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| AB01926 | 280 | ...Give ye great weight to the Nineteen Day gatherings, so that on these occasions the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful may |
COC#0923x, SW_v06#17 p.143x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01511 | 320 | Persian | ای یاران دلجوی خوشخوی مه روی خوشبوی من جناب حاجی نیاز بوصول مصر زبان باوصاف | O ye beloved companions of gentle disposition, fair countenance and sweet fragrance! His honour Haji Niyaz hath arrived in Egypt [3.5s] | MKT2.325, AKHA_133BE #17 p.557x, MJMJ1.098x, MMG2#449 p.496x, MJH.042x, YARP2.171 p.176, YARP2.155 p.166 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04716 | 450 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Meetings, Bahá'í; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای ثابت بر پیمان در خصوص میهمانی بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی این میهمانی | O thou steadfast in the Covenant! Thou hast written to Jinab-i-Manshadí concerning the Feast... Thou hast written regarding Buddha and Confucius… Let the beloved of God gather together and associate most lovingly | BRL_DAK#0880, AKHA_133BE #18 p.612, AVK3.139x | BRL_ATE#179x, BRL_MEET.AB#26x, TAB.468-470, COC#0918x, LOG#0808x, BSC.459 #845x, SW_v02#06 p.006 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3708 | Words spoken in Vienna on 1913-04-19 | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | محبّت شما سبب آمدن من باینجا شد من برای دیدن شما آمدم نه برای سیر و سیاحت | Your love is the reason I have come here. I have come to see you, not to go on leisurely excursions | BDA2.246 | MHMD2.320 | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02652 | 230 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای امه الله نامه ات رسید خبر تشکیل انجمن در آن بلد مرقوم نموده بودید نظر بقلت | O handmaid of God! Thy letter hath been received, bringing its news that an Assembly hath been established in that city. Look ye not upon the fewness of thy numbers | MMK1#039 p.078 | SWAB#039, TAB.508-509, BWF.409-410x, BSTW#353 | Angels; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01210 | 360 | Persian | ای یاران حقیقی این زندانی بشارت جشن و سرور شما در ایام عید رسید نهایت وجد و | O true friends! Unto this Prisoner came the glad-tidings of your festivities and rejoicing during the days of the Feast, reaching the utmost heights of joy [3.5s] | MKT8.183b, MKT9.236 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04493 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou my dear friend! I am now viewing the flowers in the little garden and remembering thy rose-like face. This material rose | TAB.458 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07936 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت مقصود نامه شما که بتاریخ ۱۳ رجب ۱۳۳۸ مورخ رسید مرقوم | O servant of the Threshold of the Desired One, your letter dated 13 Rajab 1338 was received [3.5s] | YARP2.458 p.342 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11987 | 90 | Persian | یا من انجذب من روح المیثاق جناب خان در این محضر حاضر و لسان ستایش از آن حبیب | O thou who art attracted by the Spirit of the Covenant! His honor Khan is present in this gathering and the tongue of praise extolleth that beloved one [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0268 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05002 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Thy letters were received. Although thou hast complained on account of not receiving answers | TAB.498-499x | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08391 | 100 | Persian | جناب میرزا شکرالله خان باج مالو نامه ای نوشته و خواهش تاسیس محفل مقدسی در | His Excellency Mirza Shukrullah Khan Baj Malu hath written a letter, requesting the establishment of a sacred gathering in [3.5s] | INBA16:222 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10839 | 80 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای باوفا از قرار مسموع شما را نیت چنان که خانه خویش را گاهی باجتماع بهاایان | O faithful one! I have heard that it is your intention to make your home occasionally a meeting place for the Bahá'ís [3.5s]... ...We hear that thou hast in mind to embellish thy house from time to time with a meeting of Baha’ís | BRL_DAK#0254, MMK1#057 p.091x | SWAB#057x | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11561 | 20 | Persian | جناب منوچهر از فضل حق امیدواریم که در انجمن عارفان چهری افروزند | Jinab-i-Manuchehr, we fervently hope, through God's grace, that thou mayest shed thy radiance upon the assemblage of the illumined ones [3.5s] | INBA84:482e | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12440 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر عهد هر چند اشتیاق این عبد بمشاهده روی دلجوی یاران بیش از ایشانست | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though this servant's longing to gaze upon the cherished countenance of the friends exceedeth their own [3.5s] | INBA85:070 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12585 | 90 | Persian | ای دو نفس مبارک از قرار مسموع در فلباخ محفلی بیاراستید و جمعی از دوستان حاضر | O ye two blessed souls! As I hear ye have established a meeting in Fellbach and a group of friends attend it. | BBBD.408 | BBBD.409 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12632 | 80 | Persian | ای همدم منادی بملکوت الله شکر کن خدا را که چنین همدمی یافتی و مس نوبلاک را | O thou associate of the Herald of the Kingdom of God! Thank thou God that thou didst gain such Companion and become the associate of the heart and soul of Miss Knobloch | BBBD.392 | BBBD.393 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12670 | 70 | Persian | ای عزیز روحانی من هر دم که در محفل یاران ترتیل مناجات مینماای سکان ملکوت | O my spiritual loved one! Whenever thou raisest thy melody in prayer in the assemblage of the friends the residents of the Kingdom become animated | BBBD.437 | BBBD.438 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12678 | 70 | Persian | ای رفیق روحانی نامه نمره اول رسید با دو مکتوب ملفوف و فورا جواب مرقوم میگردد | O spiritual friend! Your first letter, together with two enclosed missives, was received, and an immediate response is being written [3.5s] | INBA85:456 | BSHI.101 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2986 | Public address given on 1912-09-13 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بودن مدنیت الهیه اسرار ملکوت ظاهر نگردد فیوضات روحانیه تحقق نجوید حکمت و قوهٴ ماورآء الطبیعه جلوه ننماید | With[out] divine civilization the mysteries of the Kingdom are not revealed and the bounties of heaven are not ascertained; supernatural wisdom and power to not manifest themselves | BDA1.243.09 | MHMD1.260 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2383 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-18 | 100 | Man cannot attain to the highest summit of human progress without the assistance of the Breaths of the Holy Spirit. A man intellectually may become enabled | DAS.1913-02-18 | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0291 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-18 | 750 | God, addressing one of the great Prophets of the past, says: 'Dost thou find thou art able to guide a blind man | DAS.1914-07-18 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Degrees of faith; certitude; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Power of prayer; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1510 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-03 | 210 | All animals and birds sleep early. This is the creative law of God. The birds sleep early. The rule is to sleep very early | PN_1909 p007, PN_1909 p030, PN_1909C p079, DJT.038-039, BLO_PN#027 | Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2527 | Words spoken on 1914-10-17 in Haifa | 90 | Praise be to God that his holiness Baha'o'llah, has spread before us the heavenly table | DAS.1914-10-17, SW_v07#16 p.154 | Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06073 | 160 | mixed | انشاء الله لازال کوثر معارف بیزوال حضرت لایزال را از ید عنایت و مکرمت | God willing, may the eternal Kawthar of divine knowledge ever flow forth from the hand of grace and bounty of the Everlasting Lord [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#159, | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1761 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-23 | 170 | My highest desire in this world is to be confirmed in the service of the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection. No other title or station is pleasing to me. Bahá'u'lláh Himself crowned my head | DAS.1915-03-23 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH09796 | 90 | mixed | ای کنیز حق کلیم در طور عرفان باصغای ندای الهی فائز شد و این همان ندائیست که | O handmaiden of God! The Interlocutor attained, upon the Mount of mystic knowledge, unto the hearing of the divine Call, and this verily is that same Call which [3.5s] | AYI2.366 | Mosaic imagery; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2192 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken on 1901-09-05 | 120 | We should remember these meetings when we return to our homes. When we go to Paris | SW_v07#17 p.172, PN_1901 p024, PN_1907 p075 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08809 | 90 | Persian | ای فلاطون گویند فلاطون الهی از اهل اشراق بود و سر حلقه اهل وفاق اگر چنین است | O Plato! They say that the divine Plato was of the people of illumination and the chief of the company of concord, if this be true [3.5s] | AHB.123BE #07-08 p.188 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06816 | 120 | Persian | Translation List | ای صهر ذبیح و ترجمان در لسان ملیح السن مختلف و لغات متفاوت لکن مراد از جمیع | O son-in-law of Dhabíḥ, thou who expressest in the sweet tongue!* Languages are many and words are various, but the purpose of them all is to depict meanings | YMM.390 | ADMS#120 | Limits of language; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10552 | 60 | Persian | ای فائز بعرفان حضرت رحمن الیوم فوز بهدایت کبری از اعظم مواهب حضرت کبریاست و | O thou who art graced with the understanding of the Most Merciful! Today, attainment unto supreme guidance is among the greatest bounties of the Almighty Lord [3.5s] | INBA13:081b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09752 | 90 | Arabic | ان الغنی یخاطبک یا عبدالغنی و یقول هذا یوم الغنا و فیه استغنی کل ذی فقر و | The All-Possessing addresseth thee, O 'Abdu'l-Ghani, saying: This is the Day of wealth wherein every impoverished one hath been enriched [3.5s] | AKHA_124BE #06 p.a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2705 | Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اطفال باید اول بآداب الهی تربیت شوند و ترغیب و تشویق بر تحسین اخلاق گردند | Children must first be trained in divine virtues and encouraged and urged to improve their character. | BDA2.044 | MHMD2.053 | Education of children; moral education; Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB03999 | 180 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان حق از قرار مسموع مسیحیانرا تصور چنان که در هر وقت فرصت و | O ye two servants of the Divine Threshold! According to what hath been heard, the Christians, whenever opportunity ariseth [3.5s] | TABN.108 | Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Universal education | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03799 | 190 | Persian | Excellence in all Things; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Social Action | ای یاران الهی حضرت رحمن انسانرا بجهت تزیین عالم امکان خلق فرمود تا بانواع | O ye friends of God! The All-Merciful hath created humankind for the adornment of this contingent world, so that men may array the earth with the manifold blessings… It is clear that learning is the greatest bestowal of God | BRL_DAK#0364, TRBB.057 | BRL_ATE#103, BRL_SOCIAL#056x, BRL_EXCEL#25x, COC#0623, COC#0790x, LOG#0713x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07276 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت دوست الان بعیادت جناب محمود پر فروغ آمدم ذکر اشتعال و فرط انجذاب | O servant of the Friend, I have now come to visit the luminous Jinab-i-Mahmud, making mention of his enkindlement and intense attraction [3.5s] | INBA21:005 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06430 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing to the Kingdom of God! Verily, I pray God to make thee the sign of guidance among the maidservants of the Merciful | TAB.315-316 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1929 | Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13 | 150 | Once a Bahá'í was mistaken for his friend and arrested... Your hearts must be like mirrors brightly polished | PN_1909B p053, PN_1909C p031, PN_unsorted p159 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07939 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده باوفای جمال ابهی شکر کن خدا را که بفیض هدی رخی چون مه تابان روشن | O faithful servant of the Abhá Beauty! Give thanks unto God that through the bounty of guidance thy countenance shineth even as the radiant moon [3.5s] | DSDS.101 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12008 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده خدا شکر کن حضرت کبریا را که رائحۀ معطّر و معنبرِ ریاضِ ملکوتِ ابهی را | O servant of God! Give thanks to the Almighty that thou hast inhaled the sweet fragrance of the gardens of the Abha Kingdom, obtaining new life thereby | ADMS#192 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04488 | 170 | Persian | ای یار جانی آنچه نگاشتی و راز درون داشتی معلوم و مکشوف شد و سبب سرور یاران | O beloved companion! That which thou didst write and the secret thou didst cherish within hath been made known and revealed, becoming a source of joy unto the friends [3.5s] | INBA89:166a | MKT8.198 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1301 | Words spoken on 1913-04-25 in Stuttgart | 240 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اینگونه صلح از مقتضیات این عصر است و هر چند جمیع انبیای الهی خلق را بصلح و یگانگی | This sort of peace is one of the exigencies of this age. Though all the Prophets of God have summoned humankind to peace and unity | BDA2.261-262 | MHMD2.340-341 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB02498 | 240 | mixed | ای احبای الهی و دوستان جمال رحمانی از فیوضات مقدسه جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی و | O ye beloved of God and friends of the All-Merciful Beauty! From the sacred outpourings of the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name, my spirit [3.5s] | INBA13:065, INBA13:127 | MMK2#185 p.133 | Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02440 | 250 | Persian | ای یاران مهربان هر چند در کشور خاورید و ما در بوم روم و زمین باختر ولی در بزم یگانگی | O kind friends! Though ye dwell in the lands of the East and we abide in the realm of Rome and the regions of the West, yet in the feast of oneness [3.5s] | INBA59:248, INBA88:345 | PYB#137 p.04, HDQI.258, ANDA#29 p.05, ANDA#69 p.08, YARP2.252 p.220 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06104 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده صادق حق در ساحت یاران الهی مذکوری و در انجمن دوستان معنوی مقبول از | O sincere servant of the Truth! Thou art mentioned in the presence of the divine friends and art accepted in the gathering of spiritual companions [3.5s] | MKT6.033, MSHR3.059x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00445 | 1600 | Persian | ظاهر و لائح و مشرق طوبی للسانک بما ذکرت به محبوب العالمین و نطقت بربوات المجتذبین | Manifest, resplendent and radiant! Blessed be thy tongue, wherewith thou hast made mention of the Best-Beloved of the worlds and given voice to the raptures of them that are drawn unto Him [3.5s] | NLAI_BH4.026.01-039.05x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Unity; oneness of humanity; Work as worship; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11435 | 30 | Arabic | یا الهی اذا انظر الی نسبتی الیک احب بان اقول فی کل شیء بانی انا الله و اذا | When I contemplate, O my God, the relationship that bindeth me to Thee | KHSH06.iv, CRB.048x, FBAH.000i | WOB.113x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02705 | 230 | Persian | ای خاندان آن مقرب درگاه کبریاء حضرت صادق پدر موافق بجناب مشکین نامه ای مرقوم | O family of that near one to the threshold of grandeur! His Holiness Sadiq, the faithful father, hath addressed a letter to Jinab-i-Mishkin [3.5s] | DUR4.494 | Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09308 | 100 | mixed | باید الیوم از نفحات آیات الهیه و فوحات قمیص رحمانیه بشانی مسرور باشید که حزن او را اخذ | Today ye must be so transported by the divine fragrances of the verses of God and the sweet emanations of the garment of the All-Merciful that no sorrow may seize you [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.042d, | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04542 | 210 | Arabic | نور الوجوه بهذا النور الذی جعله الله مهیمنا علی الانوار قل هذا یوم فیه تزین | Illumine the faces with this Light which God hath made sovereign over all lights. Say: This is a Day wherein is manifested adornment [3.5s] | INBA19:164, INBA32:149, BLIB_Or11095#188, | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06562 | 120 | mixed | الهی انت ملاذی و معادی اتضرع الیک تضرع العانی ان تظهر عبدک الناای عن مرقد مظهر | O my God! Thou art my refuge and my ultimate destination. With the entreaty of a captive, I implore Thee to manifest Thy servant, who is distant from the resting-place of Thy Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA13:070a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01582 | 310 | Persian | ای سرور وفاپرور روحانی و ای مهرجوی کامور رحمانی ای جای تو خالی ای جای تو خالی | O spiritual lord nurtured in faithfulness, O thou seeker of divine love, how empty is thy place, how empty is thy place [3.5s] | INBA88:213c | BRL_DAK#0699, MKT8.106, AKHA_135BE #05 p.93 | Imagery in the Qur'an; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06053 | 160 | Arabic | ان یا عبد فاشهد فی نفسک ثم فی ذاتک ثم فی روحک بانه لا اله الا هو الفرد الصمد | O servant! Bear thou witness within thyself, then within thine essence, then within thy spirit, that verily there is no God but Him, the Single, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA36:112a, INBA71:278a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06223 | 160 | Arabic | قد اتی ربیع الفضل و تمر فیه اریاح رحمه الرحمن طوبی لمن اقبل الیها و وجد ما | The springtime of divine bounty hath come, and therein waft the breezes of the mercy of the All-Merciful. Blessed is he who hath turned himself thereunto and found that which [3.5s] | AQA5#054 p.069 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06090 | 160 | mixed | ای خداداد خدا بتو داد که در یوم تناد بقمیص عرفان محبوب عالمیان فائز شدی و بشطر | O Khudadad! God hath bestowed upon thee that on the Day of the Call thou wast attired with the robe of recognition of the Best-Beloved of the worlds and didst turn [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.091r.12, , BLIB_Or11096#128, , BLIB_Or15710.031a, | YARP1.060b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01024 | 810 | Arabic | ان یا طیر المعانی و البیان طیر فی هواء العرفان ثم اسمع نغمات ربک الرحمن | O bird of inner meanings and utterance! Soar thou in the atmosphere of divine knowledge, then hearken unto the melodies of thy Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA28:276b, BLIB_Or15725.057, | Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05305 | 180 | Arabic | ان یا ورقتی اذا هبت علیک اریاح فضلی من مشرق عنایتی و حضر تلقاء وجهک لوح امری | O My leaf! When the winds of My grace waft upon thee from the Dayspring of My loving-kindness, and before thy face appeareth the Tablet of My Command [3.5s] | INBA34:308 | AQA1#178, ASAT2.005x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08548 | 120 | mixed | یا خسرو ندای الهی را از جمیع جهات بشنو الحمد لله زمستان تیره ظلمانی گذشت و | O Khusraw! Hearken unto the Divine Call from all directions. Praise be to God, the dark and gloomy winter hath passed [3.5s] | YARP1.059 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06261 | 160 | Arabic | کتاب انزلناه بالحق و جعلناه تذکره للعالمین انه لنفحه الرحمن بین الامکان و آیه | This is a Book which We have sent down in truth and made a remembrance unto all the worlds. Verily, it is the Breath of the All-Merciful amidst all created things and a sign [3.5s] | INBA23:035a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04419 | 210 | mixed | آذان از جان باید تا ندای محبوب عالمیان را که از شطر سجن مرتفع است اصغا نماید | The ears must be of the soul, that they may hearken to the voice of the Beloved of the worlds, which hath been raised from the direction of the Prison [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.245b, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02362 | 380 | Arabic | یا مهدی قد حضر لدی العرش ما ارسل الیک من افنانی ان السدره تجیب افنانها | O Mihdi! That which was sent unto thee from Mine Afnán hath been brought into the presence of the Throne. Verily, the Tree respondeth unto its branches [3.5s] | INBA97:092.06, BLIB_Or15738.172, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Goodly deeds; actions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09425 | 100 | Arabic | شهد الله لمن ینطق بالحق انه لهو الکنز المخزون و السر المکنون و اللوح المحفوظ | God beareth witness that He Who speaketh the truth is, verily, the Hidden Treasure, the Concealed Mystery and the Preserved Tablet [3.5s] | INBA51:419a | LHKM3.178a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03218 | 210 | Persian | ای ورقه موقنه مبتهله زکیه طیبه ثابته فائزه حمد کن جمال قدم و اسم اعظم را که | O leaf of certitude, thou who art suppliant, pure, virtuous, steadfast and triumphant, render thanks unto the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name, that [3.5s] | INBA16:109 | PYK.287 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1310 | Words spoken on 1916-06-07 in Haifa | 240 | Persian | معلوم است بعضی الوان هستند که مفرح قلب است و سبب ترقی احساسات، مثلاً رنگ سبز سبب سکون | Be thou assured that certain colors exist which gladden the heart and conduce to the elevation of feelings; as, for example, the hue of green which bringeth tranquility [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-07 | Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism of color and light; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1930 | Words to Corinne and Arna True spoken in Feb. 1907 | 150 | Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca | The Master said there were four kinds of light; the light from the lamp was one; but because the face of a man does not give out light | TTCT.31-32 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02799 | 230 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who are supplicating to God and turning to the Spirit of His Kingdom! I have read the texts of thy praise to God | TAB.705-706, BWF.368-369x, BSC.468 #875x | Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05980 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of the Deity! Verily, I have thy clear letter... O thou maidservant of God! Be tranquil and know | TAB.133-134, BSC.477 #911x | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10807 | 60 | mixed | جمال حقیقی ظاهر ای احباب چشمی نعمه معنوی از سما قدس الهی نازل گشته ای اصحاب | The true Beauty hath been manifested, O loved ones, and a heavenly blessing from the sacred realm of God hath descended, O companions [3.5s] | INBA36:085b, INBA71:247c | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02552 | 240 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دختر عزیز ملکوتی من نامه که بجناب دکتور اسلمانت مرقوم نموده بودی آن نامه | O my well-beloved daughter of the Kingdom! The letter thou hadst written to Dr. Esslemont was forwarded by him to the Land of Desire | MMK1#062 p.094 | SWAB#062 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The ephemeral and the eternal | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1627 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 190 | May we all live in the Sea of Reality and be filled with the Love of God. Thank God we are in the Ark of the Covenant. | TDLA.046-047, BLO_PN#104 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Development of capacity and readiness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08362 | 100 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها الشخص الروحانی و الانسان الملکوتی ایدک الله اعلم ان الربیع الالهی اقبل بغیثه | O thou spiritual person and heavenly man—may God confirm thee! Know, that the divine springtime hath come | INBA59:190c | TAB.651 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01647 | 310 | mixed | یا من اضاء وجهه من افق الثبوت و الرسوخ علی میثاق الله هنیئا لک هذه الکاس | O thou whose countenance hath shone forth from the horizon of steadfastness and firmness in the Covenant of God, blessed art thou in this chalice [3.5s] | INBA21:073, INBA21:207b (166b), INBA55:389, INBA88:177a | AHB.127BE #05-06 p.140, MSBH3.456x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09570 | 100 | mixed | مکتوبت در سجن اعظم بنظر این مسجون رسید و اذن حضور خواسته بودی این فقره در | Thy letter reached this Prisoner in the Most Great Prison, and thou didst seek permission to attain His presence. This matter [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.067d, | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03229 | 280 | Arabic | ذکر ورقه البقا فی شجر الفردوس ان یا ملا الاعلی فاسمعون و هذا من ذکر یهب کل | The mention of the eternal leaf upon the Tree of Paradise: O Concourse on High, hearken ye unto Me! This is from a remembrance that bestoweth upon all [3.5s] | INBA51:607b | LHKM3.054 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for women; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04590 | 170 | Arabic | یا من شب فی محبه الله و شاب فی طاعته و هرم فی الاستقامه علی امره یا طوبی لک و | O thou who hast spent thy youth in the love of God, who hast grown to maturity in His obedience, and reached old age in steadfastness to His Cause! Blessed art thou [3.5s] | INBA84:296 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05035 | 150 | mixed | ای احبای الهی و مظاهر الطاف نامتناهی و مشارق احسان رحمانی و مطالع نجوم عرفان | O ye divine friends, Manifestations of infinite favours, Dawning-places of the merciful Lord's bounties, and Daysprings of the stars of mystic knowledge [3.5s] | INBA84:435 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02257 | 260 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O dear servant of God! The tests of God are surrounding you from all directions and many afflictions have occurred; but thanks be to God | TAB.263-264, BWF.363-364x | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08655 | 110 | mixed | امروز جذب اعمال عشاق آفاقرا اخذ نموده و جمیع اشیا بذکر و ثنای منقطعین ناطق | In this day the magnetic power of the deeds of the lovers hath seized the horizons, and all things speak forth in praise and glorification of them that are detached [3.5s] | INBA23:099c, BLIB_Or15703.053, | BRL_DA#234, LHKM2.184, PZHN v2#1 p.119, ASAT3.168x, AHB_131BE #01-02 p.141, BSHI.020, TISH.023 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09040 | 110 | Persian | نامه ات بین یدی حاضر ولکن قلم امر در این ایام در جواب متحیر است چه که معلوم | Thy letter is before Me, yet in these days the Pen of Command standeth bewildered in reply, inasmuch as it is known [3.5s] | INBA38:079a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01165 | 720 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | قد خجل البهاء بما وجدک خجلا فی ایامه و اضطرب البهاء بما وجدک مضطربا بما فات... سبحانک یا الهی یا الهی و النّابض فی قلبی تعلم و تری | Baha' hath felt shame at finding thee ashamed in His days, and Baha' hath been perturbed at finding thee perturbed at what hath passed [3.5s]... ...Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who art my God and throbbest within my heart! Thou art well aware and dost witness | BRL_DA#688, PMP#044x, NFR.001 | PM#044x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09048 | 90 | Arabic | قد انتشرت نفحات رب السبوح القدوس فی ارض النفوس و تفحت اجنحه الطاوس فی هواء | The sweet savors of the Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Holy, have wafted over the realm of souls, and the wings of the peacock have unfolded in the air [3.5s] | INBA59:079 | MKT2.233 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0897 | Words to several Arabs, spoken on 1914-03-29 | 340 | While I was living in Baghdad one day I was walking beside the river Euphrates... Suddenly my attention was attracted to wild-eyed girl who was running fast toward the river... Every soul must strive to impart that joy and happiness to mankind the nature of which is permanent. | DAS.1914-03-29, PN_1914 p009x | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH03353 | 270 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یذکر احبائه فی السجن اذ کان بین ایدی الفجار لتجذبهم نفحات الوحی | Glorified be He Who maketh mention of His loved ones from within the prison while He is in the hands of the ungodly, that the fragrances of revelation may draw them nigh [3.5s] | INBA34:213 | AQA1#074, AKHA_124BE #08 p.b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0716 | Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12 | 410 | You must have no fear in going to Persia…. When you breathe forth the breath of the Holy Spirit from your hearts into the world... When we consider the realm of existence, we discover a great motive factor | SW_v08#08 p.103x, PN_1909B p051, PN_1909C p023, PN_1909E p038, PN_unsorted p157 | Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1329 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-06 | 240 | I am tired with the inactivity of these days. Our precious time has become unprofitable and valueless... The constant presentation of reiteration of worldly talk wears away the sharp edge of the spiritual susceptibilities | DAS.1915-05-06 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03568 | 200 | mixed | یا من ایده الله علی تبلیغ ایاته الی الوری قد اطلعت بالاسرار المکنونه فی تلک | O thou whom God hath aided to convey His signs unto all peoples, thou hast indeed discovered the hidden mysteries contained therein [3.5s] | INBA17:152 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02203 | 400 | mixed | جناب رحیم و صاد بنفحات عز مرحمت ربانی مسرور بوده بدانند که لم یزل عنایات | Jinab-i-Rahim va Sad! May ye be cheered by the sweet-scented breezes of divine bounty, and know ye that the favors of the Lord have ever [3.5s] | INBA38:084b | RSBB.148 | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06908 | 120 | mixed | ای منجذب نور حقیقت مراسلات رسید و معانی بدیعه حاوی احساسات روحانیه بود روح و | O thou who art attracted to the Light of Truth! Thy letters arrived, containing wondrous meanings and imbued with spiritual sentiments [3.5s] | INBA13:163b | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12827 | 120 | Persian | ای زائر مشکین نفس از الطاف خفیه و تاییدات ربانیه موفق شدی و صد مراحل طی نمودی | BRL_DAK#1171 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04137 | 180 | Persian | ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء نامه جمعی از شما وصول یافت و سبب حصول سرور گردید | O kind friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! A collective letter from you was received and brought joy [3.5s] | INBA87:211, INBA52:214a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07453 | 110 | Persian | ای سودائی دلبر آسمانی نامه مفصل ملاحظه گردید معانی بدیع داشت و مضامین دلنشین | O thou who art enamoured of the celestial Beloved! Thy detailed letter was perused; it contained novel meanings and delightsome themes [3.5s] | INBA87:026a, INBA52:025b | YARP2.403 p.311 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07225 | 110 | Turkish | ای باده محبه اللهک سرمست و سرخوشی بزم محبت آراسته در جشن معرفت پیراسته در | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the love of God, enraptured and joyous, in the festal chamber of love adorned, and in the celebration of knowledge arrayed [3.5s] | MJT.046 | Importance of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08722 | 90 | Persian | ای دو همراز نامه مختصر مفصل بود اسرار عشق راز دل است نه محسوس سمع و بصر | O twin confidants! Though brief, thy letter was comprehensive. The mysteries of love are secrets of the heart, beyond the perception of hearing and sight [3.5s] | MKT6.150, YMM.443 | Knowledge of self; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01631 | 530 | Arabic | اسمعی ما یغن جمال الظهور فی هذا الطور علی هذه البقعه المبارکه التی ارتفعت عن | Hearken unto that which the Beauty of Manifestation singeth forth upon this Mount and in this blessed spot which hath been raised above [3.5s] | INBA36:087b, INBA71:250 | LHKM3.063c, PYB#174 p.03x | Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11809 | 140 | Arabic | قلم الاعلی یحب ان یذکر عباد الله و امائه کلهم و کلها ولکن منع بالظلم | The Supreme Pen yearneth to make mention of all the servants of God, both men and women, yet hath been hindered through oppression [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.026b | Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03810 | 240 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله الملک العزیز العظیم نزلت من جبروت البیان من لدن علیم خبیر طوبی | These are the verses of God, the King, the Mighty, the Great, sent down from the heaven of utterance from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed. Blessed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#258, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06171 | 160 | Arabic | ذکری عبدا من العباد لیجذبه الی الله مالک یوم التناد لعمری من سمع ذکری باذن | This is a remembrance of a servant among the servants, that it may draw him unto God, the Lord of the Day of Mutual Summoning. By My life! Whoso heareth My remembrance with an ear [3.5s] | INBA34:318a, BLIB_Or15707.176, , BLIB_Or15735.324, | AQA1#192, HYK.324 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Idolatry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03931 | 180 | mixed | ای بندگان جمال ابهی روایت کنند که شخص نحریری در اعصار ماضیه که بصفت صدیقی | O ye servants of the Abha Beauty! It is related that in ages past, there lived a learned man who possessed the attribute of truthfulness [3.5s] | MKT2.056, AHB.129BE #09-10 p.02, KHSH13.158, DUR1.137 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02565 | 240 | mixed | ای سمی حضرت کلیم حضرت موسی در صحرای سیناء ندای رب اعلا را از شجره خضراء | O namesake of Moses! That prophet heard, in the wilderness of Sinai, the call of the Most High Lord from the verdant Tree [3.5s] | MMK6#437x, MSHR5.145 | Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Courage; Encouragement of individual understanding; interpretation; Praise and encouragement; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08424 | 120 | mixed | کلمه الهیه که برحیق اطهر در مقامی تعبیر میشود مره بعد مره ارسال شد ولکن | The Divine Word, which in one station is interpreted as the Most Pure Wine, was sent forth time after time, yet [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.196b, , BLIB_Or15719.156c, | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00925 | 890 | Arabic | لم ادر یا الهی لمن اصفک و بمن اذکرک فو عزتک صرت متحیرا بعد الذی جعلتنی فی | I know not, O my God, to whom I shall liken Thee or by what name I shall extol Thee. By Thy glory, I am bewildered after Thou didst cause me to be [3.5s] | INBA92:015 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01845 | 480 | Arabic | ذکر الله امه من امائه لیستقیمها علی الامر و یقلبها بکلها الی الله المهیمن العزیز القیوم | This is the remembrance of God unto one of His handmaidens, that He may establish her firmly in His Cause and turn her wholly unto God, the All-Encompassing, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.518, , ALIB.folder18p362 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02907 | 310 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی آمن بالله و احب مظهر نفسه و کان من المهتدین | This is an epistle from the Prisoner unto him who hath believed in God, and loved the Manifestation of His Self, and was numbered among the guided ones [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.425, | LHKM2.191 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09237 | 80 | Persian | Translation List | ای بنده حق پرده برانداز گریبان چاک کن جام هدی بدست گیر و در عشق بها می پرست | O servant of God, cast aside the veil and rend asunder thy garment! Grasp the chalice of guidance and become intoxicated in the love of Baha | PYB#027 p.01 | ADMS#283 | Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02841 | 310 | mixed | ای حیدر کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و آنچه ذکر نموده بودی بشرف اصغای حضرت محبوب | O Haydar! Thy tablet hath attained unto the Divine Throne, and whatsoever thou didst mention therein hath been honoured by the hearing of the Best-Beloved [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.078b, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01045 | 380 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou advancing maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and considered. Thank God that the evidence and the proof became clear | TAB.695-697 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04724 | 160 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مشکین در نهایت فصاحت و بلاغت و دلیل استقامت بر امر حضرت | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy musk-scented letter, written with the utmost eloquence and clarity, was evidence of thy steadfastness in the Cause of His Holiness [3.5s] | INBA84:281b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09259 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی در ظل کلمه الهیه درا و از مهب عنایت نسیم لطیفی | O thou servant at the threshold of the Abhá Beauty! Take shelter beneath the shadow of the Divine Word, where wafteth the gentle breeze from the source of His grace [3.5s] | MKT6.011 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04943 | 160 | Turkish | جمال ذوالجلالک نقص و زوالی اولمدیغی گبی عاشق باوفا و آشفته پرصفانک فتور و | The beauty of Thy transcendent glory is untouched by imperfection or decline, and the fidelity of Thy devoted and ardent lover remains unsullied by weariness [3.5s] | INBA21:098a | MJT.084 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04023 | 180 | mixed | ای سلاله حضرت ابراهیم جناب خطاط خطی مرقوم نموده اند و ستایش زائدالوصف از محبت | O scion of Abraham! The esteemed calligrapher hath written a letter, extolling with unsurpassed praise the love [3.5s] | MMK6#006 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07792 | 130 | mixed | قلم اعلی در اکثر الواح عباد و اماء را باستقامت کبری امر فرموده مع ذلک مشاهده | The Most Exalted Pen hath, in most Tablets, enjoined upon both servants and handmaidens supreme steadfastness; yet it is observed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.010c, , BLIB_Or15734.2.054b, | LHKM1.145 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH08768 | 110 | mixed | جناب میرزا مهدی انشاالله لازال بر صراط حب مستقیم باشند و بر مقر ود مستریح چشم | Jinab-i-Mirza Mahdi, God willing, shall remain ever steadfast upon the straight path of love and find repose in the seat of devotion [3.5s] | INBA38:096a, INBA74:057.07x | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04799 | 160 | mixed | ای عطار نفحه مشکباری بر عالم نثار کن بوی جانپرور نفحات محبت جمال قدم عبیر و | O Attar, scatter thou a musk-laden fragrance upon the world; diffuse the soul-reviving scent of the sweet breaths of love from the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | MSHR3.331 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10603 | 70 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ینادی انه لبحر الفضل و سماء العدل انه لهو | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who calleth is verily the Ocean of Grace and the Heaven of Justice - He is, in truth, He [3.5s] | INBA23:018a, BLIB_Or15730.147e, | TISH.058 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05837 | 140 | Persian | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones; Prayer and Devotional Life | ای نسیم باغ محبت الله اگر هزیز عرفان خواهی بوی خوش رحمن بجو و اگر مرور در | ...If thou desirest eternal life, inhale the heavenly fragrance; and if thou seekest life everlasting, abide beneath the shelter of the Word of God. | BRL_CONF2018P#30x, COMP_PDLP#04x, MMK2#111 p.086, AKHA_132BE #08 p.a | BRL_CONF2018#30x, BRL_PDL#04x | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03529 | Some Answered Questions #024 Pentecost | 200 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | این حلول روح القدس نه مثل حلول هوا در جوف انسان است این تعبیر و تشبیه است | The descent of the Holy Spirit is not like the entrance of air into the human body. | MFD#24, OOL.C022.24 | SAQ#24 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Manifestation of God as mirror; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| 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; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05773 | 140 | Persian | ای مخمور باده رحمانی فضل حضرت رب جلیل را ملاحظه فرما که چه قدر عظیم است و | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of divine grace! Behold how great are the bounties of the Glorious Lord [3.5s] | MKT6.044a | Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07439 | 110 | Persian | ای سرمست جام حق آرزوی خدمتی شایان باستان یزدان داری خوشا بحال تو که بچنین نیت | O thou who art exhilarated with the Cup of the True One: Thou hast the desire to render a great service at the Threshold of the Almighty. | INBA89:126 | DAS.1913-08-26, ABIE.243, BLO_PN#007 | Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09590 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه موقنه شکر کن حضرت احدیت را که بهیچ حجاب ظلمانی محتجب نشدی و بهیچ مانع | O leaf of certitude, render thanks unto the Lord of Oneness, for thou hast not been veiled by any dark veil nor hindered by any barrier [3.5s] | MKT6.175 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04838 | 200 | mixed | نسمه الله در مرور و کلمه الله در ظهور طوبی لمن وجدها و اقبل الیها بقلب منیر | The breath of God is passing by and the Word of God is being revealed. Blessed is he who hath found it and turned unto it with an illumined heart [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.091r.01, , BLIB_Or11096#092, , BLIB_Or15710.030, | Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05471 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | O Thou Benevolent God! Grant us a shelter in Thy threshold and inform us of Thy mysteries! Make our eyes seeing and our ears hearing! | BSC.428 #774 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Living waters; water of life; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04552 | 170 | Persian | دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر کز دیو و دد ملولم انسانم آرزوست یک دست جام | The Shaykh, with lamp in hand, roamed the city's expanse, lamenting the company of demons and beasts, yearning for the fellowship of man [3.5s] | MSHR3.282 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02434 | 250 | mixed | ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب قابل نهایت ستایش از شوق و ذوق و شور و سرور و طرب و وله | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! His honor Qábil is worthy of utmost praise for his eagerness, joy, enthusiasm, delight and rapture [3.5s] | INBA84:273 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08848 | 90 | Persian | ای مستبشر ببشارات الله نسیم لطیفى چون بر جسم ضعیفى مرور نماید نشاط وانبساط | O thou who art gladdened by the glad-tidings of God! When a gentle breeze passeth over a frail form, it bestoweth gladness and delight [3.5s] | INBA13:213a | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06916 | 120 | Persian | ای مهتدی بنور هدی الحمد لله در شبستان دل و جان شمع هدایت روشن گشت و ساحت خاطر | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Praise be to God, for in the secret chamber of heart and soul the lamp of guidance hath been kindled, and the court of the mind [3.5s] | MKT9.199, MMK4#090 p.104 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11775 | 190 | Arabic | ان یا ورقه الحب اسمعی ندآء ربک عن شطر هذا السجن لتجذبک نغمات الرحمن | O leaf of love! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Prison, that the melodies of the All-Merciful may draw thee [3.5s] | BRL_DA#203 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01489 | 580 | mixed | Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh | Unnamed Tablet (Baghdad) | دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر کز دیو دد ملولم و انسانم آرزو است دوست مهربان | Last night the shaikh went all about the city, lamp in hand crying, "I am weary of beast and devil, a man is my desire" | INBA36:349, BLIB_Or15722.245, , Majlis934.076-082 | BRL_DA#609, MSHR2.138x | LOIR19.237, BLO_PT#008 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||
| AB01069 | 380 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای زائر مشکین نفس باید چون مانند نفحات بان دیار مرور نماای پیامی از عتبه | O thou musk-scented pilgrim! It is incumbent upon thee to pass through those lands like unto a fragrant breeze | INBA84:242 | BRL_DAK#0463, MKT3.180 | BRL_ATE#121 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB08615 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان نامه خواندم و سر بعتبه مقدسه نهادم و طلب تایید نمودم تا آن بنده | O servant of God, I read thy letter and laid my head upon the Sacred Threshold, beseeching divine confirmation [3.5s] | MKT9.067a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10871 | 60 | mixed | مستریحین بساط احدیت و جالسین ساحت محبت و متکائین وصاید صمدانیت و ناظرین طلعت | O ye who repose upon the carpet of divine Oneness, who are seated within the court of love, who recline upon the cushions of divine Singleness, and who gaze upon the Countenance [3.5s] | AYBY.003b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Review of publications; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07942 | 410 | mixed | ای بنده پاک یزدان حمد خدا را که ایامی چند در ارض مقدس موطن انبیا در کمال روح | O pure servant of the Lord! Praise be to God that thou didst spend some days in the Holy Land, the homeland of the Prophets, in utmost joy [3.5s]... ...O Divine Providence! Immerse the father and mother of this servant of Thy Threshold in the ocean of Thy forgiveness | BRL_DAK#0092, BRL_MON#013x, MMG2#406 p.452x | BRL_POAB#13x | Prayer for parents; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08210 | 100 | Persian | ای مشتاق ملکوت الله ملکوت الهی مانند آسمانست طیور تقدیس در این فضای نامتناهی | O thou who longest for the Kingdom of God! The divine Kingdom is even as the firmament, wherein the birds of holiness soar in this infinite expanse [3.5s] | MMK3#143 p.098 | Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02872 | 220 | Persian | ای اماء رحمن محفل انس را بذکر آندلبر مهربان چنان بیارااید که بزم میثاق گردد و | O handmaidens of the Merciful! Adorn the gathering of fellowship with the remembrance of that tender Beloved in such wise that it may become a feast of the Covenant [3.5s] | MMK2#343 p.247 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08128 | 100 | mixed | ای شمع روشن محفل محبت الله در این صحرای جانفزای الهی پری بگشا و پروازی بکن و | O radiant candle of the gathering of the love of God! In this soul-refreshing divine wilderness, unfurl thy wings and take flight [3.5s] | AHB.125BE #09-10 p.248 | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05792 | 140 | Persian | ای مقرب درگاه کبریاء باز بتحریر این نامه مسطور پرداختم و بیاد ان یار وقور | O thou who art near unto the Court of the All-Glorious! Once again have I taken up my pen to write this letter, remembering that steadfast friend [3.5s] | INBA17:253 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09494 | 80 | Persian | ای مشتعل بنار سیناء هیچ از یاد نروی و فراموش نشوی زیرا در نهانخانه دل منزل و | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of Sinai! Never shalt thou fade from memory nor be forgotten, for in the secret chamber of the heart thou hast thy dwelling-place [3.5s] | MKT8.139a, BSHI.107 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09239 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده حق خوش باش که دلها بیاد تو خوش است و جانها بذکر تو مسرور این ارتباط | O servant of God, be thou happy, for hearts are cheered by thy remembrance and souls are gladdened by thy mention [3.5s] | MKT5.013 | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04096 | 180 | mixed | ای ناظر بملکوت قدس رحمانی اگرچه بظاهر فاصله مواقع و منازل صد مراحل بلکه | O thou who gazest upon the holy Kingdom of the All-Merciful! Though to all outward seeming the distances between stations and dwelling-places be a hundred stages, nay more [3.5s] | MMK6#543 | Call to action; Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1740 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-01 | 170 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امروز من با شما وداع می‌کنم لکن وداع دو قسم است یکی آنست که نفوس بعد از وداع بمرور یکدیگر را فراموش میکنند | This is the day of farewell with you. Farewell is of two kinds. The first kind of farewell is followed by forgetfulness. | BDA2.276-277 | DAS.1913-05-01, MHMD2.362 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| 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 communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08120 | 100 | mixed | ای سه برادر سه سراج جوان روحانی گویند که نسر طائر آسمانی عبارت از سه کوکب | O three brothers, three spiritual luminous youths! It is said that the soaring celestial eagle consisteth of three stars [3.5s] | MKT8.107a | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02101 | 420 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | فنعم یا الهی ما استغرد بغاء الداود فی حدیقه الزبور من تغنیات ورقاء الانجذاب... الهی الهی لا تبعد عنّی لأنّ الشّدائد بکلّها احاطتنی | O God, my God! Be Thou not far from me, for tribulation upon tribulation hath gathered about me. | INBA33:022x, INBA30:117.09x, INBA92:035 | BRL_DA#544, PMP#145x, AHM.052x, TZH4.143ax, AQMJ1.013x, ADH1.041, OOL.B159.1 | PM#145x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | LL#492 | ||||||
| BH11718 | 480 | Persian | ذکر قلم و مداد قبل از نگارش حروف و الفاظ ذکر مالک ایجاد بوده و خواهد بود | The remembrance of the Pen and Ink, ere the inscription of letters and words, hath been and shall ever be the remembrance of the Lord of Creation [3.5s] | BRL_DA#514 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09346 | 80 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! The few lines that thou hast written reflected thy character and behavior. | DAS.1914-08-02 | Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH02978 | 300 | Arabic | سبحان من ظهر و اظهر ما اراد بقوله کن فیکون تعالی من نزل و انزل ما تمت به حجه | Glorified be He Who hath appeared and made manifest what He willeth through His word "Be, and it is!" Exalted be He Who hath sent down that whereby His proof was perfected [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.202, , BLIB_Or15713.094, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08791 | 110 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن اراد ان یشرب کوثر البیان من ایادی فضل ربه العزیز الکریم | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who desireth to drink from the Kawthar of utterance through the hands of his Lord's bounty, the Mighty, the Bountiful [3.5s] | INBA18:300, BLIB_Or15715.054a, | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06949 | 120 | Persian | ای ناظر بمنظر اکبر در جهان امکان بکوش که لانه و آشیانه در جهان لامکان سازی و | O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Vista in the world of existence, strive thou to build thy nest and shelter in the realm beyond all space [3.5s] | SFI12.024 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05267 | 150 | mixed | ای مشتاق دیدار نور حقیقت چنان جلوه نموده که بصر عین بصیرت گشته و مجاز جلوه | O eager seeker of the light of truth, behold how it hath revealed itself with such radiance that the sight is transformed into true insight, and illusion into manifestation [3.5s] | MMK6#304, SFI02.149 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02292 | 390 | mixed | نامه نامی آنحضرت که سبب نمو قواهای نامیه عالم است رسید نمو حاصل فرح مشهود | The illustrious letter of His Holiness, which causeth the growth of the life-giving forces of the world, hath arrived. Growth was attained and joy became manifest [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.526, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11679 | 230 | Persian | ای منجذب بنفحات الله نامه مفصل شما رسید و همچنین اشعار آبدار الحمدلله دلیل بر | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Thy detailed letter, as well as thy flowing verses, were received, and they are evidence of [3.5s] | FRH.174-175 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2462 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-14 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مبارکترین اوقات وقتی است که با احبای الهی ملاقات مینمایم این بهترین اوقاتست | The most blessed moments of my life are those which I spend in the company of the friends of God. These are the best times. | BDA1.372.11 | MHMD1.391 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB05562 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی عبدالبهاء شرمنده است زیرا بعبودیت عتبه مقدسه موفق نگشته پس | O thou servant of the All-Glorious Beauty! 'Abdu'l-Bahá is abashed, for he hath not succeeded in servitude at the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | MMK2#255 p.184 | Call to action; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0407 | Words to Thornton Chase spoken around 1900 | 610 | It is said in the Gospels that 'ye will known them by their fruits'... The sacred Books of all nations speak of the possibility of the new birth of man. What does this mean?... The Blessed Perfection has likened the new birth, or resurrection, to iron placed in the fire... | PN_1900_heh p056, PN_1907 p072, BSTW#194x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06570 | 150 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما بعثت نفسک و مظهر ذاتک و منبع آیاتک و مطلع | Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for having sent forth Thy Self, the Manifestation of Thine Essence, the Source of Thy signs and the Dawning-Place [3.5s] | INBA73:357a, INBA33:085a, NLAI_BH1.504, NLAI_BH2.244b | KNJ.011a | Scarcity of receptive souls; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06342 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Thy letter ... was received. Its contents were of the utmost grace | TAB.364 | Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08204 | 100 | mixed | ای مست هوشیار علیک بهاء الله و فضله و جوده و احسانه فی مرور الادهار مست و مدهوش | O thou who art intoxicated yet aware! Upon thee be the glory of God, His grace, His bounty and His beneficence throughout all ages! Intoxicated and enraptured art thou [3.5s] | INBA84:489b | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06778 | 120 | Persian | ای ذبیح بقربانگاه عشق صد هزار شهیدان خون ریخته جان رایگان بدادند و عذر قصور | O thou sacrifice at the altar of love! A hundred thousand martyrs shed their blood and freely gave their lives [3.5s] | INBA85:112, INBA55:340a | Martyrs and martyrdom; Music and singing; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03356 | 200 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی هر چند در صحرای فراق آتش اشتیاق برافروختی و آرزوی عتبه نیر | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Though in the wilderness of separation thou didst kindle the fire of yearning and cherish the desire for the Threshold of Light [3.5s] | INBA84:384 | Call to action; Role and station of women; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04405 | 170 | Persian | ای شخص منور لاهوتی و ذات محترم ملکوتی نامه شما رسید جمیع کلمات دلالت بر ترقی | O illumined personage, O man of God, and revered soul of the Kingdom! Your letter hath been received, and its every word bore witness to the spiritual progress you have made | AKHA_106BE #09 p.03, AKHA_109BE #06 p.11, AHB.120BE #07 p.254, MYD.579-580, DVB5.161 | ABTM.012 | Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Relationship of the soul to the body; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03160 | 210 | Persian | ای روحانی چند روز پیش نامه مرقوم و ارسال گردید و الیوم بواسطه حضرت شهید ابن | O spiritual one! A few days ago a letter was written and dispatched, and today through His Holiness the martyred son [3.5s] | MMK2#204 p.146x, RSR.043 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12173 | 300 | Arabic | تعالیت یا رب السموات العلی و تقدست یا محیی الرمم البالبه من الفناء لم تزل کنت فی علو | Exalted art Thou, O Lord of the highest heavens, and sanctified art Thou, O Thou Who dost quicken every mouldering bone! From time immemorial Thou hast been in the heights of [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1067 | Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01292 | 350 | Persian | یا من ادخره الله لخدمة امره اثر کلک گوهر فشان ملاحظه گردید حقیقت جمیع حِکَم | O thou whom God hath reserved for the service of His Cause! The traces of thy gem-scattering pen were perused. Verily, the essence of all wisdom [3.5s] | INBA55:441 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08126 | 100 | Persian | ای شمع برافروخته از نار محبت الله اریاح شدیده از مهب عدوان بر مشاعل محبت | O candle kindled with the fire of the love of God, fierce winds blow from the direction of enmity upon the beacons of love [3.5s] | MMK2#310 p.227 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01098 | 380 | O thou light of the love of God! Thy detailed letter and also the second one received. | SW_v09#15 p.171+173 | Christ; Christianity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Music and singing; Rejection of Muhammad; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02197 | 260 | Persian | ای بنت ملکوت نامه شما رسید و از مضامین معلوم گردید که مستر گرگوری از زیارت | O daughter of the Kingdom! Your letter arrived, and its contents showed that Mr Gregory, by visiting the blessed Tomb | BBBD.121 | BBBD.122-123, SW_v02#17 p.006-007 | Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12349 | 160 | mixed | ای موقن بایات الله اگر در سامعه جسم خللی عارض و در اذن غیر واعیه فتوری حاصل | O thou who art firm in the signs of God! Though there be impairment in the physical ear and deficiency in the outward hearing [3.5s] | INBA85:176 | Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The ephemeral and the eternal | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08193 | 100 | Persian | ای متمسک بعروه وثقی جمیع ملأ اعلا از ملکوت ابهى نگرانند | O thou who holdest fast to the Most Firm Handle! The entire Concourse on High gazeth down from the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA13:214 | Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06899 | 120 | Persian | ای منجذب بملکوت ابهی شکر کن خدا را که باشراقات انوار شمس احدیت قلبت روشن گشت | O thou who art enraptured by the Abhá Kingdom! Render thanks unto God, for thy heart hath been illumined with the effulgent rays of the Sun of Oneness [3.5s] | INBA17:122 | MKT8.147b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Predictions and prophecies; 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 | Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11007 | 50 | Arabic | ان یا جمشید فاصبر علی الفراق و لاتجزع فی نفسک و کن من الصابرین ثم اسئل الله | O Jamshid! Be thou patient in separation, grieve not within thyself, but be thou among the patient ones. Then beseech thou God [3.5s] | INBA71:005a | Consolation and comfort; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00555 | 530 | mixed | ترانی یا الهی مکبا بوجهی علی التراب صعقا من تجلی الانوار مندهشا من مشاهده | O my God! Thou beholdest me prostrate upon the dust, struck down by the effulgence of Thy lights, and bewildered by the vision thereof [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0777, MKT1.256, YHA1.378x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08312 | 100 | Persian | ای ورقه موقنه در ظل کلمه بجذبه مبعوث گرد که شمع نورانی مجامع روحانی اماء | O leaf of certitude! Arise with ardent attraction beneath the shade of the Word, for thou art the luminous candle in the spiritual gatherings of the handmaidens [3.5s] | MKT7.172a | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06501 | 130 | mixed | یا قریب العهد من شرب اللبن حمد کن خدا را که رضیع ثدی محبت الله گشتی چه خوش | O thou who hast but recently partaken of milk, praise be unto God for thou hast become a babe nurtured at the breast of the love of God, how delightful [3.5s] | MSHR5.411 | Love of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09322 | 80 | Persian | ای جوان رحمانی همیشه در یادی و در خاطری فراموش نشوی از درگاه الهی از برای تو | O divine youth! Thou art ever in mind and memory, never to be forgotten at the Divine Threshold [3.5s] | AYBY.442 #177 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10662 | 60 | mixed | اللهم يا رب الحقايق و المعانی انظر الی ذلک الجمع الرحماني و الحزب الربانی | O God! O Lord of truths and meanings! Look upon this divine assemblage and this heavenly company [3.5s] | MJMJ3.005x, MMG2#179 p.206x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06606 | 120 | Persian | ای آمرزگار بنده درگاه جمشید پناه باستان برد و از راستان بود مشتاق دیدار بود | O Forgiver! The servant at the threshold took refuge with Jamshid, was among the righteous ones, and yearned for attainment unto Thy presence [3.5s] | YARP2.600 p.420 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00869 | 420 | mixed | ای یاران این زندانی نامه ای بنظر گذشت نامهای مبارک دوستان مرقوم بود از تلاوت | O friends of this prisoner! A letter came to my attention containing the blessed names of the friends [3.5s] | MMK6#476, ADH2.014x, ADH2_1#06 p.013x, MMG2#183 p.209x, NSR_1978.128bx, NSR_1993.141bx | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05665 | 140 | Persian | ای دو شمع محبه الله نامه شماها رسید الحمد لله بروح محبه الله زنده اید و بنفحه | O ye two luminaries of the love of God! Your letter hath arrived. Praise be unto God, ye are quickened by the spirit of the love of God and by His breath [3.5s] | MKT3.339a | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03042 | 300 | Arabic | یا ایها الطائر فی هوائی و الناظر الی افقی و المتوجه الی انوار وجهی اسمع ندائی مرة بعد اخری | O thou bird that soarest in My atmosphere, that gazest toward Mine horizon and turnest thyself unto the lights of My countenance! Hearken unto My call again and again [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.058.14, , Berlin1237#18 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06008 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O My God! O My God! This thy servant hath abandoned superstitions, emerged from darkness and hath entered into Thy Light | TAB.257 | Belief and denial; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06567 | 150 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم اسئلک باسمک الاعظم سبحانک اللهم اسئلک باسمک الاقدم سبحانک اللهم | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name. Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Ancient Name. Glorified art Thou, O my God [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.165a, | AQMJ2.042 | Prayer for service; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08941 | 90 | Persian | ای وجدانت سلیم و قلبت رحیم الحمد لله گلشن محبت الله از ریزش بارش جهان بالا در | O thou whose conscience is sound and whose heart is compassionate! Praise be unto God, for the garden of divine love is refreshed by the showers from the realms above [3.5s] | MKT9.209, CPF.282 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04733 | 160 | mixed | ای جوان روحانی نامه شیرینت و بیان شکرینت و اثر خامه مشکینت قرائت و تلاوت گردید | O thou who art young in spirit! Thy sugar-shedding words, and the traces of thy musk-laden pen were perused and recited | INBA84:330 | VUJUD.012 | VUJUDE.017-018 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03746 | 250 | Arabic | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه و المذکور لدی العرش ان استمع ما یتکلم به لسان القدم من شطر | O thou who gazest upon the Countenance and art mentioned before the Throne! Hearken unto that which the Ancient Tongue speaketh from this direction [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#165, , BLIB_Or15696.029d, , BLIB_Or15734.2.104, | FRH.158 | Consolation and comfort; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01785 | 500 | mixed | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی سبق ما سواه فی خدمه الله ربه العزیز الودود و قام | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath outstripped all others in the service of God, his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Loving [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#027, , NLI.32p139r | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02549 | 350 | Persian | نامه ات بساحت اقدس فائز و نفحات محبت از او متضوع حمد کن محبوب عالم را که بانوار کلمه مزین | Thy letter hath reached the Most Holy Court, and from it wafted the fragrances of love. Praise thou the Beloved of the world, Who hath adorned thee with the light of His Word [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.075, | Prayer for nearness to God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02147 | 410 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن فی جبروت الامر و الخلق لیسمعوا ندآء ربهم العلی الاعلی من هذه | A remembrance from Our presence unto those who dwell in the realm of command and creation, that they may hearken unto the call of their Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted, from this [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#073, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for service; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07984 | 100 | Persian | ای پروردگار ای مهربان این دوستان معتکف آستانند و این یاران از حرارت محبتت | O Lord, O Compassionate One! These friends are devoutly stationed at Thy Threshold, and these companions are enkindled with the fire of Thy love [3.5s] | INBA75:042 | BSHN.140.497, BSHN.144.485, DUR2.087, ADH2.048, ADH2_1#24 p.041, MJMJ1.050, MMG2#195 p.221, MJH.012a, MHT1a.056a, MHT1b.014a | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10971 | 50 | Persian | ای مومن ثابت ایمان بمثابه مصباح و قلب مانند زجاج و اعضا و ارکان بمنزله مشکاه | O steadfast believer! Faith is as a lamp, and the heart like unto glass, and the limbs and members as the niche [3.5s] | YMM.443x | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12830 | 150 | Arabic | یا من اشتعل بنار محبت الله قد شممت الان رائحه الوفاء من قمیص یوسف امر الله | BRL_DAK#1175 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09425 | 80 | Persian | ای طوطی شکرشکن قند مکرر است و نبات مصر جلیل اکبر طوطیانرا مژده ده و شیرین | O sweet-tongued parrot! Double-sweet is the sugar and nobler than the crystalline delights of Egypt; give thou glad tidings unto the parrots [3.5s] | MSHR4.063-064, YARP2.194 p.187 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06936 | 120 | mixed | ای ناطق بثنای جمال قدم و اسم اعظم اگر از فیض سحائب ملکوت ابهی خبر گیری نعره | O thou who speaketh forth in praise of the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name! If thou wouldst gain tidings of the bounties of the clouds of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | YBN.054b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06312 | 160 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی الله الی الذی آمن بالله فی یوم الماب ان یا سلیمان ان وجدت | This is a Book from God unto him who hath believed in God on the Day of Return. O Solomon! If thou hast found [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#142, | AQA5#004 p.004 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08582 | 90 | mixed | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکاتیب شما مضامینش شیرین و بسیار دلنشین چه که دلیل بر محبت | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The contents of thy letters are sweet and truly delightful, for they bear testimony to thy love [3.5s] | MKT5.001, AKHA_124BE #09 p.j, AKHA_125BE #01 p.d | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03719 | 190 | Persian | ای سمی حضرت مقصود جانم فدای نام تو باد علی قول شیخ سعدی نام تو میرفت و عاشقان | O namesake of the Desired One, may my soul be sacrificed to Thy name. As Shaykh Sa'di sayeth, Thy name was mentioned and the lovers [3.5s] | MSHR5.182a | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03630 | 250 | Arabic | آیات الله المقتدر العزیز الحکیم نزلت للورقه التی اذا سمعت الندا من شطر | The verses of God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Wise, have been sent down unto the Leaf who, when she heard the Call from the direction [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#173, | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06196 | 130 | Persian | ای دو موقن بالله شکر کنید خدا را که منظور نظر عنایتید و موفق بموهبت حضرت | O ye two who are assured in God! Give thanks unto the Lord that ye are the objects of His gracious regard and are blessed with His heavenly bounty [3.5s] | MMK2#123 p.095 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07011 | 120 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء همواره منتظر ورود اخبار مسره شما هستم که روز بروز | O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! At all times do I await your good news, longing as I do to hear that ye are making progress from day to day | MKT8.191a, MMK1#162 p.187, RMT.158-159 | SWAB#162 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11743 | 140 | mixed | ای یاران حقیقی جناب شاه لسان بثنا و ستایش گشاد که یاران ثابت بر پیمانند و مستفیض | O true friends! Jinab-i-Shah hath opened his lips in praise and commendation, for the friends are steadfast in the Covenant and recipients of divine bounties [3.5s] | FRH.106 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05870 | 140 | Persian | ای یاران جمال ابهى روحى لاحبائه الفدآء خوشا بحال شما که از ساغر عنایتش سرمستید | O friends of the Abha Beauty - may my spirit be sacrificed for His loved ones! - blessed are ye who are intoxicated with the cup of His bounties [3.5s] | INBA72:109 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09217 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده آستان بزم خوشی برپاست و جشن بلا در نهایت ترتیب و تنظیم آراسته گشته و | O servant of the Threshold! The banquet of joy is in full array, and the feast of tribulation hath been arranged with utmost order and perfection [3.5s] | INBA85:259b, INBA72:168a | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05214 | 150 | mixed | ای سرمست باده موهبت رحمانی شکر کن حی قیومرا که بصراط مستقیم سالکی و بر منهج | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of divine bounty, render thanks unto the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting Lord, that thou art walking upon the straight path and following the way [3.5s] | MKT5.149 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11800 | 149 | Arabic | هذا یوم النصر قم علی نصره امر ربک العلی العظیم قل یا عباد الرحمن قد اشرقت شمس | This is the Day of Victory! Arise to aid the Cause of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great. Say: O servants of the All-Merciful! The sun hath risen [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.048b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00888 | 410 | mixed | انت الذی یا الهی کورت الاکوار و انشئت الادوار و اظهرت الاثار و کشفت الاسرار | O Thou Who, O my God, hast caused the spheres to revolve, brought the cycles into being, manifested the signs and unveiled the mysteries [3.5s] | YBN.121 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02067 | 430 | mixed | یا روحانی نامه ات رسید و در ساحت امنع اقدس بشرف اصغا فائز گشت نفحه محبت رحمن | O spiritual one! Thy letter hath arrived and attained the honor of being heard in the Most Holy and Most Exalted Presence. The fragrance of the All-Merciful's love hath wafted forth [3.5s] | RSR.031-033 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05763 | 140 | Persian | ای کنیزان عزیز الهی بخشش خداوند آفرینش بینید که شما را بینش داد و زیبایش | O cherished handmaidens of God! Behold the bounty of the Lord of creation, Who hath endowed you with vision and insight [3.5s] | YARP2.491 p.363 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01403 | 330 | Persian | ای زائر مشکین نفس بامه الله الموقنه خدیجه محترمه و ورقه مبتهله امه الله | O wayfarer of musk-laden breath, respected Khadíjih, handmaid of God who is firm in faith, and supplicating leaf, Amatu'lláh [3.5s] | AYBY.437 #165 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09023 | 90 | Persian | آنچه از هویت قلب و منابع وجدان نبعان نموده بود معلوم و مفهوم شد و انین و حنین | That which hath emanated from thine inmost heart and the wellsprings of thy conscience hath become manifest and understood, and the sighs and lamentations [3.5s] | MSHR4.264, ABDA.044a | Love of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03827 | 190 | Arabic | ایتها المنجذبه بمغناطیس محبه الله ابشری بموهبه الله ابشری بفضله و احسانه علیک | O thou who art attracted by the magnet of the love of God! Rejoice at the grace of God and at the favours He hath vouchsafed | QT105.1.052, DUR3.373x, DUR1.172x | MAX.131-132, MAX.177 | Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00819 | 430 | Persian | ای احبای الهی ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب ابن ابهر نهایت ستایش را از آن یاران | O divine friends! O beloved companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! His honor Ibn-i-Abhar hath expressed the utmost praise of those friends [3.5s] | HDQI.303 | Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02218 | 400 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | شهد الله بلسانه الحق فیکل الألواح بأننی انا حی فی الأفق الأبهی و اذا تالله فی هذا الأفق | God hath, through His tongue that uttereth the truth, testified in all His Tablets to these words: “I am He that liveth in the Abhá Realm of Glory.” | BLIB_Or15694.334, , BLIB_Or15725.152, , ALIB.folder18p346 | BRL_DA#647, GWBP#103 p.136a, PYB#337 p.12 | GWB#103 | Justice and wrath of God; Mosaic imagery; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | LL#313 | ||||||
| AB04102 | 180 | Persian | ای نهال باغ محبت الله نامه در نهایت روح و ریحان قرائت گردید و از مضمون مفهوم | O thou sapling of the garden of God's love! Thy letter was read in utmost joy and fragrance, and from its contents it was understood [3.5s] | INBA87:076b, INBA52:075b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08965 | 90 | Persian | ای یار شورانگیز الحمد لله از باده محبت الله جام لبریزی و مشام بنفحات جنت ابهی | O thou stirring friend! Praise be to God, thou art brimming with the wine of the love of God, and thy senses are perfumed with the fragrances of the Abhá Paradise [3.5s] | INBA87:052a, INBA52:051 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08718 | 110 | mixed | ای امه الله نامه ات رسید و چون عرف محبت حضرت دوست یکتا از آن متضوع بود لحاظ | O handmaid of God! Thy letter was received, and inasmuch as the fragrance of love for the One True Friend was wafting therefrom, it caught the attention [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.179c, | Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05475 | 150 | O thou blessed soul! Thy letter was received. It was not a letter. It was a scent bag of the musk-deer from which the fragrance | JWTA.039 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH06350 | 160 | Arabic | یا ایتها الورقه المبارکه النورآء غنی و تغنی علی افنان دوحه البهاء هذه الکلمه العلیا | Let these exalted words be thy love-song on the tree of Bahá, O thou most holy and resplendent Leaf | BRL_DA#754, ATB.116, AHB_119BE #04-06 p.001, AKHT1.080x, ANDA#03 p.27 | BW_v05p171, GPB.347x, BHK_1#01 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | LL#073 | ||||||||
| AB03766 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! I hope thou wilt ride thy steed in this field as much as thou canst | TAB.279-280 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04640 | 160 | mixed | ای امه الرحمن این نامه را بنام تو نگارم و از خدا خواهم که نامت در ملکوت ابهی | O handmaid of the All-Merciful! This letter I pen unto thy name, and I beseech God that thy name be written in the Kingdom of Abhá [3.5s] | INBA84:321 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02042 | 270 | mixed | Translation List | ای امه الله قلم چون سمند در جولانست ولی چه فائده که از کثرت جولان خسته و بی | O handmaid of God! My pen is rushing like a phoenix, but to what avail? For after all that rushing, it hath become fatigued and drained of ability | INBA88:160 | MMK3#239 p.172 | ADMS#276 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| AB06794 | 120 | Persian | ای سروش پربشارت نامه خوش اشارت در نهایت فصاحت و بلاغت بیان اسرار بود و دلیل | O celestial herald of glad tidings! Thy letter, replete with uplifting allusions and couched in the utmost eloquence and clarity, unfolded the mysteries and served as proof [3.5s] | ALPA.045a, YARP2.052 p.098, QUM.225 | Call to action; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08806 | 90 | mixed | ای فاروقی الحمد لله حق را از باطل فارقی و در بوستان محبت الله نخلی باسق و در | O Faruqi! Praise be unto God that thou art one who distinguisheth truth from falsehood, and art even as a lofty palm tree in the garden of the love of God, and in [3.5s] | INBA87:400b, INBA52:412a | Attaining the life of the spirit; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01106 | 370 | Persian | ای امه الله جناب آقا محمد رضا علیه بهاء الله الابهی حاضر و صفحه آورده و در | O maidservant of God! His honor Muhammad-Rida—upon him be the glory of the Most Glorious—is present and hath brought the tablet and [3.5s] | INBA17:060 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04309 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان اشعار بلیغ و نظم بدیع که در سلاست ماء زلال بود ملاحظه گردید | O thou steadfast in the Covenant! The eloquent verses and novel poetry, which in fluency were as crystal-clear water, have been noted [3.5s] | YARP2.676 p.455 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06445 | 130 | mixed | ایها الفرع البدیع من السدره الالهیه اگرچه بهیچوجه فرصتی نه که بیان محبت و | O wondrous Branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Though no opportunity presents itself to express the love and [3.5s] | INBA87:218a, INBA52:222a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07045 | 120 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها المقبل الی الله انی قرئت نمیقتک البدیعه المعانی البلیغه الانشاء و حمدت الله | O thou who art advancing toward God! Verily I read thy letter of wonderful expression and eloquent composition | BRL_DAK#0802 | TAB.063 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07191 | 110 | mixed | ای اماء رحمن تلاوت ایات و مناجات مورث انجذابست و محدث التهاب بنار محبت | O handmaidens of the Merciful! The recitation of verses and supplications giveth rise to attraction and enkindleth the fire of love [3.5s] | MKT7.009 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07907 | 100 | mixed | ای بصار ای هزار هزارآواز گلزار محبت الله همچو گمان منما که دقیقه ای فراموش | O thou who art a thousand thousand melodies in the garden of God's love! Think not that for a moment thou art forgotten [3.5s] | MUH3.023b | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08812 | 90 | Persian | ای کاتب ثابت اسماء یارانرا در کمال ادب و نهایت حلاوت مرقوم نمودید این عبد نیز | O steadfast scribe! With utmost courtesy and consummate sweetness hast thou written the names of the friends. This servant likewise [3.5s] | MMK5#096 p.080 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08916 | 90 | mixed | Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life | ای ناطق بذکر حق ذکر الهی چون باران و شبنم است که کل و ریاحین را طراوت بخشد و | Remembrance of God is like the rain and dew which bestow freshness and grace on flowers and hyacinths | BRL_DAK#0245, COMP_PDLP#23x, MMK2#132 p.100 | BRL_PMDA#23x, BRL_PDL#23x, COC#1745 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09162 | 80 | Persian | ای امه الله بامداد است و هرکس بخیالی مفتون و دلشاد و من بقلم و مداد پرداخته | O handmaid of God! It is dawn, and each soul is enchanted and gladdened by some fancy, while I am occupied with pen and ink [3.5s] | INBA87:034a, INBA52:034a | MKT7.130 | Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03923 | 180 | mixed | ای اهل بصیرت و استقامت در ملکوت ابهی نامتان مذکور و یادتان مستمر و مشهور و | O ye who are possessed of insight and steadfastness! In the Abhá Kingdom your names are mentioned and your remembrance is perpetual and renowned [3.5s] | MMK6#466 | Angels; Fire and light; fire and water; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04468 | 170 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی حضرت افنان در مکتوب خویش ذکر آنجناب نموده و خواهش تحریر | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! His Holiness the Afnán hath made mention of thee in his letter and requested a written response [3.5s] | INBA87:092, INBA52:091 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05828 | 140 | mixed | ای ناظر بشطر قدس حضرت پروردگار ناله جانسوزی که از آتش عشق جهانسوز برآوردی | O thou who turnest thy gaze toward the sacred realm of the Lord! The soul-consuming cry thou hast raised from the world-consuming fire of love [3.5s] | CPF.272 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love as fire; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11637 | 410 | mixed | ای ادیب دبستان انشاء و عندلیب گلستان ابداع هر چند بظاهر دور از انجمنی و غائب | O learned one in the school of composition and nightingale of the eternal rose garden, although outwardly you are distant from the gathering and absent [3.5s] | SFI21.018-019 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; East and West; communication between East and West; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05683 | 140 | O ye friends of Abdu'l-Baha! The supplication which ye have offered to the Kingdom of Abha was in reality a flame | BSTW#102 | Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH05534 | 180 | Arabic | هذا ذکر من لدی المسجون الی الذی اذا سمع الندا من شطر الکبریا اقبل بقلبه و | This is a remembrance from the Prisoner unto him who, when he heard the Call from the realm of grandeur, turned with his heart [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#207, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01229 | 350 | Turkish | ای اللهک قوللری و جمال ابهانن منجذبلری انوار رحمانیت مشرق احدیتدن تاباندر | O ye servants of God and ye who are attracted to the Beauty of Abha! The rays of divine mercy shine forth from the Dayspring of oneness [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0574, MJT.079 | Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02684 | 330 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس قد نزلت من شطر البقا بقعه التی فیها ینادی الله باحسن صوت بدیع و | These are the verses of holiness which have descended from the realm of eternity, from that Spot wherein God calleth out with a wondrous new voice [3.5s] | INBA71:056 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05535 | 180 | Arabic | هذا کتاب الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی اقبل الی مشرق الامر فی یوم اسودت فیه | This is the Book of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who hath turned toward the Dayspring of the Cause on a day when darkness prevailed [3.5s] | INBA34:314b, BLIB_Or15707.169, , BLIB_Or15735.318, | AQA1#187, HYK.318 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH06625 | 150 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکرک بعد الذی لم اجد الفرصه من توالی امطار بلائک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I make mention of Thee when I find no respite from the successive downpours of Thy trials [3.5s] | INBA92:122 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02087 | 270 | mixed | ای سرگشته دشت و صحرا در سبیل الهی هر نفسی در بادیه سرگردان پریشان افتان و | O wanderer of desert and plain in the path of God, every soul in this wilderness wandereth bewildered, stumbling and falling [3.5s] | INBA55:095, INBA88:347 | ASAT4.260, MAS9.010x, YIK.338-339 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Poems and quotation from poetry; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01734 | 510 | mixed | لا تیاس من روح الله ما بتو مانوس و تو محسوس ما هفت شهر عشق را عطار گشت ما | Despair not of the Spirit of God, for thou art neither familiar with nor conscious of Its presence. While 'Attar wandered through the seven cities of Love, We [3.5s] | INBA36:345.02, BLIB_Or15722.247, , NLAI_BH1.319 | BRL_DA#596, TZH4.150x, RHQM1.335-335 (408) (247x), MSHR4.258-259x, MSHR4.365x, MSHR5.069x, MSHR5.342x | Love of God; Mystical themes; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01941 | 460 | Persian | هر قدر امید وصال قوت گیرد آتش شوق را قوت افزاید لذا بدنی قوی باید تا حمل آن | As the hope of reunion waxeth stronger, so doth it add intensity to the fire of longing; wherefore must the body be strong to bear it [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.244, , BLIB_Or15711.179, | Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2642 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 80 | In the East there are many peoples who never use a knife or fork. To eat with their fingers is custom among them | TDLA.011-012, BLO_PN#104 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Personal instructions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11918 | 130 | mixed | ای جوان رحمانی اثر کلک حقیقت نگار که در بیان عبودیت آستان مقدس ترجمه حال | O youthful servant of the All-Merciful! The trace of thy pen, which writeth the truth, expressed thy servitude at His Holy Threshold [3.5s] | INBA79.019b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06458 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I received thy letter which proved thy yearning to the Kingdom of God | TAB.048 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06904 | 120 | mixed | ای منجذب محبه الله ورقه مشتعله بنار انجذاب وارد و بزیارت آستان مقدس حظ موفور یافت | O thou who art attracted to the love of God! A leaf set ablaze by the fire of attraction hath arrived and attained abundant joy through pilgrimage to the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | VAA.218-218a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07914 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از مضمون نامه ات فرح و مسرت حاصل زیرا دلالت بر نور هدایت مینمود | O servant of God! The contents of thy letter brought joy and gladness, for they indicated the light of guidance [3.5s] | YBN.055a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02727 | 330 | We have verily sent forth a fragrant breath from the holy fragrances of this exalted Paradise that the world may be perfumed in these days when the Temple of Immortality hath been established | LTDT.266-267 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH00838 | 980 | Arabic | سبحانک یا الهی قد حالت بینک و بین خلقک سبحات عبادک الذین کفروا بایاتک کم من | Glorified art Thou, O my God! The veils cast by such of Thy servants as have disbelieved in Thy signs have come between Thee and Thy creation. How many [3.5s] | KHSH07.005 | Living waters; water of life; Nearness and remoteness; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05734 | 140 | Persian | ای طائر حدیقه معانی لسان فصیح بگشا بنطق بلیغ زبان بستایش و نیایش خداوند | O bird of the garden of meanings! Open thy eloquent tongue with fluent utterance in praise and glorification of the Lord [3.5s] | MKT9.147 | Outward and inward meanings; Role and station of women; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09488 | 80 | Persian | ای مستمع ندآء هر چند بظاهر از استماع ممنوعی ولی الحمد لله ندآء جمال ابهی و صوت | O thou who hast heard the Call! Though outwardly thou art barred from hearing, yet praise be to God that the Call of the Abhá Beauty and the Voice [3.5s] | MSHR4.392 | Outward and inward meanings; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11389 | 470 | Arabic | Translation List | یا قلمی الاعلی اشهد بما شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو لم یزل کان مقدسا ... ای رب بدل عسر اولیائک بالیسر و شدتهم بالرخآء | O My Most Exalted Pen! Bear thou witness unto that whereunto God Himself hath testified - that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever been sanctified [3.5s]... ...O Lord! Change the hardship of Thy loved ones into ease. Turn their adversity into prosperity, their abasement into glory, and their sorrow into the most great joy | BRL_DA#492, MSBH9.562x, AMIN.018-019 | ADMS#097x | Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH02227 | 400 | Arabic | کتاب انزله مالک الجبروت لمن اقبل الی افقی و تمسک بحبلی و توجه الی انوار وجهی | This is a Book sent down by the Sovereign of Might unto them that have turned towards Mine horizon, clung to My cord, and set their face towards the lights of My Countenance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.073, | Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for children and youth; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02420 | 250 | Persian | ای یادگار نیاکان نامه ات رسید الفاظ کاس معانی بود و معانی اسرار محبت الهی | O remnant of bygone generations! Thy letter was received. Its words were chalices of meaning, and their meanings were the mysteries of Divine love [3.5s] | ALPA.016b, YARP2.019 p.075, YQAZ.514-515x | Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06752 | 120 | mixed | ای دل سوخته آتش هجران جمال رحمن شکر کن حضرت پروردگار را که بنار محبتش مشتعلی | O thou heart consumed by the fire of separation from the Beauty of the All-Merciful! Render thanks unto the Lord that thou art enkindled with the flame of His love [3.5s] | INBA84:317 | Love of God; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08564 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی یکی از احباب ذکر ترا در این انجمن نمود و بستایشت لب گشود که | O servant of God! One of the friends made mention of thee in this gathering and opened his lips in praise [3.5s] | INBA55:429, INBA87:070 , INBA52:069 | Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06396 | 160 | Mahd-i-Ulya says, 'Letters written to the Iraqi friends would be better in the Persian tongue.' I say that they are also informed of the melodies of Hijaz | LTDT.282 | Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04599 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily, I considered the meanings | TAB.200-201 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02372 | 370 | mixed | الحمد لمن تفرد بالعظمه و توحد بالرحمه و الرافه و الصلوه و السلام علی خیر | Praise be unto Him Who is peerless in majesty and unique in mercy and compassion, and may peace and blessings rest upon the Most Excellent One [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.235, , BLIB_Or15711.084, | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04541 | 210 | mixed | نقره الهی بر ناقور صمدانی مقرون شد و جذبه حمامه سلطان ازلی بر اغصان سدره | The divine melody hath joined with the celestial Trumpet, and the rapture of the Eternal Sovereign's Dove hath alighted upon the branches of the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s] | INBA38:039, INBA36:323 | PZHN v2#1 p.034 | Contention and conflict; Love of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06943 | 120 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت ایات نفحات خوش گل و ریاحین مشام خاکیانرا معطر و محفل | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Verses! The sweet fragrance of flowers and herbs hath perfumed the senses of them that dwell in dust, and the assemblage [3.5s] | MMK2#055 p.043 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03443 | 200 | Persian | ای سرگشته و سودائیان حق جناب سروش شهریار چون باین دیار رسید شما را یار وفادار | O ye bewildered ones and them that are enraptured by truth! When Jenáb-i-Surúsh Shahryár arrived in this land, he proved a faithful friend unto you [3.5s] | YARP2.464 p.346 | Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1950 | Words to Dr. Woodsen Allen, spoken on 1912-10-10 | 150 | Because whatsoever a man soweth here he reapeth there. This world is like a school. He must learn lessons here | MAB.048-049, ECN.468 | Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05191 | 150 | Persian | ای دوست روحانی هرچه بگویم و آنچه بنگارم حقیقت انس و الفتی که در هویت قلب تحقق | O spiritual friend! Whatsoever I may speak or write falleth short of conveying the true essence of the intimacy and communion that dwelleth within the heart's reality [3.5s] | MMK3#158 p.110, PYK.225 | Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Love of God; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07927 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر ضریر که در امرالله بصیر است چشمش روشن است و دیده او بینا حضرت | O servant of God! Every blind one who hath insight into the Cause of God, his eyes are illumined and his vision clear [3.5s] | INBA13:225a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01167 | 360 | mixed | ای احبای الهی از آن خطه و دیار که قربانگاه عاشقان کوی دلدار است نسائم خوشی میوزد | O ye divine friends! From that region and realm - which is the sacrificial ground of the lovers of the Beloved's lane - waft sweet fragrances [3.5s] | INBA85:265, INBA72:165 | BRL_DAK#0530, MJT.008 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03097 | 210 | Persian | ای ایادی امرالله فی الحقیقه در آنچه واقع شده قصوری از نفسی نبوده و کل در | O Hands of the Cause of God! In truth, in all that hath come to pass, no soul hath shown any shortcoming, and all have [3.5s] | AVK3.018 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02768 | 230 | Persian | ای هموطنان جمال قدم مدتیست مدید که صلای الوهیت از عرش قدم بلند شده و ندای | O compatriots of the Ancient Beauty! For a long time hath the call of divinity been raised from the Ancient Throne, and the summons [3.5s] | MKT6.074 | Living waters; water of life; Love as fire; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06665 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده مقبل آن نور مبین چون شمع روشن در انجمن عالم برافروخت و پروانگان گلشن | O favored servant! That manifest Light hath shone forth like unto a bright candle in the assemblage of the world, and the moths of the rose-garden [3.5s] | INBA79.012 | NANU_AB#15 | Love as fire; Manifestation of God as sun; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04014 | 180 | mixed | ای دوستان جمال ابهی وقت عصر است و ریح شمال در شدت هبوب چون صرصر و جمعی در | O friends of the Abha Beauty! It is the afternoon hour, and the north wind bloweth with tempestuous fury like unto a gale [3.5s] | MKT8.087 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01607 | 310 | mixed | ای یاران الهی هر چند نامه های متعدده در این مدت مدیده باحبای قدیمه و جدیده | O divine friends! Although numerous letters have been written during this extended period to both old and new friends [3.5s] | INBA87:140, INBA52:137 | MKT8.179 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09319 | 100 | Arabic | تعال یا قلمی کیف حالک فی هذا الیوم ا اخذک سکر رحیق العرفان | Come, O My Pen! How farest thou on this Day? Hath the wine of mystic knowledge intoxicated thee [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.1.094b, | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10348 | 80 | Arabic | قد ظهر جمال الرحمن روح من فی ممالک السبحان فداه قد طلع وجه المنان عن افق | The Beauty of the All-Merciful hath been made manifest - may the spirit of all who dwell in the realms of glory be a sacrifice unto Him! The Countenance of the All-Bountiful hath dawned from the horizon [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.191d, | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08125 | 120 | mixed | ای طبیب طبیب حقیقی میفرماید جهد نمائید شاید امراض غفلت و نادانی را از نوع | O Physician! The True Physician saith: Strive ye, that perchance the ailments of heedlessness and ignorance may be banished from humankind [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.163, , BLIB_Or15710.301a, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12453 | 130 | O thou dear one! Thy letter has been received. Thanks unto God, that thou wert cured from sickness | BBBD.545 | Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01722 | 300 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou favored maidservant of God! Thy letter was received . Thou has expressed joy on account of thy visit to the friends in Chicago. | TAB.214-215, BSC.484 #925x | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03319 | 200 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت نامه ایکه بتاریخ۳۰ سبتمبر سنه حالیه بود رسید از | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter dated September 30 of this year hath been received, and from the contents it became clear and evident | BBBD.274 | BRL_ATE#044, BBBD.275, DAS.1913-10-20 | High station of the true believer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1473 | Words to Marie Watson et al around Aug. 1921 | 220 | Retrogression is a possibility also through egotistic importance. Pride is the greatest sin - perhaps the only sin - leading to every other evil | PN_1921 p002x, PN_1921 p004 | Contention and conflict; Education and the development of capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Scarcity of receptive souls; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06717 | 120 | Persian | ای جانهای پاک پاکی جان و تابناکی دل بمحبت یزدانست الحمد لله که شما بهره و نصیب | O pure souls! The purity of spirit and radiance of heart lie in the love of God. Praise be to God that ye have received your portion [3.5s] | YARP2.640 p.437 | Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06507 | 150 | mixed | حبیب روح و جان امر بدیع منیع مقدس از ذکر و بیان است و منزه از اشارۀ این و آن لم‌یزل این شمس | O beloved of spirit and soul! This wondrous and exalted Cause, sanctified above all mention and utterance, and hallowed beyond the allusions of any and all, hath from time immemorial been as a Sun [3.5s] | ASAT3.177x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06439 | 130 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou pure soul who are kindled by the fire of the Love of Baha'! By God, the True One! thy letter created joy and happiness within hearts | TAB.363 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01885 | 290 | O ye kind friends and the beloved maidservants of His Holiness the Incomparable One! The letter that you have written on the anniversary day of the Declaration of the First Point | DAS.1914-08-11 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2662 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1913-03-29 | 80 | I am under the protection and preservation of God. God looks after me. He guards me against any danger. Sometimes He comes and caresses me. He kisses my lips and touches my back. | DAS.1913-03-29 | Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07558 | 110 | Persian | ای مفتون آن دلبر دلجو اگر تو مفتون آنروی تابانی من مجنون آن موی پریشان رحمانی | O thou enamored of that captivating Beloved! If thou art enraptured by that radiant Face, I am verily the one made mad by those disheveled tresses divine [3.5s] | MSHR5.272, FRH.265b | Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07244 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اثر کلک آن ثابت بر پیمان سبب روح و ریحان گردید مضمون بدیع بود و | O servant of God! The effect of thy pen, thou who art firm in the Covenant, brought spirit and fragrance. The contents were wondrous [3.5s] | INBA87:570, INBA52:605 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02057 | 270 | Persian | ای بی سر و سامان سبیل حق ورق مسطور منظور گردید و رق منشور ملحوظ افتاد حمد خدا | O thou who art without order in the path of Truth! The written page hath been contemplated, and the sealed scroll hath been observed. Praise be unto God [3.5s] | KHAF.089 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08562 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند هوا در شدت و سورت است یعنی نمو ونیمروز و التهاب جگرسوز | O servant of God! Though the weather be intense and scorching - that is to say, at its peak of midday heat and heart-consuming flame [3.5s] | INBA84:507b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06306 | 130 | mixed | ای مستشرق از انوار عرفان قسم بان روح مصور و حیات مجسم عالم که چون بیاد احبای | O thou who art enlightened by the light of the Heaven of Knowledge! I sweat by that Spirit | LMA2.439 | NYR#122 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05457 | 150 | Persian | یا من تشبث بذیل تقدیس ربه الکریم نفحاتی که از ریاض خلوص ان مطلع نور محبت الله | O thou who hast clung to the hem of thy bountiful Lord's sanctity! The fragrances that waft from the gardens of sincerity of that Dayspring of divine love [3.5s] | MSHR3.023, YQAZ.328 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02817 | 320 | mixed | یا علی قد حضر کتابک الذی ارسلته الی محمد قبل علی علیه بهائی و قرئه العبد | O Ali! Thy letter which thou didst send unto Muhammad-'Ali hath indeed arrived, and this servant hath perused it [3.5s] | INBA97:101 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1383 | Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken around 1909-10-15 | 230 | This was a spiritual condition recognized through the physical senses.... It was just as if two clear crystal goblets were filled with pure water. They were so clear the goblets could not be seen - only the water | PN_1909C p105 | Love as fire; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08159 | 100 | mixed | ای غریق دریای محبت الله علیک فیوضات الملا الابهی و امطار الفضل من الافق الاعلی | O thou who art immersed in the sea of God's love! Upon thee be the outpourings of the Supreme Concourse and the rains of grace from the highest horizon [3.5s] | INBA84:276a | MMK2#081 p.064 | Love as fire; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09260 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه حق در حالتی بذکر تو مشغولم که نه قلم یارای تحریر دارد و نه لسان | O servant at the Threshold of the Almighty! In such a state am I engaged in thy remembrance that neither hath the pen the power to write nor the tongue to speak [3.5s] | INBA16:139 | Love as fire; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07107 | 140 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین سرعوا الی شطر قربک و مابلغوا الی مطلع | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by those who hastened toward the sanctuary of Thy nearness and attained not unto the Dawning-Place [3.5s] | INBA48:195, INBA92:176b, BLIB_Or15739.334, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love as fire; Love of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09366 | 80 | mixed | ای دوست حقیقی آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید و سبب سرور وجدانی گشت الحمد لله بمحبت | O true friend! What thou didst write was noted and became a source of spiritual joy. Praise be to God for this love [3.5s] | YBN.039a | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0126 | Public address given on 1912-04-12 | 1100 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | This is a most happy visit. I have crossed the sea from the land of the Orient | BDA1.030n | PUP#002 (p.004-007), SW_v15#09 p.254-255x, DWN_v5#11 p.001-004x | Christ; Christianity; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrdom of the Bab; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | MHMD1.039 | ||||||||
| ABU2910 | Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12 | 60 | Did this occur when both were in service for the Cause?... Two human beings may live side by side, may be closely related, and yet be very far apart. Their souls may never meet. And two souls may be attracted instantly | PN_1909C p015, PN_unsorted p156 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH10643 | 70 | mixed | کتابت لدی العرش حاضر و بنفحات قمیص وصال فائز ندایت شنیده شد و این ذلتی که | Thy letter hath been presented before the Throne and hath been made to attain unto the fragrances of the Robe of Reunion. Thy call hath been heard, and this abasement which [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.256b, , BLIB_Or15730.020b, | Living waters; water of life; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02287 | 390 | mixed | قد بلغ الی هذا المسجون کتابک و اطلعنا بما فیه نسئل الله بان یوفقک علی عرفانه و | Thy letter hath reached this Prisoner and We have taken note of its contents. We beseech God to graciously enable thee to attain unto His recognition [3.5s] | AQA7#515 p.360 | Limits of the intellect; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07429 | 110 | Persian | ای ریحان گلستان ایمان بجمال رحمن شب است و ظلمت آفاق را در شش جهت احاطه | O myrtle of the garden of faith in the Beauty of the All-Merciful! Night hath fallen and darkness hath encompassed the horizons in all six directions [3.5s] | INBA55:159, INBA84:505 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05753 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! Thy writing was considered. I ask God that thy mind may be illumined with the light of knowledge and faith… Fasting is the cause of the elevation of one’s spiritual station | BRL_IOPF#2.27x, TAB.056-057, BSC.474 #897x, BSTW#289 | Law of fasting; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2755 | Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-19 | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من عربی را تحصیل نکرده‌ام وقتی طفل بودم کتابی از مناجاتهای حضرت باب را بخط جمال مبارک | All the Baha'ís know that I have never studied Arabic.... I will tell you how I came to know Arabic. When I was very, very young, I found in our house in Tihran a large voluminous book containing many prayers in Arabic revealed by the Bab and copied by Baha'u'llah. | HHA.004x, BDA2.308 | DAS.1913-05-19, MHMD2.407-408, STAB#093, KSHK#31 | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power of prayer; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| BH04005 | 230 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله نزلت من سماء الفضل لقوم یفقهون الذین شربوا رحیق الحیوان فی | These are the verses of God, sent down from the heaven of grace unto them that comprehend - they who have quaffed the wine of life eternal in [3.5s] | INBA34:276 | AQA1#139 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03565 | 260 | mixed | یا اسد علیک بهائی نامه جناب یوسف علیه عنایتی که بانجناب ارسال داشت عبد حاضر | O Asad! Upon thee be My glory! The letter of His honour Joseph - upon him be My loving-kindness - which was sent unto thee hath reached this Servant [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15699.065b, | Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03784 | 240 | mixed | الحمد لله بعنایت ربانی در شاطی دریای علم لدنی وارد شدی و باشراقات انوار آفتاب | Praise be unto God! Through divine grace thou hast attained unto the shore of the ocean of mystic knowledge and the effulgent rays of the Sun [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.270, | YFY.072 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09205 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی شکر لله که ناظر بملکوت ابهائی و مقتبس انوار هدی از غیر حق بیزاری و مشتاق | O servant of God! Thanks be unto the Lord that thou art beholding the Kingdom of Abhá, and art drawing light from the rays of guidance. From all else save the Truth thou art detached, and filled with yearning [3.5s] | MSBH5.019 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05830 | 170 | Arabic | قد سمعت اذن العنایه ما نادیت به الله رب العالمین و ما اثنیت به مولیک کذلک | The ear of divine favor hath heard that which thou didst call out unto God, the Lord of all worlds, and wherewith thou didst praise thy Lord. Thus it is [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#109, , NLAI_BH2.197 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge of self; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2892 | Words to a friend, spoken on 1913-06-07 | 60 | The voices that she did hear from childhood were not outward, physical voices. They were spiritual revelations in her heart. It is very strange that the Popes | DAS.1913-06-07 | Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05643 | 140 | Persian | ای حضرت بنان حقا عضد یارانی و بازوی قوی ربانیان ایام لقا در خاطر است همواره | O honored Banan! Verily thou art the support of the friends and the mighty arm of the divines. The days of our meeting are ever in remembrance [3.5s] | INBA87:380b, INBA52:390 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0686 | Words to Mrs Stannard | 430 | Consecrate all thy time to the service of the Kingdom of God and the propagation of its principles | DAS.1913-10-29, SW_v05#01 p.005-006, SW_v07#11 p.104-106 | Call to action; Human reality created in the image of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3010 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-23 | 50 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ما در اینجا کارتان را تمام کردیم تخمی کشتیم نفوس خیلی منجذب شدند و منقلب گشتند | We have finished our work here. We have sown a seed. Many souls have been attracted and transformed. | BDA1.203.10 | SW_v19#11 p.350, MHMD1.219-220 | Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| BH03003 | 300 | mixed | قد فاز الخادم الفانی بنفحات المتضوعه من کتابکم الشریف الذی فاح به نفحه المحبه | The evanescent servant hath attained unto the fragrant breezes wafting from thy noble letter, from which the sweet fragrance of love was diffused [3.5s] | INBA18:077 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02891 | 310 | Arabic | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن آمن بالله المهیمن القیوم انه ینطق بالحق انه لا اله الا | The Book hath been revealed by the Wronged One unto them that have believed in God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, He speaketh the truth: there is no God but [3.5s] | INBA15:300, INBA26:303, BLIB_Or15696.023b, , BLIB_Or15734.2.088, | MAS8.004x, PYK.201 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08521 | 90 | mixed | ای امه الله در چمنستان جهان گل و ریاحین بسیار و یاسمین و ضیمران بیشمار لکن | O handmaid of God! In the meadowland of this world there are roses and sweet herbs in abundance, and jasmine and basil beyond count; yet [3.5s] | MKT6.015 | High station of the true believer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04816 | 200 | Arabic | کتاب من لدنا لمن اقبل و فاز بعرفان الله علی قدر معلوم یا باقر لو تعرف مقام | A Book from Our presence unto them that have turned unto and attained the knowledge of God according to a prescribed measure. O Báqir! Wert thou to apprehend [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.288d, | TABN.248a | Chastisement and requital; High station of learning; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07957 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق از نفحات قدس که از حدائق ملکوت ابهی منتشر مشام روحانیان معطر و از | O servant of the Truth! The holy fragrances that waft from the gardens of the Abhá Kingdom have perfumed the spiritual senses of the faithful [3.5s] | INBA21:182 (233) | YQAZ.054 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01294 | 350 | Thank God that you have come and attained to this visit! I hope, as you have received physical health, you will receive your spiritual health | SW_v08#18 p.232x, PN_1905 p007, BSTW#369a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12125 | 450 | Turkish | سوگلی یارانم دوستمز محمد خان حضرتلری ارض مقدسه دن ایرانه عودت ایدرایکن | O beloved friends, His Excellency Muhammad Khan, upon his return from the Holy Land to Persia [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0575 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0386 | Pain and Sorrow: Words spoken on 1911-11-22 in Paris | 630 | Persian | Paris Talks | جمیع بشر همیشه مورد دو احساس هستند یکی احساس سرور دیگری احساس حزن وقت سرور | In this world we are influenced by two sentiments, Joy and Pain. Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital | BRL_DAK#0955, AMK.207-210, DWNP_v6#08 p.002-003, KHF.039, KHAB.192 (202), KHTB1.197, KHTP.146 | PT#35 p.110 | J. Heath [track 4] | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1296 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-20 | 240 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اکثر نفوس مانند اطفالند بامور جزئیه محزون یا مسرُور بشوند اما امور عظیمه را اهمیت نمید‌هند | Some people are like unto the children. The most unimportant event gives them happiness and the most trifling incident saddens their hearts. For example, if you give one Franc to a child | BDA2.309x | DAS.1913-05-20, MHMD2.409x | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Differences in human capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Knowledge; recognition of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB11782 | 90 | Persian | ای منادی ملکوت شکر کن خدا را که در این سفر با منادی ملکوت رحمان حضرت مستر هریس | O herald of the Kingdom! Render thanks unto God that in this journey thou art accompanying that herald of the Kingdom of the All-Merciful, Mr. Harris [3.5s] | YIA.235 | Hands of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1943 | Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-26 | 150 | The future of the Cause in Germany is very bright. Likewise Budapest and Vienna will become Bahá'í Centers. | DAS.1913-04-26 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03753 | 190 | mixed | ای مشتاق ملکوت الله عالم امکان مطلع انوار جمال رحمن شد و حیز جهان مرکز ظهور | O thou who longest for the Kingdom of God! The world of existence hath become the dawning-place of the lights of the All-Merciful Beauty, and the realm of the world the center of manifestation [3.5s] | INBA55:094, INBA88:277 | MMK4#031 p.030, KHSH04.004 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03747 | 190 | Persian | ای گوش پر هوش شنوا اگر خواهی که خروش سروش شنوی یک سر سیم را در مرکز صدور | O thou possessor of an attentive ear! If thou desirest to hear the call of the celestial Herald, fix one end of the cord at the Source [3.5s] | INBA88:275 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09488 | 100 | Arabic | قد قر بصر العالم بظهور الاسم الاعظم ولکن الامم انکروا و اعرضوا و اعترضوا الا | The vision of the world hath been illumined through the appearance of the Most Great Name, yet the peoples have denied, turned away and opposed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15697.129a, | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05689 | 170 | mixed | ای اهل ارض رایحه دفرآء تضوعات عرف معانی را منع نموده و ضوضاء جهلا ندای الهی | O peoples of the earth! The foul odour hath prevented the sweet fragrances of inner meanings from wafting, and the clamour of the ignorant hath drowned out the divine call [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.126b, | ANDA#65 p.03 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2177 | Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-04 | 120 | I hope that each one of you may become a divine farmer and each one may cultivate a large blessed farm. The real Bahá'í farming is through deeds. | DAS.1913-04-04 | Being a source of light; guidance; Bringing forth results; fruit; Goodly deeds; actions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11769 | 205 | Arabic | ذکر من العبد الی التی آمنت ثم هدی و رجعت الی وطن القرب فی جوار ربها العلی الاعلی | A remembrance from the Servant unto her who believed and was guided, and returned unto the homeland of nearness in the vicinity of her Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.255 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07849 | 100 | mixed | اللهم یا الهی قدس قلوب احبتک عن الاشتغال بغیرک و طهر نفوس اصفیائک عن الشئون | O my God! Sanctify the hearts of Thy loved ones from occupation with aught else save Thee, and purify the souls of Thy chosen ones from all concerns [3.5s] | INBA55:394 | BRL_DAK#1202 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10468 | 80 | Persian | یا عزیزالله براستی میگویم از تجلیات نیر بیان مقصود عالمیان عالم منور گشته و | O 'Azizu'llah! Verily I say, through the effulgences of the Luminary of Divine Utterance, the Desired One of all worlds, the universe hath been illumined [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.178c, , BLIB_Or15728.119a, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07929 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان ایزد دانا خوشنود و خورسند باش که مظهر لطف خداوندی و صحرای عشق | O servant at the threshold of the All-Knowing Lord, be thou content and well-pleased, for thou art a manifestation of divine grace and a desert of love [3.5s] | PPAR.194 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07933 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت احدیت عریضه واصل و ملاحظه گردید عریضه نبود حدیقه انیقه بود | O thou servant at the Threshold of the One God! Thy letter was received and perused. It was not a mere petition, but rather a garden of surpassing beauty [3.5s] | INBA87:444, INBA52:459 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11760 | 120 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان حمد کن خدا را که بعبودیت آستان مقدس موفقی و بثبوت بر عهد و | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Render praise unto God that thou art confirmed in servitude to His sacred Threshold and steadfast in His Covenant and Testament [3.5s] | YIA.341 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06370 | 130 | Persian | ای ناظر الی الله جناب علیرضا خان علیه بهاء الله الابهی حاضر و خواهش تحریری | O thou who gazest toward God! His honour Ali-Reza Khan, upon him be the Glory of the All-Glorious, is present and requesteth a letter [3.5s] | INBA87:507, INBA52:532 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04976 | 160 | mixed | یا من اجتهد بروحه و ذاته و کینونته فی نشر نفحات الله احسنت احسنت بما استقمت | O thou who hast striven with thy spirit, thy being and thine essence to diffuse the fragrances of God! Well done! Well done! for thou hast stood firm [3.5s] | INBA87:614, INBA52:656 | MKT5.214 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07877 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله ای کنیز بهاء حضرت شهید ابن شهید ذکر شما را در ذریعه خویش نمودند | O handmaid of God, O maidservant of Bahá, His Holiness the martyr, son of the martyr, hath made mention of thee in his letter [3.5s] | INBA16:112 | PYK.296 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08047 | 100 | Persian | ای خاندان مبارک ان نفس مطمئنه پرتو شمس حقیقت بر آن خاندان و دودمان افتاد تا | O blessed family! That soul at peace - the rays of the Sun of Truth have fallen upon that household and lineage [3.5s] | KHSK.076 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01026 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Arabic) | 810 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic) | یا ملاح القدس احضر سفینه البقاء فی الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی ثم امسکها | O Holy Mariner! Bid thine ark of eternity appear before the Celestial Concourse, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious! | BLIB_Or15692.001, , BLIB_Or15706.073, , BLIB_Or15714.039, , IOM.094, ROB1.000x | BRL_DA#079, AQA5#136 p.176, HDQI.043, MAS4.335, AKHA_117BE #09-10 p.ax, YMM.291x, OOL.B055a | BPRY.319, SW_v13#04 p.075, DWN_v3#05 p.031-034, BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, BSC.251 #526, HURQ.BH21 | L. Thoresen [track 4] | Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Arabic portion) | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | 1b | * | * | ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155 | |
| AB04923 | 160 | mixed | ایتها الورقه الطیبه الناطقه بذکر الله آنچه از حنجره روحانی ان طیر گلشن انجذاب | O thou pure leaf, speaking in remembrance of God! That which issued from the spiritual throat of that bird of the garden of attraction [3.5s] | INBA17:046 | MKT7.087, BSHN.140.466, BSHN.144.459, MHT1b.160 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07960 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق عبدالبهاء ناله و فغان ترا استماع نمود و با تو همراز گشت و هم آواز | O servant of God! 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath hearkened unto thy cries and lamentations, and hath become thy confidant and fellow-voice [3.5s] | BSHN.140.194, BSHN.144.194, MHT2.124a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03912 | 240 | mixed | مکتوب شما رسید و تمام ملاحظه شد قد اتی القوم بظلم تکدر به الملک و الملکوت و ظهر | Thy letter was received and studied. Verily, that people hath been guilty of such oppression as hath cast gloom over the dominions of earth and heaven | INBA97:029, BLIB_Or15719.099a, | NNY.182-183 | EBTB.049x | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08359 | 100 | Arabic | ایها الخل الوفی لو اطلعت علی ما یختلج بقلبی من هواجس الحب الخالص و الود | O thou faithful friend! Couldst thou but know what stirrings of pure love and devotion surge within my heart [3.5s] | INBA59:110b, INBA89:043b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09482 | 80 | mixed | ای مدهوش جام خلت الهی علیک بهاء الله و فضله و جوده المتوالی آفتاب دم غروب و | O thou who art intoxicated with the divine cup of reunion! Upon thee be the glory of God, His grace and His successive bounties. The sun at the hour of setting [3.5s] | INBA87:181b, INBA52:182b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3395 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-12 | 30 | I have been crying at the top of my voice all these years. Now I prefer to choose silence and listen to the melodies of the nightingales of the Paradise of Abha | DAS.1913-12-12 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02142 | 270 | Arabic | ایا نفحات الله تنسمی ایا نسمات الله تنفسی و اقصدی دیار الطرف القبلی ارضا فیها | O Divine Breezes, waft ye forth! O Gentle Winds of God, breathe ye and journey unto the lands of the southern horizon, where that realm doth lie [3.5s] | INBA87:489, INBA52:513 | BRL_DAK#0919, MKT2.281, KHAF.092 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09874 | 70 | mixed | ای بنده حق صد هزار فرسنگ را قوت فرهنگ در دمی طی نماید و باورنگ سلطنت الهیه | O servant of the Truth! The power of culture can traverse a hundred thousand leagues in a single breath, adorned with the splendour of divine sovereignty [3.5s] | INBA88:079 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03110 | 210 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار ای آواره من نجار نامه اختصار شما مرا امیدوار نمود که الحمد | O servant of the Lord! O my wandering carpenter! [3.5s]... ...Thy brief letter made me very hopeful. Praise be to God that thou art firm and steadfast | QUM.260 | DAS.1913-11-07x | Education of children; moral education; Importance of community building; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08660 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما وصول یافت مرقوم فرموده بودید که الحمد لله احباء الله | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath been received. Thou hadst written that, praise be unto God, the beloved of God [3.5s] | AYBY.455 #203 | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02402 | 250 | Persian | ای کنیزان عزیز حضرت یزدان امه الله مروارید چون ببقعه مبارکه رسید سر باستان | O beloved handmaidens of the Lord! When Amatu'lláh Morvarid arrived at the Sacred Precincts, she bowed in veneration [3.5s] | YARP2.707 p.470 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Education and the development of capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06426 | 130 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المتهیئه للتعلم من منادی الملکوت قد تلوت رقیمتک التی اظهرت بها رغبتک | O thou who art preparing to receive knowledge from the Herald of the Kingdom! I have read thy letter in which thou showed thy desire | INBA59:182c | TAB.704 | Angels; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05056 | 150 | Persian | ای امه الله و ام امته نام تو شمس جهانست پس باید در آفاق اکوان از انوار محبت | O maidservant of God and mother of His handmaiden, thy name is the sun of the world; therefore thou must shine forth in the horizons of creation with the rays of love [3.5s] | MKT7.067b, PYK.312 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04795 | 160 | Persian | ای طائر هوای عرفان این طیور خاک نهایت اوجشان هزار ذراع یا کم و بیش است و لکن | O bird of the mystic heaven! These earthbound creatures can soar no higher than a thousand cubits, more or less [3.5s] | MKT4.083a, YMM.056 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07164 | 110 | Arabic | الهی الهی ان عبدک هذا انجذب بنفحات الازهار الساطعه الطیب من حدیقه الاسرار و | O my God, my God! This, Thy servant, hath been enraptured by the fragrant breezes wafted from the resplendent blossoms of the garden of mysteries [3.5s] | MJMJ3.011b, MMG2#006 p.006 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02006 | 280 | mixed | یا من انجذب بنفحات القدس المنتشره من ملکوت الابهی قد رتلت ایات الشکر لله لما | O thou who art attracted by the holy fragrances wafted from the Kingdom of Abhá! Thou hast chanted the verses of thanksgiving unto God for that which [3.5s] | INBA87:505, INBA52:529 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06984 | 140 | mixed | ای جواد اگر قلبت را از تعلق بدنیا و آنچه در او هست منزه نمائی و با نفس قدسی | O Javád! Shouldst thou cleanse thy heart from attachment to this world and all that is therein, and with sanctified spirit [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.214a, | RSBB.138a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09504 | 80 | mixed | نامه نامی رسيد و اراده صادق معلوم گرديد. حلاوت لفظ و ملاحت معنی و فصاحت گفتار | Thy distinguished letter arrived and thy sincere intention became evident. Sweet were its words, graceful its meaning and eloquent its utterance [3.5s] | MMK6#588x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05066 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الان در نهایت گرما که حرارت تموز چون تنور آتش افروز است این عبد | O servant of God! Now, in this utmost heat, when the blaze of summer is even as a flaming furnace, this servant [3.5s] | INBA17:037 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12828 | 330 | Persian | ای زائر باهر الحمد لله باین ارض مبارکه وارد شدی و ببقعه مقدسه فائز گردیدی | BRL_DAK#1172 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for forgiveness; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03602 | 190 | Arabic | الهی الهی ترانی مبتهلا الی سماء بهاء رحمانیتک و متضرعا الی علاء مقام ربوبیتک | O my God, O my God! Thou seest me turning in supplication toward the heaven of Thy merciful bounty, and imploring in lowliness the exalted realm of Thy Lordship [3.5s] | INBA55:191, INBA59:162 | MKT1.245, MJMJ2.081, MMG2#091 p.101 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00863 | 420 | mixed | ای عندلیب حدیقه وفاء آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید قرائت و تلاوت گردید بستایش حضرت | O nightingale of the garden of fidelity! That which thou hast written was perused and recited, in praise of the Presence of the Beloved [4o] | INBA87:610, INBA52:652 | MMK2#023 p.015, AKHA_125BE #6-7 p.b, ANDA#53 p.07x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04580 | 170 | Arabic | یا من انجذب بنفحات القدس قد تجلی مصباح الملا الاعلی فی زجاجه الصباح بنور | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! The lamp of the Concourse on High hath shone forth in the crystal of the morn with light [3.5s] | INBA59:119a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03535 | 200 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها المخلصون ایها الثابتون علی میثاق الله فی هذا العصر الجدید انی اشکر الله | O ye who are sincere! O ye who are firm in the Covenant of God in this new cycle! Verily I praise God for the He confirmed you in the service | BRL_DAK#0620 | TAB.011-012 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10805 | 60 | Arabic | تفکر فی فضل مولیک انه یذکرک بما ذکرته لعمری لو تعرف هذا الفضل حق العرفان | Reflect upon the bounty of thy Lord, for He remembereth thee by virtue of thy remembrance. By My life! Wert thou to recognize this bounty with true recognition [3.5s] | AQA5#052 p.067a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12820 | 250 | Persian | ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی علی اکبرا الله اکبر از این موهبتی که بان فائز شدی و بحر رحمتی | BRL_DAK#1163 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04733 | 200 | Arabic | ذکری لمن فاز بایامی و وجد عرف قمیصی و اقبل الی الله مالک الایام انا انزلنا من | A remembrance unto him who hath attained unto My days and perceived the fragrance of My raiment and turned unto God, the Lord of days. We have sent down [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#303, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09003 | 90 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المهتزه بنفحات الله انی مانسیتک و لاانساک و اتضرع الی مولای و مولاک | O thou who art made happy be the Fragrances of God! Verily, I have not forgotten thee and will never forget thee. I supplicate my Lord | BRL_DAK#0625 | TAB.110 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB12839 | 250 | Persian | ایتها المشتعله بنار محبه الله مکتوب مورخ ۲۴ تموز واصل گردید مضمونش مشحون | BRL_DAK#1239 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11546 | 140 | Arabic | یا ایها المهاجر اسمع ندآء الله عن شطر السجن انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم | Oh thou who hast pioneered! Listen to the voice of God from the shores of the Prison. There is no god but Him, the Mighty | NLAI_BH1.055 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Fire and light; fire and water; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | LL#488 | |||||||||
| AB03881 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Hearken with the ears of (thy) spirit to the Concourse | TAB.163-164 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06583 | 120 | Turkish | ای الله ویردی الحان روحانی و مقامات و انفاس وجدانیله حنجر محبت رحمانیدن چیقان | O Allah-Verdi! Through spiritual melodies, stations divine, and soulful breathings that issue forth from the throat of God's love [3.5s] | TSAY.223-224 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08206 | 100 | Persian | ای مشتاق الطاف جمال رحمن آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید و مطالعه شد حمد | O thou who yearnest for the bounties of the Beauty of the All-Merciful! That which thou didst write hath been considered and perused [3.5s] | MMK2#087 p.067 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06898 | 120 | mixed | ای منجذب الی ملکوت البقاء شمع روشن است و گل در چمن انوار است که از افق غیب | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of Eternity! The candle is bright and the flower in the meadow is radiant with lights from the horizon of the unseen [3.5s] | MMK2#064 p.050 | Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1284 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-08 | 250 | There is no real pleasure in the world and no real happiness.... I wish for the happiness and prosperity of the believers even in this material world, | SW_v08#06 p.065x, PN_1904 p006, PN_1904 p040, TTAW.009-010, BLO_PN#102 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH06479 | 150 | mixed | ای نصیر رب خبیر میفرماید چون حب مرا داری همه داری دگرت هیچ نباید جهد نما که | O Nasír! The All-Knowing Lord proclaimeth: When thou hast My love, thou hast all things. Naught else dost thou need. Strive thou [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11096#143, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06316 | 160 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من هذا العبد المسکین المستکین الی الذی آمن بالله و کان من المهتدین | This is an epistle from this lowly and submissive servant unto him who hath believed in God and is among the rightly guided [3.5s] | INBA71:010b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01932 | 280 | ...It is natural that a passenger on board the steamer and sailing on the great ocean may now witness the tumultuous waves of a wild storm | SW_v07#09 p.080x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07247 | 110 | Persian | ای بنده الهی اهل عالم و جمیع امم از مرض غفلت تب خیزند الحمد لله تو بفضل هدایت | O servant of God! The people of the world and all nations are burning with the fever of heedlessness. Praise be to God, thou, through the grace of guidance [3.5s] | MKT8.019a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08343 | 120 | Arabic | قد شهد الکتاب انه لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و شهدت الایات انه لا اله الا | The Book hath testified that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and the verses have borne witness that there is none other God but He [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.327a, , BLIB_Or15734.1.110a, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05386 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou bird warbling in the Garden of the Love of God! Thank God that He hath illumined thine insight, led thee unto the Fire glowing in the Tree of Man | TAB.308-309, JWTA.011 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06993 | 120 | Persian | ای یار روحانی من جناب شیخ علی اکبر فی الحقیقه در نهایت خلوص است و مقصدی جز | O my spiritual companion! His honour Shaykh 'Alí-Akbar is, in truth, at the utmost degree of sincerity and hath no purpose save [3.5s] | TSS.379 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07586 | 110 | Persian | ای مهربان از هستی خویش و بیگانه آزاد شو و فرزانه در این دشت سمند شادمانی | O Kind One! Free thyself from thine own self and from all else, and with wisdom ride forth upon the steed of joy in this plain [3.5s] | ANDA#61 p.49, YARP2.542 p.386 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09361 | 80 | Persian | ای دو مرغ چمن عرفان موسم دی و بهمن بگذشت فصل بهار جانپرور رسید دشت و صحرا | O ye two birds of the meadow of mystic knowledge! The season of Dey and Bahman hath passed away, and the soul-nurturing springtime hath come unto the fields and plains [3.5s] | YARP2.331 p.273 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06131 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان گوش هوش بگشا تا سروش ملا اعلی شنوی و چنان بجوش آای که در بزم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Open thy hearing ear that thou mayest hearken to the call of the Supreme Concourse, and be thou so stirred and quickened in the celestial feast [3.5s] | MSHR3.335 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05450 | 180 | Arabic | قد اصبحت الیوم یا الهی فی جوار رحمتک الکبری و اخذت القلم لاذکرک بحولک بذکر | Today, O my God, I have awakened within the precincts of Thy most great mercy, and have taken up the Pen to make mention of Thee, through Thy power, in remembrance [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15734.2.025b, | AQA6#266 p.260 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love as fire; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for fasting; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | LL#271 | ||||||||
| AB05830 | 140 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی چشم بصیرت باز کن تا مشاهده انوار ساطعه و تجلیات لامعه از | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! Open thou the eye of insight, that thou mayest witness the effulgent lights and brilliant emanations from [3.5s] | INBA88:149a, Ghazi3072.185-187 | MMK5#243 p.192 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05748 | 140 | mixed | ای فدائیان حضرت یزدان چون صبح میثاق رحمن دمید و آوازه پیمان بشرق و غرب رسید | O ye who are devoted to the Lord God! When the morn of the Covenant of the All-Merciful dawned forth, and the tidings of the Testament reached both East and West [3.5s] | MKT7.102 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02034 | 430 | mixed | ان یا رضا قد احصی الله نومک فیک قبل ان تخلق فی بطن امک و عبر للملا | O Riḍá! God did number thy sleep within thee ere thou wert created in thy mother's womb, and made it known unto the Concourse [3.5s] | INBA71:102 | Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05525 | 180 | Persian | نامه از شما نرسید ولکن جواب ارسال میشود فی الحقیقه بی ذکر مذکور شدید | Though no letter was received from thee, yet is an answer being sent. In truth, thou hast been mentioned though no mention was made [3.5s] | INBA36:451a, NLAI_BH1.293 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05579 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی شکر کن خدا را که بعون و عنایت حق موفقی و بخیرخواهی | O thou sincere servant of the Abha Beauty! Give thanks unto God that through His aid and grace thou art confirmed and art successful in doing good [3.5s] | INBA87:231a, INBA52:235 | MMK3#246 p.176 | Consolation and comfort; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05580 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک مدتیست که از شما نه خبری نه اثری چرا افسرده هستی و | O thou faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! It is some time since we have had any word or sign from thee. Why art thou downcast [3.5s] | MKT6.133, MUH3.283c | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07098 | 120 | Persian | یا بضعه الشهید غم مخور محبوب مهربان غمگسار است محزون مباش دل و جان شادمان | O thou remnant of the martyr, grieve thou not, for the All-Loving Beloved is the Consoler. Be not sorrowful; let heart and soul rejoice [3.5s] | NNY.212-213 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02774 | 230 | mixed | ای یار حقیقی و حبیب روحانی جمعی بر آنند که لقب آنجناب ناظر است من میگویم خیر | O true friend and spiritual beloved! Some hold that thy title is "Nazir", but I say nay [3.5s] | MKT9.276, MMK6#195 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06710 | 120 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق نامه رسید مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود فرصت نیست از حوادث کرمانشاه | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter arrived. A brief reply will be written, as there is no time. Do not be saddened by the occurrences in Kirmanshah. | KHH1.063 (1.088)x | KHHE.107x | Consolation and comfort; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3004 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 50 | Persian | طهارت و نظافت از لوازم ایمان است. انسان وقتی که لباسش نظیف است، لطیف است، روحانیت پیدا می کند | Cleanliness and purity are among the requisites of faith. When man's garments are clean, his soul becometh refined and a spiritual condition is made manifest [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | Cleanliness and refinement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04395 | 210 | Arabic | ان یا عبد قد قضت ایام و ماحضر تلقاء العرش کتابک کانک نسیت ربک و کنت عن شاطی | O servant! The days have passed, and thy letter hath not appeared before the Throne. It is as though thou hadst forgotten thy Lord and remained distant from the shore [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.563a, , ALIB.folder18p459 | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00141 | 3650 | mixed | روح حمد و جوهر آن ساحت امنع اقدس حضرت محبوبی را سزاست که از معین قلم | The spirit of praise and its essence befitteth the most hallowed and exalted sanctuary of the Best-Beloved One, Who from the wellspring of the Pen [3.5s] | INBA08:358, BLIB_Or15727a.111, , BLIB_Or15732.046, , NLAI_BH4.263-287 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | SHHB.157, LL#054 | |||||||||
| ABU2069 | Words spoken ca. 1904 | 130 | Persian | هیچ چیز بقدر اعمال و افعال احباء در وجود من موثر نیست این چند روز که من مریض بودم | Nothing affects me more than the actions and conduct of the friends. The main reason I was ill] | KNSA.215 | MNYA.300 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06259 | 130 | Persian | ای عطار مشک اسرار بر اقطار نثار کن تا قلوب اهل انکار زنده و بیدار گردد و انوار | O Attar, scatter the musk of mysteries across the horizons, that the hearts of the deniers may be quickened and awakened, and the lights [3.5s] | KNJ.055a | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02991 | 220 | Persian | ای ورقای فردوس اهل بهاء چه شد که مدتیست در آشیانه خاموشی لانه و آشیانه نمودید | O leaf of the Paradise of the people of Bahá! What hath come to pass that for so long thou hast made thy nest and dwelling in the retreat of silence [3.5s] | MSHR4.392-393 | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01172 | 710 | Arabic | تعالی الذی نزل الایات من ملکوت کان بانوار العرش مضیئا و ینطق فی سدره الوحی | Exalted is He Who hath sent down the verses from the Kingdom that was illumined by the lights of the Throne, and Who speaketh from the Lote-Tree of Revelation [3.5s] | INBA34:121, BLIB_Or15707.025, , BLIB_Or15735.198, | AQA1#012, AVK4.475cx, ASAT3.022x, HYK.198 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ROB3.179, LL#369 | ||||||||
| AB05848 | 140 | Persian | ای ورقه طیبه زکیه حضرت محبوب عالمیان ببعضی از اماء الرحمن یا فخر الرجال خطاب | O pure and fragrant leaf! The Beloved of all the worlds hath addressed certain handmaidens of the All-Merciful, O pride of men [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0591, MKT7.147a, PYK.311 | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01744 | 300 | Persian | ای یاران عزیزان عبدالبهاء حضرت جوان روحانی در نامه نامی خویش نهایت ستایش و | O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! That spiritual youth hath, in his noble letter, expressed the utmost praise [3.5s] | MKT8.191b | Call to action; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11814 | 400 | mixed | ای دوستان الهی زنجان را خمسه گویند این عدد مبارک باب است یعنی پرتو هدایت مبشر | O friends of God! Zanjan is called Khamsih (five), which number is blessed, being that of the Báb, meaning the Luminary of guidance and glad-tidings [3.5s] | TISH.513-514 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03888 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! I have read thy recent letter and noted... This day is not a day of seclusion and solitude | TAB.520-521, BSC.460 #849x, BSTW#301 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02337 | 250 | Persian | ای احبای روحانی و یاران حقیقی جمال قدم انوار عزت قدیمه بر آفاق اشراق نموده و | O spiritual friends and true companions of the Ancient Beauty! The light of ancient glory hath shed its radiance upon the horizons [3.5s] | INBA13:160 | MMK4#122 p.129 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03695 | 190 | Persian | ای دختر ملکوتی من مدتی بود هیجان عصبی مانع از کتابت بود لهذا نامه ای ارسال | O thou my beloved daughter of the Kingdom! For some time past the agitation of the nerves prevented correspondence | BRL_DAK#0125 | LBLT.165-166x | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03421 | 200 | Persian | ای دو نفس مبارک آفتاب حقیقت در نهایت اشراق از فجر احدیت طلوع نمود و پرتو | O ye two blessed souls! The Sun of Truth hath risen with utmost radiance from the dayspring of divine Unity, and its rays [3.5s] | KHAZ.i005 | Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0499 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken on 1904-08-30 | 540 | The guidance of God is that which will always guide people in the right way. All human beings are earthly | COC#0795x, LOG#1485x, SW_v08#06 p.067-068, BSTW#370 | Bringing oneself to account each day; Effort; striving; Prayer for protection; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04349 | 170 | Persian | ای حیران جمال رحمن علیک بهاء الله سراج محبت الله روشن است و قلوب احرار از فضل | O thou who art bewildered by the Beauty of the All-Merciful! Upon thee be the Glory of God. The lamp of the love of God is brightly lit, and the hearts of the free through His grace [3.5s] | INBA16:239 | MMK2#199 p.143 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05941 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted one! Thy letter was an evidence of the happiness and rejoicing of thy heart and soul and a proof of knowing | TAB.671 | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH09573 | 100 | mixed | نامه شما رسید و مضمون آن معلوم آمد در جواب نفس مذکور لوحی منیع نازل و ارسال | Your letter hath been received, and its contents have become known. In response to the person mentioned, an exalted Tablet hath been revealed and sent [3.5s] | INBA38:131b, BLIB_Or15738.071, | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04009 | 230 | mixed | حمد محبوب لن یعرفی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع من فی السموات و الارض را بحرفی از | Praise be to the unknowable Beloved, Who is worthy and befitting of the adoration of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth through but a word of [3.5s] | INBA71:220 | RSBB.127, MAS8.073bx | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04085 | 230 | Arabic | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق فی العالم و یدع الامم الی الله رب العالمین قل انا ارسلنا | This is the Book that speaketh with truth in the world and calleth the peoples unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: We have sent forth [3.5s] | INBA51:036, KB_620:029-030 | LHKM2.112b, NSS.089 | Apocalyptic imagery; Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05198 | 150 | Persian | ای دوستان و یاران روحانیان در ایندم که نسیم رحمانی و صبای روحانی از مهب عنایت | O friends and spiritual companions! In this moment when the merciful breeze and spiritual zephyr wafteth from the dawning-place of divine favors [3.5s] | AKHA_131BE #01 p.a, CPF.266 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07884 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله شکر کن خدا را که بمحبت جمال ابهی رخ برافروختی و باده معرفت نوشیدی | O handmaid of God! Give thanks unto God that thou hast illumined thy countenance with the love of the Most Glorious Beauty and hast drunk the wine of divine knowledge [3.5s] | MKT7.059b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10548 | 70 | mixed | ای امه الله ندایت اصغا شد و کتابت لدی العرش فائز گشت ان اشکری ربک بهذا الفضل | O handmaid of God! Thy call hath been hearkened unto, and thy book hath attained acceptance at the Throne. Render thou thanks unto thy Lord for this bounty [3.5s] | INBA51:370a, BLIB_Or15730.019b, | LHKM3.350 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08154 | 100 | Persian | ای عبد منصف جمال مبارک فی الحقیقه مظهر انصافی و دور از اعتساف زیرا شهادت بر | O thou fair-minded servant! The Blessed Beauty is verily the Manifestation of justice and far removed from oppression [3.5s] | INBA89:044b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consultation; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07798 | 110 | Persian | یا من تمتع من نسیم عرار حدیقه الرحمن چه نگارم که بحر معانی چون محیط اکبر پر | O thou who hast inhaled the fragrance from the flowers of the All-Merciful's garden! How shall I write, when the ocean of inner meanings surgeth like the mighty deep [3.5s] | INBA17:265 | MKT8.223a | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08098 | 100 | Persian | ای دوستان معنوی قلب عبدالبهاء از حرارت محبت احباء چون شعله سوزانست و البته | O spiritual friends! The heart of 'Abdu'l-Bahá burneth with the fire of love for the beloved ones, even as a flaming torch, and verily [3.5s] | MMK6#107 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12683 | 70 | Persian | ای متذکر بذکر الهی تحریری که بجناب اسم الله مهدی علیه بهاء الله الابهی مرقوم | O thou who art mindful of the remembrance of God! The letter thou didst write to Jinab-i-Ismu'llah Mahdi, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious [3.5s] | QUM.123b | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12692 | 70 | Persian | ای امه الله و ای ورقه مقربه درگاه کبریاء جناب حاجی ایمان در جمیع مواقع بذکر | O handmaiden of God and leaf drawn nigh unto the Divine Threshold! Jinab-i-Haji Iman hath, at all times, made mention [3.5s] | INBA85:255b | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3575 | 10 | Persian | والله بتو محبت دارم و بیادت مشغولم اینست که اثر دارد | By God, I cherish thee with love and am occupied with thy remembrance. This verily hath effect [3.5s] | KHH2.192a (2.352) | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05981 | 140 | ...Consider thou how the power of the Word of God has united the East and the West and bestowed spiritual communication, that a blessed soul from the inhabitants of America, while in the Holy Land | SW_v01#08 p.013 | East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03889 | 190 | O ye friends of God and assistants of Abdu'l-Baha! What can I write, and what can I say? That which is in the heart can be neither translated into words nor written on paper... The world is black; the divine bestowal is radiant. This blackness must be changed | DAS.1913-08-26, SW_v08#10 p.135-136x, ABIE.242, BLO_PN#007 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH01722 | 510 | mixed | حمد حضرت مقصودی را لایق و سزاست که بکلمه مبارکه لا اله الا الله مابین مشرکین | Praise be unto Him Who is the Best-Beloved! Worthy and befitting is He Who, through His blessed Word "There is none other God but God," distinguished between truth and polytheism [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.422, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02267 | 260 | mixed | ای منجذب نفحات قدس هر چند تا بحال قلم بذکر آن بنده جمال قدم نپرداخت ولی قلب | O thou who art attracted by the holy fragrances! Though until now the Pen hath not engaged in mentioning that servant of the Ancient Beauty, yet the heart [3.5s] | MKT8.150b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07534 | 110 | Persian | ای متوکله علی الله نامه شما رسید دلیل بر ایمان و ایقان شما بود عبدالبهاء را دل | O thou who placest thy trust in God! Thy letter was received, bearing testimony to thy faith and certitude. It brought joy to the heart of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s]... O thou who art trusting in God! Thy letter was received. It was a proof to thy faith and assurance,,,, ...Thou hast asked regarding the means of livelihood | SFI07.022b | BWF.375-375ax, LOG#2112x | Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05676 | 140 | O thou real friend! Your letter was received. Its content was very effective. The heart and the soul were moved. It was my hope to come to California... But know thou, verily, that I associate with heart and conscience with firm friends | BSTW#351fx | Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02437 | 250 | mixed | ای یاران عبدالبهاء یاران جسمانی مارانند زیرا هر محبتی که لله نباشد عاقبت | O ye friends of Abdul Baha! Material friendship is not permanent; for every kind of love which is not purely for the sake of God is ended in hatred. | MMK3#286 p.208, MJMJ3.079ax, MMG2#011 p.010x, YHA2.999-1000x, NJB_v04#15 p.003x | DAS.1913-07-16, SW_v08#11 p.141-142x, ABIE.072, BLO_PN#007 | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| BH10946 | 60 | Arabic | یا علی قد سمعنا ورودک فی السجن و ذکرناک لیفرح فوادک و تکون من الذین سمعوا | O 'Alí! We have heard of thy arrival in prison, and We make mention of thee that thy heart may be gladdened and that thou mayest be among them that hearken [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.003b, | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06814 | 120 | Persian | ای شمع محفل عرفان نفسی از نفوس مبارکه در ورقه منشوره اش نام آنحبیب روحانی را | O Candle of the gathering of divine knowledge! One among the blessed souls hath, in his published epistle, [mentioned] thy name, O spiritual beloved one [3.5s] | INBA16:139 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01748 | 500 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی رفع بیته الی مقام زاره الملا الاعلی و اهل ملکوت الاسماء و جعله مقبل | Praise be unto God, Who hath exalted His House unto such a station that the Concourse on High and the denizens of the Kingdom of Names circle round it, and hath made it the focal point [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15704.381, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The concourse on high; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06971 | 120 | mixed | ای ورقه طیبه مبلغه حال وقت نطق و بیانست و زمان تبلیغ و تبیان زبان بگشا و بیان | Now is the time to speak forth and to deliver speeches, the time to teach and to give testimony. Loosen thy tongue, expound the truths | COMP_WOMENP#101, MKT7.147b, MSBH10.151b, QIRT.16b | BRL_WOMEN#101, COC#2192 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05843 | 140 | Persian | ای همسایه محترمه حضرت بهاء الله در حق همسایگان سفارش موکد فرمودند که انسان | O esteemed neighbor! Bahá'u'lláh hath laid great emphasis upon the obligations toward neighbors, that one [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0043, SFI19.019a | Hospitality; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05557 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء نمیقه غرا واصل و مقصد و مراد واضح گردید گله نموده بودید که جواب | O servant of Bahá! Thy gracious letter was received and its purpose and meaning became clear. Thou hadst complained that the reply [3.5s] | INBA17:246 | MKT8.021 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03485 | 200 | mixed | ای منتسبین درگاه الهی هر چند احبای مازگون بقانون و زاکون الهی باید در هردم | O ye who are linked to the threshold of the Almighty! Although the beloved ones of Mazgun must, according to divine law and ordinance, at every moment [3.5s] | MKT8.146 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12037 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و مقصود ظاهر و پدید گشت اگر خامه این عبد در نگارش | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and thine intent became clear and evident. If the pen of this servant hath fallen short in writing | ADMS#236 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08057 | 100 | Persian | ای خسرو خوشخو از روزیکه مفارقت حاصل همیشه احساسات محبت متواصل همواره بیاد تو | O Khusraw of gracious nature! From the day of our separation, the feelings of love have been continuously flowing, and thou art ever in my thoughts [3.5s] | YARP2.666 p.449 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09229 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی چندی است که پیامی و کلامی از شما نرسیده است میدانم خواهید | O servant of the Abha Beauty! For some time no message or word hath been received from thee. I know thou wilt [3.5s] | MSHR2.352x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07875 | 100 | mixed | ای امه الله اگر بظاهر بشرف لقا فائز نشدی و بین یدی حاضر نگشتی ولی مورد عنایت | O handmaid of God! Though outwardly thou hast not attained the honor of meeting face to face and hast not entered into His presence, yet thou art the recipient of bounty [3.5s] | INBA17:062 | Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04122 | 180 | Persian | ای یاران باوفا نامه شما نفحه مشکین گلشن الهی بود و نغمه و آواز بلبل معانی | O faithful friends! Your letter was as a musk-laden breath from the divine rose-garden and the song and melody of the nightingale of inner meanings [3.5s] | TSS.176 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09270 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده قدیم الهی گمان منما که سکوت وخواموشی من دلیل فراموشی است | O ancient servant of God, do not imagine that my silence and quietude are a sign of forgetfulness [3.5s] | INBA84:393a | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04440 | 170 | Persian | ای مقبل الی الله آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید مخابره و مکاتبه بر دو قسم است | O thou who turnest thy face towards God! That which thou hast written hath been perused. Correspondence and communication are of two kinds [3.5s] | YBN.052-053 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03283 | 210 | Persian | یا ابی الفضائل و معدن حسن الخصائل مدتیست از آنحضرت نه خبری نه سلامی و نه | O Father of virtues and mine of goodly qualities! For some time no word or tidings or greeting hath been received from thy noble presence [3.5s] | PYB#122 p.06, MSHR5.389-390 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Review of publications; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12192 | 270 | Persian | ای فرزند عزیز نامه ات مشکبیز بود و روح انگیز زیرا دلالت بر ان داشت که مشامت | O my beloved son! Thy letter was diffusing fragrance and invigorating the soul, for it was conducive of the fact that thy nostrils have become perfumed | BBBD.415 | BBBD.416 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2173 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 120 | There is a spiritual language and that is one language. It is a language by which the hearts speak to one another. | PN_1901 p022 | Love of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2778 | Words following address to theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-10 | 70 | Our hearts like unto pure mirrors receive the impressions and these spiritual images are reflected from one mirror upon another without the medium of language. | DAS.1913-04-10 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Limits of language; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11791 | 80 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه اخیر رسید مضمون بشارت جدید بود که یاران در نهایت وفا | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy recent letter was received, and its contents brought fresh glad-tidings that the friends are displaying the utmost faithfulness [3.5s] | FRH.407x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02445 | 250 | O thou who art advancing into the Kingdom of God! Verily, I read thy eloquent letter... Know verily that Abdu'l-Baha has spiritual speech, heavenly conversations | SW_v14#07 p.210x, CUPAB.014-015x, BSTW#171 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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 | Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11069 | 150 | Persian | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله مکاتیب متعدده شما وارد و مضامین کل مورث روح و ریحان | O you who have been enraptured by the fragrances of God! … In these days, that Turkish tax-collector — namely, Ibn-i Abhar — has also arrived | SFI18.279bx, MSHR3.032x, YIA.389x | LOIR20.175bx | Humor; jokes; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08795 | 90 | Persian | ای عزیز روحانی شب و روز بیاد تو هستم آنی فراغت ندارم ولی از کثرت مشاغل مکاتبه | O beloved spiritual friend! Night and day I am ever mindful of thee, without a moment's respite; yet due to the multitude of occupations, correspondence [3.5s] | INBA84:352a | KHSH08.010, KHSH08.052 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09290 | 80 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب شما از قزوین رسید و اسامی که مرقوم نموده بودید ممکن | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter from Qazvin was received, and the names thou hadst written were possible [3.5s] | INBA89:084a | MKT8.062 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12247 | 220 | Turkish | ای جان گبی سودیکم یارانم بنم دوست حقیقی حاجی علی محمد سلیل جناب احمد بر نامه | O my beloved friends and companions, my true friend Haji 'Ali-Muhammad, descendant of his honor Ahmad, through a letter [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0612 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1813 | Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-05 | 170 | I speak in Persian and you do not understand... The tongue of the soul is the tongueless tongue... People drink wine and say it is useful. It is not the wine, but the juice of the grape which is useful. | PN_1920_heh_haifa p069 | Language and the structure of reality; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04486 | 170 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه هر چند از این بساط دوری و آواره کشور هندوستانی و مبتلای حرمان و هجران | O blessed Leaf! Though thou art far removed from this realm and a wanderer in the land of India, afflicted with deprivation and separation [3.5s] | INBA84:420 | Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11161 | 40 | Persian | مکتوب یاران غرب باحبّای شرق ملاحظه گردید مضمون مشحون معانی گوناگون بود | The letter of the friends of the West addressed to the beloved ones of the East was perused, and its contents were replete with diverse meanings [3.5s] | NJB_v01#19a p.008x | East and West; communication between East and West; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06095 | 130 | Persian | ای بنده حق و ای اماء رحمان جناب زائر عاشور بیاد شما افتاده و ذکر شما نموده و | O servants of the Truth and handmaids of the Most Merciful! The pilgrim 'Ashur hath remembered you and made mention of you [3.5s] | TAH.021b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05598 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان آرزوی کوی جانان داری و مشتاق عتبه حضرت رحمن هستی و این آرزو | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thou dost yearn for the precinct of the Best-Beloved, and dost long for the threshold of the All-Merciful. This ardent desire [3.5s] | ANDA#81 p.44 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04106 | 180 | Persian | ای همنام من هر چند نامه ات نرسیده ولی جواب من مشروط بوصول نامه نبوده زیرا | O my namesake! Although thy letter hath not reached me, yet my response is in no wise contingent upon the receipt thereof [3.5s] | AKHA_116BE #04-06 p.94 | Love of God; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2317 | Words spoken on 1913-04-05 in Stuttgart | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اهل استتکارت و اسلنگن خیلی گرمند بسیار صادق و منجذبند و از سایر | The inhabitants of Stuttgart and Esslingen are very warm-hearted; they are sincerely devoted and wholly filled with the Teachings of God | BDA2.220 | BBBD.201x, MHMD2.284 | Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| AB06715 | 120 | mixed | ای ثمره شجره رحمت چند روز مقدم نامه ارسال گردید و حال نیز بواسطه حضرت شهید | O fruit of the Tree of Mercy! A few days ago a letter was dispatched, and now, through His Holiness the Martyr [3.5s] | MKT6.142 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03185 | 210 | Persian | ای مبتهل و متضرع بملکوت ابهی آه و فغان و ناله دل و جان آن عاشق روی جانان بگوش | O thou who supplicatest and criest out in the Abhá Kingdom, the sighs and lamentations, the very heart and soul, of that lover of the Beloved's countenance reach mine ears [3.5s] | MSHR3.236 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1024 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-29 | 300 | O let me weep like unto the vernal showers of the Spring!... This day is the day of parting. The farewell hour is most difficult to bear. | DAS.1914-06-29, SW_v09#12 p.134-135 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH02819 | 320 | mixed | یا محبوب فوادی دستخط حضرت آقای معظم حضرت مبلغ علیه بهاء الله و رحمته و | O Beloved of My Heart! The epistle of that honoured personage, the distinguished teacher, upon him be the Glory of God and His mercy [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.262, , BLIB_Or15711.051, | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08920 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی تا بحال مکاتیب متعدده ارسال گشت و رشحی از بحور حب که در | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abha! Thus far have numerous epistles been sent, bearing a droplet from the oceans of love that [3.5s] | PYK.312 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09382 | 80 | Persian | ای رفیق دیرینه مدتی است که رفیق خویش را فراموش نمودی و از یاد | O ancient friend! For some time thou hast forgotten thy companion and cast aside remembrance [3.5s] | INBA13:302a | Meditation; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00935 | 880 | mixed | لله الحمد آسمان محبت رسید یعنی نامه و انجم کواکب ایمان و ایقان و استقامت و | All praise be unto God! The heaven of love hath appeared, that is to say, the missive with its stars of faith, certitude and steadfastness [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.135, , BLIB_Or15711.113, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Law of fasting; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07104 | 120 | Persian | یا من استنشق رائحه العرفان در این ساعت که جمعی از دوستان حاضر و ناظر این عبد | O thou who hast inhaled the fragrance of divine knowledge! At this hour when a company of friends are present and observing this servant [3.5s] | INBA87:509, INBA52:534 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07360 | 110 | Persian | ای حامی اغنام الهی خدمات و زحمات و مشقات تو در این انجمن مذکور و معروف | O thou who art the protector of the divine flock! Thy services, labors, and tribulations in this assembly are remembered and renowned [3.5s] | INBA87:443b, INBA52:458 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09607 | 100 | mixed | یا اسم جود علیک سلام الله ا??ملک العزیز الودود مدتیست از جناب افنان علیه سلام | O Ism-i-Júd! Upon thee be the peace of God, the Sovereign, the Mighty, the All-Loving! For some time now from the presence of Afnán - peace be upon him - [3.5s] | INBA51:438a, BLIB_Or15716.092d, | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01869 | 290 | mixed | رب رب ترانی غریقا فی بحور المشاغل و المتاعب و اسیرا تحت سلاسل المشاکل و | O Lord, O Lord! Thou beholdest me drowning in the seas of occupations and troubles, captive beneath the chains of difficulties [3.5s] | MMK6#066 | Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05299 | 150 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای مهتدی بنور هدی حمد کن خدا را که تو را بنور حقیقت دلالت نمود و بدخول در | O thou who hast sought illumination from the light of guidance! Praise thou God that He hath directed thee to the light of truth | MMK1#066 p.099 | SWAB#066, SW_v10#02 p.031-032, BSTW#225 | Being a source of light; guidance; Personal instructions; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10512 | 60 | mixed | ای رفیق روحانی دو طغرا مکتوب شما یکی بیست و دویم ذی القعده و دیگری ۲۵ | O spiritual friend! Thy two sealed letters - one dated the twenty-second of Dhi'l-Qá'dih and the other the twenty-fifth - have been received [3.5s] | ANDA#55 p.22x | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09881 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی هر چند صد هزار فرسنگ مسافت باشد و کوه و دشت حائل و مانع | O servant of the Divine Threshold! Though a hundred thousand leagues of distance intervene, and mountains and plains stand as barriers and obstacles [3.5s] | MKT9.060b | Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04058 | 180 | Persian | ای مستبشر ببشارات الله و مطمئن بفضل و موهبت سلطان احدیت ذکرت در سجن اعظم در انجمن | O thou who art gladdened by the glad-tidings of God and assured of the grace and bounty of the Sovereign of Oneness! Thy mention was made in the Most Great Prison in the gathering [3.5s] | INBA88:276 | MMK2#265 p.191 | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12569 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه الهی هر چند بعد فاصله صد هزار فرسنگ است ولی الفت حاصله حکم | O thou servant at the Threshold of God! Though physical distance may span a hundred thousand leagues, yet the affection thus engendered hath the power [3.5s] | INBA85:046 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07809 | 110 | Persian | یا من یختص الله برحمته من یشاء ابواب مسدود لهذا مکاتبه موقوف بقول خواجه حافظ | O thou upon whom God bestoweth His mercy as He willeth! The gates are barred, and hence correspondence is suspended, as Khwajeh Hafiz sayeth [3.5s] | PYK.282, MSHR3.343 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07698 | 110 | Persian | ای یاران و کنیزان الهی هر چند در آنسامانید و ما در این سامان ولی همسایه ایم و | O ye friends and handmaids of God! Though ye dwell in that region and we in this, yet are we neighbours [3.5s] | YARP2.638 p.436 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04132 | 180 | Persian | امروز ياران الهی مانند ستاره صبحگاهی الحمد للّه بنور محبّت اللّه روشنند و هر يک سر دفتر عاشقان | Today, praised be God, the friends of God shine even as the morning star with the light of His love, and each is foremost among the lovers [3.5s] | MMK3#284 p.206x | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02568 | 350 | mixed | یا محبوب فوادی دستخط عالی که باسم خادم فانی بود سنا برقش عالم وجود را روشن | O Beloved of My heart! The exalted missive which bore the name of this evanescent servant - its resplendent brilliance hath illumined the world of existence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.157, | MSHR3.216x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of prayer; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2736 | Words spoken on 1913-02-01 in Paris | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در این مدت ولو در غرب بودم ولی همیشه رویم بسوی احبای شرق بود و تأیید ایشان را | Though I have been in the West throughout this span of time, yet my face has ever been turned towards the Baha'is of the East | BDA2.117 | MHMD2.145 | East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||
| AB08331 | 100 | mixed | ای یار موافق اخوی نهایت رضایت را از شما دارد و در آستان مقدس دائما طلب عون و | O thou true companion! Thy brother hath utmost satisfaction with thee, and at the Sacred Threshold he doth continually seek assistance [3.5s] | MKT9.283 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12706 | 60 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت الله هر چند مسافه مابین بعید است ولکن روابط قلوب مستحکم وشدید | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of God! Although the distance between us is vast, yet the bonds that unite our hearts are firm and mighty [4o] | INBA85:105a | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11892 | 160 | mixed | ای دوستان الهی جناب زائر اسماعیل حین رجوع به آن دیار خواهش نگارش نامه به یاران | O friends of God! The honored pilgrim Isma'il, upon his return to those regions, requested that a letter be written to the friends [3.5s] | TISH.037a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05804 | 140 | Persian | ای منجذب بنفحات الله نامه فیروز در بهترین روز وصول یافت هر چند مدتی بود که با تو | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Thy letter of victory arrived on the most auspicious of days, though it hath been some time since [we corresponded] [3.5s] | INBA84:496a | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07898 | 100 | Persian | ای آواره بادیه محبت الله هر چند در پس صد هزار کوه و دشت و صحرا افتاده با وجود | O thou who wanderest in the wilderness of the love of God! Though thou art beyond a hundred thousand mountains, plains and deserts [3.5s] | PYK.231 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11960 | 100 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز نامه تو رسید هر چند در سالهای حرب شدید مکاتبه منقطع بود ولی | O dearly-loved daughter! Thy letter was received. Although during the years of grievous warfare correspondence was interrupted, yet [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0379 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06415 | 130 | Persian | Translation List | ای یاران روحانی هر چند بظاهر از همدیگر دور و مهجوریم ولی بحقیقت در محفل سرور و | O spiritual friends! Though outwardly we be distant and separated one from another, yet in reality we are gathered together as close friends | MKT8.186b, MKT9.251, AHB.125BE #07-08 p.214, FRH.111 | ADMS#347 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2460 | Words to Mrs Parsons, spoken on 1912-04-28 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | فصل بهار بود و در منزل شما مجامع خوبی داشتیم من هیچوقت فراموش | This was the springtime; we had good meetings at your home... This material world has an outer appearance. It has also a hidden aspect. | BDA1.057.14 | SW_v14#07 p.209x, SW_v19#03 p.092x, MHMD1.066 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3065 | Words to Mr Kinney, spoken on 1909-07-02 | 50 | There are two ways of taking pictures. These things about here that you have pictured will all pass away, but the true picture is the one you take on the mirror of the heart. | PN_1909 p060, PN_1909D p017 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Humor; jokes; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05147 | 150 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت هیچ دانی که در این انجمن رحمانی بچه عنوانی مذکوری اگر بدانی چنان | O steadfast and firm one! Knowest thou in what heavenly assembly thou art mentioned? If thou didst know, thou wouldst [3.5s] | INBA89:171b | High station of the true believer; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1048 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 300 | Meetings are various in kind. One meeting is like the meeting of people, an ordinary meeting, which is so easily forgotten. | MAB.034-035 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12068 | 110 | Persian | ای منادی حق نامه اخیر وصول یافت و مضامین شیرین و شکرین بود انقطاع اخبار فی الحقیقه | O herald of truth! Thy recent letter was received, and its contents were sweet and honeyed indeed. In truth, the cessation of news [3.5s] | YQAZ.122b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01085 | 380 | mixed | ای یاران و اماء رحمن جناب آقا سید مهدی در هر چندی نامه نگارند و اسماای بدفتر | O friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Mahdí doth from time to time correspond and record the names [3.5s] | MMK6#189 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03250 | 210 | Persian | ای یاران مهربان و اماء رحمن شما در آن جزائر دور و مهجور و ما در ارض مقدس در | O loving friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! You are in those remote and isolated islands, while we are in the Holy Land in [3.5s]... ...The power of the Covenant is as the heat of the sun which quickeneth and promoteth the development of all created things on earth | MKT3.095, YHA1.115-116x | GPB.239x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2994 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 50 | Persian | حالا وقت آنستکه آنچه در دل داری بگوئی زیرا تا بحال فرصتی حاصل نشده که بتوانم شما را ملاقات و بدرد های دلت برسم | Now is the time for thee to reveal that which lieth within thy heart, for until this hour no opportunity hath been vouchsafed Me to meet with thee and to attend to the sorrows of thy heart [3.5s] | KHMT.092 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05953 | 140 | Arabic | یا من اخلص وجهه لله و استیقظ و ایقظ کل نائم و انتبه و نبه کل غافل | O thou who hast sincerely turned thy face unto God, who hast awakened and awakened every slumberer, who hast become mindful and roused every heedless one [3.5s] | INBA21:139b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06466 | 130 | Persian | جناب شیخ علیک بهاء الله و فضله و جوده و رحمته چون چندی بود که باثار قلمیه | O Shaykh! Upon thee be the glory of God, His grace, His bounty and His mercy. Some time hath elapsed since any trace from my pen [3.5s] | AYBY.453 #196, SAM.394 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05212 | 150 | Persian | ای سردار سپاه روحانی نامه ایکه بجناب میرزا احمد مرقوم نموده بودی رسید نامه مگو | O thou Sardar of the Spiritual Army! The letter that thou hast written to his honor Mirza Ahmad was received. | MSHR5.285-286 | DAS.1913-10-19 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06184 | 130 | mixed | ای دو بنده خدا جناب آقا محمد مکتوبی مرقوم و از قبل شما استدعای تحریری مخصوص | O ye two servants of God! Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad hath written a letter, requesting on your behalf a special missive [3.5s] | INBA89:066a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07357 | 110 | Persian | ای جوان نورانی چند یوم قبل بجهت تو محرر مخصوصی نوشته و ارسال نمودم و حال جناب | O luminous youth! A few days ago I wrote and dispatched a special letter on thy behalf, and now [3.5s] | AYBY.404 #110, TRZ1.177 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3381 | Words to Haji Amin and Daniel Jenkyn, spoken on 1912-12-29 | 30 | The language of the heart is more eloquent than the physical tongue. When two hearts are united astonishing results will be realized. But a perfect union is necessary. | DAS.1912-12-29 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07954 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت مقصود نامه تو رسید و از شدت محبت با عدم فرصت فورا جواب مرقوم | O servant of the Desired One! Thy letter was received and, despite lack of time, such was the intensity of love that an immediate reply was penned [3.5s] | INBA84:387a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11856 | 220 | mixed | گل مولا گر بگویم ز اشتیاق جان و دل ناله و افغان براید ز آب و گل | O rose of the Lord! Were I to speak of the yearning of my heart and soul, lamentations and cries would arise from water and clay [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0451 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03518 | 200 | Persian | ای یاران من در هر دم که بیاد شما پردازم فرح و شادمانی رخ دهد و دل و جان | O My friends! In every moment that I call you to mind, joy and gladness fill my heart and soul [3.5s] | YARP2.475 p.352 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05361 | 150 | Persian | ای یار مهربان نامه بدیع المعانی مورث سرور وجدانی گردید زیرا دلیل بر انجذابات | O kind friend! The epistle, replete with wondrous meanings, brought joy to my soul, for it serveth as evidence of spiritual attractions [3.5s] | MKT9.282 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03950 | 180 | mixed | ای بنده صادق جمال انور ابهی خبر شما از طهران میرسید حال از کرمانشاهان میرسد | O faithful servant of the Most Luminous Beauty of Abhá! News of thee reached Us from Tihrán, and now it cometh from Kirmánsháh [3.5s] | MMK6#287 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03743 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye blessed maidservants of the Beauty of Abha! If ye have written letters to Abdul-Baha and answers to them are delayed | TAB.628 | Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07400 | 110 | O ye two firm ones in the Covenant! Although we are living in the holy land and you are dwelling in the United States | SW_v07#17 p.167 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11016 | 50 | Turkish | بالام دائما سنی خاطره کتوررم گویا سنکله قونوشورم گوریشورم چونکه عالم عشق و | My dear one, I hold thee ever in my remembrance, as though I were conversing and meeting with thee, for this is the realm of love [3.5s] | MJT.112 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04859 | 160 | Thy services in Baltimore were truly great and became acceptable and approved. Display thou an effort | SW_v14#07 p.211 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08578 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار مهربان با تو مهربان است و خواهش نگارش نامه از این بی سر و | O servant of the Lord! He is merciful unto thee, and thy request for this letter from this humble and lowly [3.5s] | YARP2.446 p.335 | Call to action; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12434 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب واصل گردید و روح و ریحان حاصل شد همواره کمال محبت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, bringing joy and spiritual delight. Ever hast thou shown perfect love [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.128-129 | Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09336 | 80 | mixed | ای خدابخش بخشش خداوند ملاحظه نما که عبدالبهاء در سجن اعظم در مقابل معبد قوم مسیحا | O Khodabakhsh! Behold the bounty of God, that 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in the Most Great Prison, stands before the temple of the Christian people [3.5s] | KHH2.194b (2.356) | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02399 | 250 | O dear maidservant of God! Indeed, what thou hadst written is true | SW_v10#03 p.041 | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05391 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of the Kingdom of El-ABHA! I read thy letter which was beautifully composed | TAB.300 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02959 | 220 | mixed | Translation List | ای گلهای گلشن هدایت جناب موسیو آندره وارد بارض مقدس گشت و الان از حیفا بزیارت | O ye roses in the garden of guidance! Monsieur André arrived in the Holy Land and is now in Haifa, having just gone to make pilgrimage to the Shrine of Baha’u’llah | TAH.353 | ADMS#251 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04004 | 180 | Persian | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای دو مومن صادق نامه شما رسید مضمونش ایمان و ایقان و خلوص بود دلیل بر بیناای | O ye two truthful believers! Your letter was received. Its contents were faith, certainty and sincerity… O God! Rear this little babe in the bosom of Thy love | BRL_DAK#1192, DRM.018ax, ADH2.131x, ADH2_5#07 p.163x, MMG2#431 p.476x, HUV1.016x, ABMH.054 | BRL_CHILD#06x, BPRY.033-034x, TAB.049-050, LABC.015x | MANA, G. and M. Smith, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 2], E. Mahony | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||
| AB04663 | 160 | Persian | ای بندگان عزیز خداوند مهربان هر چند بظاهر ما در این سامان و شما در هندوستان | O beloved servants of the All-Merciful Lord! Though outwardly we are in this land and ye in Hindustan [3.5s] | YARP2.328 p.272 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05393 | 150 | mixed | ایتها الورقه الطیبه الزکیه المطمئنه بفضل ربها احیی الله قلبک بنفثات روحه و | O thou pure and fragrant leaf, serene in the grace of thy Lord! May God quicken thy heart through the breathings of His Spirit [3.5s] | INBA16:119 | MKT7.082b, PYK.295 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06462 | 130 | Persian | باصطلاح ورقه مومنه ای بابا جان الان آن امة الله با ورقه نوراء والده اش حاضر | O leaf of faith, at this moment that handmaiden of God is present with her illumined mother [3.5s] | MKT6.080 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07240 | 110 | Persian | ای بندگان حق این عبد ضعیف بقوت روح تایید شب و روز بنگاشتن و بیان داشتن مشغول | O servants of God! This lowly servant, through the power of the confirming Spirit, is occupied night and day in writing and expounding [3.5s] | YARP2.624 p.430 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07393 | 110 | Persian | ای دو بنده آزاده الهی هرچه نگارم سر مصون ضمیر مکشوف نگردد و حقیقت معانی معلوم | O ye two freed servants of God! However much I may write, the hidden core of my thoughts remaineth unrevealed, and the true meaning undiscovered [3.5s] | MKT9.123a | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07888 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله قرین عزیز بارض مقدس حاضر گشت و بزیارت تربت مبارکه مشرف گردید در | O handmaid of God! Thy cherished companion hath attained the sacred land and been blessed with visiting the holy shrine [3.5s] | INBA87:391, INBA52:402 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07889 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله هر چند بجسم در این آستان حاضر نشدی ولی بروح انشاء الله در جمیع | O handmaid of God! Though thou wert not present in body at this sacred Threshold, yet in spirit, God willing, thou art present in all [3.5s] | INBA85:345a | MKT7.072 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09326 | 80 | Persian | ای حبیب قدیم و مونس دیرین آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید بکمال انبساط و نشاط قرائت | O ancient friend and cherished companion! What thou didst write was read with the utmost joy and gladness [3.5s] | INBA13:227a, INBA85:174a | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09496 | 80 | Persian | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله جناب آقا میرزا محمود چندیست در استان مقدس | O thou who art ablaze with the fire of the love of God! For some time hath the honored Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá Mahmúd been at the Holy Threshold [3.5s] | INBA84:428b | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09856 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء علی و محمد از اسماء مزدوجست و کمالات هر دو در جمال اعلی مجتمع و | O servant of Bahá! 'Alí and Muhammad are twin names, and the perfections of both are united in the Most Exalted Beauty [3.5s] | PYB#175 p.03 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10194 | 70 | Arabic | ایها الحبیب الروحانی انی اخاطبک بلسانی و احبک بقلبی و جنانی و اتضرع الی | O spiritual beloved! I address thee with my tongue, and love thee with my heart and soul, and supplicate unto [3.5s] | INBA87:385b, INBA52:395 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11979 | 90 | Turkish | ای عزیز روحانی نامه نامیلرینک مضمونی حقائق و معانی ایله مشحون ایدی حمد اولسون | O spiritual loved one! The contents of thy precious letter were replete with truths and significances. Praise be to God [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0248 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12601 | 90 | Persian | ای بندگان حق پدر مهربان در آستان یزدان بیاد شما افتاد و بذکر شما پرداخت | O ye servants of God! Your affectionate father, at the Threshold of the Lord, hath remembered you and engaged in your mention [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.164-165 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12725 | 60 | Persian | ای قائم بر پیمان الهی ذکرت در انجمن دوستان الهی گذشت و در مسطورات بندگان ثبت بود | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant of God! Thy name was mentioned in the gathering of the friends of God and was written in the writings of His servants [3.5s] | QUM.124-125 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12268 | 200 | Persian | ای مهتدی بنور هدی نامه مورخ ۲ دسمبر سنه ۱۹۱۹ رسید از معانی احساسات روحانی | O thou who art directed by the Light of Guidance! The letter dated Dec. 2nd 1919 was received. Its meanings were revealing feelings of spirituality | BBBD.475-476 | BBBD.476-477 | Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2239 | Words spoken on 1913-04-04 in Germany | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | عنقریب صحت تامه خواهی یافت مطمئن بفضلِ الهی باش این شیطان نفس انسان است | You will soon make a full recovery; be assured of the grace of God. That Satan is none other than the human self. Each person has a Satan | BDA2.217 | MHMD2.280 | Living waters; water of life; Satan; the Evil One; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual baptism | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1107 | Words spoken on 1904-04-18 | 290 | The people have not understood the meaning of baptism. In one place in the Gospels | SW_v09#09 p.103 | John the Baptist; Literal interpretation; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Spiritual baptism; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05757 | 140 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی چون ندای الهی از ملکوت باقی بلند شد و بکوش هر هوشمند رسید | O thou beloved handmaiden of God! When the divine call was raised from the eternal Kingdom and reached the ears of every discerning soul [3.5s] | MMK2#089 p.069 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual baptism | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01350 | 340 | mixed | ای یاران عبدالبهاء حمد خدا را که بخدمت قیام دارید و شب و روز بجان و دل | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be to God that ye have arisen to serve, and by night and day, with heart and soul [3.5s] | SFI06.014, PZHN v1#2 p.15 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00762 | 1030 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی توحد بالبقاء و تفرد بالعظمه و الکبریاء و تقدس عما ذکر فی ملکوت | Praise be to God, Who hath singled Himself out in eternity, distinguished Himself through grandeur and majesty, and sanctified Himself above whatsoever is mentioned in the Kingdom [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.117, , BLIB_Or15711.032, | Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08982 | 90 | Persian | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء هرگاه ملاحظه نمااید که بانتخاب عمومی محفل روحانی را | O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Whensoever ye observe that through universal suffrage the Spiritual Assembly is [3.5s] | INBA16:221 | Consultation; Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09480 | 80 | O illumined Assemblage! Praise be to god, that ye have been confirmed | SW_v10#17 p.320 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB02496 | 240 | Persian | ای ابناء ملکوت الله نامه شما رسید دلیل بر ایمان و ایقان و عرفان و ثبوت و بر | O ye children of the Kingdom of God! Your letter was received and attesteth to your faith, certitude, knowledge and steadfastness [3.5s] | NJB_v01#11 p.001 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04742 | 160 | Persian | ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید امروز باید جمیع احبای الهی در فکر تبلیغ باشند | O My heavenly daughter! Thy letter hath arrived. Today must all the loved ones of God occupy themselves with the thought of teaching [3.5s] | RRT.021, NJB_v12#04 p.094 | Spirit and form in the administration; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00774 | 450 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه مبارکی که دلالت بر انتخاب محفل روحانی مینمود | O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! A blessed letter hath been received from you, telling of the election of a Spiritual Assembly... O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! Though our bodies be gathered here together, yet our spellbound hearts | MMK1#037 p.074 | SWAB#037, BPRY.301-302x, TAB.023-026, BWF.403-404x, BWF.414-414x | The Bird & The Butterfly | East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| AB08702 | 90 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! ...Thou hadst written concerning the Convention which thou art going to establish in Canada | MAX.363b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB04339 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye firm ones in the Covenant! The report of [your meeting] was noted. All the arrangements of the meeting are suitable and acceptable. | TAB.015-016, TAB.000:i | Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07823 | 110 | O ye blessed souls! Many assemblies are formed and organized in the world | DAS.1913-10-31, SW_v07#10 p.096x | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2109 | Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-10 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Were it not for the favors of the Blessed Perfection, no one would have given us any importance. There are some who become proud and haughty... Meekness and humility are the hallmarks of faith.... There are no officers in this Cause... The foundation of this Cause is pure, spiritual democracy and not a theocracy. | DAS.1914-03-10, BSC.449 #820, SW_v08#09 p.116x, PN_various p009, BSTW#096 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05650 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye servants of the Threshold of God! The weekly reports of ... were received and I was informed of their beautiful meanings which proved firmness | TAB.009 | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09516 | 80 | Persian | ای منادی پیمان و ایادی حضرت یزدان نامه مرسوله از مرو ملاحظه گردید سبب نهایت | O herald of the Covenant and hands of the Lord God! The letter dispatched from Merv hath been perused, causing utmost [3.5s] | INBA16:138 | PYK.254 | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||
| BH04452 | 210 | mixed | روحی لکم الفداء نامه مبارکه آنحضرت که مزین بجناحین فرح و سرور بود بادنی | May my spirit be a sacrifice unto you! Your blessed missive, adorned with twin wings of joy and gladness, reached me [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#021, | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2168 | Words spoken on 1913-05-03 in Paris | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | هر امر عظیمی را مرکزی است که دارای قوهٴ نافذه و قدرت غالبه است و سائرین نسبت بآن مرکز عظیم | Every great undertaking has a focal point which possesses a penetrating power and subduing might… If outward perfections and physical well-being are the fruits of the world of humanity, then any flock of birds or hive of bees | BDA2.282 | MHMD2.372 | Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | East and West; communication between East and West; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3489 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-05 | 20 | Whatever anyone thinks, he says, but do not trust what is said unless I have written with my own hand, that is correct. | PN_1919 p068, PN_1920 p015, PN_1920 p027 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00315 | 670 | Persian | ایتها النفوس المبارکه نامه شما بدقت تمام ملاحظه گردید از مساعی حمیده و همم | O blessed souls! Your letter was perused with the utmost care. From the praiseworthy endeavours [3.5s] | INBA16:130 | BRL_DAK#0344, MMK2#230 p.164 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Hands of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03135 | 210 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای ثابت بر پیمان نشان بهائیان نقش فرموده ای بسیار بدیع است ولی باید نشانه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou didst trace a design for a Baha'i emblem | BRL_DAK#0016 | BRL_ATE#017, MAAN#03 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05646 | 140 | O thou truthful servant of Him the Most High, Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter has been received. Praise be unto God that the House of Spirituality | BSTW#383 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3220 | Words to Mr Esslemont and Mrs True, spoken around Nov. 1919 | 40 | As to the House of Spirituality the first question relates to its election. The election should be carried out with sincerity and goodwill. | PN_1919 p016, BSTW#248a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0649 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-03 | 450 | In every center where Baha'is are sufficiently numerous, a spiritual assembly should be established... The main duties of the Spiritual Assemblies are as follows | PN_1920 p005 | Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB05929 | 140 | Persian | در خصوص انتخاب محفل روحانی سؤال نمودید در شهری که احبّای الٓهی قلیل‌اند هر بیست نفر یا سی نفر یا چهل نفر | Concerning thy question regarding the election of the Spiritual Assembly: in a city where the friends of God are few in number, every twenty or thirty or forty persons [3.5s] | AVK4.310 | Elections; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05129 | 150 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه اخیر از بادکوبه رسید و همچنین مکتوبی با رساله مطبوع از | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy most recent letter hath arrived from Baku. | BRL_DAK#0022 | BRL_ATE#023, MAAN#09 | Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06481 | 130 | Persian | نامه شما رسید و از اینکه در فکر انتخاب عمومی بودید روح و ریحان حاصل گردید و | Your letter was received, and from your thoughts concerning the general election, joy and spiritual fragrance were attained [3.5s] | INBA16:228 | AMK.131-131, AMK.133-133, AVK4.309bx, RHQM2.1013-1014 (453) (279-280), MAS5.023 | Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08725 | 90 | O thou true friend! Through the graces of the Sun of Reality do I supplicate | SW_v12#03 p.057 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03817 | 190 | Persian | الحمد للّه اين موطن مقدّس رحمن بنفحات قدس معطّر است و اسرار الهيّه بوسائط رحمانيّه منتشر | Praise be to God! This sacred dwelling-place of the All-Merciful is perfumed with holy fragrances, and divine mysteries are diffused through spiritual means [3.5s] | MMK2#223 p.159x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0846 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-03 | 360 | The object is that all affairs ought to be referred to the Convention... The essential thing now is teaching. | PN_1919 p063, PN_1920 p005, PN_1920 p013, PN_1920 p023 | Consultation; Contention and conflict; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00624 | 500 | mixed | یا ملجای و ملاذی یا ربی و رجائی انی ابتهل بکل ذل و انکسار الی ملکوت رحمانیتک | Thou has written concerning the pilgrims and pilgrims' note. Any narrative that is not authenticated by a Text should not be trusted | AVK3.483.12x, AVK4.319x, PYK.235 | LOG#1431x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Consultation; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10463 | 60 | Persian | نامهٴ جدیدی بمدیران نجم باختر مرقوم گردید ترجمه فرموده برسانید حجم روزنامه انشآءاللّه همانقسم که مرقوم نموده‌اید | ...A new Tablet is revealed for the Editors of the Star of the West. Translate | NJB_v02#03 p.001x | SW_v02#02 p.008 | Consolation and comfort; Consultation; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Newspapers and the media; publications; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Christ; Christianity; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07342 | 110 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق نظامنامه انجمن خیری موافق و مقبول و انجمن آنچه بخواهد علاوه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The charter of the benevolent assembly is both agreeable and acceptable, and whatsoever the assembly desires may be added thereto [3.5s] | MKT5.172 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12495 | 120 | Persian | در خصوص جناب آقا میرزا حبیب الله این سلیل آقا رضای جلیل است هر قسم باشد همتی | Concerning Jinab-i-Aqa Mírzá Ḥabíbu'lláh, the noble scion of the illustrious Áqá Riḍá, let every manner of effort be exerted [4o] | INBA85:476 | Business; financial; property matters; Hands of the Cause; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12333 | 170 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مناجات و مکاتیب متعدده در حق مدارس همدان و نفوسی که باعانه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The numerous prayers and letters regarding the schools of Hamadán and those souls who have extended assistance [3.5s] | INBA85:312 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11763 | 120 | Persian | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل الحمد لله خبر صحت و سلامت و راحت و استقامت آن عزیز رسید | O scion of that glorious personage! Praised be God that tidings have reached me of thy health and well-being, thy tranquility and steadfastness [3.5s] | YIA.383 | Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12265 | 200 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه تو رسید و همچنین نامه های احباء جواب کل مرقوم میگردد | O faithful to the Covenant! Thy letter arrived as well as the letters from the Friends. I will answer all of them. | BBBD.165-166 | BBBD.167 | Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02018 | Some Answered Questions #055 Soul, Spirit, and Mind | 270 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | از پیش بیان شد که کلیهء ارواح در پنج نوع تقسیم میشود روح نباتی روح حیوانی روح انسانی روح ایمانی روح القدس | It was already explained that in general spirit is divided into five categories: the vegetable spirit, the animal spirit, the human spirit, the spirit of faith, and the Holy Spirit. | MFD#55, OOL.C022.55 | SAQ#55, BWF.316-317 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| AB06925 | 120 | Persian | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای مومن بالله سراج ایمان چون در زجاج قلب و روان برافروزد شعاع ساطعش بر ارکان | O thou believer in God! [3.5s]... ...When the light of faith is kindled in the lamp of the heart and soul, its spreading rays illumine every limb of the body | BRL_CONF2018P#04x, MMK2#044 p.033 | BRL_CONF2018#04x | Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07638 | 110 | Persian | ای وارد بر منهل عذب عرفان حقیقت الوهیت مقدس و منزه از هر اوصاف و نعوت عالم | O thou who hast approached the sweet spring of mystic knowledge! Divine Reality is sanctified and exalted above all attributes and descriptions of the world [3.5s] | MMK3#016 p.009 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3081 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-02 | 50 | That is all talk. The Text of the Blessed Book cannot be changed. No one can interfere with it. | PN_1919 p060, PN_1920 p003, PN_1920 p012, PN_1920 p021 | Elections; House of Justice; Spirit and form in the administration | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2333 | Words spoken on 1913-02-11 in Paris | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | دیده عبرت باید اگر انسان چشم عبرت باز ننماید چه فائده دارد هر روز دو کرور | One must look at things with a view to learning from them. Should he fail to open the eye of receptivity to such lessons | BDA2.129-130 | MHMD2.162, STAB#068 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spirit and form in the administration; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB05088 | 150 | Persian | ای بنده پروردگار در ایامیکه نیر آفاق از مشرق عراق طلوع نمود و باشعه ساطعه | O servant of the Lord! In the days when the Orb of the horizons dawned forth from the East of 'Iráq with its resplendent rays [3.5s] | MKT6.013a | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3547 | Words to Safa Kinney | 20 | No, I do not know everything. But when I need to know something, it is pictured before Me. | IHP.060, BLO_PN#046 | Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| BHU0006 | 390 | Persian | جماعت شیعه چقدر دور از آداب هستند که با وجود اعتقاد بحدیث | How removed from good manners are the Shi'ihs!... One day, upon entering the Mosque of Qamari | DHU.015-016 | STOB.024-026 #032 | Cleanliness and refinement; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Mystical themes; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1759 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1919-12-15 | 170 | It was infinite, unlimited. This is clear. Can a limited power raise such a cause?... Baha'u'llah's last illness lasted twenty-one days. | PN_1919 p036 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Humor; jokes; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1649 | Words spoken on 1914-03-05 | 190 | There are many kinds of roses, but this kind is the most fragrant. The extract of rose is | DAS.1914-03-05, SW_v08#13 p.177-178 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00576 | 520 | Persian | Translation List | نامه که بتاریخ شهر شعبان سنه ۱۳۳۸ مرقوم نموده بودید رسید سئوالاتی چند فرموده | Thy letter, dated the month of Sha'ban 1338, hath reached me, wherein thou didst pose several questions [3.5s]... ...As to the supplication of one’s needs in holy places: Since those sites are associated with God, they are, therefore, the most exalted of all spots. It is certain that the supplication of one’s needs in the most exalted of spots is not like praying in other places | AVK2.213.07x, AVK4.147.04x, MAS2.027-030, YARP2.135 p.153 | ADMS#312x | Higher encompasses the lower; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Shrines and Holy places; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03340 | 270 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل الی الملکوت و سمع ندآء مالک الجبروت فی هذا المقام الذی | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards the Kingdom and hath hearkened unto the call of the Lord of Might from this station which [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.021d, , BLIB_Or15734.2.083b, | AQA5#105 p.120 | Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03919 | 180 | Persian | ای امه الله مکتوب مورخ ۱۸ سبتمبر ۱۹۰۲ میلادی واصل گردید ... این که بولس گفته است که انسان را دو بدن است | O handmaiden of God! Thy letter dated 18 September 1902 hath been received... As to what Paul hath said concerning man having two bodies [3.5s] | YMM.463x | Compassion; kindness; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00060 | Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq | 5390 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq | Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq | مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات | Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God… | INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030 | BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021 | BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x | Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation, the soul after death, and the absence of historical records prior to Adam. | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations | 2c | * | - | LL#036, LL#411 | ||
| BH09642 | 100 | Arabic | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه لاتحزن عما ورد علیک من قضاء الله رب الارباب اشکره | O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! Be not grieved by that which hath befallen thee from the decree of God, the Lord of Lords. Render thanks unto Him [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.202a, | AYBY.131, BSHN.029, MHT2b.059 | unknown | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01067 | 380 | Persian | ای دو مقرب درگاه کبریاء نامه شما رسید و ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله دلیل بر انجذاب | O ye who are nigh unto the Divine Threshold! Your letter hath been received and perused. Praise be to God, it beareth testimony to attraction [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0993, MMK3#075 p.049x, AKHA_121BE #10 p.j, AMK.139-141, AMK.149-151, AVK2.220.12x, MAS2.050bx | Letters of the Living; Soul; spirit after death; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00525 | 1420 | Arabic | یا قلم ارئک ناطقا فی اللیالی و الایام مره اسمع نغماتک و اخری حنینک و بکائک | O Pen of Glory! I behold thee speaking throughout the nights and days - at times I hear thy melodies, and at others thy sighs and lamentations [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15718.096, | Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06983 | 120 | Persian | ای ورقه موقنه نامه ات که بجناب حاجی مرقوم نموده بودی رسید مضمون تبتل بملکوت | O assured leaf! Thy letter, which thou hadst written to Jináb-i-Hájí, hath arrived, its contents reflecting devotion to the Kingdom [3.5s] | KHML.321-322 | Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05661 | 140 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق درگاه احدیت رستم پاک جان بجهان جاودان شتافت و آنسرور راستان | O ye two sincere servants at the threshold of the One God! Rustam, pure in soul, hath hastened to the eternal realm, that pride of the righteous ones [3.5s] | YARP2.429 p.323 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05723 | 140 | mixed | ای شیدای روی دلجوی حق این کره خاک آشیان مرغ خاکی و پرنده ظلمانیست لهذا | O ardent lover of the beauteous face of Truth! This earthen sphere is but a nest for earthbound birds and creatures of darkness; therefore [3.5s] | INBA85:546a | BSHN.140.433, BSHN.140.469, BSHN.144.427, BSHN.144.462, MHT1a.180, MHT1b.138, MHT1b.185, DBR.035 | Consolation and comfort; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01588 | 310 | Persian | ای سمی کلیم کلمهٴ موسی در لسان عبرانی موشی بود یعنی برداشته از آب... | O thou namesake of Kalim! The word Moses in the Hebrew tongue was "Mosheh," meaning "drawn forth from the water" [3.5s] | MMK5#269 p.206 | Consolation and comfort; Mosaic imagery; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3224 | Words spoken in Dec. 1913 | 40 | Then do something that will keep you from dying; that will instead, day by day make you more alive | BW_v13p1187, VLAB.048 | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Stories; anecdotes; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH08023 | 120 | mixed | امروز جذب احدیت ظاهر نفحات وحی بشانی متضوع که عالم وجود را معطر نموده یا حزب | In this day the attraction of Divine Unity is manifest, and the breezes of Revelation are wafting with such fragrance as to perfume the world of existence, O people [3.5s] | AQA6#295 p.290a, VAA.203-203b, AHB_133BE #11-12 p.003, AKHA_106BE #04 p.002 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11002 | 50 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | و امّا سئلت عن الّذين توفّوا من اهل الصّلاح قبل ان يسمعوا نداء هذا الظّهور | O thou who hast prayed to the Kingdom of God! I have read thy letter and I have taken knowledge of God as to thy conduct towards the Kingdom | MMK3#037 p.024x | BRL_ATE#052x, TAB.477-478 | Love of God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02226 | 260 | mixed | ای جوان رحمانی ناله و فغان از هجران و حرمان نمودی و حسرت و حرقت از فرقت جمال | O spiritual youth! Thou hast raised thy voice in lamentation and woe at separation and deprivation, and expressed thy yearning and burning grief at remoteness from the Beauty [3.5s] | YBN.050-051 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12657 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الحمد لله بدون واسطه موسوط شدی و بحضرت مقصود پی بردی از کاس هدی | O servant of God! Praise be to God that thou hast attained without intermediary and discovered the Lord of all desires, having drunk from the chalice of guidance [3.5s] | INBA85:441 | Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06376 | 130 | Persian | ای نفوس مبارکه دردانه تا در آغوش صدفست درخشندگی و لطافتش مجهول همچنین گوهر | O blessed souls! Like a precious pearl that, while nestled in its shell, conceals its brilliance and beauty, so too [3.5s] | MKT3.473, BSHN.140.426, BSHN.144.420, MHT1a.103, MHT1b.061, YARP2.162 p.170 | Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11182 | 300 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی آنچه بتاریخ ۲۹ نوفمبر سنه ۱۹۰۴ مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه | O thou dear maidservant of God! ...I am very happy that thy marriage did not distract thee, for indeed, thou didst become more self-sacrificing and hast made progress. | BRL_DAK#1079 | MAX.234x | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09864 | 70 | mixed | سؤال از روح بعد از صعود نموده بوديد که آيا روح بعوالم جسمانی و آنچه بر او وارد شده منتبه است يا نه | Thou didst ask concerning the spirit after its ascension, whether it is conscious of the physical worlds and that which hath come upon it, or not [3.5s] | MMK3#049 p.031x | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00464 | 1550 | mixed | حمد و ثنا مخصوص مالک آفاق و معبود علی الاطلاق است که آجال را باب وصول و لقا | Praise and glorification belong exclusively to the Lord of all horizons and the Absolute Object of worship, Who hath made the appointed terms of life a gateway to attainment and reunion [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.509, | BRL_DA#487, AVK1.296x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of divorce; Law of inheritance; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06521 | 130 | Arabic | یا من سافر من الله الی الله انی لاناجی ربی الابهی فی کل صباح و مساء بلسان | O thou who hast journeyed from God unto God! Verily, I commune with my All-Glorious Lord every morn and eve with a tongue [3.5s] | INBA13:295 | TAH.225b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05405 | 150 | Arabic | ایها المصابان بمصیبه کبری و رزیه عظمی ان امتحان الله لشدید و افتتان الله | O ye who are afflicted with grievous calamity and dire catastrophe! Verily, God's test is severe and His trial [3.5s] | ANDA#71 p.33 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2170 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg, spoken on 1904-04-30 | 120 | this was not rightly expressed. It is not meant that after physical death those who are dead spiritually will cease to exist... We need not understand in their literal sense the descriptions of hell fire | PN_1904 p026 | Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH04224 | 220 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق لقوم یفقهون انه ما من اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto a people who comprehend. Verily, there is no God but Him - His is the creation and the command [3.5s] | INBA51:294a, INBA49:315, BLIB_Or15725.253, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02857 | 220 | Arabic | اللهم یا سابق الرحمه و یا سابغ النعمه و غافر الحوبه تغفر للخطاه و تبدل | O Lord, Thou the Precursor of Mercy and the Dispenser of Bounty, the Pardoner of transgressions, forgive Thou the sinners and transform [3.5s] | BSHN.140.135, BSHN.144.135, MHT2.192 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05197 | 190 | Arabic | یا امتی و ورقتی اردنا ان نذکرک و نسلیک فی ما ورد علیک من القضاء | O My handmaiden and My leaf! We have desired to make mention of thee and to console thee in that which hath befallen thee through the decree [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.159, , BLIB_Or15728.004, | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3296 | Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-08 | 30 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | جمیع حقایق و ارواح باقیست حتی ارواح غیر مومنین و نفوس ناقصه اما نسبت بارواح | All realities and spirits are immortal, even the spirits of non-believers and imperfect persons. | BQA.080-081, BDA1.182.16 | SW_v19#12 p.378, MHMD1.198 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB06510 | 130 | Persian | یا من اصابته مصیبه کبری نفوسیکه بانفاس مقدسه اسم اعظم و روح مسیح جمال قدیم | O thou who hast been struck by a most grievous calamity, thou whose soul is touched by the sacred breaths of the Most Great Name and the Spirit of Christ, the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:114 | BSHN.140.403, BSHN.144.398, PYB#226 p.07, MHT1b.245 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1477 | Words to Mrs. von Lilenthal, spoken on 1913-11-22 | 220 | There are souls who are capable of becoming quickened by the Divine Fragrance and the statement of His Holiness Christ in regard to the second birth applies to them | DAS.1913-11-12, PN_1913-14_heh p117, PN_unsorted p048, PN_unsorted p090 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Knowledge; recognition of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02562 | 240 | Persian | ای ساغر پرنوش آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی در تفصیل صعود بلبل گلشن عرش یعنی خدابخش | O thou brimming chalice! That which was conveyed unto the honored Áqá Siyyid Taqí concerning the ascension of the nightingale of the celestial rose-garden, namely Khudábakhsh [3.5s] | YARP2.197 p.188 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04130 | 180 | Persian | ای یاران عبدالبهاء حمد خدا را که از کاس عنایت سرمست شدید و در بزم الست محرمان | O ye companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be to God that ye have become intoxicated from the cup of His bounty, and are among the intimates at the feast of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA87:156b, INBA52:154a | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09570 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه زکیه بنور هدی مهتدی شدی و از کوثر بقا آشامیدی دست بدامان جمال رحمن | O pure leaf! By the light of guidance thou art illumined, and from the Kawthar of eternity thou hast quaffed. Hold fast to the hem of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | DUR1.512 | Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0975 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 320 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | How does one look forward to the goal of any journey? With hope and with expectation. It is even so with the end of this earthly journey.... Those who have passed on through death, have a sphere of their own. It is not removed from ours | AIL.096, SW_v04#19 p.321x, PN_1911 p002x, PN_1911 p011x, VLAB.132x, BSTW#043a | Angels; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The concourse on high; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05223 | 150 | Persian | ای ضیف المقربین جناب میرزا جعفر نامه نگاشته و نام ان یار مهربان را ذکر نموده | O thou chosen guest among them that are near! Mirza Ja'far hath written a letter wherein he made mention of that loving friend [3.5s] | MKT5.022 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06392 | 130 | Persian | ای ورقه محترمه از صعود ولد عزیز محزون مباش مغموم مگرد صبر و سکون خواه و تسلیم | O honoured leaf! Be not sorrowful nor grieved at the ascension of thy cherished son. Seek thou patience and serenity, and be resigned [3.5s] | BSHN.140.397, BSHN.144.392, MHT1b.170a | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00726 | 460 | Persian | ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن نامه ای که در تعزیت و ماتم حضرت ابی الفضائل مرقوم | O friends of God and the handmaidens of the All-Merciful! The letter in which you expressed condolence at the loss of ‘Abú‘l-Fadl was studied. | SAAF.347-349 | DAS.1914-03-22, DAS.1914-03-28x, BLO_PT#161, BLO_PT#212 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04050 | 180 | O thou favored maidservant in the Threshold of the Almighty! Mr. Hopper had requested of me | MAX.246-247 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01631 | Some Answered Questions #066 The Subsistence of the Rational Soul after the Death of the Body | 310 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بعضی را گمان چنین که جسد جوهر است و قائم بالذات است و روح عرض | Some hold that the body is the substance and that it subsists by itself, and that the spirit is an accident | MFD#66, OOL.C022.66 | SAQ#66 | Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3225 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 40 | Spirit is the highest and supreme development of the soul. Soul is the material or outer self—the Mind. Mind is the action of the Soul's powers. | SW_v14#01 p.009, TDLA.009, BLO_PN#104 | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2606 | Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15 | 80 | No, no, one never returns here, for this world is a school where the soul of man learns its first lessons in spirituality | PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p030, PN_1904 p093, BSTW#180c | Reincarnation; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3526 | Words spoken ca. Nov. 1911 in Paris | 20 | Why should you wish to return here? In My Father's House are many mansions--many, many world! Why should you desire to come back to this particular planet? | CHH.181, BLO_PN#022 | Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Reincarnation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH05340 | 180 | mixed | بدانکه خداوند عالم جل و عز روح مؤمن را قبض فرموده در اعلی علیین صاعد | Know thou that the Lord of the world, exalted and glorified be He, hath taken the spirit of the believer, causing it to ascend unto the highest heaven [3.5s]... Know that the Lord of the world, glorified and exalted be He, will take the soul of the believer and cause it to ascend unto the highest heaven | AVK1.308, AYI1.350x | Limits of language; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Reincarnation; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00409 | 600 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دو حقیقت جو نامه شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت مکاتیبیکه از پیش | O ye two seekers after truth! Your letter was received and its contents noted. As for the letters ye had previously sent, not all were received | MNMK#150 p.279, MMK1#163 p.187 | SWAB#163, LOG#0692x, SW_v02#05 p.003-004, SW_v14#01 p.036-037 | Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10193 | 70 | Arabic | ایها الاستاذ الکریم القائم علی عبودیه الرب الرحیم زادک الله علما و ایقانا | O esteemed teacher, steadfast in servitude to the All-Merciful Lord, may God increase thy knowledge and certitude [3.5s] | INBA59:191a | Consolation and comfort; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0747 | Words to E.C. Getsinger, spoken on 1900-10-03 | 400 | Revelation 6: 'Measure of wheat for a penny.' May be fulfilled about 1335 A.H. or 1917 | PN_1900 p041 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0744 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 400 | Soul is the human will to live temporally. Spirit is the Divine Will to live forever. Salvation is the quickening of soul into Spirit. | PN_unsorted p076, TDLA.022-024, BLO_PN#104 | Differences in human capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Reincarnation; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01007 | 390 | Persian | ای متحری حقیقت نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که آقا میرزا احمد خان یزدانی | O thou who art searching for truth! Thy letter has been received. Thou has written that Agha Mirza Ahmed Khan Yazdani... Thou hast asked how it is possible to grasp the nature of life after death? | MKT3.388, BQA.075 | SW_v11#19 p.315-316, BSTW#500a | Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Relationship between government and people; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01263 | 350 | Persian | ای متوجه بملکوت الله نامه ات رسید و معانی دلیل بر احساسات روحانی بود که | Praise be to God that thou has obtained thy portion through the grace of the All merciful and that thou hast witnessed the illuminations | BRL_DAK#0796, MMK2#117 p.090 | BSTW#347 | Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00399 | Some Answered Questions #062 The Infinite Perfections of Existence and the Progress of the Soul in the Next World | 610 | Persian | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | بدان که مراتب وجود متناهیست مرتبهء عبودیت مرتبهء نبوت و مرتبهء ربوبیت | Know that the degrees of existence are finite—the degrees of servitude, of prophethood and of Divinity | MFD#62, OOL.C022.62 | SAQ#62, BWF.328-330, LOG#0684x, LOG#0685x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB03896 | 180 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | الهی الهی ان عبدک الخاضع لعزه ربوبیتک الخاشع بباب احدیتک قد آمن بک و بایاتک | O my God! O my God! Verily Thy servant, humble before the majesty of Thy divine supremacy, lowly at the door of Thy oneness | MMK1#165 p.191 | SWAB#165, BPRY.041-042x, BSTW#436 | D. Stevenson | Consolation and comfort; Presence of; reunion with God; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3450 | Words to Mary Hanford Ford, spoken on 1911-10-18 | 30 | Yes, surely sincere prayer always has its effect and it has a great influence in the other world | SW_v08#04 p.047, PN_1911 p017 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Power of prayer; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04574 | 170 | Arabic | یا ربی الاعلی و ملجاء المضطرین فی ملکوته الابهی ان عبدک رضا قد ترک هذه الدار | O my Supreme Lord and Refuge of the distressed in Thy Most Glorious Kingdom! Verily, Thy servant Riḍá hath forsaken this abode [3.5s] | ANDA#79 p.11 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for children and youth; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05245 | 150 | O dear maidservant of God! At the divine threshold address this prayer | SW_v10#03 p.044 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1291 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg et al, spoken in June 1904 | 250 | Abdu'l-Baha said that through the mercy of God, not through His justice, the condition of those who have died in sin and unbelief can be changed. | SW_v09#19 p.222-223, SW_v11#19 p.318-319, PN_1904 p025 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02939 | 220 | Persian | Fire and Light | ای رب غفور این طیور شکور را تن اسیر قبر مطمور گردید و جان به بیت معمور پرواز نمود | O forgiving Lord! These birds that sang Thy praise left their mortal remains buried in desolate tombs | BSHN.140.246, BSHN.144.246, MAS9.039, MHT2.067a, NANU_AB#03, QUM.069, QUM.153 | BRL_FIRE_AB#03 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04543 | 170 | Persian | Translation List | آمرزنده و مهربانا این جانهای پاک از زندان خاک آزاد شدند و بجهان تو پرواز | O Thou kind Pardoner! These pure souls have been freed from this earthly prison and winged their flight to Thy realm | BSHN.140.455, BSHN.144.449, DUR1.513, ADH2_6#02 p.167, MMG2#453 p.500, MHT1a.056b, MHT1b.014b, YARP2.674 p.454 | ADMS#187 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05589 | 140 | O Thou divine Providence! Sanford was a child of the Kingdom and, | SW_v10#19 p.350 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB03579 | 200 | ...To consider that after the death of the body the spirit perishes, is like imagining | SW_v01#09 p.012-013 | Prayer for nearness to God; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH00949 | 870 | Arabic | قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اجبناک بالحق رحمه من لدنا علیک لتکون شاکرا بفضل | Thy letter hath reached Our presence, and We have answered thee with truth as a mercy from Us unto thee, that thou mayest be thankful [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.170, , Berlin1237#04 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Soul; spirit after death; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0342 | Address to the Baha'is at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-23 | 690 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary | Today I have been speaking from dawn until now, yet because of love, fellowship and desire to be with you | BDA1.046n | PUP#019 (p.046-048), SW_v03#03 p.015-016, SW_v08#02 p.026, SW_v08#18 p.243 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | MHMD1.055 | ||||||||
| AB09524 | 80 | Persian | وقوعات آنچه شده و ميشود محض آنست که انسان بداند امور در يد مليک مقتدريست | Whatsoever hath transpired and whatsoever shall come to pass is solely that man may know that all affairs rest in the hands of the omnipotent King [3.5s] | MMK3#028 p.018x | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2647 | Words to Miss E. Goodall, Kheirallah et al in March 1899 | 80 | Yes, everything was created in pairs but this earth is the flaming sword and sometimes even if affinities do meet they are not happy for various reasons | PN_unsorted p041 | Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0715 | Instructions to Mrs. Thornburg Cropper ca. 1900 | 410 | All prophets are messengers from God and all ways lead to Him and all have borne fruit. The great gift is unselfishness, and the loving wish to help others will guide us. | PN_1900 p007, BSTW#142 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Knowledge; recognition of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00448 | 590 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art esteemed in the Threshold of the Almighty! Praise thou God... Thou hast written concerning the impersonality of the Divinity. Personality is in the Manifestation of the Divinity... As to the question whether the souls will recognize each other | TAB.203-206, BWF.367-367x, BSC.482 #921-922x, SDW v01#03 p.046-047, NRMM.170-173, BSTW#043a-043b | Manifestation of God as mirror; Nearness and remoteness; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08888 | 110 | mixed | طوبی لک فی ای عالم کنت و تکونین الحمد لله بمحبت محبوب عالمیان و عرفانش که مقصود | Blessed art thou in whatsoever world thou wert and shalt be. Praise be to God for thy love of the Beloved of the worlds and thy recognition of Him Who is the Purpose [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.158d, | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Purpose; goal of creation; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08139 | 110 | Persian | ای ضجیع آن بصیر شهیر بی نظیر چه خوش طالع و خوش بخت و خوش سیرت بودی که قرین آن | O companion of that renowned and peerless Seer! How fortunate and blessed in character wert thou to be the consort of that [3.5s] | INBA85:257 | BSHN.140.387x, BSHN.144.382x, TISH.512-513, MHT1b.242ax | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00502 | 220 | Arabic | Tablet of the Ascent of the Soul and the Hour of Departure | فایقن ان فی النوم مثل الروح مثل الشمس فی مقامها لم یخرج من الجسم بل بنوره یشاهد ملکوت السموات | Be assured that in the state of slumber, the soul's condition is akin to that of the sun in its station; though it has not departed from the body, yet through its light, the realms of the celestial kingdom are beheld [4o] | AVK1.323.12 | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07591 | 110 | mixed | ای مومن بایات الله آن سراج اگرچه از زجاجه امکان برون گشت و باریاح حوادث بحسب | O thou who art firm in the verses of God! Though that lamp hath gone forth from the glass of contingent being and is buffeted by the winds of trials [3.5s] | MKT5.033b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04537 | 210 | mixed | مکتوب تلقاء عرش حاضر و فائز شد و آنچه باخوین شهیدین نوشته بودید بلحظات عنایت | The missive hath attained unto the Divine Throne and been accepted, and that which thou didst write concerning the two martyrs hath been considered with glances of favor [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03116.096, , BLIB_Or11096#122, , BLIB_Or15710.007a, , BLIB_Or15722.018, | ASAT3.108x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00551 | 150 | mixed | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ان الیه کل یعملون و الحمد لله الذی یسبح من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ان الیه کل ینقلبون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له ... و بعد اینکه سئوال از رجعت شده بدانکه یوم ظهور من یظهره الله عز ذکره | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth, and unto Him do all works return. Praise be unto God, before Whom glorifieth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth, and unto Him shall all return. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him... And concerning the question about the Return, know thou that the Day of the Manifestation of Him Whom God shall make manifest - exalted be His mention [3.5s] | BYC_raj'at | AVK1.267-268x | Manifestation of God as sun; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2974 | Words to Mr Schwarz, spoken on 1913-04-03 | 50 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امیدوارم سُرور ما ابدی باشد در جمیع عوالم الهیه با هم باشیم در ظل عنایت حضرت بهآءالله | I hope that our happiness may last forever--that we may be together throughout all the realms of God | BDA2.214-215 | MHMD2.277 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | Limits of the intellect; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB01629 | 310 | mixed | ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد اطلعت بمضمون الکتاب و عرفت فحوی الخطاب و حمدت | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I noted the contents of thine epistle and the purpose of thy call… Thou hast asked the detail in relation to the 12th Imam | BRL_DAK#1065, TZH8.0571, MSBH1.406, MUH2.0833, YMM.165x, YMM.411x, NSS.162-163 | KFPT#03.4x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3516 | Words recorded by Mrs Goodall in Oct 1910 | 20 | The atoms composing an ocean are in appearance the ocean, but the identity of the atoms remains. So it is with our individuality in the ocean of life, it remains. | PN_1912 p015 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Soul; spirit after death; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1645 | Words to Miss E. Goodall, Kheirallah et al in March 1899 | 190 | It would be very difficult to speak of the spiritual Kingdom in any way... You will retain your individuality and will not be swallowed up in one vast spirit. | PN_unsorted p041 | Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3200 | Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh | 40 | Complete individuality belongs only to the station of the Prophet. Those who follow Him are under the "shadow" of this station.... After death man does not develop through conscious effort | SW_v14#02 p.037-038, PN_1911 p005 | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11484 | 20 | Persian | تبدیل مشرق الاذکار بمحلّی احسن و اعلی جائز تعدّد مشرق الاذکار در بلدهٴ واحده مقبول | The transformation of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár to a more excellent and exalted place is permissible; the establishment of multiple Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs in a single city is acceptable [3.5s] | AVK4.152.11x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Justice and wrath of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0681 | Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07 | 430 | It is a certain fact, absolutely established, that people whether righteous or wicked, the people of light or darkness | PN_unsorted p051, BLO_PN#070 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Higher encompasses the lower; Life and death; Soul; spirit after death; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08995 | 90 | Arabic | امّا الّذين حرّموا علی نفسهم المائدة الرّوحانيّة و نفحات روح اللّه اولئک اموات غير احياء فليس لهم البقاء | As to them who have debarred themselves from the spiritual repast and the breathing of the Spirit of God - these are dead and not living, and for them there is no permanence [3.5s] | MMK3#043 p.027x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; High station of the true believer; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02204 | 260 | Persian | ای بیدار هوشیار ستایش و پرستش یزدان را نما که ترا از گرداب پیمان شکن اهریمنان | O vigilant and discerning one, render praise and adoration unto God, Who hath delivered thee from the whirlpool of the Covenant-breaking demons [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0349, MKT1.446, MKT2.084, MILAN.052, AVK2.215.10x, YARP2.258 p.224 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Four pillars; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08676 | 110 | Arabic | ان یا رسول اسمع ندائی فی کل حین بانه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه لبهائه فی | O Rasul! Hearken in all times unto My call: "Verily there is no God but Him, and He Who hath appeared is indeed His Glory..." [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.304b, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Soul; spirit after death; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03645 | 250 | Arabic | ذکر الله عبده الذی مسته الباساء فی سبیل ربه و ارتقی الی الله حین الذی کان بایدی | God maketh mention of His servant who was touched by tribulation in the path of his Lord and ascended unto God at a time foreordained [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.432, , ALIB.folder18p390 | TABN.210b, YMM.370x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3596 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 10 | It rests with the mercy of God and through the eternal bounty it will not be deprived of that mercy. | SW_v09#09 p.101, TDLA.006, BLO_PN#104 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06621 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده اسم اعظم این خاکدان ترابی لانه و آشیانه مرغ خاکیست نه طیر الهی و این | O servant of the Most Great Name! This earthly dust-heap is but a nest and dwelling-place for earthbound birds, not for divine ones [3.5s] | MKT9.039, BSHN.140.423, BSHN.144.417, MHT1a.105, MHT1b.063 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06978 | 120 | mixed | ای ورقه موقنه اگر بکنه الطاف که از حضرت رحمن در حق تو مبذول گشته پی بری پری | O assured leaf! Shouldst thou fathom the depth of the bounties bestowed upon thee by the Lord of Mercy, thou wouldst soar aloft [3.5s] | MMK6#170 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11735 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابتان پیمان نامه های پر آه و فغان شما رسید حق با شماست زیرا آن طائره طیبه | O ye steadfast ones in the Covenant! Your letters, laden with lamentation and grief, were received. You speak rightly, for that blessed bird [3.5s] | YIA.420 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02344 | 250 | Persian | ای امه الله هر چند این مصیبت جانگداز و جگرسوز است و سبب آه و فغان شب و روز | O handmaid of God! Though this heart-rending and soul-consuming calamity causeth sighs and lamentation night and day [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1141, MKT6.014, BSHN.140.137, BSHN.144.137, MHT2.108b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03183 | 210 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای کنیز عزیز الهی هر چند مصیبت فرزند فی الحقیقه بسیار جگرسوز است و فوق طاقت بشر | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Although the loss of a son is indeed | MMK1#171 p.195 | SWAB#171, SW_v10#19 p.340, SW_v14#02 p.040 | M. Sparrow, L. Harley | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB07541 | 110 | Persian | ای مست صهبای الهی آن کوکب نورانی اگر چنانچه از افق امکان افول نمود ولی از | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of divine love! Though that luminous star hath set beneath the horizon of contingent being, yet from [3.5s] | INBA55:392 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07154 | 120 | ...Thou hast asked concerning the spirits of men. They are not at all annihilated. They are | SW_v14#02 p.038x | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08412 | 100 | Persian | Translation List | یا امه البهاء چندیست بیمارم و از زندگانی این جهان بیزارم و سیر در جهان دیگر | It hath been some time that I am ill, weary of life in this world and yearning to travel in the next. If I should leave this terrestrial abode | BRL_DAK#0253, MMK5#274 p.210 | ADMS#131 | Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05163 | 150 | Persian | ای حفید آن جد مجید هر چند در بلاد بعیدی و اشتیاق شدید ولی در محضری و پیش نظری | O descendant of that glorious ancestor! Though thou dwellest in distant lands and art filled with ardent longing, yet thou art present and before Mine eyes [3.5s] | MKT9.120a, TABN.198c | Eulogies; reminiscences; Exhortations and counsels; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05637 | 170 | Persian | اگرچه بلسان عربی و عجمی و بهمه قسم مراسلات ارسال شد ولکن مع ذلک مجددا اظهار | Although epistles have been dispatched in the Arabic and Persian tongues and in every manner, yet once again We declare [3.5s] | AYBY.010a, MAS8.188bx, TRZ2.562, YQAZ.259x | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Nearness and remoteness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00398 | 610 | Arabic | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Life of Thomas Breakwell, The | Tablet of Visitation for Thomas Breakwell | ایها المستبشر ببشارات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک الجدید و حمدت الله علی وصولک | O thou who art gladdened by the tidings of God! Thy latest letter hath reached me, and I have offered praise unto God for thy safe arrival [3.5s]... ...Grieve thou not over the ascension of my beloved Breakwell, for he hath risen unto a rose garden of splendors within the Abha Paradise | BRL_DAK#0187, MNMK#040 p.126x, MNMK#054 p.137x, MMK1#158 p.182x, MMK1#159 p.184x, DSDS.110x | SWAB#158x, SWAB#159x, TAB.450-453, BWF.387-388x, SW_v05#19 p.296-297, SW_v03#13 p.016, BSTW#043ax, BSTW#052kx | L. Slott | Consolation and comfort; Differences in human capacity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||
| 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 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05955 | 140 | Arabic | یا من استشهد اخوه فی سبیل ربه العزیز الغفور طوبی لک بما انتسبت الی النفس | O thou whose brother was martyred in the path of his Glorious, All-Forgiving Lord! Blessed art thou for having been bound to such a soul [3.5s] | MMK6#419 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10287 | 70 | Lua, Juliet, May, Ella—how attached to each other they are! Poor Lua! She is no more | MAX.332x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10035 | 70 | Persian | ای کنیز الهی شاد باش و شاد باش که از اینجهان فانی آزادی و بدرگاه احدیت بی نیاز | O handmaid of God, rejoice, rejoice! For thou art freed from this world of mortality and hast attained unto the threshold of the One God, in want of naught else [3.5s] | ANDA#65 p.60, YARP2.157 p.167, PPAR.101 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08113 | 120 | mixed | ای امه الله رشحی از فیوضات رحمت رحمانیه که از معین قلم ربانیه جاری است | O handmaid of God! A dewdrop from the effusions of the All-Merciful's grace, which streameth from the Fountainhead of the Divine Pen [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15710.104, , BLIB_Or15715.163b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Soul; spirit after death; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12785 | 50 | Persian | اگر سعادت و علوّ منزلت انسان در اين جهان خاکی بود خسران مبين بود و حسرتی عظيم ، جنين را گمان چنين که عالم وجود | Were man's happiness and exalted station confined to this dust-heap of a world, manifest loss and grievous regret would it be, for it is thought that this realm [3.5s] | MMK3#034 p.022x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01715 | 300 | mixed | ای سمندر نار موقده ربانیه در این کور اعظم و قرن سلطان ملک قدم نفوسی بجنود | O salamander of the divine enkindled fire! In this Most Great Cycle and in the century of the Ancient Sovereign of the Kingdom, souls have [3.5s] | AYBY.332 #015, RRT.035 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Soul; spirit after death; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04211 | 180 | O thou maidservant of God! Praise be to God that thou together with thy daughter | BSTW#247 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Shrines and Holy places; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06148 | 130 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان همواره مشمول لحظات عین عنایت حق بوده و منظور نظر الطاف | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Ever hast thou been the recipient of the glances from the Eye of Divine Providence, and the object of gracious favors [3.5s] | MMK3#038 p.024, MMK3#249 p.179 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1243 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 260 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | this would depend upon the respective stations of the two. If both had the same degree of development, they would be reunited immediately after death. | AIL.074 | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07480 | 110 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' | مرقوم نموده بودی که از احبّا شنيدی که انسان اگر ترقّی ننمايد محو و نابود گردد مقصد عدم صرف نيست | Thou hast written that some of the friends have informed thee that if man does not progress, he will perish and become nonexistent. | MMK3#047 p.029x | BLO_PT#080.47x | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Differences in human capacity; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01050 | 380 | mixed | ای بنده الهی دو نامه شما واصل و بر مضامین وقوف حاصل شد نظر تو باید باینعبد | O servant of the True One! Thy two letters were received and the contents thereof were noted... True paradise for the soul is to enjoy near access to the eternal Beauty, while hell is to be far removed from that radiant Light | INBA89:166b | MAS2.016x, YMM.273x, YMM.284x, VUJUD.111x | VUJUDE.202x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Differences in human capacity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04747 | 160 | Persian | ای دو بنده الهی جهانرا بنیاد بر باد است و جهانیانرا بپایان بنیان هستی ویران | O ye two servants of God! The world's foundation resteth upon the wind, and the peoples of the world stand at the brink of ruin [3.5s] | BSHN.140.471, BSHN.144.464, DUR4.804, MHT1a.084, MHT1b.042, YARP2.216 p.200 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3101 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 50 | There are no earth-bound souls. When the souls that are not good die | LOG#0687x, DLA.035-036, BLO_PN#026 | Demons and evil spirits; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0584 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 480 | This lesson is to explain, if it be possible for either a believer or an unbeliever to advance in the next world. The believer attains to eternal life in this world. | PN_1900_heh p046, PN_1900 p113 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00546 | 530 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ای که بواسطه مسس استنارد تقدیم نموده بودی رسید و | O cherished handmaid of God, thy letter which thou didst submit through Mrs. Stannard hath been received [3.5s] | MKT3.439 | Critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12809 | 250 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز بهاء مادر مهربان مانند مرغ بلند آشیان آهنگ لانه خویش در ملکوت | O precious handmaiden of Baha, loving mother! Like a bird of lofty nest, thou hast winged thy flight to thy home in the Kingdom [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1151 | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05053 | 150 | Persian | ای امه الله محزونه در این خاکدان فانی بقا بجهت نفسی ممتنع و محال و مجال شبهه | O handmaid of God who art sorrowful in this ephemeral dust-heap! Permanence for any soul in this transitory realm is impossible and beyond the pale of doubt [3.5s] | INBA87:078, INBA52:077 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05257 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art hoping for the Kingdom! Thank thou God that He hath guided thee, led thee to the Kingdom of Being, ushered thee under the shade | TAB.099-100 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB02957 | 220 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' | ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ات رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که از شدت غم اسیرم و در زندان | O precious maidservant of God! Thy letter hath arrived. Thou hast written that through unbearable grief thou art a prisoner in a grievous prison. | MMK3#046 p.028 | BLO_PT#080.46 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04005 | 180 | mixed | ياران چون از اين جهان بجهان ديگر روند مانند طفليست که از رحم مادر ، مسکن تنگ | O friends! When souls pass from this world unto another world, they are even as a child that departeth from the narrow confines of the mother's womb [3.5s] | MMK3#042 p.026x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01947 | 450 | mixed | ام البیان ینطق و یقول قد اتی المالک الملک لله المهیمن القیوم ام الفرقان ینادی | The Mother of Utterance proclaimeth and saith: "The Sovereign hath come - dominion belongeth unto God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting!" The Mother of the Qur'an calleth aloud [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15712.268, | AQA6#287 p.279 | Consolation and comfort; High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06038 | 130 | Persian | Translation List | ای امه الله محزون نباش دلخون نباش بعنایت جمالقدم روحى | O handmaid of God! Be not sad, neither do thou grieve. Be content with the bounty of the Ancient Beauty | INBA55:365 | BSHN.140.239, BSHN.144.239, MHT2.113 | ADMS#208 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| BH02083 | 420 | Arabic | ان یا اسم الذی سمیت باسمی فی ملکوت الاسماء اسمع ما یلقیک الروح من سماء عز | O thou who hast been named with My Name in the Kingdom of Names! Hearken unto what the Spirit imparteth unto thee from the heaven of might [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15725.108, | BRL_DA#560, LHKM1.024 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02873 | 220 | Persian | ای امه الله از قرار مسموع از دست ساقی قدر جرعهاای در نهایت تلخی آشامیدی و زهر | O handmaiden of God! It hath been reported that from the hand of the Cup-Bearer of Fate thou hast quaffed draughts of utmost bitterness [3.5s] | BSHN.140.133, BSHN.144.133, MHT2.195, NANU_AB#57 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03429 | 200 | Persian | ای دوستان الهی و کنیزان حق اگرچه این مصیبت دل را بگدازد و جان را افسرده نماید | O divine friends and handmaidens of the True One! Though this tribulation melteth the heart and causeth the soul to languish [3.5s] | BSHN.140.155, BSHN.144.155, MHT2.118 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02970 | 220 | O thou afflicted one! In this great catastrophe the eyes are weeping | SW_v07#19 p.192-193 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB05243 | 150 | Persian | ای قاصد کوی دوست بجان و تن شتافتی و آرام نیافتی تا بجوار بقعه مبارکه رسید?? | O thou messenger on the path to the Friend's abode! With soul and body didst thou hasten, finding no rest until thou didst reach the vicinity of the blessed Shrine [3.5s] | MMK3#040 p.025 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02324 | 250 | mixed | الهی الهی قد طار طیر الولاء باجنحه الوفاء من اوکار الفناء الی حدائق قدسک و | O my God, O my God! The bird of devotion hath soared with the wings of fidelity from the nests of mortality unto Thy sanctified gardens [3.5s] | PYK.301 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03214 | 210 | mixed | ای ورقه طیبه مطمئنه اگر چه بحرقت هجران و شدت حرمان مبتلا شدی ولی ناله مکن و | O pure and confident leaf! Though thou hast been afflicted with the anguish of separation and the intensity of deprivation, raise not thy lamentation [3.5s] | BSHN.140.451, BSHN.144.445, MHT1a.177, MHT1b.135 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04358 | 170 | O my dear daughter! ... Indeed the separation from thy dear husband is very hard and difficult for thee. | SW_v14#02 p.039-040 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07783 | 110 | Arabic | یا طبیبی یا حبیبی قد حزنت لحزنک الشدید و حننت علیک تحنن الطیر الغریب الی | O My Physician, O My Beloved! Indeed, I am grieved by thy grievous sorrow, and yearn for thee with the yearning of a lonely bird [3.5s] | INBA87:003a, INBA52:003a | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06922 | 120 | Persian | ای موقن بایات الله و ثمره آن شجره محبت الله مصیبت کبری و رزیه عظمی هر حزنی را | O thou who art assured of the verses of God and art a fruit of that Tree of Divine Love! The great calamity and grievous affliction surpasseth every sorrow [3.5s] | BSHN.140.440, BSHN.144.434, MHT1a.112, MHT1b.070 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as sun; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05235 | 150 | Persian | ای عباد رحمن و اماء حضرت یزدان هر چند آن بزرگوار بملکوت انوار پرواز نمود و شما | O servants of the All-Merciful and handmaidens of the Lord God! Though that noble Being hath winged His flight unto the Kingdom of Light and ye [3.5s] | MKT5.095 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03712 | 250 | Arabic | نرسل نفحه الرضوان الی امه الرحمن لتقدسها عن الاحزان فی هذه الایام التی فیها | We send the fragrances of Ridván unto the people of the All-Merciful, that it may sanctify them from sorrows in these days wherein [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#247, | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06969 | 120 | Persian | Translation List | ای ورقه شجره تقدیس سلیل جلیل مانند طیور قدس اوج اعلی گرفت و بفردوس ابهی پرواز | O leaf of the Tree of Holiness! Thine illustrious son hath soared, even as the birds of sanctity, to the highest heaven, winging his flight unto the Abhá Paradise | BSHN.140.101, BSHN.144.101, MHT2.143a | ADMS#333 | Angels; Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07017 | 120 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art patient and resigning thyself to the judgement (of God)! Be not grieved at the calamity which hath unexpectedly come upon thee | TAB.086 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB10005 | 70 | Persian | ای صبور شکور محزون مباش و لئالی سرشک از چشمه چشم مپاش راضی بقضا باش و رخ | O patient and grateful one! Be not sorrowful, and shed not the pearls of thy tears from the fountain of thine eyes. Be thou content with His decree, and turn thy face [3.5s] | BSHN.140.192, BSHN.144.192, KNJ.024c, MHT2.150a | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07649 | 110 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه آن مرغ رفیع بافق علیین صعود فرمود و آن نجم منیر | O thou blessed Leaf! That noble bird hath ascended unto the highest horizon, and that brilliant star [3.5s] | MKT6.053, BSHN.140.267, BSHN.144.267, KHAF.016, MHT2.077 | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02947 | 220 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای صاحب چشم بینا آنچه مشاهده نمودی عین واقعست در جهان بینش است عطر در غنچه | O thou who hast eyes to see! That which thou didst witness is the very truth, and it pertaineth to the realm of vision. | MMK1#149 p.172 | SWAB#149 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3490 | Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15 | 20 | Of course, they can see us and know everything we are doing for that is the world of real sight and sense. | PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p030, BSTW#180c | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU0054 | The Evolution of the Spirit: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-10 | 1510 | Persian | Paris Talks | امشب باید ذکری از ترقی و بقای روح بشود هر نفس موجودى لابد بر این است | Tonight I will speak of the evolution or progress of the spirit. Absolute repose does not exist in nature. | BRL_DAK#0650, AVK1.227x, BSHN.140.537x, BSHN.144.525x, MAS5.051-058, MHT1a.134x, MHT1b.092x, KHF.167, KHAB.150 (161), KHTB1.142, KHTP.090, VUJUD.098x | PT#29 p.086, VUJUDE.150x | Composition and decomposition; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||
| AB05287 | 150 | Persian | ای منتسبین حضرت عطار آه و فغان منمااید و اندوه و احزان مخواهید هر چند از مصیبت | O ye who are associated with His Holiness 'Attar, give voice not to sighs and lamentations, neither seek ye sorrow and grief, though misfortune [3.5s] | BSHN.140.408, BSHN.144.403, MHT1b.236 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01519 | 320 | mixed | ایها الفرعان من السدره المبارکه نامه شما رسید از مضمون مفهوم گردید که الحمد لله در این | O ye twain branches of the Blessed Tree! Your letter was received and its contents were understood. Praise be to God that in this [3.5s] | INBA87:350, INBA52:359 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Soul; spirit after death; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00070 | 5110 | mixed | الحمد لله الشکر لاولیائه و الثناء لاصفیائه الذین مابدلوا نعمته و قاموا علی خدمته و انفقوا | Praise be unto God! Thanks be unto His loved ones, and glory unto His chosen ones who have not altered His bounty, who have arisen to serve Him, and who have given freely [3.5s] | INBA15:110, INBA26:111, UMich962.156x | BRL_DA#573, AVK1.277x, AVK1.283x, AVK1.297.07x, AVK1.123.02x, GHA.321.10x, MAS4.018bx, MAS4.020x, MAS4.100bx, MAS8.189ax, AKHA_125BE #05 p.ax, AKHA_131BE #06 p.ax, MSBH3.151x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3496 | Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris | 20 | Yes, he will hear of it in his next life, but through the mercy of God, not through his own ability. | PN_1911 p016 | Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3625 | Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 | 10 | No, the dead retain both interest in and remembrance of those they love. | SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1907 p017 | Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2422 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11 | 100 | In the human being there is conceived a perfect reality which according to varoius terminologies has received different names. | ECN.325+802 | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Soul is the essential reality of man; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01305 | 340 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه ای که بجناب میرزا عبدالوهاب مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O servant of God! The letter thou didst address to Jináb-i-Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Vahháb was noted [3.5s] | AKHA_134BE #06 p.228, AVK3.048, MAS5.174-175 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Smoking; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06599 | 120 | Persian | ای امه الله نامه مفصل شما رسید بخدا تضرع و دعا نموده بودی که ترا حفظ از لغزش | O maidservant of God! Thy detailed letter was received, wherein thou didst supplicate God to preserve thee from stumbling [3.5s] | MSHR5.324 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Silence; fewness of words; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00990 | 830 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انطق الاشیاء بذکره و ثنائه و اصطفی عن بینها عباده الذین جعلهم | Praise be to God Who hath caused all created things to speak forth His remembrance and praise, and hath chosen from amongst them His servants whom He hath [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15736.056, | Praise and encouragement; Silence; fewness of words | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12472 | 120 | Persian | اما مسئله گلستان فی الحقیقه بیچاره‌گان اموات را از دست زاغ و کلاغ خلاص میکند | As to the matter of the Gulistan, verily it delivereth the helpless dead from the ravens and the crows [3.5s] | YARD.111-112x | Shrines and Holy places; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2010 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-25 | 140 | The gathering of the friends is very good. In one month's time it will be very fresh and green here. This wilderness is where Bahá'u'lláh has crossed. | PN_1919 p185, LAT.134-135 | Christ; Christianity; Muhammad; Islam; Shrines and Holy places; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1967 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 140 | Persian | الحمد لله سر به آستان مقام اعلی و روضهٌ مبارکه گذاشتید آستانه هائی را بوسیدید | Thanks be to God all of you were assisted by Him to come and visit the Shrines, which are the points of adoration for the world. | KNR.101 | KNRE.108 | Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02047 | 270 | Persian | ای بندگان جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید مضمون مفهوم گردید و همچنین نامه ایکه بحضرت | O servants of the Abha Beauty! Your missive arrived, and its contents were made manifest. Similarly, your letter to the illustrious Afnan of the Lote-Tree, upon him rest the Glory of God | INBA87:369, INBA52:379 | GEN.252x, AFNAN.187x | Business; financial; property matters; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04881 | 160 | Persian | ای ورقه مبتهله شکر کن خدا را که هزاران فرسنگ مسافت طی نمودی تا بسرمنزل مقصود | O leaf that hath turned in supplication! Render thanks unto God that thou hast traversed thousands of leagues to reach thy desired destination [3.5s] | VAA.217-218 | Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09388 | 80 | Turkish | ای زائر مشکین نفس عون و عنایت سلطان احدیتله داغلری تپه لری صحرالری دریالری | O thou musk-scented pilgrim! Through the aid and bounty of the King of Oneness, thou hast traversed mountains and hills, deserts and seas [3.5s] | MJT.101 | Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2639 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04 | 80 | For three hundred years after Christ's death no one search for his grave. Rubbish was deposited there. The mother of Emperor Constantine came to Jerusalem and made careful enquiries | PN_1919 p068 | Shrines and Holy places; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01752 | 300 | Persian | Light of the World | ایها الفرع الکریم من الشجره الرحمانیه از کثرت مشاغل و غوائل غیر متناهیه جواب | O thou noble branch of the divine Tree! Countless occupations and endless vicissitudes have delayed my reply to thy letter | NURA#10, MMK4#060 p.068, PZHN v2#1 p.106 | LOTW#10 | Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03161 | 210 | Persian | ای زائر تربت مقدسه حمد کن خدا را که از وطن مالوف طی الوف فرسنگ و فراسخ نمودی | O pilgrim to the sacred Sepulchre! Render thanks unto God that thou hast traversed thousands of leagues and parasangs from thy familiar homeland [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1170, KNJ.088a | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0837 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-06 | 360 | The pilgrims were at Acca yesterday. I am now planning to go there myself to visit the Holy Tomb of the Blessed Perfection. Such a holy visit depends however upon the condition of the heart. | DAS.1914-02-06 | Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB04582 | 170 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | یا من تشرف بعتبه روضه مقدسه الارجاء غبطه الجنه العلیا حمد خدا را که بعون | O thou who hast attained unto the Threshold of that Shrine which is sacred unto all the world and the envy of the most exalted Paradise! | BRL_DAK#0459, YBN.047a | BRL_ATE#125 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03147 | 210 | mixed | ای خادم حرم مطلع انوار اسم اعظم در پیش چیزی مرقوم شد و حال نیز این نامه | O thou servant of the Dawning-Place of the lights of the Most Great Name! A letter was penned aforetime, and now this epistle too [3.5s] | INBA55:377, INBA87:166, INBA52:164 | KHAF.191 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06786 | 120 | Persian | ای زائر مشکین نفس نامه تو قرائت گردید الحمد لله بساحت اقدس روضه مبارکه و بقعه | O musk-scented pilgrim! Thy letter hath been perused. Praise be to God, thou hast attained unto the sacred precincts of the blessed Shrine [3.5s] | TAH.364a | Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08333 | 100 | Persian | ای یاران الهی اردشیر خداداد راه بعیدی به پیمود و قطع دریا کرد تا اینکه بارض | O divine friends! Ardeshir Khodadad traversed a distant path and crossed the sea until reaching the land [3.5s] | MSHR5.388a, YARP2.479 p.354 | Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12832 | 70 | mixed | یا مروج دین الله یا داعی الی المیثاق الان جناب زائر مطاف ملا اعلی عازم | BRL_DAK#1180 | Prayers (general or uncategorized); Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03731 | 190 | mixed | ای عندلیب حدیقه معانی ای جای تو خالی در بقعه بیضاء ای جای تو خالی در قبه نوراء | O nightingale of the garden of inner meanings, how empty is thy place in the Most Holy Sanctuary, how vacant thy station in the luminous dome [3.5s] | INBA13:067, INBA87:625b, INBA52:669 | PZHN v2#1 p.106 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1500 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 210 | Persian | و من اعمال الناقضین قال الموملی انهم اخذوا مناالقصر ولم یعطوفا منه عرقه واحده لاغیر ثوبی من العرق | The Covenant-breakers seized the flower gardens adjoining the Shrine of Baha'u'llah from us, but some of the friends and I would carry soil and water on our shoulders for that garden and tend to its beauty. | ASAT4.501, KHH1.324 (1.452-453) | KHHE.463 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0244 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 830 | Persian | قائم مقام حیفا در نهایت عداوت مانع ساختمان مقام اعلی شد بمامور طاپو دستور داده بودند | With the utmost enmity, Haifa's Qa'im-maqam rose to prevent the construction of the Shrine of the Bab. The official in charge of the Land Registry received instructions | QT108.067-069, KHH1.314-317 (1.437-441) | KHHE.450-454 | Prayer for assistance; intercession; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01626 | 310 | mixed | ایها الافنان للشجره الرحمانیه نامه شما بتاریخ ۷ ربیع الاول ۳۳۹ وصول یافت ولی | O ye Afnan of the divine Tree of the All-Merciful! Your letter dated 7 Rabí'u'l-Avval 339 hath been received, but [3.5s] | INBA87:358, INBA52:367 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06841 | 120 | mixed | ای قائم بخدمت روضه مقدسه این خدمت تاجیست که از آسمان بر فرق تو نهاده شد این | O thou who standest firm in service to the Sacred Shrine! This service is a crown placed upon thy brow from heaven [3.5s] | INBA13:079 | MMK6#047, MLK.049, QT108.057, HNU.359 | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1125 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around Dec. 1907 | 280 | Persian | تمامش مسکن و ماوای انبیاء است تمامش موطی اقدام انبیاءاست انبیاء الهی شبها تا صبح بمناجات | All of these were the dwelling-places of the Prophets of old. All of them were blessed by the footsteps of the Divine Manifestations | KHH1.014 (1.019) | KHHE.031 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03533 | 200 | Persian | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه چندی از پیش در خصوص تعمیر مطاف ملکوتیان | O thou august offshoot of the sacred Lote-Tree! Some time ago, thou hadst written about the restoration of the heavenly point of adoration and the celestial Kaʿbih, and a response was sent to thee | INBA87:317, INBA52:322 | KHAF.210, TSQA3.057 | GEN.170-171 | Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06507 | 130 | Arabic | یا من استضاء من مصباح اضاء به الارض و السموات لو اطلعت بانوار فضل سطعت علیک | O thou who hast been illumined by the lamp that hath lit up earth and heaven! If thou wouldst but behold the lights of grace that have shone upon thee [3.5s] | INBA59:107 | Angels; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03162 | 210 | Persian | ای زائر تربت مقدسه شکر کن خدا را که باین فیض الهی مشرف گشتی و کوه و بیابان | O pilgrim to the Sacred Sepulchre! Give thanks unto God that thou hast been honoured with this divine bounty and traversed mountain and desert [3.5s] | INBA84:257 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01516 | 320 | Persian | ایها الثابت الراسخ فی امر الله جمال قدم روحی لاحبائه الفدا وقتی در ذیل جبل | O thou who art steadfast and firm in the Cause of God! The Ancient Beauty—may my soul be a sacrifice for His loved ones—when at the foot of the mountain [3.5s] | MMK4#058 p.065 | Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01536 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Bayt (Lawh-i-Hajj Baghdad) | 570 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | یا ایها الناظر الی المنظر الاکبر اسمع ندآء جمال القدم من شطر سجنه الاعظم | O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! Hearken unto the call of the Ancient Beauty from the direction of His Most Great Prison [3.5s]... ...When thou art departed out of the court of My presence, O Muḥammad, direct thy steps towards My House (Baghdád House), and visit it on behalf of thy Lord | INBA34:136, INBA49:283, BLIB_Or15707.058, , BLIB_Or15735.225, , NLAI_BH1.007x | BRL_DA#712, GWBP#057 p.079x, AQA1#019, AHM.097, TSBT.090, RHQM2.0805-807 (214) (133-134x), ASAT2.111x, HYK.255, OOL.B152 | GWB#057x, GPB.110x9x, GPB.149x2x, GPB.360x, MBW.168x, PDC.026x, ADMS#107 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment | x | * | - | MMAH.206, GSH.206, LL#114, LL#345 | Tablet to be recited when making pilgrimage to Bahá'u'lláh's House in Baghdad | |||
| AB07211 | 110 | mixed | ای امه الله ورقه موقنه جناب آقا میرزا ابوالقاسم در کمال روح و ریحان وارد بقعه | O handmaid of God, steadfast leaf! His honor Áqá Mírzá Abu'l-Qásim hath entered the sacred shrine in the utmost spirit and fragrance [3.5s] | INBA87:174, INBA52:174b | YBN.015b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04947 | 160 | Persian | Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá | خداوند مهربانا از اقلیم امریک آن مملکت بعید بقصد زیارت بقعه مبارکه بارض مقدس | O Thou kind God! From America, that distant country, we hastened to the Holy Land and directed our steps | BRL_DAK#0055 | BRL_APAB#18 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06980 | 120 | Persian | ای ورقه موقنه جناب حلیل جلیل آقا میرزا علی وارد ارض اقدس بقعه مبارکه گشتند | O steadfast leaf! The honoured and noble Áqá Mírzá 'Alí hath attained unto the Most Holy Land, the blessed spot [3.5s] | MKT6.052 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06592 | 120 | Persian | ای امه الله خوشا خوشا ورقاتی که در این اوقات چون ایات بینات در انجمن قانتات | O handmaid of God! How blessed, how blessed are those leaves who, in these times, are even as clear verses in the gathering of devoted ones [3.5s] | MKT7.210a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11908 | 140 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان بیت مکرم در بغداد اکثر مواقعش ویران شده بود خواستم که بتاسیس | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The Most Great House in Baghdad had fallen, in most parts, into ruin, and I desired to undertake its restoration [3.5s] | INBA79.083b | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01076 | 380 | Persian | ای یادگار آن نجم ساطع از افق لامع دو مکتوب شما رسید یکی در حیفا و یکی از | O remnant of that resplendent star shining from the luminous horizon! Two of your letters have been received, one in Haifa and one from [3.5s] | PYK.246 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00650 | 480 | Persian | از ایه مبارکه ان یا رایس قد تجلینا علیک مره فی جبل تینا و مره فی زیتاء و فی | Regarding the blessed verse: 'O Chief! Verily We have manifested Ourself unto thee once upon the Mount of Sinai, and again upon the Mount of Olives, and in...' [4o] | INBA85:448 | MMK6#609, BSHI.029-031 | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03527 | 390 | Arabic | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک البدیع و به ذکرت ورود | O thou who art attracted by the breaths of God! Thy brilliant letter hath reached me and through it was received mention of thy arrival [3.5s]... ...You have asked about visiting holy places and the observance of marked reverence toward these resplendent spots. Holy places are undoubtedly centers of the outpouring of Divine grace | BRL_DAK#0704, YMM.366x, YMM.414x | LOG#1828x | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Law of pilgrimage; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Shrines and Holy places; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03085 | 290 | Arabic | بیقین مبین بدان لحاظ عنایت حق جل جلاله بارض ص بوده و هست در آن ارض | Know thou with absolute certitude that the glance of God's loving-kindness, glorified be His majesty, hath ever been directed towards the land of Ṣád [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.033.02, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04246 | 230 | Persian | ای احبای الهی جناب آقا ملا محمد علی علیه بهاء الله در کمال ابتهال بارض مقدس | O ye divine friends! His honour Aqa Mulla Muhammad-'Ali, upon whom rest the glory of God, hath attained the Holy Land in a state of utmost supplication [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.122-124 | MMK3#272 p.197x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| BH03208 | 280 | mixed | چند یومیست که کوم الله مقر عرش واقع شده و این آن مقامیست که در کتب قبل مذکور | For several days hath the divine Pavilion become established as the Seat of the Throne, and this is that station which was mentioned in the former Books [3.5s] | INBA51:014, KB_620:007-008 | LHKM2.099, MAS4.218ax | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01358 | 340 | mixed | ایها الفرع المنجذب بنفحات القدس المنتسب الی السدره المبارکه آنچه مرقوم نموده | O branch attracted by the holy fragrances, who art related to the Blessed Tree! That which thou didst write [3.5s]... ...You wrote about the Eminent House and the Point of Adoration of the world, may my life be a sacrifice unto its dust. This issue is most important; nay, it stands as the most momentous of all matters | INBA87:313, INBA52:318 | AFNAN.173-174x | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrdom of the Bab; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2429 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-13 | 90 | Persian | انسان که خود متذکر و متاثر بود در حجر و مدر تأثیر میکند شق القمر مینماید هدهد که بسبا رفت | When a person is consecrated and devout, his influence will even penetrate stones and hard rocks, causing great miracles.... Whenever I go to the Cave of Elijah, a new vivacity is wafted over Me. This is because the life-generating spirit of Elijah envelops that Cave | KHH1.240 (1.336) | KHHE.354 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03845 | 190 | mixed | در خصوص اجتماع سلاله اسراایل در اورشلیم بموجب نصوص انبیاء سوال نموده بودید | You have asked Me a question with regard to the gathering of the children of Israel in Jerusalem in accordance with the prophecy. | AVK4.469x, RHQM2.1169-1170 (638) (393), MAS2.022-023, QT108.086 | LOG#1677x, BSTW#192 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Outward and inward meanings; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0580 | Words spoken on 1914-06-15 in Haifa | 480 | Persian | من رفتم بطبریه این دفعه رفتن خیلی طول کشید طبریه نقطه ئی است که در کوشه ئی واقع شده | I went to Tiberias, but I stayed there longer than I expected. Tiberias is situated in an out-of-the-way place. | NJB_v05#17 p.003x | DAS.1914-06-15, SW_v09#10 p.116-117 | Christ; Christianity; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04485 | 170 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه شجره سیناء شکر کن خدا را که در ظل ممدود داخل شدی و در تحت لواء | O blessed leaf of the Sinai Tree, render thanks unto God that thou hast entered beneath His sheltering shade and come under the banner [3.5s] | INBA87:345a, INBA52:353 | Education of children; moral education; Importance of prayer; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02294 | 260 | Persian | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه آنچه مرقوم نموده بودند مطابق واقع بود در | O noble branch of the Blessed Tree! That which thou didst write was in accord with reality [3.5s]... ...When the American believers arrive in that realm, show them every consideration and greet them lovingly on my behalf… You had written regarding the blessed Threshold of the Sacred House [of the Bab] | INBA87:315, INBA52:319 | AFNAN.148x, AFNAN.152-153x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03749 | 190 | mixed | ای محمود من ای فرع شجره مبارکه حقا که افنانی و بانچه سزاوار قائم و عامل | O My Mahmúd! O offshoot of the blessed Tree! Indeed, thou art worthy to be an Afnan and deserve what hath been bestowed on you | KHAF.126 | GEN.331 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0131 | Words spoken on 1915-10-30 in Haifa | 1090 | Persian | هر مؤمن صادق و ثابت در صون حمایت جمال مبارک است. ایمان و ایقان یک رائحهٴ طیبه ای دارد، واقعاً نمی شود | Every faithful and steadfast believer abideth secure beneath the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty. True faith and certitude possesseth a sweet and heavenly fragrance that cannot be concealed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-30 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07749 | 110 | mixed | جناب آقا مهدی تو وکیل من هستی در آبیاری روضه مبارکه هر قطره از آن آب ماء حیات | O Jinab-i-Aqa Mahdi! Thou art my representative in the irrigation of the Blessed Garden. Every drop of that water is the water of life [3.5s] | INBA21:104a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2225 | Words spoken en route in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-01 | 110 | Persian | جمال مبارک سه مرتبه به یرکه تشریف آوردند دفعه اول من تا نزدیکهای ابوسنان پیاده | The Blessed Beauty journeyed to the village of Yirkih three times. On the first visit, I walked at the side | KHH1.131-132 (1.181-182) | KHHE.197, DAS.1914-11-01, BSR_v13 p.082 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3212 | Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1914-01-01 | 40 | What is known is that a piece of ground was bought specially for the Tomb of Jesus and that is known as Golgotha. When St. Helena went to Jerusalem she tried to have this place discovered. The Jews showed her the place that is now pointed out. They got a good sum for their guidance. | PN_1913-14_heh p118 | Exhortations and counsels; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06024 | 130 | Persian | ای افنان سدره منتهی و ای احبای جمال ابهی بیت مقدس و مطاف ملا اعلی را باید از | O Afnan of the Tree beyond which there is no passing and of the friends of the Blessed Beauty! Th e sacred House [of the Bab] and the point of adoration of the denizens of the Concourse on High must be protected | INBA87:277b, INBA52:282a | KHAF.217 | GEN.314 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01821 | 490 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز جمیل و فیه یذکر الله عبدا من عباده لیکون من المتذکرین | This is a Book sent down in truth from the presence of the Mighty, the Beauteous, wherein God maketh mention of one among His servants, that he may be of them that remember [3.5s] | INBA83:232, BLIB_Or15725.522, , ALIB.folder18p329 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07198 | 110 | mixed | ای امه الله جناب آقا سهراب مدتی بود که در درگاه احدیت بخدمت مشغول بود و از | O maidservant of God! For some time past Jináb-i-Áqá Suhráb hath been engaged in service at the Sacred Threshold of the Divine, and from [3.5s] | INBA87:021a, INBA52:021a | MKT7.221a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11723 | 150 | Persian | ای دختر محترم آن برکوار نامه شما رسید الحمد لله بزیارت مرقد پدر موفقی و همچنین | O respected daughter of that noble soul! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, thou hast succeeded in visiting the resting-place of thy father, and likewise [3.5s] | YIA.401 | Chastisement and requital; Eulogies; reminiscences; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0804 | Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-28 | 370 | Praise be to God that you have crossed the mountains and deserts, the lands and the seas and attained to the visit of the Holy Tomb with joy and fragrance. | DAS.1913-06-28 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Law of pilgrimage; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2857 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 60 | Persian | من تمام کارهای خود را در این جهان تمام کردم و باید از این عالم بروم فقط بیت مبارک | [He said that He has completed His work in this world and must leave this mortal plane. But the only matter He has been unable to take care of is the House of Baha’u’llah in Baghdad] | KNR.079 | KNRE.087 | Call to action; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00584 | 510 | Persian | ای دو افنان شجره مقدسه مکاتیب شما رسید ولی جواب تاخیر افتاد زیرا کسالت مزاج | O twin offshoots of the sanctified Tree! Thy letters arrived, but a response was delayed due to a severe illness that rendered writing impossible | INBA87:352, INBA52:360 | GEN.173x, GEN.343x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01763 | 300 | O thou my beloved sister! Through the encircling graces of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a ransom to the dust of His Holy Threshold - we have crossed the blue seas | LTDT.172-173, AIF.1911-08-21, DAS.1914-10-27 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB11411 | 30 | Persian | یا شقیقتی العزیزه آنی شما را فراموش ننمایم همواره در فکر و ذکر تو هستم از | O my cherished sister! Thou art never absent from my thoughts. I speak of thee and call thee to mind at all times. | BHKP_2#18x | BHK_2#18x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09145 | 80 | Persian | ای احبای الهی جناب دکتر ضیاء و امة الله زینت مدت مدیده در ارض مقدسه اقامت | O ye friends of God! His honor Dr. Zia (M. Bagdadi) and the maidservant | NJB_v11#12 p.209 | SW_v11#12 p.208 | Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09198 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از کثرت مشاغل ابدا فرصت ندارم چند روز پیش نامه خطابا بحرم پیک | O servant of God! Due to the multitude of my occupations, I have not a moment's opportunity. Some days ago I addressed a letter to the Sacred Household [3.5s] | INBA87:156a, INBA52:153 | Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10059 | 70 | Persian | ای متوجه الی الله ببقعه مبارکه فائز گشتی و در آستان حضرت کبریا حاضر شدی و | O thou who art turning unto God! Thou hast attained to the blessed Spot and art present at the Threshold of the Lord of Grandeur [3.5s] | INBA55:339 | Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2442 | Words spoken at Bahji, 1913-12-18 | 90 | I have seen many meadows in Europe and America, but seldom have I seen a place more spiritual, more divine, more inspirational. | DAS.1913-12-18 | Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00001 | Alvah-i-Visaya (Will and Testament) | 5820 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá | حمدا لمن صان هیکل امره بدرع المیثاق عن سهام الشبهات و حمی حمی شریعته السمحاء | All praise to Him Who, by the Shield of His Covenant, hath guarded the Temple of His Cause from the darts of doubtfulness... O God, my God! Shield Thy trusted servants from the evils of self... O Lord by God! Assist Thy loved ones to be firm in Thy Faith | WTP, ABS#15-wt, AYT.456-484x, AYT.514-521x, DWNP_v1#03-4 p.005x, DWNP_v2#03-4 p.027-031x, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.024x and 026-029x, KHSH11.007, OOL.C003 | WTAB, BPRY.153-154x, BPRY.191x, BWF.438-449x, BADM.003-012x, BADM.036-037x, BADM.069x, GPB.247x, GPB.250x2x, GPB.328x, GPB.332x, GPB.377x3x, GPB.389x, MBW.038x, TDH#64.4x, WOB.023x, WOB.128x, WOB.133x, WOB.148-149x, WOB.149x2x, BSC.552 #994x, SW_v14#03 p.085-086x, SW_v14#08 p.233-234x, DWN_v1#09 p.001x, DWN_v4#01 p.001x | MJ Cyr, KC Porter, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown, MANA, N. Chiang, O. Devine, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, KC Porter, S. Bayan & S. Suggs | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Hands of the Cause; House of Justice; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Twin Manifestations | 1 | * | * | MMAH.284 | |||
| ABU1454 | Words to Dr. Fallscheer in the house of 'Abdu'l-Baha on 6 Aug 1910, spoken on 1910-08-06 | 220 | Well, my daughter how do you like Shoghi Effendi, my future Elisha?... My grandson does not have the eyes of a pioneer | PPRP.018 | SDW v10#10 p.139-142, PPRL.011-013, SEIO.065-067x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02327 | 250 | mixed | الهی انت تعلم حالی و تری تشتت شملی و تفرق جمعی و تلهف قلبی فی هجرانی من قربک | O my God! Thou knowest well my state and beholdest the scattering of my affairs, the dispersal of my gathering, and the yearning of my heart in separation from nearness unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA87:171b, INBA52:171 | RHQM1.563-564 (689x) (422-423x), MAS2.020x, NSS.155-156x | Prayer for praise and gratitude; Shaykhis; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04613 | 160 | Persian | از شمع انجمن رحمانى حضرت شیخ مرقوم احسائی سؤال فرموده اند که مآل امرى | They inquired of that candle of the Divine assembly, His Holiness Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í, concerning the outcome of a matter [3.5s] | RHQM1.569-570 (568) (426), MAS5.159-160 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Predictions and prophecies; Shaykhis | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00090 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanz (Commentary on the Tradition of the Hidden Treasure) | 2000 | Arabic | بسم الل الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تعالی بعلو کبریائیته عن علو اعلی جوهر المجردات و تعظم بذاتیة ازلیته | Praise be to God, Who hath ascended, in the loftiness of His grandeur, above the loftiest essences of the spirit, and hath, by virtue of His eternal essence, manifested His transcendent majesty [4o] | SFI10.057-062 | Impossibility of true worship of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Muhammad; Islam; Names and attributes of God; Seven stages of creation; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SFI10.038 | ||||||||
| BB00364 | Fi Bayani Lawhi’l-Mahfuz (Letter on the Preserved Tablet) (part II) | 460 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و قد سئلک السائل عن اللوح الحفیظ اعلمه بما قد علمک الله المحیط و ها انا ذا القیت الیک من رشحات تلک الالواح المستضیئه | The questioner hath assuredly asked thee about al-lawḥ al-maḥfūẓ ("The Preserved Tablet"). Inform him then according to what God, the All-Encompassing, hath taught thee [the Bāb] | INBA67:174-176, INBA_4011C:139-141, , INBA_6004C:202-204, , INBA_6006C:079-080, , PR07.067r-067v | HURQ.BB07x | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Law of cause and effect; Seven stages of creation; The cross and the trinity | - | - | SRC.190, SRC.192x2 | |||||||
| BB00590 | 100 | Arabic | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation | وانی لاعلم یا الهی ان الشیئی لما ینسب الیک یظهر حکم المشیة فی صقعه و اذا ینسب | I recognize, O my God, that whenever something is related to Thee, the decree of the Will is applicable to it, and whenever it is related to itself, the decree of Purpose is established in it | AVK1.100 | BLO_PT#079.1.2, KSHK.BWB | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Seven stages of creation | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00408 | 1700 | mixed | حمد مقدس از ذکر و فکر حضرت مقصود لایزالی را سزاست که افق برهانرا در یوم قیام | Praise, sanctified beyond thought and remembrance, beseemeth that Ever-Abiding Desired One, Who hath caused the horizon of proof to shine forth on the Day of Rising [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11097#037, | MAS8.145x, ASAT2.012x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04890 | 160 | mixed | ای یار قدیم و همدم و ندیم ایا ایام ملاقات فراموش نمودی که چنین خواموش گشتی | O thou ancient companion and cherished intimate! Hast thou forgotten the days of our meeting, that thou art grown so silent [3.5s] | INBA17:139 | MMK3#071 p.046x | Call to action; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10676 | 60 | Arabic | ایتها المنتبهة الی فناء الدنیا اعلمی ان هذه الدار الفانیه ضاقت | O thou who art mindful of the transience of this world, know thou that this ephemeral abode is constrained [3.5s] | MKT2.330a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01355 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Persian) | 630 | Persian | Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner | Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian) | چون اهل فلک الهی باذن ملاح قدسی در سفینه قدمی باسمی از اسما تشبث نموده بر بحر | Whilst the dwellers in the divine Ark, by the permission of the Holy Mariner, held fast unto one name amongst all names in the ancient Ark and sailed upon the ocean of names, they passed the grades of worldly limitation | INBA36:437, BLIB_Or15696.107c, , BLIB_Or15706.126, , BLIB_Or15714.043, , BLIB_Or15722.315, | BRL_DA#729, AQA5#137 p.181, MAS4.339, YADG.049-050, AHB_107BE #19 p.002x, YMM.291x, OOL.B055b | BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, HURQ.BH22 | Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant upon the ocean of glory and foreshadows that some within that Ark will stray and be cast out for desiring ‘to ascend unto that state which the Lord hath ordained to be above their stations’. (Persian portion) | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1b | * | - | |||
| AB01544 | 310 | Arabic | انت تشهد یا الهی بعبودیتی و ذلی و فقری و مسکنتی و عجزی و فقری بباب احدیتک و | Thou dost witness, O my God, my servitude and my lowliness, my poverty and my destitution, my powerlessness and my indigence at the threshold of Thine oneness [3.5s] | INBA59:080 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02603 | 240 | mixed | ای یاران الهی و اماء رحمانی جمیع اوصاف و اسما و صفات که در تحت ادراکات | O divine friends and handmaidens of the Merciful! All attributes, names and qualities that lie within the realm of comprehension [3.5s] | MMK5#182 p.143, YFY.110-111 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00956 | 860 | mixed | عاشق را نزد معشوق اظهار هستی و خودبینی جائز نه اگر خطوه از این سبیل تجاوز | For the lover, in the presence of the Beloved, any assertion of existence or manifestation of self is not permitted, should one step beyond this path [3.5s] | BLIB_Or07852.105, , BLIB_Or11096#025, , BLIB_Or15698.254, , BLIB_Or15720.249, , BLIB_Or15740.193, , Majlis934.230-237 | BRL_DA#605, IQT.254, MAS4.229 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00464 | Kitabu’l-Mashhudiyyah | 280 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. السلام من السلام و بالسلام الی السلام یعود السلام لا اله الا هو المعبود کل البریة الیه یرجعون | Peace [Salám, = greeting] is from Peace, and through Peace unto Peace doth Peace return. There is none other God but He, the Worshipped One, unto Whom all creation returneth [3.5s] | INBA98:110.08-111.09 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06590 | 120 | Persian | ای امه الله الناطقه جوهر محامد و نعوت و ستایش این عبد بیان عبودیت باستان مقدس | O articulate handmaid of God! The essence of all praise, glorification and commendation of this servant is to express servitude at the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | INBA17:044 | MKT7.038 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10625 | 60 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت رحمانیت بصرت حدید است و خلقت خلق جدید | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of the All-Merciful! Keen indeed is thy vision, and a new creation hath been brought forth [3.5s] | INBA89:055a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00719 | 1080 | Arabic | ان یا زین المقربین قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و سمعنا ما فیه بذلک تموج بحر عنایه | O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Thy letter hath come before Our presence and We have hearkened unto that which it containeth. Thus did the ocean of bounty surge forth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#007, | ADM2#091 p.171x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08400 | 100 | mixed | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی استغفرک من کل وصف و نعت فی حقی الا العبودیه لعتبتک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thy forgiveness for every attribute and quality ascribed unto me, save that of servitude at Thy threshold [3.5s] | MSHR4.185x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03567 | 200 | Arabic | یا من انجذب بنفحات ریاض المیثاق تالله الحق ان بشائر | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances wafting from the gardens of the Covenant! By God, verily the glad-tidings [3.5s] | INBA13:246 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02313 | 260 | mixed | یا من انجذب من نفحات الله قد رتلت ایات شوقک و تلوت کتاب حبک لله ربک الرحمن | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! I have heard the verses of thy longing and read the Book of thy love for God, thy Lord, the All-Merciful [3.5s] | MSHR5.026-027x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12248 | 220 | Arabic | و انت تعلم یا الهی ذلی و مسکنتی و فقری و مسغبتی و تبتلی و تضرعی و تذللی | Thou knowest, O my God, my lowliness and poverty, my destitution and desperate need, my utter devotion, my supplications, and my complete self-effacement [3.5s] | INBA85:427 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06196 | 160 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations | سبحانک یا الهی تعلم بلائی و ما ورد علی من الذین طافوا حولی من العباد الذین | Glorified art Thou, O my Lord! Thou beholdest my tribulations and all that hath befallen me at the hands of such of Thy servants | PMP#151, NFR.112, NSR_1993.045, ABDA.269 | PM#151 | B. Lisbeth | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB10804 | 50 | Arabic | الهی الهی ان هذین العبدین قد توجها الی نیر الخافقین و نور المشرقین و استضائا | O my God, O my God! These two servants have turned their faces toward the Luminary of the horizons and the Light of the East, and have been illumined [3.5s] | YMM.331x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for the departed; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03503 | 200 | mixed | ای یادگار آن جوهر هدی در جمیع اوقات و احیان در خاطر بوده و هستید و از درگاه | O remnant of that Essence of Guidance! At all times and seasons thou hast been, and art still, present in our thoughts, and from the threshold [3.5s] | INBA59:132b, INBA88:171 | MMK5#187 p.147, PYB#097 p.11 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09882 | 90 | Arabic | شهد القلم الاعلی بانک توجهت الی الملکوت و سمعت ندآء الله رب العالمین و شربت | The Supreme Pen beareth witness that thou hast turned unto the Kingdom and hearkened unto the call of God, the Lord of the worlds, and hast drunk [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.089f, | ASAT4.448x | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02725 | 330 | Arabic | یا محمد قبل کاظم قد حضر العبد الحاضر بالکتاب الذی ارسلته الی اسم الجود | O Muhammad-Qabl-i-Káẓim! the servant in attendance hath appeared with the Book which thou didst send unto the Name of Bounty [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.100, , BLIB_Or15715.347, | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12637 | 80 | Persian | ای فرع شجره مبارکه فی الحقیقه در خصوص پوسته ها خدمت نمایانی باستان مقدس جمال | O offshoot of the blessed Tree! In truth, concerning the parcels, thou hast rendered a conspicuous service to the Sacred Threshold of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:088a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0433 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 590 | Today we will speak about Obedience! The Manifestation of God is a perfect example... Real obedience and real sacrifice are identical - absolute readiness to follow and | SW_v08#05 p.060x, SW_v08#17 p.221-222x, TDLA.048-051, BLO_PN#104 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB06798 | 120 | mixed | ای سیاح آفاق در سبیل میثاق بهر بوم و بر که مرور نمودی عموم ستایش نمودند و | O wayfarer of the horizons! In the path of the Covenant, in every land and region that thou didst traverse, all proclaimed their praise [3.5s] | TZH8.0620, YQAZ.112 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12796 | 250 | Persian | ای یادگار آن مقرب درگاه جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید مضمون در نهایت فصاحت و بلاغت | O cherished remnant of that soul who was nigh unto the Most Glorious Beauty! Your letter was received, and its contents were of the utmost eloquence and refinement [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1120 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01395 | 330 | Persian | ای دل آگاه پناه عالمیان درگاه اله است و ملجا و ملاذ آدمیان عتبه مقدسه پروردگار | O discerning heart! The threshold of God is the refuge of all worlds, and the sacred threshold of the Lord is the sanctuary and shelter of all humanity [3.5s] | YARP2.339 p.277, PPAR.104 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02254 | 260 | Persian | ای عبدالحسین چون بنگارش این نامه پرداختم تحری نعت و لقبی نمودم که عنوان خطاب | O 'Abdu'l-Husayn! As I set about to pen this letter, I sought to find a befitting title and appellation that would serve as its address [3.5s] | MKT5.096 | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH03403 | 270 | Arabic | هل اللوح یحمل اسرار ربک هل القلم یجری منه ما اراد لا و نفسه الحق بل بما | Doth this Tablet bear the mysteries of thy Lord? Doth the Pen flow with whatsoever He willeth? Nay, by His own Self [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#205, | Love of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01878 | 470 | Arabic | قد حضر بین یدینا کتابک و اطلعنا بما فیه من خفیات حبک و کنا من الشاهدین و | Thy letter hath come before Us, and We have learned what lay concealed therein of thy love, and We were among those who witnessed [3.5s] | INBA81:104 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08676 | 90 | Persian | ای جلال توجه بملکوت جمال نما و موهبت بی زوال طلب و اعظم آمال بجو و آن عبودیت | O thou Glory! Turn thy face unto the Kingdom of Beauty, seek the eternal gift, pursue the most glorious aspiration, which is servitude [3.5s] | AKHA_133BE #02 p.a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09407 | 80 | Persian | ای سمی علوی عبدالبهاء گمان منما که دقیقه ای فراموش شوی دمبدم بیاد توام و از | O thou namesake of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, think not that thou shalt be forgotten for a single moment. At every breath do I remember thee, and from [3.5s] | AYBY.391 #078 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08162 | 100 | Persian | ای غلام بهاء غلامی اما تاج عبودیت حضرت رحمانیت بسر داری و بر سریر عزت ابدیه | O bondsman of Bahá! Though thou art a servant, yet upon thy head resteth the crown of servitude to the All-Merciful, and thou art established upon the throne of everlasting glory [3.5s] | AYBY.429 #143 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03728 | 190 | mixed | ای عاشقان روی دوست هنگام شادمانیست و وقت استفاضه و کامرانی زیرا فیض جمال قدم | O ye lovers of the countenance of the Beloved! This is the hour of gladness and the time of grace and felicity, for the bounties of the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | MSHR5.263-264 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02786 | 230 | Persian | ای یاران روحانی من حمد جمال قدیمرا که بنار موقده ربانیه مشتعلید و بخدمت عتبه | O My spiritual companions! Praise be to the Ancient Beauty, that ye are kindled with the fire of divine revelation and are engaged in service at the threshold [3.5s] | INBA13:116 | MKT9.249, MSHR5.432 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04139 | 180 | Persian | ای یاران نیک اختر چه خوش بخت بودید و همایون ماه و فرخنده مهر که در این روز | O ye companions of propitious fortune, how blessed were ye, and how auspicious was the moon and felicitous the sun, that on this day [3.5s] | INBA89:028b | ALPA.049, AHB.127BE #05-06 p.000, BSHN.140.448, BSHN.144.442, MHT1b.230, YARP2.058 p.101, RMT.206-207 | Music and singing; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01539 | 310 | Arabic | اللهم یا الهی ما الطف سریان محبتک فی القلوب المنجذبه بنفحات قدسک و ما احلی | O God, my God! How gentle is the flow of Thy love in hearts that are drawn to the fragrances of Thy holiness, and how sweet [3.5s] | INBA85:364 | YMM.037 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power of prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08164 | 100 | mixed | ای غلام علی اعلی این غلام مضاف بنام جمال کبریاء علی اعلی و شطر ثانی از اسم | O servant of the Most Exalted! This servant, who is linked to the name of the Supreme Beauty, the Most Exalted, and to the second part [3.5s] | INBA88:248 | AYBY.429 #145 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03563 | 200 | mixed | یا من اختاره الله لنشر روح محبه الله قد ارتفع علم المیثاق و تموج اللواء | O thou whom God hath chosen to spread the spirit of His love! The banner of the Covenant hath been raised aloft, and its standard waveth [3.5s] | AKHA_121BE #09 p.b, TSHA2.324, MJMJ3.090x, MMG2#281 p.313x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08350 | 100 | Arabic | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک الاخیر الدال علی تسعر نار محبه | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! I have read thy recent letter which indicateth the burning fire of thy love [3.5s] | ABB.107 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10973 | 50 | Persian | ای ناظر الی الله توجه بملکوت غیب ابهی کن و تشبث بذیل رداء کبریا نما و طلب | O thou who gazest upon God! Turn thy sight unto the Kingdom of the invisible Abhá, and cling to the hem of the robe of grandeur and seek [3.5s] | HDQI.294 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03634 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده بهاء نامه ملیح مفید مختصر شما بسیار سبب راحت و مسرت عبدالبهاء گشت نامه | O thou servant of Baha! Thy sweet and beneficial concise letter hath indeed brought comfort and joy to 'Abdu'l-Baha [3.5s] | MMK6#362 | Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06202 | 160 | Arabic | سبحانک یا من فی یمینک زمام الکائنات و فی قبضتک ازمه الممکنات اسئلک باسمک | Glorified art Thou, O Thou in Whose right hand lie the reins of all creation and in Whose grasp rest the destinies of all contingent beings! I beseech Thee by Thy Name [3.5s] | INBA41:222b, BLIB_Or15697.232a, | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02321 | 250 | Arabic | اللهم یا کاشف الاسرار و المطلع بسرائر الاحرار و الواقف بضمائر الابرار و ما حق | O God, Unveiler of mysteries, Who art cognizant of the secrets of the free, Who standeth witness to the inmost thoughts of the righteous and all that is true [3.5s] | INBA59:093 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01448 | 330 | mixed | رب و رجائی و غایه منائی و مغیثی و معینی ادعوک بقلب متاجج بنار محبتک و صدر | O Lord, my Hope, my ultimate Desire, my Protector and my Helper! I beseech Thee with a heart enkindled with the fire of Thy love and a breast [3.5s] | AMK.034-035 | Non-participation in politics; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02216 | 400 | Arabic | سبحانک یا من بک اشرق نیر المعانی من افق سماء البیان و تزینت عوالم العلم و | Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whom the Sun of inner meanings hath dawned from the horizon of the heaven of utterance, and through Whom the realms of knowledge have been adorned [3.5s]... ...I plead my grief and my sorrow to God, the Lord of mankind. Things have been turned upside down and countries are in turmoil | INBA61:015, INBA66:096 | MJMM.404, AQMM.035, NSR_1993.040, ADH1.073, RAHA.028-029, MMUH#01x, MMUH#14x | KSHK#14x, BTO#15x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH05842 | 170 | Persian | قد نزل الکتاب فی المأب بما استوی الوهاب علی عرش اسمه العظیم طوبی لمن | The Book hath indeed been sent down on the Day of Return, inasmuch as the All-Bountiful hath ascended the throne of His Most Great Name. Blessed is he who [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15724.159a, , BLIB_Or15726.058a, | Chastisement and requital; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02153 | 410 | mixed | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | قد اتی یوم فیه اتت السماء بدخان مبین و اتی یوم فیه مرت الجبال کمر السحاب | The Day hath come wherein the heavens have brought forth a manifest smoke, and the Day hath come wherein the mountains move as move the clouds [3.5s]... ...O my Lord, my Master, and the Goal of my Desire! I have heard that Thou hast declared this to be a Day whereon if anyone, with complete sincerity | INBA30:107x, INBA45:202, BLIB_Or15715.031a, | BRL_DA#236, AHM.365x, AQMJ1.174x, ADH1.091, AKHA_133BE #11 p.250 | BRL_APBH#17x, ADMS#035x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| AB02025 | 270 | Arabic | اللهم یا ملجای و ملاذی و مبدای و معادی و مامنی و معاذی و انیس قلبی فی وحشتی | O Lord, my refuge and sanctuary, my origin and return, my shelter and safeguard, the companion of my heart in my loneliness [3.5s] | MILAN.206, TZH8.0003, ADH2.054, ADH2_2#02 p.087, MJMJ1.002, MMG2#121 p.137, MJH.056, NSR_1978.121, NSR_1993.134 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01390 | 620 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی اراد ربه المهیمن القیوم لیدع ما عنده و | This is a Book from the One imprisoned unto him who hath desired his Lord, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, that he may cast away whatsoever he possesseth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#051, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05137 | 150 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه که چند سال پیش فرستاده بودی امسال رسید از مضمون مفهوم شد که | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter which thou didst send several years ago hath but now arrived. From its contents it was understood that [3.5s] | INBA87:184, INBA52:185b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11970 | 100 | Persian | مهربانا بی نیازا این بندگانت کوه و بیابان پیمودند و از دشت و دریا گذشتند | O Thou kind Lord, Thou Who art independent of all things! These servants of Thine traversed mountains and deserts | ADMS#119 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for protection; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06688 | 150 | Arabic | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد بعلوک و استعلائک و سموک و ارتفاعک اذ اکون | Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I bear witness to Thy loftiness and Thy transcendence, Thy sublimity and Thine exaltation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or03114.010, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05016 | 190 | Persian | جمعی از منافقین در ظاهر ادعای وفاق نموده اند و در باطن باعداء اتفاق شده | A company of hypocrites have outwardly made claim to unity, while inwardly they have conspired with the enemies [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.190b, | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08600 | 120 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | یا من بلائک دوآء المقربین و سیفک رجاء العاشقین و سهمک محبوب المشتاقین و | O Thou Whose tests are a healing medicine to such as are nigh unto Thee... I am he, O my Lord, that hath set his face towards Thee, and fixed his hope on the wonders of Thy grace | INBA48:192, INBA30:123bx, BLIB_Or15739.330, | PMP#133, PMP#134, AHM.066, AQMJ1.010, NSR_1993.030, ADH1.032 | PM#133, PM#134, BPRY.074x, BPRY.220x | Ahdieh | Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | LL#502 | |||||
| AB01710 | 300 | Persian | ای زنده بروح میثاق نسیم معطر ثبوت و رسوخ چون مرور نماید قلوب گشایش یابد و بصر | O thou who livest by the spirit of the Covenant! When the perfumed breeze of constancy and steadfastness doth waft abroad, hearts and vision are opened wide [3.5s] | MMK5#193 p.151 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for governments and rulers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07775 | 130 | Arabic | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قل الهی الهی تبت الیک و انک انت التواب الرحیم الهی الهی رجعت الیک انک انت | O God, my God! I have turned in repentance unto Thee, and verily Thou art the Pardoner, the Compassionate. | INBA61:051, INBA66:101 | ADM2#103 p.186, AQMM.051 | BPRY.186 | J. Heath [track 2], N. Chiang | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| AB11781 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده صادق الهی خدمت یاران کنی و سروری دو جهان یابی و عبودیت آستان کنی | O faithful servant of God! Service to the friends brings you lordship in both worlds, and servitude at His Threshold [3.5s] | YIA.311 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09772 | 70 | Arabic | الهی الهی تری عبدک الملتجی بباب رحمتک اللائذ بعتبه قدس عنایتک المستجیر بک من | O my God, O my God! Thou seest Thy servant who hath taken refuge at the gate of Thy mercy, who hath sought shelter at the sacred threshold of Thy grace, who seeketh protection from [3.5s] | INBA59:213 | Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10415 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق دست نیاز بدرگاه حضرت بی نیاز برآر و بگو ای پروردگار گنهکاریم عفو و | O servant of Truth, raise thy hands in supplication to the threshold of the Self-Sufficient Lord and say: "O Lord! We are sinners, grant us..." [3.5s] | INBA84:522b | AKHA_134BE #06 p.a, MJMJ3.054, MMG2#333 p.369 | Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05219 | 150 | Persian | ای شاعر ماهر نظمی که چون لئالی در سلک و اسلوب بدیع ترتیب نموده بودید | O thou skilled poet! The verses thou hast arranged, like pearls strung in a novel pattern and style [3.5s] | INBA21:020 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB03472 | 200 | Persian | ای مخمور باده میثاق اشعار آبدار که فی الحقیقه چون آب روان بود و سلسبیل عرفان | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! Thy flowing verses are in truth even as running water and the pure fountain of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA85:304 | MSHR5.168, YIK.091-092 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03191 | 210 | Persian | ای مرغ زار مرغزار توحید الحان بدیعت مفرح قلوب و نغمات حزینت منهج نفوس فصاحت | O plaintive bird of the meadow of oneness, thy wondrous songs gladden all hearts and thy mournful melodies guide the path of souls [3.5s] | PYB#218 p.59 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06641 | 120 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت ابهی و سهیم و شریک عبدالبهاء در عبودیت آستان مقدس جمال کبریاء | O servant of the Abhá Beauty and partner and associate of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in servitude at the Sacred Threshold of the Most Great Glory [3.5s] | SFI01.144b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08291 | 100 | mixed | ای هم پیشه و هم اندیشه این عبد آستان شکر کن خدا را که خادم یارانی و چاکر | O fellow craftsman and companion in thought, give thanks unto God that thou art a servant of the friends and a humble attendant [3.5s] | AKHB.131 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01305 | 650 | mixed | حمد مقصود عالم را که از نفحات مراسلات افئده را بطراز جدید و قلوب را بزینت | Praise be to the Object of all existence, Who, through the fragrances of His missives, hath adorned hearts with new ornament and souls with grace [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15700.174, , BLIB_Or15711.065, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10021 | 70 | mixed | ای ظهوری در میدان فصاحت و بلاغت فی الحقیقه ظهور و بروزی نمودی | O Zuhuri! In the realm of eloquence and rhetoric thou hast, in truth, shown forth a manifest radiance [3.5s] | MSHR1.020x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Personal instructions; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07326 | 140 | mixed | یا اسمعیل بفرح اکبر فائز شدی و بسرور اعظم مزین چه که حق جل جلاله از شطر سجن | O Isma'il! Thou hast attained unto the most great joy and been adorned with supreme gladness, for the Truth, exalted be His glory, from the Prison [3.5s] | INBA41:213, BLIB_Or15715.274b, | LHKM1.117 | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09235 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم غلام او هستی ولی سرور عالم زیرا بنده حلقه بگوش جمال ابهی | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Though His thrall thou art, yet sovereign of the world art thou, for thou art a bond-slave of the Abhá Beauty [3.5s] | MKT8.027a, LMA2.451 | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03521 | 200 | Persian | ای یاران مهربان در این صباح پر فلاح مشرق از افق جان عبدالبهاء | O kind friends! On this morn of prosperity and felicity, dawning from the horizon of the soul of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MMK5#164 p.127 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02130 | 270 | Persian | ای یاران حق و دوستان الهی در کل احوال و جمیع احیان در انجمن رحمن مذکور و | O friends of Truth and lovers divine! In all conditions and at all times ye are mentioned in the assemblage of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA88:315b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH05179 | 190 | mixed | یا ابراهیم لحاظ عنایت بتو متوجه و قلم اعلی بذکر دوستان در کل احیان کالبرق | O Ibrahim! The glance of loving-kindness is turned towards thee, and the Supreme Pen is, like unto lightning, engaged at every moment in making mention of the friends [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.119b, | Chastisement and requital; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07206 | 110 | Persian | ای امه الله صبح روشنیست و جلوه گلزار و گلشنی مجمر طور سیناء در ملکوت ابهی | O handmaid of God! The morn is bright, and the garden and rose-bower are resplendent; the censer of Mount Sinai is alight in the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | MKT9.025a | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07269 | 110 | mixed | ای بنده جمال قدم اشعار فصیح و بلیغی که در حلاوت چون انگبین بود ملاحظه گردید | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The eloquent and fluent verses, which in sweetness were as honey, were perused [3.5s] | MMK3#270 p.195 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11052 | 50 | Persian | شاپور پور شاه بود امیدوارم که تو پرتو آسمان شوی اگر او تاجدار کشور خاک بود تو شهریار جهان تابناک گردی | Shapur was the son of a king. I cherish the hope that thou mayest become a radiant star of the heavens. If he was a crown-bearer of the earthly realm, mayest thou become a sovereign of the luminous world [3.5s] | INBA88:336c | YARP2.317 p.268 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| BH09498 | 100 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | قل اللهم یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک باسمک الذی به ظهر مطلع قوتک و | O God, and the God of all Names, and Maker of the heavens! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which He Who is the Day-Spring of Thy might | PMP#138, NFR.211 | PM#138, BPRY.158 | A. Bryan, M. Yazhari | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Prayer for detachment; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| BH05269 | 180 | Arabic | الهی الهی اسمع من الاشجار ذکرک و ثنائک و من الاحجار وصفک و ما کان مستورا عن | My God, my God! From the trees I hear Thy remembrance and praise, and from the stones Thy attributes and that which was hidden from [3.5s] | KHH2.196-197 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prophecy and fulfillment; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04932 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou Secretary of the meanings emanated from the hearts of the people of the Kingdom. Verily, I have read thine eloquent letter | TAB.081 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH08306 | 120 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم ان هذه امتک التی جعلتها مملوکه فی ملکک و نسبتها لعبدک هذا | Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy handmaiden whom Thou hast made to be a bond-servant in Thy dominion and hast attributed unto this Thy servant [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.139a, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09504 | 100 | Arabic | قل سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد بما شهدت بنفسک لنفسک قبل خلق الاشیاء بانک انت | Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness to that which Thou hast testified concerning Thine own Self before the creation of all things, that verily Thou art [3.5s] | AQMJ2.069a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH09288 | 100 | Arabic | ای رب فاحفظنی بسلطنتک و اقتدارک مع عبادک الأخیار ای رب فاجعلنی علی ما انت تحب و ترض | O Lord! Preserve me, through Thy sovereignty and power, amidst Thy righteous servants. O Lord! Make me as Thou lovest and dost approve [3.5s] | INBA57:099.04x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08731 | 110 | Arabic | ای رب انا الذی کنت غافلاً عن ظهورات عظمتک فی ایامک و نائماً علی بساط الغفلة | O Lord! I am he who was heedless of the manifestations of Thy greatness in Thy days and lay sleeping upon the couch of heedlessness [3.5s] | INBA92:205a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02244 | 400 | mixed | یا علی قبل اکبر انا نوصیک کما وصیناک من قبل بما یظهر به شان الانسان فی | O 'Alí-Akbar! We counsel thee even as We counseled thee aforetime concerning that which shall manifest the station of man in [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15730.033c, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02118 | 270 | Persian | ای ورقه مهتزه از نفحات ریاض آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید دلیل ثبوت بود | O leaf stirred by the fragrances of the gardens! That which thou didst write was noted, and it was a proof of steadfastness [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0906, MKT7.183, MKT6.072 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06659 | 120 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه حضرت احدیت ستایشی اعظم از این نیافتم که ترا بان بستایم خداوند یزدان | O servant at the threshold of His Divine Unity, I have found no greater praise than this: to extol thee, O Lord God [3.5s] | MMK6#072 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04585 | 170 | Persian | یا من تمسک بحبل المیثاق ذکری از سرکار خان نموده بودید | O thou who holdest fast to the Cord of the Covenant! Thou didst make mention of his honour the Khan [3.5s] | INBA13:315 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01257 | 350 | mixed | ای طیر حدیقه ابتهال آنچه بجناب مشهدی حسین مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از | O thou bird of the garden of supplication! That which thou hadst written to Mashhadi Husayn was noted [3.5s] | MKT5.093 | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00281 | 700 | Arabic | الهی و محبوبی تری عبادک المهاجرین حاضرین فی محفل التبتل الیک و ارقائک المجاورین | O my God and my Beloved! Thou seest Thy servants, thy wanderers, present in the court of devotion unto Thee, and Thy bondsmen dwelling nigh [3.5s] | INBA21:078, INBA55:383 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08264 | 100 | mixed | ای ناظر الی الله سمی بزرگوار صادق الوعد امین بود لهذا باین مقام بلند اعلی در | O thou who gazest toward God! The distinguished namesake was faithful to his promise, and therefore attained unto this most exalted station [3.5s] | YMM.182 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07969 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده صادق الهی جناب آقا محمد اسمعیل حاضر و نهایت ستایش را از شما مینماید | O thou faithful servant of God! Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad Isma'il is present and offereth the highest praise of thee [3.5s] | TSAY.203 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06887 | 120 | Persian | ای خداوند تو شاهد و آگاهی که در دل و جان جز آرزوی رضای تو مرادی ندارم و جز در بزم ميثاق راهی و کامی نجويم | O Lord! Thou art witness and well aware that in my heart and soul I cherish no desire save the yearning for Thy good-pleasure, and seek no path nor solace but in the feast of Thy Covenant [3.5s] | MMK3#007 p.003x, ADH2_2#26 p.136x, MMG2#041 p.041x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10207 | 70 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose face is radiant with the light of the Love of God! | TAB.589 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07688 | 110 | Persian | ای یاران حقیقی چه نویسم که قلب در نهایت انجذابست و روح در غایت اشتیاق آتشی از | O true companions! What can I write when my heart is in the utmost state of attraction and my spirit is in the depths of longing, a fire of [3.5s] | INBA87:443a, INBA52:457 | MMK2#053 p.041 | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10413 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده حق در درگاه احدیت عبودیت سلطنت دو جهانست و عزت بی پایان پس بجان و دل | O servant of Truth! Servitude at the threshold of oneness is sovereignty over both worlds and glory without end [3.5s] | MMK2#161 p.121 | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH10050 | 90 | Arabic | یا امتی قد سمعت ضجیجک و صریخک فی حب الله رب العالمین قد حضر کتابک و قرئه | O My handmaiden! I have heard thy cry and thy lamentation in thy love for God, the Lord of all worlds. Thy letter hath come and been read [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.111a, | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08901 | 90 | mixed | ای موقن بایات الله از خدا بخواه که در درگاه احدیتش خادم گردی و در ساحت حقیقت | O thou who art assured in the signs of God, beseech Him that thou mayest become a servant at His Threshold of Oneness and in the Court of Truth [3.5s] | MMK2#275 p.198 | Love as fire; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10858 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت دوست دست بدامن میثاق زن و بمحبت الله شهره آفاق شو در سایه شجره | O servant of the divine Beloved! Grasp thou the hem of the Covenant, and become renowned throughout all regions for thy love of God, beneath the shade of the Tree [3.5s] | INBA13:228c | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11993 | 80 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی مکتوب شما ملاحظه گردید و رویا نیز مطالعه شد از عنایات | O thou servant at the Threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty! Thy letter was considered, and likewise the dream thou didst recount. From the bounties [3.5s] | INBA79.019a | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08800 | 90 | Persian | ای علی خاضع خاشع الیوم عزت ابدیهٌ عالم انسانی در صفت و سمت | O Ali, submissive and humble one! Today the eternal glory of the human world lies in character and comportment [3.5s] | INBA84:459a | Call to action; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11345 | 30 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه احدیت نواب اعلی بواب عتبه کبریاست یعنی پاسبان آستانست فنعم ما | O servant at the Threshold of Divine Unity! The Supreme Deputy is the keeper of the Most Great Threshold—that is to say, the guardian of His court. How excellent indeed [3.5s] | MSHR1.071-072x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09075 | 90 | mixed | یا من اشتعل بنار محبت الله قد تشعشع و تلئلا ابهی جوهره فی اکلیل و جلیل | O thou who art ablaze with the fire of the love of God! Verily hath His most resplendent essence shone forth and gleamed with radiance in supreme glory [3.5s] | LMA2.424 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04473 | 170 | Persian | ای ناظم لولو منثور منظومه غراء که مانند قرائد نوراء و لئالی لئلا از صدف قریحه | O thou who hast arranged the scattered pearls of this luminous poem, which, like radiant verses and gleaming pearls, hath issued forth from the shell of genius [3.5s] | MSHR2.349 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07811 | 110 | mixed | یا منادی میثاق عبودیتی المحضه فی جمیع الشئون لجماله القدیم بانگ بانگ بندگی | O herald of the Covenant, my pure servitude in all things is unto His Ancient Beauty - raise thou the cry of servitude [3.5s] | INBA21:192a | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03763 | 190 | mixed | ای منجذب بشمیم نسیم عنایت سر یزدان و راز رحمن را در اینه حقیقت و دریای عبودیت | O thou who art enraptured by the sweet-scented breeze of divine favor, and the secret and mystery of the All-Merciful in the mirror of reality and ocean of servitude [3.5s] | INBA13:075, INBA55:436, INBA88:220 | AKHA_128BE #14 p.a, YHA1.014 (1.013) | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02001 | 280 | mixed | جناب عندلیب چون آنجناب اهل راز این عبد هستید لهذا از اسرار بیانی نمایم و آن | Esteemed Nightingale! Since thou art privy to the mysteries of this servant, I shall therefore impart unto thee certain secrets, and these [3.5s] | INBA87:622, INBA52:664 | MKT5.215, MSBH7.183-184 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09838 | 70 | Persian | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای بنده الهی بزرگواری در عبودیت جلیل اکبر است نه سلطنت خاور و باختر نفوس | ...Servitude to God lieth in servitude to the friends. One must be the essence of humility and the embodiment of meekness | INBA16:104 | BRL_DAK#0372, BRL_CONF2018P#08x, MMK2#156 p.118 | BRL_CONF2018#08x | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| AB08509 | 90 | mixed | ای افنون سدره رحمانیه در جمیع احوال و احیان بیاد شما مشغولیم و از فضل حضرت | O ye branches of the divine Lote-Tree! At all times and under all conditions We are occupied with thoughts of you, and through the grace of His Holiness [3.5s] | INBA87:364a, INBA52:373a | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09184 | 80 | Persian | ای امیر شهیر در کشور اثیر امیری بعبودیت آستان جلیل کبیر است و ماعدای آن اسیری | O illustrious prince in the ethereal realm! True sovereignty lieth in servitude at the glorious Threshold of the All-Great, and all else is naught but bondage [3.5s] | YMM.465 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02894 | 310 | mixed | کتاب عالم به اسرارش بتمامها ظاهر میشود و به حروفاتش بتمامها بانتها میرسد خدا | The Book of the World shall be made manifest in all its mysteries, and through its letters shall be brought to its complete consummation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15731.100, | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Hospitality; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH08428 | 120 | mixed | لازال طرف عنایت غنی متعال متوجه مقبلین و مقبلات بوده امروز روز ظهور جواهر وجود | Ever hath the glance of the loving-kindness of the All-Bountiful, the Most High, been directed towards those, both men and women, who have turned unto Him. This is the Day for the manifestation of the gems of existence [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.108c, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08301 | 100 | Persian | ای ورقه سدره مبارکه ای رویا صادقست زنجیر کنیزی جمال مبارک است و مربوط باسم | O Leaf of the Blessed Lote-Tree! The vision is true: thou art indeed the chain-maiden of the Blessed Beauty, bound unto His Name [3.5s] | INBA87:343a, INBA52:351a | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH07261 | 140 | Persian | Translation List | گواهی میدهم بوحدانیت و فردانیت تو و از تو میطلبم آنچه را که بدوام ملک و | O Thou Who art the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate! I bear witness to Thy oneness and Thy singleness, and I seek from Thee that which shall last | INBA65:056, INBA30:099 | AHM.348, AQMJ1.162, ADH1.095, AKHA_133BE #16 p.514 | ADMS#073 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00717 | 1090 | Arabic | سبحان من یفعل ما یشاء انه هو الامر فی الارض و السماء لا تمنعه جنود الاسماء | Glorified be He Who doeth whatsoever He willeth! Verily, He is the Sovereign Ordainer in earth and heaven, Whom the hosts of names cannot withstand [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.169b, | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04902 | 160 | Persian | ای یاران عبدالبهاء بوی خوشی که از گلشن دلهای ان یاران مهربان منتشر گشته مشام | O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The sweet fragrance that hath wafted from the rose-garden of those loving friends' hearts doth perfume the senses [3.5s] | MKT9.255a, ALPA.023a, YARP2.028 p.080, PPAR.116, RMT.028-029, QUM.212-213, YARD.029-030 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08147 | 100 | Persian | ای طالب عفو و مغفرت الهی نامه ات رسید توجه بملکوت الهی کن و بکمال خضوع و خشوع | O seeker of divine pardon and forgiveness! Thy letter was received. Turn thou to the Kingdom of God with utmost submissiveness and humility [3.5s] | HDQI.205, ANDA#49 p.05 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12186 | 280 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه بجناب افنان مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید در خصوص آنشخص | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter addressed to Jinab-i-Afnán was perused. Regarding that individual [3.5s] | AMIN.170-172 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00596 | 90 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | و اجعل اللهم تلک الشجرة کلها له لیظهرن منها ثمرات ما قد خلق الله فیها لمن قد اراد الله ان یظهر به ما اراد | Consecrate Thou, O my God, the whole of this Tree unto Him, that from it may be revealed all the fruits created by God | SWBP#16 (p.110(a)x) | SWB#16 (p.155-156x), ESW.162 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH10138 | 90 | O Lord, deliver us from all temptations, tests and evil suggestions of those who turned their faces from Thee. | BP1929.020 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB06705 | 120 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق خوشا بحال تو که متشبث بعروه الوثقاای و متمسک بحبل المتین | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Blessed art thou, for thou hast clung to the Most Firm Handle and laid fast hold on the Sure Cord [3.5s] | INBA17:049 | ANDA#73 p.45 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08530 | 90 | Persian | ای انجمن روحانیان نسبت بمیثاق یافتید تا بعبودیت نیر آفاق موید گردید این انجمن | O assembly of spiritual ones! Ye have been connected to the Covenant that ye may be confirmed in servitude to the Day-Star of all horizons. This assembly [3.5s] | MMK5#221 p.170 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08683 | 90 | Persian | عبدالبهآء را نهایت آرزو عبودیّت این مظاهر مقدّسهٴ الهی است و نهایت آمال جانفشانی و شهادت کبری در سبیل آنان | ...The lecture delivered by Monsieur ... was perused. It is a good lecture; but he has mentioned the appearance of three Manifestations | NJB_v05#14 p.005x | DAS.1914-06-24x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10860 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق اگر سیادت دوکون خواهی عبودیت جمال ابهی جو اگر آزادگی دو جهان طلبی | O servant of the True One! If thou seekest lordship over both worlds, strive thou to serve the Beauty of Abhá. If thou desirest freedom in both realms [3.5s] | INBA84:507c | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08940 | 90 | Persian | ای واقف در مواقف عبودیت از مقتضای عبودیت خلوص نیت و فنا و محویت است یعنی در | O thou who standeth in the stations of servitude! The requirements of servitude are sincerity of intention, self-effacement and utter evanescence. That is [3.5s] | MKT8.167b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03246 | 210 | Persian | ای یاران عبدالبهاء و ثابتان بر پیمان جمال ابهی جناب ابوالحسن علیه بهاء الله در | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and ye who stand firm in the Covenant of the Abhá Beauty! Jináb-i-Abu'l-Ḥasan, upon him rest the Glory of God [3.5s] | INBA87:051, INBA52:050 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH06851 | 150 | mixed | یا علی قبل اکبر عریضه ات بساحت اقدس فائز و عبد حاضر آنچه ذکر نمودی معروض | O 'Alí-Qablí-Akbar! Thy petition hath attained unto the Most Holy Court, and the servant in attendance hath laid before Us that which thou didst mention [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15719.120b, | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03916 | 180 | mixed | ای امه البهاء اسم و لقبی اعظم و اشرف از این نیافتم که ترا بان بستایم الیوم | O handmaid of Bahá! I have found no name or title greater and more noble than this wherewith to praise thee today [3.5s] | MKT7.020, TSHA3.424, BALM.017 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH02848 | 310 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ثم اذکر محمدا الذی اتصل الرکن الاول من اسمه باسم ربه العزیز العظیم... یا الهی لک الحمد بما اخذنی عرف عنایتک و قلّبتنی نفحات رحمتک | Then call thou to mind Muhammad, whose first syllable of his name is joined with the name of his Lord, the Almighty, the All-Glorious [3.5s]... ...I give praise to Thee, O my God, that the fragrance of Thy loving-kindness hath enraptured me… If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb | INBA51:042b, KB_620:035-036 | BRL_DA#764, PMP#150x, ADM1#004 p.014x, NFR.042, AQMJ2.127 | PM#150x, BPRY.159x | B. Lisbeth, S. Toloui-Wallace, Refuge, Strong Steep, Mea and Mitra, Alicia, C. Serrano, Soulrise Melodies, Zannetta [track 13], V. Leith | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| AB04260 | 170 | Persian | ای آیت محبت الله حضرت قرین مدتی بود که سرگشته کوه و صحرا و گمگشته دشت و دریا | O Sign of the Love of God, O Noble Companion! For a time Thou hast wandered bewildered through mountain and plain, lost amidst desert and sea [3.5s] | YIA.014x, YIA.395b, YARP2.119 p.142 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10085 | 70 | Persian | ای مطلع عبودیت صرفه اگر سلطنت دو جهان خواهی حلقه بندگی در گوش کن و اگر حشمت | O Dawning-Place of pure servitude! Shouldst thou desire sovereignty over both worlds, place the ring of bondage in thine ear; and if thou seekest majesty [3.5s] | INBA88:263c | ANDA#67-68 p.07 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03642 | 190 | mixed | ای بنده درگاه جمال ابهی آنچه بجوای جز ایت الطاف قدم نیابی و آنچه بپوای جز | O servant of the Threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty! Whatsoever thou seekest, thou shalt find naught save the bounties of the Ancient One, and whatsoever thou pursuest [3.5s] | INBA13:037 | HDQI.267, ANDA#34 p.05 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1599 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-17 | 190 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله عون و عنایت مبارک از جمیع جهات رسید و تأیید ملکوت ابهی احاطه نمود امر الله گوشزد عموم گردید | Praise be to God! His divine help and assistance have enveloped us and the confirmations of the Abha Kingdom have surrounded us.... Had there not been this servitude, constancy and confirmation | BDA1.378.03 | MHMD1.397-398 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB08758 | 90 | mixed | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل نامه شما را از عکا باقلیم ماه کنعانی فرستادند | O scion of that glorious personage! Thy letter was sent from 'Akká to the clime of the Moon of Canaan [3.5s] | MSHR3.073x | Conduct in finance and business; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Law of pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05560 | 140 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی این عنوانیست که جواهر وجزد از غیب و شهود تمنا و آرزوی آنرا | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! This is a title which the very essences of existence, both seen and unseen, earnestly yearn and long to attain [3.5s] | MMK5#233 p.183 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB06962 | 120 | Persian | ای نوش باهوش نظمی که از قریحه الهام صریحه آن بلبل چمنستان معانی ساری و جاری | O thou sagacious one, the verses that stream and flow from the inspired genius of that nightingale of the meadowlands of inner meanings [3.5s] | YARP2.678 p.456 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04038 | 180 | mixed | ای فائزه مدتیست بشما مکاتبه ننموده ام و سبب اینکه از دل و جان ندآء یا | O Fa'izeh! For some time I have not written to thee, and the reason is that from the depths of heart and soul I have not heard the call [3.5s] | MKT6.006 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07655 | 110 | mixed | ای ورقه منجذبه اینقدر بدان که در حیز وجود از غیب و شهود از برای رجال مقامی | O thou attracted leaf! Know thou that in the realm of existence, both seen and unseen, there is a station ordained for men [3.5s] | MKT7.178, PYK.299 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07992 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان اشعار آبدار که بمثابه باران بهار بود بر این خاک پاک بارید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy flowing verses, like unto the spring rain, did rain upon this pure soil [3.5s] | TAH.282b | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08525 | 90 | Persian | ای امه الله شکر کن خدا را که از ورقات سدره فردوسی و از اماء حضرت مقصود تاجی | O handmaid of God! Give thanks unto God that thou art among the leaves of the divine Lote-Tree of Paradise and numbered among the handmaidens of the Lord, thy Best-Beloved [3.5s] | MKT7.061 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08839 | 90 | Persian | ای متوجه بحضرت ملکوت چه مبارک اسمی داری و چه پاک نام و سمتی این مطرب از کجاست | O thou who art turned toward the Kingdom, how blessed is thy name and how pure thy title! Whence cometh this melody [3.5s] | AYBY.389 #074 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09850 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء از خدا بخواه که بسر فدا آگاه گردی تا در پناه غیب بیاساای و راه | O servant of Bahá! Beseech thou God that thou mayest become acquainted with the mystery of sacrifice, so that thou mayest find repose beneath the shelter of the Unseen [3.5s] | MMK2#135 p.102 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09863 | 70 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک اسمی از اسماء مبارک حسین است که نور مشرقین است تو عبد | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Among the blessed names is Ḥusayn, who is the Light of the two Orients. Thou art a servant [3.5s] | MKT5.012a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10485 | 60 | Persian | ای خادم جمال قدم حمد کن که بعنایت خاصه روح عالم موفق و مویدی و بعبودیت آستان | O servant of the Ancient Beauty, render thanks that thou art favoured with the special grace of the Spirit of the world and art confirmed and assisted in servitude at His Threshold [3.5s] | MKT5.147a, KHSK.102-103 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10523 | 60 | Persian | ای سمی معنوی عبدالبهاء این نام مبارک را قدسیان تمجید نمایند و تقدیس کنند زیرا | O thou spiritual namesake of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! This blessed name is glorified and sanctified by the holy ones, for [3.5s] | MKT9.143a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10529 | 60 | Persian | ای شریک و سهیم عبدالبهاء در عبودیت آستان کبریاء بیا دست بهم دهیم و پا در این | O partner and companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in servitude at the Most Great Threshold! Come, let us join hands and step into this [3.5s] | MKT8.115b, MSBH1.558 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10607 | 60 | Persian | ای مهربان امروز اشرف مقام و اعظم مرام عبودیت آستان مقدس است پس بیا با | O Mihraban! Today the most exalted station and the most glorious aim is servitude at the Sacred Threshold; therefore come thou [3.5s] | YARP2.512 p.372 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10862 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده حق صبح صادق طالع است و فجر باهر لامع و نجوم تقدیس درخشنده و لائح آفاق | O servant of Truth! The true morn hath broken, the resplendent dawn doth shine, and the stars of sanctity gleam bright upon the horizon [3.5s] | MMK5#200 p.155 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB10933 | 50 | Persian | ای عباس ای همنام باابوى رفاقت کردیم ما را جریمه مواجب و جيره ميفرمايد | O Abbas, O namesake of my father! We showed thee friendship, and now we are penalized with the forfeiture of our wages and sustenance [3.5s] | INBA13:230a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12739 | 50 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه مختصر بسیار مفصل بود زیرا آرزوی عبودیت درگاه جمال مبارک | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Though brief in length, thy letter was most comprehensive, for it expressed thy longing to be a servant at the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | QUM.178-179 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12751 | 50 | Persian | ای دوست من نامه مسطور وصول یافت و مضمون دلیل بر محبت و انجذاب موفور بود | O my friend! Your detailed letter was received, and its contents testified to abundant love and attraction [3.5s] | QUM.124a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00639 | 1190 | mixed | الحمد لله الخالق الباری المصور المحیی الممیت الذی ما اتخذ لنفسه شبیها و لا | Praise be unto God, the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner, the Quickener, the Slayer, Who hath taken unto Himself neither likeness nor peer [3.5s] | INBA28:465, BLIB_Or15727b.113, , BLIB_Or15732.254, | AYI2.221x | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2553 | Words spoken on 1914-06-12 in Tiberias | 80 | Man must be qualified with the attributes of the Kingdom. Man must characterize himself with the characteristics of the Kingdom. | DAS.1914-06-12, SW_v09#10 p.112 | Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12140 | 390 | Persian | یا امه الله نامه شما رسید مضمون سبب سرور گردید زیرا دلیل بر آن بود که توجه بخدا | O handmaiden of God! Your letter was received and its contents brought joy, for they testified of your turning toward God [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0979 | Consolation and comfort; Harmony of science and religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB00861 | 420 | Persian | ای دوستان حقیقی و کنیزان عزیزان الهی نامه ای که بواسطه امه الله دکتور کلوک | O ye real friends and beloved maidservants of God! Your letter, through the maidservant of God, Dr. Clock | BRL_DAK#0856, MKT7.247, AMK.129-130, DUR1.487x | BBBD.173-174, DAS.1913-12-29x, SW_v01#17 p.001-002 | Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Saddening another soul; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04975 | 160 | O thou lover of all mankind! Verily, have I chanted thy verses of praise to God | SW_v09#17 p.196 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Non-participation in politics; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1348 | 240 | Each power is localized. Reason has its seat in the brain, sight in the eye, hearing in the ears | ADP.097-098 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH01195 | 700 | mixed | یا خلیل حضرت جلیل میفرماید در ظلم ظالمین و بغی معتدین تفکر نما هر هنگام که | O Khalil! The All-Glorious Lord commandeth: Ponder thou upon the tyranny of the oppressors and the transgression of the aggressors. Whensoever [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15695.273, | YIK.055-057 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03998 | 180 | Persian | ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه که دهم سبتمبر ۱۹۲۰ مرقوم نموده بودی رسید بسوزان فریر | O thou my heavenly daughter! The letter which thou hast written on the 10th was received. Convey my greetings to the revered Suzanne Ferriere. | BRL_DAK#0133 | LBLT.203-205x | Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB01535 | 320 | O loving companion! The Kingdom of God is the source of all power…. O my companion! The light of truth is shining everywhere | DWN_v1#09 p.006-007 | Growth of the Cause; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| BH03486 | 260 | Persian | دوست یکتا در سجن اعدا بذکر و ثنا مشغول مقصودی جز اصلاح | The One Friend, in the prison of enemies, remaineth occupied with remembrance and praise, having no purpose save reformation [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.134a, , BLIB_Or15695.228, , BLIB_Or15728.078, | Personal instructions; Prayer for protection; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05215 | 150 | Persian | ای سرمست پیمانه پیمان الحمد لله در ظل حفظ و حمایت الهیه محفوظ و مصونی و بنظر | O thou who art intoxicated with the chalice of the Covenant! Praise be unto God that, beneath the shadow of divine protection and care, thou art sheltered and preserved [3.5s] | INBA89:204 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02144 | 270 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I noted thy letter and utterance. God hath accepted thy devotion | TAB.064-066, LOG#0401x, BSC.475 #900-901x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11670 | 260 | Persian | ای یاران رحمانی حمد کنید خدا را که در چنین عصر مبارک و قرن بدیع اسم اعظم | O ye companions of the All-Merciful! Render praise unto God for that, in this blessed age and wondrous century, the Most Great Name [4o] | BRL_DAK#1177, SFI21.017-018 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07108 | 120 | Persian | یا من اشتعل بنار محبت الله انسان که ایت رحمن و مظهر الطاف حضرت یزدانست باید | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Man, being a sign of the Most Merciful and a manifestation of the bounties of the Lord of Creation, must [3.5s] | MMK3#187 p.131 | Effort; striving; Human reality created in the image of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09588 | 80 | Persian | ای ورقه موقنه در تحت عصمت نفس زکیه هستی که شب و روز مقصدش روشنی عالم و پرورش | O leaf of certitude! Thou art beneath the protection of that pure soul whose aim, night and day, is the illumination and education of the world [3.5s] | MKT7.232a | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01562 | 310 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه اخیر وصول یافت و از گفتگوی با شخصین محترمین بشاشت حاصل | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy recent letter was received, and great joy was obtained from thy conversations with those two honored persons [3.5s]... ...The future of Iran is of the utmost greatness, majesty, and glory, for it is the native land of the Blessed Beauty | INBA85:539b | BRL_DAK#0082, MMK6#447, AVK4.451dx, PYM.113ax, KHSH12.009 | BRL_ATE#061x, ADMS#065i02x | Consolation and comfort; Predictions and prophecies; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0260 | Address to the Baha'is at Rauscher's Hall in Washington, 1912-11-09 | 800 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | I feel a keen sense of joy in being present at this banquet this evening, for -- praise be to God! | PUP#124 (p.418-421), SW_v06#13 p.097-099 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05178 | 150 | Persian | ای دو بنده تابنده جمال ابهی در حق جناب افنان فی الحقیقه نهایت همت مجری | O ye two radiant servants of the Abha Beauty! In truth, concerning the honored Afnán, the utmost endeavor hath been exerted [3.5s] | INBA17:132 | Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04809 | 200 | Arabic | کتاب انزله المظلوم لمن اخذه رحیقی المختوم و قربه الی الله المهیمن القیوم انه | The Book hath been revealed by the Wronged One unto him who hath partaken of the Choice Sealed Wine and drawn nigh unto God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Verily [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15716.060.16, | Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU0439 | God’s Greatest Gift to Man: Words spoken on 1911-10-26 in Paris | 580 | Persian | Paris Talks | اعظم فضائل عالم انسانی علم است علم سبب ترقی عالم انسانیست علم است که کاشف | The greatest treasure of man is wisdom. Through this he is lifted into great | DWNP_v6#01 p.002-003, KHAB.092 (102), KHTB1.069 | PT#11 p.032, SW_v02#14 p.006-007, PN_1911 p020 | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; High station of learning; Power of the mind over nature; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| BH00143 | 3590 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی سخر العالم باسمه الاعظم و انزل فی کل الاحیان من سماء فضل اسمه | Praise be to God, Who hath subdued the world through His Most Great Name and hath, at all times, sent down from the heaven of His grace the essence of His Name [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15690.146bx, , BLIB_Or15716.005.17, , BLIB_Or15724.120, , BLIB_Or15728.008b, | AQMJ2.036x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07536 | 110 | O thou respected one! Your letter dated February 2nd, 1919, has been | SW_v10#07 p.143 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1826 | Words spoken on 1913-06-08 in Paris | 160 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | باید بوصایای الهیه عامل شوید زیرا این وصایا علاج هر دردی است این علاج را بکار برید | You must act on the divine counsels, inasmuch as they are the remedy for every ailment. Make use of this cure. Be mindful of God. Have discussions on spiritual subjects | BDA2.342-343 | MHMD2.454-455 | Call to action; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB10388 | 60 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جمال کبریاء جهان را بصلاح و فلاح دلالت و هدایت فرمود تا ریشه فساد | O thou servant of God! The Most Great Beauty hath guided and directed the world unto righteousness and prosperity, that the root of corruption [3.5s] | ANDA#60 p.04, ANDA#62 p.06 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3209 | Words spoken on 1913-06-24 in Port Said | 40 | Perfection is impossible without humility; humility is unattainable without the love of God | PN_1909 p024, PN_1913 p004 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - |
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