second birth, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12695 | 60 | O Seeker after the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received. I supplicate God that thou mayest become a read Baha'i | BBBD.117 | @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12697 | 60 | O ye holy souls! Your letter was received. Its contents created the utmost happiness. | BBBD.136 | @praise and encouragement, @personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12698 | 60 | O revered daughter of the Kingdom, Thy letter arrived. It indicated Thy Faith and assurance and great desire for service in the Kingdom | BBBD.161 | @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12735 | 50 | O thou radiant child! The gathering in which the Baha'i children were assembled was an image of the assembly of the Kingdom | BBBD.327 | @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12736 | 50 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter has reached me. I do hope that through the attractive power of the Love of God | BBBD.419-420 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB12756 | 50 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived. It shows your love. You wish for me to come to Germany. I hope that God will permit it. | BBBD.136 | @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12757 | 40 | As I have utmost love for you I awaken you doctor fareed with his mother and his relations are violators of covenant and enemies of cause | BBBD.299-300 | @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12760 | 40 | O thou who art attracted to the Love of God! Thank God that thou hast heard the Divine Call, attained to joy and happiness | BBBD.147 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12784 | 30 | Deliver my greeting and praise and my abundant longings to my beloved ones in that city (New York) which hath become the City of the Covenant and the town of the Love of God | @the power of words; of speech, @unity in diversity, @call to action, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||||
| AB12855 | 20 | Seize thy chance, exert every effort, and pay no heed to matters that do not yield any fruit | BRL_ATE#085 | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU0207 | 900 | In former times men either became believers, or else they became enemies of the cause of God. For instance, in the time of Moses | DWN_v3#03-4 p.024, ADP.041-046 | @love and unity, @teachings as spirit of the age, @knowledge; recognition of God, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @words vs deeds, @suffering and imprisonment, @Christ; Christianity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0213 | 890 | Bahá'í Scriptures | In reality the geographical position of the Central States has great importance.... Likewise, great importance must be given to the development of the Star of the West | BSC.546 #986, SW_v10#07 p.126-127+138, SW_v10#04 p.081, SW_v11#01 p.016 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @review of publications, @The Holy Spirit, @newspapers and the media; publications, @universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0217 | 880 | To begin, let it be understood that the Prophets or Messengers of God are holy souls sent by Him to lead us to a knowledge of God and establish laws | BSTW#138 | @evolution; human evolution, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @symbolism, @imagery in the Qur'an, @material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0225 | 870 | ...These twelve basic Bahá'í principles were laid down by Baha'o'llah over sixty years ago | SW_v11#01 p.004-005, SW_v12#01 p.012-013 | @lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @universal language, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @equality of men and women, @education of children; moral education, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @supreme tribunal, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0306 | 730 | Many divine messengers have appeared in Persia, the land of many sects. One of these sects | ADP.062-067 | @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @Declaration of Baha'u'llah, @Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc., @changing and unchanging parts of religion | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0451 | 580 | I pray for your health and happiness. Consider the distance I have traveled and reflect on the great desire.... Be pure--to be pure is to be selfless | SW_v07#18 p.185x, ADP.047-050 | @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @Mary Magdalene, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @presence of; reunion with God, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0461 | 570 | To see the joy of divine gladness on your faces is the cause of my happiness, for when I see you happy, I am happy also. | SW_v13#05 p.101, ADP.069-073 | @suffering and imprisonment, @power of the Manifestation of God, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @oneness; unity of religion, @martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0472 | 560 | True happiness is found in purity of thought. Whenever I look into your radiant faces I am made most happy because your thoughts are pure | SW_v13#05 p.102-104 | @high station of learning, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @Shrines and Holy places, @education of children; moral education, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0498 | 540 | When the Blessed Perfection (Baha'u'llah) was exiled from Bagdad the large number | SW_v13#10 p.277-278, BKOG.179+186+192x | @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0541 | 510 | What becomes of the soul after its separation from the body? The question concerns that which has a place and that which is placeless. | ADP.127-130 | @relationship of the soul to the body, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @soul; spirit after death, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @meaning; importance of dreams and visions, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0583 | 480 | Bahá'u'lláh loved the beauty and verdure of the country. One day He passed the remark: 'I have not gazed on verdure for nine years. The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.' | ABCC.039-041, BKOG.357-359, BNE.040-041 | @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0586 | 480 | Some one desires an explanation of the terms soul, mind and spirit. The terminology of ancient and modern philosophers differs. | ADP.120-122 | @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit, @mind as intermediary between soul and body, @relationship of the soul to the body, @spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0587 | 480 | The woman of the East has progressed. Formerly in India, Persia and throughout the Orient, she was not considered a human being. | COC#2115, ADP.086-088 | @role and station of women, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @equality of men and women | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0608 | 470 | Both in Europe and America I have spoken in churches of all denominations, in the Jewish synagogues and universities | ADP.093-095 | @four methods of acquiring knowledge, @limits of the intellect, @man's distinction from the animal, @martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0654 | 450 | Some one has asked a question on astronomy. In past ages astronomers accepted the Ptolemaic system. | ADP.113-116 | @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0725 | 410 | All that has been created is for man who is at the apex of creation and who must be thankful | SW_v08#06 p.063, ADP.134-136 | @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @thankfulness; gratitude, @stories; anecdotes, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @monasticism; asceticism, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0745 | 400 | @unity; oneness of humanity, @martyrs and martyrdom, @words vs deeds, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| ABU0752 | 400 | Every plan is in need of a power for its execution. Today the penetrative power in the world of existence is the confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha… Teaching the Cause of God does not depend on scientific attainment | DAS.1914-10-29?, SW_v13#06 p.132 | @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0766 | 390 | I have been asked to speak of that which is eternal and that which is contingent. Is creation a manifestation or an emanation of God? | ADP.106-108 | @divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal, @emanation vs. manifestation, @eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @elementary matter cannot be annihilated, @rational arguments | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0819 | 370 | I walked in the Trocadero Gardens near the Eiffel Tower this morning. The grass was so green | ADP.117-119 | @higher encompasses the lower, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @infinity and eternity, @spiritual transformation, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @effort; striving | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0875 | 350 | The obstacle which prevents the so-called religious man from accepting the teachings of God is literal interpretation. | DWN_v2#12 p.094-095, ADP.036-038 | @suffering; rejection of Christ, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @symbolism, @literal interpretation, @outward and inward meanings, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0902 | 340 | Bahá'í Scriptures | God in his wisdom has created all things. Nothing has been created without a special destiny... The greatest gift of man is universal love | BSC.501 #965x, ADP.110-112 | @love and unity, @fulfillment of true potential, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @heaven and paradise; heaven and hell, @man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation, @The Holy Spirit, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0903 | 340 | Each religion teaches that a mediator is necessary between man and the Creator | SW_v14#04 p.110-111, ADP.033-035 | @Manifestation of God as mediator, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Manifestation of God as sun, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0933 | 330 | My lot has ever been with those who have not the goods of this world. When we look at the poor of humanity, we behold a world of brothers. All are the sheep of God. | BSTW#187 | @wealth inequality and its moderation, @Christ; Christianity, @consolation and comfort, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0935 | 330 | Normal spiritual joy has a healing effect upon the body. I can conceive of no greater joy than teaching the Cause of God | SW_v14#02 p.061 | @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @words vs deeds, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0943 | 330 | In Haifa there was at one time a German Consul who became Abdu'l-Baha's friend. He used to call on Abdu'l-Baha often | ABIE.312, BLO_PN#007, STAB#100 | @stories; anecdotes, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU0974 | 320 | There are two kinds of life. There is that existence which is palpable to our touch but does not grow or possess sensation | SW_v14#01 p.010, PTIM.046 | @soul; spirit after death, @limits of the intellect, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1015 | 310 | Bahá'í Scriptures | When we read ancient history, the history of the middle ages and the history of contemporaneous times, we realize how little... Search untiringly for truth | BSC.449 #818, ADP.067-068 | @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @light and darkness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1016 | 310 | There is a point on which the philosophers and the prophets differ. The philosophers make education the test of knowledge | ADP.108-110 | @differences in human capacity, @Manifestation of God as educator, @bringing forth results; fruit, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @fulfillment of true potential, @education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1070 | 300 | The religionists of the world have forsaken the essence of the teaching and hold to the letter. It is as if the students in a college quarrelled and disputed | BLO_PN#002 | @oneness; unity of religion, @corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas, @purpose of religion in the world (personal and social), @unity; oneness of humanity, @literal interpretation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1108 | 290 | Endeavor and strive eagerly that you may progress and advance rapidly. You are born in this holy day | SW_v09#08 p.095-096 | @bringing oneself to account each day, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1155 | 280 | Regard this globe. Its divisions are mineral, vegetable and animal. Man is the result of all these; therefore man is the result of all existence here. | ADP.122-124 | @teleology; goal-directed motion, @soul; spirit after death, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @purpose; goal of creation, @the lower is unable to comprehend the higher, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @realms of being; three realms; five realms, @transcending the material condition, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1199 | 270 | History is a record of incessant wars. There is not a spot on the globe that has not been crimsoned with the blood of men | ADP.060-062 | @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @growth of the Cause, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @war and peace | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1201 | 270 | The spirit of man has two means of action. Sometimes it acts through an intermediary. For instance, the spirit of man sees | LOG#0691x, ADP.126-127 | @relationship of the soul to the body, @immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit, @power of the Manifestation of God, @the human soul, @mind as intermediary between soul and body | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1282 | 250 | There was a very holy man who lived many years ago... 'Your wish is granted. Wherever you go, wherever your shadow falls, behind you or to either side of you, but not in front of you, blessings will fall. | BSTW#010 | @angels, @stories; anecdotes, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1290 | 250 | My fatigue does not matter -- as long as I find loving souls like yourselves, my heart is happy. | ADP.138-139 | @divine attributes are within all things; every atom, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1343 | 240 | The government of Persia said: "As long as Baha'o'llah is in Persia the country | SW_v08#13 p.170 | @growth of the Cause, @power of the Manifestation of God, @banishment to; life in Constantinople, @suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in 'Akka | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1348 | 240 | Each power is localized. Reason has its seat in the brain, sight in the eye, hearing in the ears | ADP.097-098 | @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity in diversity, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @Baha'u'llah | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1349 | 240 | In the Gospels it is written that the Christ said... What must be the result of a human life? It is evident that the goal is not to eat | SW_v08#02 p.028x, ADP.039-040 | @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @purpose; goal of creation, @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @development of capacity and readiness, @symbolism, @literal interpretation, @suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1382 | 230 | O ye friends of God! The morn of guidance is radiant and the hearts of the people of faithfulness are like unto a garden | DAS.1914-06-25, SW_v13#07 p.186-187 | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1406 | 230 | The Manifestation of the Essence of God is like unto the sun, which has different risings. The dawning-places are different, but the sun is always the same. | BSTW#322, BSTW#323 | @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1416 | 230 | The law of peace has come to stay. We are living in the radiant age of peace. We are daily advancing in the path of peace. | SW_v13#11 p.293-294 | @war and peace, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @unity of governments; political unity, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1418 | 230 | It is most difficult to stand unshaken during the days of trials. When we were living in Baghdad | SW_v14#06 p.166 | @stories; anecdotes, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1423 | 230 | One day a man became annoyed with his camel and promised himself that on the following day he would sell it | NJB_v11#19 p.341 | STAB#123 | @humor; jokes, @stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1585 | 200 | Man has different ways of approaching God. One man thinks he must make extraordinary efforts in science | ADP.098-099 | @spiritual transformation, @exhortations and counsels, @law of fasting, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @monasticism; asceticism, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1586 | 200 | Materially, man is the prisoner of nature; the least wind disturbs him, the cold hurts him | ADP.095-096 | @power of love, @mission of the Manifestation of God in the world, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @power of the mind over nature | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1653 | 190 | Although a man may progress in science and philosophy, if he does not take advantage of the power of the spirit | ADP.089-090 | @limits of the intellect, @Moses, @Christ; Christianity, @Muhammad; Islam, @religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1720 | 180 | If so great a remedy would be applied to the sick body of the world, it would certainly be the means of continually and permanently | SW_v07#15 p.137 | @the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @war and peace, @universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1722 | 180 | Give my greeting to the friends in Washington and say: 'O ye believers of God! I am always thinking of the days | SW_v10#06 p.112 | @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1723 | 180 | From the beginning the followers of all religions have believed in two seas, -- one salt and one fresh | ADP.101-102 | @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @The Holy Spirit, @oneness; unity of religion, @love and unity, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1724 | 180 | Praise be to God that the sun of reality of religion hath dawned. From all parts of the world | ADP.035-036 | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @firmness in the Covenant, @praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1734 | 180 | At the time when the Bab was being driven by his enemies from place to place | SW_v14#06 p.181, STAB#072 | @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @the power of words; of speech, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1801 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | As there is no one who has not his designated place in the world, for there is nothing useless on this earth | BSC.450 #823-824x, ADP.058-059 | @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @spiritual transformation, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @station of the Manifestation of God, @Manifestation of God as sun, @human reality created in the image of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1808 | 170 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be understood | AIL.080 | @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @unity in diversity, @unity; oneness of humanity, @knowledge of self, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1873 | 160 | Christ was asking of His disciples whom He was, and when Peter answered: 'Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God'... Let me now compare the words of Christ to the lives of the Popes. | BSTW#162 | @Christ; Christianity, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @goodly deeds; actions, @the Christian clergy | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1886 | 160 | Now listen unto what I say for it is the foundation of success and the basis of righteousness | SW_v08#15 p.209-210, CUPAB.009-010 | @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1887 | 160 | The Blessed Beauty of El-Abha (Baha'o'llah) - may the divine souls of the existence be | SW_v08#13 p.161 | @suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1890 | 160 | God has given man a heart and the heart must have some attachment | SW_v07#16 p.162, ADP.136-138 | @high station of the true believer, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @power of the mind over nature | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1892 | 160 | Verily the founding of the Mashrak-el-Azkar will mark the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth. | LOG#2051x, SW_v08#12 p.148x, BW_v01p061 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual transformation, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1898 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Tell them they should do as they think best in these matters. Should they marry, divorce, leave their homes, move to other places | BSC.487 #936 | @selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @freedom of thought and action, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @personal instructions, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1902 | 160 | Until now it has been said that all religions were composed of tenets that had to be accepted, even if they seems contrary to science. | ADP.102-103 | @the mind's power of discovery, @harmony of science and religion, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @priestcraft | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1905 | 160 | Such is the way that must be adopted, for only through intimate association.... The Temple of Ishkabad is unique in that it is the first temple of the kind | SW_v11#01 p.015+019, SW_v13#10 p.263 | @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @power of prayer, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @music and singing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1936 | 150 | ...multitudiness, they all emanate from the solar center. May we be like these trees | BSTW#084b | @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity in diversity, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1938 | 150 | Blessed is the soul which is purified, and understands its wickedness and piety. | BSTW#119 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love of God, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @goodly deeds; actions, @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1953 | 150 | Christ said, "Many are called, but few are chosen." The chosen have heard and understood the call from the divine assembly. | ADP.059-060 | @essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others, @station of the Manifestation of God, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @exhortations and counsels, @many are called but few are chosen | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1955 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The sun of truth rises in each season from a different point of the horizon... People think religion is confined to an edifice, to be worshipped at an altar... This movement eludes organization... There are many people who have never heard of this Revelation that teach its laws and spiritual truths | BSC.438 #797x, ADP.015-016, BSTW#096 | @oneness; unity of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spirit and form in the administration, @religion as reality; definitions of religion, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1957 | 150 | I have been asked this question: In the Gospels one finds only spiritual directions, not particular directions for conduct as in the old testament. | ADP.068-069 | @Christ; Christianity, @oneness; unity of religion, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @relativity of religious truth | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1964 | 150 | In 'Akka [I] was visited by a Christian who expressed his disbelief in dreams. | DJT.179, BLO_PN#027, STAB#095 | @accounts of dreams and visions, @stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2029 | 140 | It is wonderful, priceless boon to be a vessel carrying food from God. It cannot be bought with gold. The first condition of a religious teacher | LOG#1998x, SW_v14#02 p.060 | @words vs deeds, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @pure intentions in teaching the Cause, @high station of teachers of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2030 | 140 | There must be amongst the believers of God the greatest amount of love. The friends of God must be willing to sacrifice their lives for each other | SW_v16#04 p.505 | @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @growth of the Cause, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2031 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The darkness of this gloomy night shall pass away. Again the sun of Reality will dawn | BSC.548 #990, SW_v09#13 p.141 | Mea & Mitra | @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @call to action, @spiritual transformation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2038 | 140 | Once Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn both became ill. Their parents | PYB#210 p.17 | STAB#006 | @stories; anecdotes, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2072 | 130 | Every century holds the solution of one predominating problem. Although there may be many problems | COC#1605x, LOG#1420x, SW_v07#15 p.136 | @universal peace; world unity, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2106 | 130 | I have been asked a question: "How can we know when our actions meet with the approval of God?" Sometimes passion incites us to action | ADP.103-103 | @the power of words; of speech, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @harmony of science and religion | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2112 | 130 | I desire for you distinction. The Bahais must be distinguished from others of humanity. But this distinction must not | SW_v13#05 p.117 | @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @excellence; distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2113 | 130 | I have the greatest desire to speak with you, but if I do not talk with my tongue I commune with my heart and my soul is with you. Without the medium of words | ADP.119-120 | @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2119 | 130 | As to your art, it is one of the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh that art is identical with an act of worship... Say, 'I have two arts, one physical, the other spiritual. | SW_v14#06 p.177 | @material and spiritual existence; two books, @goodly deeds; actions, @literature; drama; humanities; the arts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the concourse on high, @work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2125 | 130 | [At some period of history, there was a rivalry beween Greek and Japanese artists.] This competition became so keen that an opportunity was given to these artists to compare their skill. | SW_v02#04 p.004, STAB#142 | @stories; anecdotes, @symbolism | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2194 | 120 | O God, O God, I glorify Thee, O my Lord, my hope, my beloved and the object of my life. Verily thou knowest my humility | ADP.046-047 | @prayer for nearness to God, @prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @love of God, @humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2290 | 110 | Any soul that enters the kingdom of BAHA'O'LLAH will enjoy an eternal communion with God. It is my hope that each of you | ADP.099-100 | @presence of; reunion with God, @fulfillment of true potential, @living waters; water of life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2292 | 110 | No one can ever imagine even faintly how we were surrounded from all sides by | SW_v08#13 p.164-165 | @banishment to; life in Baghdad, @suffering and imprisonment, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2295 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Truth is the word of God, which gives life to humanity. It restores sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf | BSC.494 #953, SW_v14#06 p.164 | @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @love of God, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2296 | 110 | I cared more for hearing the Tablets of the Bab recited than anything else. I used | SW_v09#18 p.201-202, AELT.020 fn | @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @kindness to and rights of animals | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2304 | 110 | This wonderful age has rent asuner the veils of superstition…. Music is most important. Music is the heart's own language. Its vibrations uplift the spirit | SW_v15#05 p.131 | @music and singing, @critique of Eastern values; culture | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2373 | 100 | As we find ourselves eating with each other here, so we hope that we shall partake of the Divine Food with each other in the Kingdom | PTIM.036, BSTW#358 | @material and spiritual existence; two books, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @love of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2399 | 100 | Your child will have extraordinary capacities. It will be a Bahai. Rear it in the teachings | SW_v09#09 p.101, ADP.092-093 | @education of children; moral education, @universality of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2409 | 100 | At the city gate four travelers sat, a Persian, a Turk, an Arab, and a Greek. They were hungry and wanted their evening meal | SW_v09#18 p.211, VLAB.156, STAB#139 | @universal language, @unity in diversity, @stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2410 | 100 | Man in this age has learned the weight of the sun, the path of a star, the movement of an eclipse | SW_v16#05 p.518 | @power of faith; power of the spirit, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @purpose; goal of creation, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @perfection; imperfection of nature, @high station of the arts and sciences | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2412 | 100 | Bahá'u'lláh departed to Sarkalu alone. Nobody knew just where he was, even we | SW_v08#13 p.166 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih, @power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2415 | 100 | This universe is not created through the fortuitous concurrences of atoms; it is created by a great law which decrees that the tree bring forth certain definite fruit. | ADP.140-140 | @divine philosophy and natural philosophy, @critique of Western values; culture, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @creation of the world, @law of cause and effect | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2416 | 100 | In this cause we have many principles to which we adhere, the most important is to avoid that which creates discord. | ADP.100-101 | @Baha'u'llah, @unity; oneness of humanity, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2424 | 100 | Once the rats and mice held an important conference the subject of which was how to make peace with the cat | PTF.196, STAB#025 | @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2520 | 90 | Since that date consider how conditions have changed, and how every one of those who oppressed | SW_v08#13 p.173 | @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2539 | 90 | You must not injure yourselves or commit suicide.... It is not permissible to do to yourselves what Mirza Hassan Afnan did to himself. | SW_v12#18 p.280-281 | @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @martyrs and martyrdom, @composure; tranquillity; serenity, @suicide, @apostles; early disciples of Christ, @service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2641 | 80 | The Sultan of Turkey had mastered a knowledge of Western music. One day all his ministers were present and a European artist was playing on the Piano the Western classics. | DAS.1913-11-20 | @stories; anecdotes, @hypocrisy, @critique of Eastern values; culture | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2677 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity | LOG#1061x, BSC.425 #768.1x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | @House of Justice, @changing and unchanging parts of religion, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2678 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | As regards the places for the convening of such a general body, it will be decided by the members. The Universal House of Justice | BSC.425 #768.2x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | @House of Justice | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2682 | 80 | In this age, Baha'o'llah has breathed the Holy Spirit into the dead body of the world. Consequently every weak soul | SW_v05#04 p.054, SW_v06#15 p.120, SW_v06#16 p.121, SW_v08#01 p.001, SW_v08#12 p.146, SW_v13#01 p.007, BSTW#324 | @The Holy Spirit, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @spiritual transformation, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2687 | 80 | There are two kinds of love: one is direct love which proceeds from a person to | SW_v08#11 p.139 | @symbolism, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2692 | 80 | As long as ye can, strive to set aglow the hearts with love; be attracted to one another | SW_v08#12 p.144 | @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2696 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Praise be to God that thou hast found guidance... This turning the face toward God is the healing of the body, the mind and the soul.... Therefore sacrifice all thy talents at the feet | BSC.490 #941, SW_v08#18 p.233x | @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2701 | 80 | In the chicken yard, the rooster was so ill that no one could count on his crowing the next morning. | STAB#157 | @law of cause and effect, @superstition | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2732 | 70 | All created phenomena are subject to the law of change and transformation. Youth is followed by old age; a tender plant grows into an aged tree | - | - |
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