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| AB07474 | 110 | Trustworthiness | ای صادق من راستی و درستی و حق پرستی صفت راستانست و سمت پاکان صدق بهترین صفتی | O Ṣadiq! Truthfulness, uprightness and integrity are the attributes of the righteous and the hallmarks of the pure. | COMP_TRUSTP#42x, MMK2#142 p.106 | BRL_TRUST#41x, COC#2053x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB03806 | 190 | Light of the World | ای یاران چه خوش بخت و بلند اختر و همایون طالع بودید که در چنین کور و دوری | O friends! How blessed, how favoured, how fortunate are ye to have been born in such a cycle… You had asked about the number of days of Ridvan. | INBA13:033, INBA87:440, INBA52:454b | NURA#01, MMK4#141 p.144x, AVK3.039.13x | LOTW#01x | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Importance of community building | - | - | ||||||
| AB04789 | 160 | Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای طالب حقیقت قوت و عظمت بهاء الله را ملاحظه نما که در اندک مدت شرق و غربرا | O thou seeker after truth! Behold the power and greatness of Baha’u’llah! Within a short span of time, He hath stirred up the East and the West | NURA#02, MMK4#065 p.075 | LOTW#02 | Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00360 | 630 | Light of the World | ای یاران حقیقی و دوستان الهی شمع روشن است و قرن جمال ابهی گلزار و گلشن فجر | O ye true friends and loved ones of God! The Candle shineth resplendent, and the century of the Abha Beauty is even as a flowering rose-garden | NURA#03, MMK4#037 p.041 | LOTW#03 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB00790 | 440 | Light of the World | ای احبای رحمان جمال ابهی از مطلع آمال بجمیع اسما و صفات اشراق فرمود و این قرن | O ye beloved of the Merciful! The Abha Beauty hath shone forth with His manifold names and attributes from the Dawning-Point of all desires | NURA#04, MMK4#052 p.058 | LOTW#04 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB01406 | 330 | Light of the World | ای فرع جلیل سدره مقدسه مبارکه جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا در وقتیکه | O thou distinguished branch of the blessed and sacred Lote-Tree! When the Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—would visit Haifa | INBA87:269b, INBA52:273 | NURA#08, MMK4#059 p.067, HHA.095, DUR3.099, PZHN v2#1 p.105 | LOTW#08, GEN.323 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||
| AB05725 | 140 | Light of the World | ای طالب حق مکتوب رسید از من خواهش نگارش تاریخ نموده بودی و همچنین نبواتیکه در | O thou seeker of truth! Thy letter was received. Thou hast asked me for a written history as well as a record of the prophecies concerning the Bab and Baha’u’llah | NURA#09, MMK4#002 p.001 | LOTW#09 | 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; Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01752 | 300 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB05332 | 150 | Light of the World | ای هموطن عبدالبهاء هر چند مولد در طهران و سنین متوالیات آواره عراق و مدتی | O thou my fellow countryman! Although ‘Abdu’l-Baha was born in Tihran and for successive years wandered homeless in Iraq | NURA#11, MMK4#003 p.002, MMK5#001 p.001, IQN.017 | LOTW#11, ADMS#065i25x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Growth of the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00552 | 530 | Light of the World | ای یاران ممتحن عبدالبهاء از قرار معلوم شخصی شریر شهیر در آنصفحات بر غنی و | O sorely tried friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! It hath become apparent that a wicked person in those regions hath assailed and attacked both rich and poor | NURA#12, MMK4#006 p.003, RHQM2.0841-842 (255-256) (156-157x), MAS5.281, MSHR5.050x | LOTW#12 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| AB00432 | 590 | Light of the World | ای یادگار آن دو مرحوم مغفور محترم نامه شما رسید و بی نهایت سبب فرح و سرور | O thou remnant of those two distinguished departed souls! Thy letter was received and brought infinite joy and gladness | BLIB_Or.08117.056, | NURA#14, MMK4#009 p.006, KHMT.224-225x, MAS5.070, MSHR3.146x | LOTW#14 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Growth of the Cause; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||
| AB07922 | 100 | Light of the World | ای بنده الهی طهران وطن آن دلبر مهربانست و منشا آن نور لامکان تو نیز در آن | O servant of God! Ṭihran is the homeland of the compassionate Beloved and the abode of that Light of the realms of the Placeless | NURA#15, MMK4#015 p.014 | LOTW#15 | Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01467 | 320 | Light of the World | ای بشیرالهی نامه تو چون دیوان محامد و نعوت جمال مبارک بود نهایت فرح و سرور | O Bashír-i-Ilahí! Thy letter was like unto a treasury of poems in glorification and praise of the Blessed Beauty. It hath imparted the utmost joy and gladness | INBA85:086 | NURA#16, MMK4#016 p.015, AHB.121BE #10 p.333, AHB.131BE #1-2 p.44, BSHI.038-039, BSHI.161-162 | LOTW#16 | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| AB05237 | 150 | Light of the World | ای عبدالوهاب در سفر اول جمال قدم بعراق عرب جوانی را ملاقات فرمودند نامش میرزا | O ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab! During His first journey to Iraq, the Blessed Beauty met a young man by the name of Mírza ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab | INBA85:074 | NURA#18, MMK4#019 p.021 | LOTW#18 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| AB04317 | 170 | Light of the World | ای ثابت بر پیمان سوال از سفر مبارک نموده بودی جمال مبارک روحی لاحبائه الفداء | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou hast asked concerning the travels of Baha’u’llah. The Blessed Beauty—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—travelled directly from Ṭihran to Hamadan | NURA#19, MMK4#021 p.022 | LOTW#19 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB10395 | 280 | Light of the World | آن مظلوم آفاق با جميع خلق در نهايت خضوع و خشوع معامله ميفرمود . اين مدّت مديده | O thou servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated 23 May 1921 was received and its contents were noted. The complaints of the two parties are continuous | NURA#20, MMK4#024 p.024x | LOTW#20 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||
| AB05607 | 310 | Light of the World | آذربايجان از بدايت طلوع صبح هدی رايت ايمان و ايقان بر افراخت و امر الله را انتشار عظيم حاصل گشت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou hadst written to Mashhadí Isma‘íl hath been received. The traces of the pen of that loving friend have brought joy to my heart | NURA#21, MMK4#025 p.024x | LOTW#21 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00502 | 550 | Light of the World | اللهم یا الهی تری ان سلیل محمود قد اخذته الرجفه و الفجاه من کل عدو عنود و ضاق | O Lord, my God! Thou seest how the son of Mahmúd hath been seized with trembling and dismay, at the hand of hostile enemies | NURA#22, MMK4#026 p.024x, MSHR5.213-214 | LOTW#22 | Past, present and future of Iran; Prayer for protection; Prayer for teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01452 | 330 | Light of the World | یا من ذاق حلاوه کل بلاء فی سبیل الله و قام بروحه و ذاته و کینونته علی خدمه | O thou who hast tasted of the sweetness of every affliction in the path of God, who hast arisen with thy spirit, thy being, and thine inmost essence to serve His Cause and to exalt His Word | NURA#23, MMK4#027 p.025 | LOTW#23 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB03195 | 210 | Light of the World | ای مشتاقان جمال دلبر مهربان معشوق عالمیان و محبوب روحانیان و مقصود ربانیان و | O ye who yearn for the beauty of the compassionate Beloved! No sooner had He Who is the Beloved of the worlds, the Desire of the spiritually minded | INBA87:262b, INBA52:266 | NURA#24, MKT2.267, MMK4#030 p.029 | LOTW#24 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; Past, present and future of Iran; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB00427 | 590 | Light of the World | ای ثابتان بر میثاق نیر اعظم اشراق چون از افق عراق طلوع فرمود و پرتوی نورانی از | O ye who stand fast and firm in the Covenant! No sooner had the Most Great Luminary of the world risen above the horizon of Iraq | NURA#25, MMK4#036 p.039, MSHR4.139-140 | LOTW#25 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB01585 | 310 | Light of the World | ای سلیل عزیز آن مستغرق دریای مغفرت الهی مدتیست مدیده تحریری نشد و تقریری نگشت | O thou beloved scion of him that hath been immersed in the ocean of divine forgiveness! A long time hath passed since I last wrote | NURA#26, MMK4#179 p.222, MMK5#030 p.031 | LOTW#26 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00050 | 1460 | Light of the World | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء جناب فاروقی بعد از زیارت بعتبه مقدسه و طواف مطاف ملا | O ye dear friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! After his visit to the Sacred Threshold, and the Centre round which circle in adoration the Concourse on high, Jinab-i-Farúqí came to stay with ‘Abdu’l-Baha | INBA87:394, INBA52:405 | NURA#28, MMK4#177 p.214x, ANDA#73 p.46, MSHR2.023x, MSHR3.051x | LOTW#28, LTDT.070x | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||
| AB01183 | 360 | Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه دوازدهم ذی القعده ۳۳۷ رسید اما نامه سابق نرسید مرقوم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter of 12 Dhi’l-Qa‘dih 1337 was received, but the earlier one hath not arrived | NURA#29, MKT9.101b, MMK3#153 p.106x, MMK4#038 p.043x, MAS2.083x | LOTW#29 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| AB00356 | 630 | Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای دو امة البهاء جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی و کینونتی و ذاتی لتربته الفدا در هر | O ye two handmaidens of Baha! The Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name—may my life, my soul, and mine inmost being be offered up | NURA#31, MMK4#049 p.052 | LOTW#31 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB01083 | 380 | Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء ید قدرت الهیه چون خیمه عزت ابدیه وحدت عالم انسانیرا | O beloved friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! No sooner had the Hand of divine power raised the tabernacle of everlasting glory | NURA#32, MMK4#051 p.056, MSHR3.071 | LOTW#32 | Contention and conflict; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB00271 | 720 | Light of the World | یا سلیل الرجل الحبیب نامه شما در اسکندریه رسید مدتی بود خبری نبود لهذا ورود این نمیقه | O thou scion of a cherished friend! Thy letter was received in Alexandria. It was long since there had been any news, and so it brought gladness and joy | NURA#33, MMK4#056 p.063, BSDR.511 | LOTW#33 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB07401 | 110 | Light of the World | ای دو ستاره فرقدان الحمد لله بنور هدایت روی تابان دارید و خوی مشکین و مقبول | O ye twin shining stars! Praise be to God, for your faces are resplendent with the light of guidance, and your dispositions are pleasing and favoured | NURA#34, MMK4#057 p.065 | LOTW#34 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||
| AB00413 | 600 | Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران حقیقی الواح مسطوره و اوراق منشوره و اسماء مذکوره کل ببقعه مبارکه | O ye true friends! The letters ye wrote, the pages ye penned, and the names ye mentioned were all received in the Holy Land | INBA13:001, INBA59:272 | NURA#35, MMK4#063 p.072, MSHR2.062x | LOTW#35 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||
| AB08298 | 100 | Light of the World | ای ورقه خضره نضره مستبشره از مصیبت کبری اگر صدهزار سال ناله و فغان کنیم و آه | O thou verdant, fresh, and radiant leaf! Were we to weep and moan for a hundred thousand years at this Supreme Affliction | NURA#36, MMK4#067 p.076 | LOTW#36 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||
| AB05834 | 140 | Light of the World | ای ناظر بملکوت جلال پرتو جمال آفاق عالم را نورانی نمود و فیض رحمانی مبذول | O thou who hast fixed thy gaze upon the Kingdom of Glory! The splendour of the Beauty of the world illumined the whole earth | NURA#37, MMK4#071 p.078, FRH.267-268 | LOTW#37 | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Manifestation of God as sun; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||
| AB02482 | 240 | Light of the World | احبای الهی که از خلیج کلیم ببحر رب عظیم و طمطام جمال قدیم توجه نموده اند در | Those loved ones of God who have turned from the Mosaic gulf towards the ocean of the Almighty Lord and the billowing waters of His Ancient Beauty | NURA#38, MMK4#074 p.080 | LOTW#38 | Consolation and comfort; Predictions and prophecies; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB00174 | 870 | Light of the World | یا من عتبتک السامیه ملجای و ملاذی و ساحت قدسک مرجعی و معاذی اتضرع بقلب مضطرم | O Thou Whose exalted Threshold is my haven and my refuge, Whose hallowed Sanctuary is my shelter and my abode | NURA#39, MMK4#078 p.083 | LOTW#39 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB00116 | 1200 | Light of the World | سبحانک اللهم تقدس ادنی ایه من ایات ملکوتک عن المحامد و النعوت فی جمیع الشئون... درین ایام صنادید شیطانرا اسیر خذلان کرد و فسادشانرا واضح و عیان | Glorified art Thou, O God! The least of the signs of Thy Kingdom is, under all conditions, sanctified above all description and praise | UMich962.140-141x, UMich991.097-098x | NURA#41, MMK4#081 p.090x, ASAT3.041-042x, ASAT4.058x, AVK1.009.10x, AVK4.015.13x, AVK4.308x | LOTW#41 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Impossibility of true worship of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB05269 | 150 | Light of the World | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله از قرار مسموع آتشی افروخته داری و جانی چون پروانه بال | O thou who art aflame with the fire of the love of God! We hear that thou hast within thy being a blazing fire, and that thy soul, even as the winged moth, is consumed by its flame | NURA#42, MMK4#097 p.108 | LOTW#42 | The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB02019 | 270 | Light of the World | اگر چه شمس حقیقت بظاهر بغمام غیبت مجلل لکن چون بچشم بینا نگری و گوش شنوا | Although the Sun of Truth may outwardly be veiled by the clouds of concealment, were one to look with a perceiving eye | INBA55:105, INBA87:475 , INBA52:495 | NURA#43, MMK4#126 p.131 | LOTW#43 | Growth of the Cause; Mystical themes; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||
| AB06359 | 130 | Light of the World | ای مومن بجمال قدم حضرت احدیت و سلطان ربوبیت بر عرش عظمت استقرار یافت و بجمیع | O thou who hast truly believed in the Ancient Beauty! The King of eternal glory, the sovereign Lord, hath been established upon the throne of grandeur | NURA#44, MMK4#114 p.123 | LOTW#44 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Names and attributes of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||
| AB00299 | 690 | Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و مولائی ترانی موردا لکل بلاء و هدفا لکل سهام | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God, my Master, and my Ruler! Thou seest me a victim of every tribulation, a target for every shaft, and exposed to every spear | NURA#45, MMK2#038 p.027x, MMK4#032 p.030 | LOTW#45 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB00465 | 570 | Light of the World | ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن شمس حقیقت که از افق تقدیس بر آفاق اشراق نمود انوار | O ye beloved of the Lord and handmaids of the All-Merciful! No sooner had the Sun of Truth shone forth from the heaven of sanctity | NURA#46, MMK4#083 p.097, MAS5.183 | LOTW#46, DAS.1914-04-17x, SW_v06#12 p.096x, SW_v08#17 p.225x, SW_v09#01 p.013x, BSTW#073f, BSTW#098 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB04252 | 170 | Light of the World | ای افنون سدره مبارکه در ادوار سابقه یا ظهور تجلی جمال بود و یا سطوع انوار | O thou twig of the Sacred Lote-Tree! The Dispensations of the past manifested either the splendour of the divine Beauty or the radiance of the divine Glory | NURA#47, MMK4#089 p.103 | LOTW#47 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB01376 | 330 | Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای آوارگان عبدالبهاء آواره اید آزرده اید بی سر و سامانید زیرا خانه و | O ye homeless ones of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! Ye are homeless and afflicted; ye are displaced and dispossessed of all | NURA#48, MMK4#046 p.050, NANU_AB#52 | LOTW#48 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01648 | 310 | Light of the World | یا من ایده الله لاعلاء کلمه الله و نشر نفحات ریاض قدسه چندی بود که در این سجن | O thou whom the Lord hath aided to magnify His Word and to diffuse the sweet savours of the rose-garden of His holiness | NURA#49, MMK4#047 p.051x, PYK.270 | LOTW#49 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Law of pilgrimage; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB00663 | 480 | Light of the World | ای مستبشر ببشارات الله در هر عصر و قرنی مطلع آفاق بتجلی خاصی مشرق و لائح و | O thou who rejoicest in the glad-tidings of God! In every age and century, the Dayspring of the world is made manifest | INBA85:370 | NURA#50, MMK4#103 p.112, YMM.046 | LOTW#50 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| AB02734 | 230 | Light of the World | ای طبیب روحانی جسد امکان بامراض شدیده و عوارض مزمنه و علل ساریه و حمای مطبقه | O thou spiritual physician! The body of humankind was afflicted with severe ills and chronic diseases, contagious maladies and prolonged fevers | INBA85:373 | NURA#51, MMK4#104 p.114, YMM.046 | LOTW#51 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| AB07944 | 100 | Light of the World | ای بنده جمال ابهی چون غضنفر الهی از بیشه رحمانی برون شتافت چنان زایر و نعره | O thou servant of the Abha Beauty! When the celestial Lion rushed forth from the forest of the All-Merciful, He let out such a mighty roar that the sly foxes of ignorance | NURA#52, MMK4#110 p.120, IDAB.23 | LOTW#52 | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| AB06650 | 120 | Light of the World | ای بنده حق صبح هدایت پرتوی بر شرق زد خاور را روشن نمود و شعاای بر غرب زد | O servant of the one true God! The Morn of divine guidance hath shed its radiance upon the East and lit up the Orient | NURA#53, MMK4#113 p.122 | LOTW#53 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| AB00806 | 440 | Light of the World | ای موقن بایات الله گویند که قوای اعظم عالم قوه سلطنت قاهره و سطوت حکومت باهره | O true believer in the verses of God! It is said that the greatest power in the world is the power of an all-compelling sovereignty | INBA87:497x, INBA52:522x | NURA#54, MMK4#117 p.125x, MATA.033-034x | LOTW#54 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||
| AB03189 | 210 | Light of the World | ای مخمور جام الهی در بریه ارض مقدسه صحرای سیناء بقعه مبارکه وادی طوی طور تجلی | O thou who art inebriated by the heavenly cup! In the wilderness of Sinai in the Holy Land, in the hallowed precincts of the vale of Towa | NURA#55, MMK4#131 p.134, BSHI.104-105, MSHR5.145-146, MSHR5.419x, MJMJ3.088ax, MMG2#214 p.242x | LOTW#55 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| AB00322 | 660 | Light of the World | ای دوستان الهی و یاران معنوی خداوند عالمیان در قرآن حکیم میفرماید و لکم فی | O ye beloved of God! O ye spiritual friends! The Lord of the worlds hath said in the Qur’an: “A noble pattern have ye in God’s Apostle.” | INBA13:406, INBA55:167, INBA88:197 | NURA#56, MKT1.417, MNMK#102 p.187, MMK4#135 p.137, DWNP_v6#09 p.002-003, BCH.155, DUR1.281x | LOTW#56, SW_v04#04 p.071+074, BSTW#080, BSTW#361, BSTW#367 | R. Yazhari | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human reality created in the image of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||
| AB01409 | 330 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Universal House of Justice, The; Light of the World | ای کنیز خدا نامه ات رسید شکایت از محفلتان نموده بودی که در اضطراب است هر مرضی | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou didst complain that your Assembly is sore perturbed… Hath the Blessed Beauty instituted this Covenant and Testament in order to exact obedience from all | NURA#57, BRL_CUHJP#86x, MMK4#147 p.155 | BRL_ATE#069x, BRL_CUHJ#86x, LOTW#57, SW_v10#14 p.267 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| AB00224 | 770 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Universal House of Justice, The; Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای کنیز الهی نامه شما رسید مضامین دلالت بر ثبوت بر میثاق داشت لهذا امید چنان | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received, and its contents testified to thy firmness in the Covenant… Now one must either say that the Blessed Beauty erred and led the people astray | NURA#58, BRL_CUHJP#86x, MMK4#148 p.156 | BRL_ATE#068x, BRL_CUHJ#86x, LOTW#58, SW_v10#14 p.268-270, BSTW#013, BSTW#269 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Soul; spirit after death; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB00702 | 470 | Light of the World | ای طالب حقیقت آن عبارتی که مرقوم نمودی از جمال مبارک متمم ایه ایست که | O thou seeker after Truth! The statement of the Blessed Beauty which thou hast quoted doth supplement the verse | NURA#59, MMK4#149 p.159, YMM.332x | LOTW#59 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB01674 | 300 | Light of the World | ای بنده بهاء چه نویسم و چه اندیشم جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا از | O thou servant of Baha! What shall my pen recount? What shall I think? From the earliest days of the Cause, the Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name | INBA88:192b | NURA#60, MMK4#150 p.161 | LOTW#60 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
| AB01184 | 360 | Bahá'í World Faith; Center of the Covenant; Light of the World | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل گردید بموجب دستورالعملی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents noted. Speak in accordance with the instructions written herein | NURA#61, MMK4#156 p.168, MMK5#208 p.158, AMK.259-261 | BWF.358-359x, COC#0217x, LOTW#61, SW_v03#07 p.016-017, SW_v06#14 p.106-107, SW_v08#14 p.186-187, BLO_PT#021, BSTW#052ox | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB01768 | 300 | Light of the World | یا من انجذب من نفحات الله البدار البدار الی مغفره من ربک و رحمه العجل العجل | O thou who art enraptured by the sweet savours of God! Make haste, make haste towards the forgiveness and mercy of thy Lord | NURA#62, MMK4#157 p.169 | LOTW#62 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00121 | 990 | Light of the World | و انک انت یا الهی قد خلقت الاکوان و برئت الانسان و ذرئت الموجودات و اوجدت | O my God! Verily, Thou hast created the universe and fashioned the human soul. Thou hast brought forth the entire creation | INBA89:085 | NURA#63, MMK4#158 p.170x, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.48x, AKHA_120BE #08-09 p.414x | GPB.238x, GPB.238-239x, LOTW#63 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Creation of the world; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| AB00838 | 690 | Light of the World | شما بايد هوشيار باشيد و نفوس را از نفثات خفيّه و همسات سرّيّه محافظه نمائيد و ثابت بر ميثاق به نصّ صريح الهی | O friend! It is a long time since any news hath been received from thee. Although, earlier, a letter arrived in which thou hadst asked a question | NURA#64, MMK4#159 p.173x, MMK5#099 p.081x | LOTW#64 | Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00452 | 580 | Light of the World | ای احبای الهی کور عظیم است و اشراق شدید و عصر خداوند مجید امکان در حرکت است | O ye beloved of God! How great is this Dispensation! How bright the effulgence of this Age, the Age of the All-Glorious Lord | INBA55:288, INBA88:036 | NURA#65, MMK4#161 p.175, QT108.120-121 | LOTW#65 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||
| AB02770 | 530 | Light of the World | ای ورقاء حدیقه وفاء و ای حمامه ایکه ثناء ... اليوم اکثر ناس از قوّت عهد و ميثاق الهی غافل و ذاهلند | O thou dove of the rose-garden of faithfulness! O nightingale of the groves of praise to the Abha Beauty! May the glory of God | NURA#66, MMK4#162 p.178x, MSHR5.300x | LOTW#66 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||
| AB02359 | 690 | Light of the World | از آيهء مبارکهء قرآن آتيناک سبعاً من المثانی سؤال نموده بودی ، سبعاً من المثانی را علمای رسوم حواميم سبع | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! That which was written by thy musk-laden pen brought great joy to our hearts | NURA#68, MMK4#170 p.193x, MMK5#306 p.223x, MAS2.074-075x | LOTW#68 | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| AB00484 | 560 | Light of the World | اللهم یا موید من یشاء بما یشاء علی ما یشاء ان معدن الرضا و منبع الوفا | O Lord! O Thou Who graciously aidest whomsoever Thou willest, with whatsoever Thou willest, unto whatsoever Thou willest. Verily, that treasury of resignation | NURA#69, MKT9.009, MMK4#172 p.196x, TSHA3.570, MSBH1.243, YMM.473x, QUM.115x | LOTW#69 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB06639 | 120 | Light of the World | ای بنده جمال قدم حضرت یوسف علیه السلام در مصر جمال رخی افروخت و جانهای صد | O thou servant of the Ancient Beauty! When Joseph—peace be upon him—unveiled his bright countenance in the Egypt of beauty | NURA#70, MMK4#034 p.034, TISH.600 | LOTW#70 | Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| AB05221 | 150 | Light of the World | ای صحاف چون بصحف الهیه و صحائف ربانیه رجوع نماای و در معانی مندمجه مندرجه در | O thou binder of books! Shouldst thou refer to the heavenly Books and Sacred Scriptures, and ponder the meanings enshrined therein | INBA17:104 | NURA#71, MMK4#183 p.226, MSHR5.200-201 | LOTW#71 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||
| AB00045 | 1530 | Light of the World | و انت الذی یا الهی تقدست اسمائک الحسنی و تنزهت امثالک العلیا عن ادراک عقول | Thou art He, O my God, Whose most beauteous names and most sublime likenesses are sanctified above the comprehension | CMB_F65.001-005x, PR12.001x | NURA#72, MMK4#173 p.196 | LOTW#72 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Limits of the intellect; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB00052 | 1450 | Light of the World | ای بنده حق در دورهای سابق آثار قدرت الهیه و حقیت امر هر چند واضح و باهر بود | O servant of the one true God! In cycles gone by, although the signs of God’s power and the truth of His Cause were clear and manifest, yet to outward seeming the divine tests were severe | INBA17:070 | NURA#73, MMK4#175 p.207, RHQM1.200-202 (249x) (148-150x), MAS5.289-292x | LOTW#73 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||
| AB01568 | 310 | Light of the World | ای ثابتان ای راسخان نور هویت چون در افق احدیت طلوع و اشراق نمود تجلی وحدانیت | O ye who are staunch! O ye who stand firm! When the light of Divine Essence dawned above the horizon of Singleness, the splendour of His Oneness shone forth | INBA72:052 | NURA#74, MMK4#053 p.059 | LOTW#74 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Hands of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| AB01555 | 310 | Light of the World | ای بندگان و کنیزان عزیزان الهی عالم انسانی از عجز و ناتوانی خاک سیاه چون ابر | O beloved servants and handmaidens of God! In its weakness and frailty, the world of humanity is even as a heap of darksome dust | INBA85:010 | NURA#75, MMK4#105 p.115, MAS2.009, MSHR2.185 | LOTW#75 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| AB00355 | 630 | Light of the World | ای ثابت بر پیمان در عنوان مکتوب خطاب یا عبدالبهاء بود این چه ندا بود که جان را | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The opening of thy letter bore the words “O ‘Abdu’l-Baha!” What a call this was | NURA#76, MMK4#171 p.193 | LOTW#76 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||
| AB00553 | 530 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ایتها المشتعله بنار محبه الله قد اطلعت بمضمون تحریرک المنیر و حمدت الله علی | O thou handmaid afire with the love of God! I have considered thine excellent letter, and thanked God for thy safe arrival in that great city.... O God, my God! Fill up for me the cup of detachment from all things | MNMK#023 p.103, MMK1#146 p.169 | SWAB#146, BPRY.057-058 | Nabilinho, Strong Steep | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Christian clergy | - | - | ||||||
| AB01023 | 390 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ایتها العصبه المویده بجنود من ملکوت الابهی طوبی لکم بما اجتمعتم فی ظل کلمه | O ye co-workers who are supported by armies from the realm of the All-Glorious! Blessed are ye, for ye have come together... O God, my God! We are servants of Thine that have turned with devotion to Thy Holy Face | INBA88:382, INBA89:127 | MNMK#030 p.113, MMK1#042 p.082, NSR_1978.120x, NSR_1993.133x, MMJA.021 | SWAB#042, BPRY.300-301x, TAB.001-003, BWF.404-406x, BADM.020-021x, COC#1371x, SW_v01#04 p.007-0008x | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||
| AB00872 | 420 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها الشعله الحبیه الملتهبه بنار محبه الله انی قرئت کتابک الوارد من عندک و | O thou yearning flame, thou who art afire with the love of God! I have read thy letter, and its contents | MNMK#032 p.116, MMK1#141 p.159, NJB_v05#14 p.002-003 | SWAB#141, TAB.087-089 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Judas; Predictions and prophecies; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00874 | 420 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها المخلصون ایها المنجذبون ایها المشتاقون ایها القائمون علی خدمه امر الله و | O ye sincere ones, ye longing ones, ye who are drawn as if magnetized, ye who have risen up to serve the Cause of God… As for you, O ye lovers of God, make firm your steps in His Cause | MNMK#034 p.119, MMK1#199 p.232 | SWAB#199, TAB.003-005, PN_1901 p088 | MJ Cyr, The Friends in Stockholm, Sabin, Laticia & Aysher | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| AB01624 | 310 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها الناطقه بالثناء علی الله انی قرئت نمیقتک الناطقه بتحیرک فی بعض الاحکام | O thou who art voicing the praises of thy Lord! I have read thy letter, wherein thou didst express astonishment | MNMK#039 p.125, MMK1#137 p.153 | SWAB#137, TAB.055-056, BSC.474 #896x | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of transformation and change; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Progress only takes place within its own degree | - | - | |||||||
| AB01660 | 300 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ان النیر الاعظم المتلئلا علی آفاق الامم قد غاب عن مشرق العالم و یلوح و یضی ء | The world's great Light, once resplendent upon all mankind, hath set, to shine everlastingly from the Abha horizon | INBA88:317 | MNMK#041 p.127, MMK1#005 p.015, AYBY.323 #001, HHA.053, MHA.525c, KHML.245-250 | SWAB#005, BWF.349-350, SW_v14#12 p.356-357, DWN_v1#06 p.001-002, DWN_v6#09 p.002ax, ABCC.048-049, CHH.111, BLO_PN#022 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||
| AB01866 | 290 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها المقبل الی روح المسیح فی ملکوت الله ان الجسد مرکب من عناصر جسمانیه و لابد | O thou who hast drawn nigh unto the spirit of Christ in the Kingdom of God! Verily the body is composed of physical elements | MNMK#043 p.129, MMK1#143 p.164 | SWAB#143, TAB.316-317, BWF.389-389x, SW_v13#06 p.148 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Resurrection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| AB02310 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا امه الله المهتزه کقضیب رطیب بنسیم محبه الله انی قرئت تحریرک الدال علی فرط | O handmaid of God, who tremblest even as a fresh and tender branch in the winds of the love of God! I have read thy letter... These spiritual assemblies are aided | MNMK#044 p.129, MMK1#038 p.076 | SWAB#038, TAB.089-091, GPB.332x2x, COC#1358x, LOG#0010x, LOG#2072x, BSC.476 #903-904x | Honiara Baha'i Youth | Equality of men and women; House of Justice; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||
| AB02813 | 230 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها المنجذبون ایها المتذکرون ایها المقبلون الی ملکوت الله انی اتضرع الی الله | O ye who are strongly attracted! O ye who are mindful! O ye who are advancing unto the Kingdom of God! Verily with all my heart and soul | MNMK#051 p.135, MMK1#157 p.181 | SWAB#157, TAB.407-408, BWF.386-386x | Anis & Shideh | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| AB03828 | 190 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک الذی ینادی بحبک لله و انجذابک الی | O thou who art enamoured of the breaths of God! I have read thy letter, which cried out with thy love for God | MNMK#055 p.138, MMK1#198 p.232 | SWAB#198, TAB.311-312 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| AB04567 | 170 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | یا امه الله المشتعله بنار محبته لاتحزنی من العسره و العناء و لاتفرحی من | O thou handmaid aflame with the fire of God's love! Grieve thou not over the troubles and hardships of this nether world… Rely upon God. Trust in Him. Praise Him | MNMK#059 p.140, MMK1#150 p.173 | SWAB#150 | The Joburg Baha'i Choir, S. Peyman, Sabria, Efe, Rafael & Maarten, R. Peterson [track 9], E. Mahony, L. Slott | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||
| AB04591 | 170 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | یا من طفح قلبه بمحبه الله انی اخاطبک من هذه البقعه المبارکه حتی یفرح قلبک | O thou whose heart overfloweth with love for the Lord! I address thee from this consecrated spot, to gladden thy bosom with mine epistle | MNMK#060 p.140, MMK1#009 p.023, DSDS.109 | SWAB#009, COC#1174x | R. Peterson [track 12] | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Law of Huququ'llah; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| AB00305 | 680 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | انّ الظّهورات فی الأدوار السّابقة کان لکلّ واحد منهم شأن فی الوجود و رتبة فی نشأة الأنسان | ...Verily, each one of the Manifestations in former ages possessed a certain station in existence and a certain rank in human development [3.5s]... ...Were it not for tests genuine gold could not be distinguished from the counterfeit.... In cycles gone by, each one of the Manifestations of God hath had His own rank in the world of existence... Intellect and the faculty of comprehension are God's gifts | MNMK#063 p.142x, MMK1#027 p.054x | SWAB#027x, COC#1790x, SW_v08#19 p.238-239x, SW_v14#02 p.041-042x, SW_v14#12 p.353x, BSTW#438 | Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Role and station of women; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB07020 | 120 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | انّ عبدالبهآء یشمّ رائحة محبّة اللّه من کلّ محفل تنطقین فیه بکلمة اللّه و تذکرین الحجج و البراهین | ...Verily, ‘Abdu’l‑Baha inhaleth the fragrance of the love of God from every meeting place where the Word of God is uttered | MNMK#068 p.144x, MMK1#053 p.089x | SWAB#053x | Methods of teaching the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual baptism; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB03017 | 220 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله قد اطلعت بمضمون تحریرک البدیع الانشاء و اطلعت | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I noted the contents of thy letter, which was beautifully composed, was informed of thy sorrow... O God, my God! This Thy handmaid is calling upon Thee, trusting in Thee | MNMK#069 p.145, MMK1#090 p.118x, MMK1#234 p.305x | SWAB#090x, BPRY.065-066x, TAB.094-095, BWF.394-395x, BSC.434 #786x, CUPAB.010-011x | K .Key, E. Mahony | Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| AB03824 | 190 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المبتهله الی ملکوت الله طوبی لک بما انجذب قلبک الی جمال الله و تنور بنور | O thou who hast bowed thyself down in prayer before the Kingdom of God! Blessed art thou… As to thy question regarding the education of children | MNMK#072 p.146, MMK1#091 p.118, MMK1#122 p.139 | SWAB#091x, SWAB#122x, TAB.086, BWF.383-383x, LOG#0756x | MANA | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||
| AB10201 | 70 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ایها الطاهر القلب زکی النفس بدیع الخلق جمیل الوجه | O thou who art pure in heart, sanctified in spirit, peerless in character, beauteous in face! Thy photograph hath been received revealing thy physical frame | MNMK#074 p.147, MMK1#078 p.111 | SWAB#078 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB07782 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | یا صغیره السن و کبیره العقل کم من طفل صغیر و هو بالغ رشید و کم من کهل جاهل و | O thou whose years are few, yet whose mental gifts are many! How many a child, though young in years, is yet mature | MNMK#075 p.147, MMK1#121 p.138, DRM.005b | SWAB#121, TAB.181, BSC.481 #920x, LABC.007 | Differences in human capacity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00175 | 860 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای ثابتان بر میثاق جناب زائر ذکر هر یک از شما را نمودند و رجای نامه های | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! The pilgrim hath made mention of each one of you, and hath asked for a separate letter addressed to each | INBA16:022 | MNMK#093 p.170, MMK1#221 p.266, AKHA_109BE #12 p.2, AKHA_137BE #05 p.66, MAS5.026 | SWAB#221, LOG#0731x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||
| AB00915 | 410 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران نورانی و اماء رحمن چون ظلمات نادانی و غفلت از عالم یزدانی و احتجاب | O ye illumined loved ones and ye handmaids of the Merciful! At a time when the sombre night of ignorance, of neglect of the divine world | MNMK#096 p.176, MMK1#016 p.031, AKHA_122BE #06 p.b, NJB_v01#13 p.001 | SWAB#016, TAB.502-504, BWF.352-353x, TOR.205-208, BSTW#145 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB01432 | 330 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید مضامین بسیار | O ye spiritual friends of Abdu'l-Baha! The letter ye had written hath been noted; its contents were most pleasing and bespoke your firmness | MNMK#104 p.191, MMK1#174 p.197 | SWAB#174, TAB.022-023, BWF.365-366x | Nadia, Zaynab, Fritz & Earl | Being a source of light; guidance; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| AB01189 | 360 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای دو کنیز مقرب پروردگار نامه امة الله مادر بیچر بنظر گذشت و فی الحقیقه لسان | O ye two favoured handmaids of the Lord! The letter from Mother Beecher hath been received, and truly it spoke for you both... It is hoped that all the maidservants of the Merciful, in those regions, will be (united) like unto the waves of one boundless sea. | MNMK#105 p.192, MMK1#036 p.073 | SWAB#036, BSTW#504a | D. Stevenson | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||
| AB00056 | 1420 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء چندیست که از بعضی بلاد یک آهنگ دلربا بگوش جان نرسیده | O ye the cherished loved ones of Abdu'l-Baha! It is a long time now since my inward ear hath heard any sweet melodies out of certain regions | MNMK#123 p.235, MMK1#188 p.210, ASAT4.356x, BSHI.111-116 | SWAB#188, TAB.375-382 | S. Toloui-Wallace | Ottoman commissions of investigation; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| AB02215 | 260 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید از کنونشن نهایت رضایت اظهار نموده بودی که این | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast expressed satisfaction with the Convention | MNMK#126 p.242, MMK1#187 p.209 | SWAB#187, SW_v10#13 p.246 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00093 | 1140 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | امروز ربّ الجنود حامی میثاق است و قوای ملکوت محافظ میثاق و نفوس آسمانی خادم میثاق و فرشتههای ملکوتی | O ye two blessed souls! Your letter was received. Praise be to God… Today, the Lord of Hosts is the defender of the Covenant | MNMK#127 p.243x, MMK1#192 p.221x, MAS9.150x, BSMR.039, HMQ.085 | SWAB#192x, SW_v11#14 p.240-243 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01507 | 320 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | امروز هر عاقل هوشیاری و عاقبتبینی بیدار شود و واقف اسرار مستقبل گردد که جز قوّهٴ میثاق قلب آفاقرا بحرکت نیارد | O thou old friend! A month ago a letter was written to the favored maidservant... The Covenant of God is like unto a vast and fathomless ocean. | MNMK#128 p.243x, MMK1#189 p.216x, MMK5#095 p.080x | SWAB#189x, BSC.547 #988x, SW_v10#08 p.153 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Review of publications; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB04657 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنت ملکوت نامه تو رسید مانند آهنگ عندلیب الهی بود که شهنازش سبب فرح قلوب | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It was like the melody of the divine nightingale | MNMK#131 p.245, MMK1#183 p.203 | SWAB#183, BSC.546 #987, SW_v10#14 p.272 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00156 | 910 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ترانی یا الهی خاضعا خاشعا متصدعا بما امرت من عندک متذللا الی ملکوتک مضطربا من | Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in lowliness, humbling myself before Thy commandments, submitting to Thy sovereignty | MNMK#134 p.249, MMK1#190 p.218, MJMJ2.090x, MMG2#402 p.448x | SWAB#190, BPRY.201-203x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Power of prayer; Prayer for sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB03646 | 190 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده صادق حق گفتند از وقایع و حوادث کونی قدری ملول و محزونی و کمی مغموم | O sincere servant of the True One! I hear thou art grieved and distressed at the happenings | INBA13:198b | MNMK#136 p.252, MMK1#229 p.299 | SWAB#229, SW_v14#01 p.018, BP1926.024-025 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB03337 | 200 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده الهی از بلایا و محنی که بر تو وارد شده مکدر مباش جمیع مصائب و بلایا | O thou servant of God! Do not grieve at the afflictions and calamities that have befallen thee. All calamities and afflictions | MNMK#137 p.252, MMK1#197 p.231 | SWAB#197, SW_v11#16 p.278-280 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB01693 | 300 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه نهم سبتمبر ۱۹۰۹ وصول یافت از حوادث واقعه محزون و مگدر | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter of September 9, 1909, was received. The grievous events that have transpired have brought sorrow and distress [3.5s]... ...Thou didst ask as to the transfiguration of Jesus, with Moses and Elias and the Heavenly Father on Mount Tabor, as referred to in the Bible | MNMK#138 p.253x, MNMK#161 p.295x, MMK1#140 p.158x, MMK1#196 p.230x | SWAB#140x; SWAB#196x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||
| AB08846 | 90 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای محنت زده در سبیل میثاق صدمات و زحمات در سبیل رب الایات البینات عنایاتست و | O thou who hast been sore afflicted on the pathway of the Covenant! Anguish and torment, when suffered on the pathway of the Lord | INBA85:430b | MNMK#142 p.254, MMK1#191 p.220, MSHR4.331 | SWAB#191 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB00131 | 960 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای عزیز دانا نامه ای که بتاریخ ۲۷ ماه می ۱۹۰۶ مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art dear, and wise! Thy letter dated 27 May 1906 hath been received and its contents are most pleasing and have brought great joy. Thou didst ask whether this Cause | MNMK#147 p.272, MMK1#031 p.059 | SWAB#031, TAB.540-545, LOG#0690x, BSC.485 #930-931x, DWN_v5#01 p.002-003x | Manifestation of God as mediator; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world | - | - | |||||||
| AB00409 | 600 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB00342 | 640 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای کنیز عزیز الهی حمد کن خدا را که در آستان مقدسش مقربی و در ملکوت عزتش معزز | O thou dear handmaid of God! Praise thou God, because thou art favoured at His Holy Threshold, and cherished in the Kingdom of His might. | MNMK#153 p.285, MMK1#142 p.161, YMM.364x | SWAB#142, TAB.091-094, BSC.489 #940x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| AB00645 | 490 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | چون حضرة مسیح در بیست قرن پیش ظاهر شد با وجود انکه یهود در نهایت انتظار | When Christ appeared, twenty centuries ago, although the Jews were eagerly awaiting His Coming | MNMK#154 p.287, MMK1#020 p.041 | SWAB#020, DWN_v2#08 p.060-061, BNE.006-008 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| AB00740 | 460 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای کنیز صادق الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه تعلق بملکوت | O thou sincere and loyal handmaid of the Lord! I have read thy letter. Thou art truly attached to the Kingdom | MNMK#159 p.294, MMK1#160 p.185 | SWAB#160, TAB.321-323, BWF.389-390x, BSC.457 #839x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Knowledge; recognition of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB01382 | 330 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده صادق الهی نامه ات ملاحظه گردید … وجود بر دو قسم است یکی وجود حق که مقدس از ادراک خلق است | O thou faithful servant of God! Thy letter was perused. Thou hadst written that 'I am striving to cause the friends of Spokane | MNMK#160 p.295x, MMK1#030 p.058x, MMK3#017 p.009x, RAHA.230x, YMM.450x | SWAB#030x, LOG#1697x, SW_v11#10 p.159 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00192 | 830 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Translation List; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ایها المطلع باسرار الکتاب المقدس انی قرئت مکتوبک المسهب و اطلعت بالمحاوره | O thou who art versed in the mysteries of the Holy Book! I have perused thy detailed letter and taken note of its discourse [3.5s]... ...Follow thou the way of thy Lord, and say not that which the ears cannot bear to hear, for such speech is like luscious food given to small children | MNMK#012 p.077, MMK1#214 p.258x, KKD2.066 | SWAB#214x | Christ; Christianity; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB10077 | 70 | ای مشتاق جمال ذوالجلال در شب و روز بکمال عجز و نیاز بدرگاه حضرت بی نیاز تضرع | O thou who yearnest for the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Night and day, with the utmost lowliness and supplication, beseech thou at the threshold of the Self-Sufficing Lord [3.5s] | MMK2#013 p.008, MJMJ2.065bx, MMG2#040 p.040x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06021 | 130 | ای احبای الهی در این کور رحمانی که قطرات بفضل الهی موج دریا یافته و ذرات باوج | O ye loved ones of God! In this divine Dispensation, wherein drops have, through the grace of God, been transformed into surging oceans, and atoms have risen to the zenith [3.5s] | MMK2#014 p.008, MJMJ2.044ax, MMG2#128 p.145x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10472 | 60 | ای ثابتان هر چند انسانرا خداوند پاک از مشتی خاک خلق فرمود ولی در این صدف دری | O ye steadfast ones! Though the Lord, the Pure One, created man from a handful of dust, yet within this shell a pearl [3.5s] | MMK2#127 p.098, YARP2.175.3 p.179 | Human reality created in the image of God; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05760 | 140 | ای کنیز عزیز حق آنچه مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید از خدا خواهم که در صون حفظ و | O dear handmaiden of God! That which thou didst write was noted. I beseech God that in His sheltering protection [3.5s] | MMK2#128 p.098 | Importance of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08914 | 90 | ای ناطق بذکر الهی گویند انسان ناطقست یعنی مدرک حقائق کلیه و واقف اسرار معانی | O thou who speakest in remembrance of God! They say that man is endowed with speech, meaning he perceiveth universal truths and comprehendeth the mysteries of inner meanings [3.5s] | INBA87:227b, INBA52:231b | MMK2#129 p.098 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09240 | 80 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ای بنده حق در آستان مبارک مذکوری و در انجمن یاران مشهود بنده درگاهی و بر سر | O thou the servant of the One True God! Thou art remembered at the Threshold of the Blessed One and thou art present in the assemblage… Persevere in the use of the Obligatory Prayer and early morning supplications, so that day by day thine awareness may increase | MMK2#131 p.100 | BRL_IOPF#2.16x | Being a source of light; guidance; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for morning; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB07923 | 100 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ای بنده الهی فیض نامتناهی در هر صبحگاهی گواهی بر تضرع و ابتهال عبدالبهاء | O thou servant of God! Each morn God's infinite grace confirmeth the ardent and tearful invocations of ‘Abdu'l-Baha. | MMK2#133 p.101 | BRL_IOPF#2.10x | Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB09850 | 70 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07004 | 120 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء آنچه نگاشته بودید ملاحظه گردید حمد خدا را دلیل بر ثبوت و | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! That which ye have written hath been perused. Praise be to God, it beareth testimony to steadfastness [3.5s] | MMK2#137 p.102 | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02600 | 240 | ای یاران الهی شکر کنید خدا را که مورد نظر عنایت شدید و مظهر الطاف حضرت احدیت | O divine friends, render thanks unto God, that ye have become the recipients of His favoring glance and the object of the bounties of His Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA87:155, INBA52:152 | MMK2#138 p.103, MMK3#261 p.186 | High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06175 | 130 | ای خسرو کشور معنوی هر انسانی که در این بساط رحمانی وارد و در سایه حضرت یزدان | O Khusraw of the spiritual realm, every soul that entereth this divine court and dwelleth beneath the shade of the Lord [3.5s] | MMK2#139 p.104 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05569 | 140 | ای بنده حق در آستان مقدس دربانی لهذا سلطانی بلکه ملوک عالم مملوک چنین بنده اند | O servant of Truth! Thou who art a doorkeeper at the sacred Threshold art indeed sovereign, nay, the very kings of the world are servants to such a bondsman [3.5s] | MMK2#140 p.104 | Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06289 | 130 | ای کنیزان یزدان ملاحظه کنید که فضل و عنایت جمال قدم چه کرده و مواهب اسم اعظم | O handmaidens of God! Observe what the grace and bounty of the Ancient Beauty hath wrought, and what gifts the Most Great Name hath bestowed [3.5s] | INBA13:255b | MMK2#141 p.105, DUR1.070 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10391 | 60 | ای بنده الهی لطف خداوندی باش و سبب آسایش عالم آفرینش مهرجوی شو و خوشخوی و | O servant of God, be thou a divine bounty and a source of tranquility unto all creation. Be thou loving in nature and of goodly character [3.5s] | MMK2#146 p.109 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05368 | 150 | ای یاران رحمانی چون نظر در عالم وجود نماایم ملاحظه کنیم که چون موسم باران رسد | O ye companions of the All-Merciful! When we cast our gaze upon the realm of existence, we observe that as the season of rain draweth nigh [3.5s] | MMK2#147 p.109, AKHA_122BE #01 p.b | Agriculture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01304 | 340 | ای بندگان الهی قریب غروبست و من از کثرت کار خسته و بی راحت و گرفتار با وجود | O servants of God! The hour is nigh unto sunset, and I, from the multitude of tasks, am weary and restless [3.5s] | INBA89:265b | MMK2#148 p.110 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement; 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01848 | 290 | ای یاران الهی هر چند که بحسب ظاهر دور و مهجورید ولی در حقیقت حاضر انجمنید و | O ye divine friends! Though outwardly far and remote, in reality ye are present in this assembly [3.5s] | MMK2#149 p.111 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03938 | 180 | ای بنده پروردگار نفحه مشکبار از نافه اسرار بر جمیع اقطار نثار گشت مشام ابرار | O servant of the Lord! The musk-laden breeze from the hidden treasury of mysteries hath been wafted upon all regions and the senses of the righteous [3.5s] | MMK2#150 p.113, MMK6#556 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08881 | 90 | ای مقرب درگاه کبریاء این تراب اغبر را برائحه مشک و عنبر معطر نما یعنی بنفحات | O thou who art nigh unto the Celestial Throne! Make thou this dust-laden earth to be perfumed with the fragrance of musk and ambergris through the wafting breaths [3.5s] | MMK2#151 p.113 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07553 | 110 | ای مطلع راستی صدق و راستی الیوم خود را در بحر نیستی محو و فانی نمودنست تا از | O Dayspring of Truth! Today one must efface and annihilate oneself in the ocean of nothingness, so that from [3.5s] | MMK2#152 p.114 | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08670 | 90 | ای ثابت پایدار حضرت ستار غفار گنهکارانست و بخشنده و مهربان چون مستفیض از بحر | O steadfast and firm one! The All-Concealing Lord is the Forgiver of sinners and the All-Bountiful, the All-Merciful, like unto an ocean outpouring its grace [3.5s] | MMK2#153 p.114, PYB#107 p.04 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02114 | 270 | ای نفس موید نامه بلیغ رسید مضمون مشحون از راز درون بود و آن خجلت و شرمساری در | O thou confirmed soul! Thy compelling letter was received. Its contents were laden with inner mysteries, and therein was reflected thy humility and abashment [3.5s] | INBA85:328 | MMK2#154 p.115 | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01191 | 360 | ای دوستان حقیقی عبدالبهاء از فضل و موهبت کبری حضرت کبریاء نفوسی را برانگیخت تا | O true friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Through the grace and mighty bounty of the Lord of Glory, He hath raised up souls to [3.5s] | MMK2#155 p.116 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01178 | 360 | ای پروردگار مهربان این عاشقان آواره کوی تو آشفته موی تو و دلداده خوی تو پوینده | O kind Lord! These lovers, wanderers in Thy path, with disheveled hair, enchanted by Thy nature, are seekers [3.5s] | INBA87:267, INBA52:271 | MMK2#016 p.010 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06291 | 130 | ای گلهای گلشن محبت الله الحمد لله در این حدیقه انیقه انبات شدید و بحرارت و | O ye flowers of the rose-garden of God's love! Praise be to God that ye have sprouted forth in this beauteous garden, and through the warmth [3.5s] | MMK2#157 p.118 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05118 | 150 | ای تهمتن رستم زابلی هر چند شهسوار میدان مردانگی بود و بقوه جسمانی فائق بر هر | O valiant Rostam of Zabul, though thou wert the champion in the field of manliness and in physical might didst excel all [3.5s] | MMK2#159 p.120, PPAR.193 | Being a source of light; guidance; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10413 | 60 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10380 | 60 | ای آیت محبت الله اقتدار در عالم جسمانی امریست اعتباری بلکه اقتدار روحانی | O Sign of the Love of God! Power in the material world is a transient thing, nay rather, spiritual power [3.5s] | MMK2#162 p.121 | Power of faith; power of the spirit | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09973 | 70 | ای رستم یزدان الحمد لله در میدان جانفشانی تفوق بتهمتن زابلستانی نمودی و بر | O Rustam of the Almighty! Praise be to God, for in the arena of self-sacrifice thou hast surpassed the prowess of the mighty hero of Zabulistan [3.5s] | MMK2#163 p.122, PPAR.193 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08882 | 90 | ای ملحوظ نظر عنایت حضرت احدیت شمعی برافروز که پرتوش از ملا ادنی تا ملکوت ابهی | O thou who art the object of the loving-kindness of the Most Great Unity! Kindle thou a light whose radiance shall extend from the lowest realm unto the Kingdom of Abhá [3.5s] | MMK2#164 p.122 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09508 | 80 | ای مقتدر دلیل اقتدار خضوع و خشوع و تذلل و انکسار بدرگاه حضرت پروردگار است | O thou mighty one! The proof of might is humility, submissiveness, lowliness and utter self-effacement at the Threshold of the Lord [3.5s] | MMK2#165 p.123 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09882 | 70 | ای بنده راضی بقضاء حقیقت رضاء اعظم موهبت جمال ابهیست ولی تحقق این صفت که اعظم | O thou servant who art content with the decree of God! In truth, contentment is the greatest gift of the Blessed Beauty, but the realization of this attribute, which is the most exalted [3.5s] | INBA87:175c, INBA52:176a | MMK2#167 p.124 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06307 | 130 | ای مستقر بر کرسی رضا از مقتضای روح رضا تسلیم و انقیاد بسلطان قضاء و محویت | O thou who art seated upon the throne of contentment! In accordance with the spirit of resignation, thou must submit and surrender unto the Sovereign of destiny, and efface thyself [3.5s] | MMK2#168 p.124 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02702 | 230 | ای حبیب روحانی ورقه لطیفه که ناطق بجواهر اذکار و بدایع اسرار بود ببصر روح | O spiritual beloved! The delicate leaf which spoke forth jewels of remembrance and wondrous mysteries was beheld through the eye of the spirit [3.5s] | MMK2#169 p.125 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Attaining good pleasure of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07921 | 100 | ای بنده الهی در مقابل تقادیر ربانی جز تسلیم و رضا چاره ای نه تدبیر اگر موافق | O servant of God! In the face of divine decrees there is no recourse save submission and contentment, be they in accordance with one's wishes or not [3.5s] | MMK2#170 p.125 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06440 | 130 | ایتها الورقه المطمئنه نفوس بسیارند ولی نفس مطمئنه قلیل و کمیاب زیرا اطمینان | O thou confident leaf! Though souls be many, those possessing true confidence are few and rare, for assurance [3.5s] | MMK2#171 p.126 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06883 | 120 | ای مظهر تسلیم و رضا پاکان آزادگانند و عاشقان آرزوی جفای دلبر مهربان نمایند | O Manifestation of submission and contentment! The pure ones are the free-spirited, and the lovers yearn for the cruelties of the compassionate Beloved [3.5s] | MMK2#172 p.126 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09976 | 70 | ای رضا راضی بقضا شو و سر تسلیم بنه تا از چشمه تسنیم نوشی از هیچ حالی دلگیر | O Riza! Be content with the divine decree and bow thy head in submission, that thou mayest drink from the fountain of Tasnim and be not disturbed by any condition [3.5s] | MMK2#173 p.127 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05226 | 150 | ای طالب رضای الهی در این جهان فانی کسی را بقاای نه و نفسی را ثبات حیاتی نیست | O seeker of divine good-pleasure! In this fleeting world, none is granted permanence, nor hath any soul constancy of life [3.5s] | MMK2#174 p.127, KASH.269 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08937 | 90 | ای هزار بوستان ذکر الهی الحمد لله که عالم ارواح و قلوب بپرتو انوار نیر اعظم | O thou myriad garden of divine remembrance! Praise be to God that the realm of spirits and hearts is illumined by the rays of the Most Great Luminary [3.5s] | INBA87:056, INBA52:055b | MMK2#017 p.011, AHB.131BE #07-08 p.54 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04815 | 160 | اليوم رمز مصون اسرار محبّت اللّه است که در هويّت قلوب مستور است و نارش در قلوب موقود | Today is the sacred symbol of the mysteries of the love of God that lie hidden in the essence of hearts, and its fire is enkindled within them [3.5s] | MMK2#175 p.128x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07611 | 110 | ای ناظر بشطر رحمت رب عزت تقوی و صلاح درع متین و حصن حصین الهیست و تا این جوهر | O thou who gazest toward the direction of thy Lord's mercy! Piety and righteousness are a mighty armor and the impregnable fortress of God, and until this essence [3.5s] | MMK2#176 p.129 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08554 | 90 | ای بنده الهی تا توانی دست بذیل تقوی زن و از سراج هدی اقتباس نور از ملا اعلی | O servant of God! As much as thou art able, grasp thou the hem of piety, and draw light from the Lamp of divine guidance [3.5s] | MMK2#177 p.129, AKHA_132BE #02 p.a, AKHA_133BE #15 p.a | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09200 | 80 | ای بنده الهی بنفس رحمانی زنده شو و بنفثات روح القدس تر و تازه گرد تا از عالم | O servant of God! Be thou quickened by the divine breath of the All-Merciful, and be thou refreshed and revived through the outpourings of the Holy Spirit, that from the realm [3.5s] | MMK2#178 p.129 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09592 | 80 | ای ورقه موقنه مرغ هما بال و پری در نهایت زینت و صفا آراسته دارد ولی باسیبی | O leaf of certitude! The celestial bird of fortune is adorned with wings and feathers of utmost grace and purity, yet is beset by an affliction [3.5s] | MMK2#179 p.130 | Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04641 | 160 | ای امه الله اگر چنانچه باید و شاید بکنیزی درگاه کبریاء قیام نماای یعنی بصفات | O handmaid of God! Shouldst thou arise, as befitting and worthy, to serve at the threshold of the All-Glorious through the attributes [3.5s] | MMK2#180 p.130, YQAZ.535, YQAZ.561 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Role and station of women; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09278 | 80 | ای پاک جان جوهر تقدیس شیوه راستان است و منتهی آرزوی ملازمان آستان از حضرت | O pure soul! The essence of sanctification is the way of the righteous ones, and the ultimate desire of them that stand faithful at His Threshold [3.5s] | MMK2#181 p.131 | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09617 | 80 | ای یونس دریای انس خدمت امرالله الیوم الفت و محبت احباء الله است باید در کمال | O Yunus, thou who art of the ocean of intimacy! Service to the Cause of God today is to foster love and fellowship amongst the beloved of God. Thou must, with utmost [3.5s] | MMK2#182 p.131, PYB#096 p.03 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01018 | 390 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء شمس حقیقت نیر ملکوت اعلی بجهت اتحاد عقاید و آراء... عبدالبهآء را به جان و دل گوش نمائید | O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The Sun of Truth, the Luminary of the Supreme Kingdom, for the unity of thoughts and opinions... hearken with heart and soul unto 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MMK2#183 p.132, AKHA_118BE #05-06 p.b, BSHN.140.480.04x, BSHN.144.473bx, PYB#096 p.03 | Contention and conflict; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08219 | 100 | ای مغنی در گلستان عرفان در این اوقات آنچه سبب اعظم ارتفاع امرالله و امتناع | O thou minstrel in the garden of mystic knowledge! In these days, that which is the supreme cause for the exaltation of God's Cause and its triumph [3.5s] | MMK2#184 p.132, AKHA_131BE #09 p.a, PYB#096 p.03 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02498 | 240 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01742 | 300 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء بشارت کبری رسید و خبر پرمسرتی عبدالبهاء شنید مژده الفت | O ye beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Great tidings have arrived, and joyful news hath reached 'Abdu'l-Bahá - the glad announcement of fellowship [3.5s] | INBA87:437, INBA52:451 | MMK2#186 p.134 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04501 | 170 | ای یاران رحمانی عبدالبهاء الحمد لله بفضل بی منتهی محفلی تازه برپا نمودید انجمن | O ye spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be to God, through His infinite bounty ye have established a new gathering [3.5s] | MMK2#188 p.136 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06300 | 130 | ای متوجه بملکوت ابهی در این اوان که اشراقات شمس قیوم الارض و السماء آفاق | O thou who hast turned towards the Kingdom of Abhá! In this moment when the effulgent rays of the Sun, the Sustainer of earth and heaven, illumine the horizons [3.5s] | MMK2#189 p.137 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07435 | 110 | ای سراج وهاج چه نوری روشنتر از محبت اللهست و چه شعاعی ساطعتر از معرفت الله | O resplendent lamp! What light is brighter than the love of God, and what beam more radiant than the knowledge of God [3.5s] | MMK2#190 p.137, AKHA_106BE #04 p.02, VAA.210-211 | Ether; the phenomenon of light; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05827 | 140 | ای ناظر بافق حقیقت چشم را بمشاهده انوار فیض احدیت روشن و منیر کن و گوش را | O thou who gazest toward the horizon of truth! Illumine and brighten thine eyes to behold the resplendent rays of Divine oneness, and thine ears [3.5s] | INBA87:045a, INBA52:045a | MMK2#018 p.012 | Call to action; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06468 | 130 | خداوند بیمانندا پناه بیچارگانی و ملجا آوارگان و امیدگاه آزاده گان پروردگارا | O peerless Lord, Thou art the refuge of the helpless, the shelter of the wanderers, and the haven of the free, O Lord [3.5s] | MMK2#019 p.012 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05316 | 150 | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی و ایادی امرالله الیوم وقت تمسک بحبل متین و توجه بافق مبین | O thou who gazest upon the Abhá Kingdom, and ye Hands of the Cause of God! Now is the time to hold fast unto the firm cord and to turn wholly towards the manifest horizon [3.5s] | MMK2#191 p.138, PYK.248 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08968 | 90 | ای یار قلبی خوشا بحال نفوسیکه در ظل کلمه وحدانیت از کاس میثاق نوشیدند و از | O beloved of my heart! Blessed are the souls who, beneath the canopy of the Word of Unity, have quaffed from the chalice of the Covenant [3.5s] | MMK2#192 p.139 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09470 | 80 | ای متمسک بمیثاق امروز عالم امکان بنور میثاق روشن است پرتوش جهانگیر است و | O thou who holdest fast to the Covenant! Today the world of existence is illumined by the light of the Covenant; its radiance hath encompassed the world [3.5s] | MMK2#193 p.139 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08606 | 90 | ای بنده صالح حق صلاح و فلاح الیوم ثبوت بر میثاقست و تمسک بعهد و پیمان محبوب | O righteous servant of God! Salvation and prosperity today lie in steadfastness to the Covenant and adherence to the Testament of the Beloved [3.5s] | MMK2#194 p.139 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09429 | 80 | ای عبد ودود مقام محمود الیوم ثبوت و رسوخ بر میثاق رب معبود است چه که سفینه | O loving servant! Today the most praiseworthy station is steadfastness and firmness in the Covenant of the adored Lord, for the Ark [3.5s] | MMK2#195 p.140, AKHA_116BE #10 p.334, AKHA_105BE #04 p.02, KHSK.115 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07542 | 110 | ای مستبشر بالطاف یزدانی قومی بر آنند که سبب نجات اقرار بوحدانیت الهیست و حزبی | O thou who art gladdened by divine bounties! Some believe that salvation's cause is the confession of God's oneness, while others [3.5s] | MMK2#196 p.140 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08212 | 100 | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله قدر این ایامرا بدان و بر عهد و میثاق محکم و استوار شو | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Know thou the value of these days, and be firm and steadfast in the Covenant and Testament [3.5s] | MMK2#197 p.141, AKHA_118BE #11-12 p.627 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00905 | 410 | ای مخموران باده محبت الله و ای محروران شهد و شکر معرفت الله و ای عاشقان جمال | O ye who are intoxicated with the wine of the love of God, ye who are enraptured by the honey and sugar of the knowledge of God, ye lovers of Beauty [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.158-162 | MMK2#198 p.141, MJMJ3.058x, MMG2#362 p.404x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04349 | 170 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04728 | 160 | ای ثابت بر میثاق نامه شما تلاوت شد دلالت بر استقامت در امرالله داشت طوبی لک و | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was perused, and it betokened steadfastness in the Cause of God. Blessed art thou [3.5s] | INBA16:004 | MMK2#200 p.144 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04986 | 160 | یا من تمسک بعهد الله و میثاقه حمد خدا را که از دست ساقی ظهور کاس مزاجها کافور | O thou who holdest fast unto the Covenant of God and His Testament! Praise be unto God that from the hand of the Celestial Cupbearer thou hast drunk from a chalice mingled with camphor [3.5s] | MMK2#201 p.144 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10011 | 70 | ای طالب رضای الهی الیوم اکبر نفوس ملکوتی آن کسست که بعهد و پیمان الهی بعزمی | O seeker of divine good-pleasure! Today, the greatest among celestial souls is one who, with resolute purpose, [remains faithful to God's Covenant] [3.5s] | INBA17:184 | MMK2#202 p.145, MSHR3.337 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03160 | 210 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10076 | 70 | ای مشتاق جمال ذوالجلال حمد خدا را که از چشمه میثاق نوشیدی و از شهد عهد نیر | O thou who yearnest for the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the Fountain of the Covenant and tasted the honey of the Testament [3.5s] | MMK2#205 p.146 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05716 | 140 | ای شخص خبیر الحمد لله مصداق این کلمه ای زیرا از آن یار بیخبر خبر یافتی و از آن | O thou sagacious one! Praise be to God that thou art the embodiment of these words, for thou hast gained tidings of that Beloved of Whom thou wert once heedless, and from that [3.5s] | MMK2#206 p.147 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09599 | 80 | ای یار روحانی یوسف کنعانی مسند مصر بیاراست و عزیز آن دیار شد ولی این بزرگواری | O spiritual friend! Joseph of Canaan adorned the throne of Egypt and became the cherished one of that land, but this noble station [3.5s] | MMK2#207 p.147 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01154 | 370 | یا من تشرف بالمثول فی العتبه المقدسه العلیاء آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ | O thou who hast attained the honor of presenting thyself before the Most Sacred and Exalted Threshold, what thou didst write hath been noted [3.5s] | INBA59:233 | MMK2#020 p.013, MMK6#501x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03452 | 200 | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید و انجذابات قلبیه معلوم گردید فی الحقیقه مجذوب | O thou who seekest the truth! Thy letter was received and the emotions of thy heart were known. Verily thou hast been attracted | MMK2#208 p.148 | BSTW#298 | Justice and mercy; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08084 | 100 | هر اذيّت و جفا که در سبيل مير وفا وارد شهد بقاست و موهبت عظمی | Every injury and cruelty sustained in the path of the Most Faithful One is the honey of immortality and a boundless bounty [3.5s] | MMK2#209 p.149x | Chastisement and requital; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06653 | 120 | ای بنده حق کردی ای عطار بر عالم نثار نافه اسرار هر دم صد هزار سبحان الله در | O servant of Truth! O 'Attar! Thou hast scattered upon the world the fragrant musk of mysteries. At every moment a hundred thousand "Glory be to God!" doth resound [3.5s] | INBA21:195c (245c) | MMK2#210 p.149, KNJ.023c | Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05072 | 150 | ای بنده الهی کرم بر دو قسم است در عالم ملک و در عالم ملکوت ملکی عامست و شامل | O servant of God! Bounty is of two kinds: in the world of earthly dominion and in the realm of heaven. The earthly kind is universal and all-embracing [3.5s] | MMK2#211 p.149, MJMJ3.104x, MMG2#125 p.143x | J. Badiei | Generosity [kirama]; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00323 | 660 | Day of the Covenant 26 November 2003 | ای نهال آمال آن بیهمال نامه وصول یافت آنی راحت و مهلت میسر نه تا بنگارش جواب | O thou sapling of hopes of the Peerless One! Thy letter was received. Not a moment's rest hath been granted me to compose a reply [3.5s] | MMK2#212 p.150, AYBY.412 #123 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Chastisement and requital; Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00912 | 410 | ای یاران روحانی حضرت کبریا در قرآن عظیم دنیا را تشبیه بسراب بقیع فرموده اند | O spiritual friends of the Almighty! In the Great Qur'án the world hath been likened unto a mirage in the desert [3.5s] | MMK2#213 p.152, MMK2#022 p.014, TABN.289 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imagery in the Qur'an; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02272 | 260 | ای نفوس منجذبه بنفحات الله کور کور خداوند یکتاست و عصر عصر حضرت کبریاء جسم | O ye souls who are attracted by the divine fragrances! This is the age of the one true Lord, and this is the era of His Most Great Glory [3.5s] | MMK2#214 p.153 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03487 | 200 | ای منجذب بنفحات الله شکر کن خدا را که در سیناء عرفان ندای رحمان از شجره انسان | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! Give thanks unto God that from the Sinai of mystic knowledge the call of the All-Merciful hath been raised from the Tree of Man [3.5s] | MMK2#215 p.155 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08866 | 90 | ای مشتعل بنار هدایت حبذا حال نفوسیکه چون شعله نورانی سبب روشناای قلوب انسانی | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of guidance! Blessed are the souls who, like a radiant flame, become the cause of illumining human hearts [3.5s] | MMK2#216 p.155 | Being a source of living waters in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08919 | 90 | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی اگر از فیوضات ملکوت ابهی حظ اوفری خواهی و اگر از اشعه | O thou who gazest upon the Abhá Kingdom! If thou seekest an abundant portion from the outpourings of the Abhá Kingdom, and if from the rays [3.5s] | MMK2#217 p.156, AHB.126BE #07-08 p.18 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06989 | 120 | ای یار حقیقی تا توانی تشویق یاران بر تبلیغ نما و تفریق مابین حق و باطل بیاموز | O true friend! As far as thou art able, encourage the friends in teaching and instruct them in the distinction between truth and falsehood [3.5s] | MMK2#218 p.156 | Manifestation of God as educator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06807 | 120 | ای شمع افروخته محبت الله الیوم وقت توکل است و هنگام توسل زمان جوش و خروش است | O enkindled lamp of the love of God! This is the day of trust and the hour of supplication; 'tis the time of fervent ardour and passionate yearning [3.5s] | INBA17:094 | MMK2#219 p.157, AKHA_116BE #09 p.288 | Meditation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03647 | 190 | ای بنده منقطع جمال ابهی مرقوم نموده بودی که در اطراف خضراء در نهایت فقر و | O severed servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thou hadst written that in the environs of the verdant lands thou wert in utmost poverty [3.5s] | MMK2#220 p.157 | Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09423 | 80 | Translation List | ای طالب ملکوت بالطاف حضرت پروردگار امیدوار باش و از مصائب شدیده اینجهان نومید | O thou who seekest after the Kingdom! Place thy hope in the bounties of God and let not the dire adversities of this world dismay thee. | MMK2#021 p.014 | ADMS#009 | A. Youssefi, A Family Affair, unknown, L. Ghiami | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB08158 | 100 | ای عطار نافه مشکبار نثار کن تا نفحه اسرار مشام یاران را عنبرافشان کند هر | O Perfumer of the musk-laden fragrance! Scatter thy sweet-scented offering, that the breaths of mysteries may shed their ambergris upon the nostrils of the friends [3.5s] | MMK2#222 p.159 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03817 | 190 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07237 | 110 | ای بندگان جانفشان دلبر ابهی محفل تبلیغ بیارااید و بزم تقدیس برپا کنید نشر | O ye devoted servants of the glorious Beloved! Adorn ye the gathering for teaching, and raise aloft the feast of sanctification [3.5s] | MMK2#224 p.160 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07574 | 110 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای منجذبه ملکوت الله شمع خواموش بودی الحمد لله روشن گشتی صامت بودی ناطق شدی | O thou who art attracted to the kingdom of God! Thou wert as a lamp unlit and darkened and thou dost beam now with illumination. | MMK2#225 p.160 | TAB.508 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of the mind over nature; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB02949 | 220 | ای طالب جمال مختار طالبان کوی حق و عاشقان جمال مطلق از عالم ملک در گذرند و | O seeker of the chosen Beauty! The seekers of the divine realm and the lovers of the Absolute Beauty must pass beyond the earthly kingdom and [3.5s] | MMK2#227 p.162 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04113 | 180 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یار باوفای من نامه اخیر شما رسید الحمد لله احبای قزوین در نهایت سرور و تمکین | O my faithful friend! Your recent letter was received. Praise be to God that the loved ones in Qazvin are in the utmost joy and steadfastness [3.5s]... ...The friends of God should weave bonds of fellowship with others and show absolute love and affection towards them. These links have a deep influence on people and they will listen | MMK2#228 p.162 | COC#1924x | Business; financial; property matters; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Laws of marriage and dowry; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB01081 | 380 | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء الیوم اهم امور تبلیغ امرالله و نشر نفحات الله است | O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Today the most vital of all matters is the teaching of God's Cause and the diffusion of His divine fragrances [3.5s] | INBA16:223 | MMK2#229 p.163, AVK3.485.18, AYBY.453 #198x, TRZ1.304b, MAS5.079 | East and West; communication between East and West; Pioneering; travel teaching; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07918 | 100 | ای بنده الهی تا توانی در هدایت خلق کوش و سقایت بوستان حق نما ید عنایت در | O servant of God! Strive with all thy might to guide humanity and water the garden of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:076a, INBA52:075a | MMK2#231 p.166, AKHA_133BE #18 p.a, RRT.032 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00960 | 400 | ای یاران روحانی در این عهد جلیل و قرن عظیم که آفتاب میثاق چون نیر اعظم آفاق | O spiritual friends! In this glorious Dispensation and mighty century, when the Sun of the Covenant, like unto the supreme luminary, shineth forth upon the horizons [3.5s] | INBA87:065, INBA52:064 | MMK2#232 p.166 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00863 | 420 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05157 | 150 | ای جمشید سپیده دمید و خورشید درخشید بهار رسید ابر فروردین گریست اردیبهشت | O Jamshid! The dawn hath broken and the sun hath shone forth. Spring hath arrived; the clouds of Farvardin have wept, and Ordibehesht [3.5s] | MMK2#233 p.168, PYB#244 p.04, YARP2.599 p.419 | Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03438 | 200 | ای سرگشته صحرای الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید معلوم و مفهوم گردید و از مضامین | O thou who art bewildered in the divine wilderness! That which thou didst write became known and understood, and from its contents [3.5s] | INBA21:150a | MMK2#236 p.170, AKHA_128BE #11 p.a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05271 | 150 | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله ساعت که جسم منجمد و فلز متطرقست بسبب نظم و ترتیبی | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! At the hour when the frozen body and the malleable metal are rendered pliant through order and arrangement [3.5s] | INBA55:160, INBA87:170a, INBA52:169 | MMK2#238 p.172 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03759 | 190 | ای منادی پیمان جهان را غفلت مستولی بود و امکان را ظلمت محیط و متوالی و کیهان | O Herald of the Covenant! The world was overcome with heedlessness, and creation was enveloped in encompassing and successive darkness [3.5s] | MMK2#239 p.172 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08603 | 90 | ای بنده صادق جمال قدم سر پر شوری بجو و قلب پر آشوبی بطلب دریای محبه الله را | O thou faithful servant of the Ancient Beauty! Seek thou a passionate spirit and long thou for a troubled heart in the ocean of the love of God [3.5s] | MMK2#240 p.173 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03209 | 210 | ای نورسیدگان باغ الهی از قرار معلوم بشهادت جناب حاجی نبیل تحصیل فن جلیل نموده | O newly arrived scions of the Divine Garden! According to that which hath been made known through the testimony of His honour Ḥájí Nabíl, ye have acquired mastery in a noble art [3.5s] | MMK2#241 p.174 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07187 | 110 | ای ارسطو معلم اول را گویند که در جمیع علوم ممتاز کل امم بود و از مشاهیر بنی | O Aristotle, who is known as the First Teacher, distinguished in all sciences above all nations, and renowned among men [3.5s] | MMK2#242 p.174 | Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08508 | 90 | ای افلاطون همنامت شهره آفاق شد و بحکمت اشراق معروف و ممتاز گشت داناای سبب فوز | O Aflatun, whose name hath become renowned throughout all regions, distinguished and acclaimed for illumined wisdom, thou art the cause of triumph [3.5s] | MMK2#243 p.175, AHB.128BE #12 p.366 | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; High station of the arts and sciences | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04163 | 180 | ياران نورانی من در اين ليل ظلمانی از هاتف پنهانی ندائی بسمع روحانی رسيد | O My luminous friends! In this darksome night, from the unseen Herald a call reached the spiritual ears [3.5s] | MMK2#246 p.177x, ANDA#33 p.15x | Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09479 | 80 | Prayer for Steadfastness; Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ای محبوب جان و وجدان من جز تو پناهی ندارم و بغیر از ذکر تو فریاد صبحگاهی بر | O Thou beloved of my heart and soul! I have no refuge save Thee. I raise no voice at dawn | MMK2#024 p.016 | BRL_APAB#15x, BLO_PT#071 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB05533 | 140 | ای آشفته جمال رب رحمن اگر بفضل و عنایت جمال قدم باحبای خالصش پی پری از وجد و | O thou who art enraptured by the beauty of the Lord, the All-Merciful! If through the grace and bounty of the Ancient Beauty thou shouldst attain unto His pure-hearted loved ones in ecstasy [3.5s] | MMK2#247 p.179 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10409 | 60 | ای بنده حق تا تواناای داری در عبودیت حق بکوش و بذکرش بخروش و در خدمات احبایش | O servant of God! So long as thou hast strength, strive thou in servitude unto God, raise thy voice in His remembrance and render service unto His loved ones [3.5s] | MMK2#248 p.179 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07901 | 100 | ای باز هوای محبت الله وقت پرواز است و کشف راز است و هنگام عجز و نیاز است تا | O thou falcon of the love of God! The time for soaring hath come, and for the unveiling of mysteries, and the hour of utter need and supplication [3.5s] | MMK2#250 p.180, AKHA_131BE #02 p.a, AHB.125BE #02-03 p.302 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04059 | 180 | ای مستشرق از انوار هدایت در این امر الهی که روح القدس اول خادم و ساعیست جهدی | O seeker of enlightenment from the rays of guidance: strive in this divine Cause, wherein the Holy Spirit is the first servant and eager worker [3.5s] | MMK2#251 p.180, AKHA_128BE #07 p.a, AKHA_130BE #04 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03325 | 200 | ای ادیب دبستان الهی دست و پری بگشا و آستینی بیفشان توجهی بنما و بال و پری باز | O thou erudite one of the divine school! Spread wide thy hands and wings, shake loose thy sleeves, turn thy attention and spread thy wings anew [3.5s] | MMK2#252 p.181, AKHA_132BE #09 p.a | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01129 | 370 | ای نجوم بازغه افق محبت الله الحمد لله از پرتو شمس حقیقت در خاور و باختر | O radiant stars of the horizon of the love of God! Praise be to God that from the rays of the Sun of Truth both East and West are illumined [3.5s] | MMK2#253 p.182, HDQI.185, HDQI.235, ANDA#11 p.06, ANDA#23 p.04 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05651 | 140 | ای خدام بندگان الهی این چه منصب عظیم است و این چه جاه جلیل از چاه سیاه باوج | O servants of the divine ones! What an exalted station this is, and what a glorious rank! From the black pit's depths to the zenith [3.5s] | MMK2#254 p.183, MMK5#196 p.153 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for service; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05562 | 140 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10437 | 60 | ای بنده صادق شکر کن خدا را که خادم یاران موافقی و بنور عبودیت بارق و شارق اگر | O thou faithful servant! Give thanks unto God that thou art a devoted helper in harmony with the friends, and art resplendent and radiant with the light of servitude [3.5s] | MMK2#256 p.185 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09252 | 80 | ای بنده خدا اگر فرح و شادمانی جاودانی خواهی بنار محبت الله برافروز و اگر | O servant of God! If thou desirest everlasting joy and happiness, kindle thyself with the fire of the love of God, and if [3.5s] | MMK2#257 p.185 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03849 | 190 | ای ياران اين مسجون شب و روز با رخی افروخته و جان و دلی سوخته | O friends! This prisoner, with radiant countenance and with heart and soul aflame, burneth night and day [3.5s] | MMK2#258 p.185x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Power of prayer; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05578 | 140 | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی در این خاکدان فانی کاری بکن که مظهر ایت رحمانی گردی و | O faithful servant of the Abhá Beauty! In this earthly dust-heap of mortality, act in such wise that thou mayest become a manifestation of divine signs [3.5s] | MMK2#259 p.186 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00744 | 460 | ای یاران الهی و دوستان ربانی سالها بگذرد و ایام بسر اید و بساط این حیات | O divine friends and heavenly companions! Though years may roll on and days come to an end, and the fabric of this earthly life [3.5s] | MMK2#260 p.187, MMK4#050 p.055 | Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11226 | 40 | پروردگارا مرا مستقیم بر امرت بدار و در امتحان ثابت بر محبت کن و در دریای | O Lord! Keep me steadfast in Thy Cause, and in the hour of test make me firm in Thy love. In the ocean of [3.5s] | MMK2#025 p.017, MMG2#103 p.117 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08534 | 90 | ای آمرزگار این مرغ دست آموز را در سدره منتهی لانه و آشیانه بخش و این بی | O Forgiver! Grant unto this domesticated bird a nest and dwelling-place in the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s] | MMK2#026 p.017 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04431 | 170 | Translation List | ای گلرخ ابهای من ای ربی الاعلای من ای سدره سینای من جانم فدای روی تو ای دلبر | My rosy-cheeked most glorious One, My lofty Lord rivaled by none, O brightly Burning Bush of mine, My life be offered up for Thine! | INBA21:159, INBA55:340b | MMK2#027 p.017, DWNP_v6#04 p.004, KHSH02.009 | ADMS#123 | Ahdieh | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Pain of love; love as veil; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||
| AB02824 | 230 | ای ياران الهی در اين دم در حديقه رضوان با سائر دوستان مألوفيم و مأنوس معروفيم و محسوس | O ye friends of God! In this moment in the Garden of Ridván We are intimate companions with the other friends, united in fellowship and communion [3.5s] | MMK2#261 p.188x | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02335 | 250 | ای احبای رحمانی و یاران معنوی ایام قیام بر خدمت و هنگام اشتعال بنار محبت است | O beloved ones of the All-Merciful and spiritual companions! These are the days to arise for service and the time to be set ablaze with the fire of love [3.5s] | INBA72:036, INBA72:160, INBA88:120 | MMK2#262 p.189 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09208 | 80 | ای بنده الهی گوش شنوا بگشا و نصیحت عبدالبهاء بشنو در این دار فانیه ثمره و | O servant of God, open thy hearing ear and hearken unto the counsels of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. In this mortal world, the fruit [3.5s] | MMK2#263 p.191 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08127 | 100 | ای شمع روشن در محفل یاران هر بامداد که این کوکب خاوری از مطلع ظاهری با رخی | O radiant candle in the assembly of friends! Each morn that this eastern star doth rise from its visible horizon with a face [3.5s] | INBA13:014 | MMK2#264 p.191, AKHA_130BE #18 p.a, AHB.131BE #01-02 p.02 | Call to action; Material world a reflection of the spiritual | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04058 | 180 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06229 | 130 | ای سرگشته صحرای عشق چون نسائم صبحگاهی در ریاض قلوب احبای الهی مرور نما دلها | O thou who art bewildered in the wilderness of love, traverse thou, like unto the morning zephyrs, through the gardens of the hearts of the beloved of God [3.5s] | INBA88:269a | MMK2#266 p.192, AHB.102BE #03 p.02 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; The power of words; of speech; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06728 | 120 | Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' | ای خادم درگاه حق این خادمی تو از شهنشاهی عالم برتر است و این بندگی تو از | O thou that dost serve at the divine Threshold! This service of thine is higher than the sovereignty of all the world. | INBA55:378, INBA87:162a , INBA88:348a, INBA52:159 | MMK2#267 p.193 | BLO_PT#081.267 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| AB09332 | 80 | ای خادم صادق جانفشان هرچه در خدمت یاران بیشتر کوشی کاس عنایت بیشتر نوشی و | O faithful and self-sacrificing servant! The more thou strivest in service to the friends, the more abundantly shalt thou drink from the cup of grace [3.5s] | INBA87:069b, INBA52:068b | MMK2#268 p.193 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05693 | 140 | ای زنده بنفحات رحمن در این عصر مجید و عهد کریم جهدی کن و همتی نما که منشا | O thou who art quickened by the divine fragrances in this glorious age and bounteous dispensation, strive and make a mighty effort to become a source [3.5s] | INBA87:058b, INBA52:057b | MMK2#269 p.194 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06892 | 120 | ای مقتبس انوار هدی در این قرن عظیم خداوند کریم تمسک بعهد قدیم جو و تشبث بذیل | O thou who art recipient of the radiant lights of guidance! In this mighty century, seek thou to hold fast unto the ancient Covenant of the All-Bountiful Lord and cling unto His hem [3.5s] | INBA87:012, INBA52:012 | MMK2#270 p.195 | Call to action; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06328 | 130 | ای منادی پیمان بخدمت میثاق شهره آفاق شو و مظهر الطاف خفیه جمال ابهی نیر اشراق | O herald of the Covenant! Through service to the Covenant become renowned throughout all regions, and be thou a manifestation of the hidden favours of the Abhá Beauty, the Day-Star of effulgence [3.5s] | MMK2#271 p.195 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09081 | 90 | یا من بذل الروح فی خدمه امرالله الحمد لله خدماتت در درگاه جمال ابهی مقبول و | O thou who hast sacrificed thy spirit in service to the Cause of God! Praise be unto God, thy services at the threshold of the Abhá Beauty are acceptable [3.5s] | INBA79.018 | MMK2#272 p.196 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00928 | 410 | وقت آنست که در اين ميدان گوی سبقت و پيشی را از مردان شهير آفاق بربائی نطق فصيح بگشائی | The time hath come for thee to seize, in this arena, the orb of precedence and excellence from the renowned men of all regions, and to give utterance to eloquent speech [3.5s] | MMK2#273 p.196x | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06483 | 130 | Poetry in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings and Utterances | نور هدی تابان شده طور تقی رخشان شده موسی بجان پویان شده کهسار سیناء آمده صبح | Divine rays of Guidance are scattering wide, The Sinai of righteousness shineth once more; The spirit of Moses is yearning for Thee | INBA13:387, INBA59:158, INBA88:312 | MMK2#028 p.018 | BLO_PT#064 | Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| AB10094 | 70 | ای منجذب بکلمه الله اگر در این حشر عظیم و نشر بدیع رخی روشن طلبی و دلی چون | O thou who art attracted to the Word of God! If thou seekest in this mighty resurrection and wondrous dispensation an illumined countenance and a heart [3.5s] | MMK2#274 p.198 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08901 | 90 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06822 | 120 | ای طاهر باهر الحمد لله در میدان ایقان سیف شاهری و در افق محبت الله نجم زاهر | O radiant Tahir! Praise be to God, thou art a gleaming sword in the arena of certitude, and a brilliant star in the horizon of the love of God [3.5s] | MMK2#276 p.199 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09180 | 80 | ای امه الله ورقه موقنه توجهی بجمال قدم نما و یاد آن الطاف و عنایات اسم اعظم | O handmaid of God, assured leaf! Turn thy gaze toward the Ancient Beauty and remember those bounties and bestowals of the Most Great Name [3.5s] | MMK2#277 p.199 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09857 | 70 | اين ايّام بايد حضرات احبّا وقت را غنيمت شمرند و بمنتهای قوّت بر خدمت برخيزند | In these days the beloved friends must seize this precious opportunity and arise with utmost strength to render service [3.5s] | MMK2#278 p.199x | Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03382 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیبی که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید از حوادث و | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letters thou didst write to Jinab-i-Manshadi have been perused [3.5s] | MMK2#279 p.200 | Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04899 | 160 | ای یاران ربانی الحمد لله جام سرشار از باده روحانی در دور است و نشئه رحمانی | O divine friends! Praise be to God that the brimming cup of spiritual wine is being passed round, and heavenly rapture prevaileth [3.5s] | MMK2#280 p.201 | Call to action; Mystical themes; Non-participation in politics; Praise and encouragement; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00843 | 430 | یار مهربان من رقیمه کریمه فریده غراء بود و خریده نوراء زیرا مضمون مشحون | O loving friend! The honored epistle was a rare and luminous gem, for its contents were replete [3.5s] | MMK2#282 p.202 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Non-participation in politics; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02563 | 240 | ای ستمدیدگان راه یزدان عوانان دست تطاول گشودند و ستمکاران قوت بازو نمودند | O ye who are oppressed in the path of God! The tyrannical oppressors have stretched forth the hand of aggression, and the cruel ones have displayed the might of their arms [3.5s] | MMK2#284 p.205 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04001 | 180 | ای دو شمع روشن محبت الله در بین جمع محفل روحانی برافروزید و باتش عشق بسوزید و | O ye twin shining candles of the love of God! Kindle ye the flame in the gathering of the spiritual assembly and burn with the fire of divine love [3.5s] | MMK2#285 p.206, HDQI.254, ANDA#26 p.04, ABDA.378 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04056 | 180 | ای مجذوبان روی دلجوی آن دلبر بیهمتا مرکز حسن و جمال چون در آاینه جلال جلوه | O ye who are enraptured by the heart-captivating countenance of that peerless Beloved, Center of beauty and grace, as He gleameth in the mirror of glory [3.5s] | MMK2#286 p.207 | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02543 | 240 | ای ثابتان بر امر الهی جهان بیدار و آگاه گشته و شرق و غرب هشیار شده نورانیت | O ye who are steadfast in the Cause of God! The world hath awakened and become aware, and East and West have become enlightened [3.5s] | MMK2#029 p.019 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01973 | 280 | ای یاران این عبد در حالتیکه از شدت صدمات در آتش سوزانم و شدت احتراق استخوانرا | O friends of this servant! In this state, wherein I am consumed in a burning fire by reason of grievous afflictions, and the intensity of this conflagration hath penetrated unto my very bones [3.5s] | MMK2#287 p.208 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05698 | 140 | ای سرگردان کوه و بیابان در سبیل رحمن هر جمعی پریشان گردد و هر سر و سامانی | O wanderer of mountain and desert in the path of the Merciful! Every gathering shall be scattered, and every order and arrangement shall come undone [3.5s] | MMK2#288 p.209 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05461 | 150 | یا من ثبت فی امرالله از مفتریات اهل فتور مگدر مشو و از اراجیف زاغان خریف | O thou who art firm in the Cause of God! Be thou not perturbed by the calumnies of the indolent, nor dismayed by the prattle of the crows of autumn [3.5s] | INBA88:238a | MMK2#289 p.210, AKHA_134BE #17 p.a | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08666 | 90 | ای ثابت بر میثاق الحمد لله ثبوت و استقامتی بنمودی که جمیع یاران را خوشنود کردی | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Praise be to God that thou hast shown such steadfastness and constancy as hath brought joy to all the friends [3.5s] | MMK2#291 p.212 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05142 | 150 | ای ثابت بر پیمان هر چند بلا و محن و رزایا بیحد و شمار بر شما وارد ولی چون در | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though trials and tribulations and afflictions beyond measure have descended upon thee, yet since [3.5s] | MMK2#292 p.212 | Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04866 | 160 | ای مهتدی بنور هدی هر چند در آن ولا ضوضاای بلند شد و عربده و غوغاای گشت بسیار | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Although in that land a great clamour arose and tumult and uproar waxed intense [3.5s] | MMK2#293 p.213 | Growth of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04136 | 180 | ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء اگر بدانید که بچه حالتی و بچه جذب و فرحی و بچه سرور | O kind friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Were ye to know in what state, with what attraction and gladness, and with what joy [3.5s] | MMK2#294 p.214 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04400 | 170 | ای سمی ذبیح جانفشانی کار تست و شتافتن بقربانگاه عشق سزاوار تو تا مظهر و | O thou namesake of the Sacrifice! Self-sacrifice is thy task, and to hasten unto the altar of love befitteth thee, that thou mayest become the manifestation [3.5s] | MMK2#295 p.215, PYB#224 p.03 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for sacrifice; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01492 | 320 | ای دوستان آن یار مهربان آن آفتاب حقیقت نیر اعظم فلک رحمانیت پرتوش جهانگیر است | O friends of that Loving Friend, that Sun of Truth, that Most Great Luminary in the heaven of divine mercy, whose rays encompass the world [3.5s] | INBA88:104 | MMK2#030 p.020, TZH8.0660 | Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07001 | 120 | ای یاران باوفای من بلاهای سابقه نامعدود با وجود این در این بلوا و انقلاب نیز | O my steadfast companions! Notwithstanding the countless afflictions of the past, in this tumult and upheaval too [3.5s] | MMK2#299 p.218, QUM.135 | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07569 | 110 | ای منجذب روی بها هر چند خانه بتالان دادی و کاشانه بتاراج لانه ات بروفتند و | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of Bahá! Though they have plundered thy house, laid waste thy dwelling, and despoiled thy nest [3.5s] | INBA87:237b, INBA52:242b | MMK2#300 p.218 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00505 | 550 | ای احبای الهی و یاران عبدالبهاء جناب هاشم تحریری با فصاحت تقریر و ابدع تعبیر | O divine friends and companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! His honour Háshim Tahríri, with eloquence of utterance and most beauteous expression [3.5s] | INBA87:148, INBA52:145 | MMK2#301 p.219x | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08708 | 90 | ای دو بنده صادق خداوند بیهمتا شکر کنید خدا را که در این روز فیروز پروانه شمع | O ye two faithful servants of the peerless Lord! Give thanks unto God that on this blessed day ye are even as moths circling round the flame [3.5s] | MMK2#303 p.220, ALPA.073b, YARP2.085 p.117 | Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04331 | 170 | ای ثابت پیمان نامه شما رسید شرح اذیت بیگانگان باشنایان و تعرض محرومان بمحرمان | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, describing the persecution by strangers against friends, and the attacks of the deprived upon the trusted ones [3.5s] | MMK2#305 p.222 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02222 | 260 | ای ثابت بر پیمان هر چند از خویش و پیوند آزرده دل و در بندی ولی بنده عزیز | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though thou art weary of heart and fettered by ties of kindred, yet art thou a cherished servant [3.5s] | MMK2#306 p.223 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Predictions and prophecies; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03768 | 190 | ای مهتدی بنور هدی اولیای الهی هر یک در این جهان فانی جام بلائی نوشیدند و سم | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Each one of the chosen ones of God, in this mortal world, hath quaffed a cup of tribulation and tasted poison [3.5s] | MMK2#308 p.225 | Consolation and comfort; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01959 | 280 | ای مشتعل بنار محبه الله اشعار بلیغی که از حنجر روحانی صادر در محضر اینعبد | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! The eloquent verses that issued forth from the spiritual throat were presented in the presence of this servant [3.5s] | MMK2#309 p.226, AKHA_123BE #03 p.j, BSHN.140.157x, BSHN.144.157x, MHT2.076x, NANU_AB#47x, RSR.045-046 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08126 | 100 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04701 | 160 | ای بی سر و سامان سبیل الهی هر لانه و آشیانه و خانه و کاشانه که در راه حق خراب | O thou who art homeless and destitute in the path of God! Every nest and shelter, every house and dwelling that is laid waste in His path [3.5s] | MMK2#311 p.227 | Consolation and comfort; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10082 | 70 | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله در این عصر عظیم که تاییدات ملکوت ابهی جمیع جهات را | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God in this great age, when the confirmations of the Abhá Kingdom encompass all directions [3.5s] | INBA88:212a | MMK2#031 p.021 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02564 | 240 | ای سلاله آن جلیل عظیم هر چند اموال بغارت دادید و خانه بتالان و تاراج ولی | O progeny of that mighty and exalted one! Though your possessions were given over to plunder and your home to pillage and ravage, yet [3.5s] | MMK2#312 p.228, TAH.274 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03286 | 210 | یا بقایاء الشهداء اهل ملاء اعلی آرزوی این شهادت کبری نمایند و اهل ملکوت ابهی | O ye survivors of the martyrs! The denizens of the Supreme Concourse yearn for this supreme martyrdom, and so too do the dwellers in the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | MMK2#313 p.229 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07394 | 110 | ای دو بنده درگاه حق از خدا بخواهید که موفق بجانفشانی گردید و بقربانگاه عشق | O ye two servants of the threshold of Truth! Beseech ye God that ye may become confirmed in self-sacrifice and attain unto the altar of love [3.5s] | MMK2#314 p.229 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00392 | 610 | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی خوشا حال نفوسی که بصرف فطرت منجذب الی الله گشتند | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! Blessed indeed are those souls who, through the purity of their nature, have become attracted unto God [3.5s] | INBA72:031, INBA72:156 | MMK2#315 p.230, AKHA_129BE #10 p.a, AKHA_119BE #07 p.j, AHB.133BE #07-08 p.66, TSAY.522, RHQM2.0638 (016x) (012x), TISH.468-469x, MAS5.165x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10422 | 60 | ای بنده خدا جان بجانان تسلیم کن و سر در ره یزدان فداکن هر جان که فدای جانان | O servant of God! Surrender thy soul unto the Beloved and sacrifice thy head in the path of the Lord. Every soul that is sacrificed unto the Beloved [3.5s] | MMK2#316 p.231, NANU_AB#05 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04827 | 160 | ای مستهام در جمال رحمن در این ساعت که بوی خوش جان از یمن جانان میرسد و مشام | O thou who art attracted to the beauty of the All-Merciful! In this hour when the sweet fragrance of the soul wafteth from the Yemen of the Best-Beloved [3.5s] | MMK2#317 p.232 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04438 | 170 | ای مظلومان سبیل الهی انصاف چنین است که در محبت نور مبین بظلم شدید گرفتار شدید | O ye who are oppressed in the Path of God! Such is justice - that in your love for the Manifest Light ye have been caught in grievous oppression [3.5s] | MMK2#318 p.232 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04704 | 160 | ای پدر شهیدان ترا سزاوار که بر گروه اصفیا افتخار نماای و بعزت پایدار سر | O Father of Martyrs! It behooveth thee to glory in the company of the pure ones, and to attain unto everlasting honour [3.5s] | MMK2#319 p.233 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03201 | 210 | آن جان پاک بجهان تابناک شتافت و آن ستاره روشن بافق ابدی صعود نمود | That pure soul hath hastened to the luminous realm, and that bright star hath ascended to the everlasting horizon [3.5s] | MMK2#320 p.234x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06293 | 130 | ای مبتلا باذیت و جفا درین دنیا فی الحقیقه چنانست که مرقوم نمودی صدمات شدیده | O thou who art afflicted by trials and hardships in this world! In truth it is even as thou hast written - severe tribulations [3.5s] | MMK2#321 p.235 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05063 | 150 | ای بقیه فداایان جمال رحمن آن عاشقان روی جانان و آن افتادگان در دام موی دلبر | O ye remnants of them that sacrificed themselves for the Beauty of the All-Merciful, ye lovers of the countenance of the Beloved, ye who are captive in the snares of His tresses [3.5s] | MMK2#322 p.235 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09531 | 80 | ای مهربان ببازماندگان شهداء خدمات تو باهل و عیال شهداء فی الحقیقه مورث سرور | O thou who art compassionate to the bereaved! Thy services to the families and dependents of the martyrs are, in truth, a source of joy [3.5s] | MMK2#323 p.236 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07588 | 110 | ای موقن بالله هر چند مصیبت خویش و پیوند و برادر و فرزند و دوست و هوشمند سخت و | O thou who art firm in faith in God! Although the calamity of losing kith and kin, brother and child, friend and companion is grievous [3.5s] | MMK2#324 p.236 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04128 | 180 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء الحمد لله خاندانی از مظاهر محبت الله تشکیل شده و خانواده از | O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be to God, a family hath been formed of the manifestations of the love of God, and a household is [3.5s] | MMK2#325 p.237 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Parents and children; youth; families; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10122 | 70 | ای ناظر بملکوت الهی از خدا بخواه که ترا بامری موفق و موید فرماید که چون ستاره | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom Divine! Beseech thou God that He may vouchsafe unto thee success and confirmation in a matter that, even as a star [3.5s] | INBA88:212b | MMK2#032 p.022 | Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06241 | 130 | ای شیدائیان روی دلبر الهی آن یار دلنشین چون شاهد نازنین در انجمن روحانیین | O ye ardent lovers of the divine Beloved! That heart-entrancing Friend, like a tender and cherished Beauty, in the spiritual gathering [3.5s] | INBA13:071, INBA88:109a | MMK2#033 p.022, TAH.293, ANDA#72 p.30 | Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06604 | 120 | ای اولاد مبارک نهاد آن پاک جان حمد کنید خدا را که از صلب چنین پدری بمشهد وجود | O noble offspring of that pure soul, praise ye God for having been ushered into existence from the loins of such a father [3.5s] | MMK2#327 p.238 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08069 | 100 | ای دو برادر مهرپرور حمد کنید خدا را که بجسم و جان برادرید و از یک پدر و مادر | O ye two loving brothers! Render thanks unto God that ye are brothers both in body and soul, born of the same father and mother [3.5s] | MMK2#328 p.239, YARP2.490 p.362 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07426 | 110 | ای رضیع ثدی محبت الله و پرورده آغوش معرفت الله شکر کن خدا را که از اصلاب | O suckling at the breast of God's love and nurtured in the embrace of the knowledge of God, render thanks unto the Lord that from the loins [3.5s] | MMK2#330 p.240, AYBY.401 #102 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10514 | 60 | ای ریحان بوستان ایمان شکر کن که از این جویبار روایدی و از این چمنزار نابت شدی | O myrtle of the garden of faith! Give thanks that thou didst spring forth from this stream and wert nurtured in this meadow [3.5s] | MMK2#331 p.240, HUV2.034 | Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06192 | 130 | ای دو ستاره مانند فرقدان حمد خدا را که در افق محبت الله روشنید و در عتبه | O ye two stars, like unto the twin luminaries of the Great Bear! Praise be to God that ye shine bright in the horizon of the love of God and at the threshold [3.5s] | INBA16:010 | MMK2#332 p.241 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03782 | 190 | ای نهالهای حدیقه عرفان مادر مهربان از روزیکه باین آستان رسید شب و روز بیاد | O saplings of the garden of divine knowledge! From the day that loving Mother arrived at this threshold, she has, night and day, been mindful [3.5s] | MMK2#333 p.241, ANDA#32 p.65x | Interpretation of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04478 | 170 | ای نهالهای حدیقه رحمانی ابوی در نهایت محبت و مهربانی نام آن گلهای گلشن معانی | O ye saplings of the divine garden! Your father, with utmost love and tenderness, names those flowers of the rose-garden of inner meanings [3.5s] | MMK2#336 p.243 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05567 | 140 | ای بنده حق از مضمون نامه مشکین حلاوت شهد و انکبین حاصل زیرا دلیل بر ایمان و | O servant of God! From the contents of thy musk-scented letter was obtained the sweetness of honey and nectar, for it attesteth to faith [3.5s] | MMK2#337 p.244 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07956 | 100 | ای بنده حق از ابوی شکایت نموده بودید انشاء الله حکایت است چون پدر است آنچه | O servant of the Truth! Thou didst complain about thy father. God willing, this is but a tale, for he is thy father [3.5s] | MMK2#339 p.245, ANDA#32 p.65 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03934 | 180 | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گردید الحمد لله مومن بحضرت پروردگاری و | O servant of God! That which thou hadst written was noted. Praise be to God, thou art a believer in the Lord, thy Creator [3.5s] | INBA87:193, INBA52:193c | MMK2#340 p.245 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Parents and children; youth; families; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02338 | 250 | ای اسرار آن سید ابرار ابناء اگر از عنصر جان و دل آباء باشند یعنی حسن اخلاق | O mysteries of that noble Master of the righteous! If the descendants be imbued with the essence of their fathers' soul and heart, this verily is goodly character [3.5s] | INBA16:007 | MMK2#341 p.246 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consolation and comfort; Noah | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03476 | 200 | ای مظلومه سبیل الهی آنچه ناله و فغان نماای و جزع و فزع کنی و زبان بشکوه گشاای | O thou who art wronged in the path of God! No matter how much thou mayest wail and lament, and give voice to thy grief and distress [3.5s] | MMK2#342 p.247, TABN.107 | Consolation and comfort; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02872 | 220 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09582 | 80 | ای ورقه مقدسه مبارکه سدره الهیه در بحبوحه فردوس رحمانیه بلند شد و شرق و غرب | O sacred and blessed leaf of the divine Lote-Tree, which was raised up in the midst of the Paradise of the All-Merciful, and East and West [3.5s] | INBA87:347a, INBA52:355b | MMK2#347 p.250 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02746 | 230 | ای کنیزان حق ورقه مطمئنه روحانی مکتوب مفصلی از لسان شما نگاشته و از هر جهت | O handmaidens of God! A detailed letter hath been received from your tongue, spiritual and assured, touching upon every matter [3.5s] | MMK2#349 p.251, RSR.049-050 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04481 | 170 | ای ورقات سدره توحید شکر ایزد را که در ظل شجره احدیت وارد گشتید و از اثمار | O leaves of the Lote-Tree of Divine Unity! Render thanks unto God that ye have entered beneath the shade of the Tree of Oneness and partaken of its fruits [3.5s] | MMK2#351 p.253 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05762 | 140 | ای کنیزان الهی نساء در شرق ضعفاء بودند حتی ضعیفه لقب نساء بود از بس که در | O handmaidens of God! In the East, women were deemed weak, to such degree that the very word for 'woman' became 'the weak one', so great was their [3.5s] | MMK2#352 p.254 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Equality of men and women; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10637 | 60 | ای ورقه زکیه در شب و روز بکوش و بجوش که چون آتش پرشعله برافروزی و از نار | O pure leaf! Strive and be astir by night and by day, that thou mayest blaze like a flaming fire and from the fire [3.5s] | MMK2#354 p.255 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09946 | 70 | ای دختر آسمانی کنیزان الهی که توجه بملکوت ابهی دارند انها آسمانیند نه زمینی | O heavenly daughter! The handmaidens of God who are turned towards the Abhá Kingdom are celestial, not earthly [3.5s] | MMK2#355 p.255, PPAR.194 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08300 | 100 | ای ورقه زکیه در ساحت جمال قدم روحی لارقائه الفدا اماای مذکورند که چون شمع در | O pure leaf! In the presence of the Ancient Beauty - may my spirit be a sacrifice unto His loved ones - thou art remembered even as a candle [3.5s] | MMK2#356 p.255 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Naming of children; of individuals | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05340 | 150 | ای ورقه منجذبه روحانی در اینوقت که ندای الهی و صلای بیداری از ملکوت ابهی | O spiritually attracted leaf! At this time when the divine call and the summons of awakening from the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | MMK2#357 p.256, RSR.042b | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05688 | 140 | ای روحانی الهی وقت آنست که زبان بگشاای و بر شاخسار توحید نغمه بسراای و از ذکر | O divine spirit! The time hath come when thou must open thy lips and, upon the branches of the Tree of Unity, raise thy melody in song [3.5s] | MMK2#358 p.256, RSR.047-048 | Call to action; Love of God; Role and station of women; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10273 | 70 | یا ورقتی حمد جمال قدمرا که در آن اقلیم بذکر جمال مبین متذکری و بنفحات حدائق | O Leaf! Praise be to the Ancient Beauty, for in that realm thou art mindful of the manifest Beauty and dost inhale the fragrances of the gardens [3.5s] | MMK2#359 p.257 | Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03851 | 190 | طالب حقیقتا جمهور ناس بزبان مفتون حقیقتند و مخمور باده محبت ولی چون میدان | O seeker of truth! Verily, the multitudes are enchanted by the tongue of truth and intoxicated with the wine of love. Yet when [3.5s] | MMK2#036 p.024 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Condition of search; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09641 | 80 | ایتها الورقه المشتعله در شب و روز با دل پر سوز بملکوت ابهی مناجات نما و عجز و | O leaf afire! By night and by day, with a heart full of fervor, offer thy supplications unto the Kingdom of Abhá in humility [3.5s] | MMK2#360 p.258 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Importance of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06395 | 130 | ای ورقه موقنه در این کور الهی الطاف حق در حق اماء الرحمن مشهود و واضح لهذا | O leaf of certitude! In this divine Dispensation the bounties of God in regard to the handmaidens of the All-Merciful are manifest and evident [3.5s] | MMK2#361 p.258 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Role and station of women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02079 | 270 | ای دبیر ادیب و ای نهالهای بیهمال حدیقه محبت الله عبدالبهاء را نهایت آرزو | O learned scribe and ye peerless saplings of the garden of the love of God! 'Abdu'l-Bahá's most ardent wish [3.5s] | MMK2#362 p.259 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04168 | 180 | دوست عزیز مهربان اثر کلک گهربار سبب سرور ابرار بود و مضمون مشحون باحساس وجدان | Dear cherished and kind friend! The effect of thy jewel-scattering pen brought joy to the righteous, and its contents were replete with feelings of conscience [3.5s] | MMK2#363 p.259 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love of God; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08630 | 90 | ای ثابت بر پیمان آهنگ بلبل معانی از گلشن حقایق و اسرار رحمانی بمسامع مشتاقان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The melody of the nightingale of inner meanings, from the rose-garden of divine truths and mysteries, hath reached the ears of the yearning ones [3.5s] | MMK2#364 p.260 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05638 | 140 | ای جوان روحانی حمد کن خدا را که در جویبار هدایت سرو روانی و در گلشن موهبت | O spiritual youth! Render thanks unto God that thou art even as a graceful cypress beside the stream of guidance, and in the rose-garden of His bounty [3.5s] | MMK2#365 p.261 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08283 | 100 | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله در این ریاض موهبت قدی بفراز و برگ و شکوفه بساز از | O thou sapling of the garden of God's love! In this paradise of divine bestowals, raise high thy stature and adorn thyself with leaves and blossoms [3.5s] | MMK2#366 p.261 | Parents and children; youth; families; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08284 | 100 | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله در این فردوس برین و جنت عدن رب کریم بنسائم الطاف | O sapling of the garden of God's love! In this supreme paradise and Eden of the gracious Lord, [mayest thou be blessed] by the gentle breezes of His favours [3.5s] | MMK2#367 p.262 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04288 | 170 | ای بنده حق آنچه ایادی امرالله مصلحت دانند اطاعت نما و بهمانقسم حرکت کن ابدا | O servant of the Truth! Whatsoever the Hands of the Cause of God deem advisable, obey thou and ever act accordingly [3.5s] | MMK2#368 p.262 | Effort; striving; Excellence; distinction; Hands of the Cause; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08286 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای نهال بیهمال ریاض محبت الله حمد کن خدا را که در این جویبار رحمانی غرس شدی | O thou incomparable plant in the garden of the love of God! Give thanks unto God that thou wert planted in this meadow | MMK2#369 p.263 | TAB.447 | Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator | - | - | |||||||
| AB07358 | 110 | ای چراغ دست افروخته محبت الله در جهان ترابی هر نهالی بفیض ابری و شعاع و | O thou lamp kindled by the hand of God's love in this earthly world! Every sapling groweth by the grace of the clouds and rays [3.5s] | MMK2#372 p.265, PYB#160 p.04 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05639 | 140 | ای جوان نورانی رحمانی باش و آسمانی ملکوتی باش و ربانی تا توانی دمی میاسا و | O luminous youth! Be merciful and celestial; be of the Kingdom and divine. Rest not for a moment if thou canst [3.5s] | MMK2#373 p.266, RAHA.281 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02330 | 250 | ای ابناء آسمانی تحیت قلبی صمیمی شما بسمع عبدالبهاء رسید از پیام شما نهایت مسرت | O my heavenly children. Your cordial and sincere greetings have reached me and have brought to me great spiritual happiness. | MMK2#374 p.267 | JWTA.041 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01377 | 330 | ای آوارگان کوی دوست آندلبر آفاق چون در انجمن اهل وفاق اشراق نمود آغاز رازی کرد | O ye exiles in the path of the Friend! When that Beloved of all horizons shone forth in the gathering of the faithful ones, He began to unveil a mystery [3.5s] | MMK2#037 p.025 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04105 | 180 | Additional Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ای نونهالان گلشن محبت الله و ای سبزهای نوخیز چمن معرفت الله در فصل بهار در | O ye tender seedlings in the garden of the love of God! O ye fresh saplings in the meadows of the knowledge of God! The sight of the flowering plants | MMK2#375 p.268, MMG2#436 p.480x, HUV2.022, NJB_v05#06 p.004 | BRL_APAB#08, BRL_CHILD#37 | Power of prayer; Spiritual springtime; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||
| AB10478 | 60 | ای جوان نورانی رحمانی شو و روحانی و بازرگان آسمانی بضاعتی از عرفان الهی | O radiant youth! Become merciful and spiritual, and even as a celestial merchant, acquire the merchandise of divine knowledge [3.5s] | MMK2#376 p.268 | Praise and encouragement; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06379 | 130 | ای نوجوان محترم چه قدر نفوس بزرگوار در قرون های ماضیه نهایت آرزو داشتند که | O thou respected youth. How many the honourable souls in past centuries and times who yearned with all their hearts | MMK2#377 p.269 | BBBD.258 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00314 | 670 | Fire and Light; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یزدان مهربان از افق انقطاع نفوسی را مشرق و لائح فرمودی که مانند مه تابان | O Thou kind Lord! From the horizon of detachment Thou hast manifested souls that, even as the shining moon... You must so hoist the banner of nothingness | MMK2#378 p.269, NANU_AB#04x | BRL_FIRE_AB#04x, BPRY.251-252x, PN_1906 p093x | Miles, Denzil & Ephrim | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| AB06709 | 120 | Memories of Nine Years in Akka | ای ثابت بر میثاق گمان مبر که از فکر شما و یاد شما آنی فراغتی بلکه نه راحتی و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Think not that I have ceased to think of thee or have forgotten thee for even one moment | MMK2#002 p.001, KNSA.076, KNSA.235x | MNYA.096, MNYA.323x | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB00164 | 890 | یا من ادخره الله لخدمه امره و اعلاء کلمته آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید قرائت | O thou whom God hath reserved for the service of His Cause and the exaltation of His Word! That which thou hadst written was read [3.5s] | MMK2#039 p.029 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10040 | 70 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای کنیز خدا سرور بر دو قسمست جسمانی و روحانی سرور جسمانی محدود است نهایت | O thou maidservant of God! Happiness consists of two kinds; physical and spiritual | MMK2#040 p.031 | TAB.673-674, BSC.472 #887x | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB06414 | 130 | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء تا چند ساکتید و تا کی صامت هر چند ناطقید ولی در این | O ye spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Baha! How long will ye stay still? How long will ye be silent? And when ye speak forth in this century | MMK2#041 p.032, DUR1.135 | BBBD.107, SW_v01#05 p.001, SW_v07#16 p.159 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05728 | 140 | ای طالب دقائق اسرار الهی نیر اعظم این جهان مرکز انوار عنصریست و تربیت و نشو و | O seeker after the subtle mysteries divine! The greatest luminary of this world is the center of elemental lights and the source of training and growth [3.5s] | MMK2#042 p.032 | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Manifestation of God as sun; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08746 | 90 | ای زبان گویا در جوامع و بیع و صوامع صد هزار احبار بذکر و صلواه سالهای دراز | O eloquent tongue! In assemblies, temples and sanctuaries, a hundred thousand priests have, through long years, been engaged in remembrance and praise [3.5s] | MMK2#043 p.033 | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10989 | 50 | Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of | ای ورقه مومنه از فضل بی منتها آنچه خواهی بخواه ولی اگر از این عبد شنوی جز | Beseech thou from God's infinite grace whatsoever thou desirest. But wert thou to heed my advice thou wouldst desire naught save | MMK2#045 p.034 | BRL_PMDA#20, COC#1741 | Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00860 | 420 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای دوستان الهی جمال رحمانی و هیکل صمدانی و سلطان سریر عزت و ملیک ملک رحمانیت | O friends of God! The Beauty of the All-Merciful, the Temple of the Self-Subsisting, the Sovereign upon the throne of glory, and the King of the realm of the All-Merciful [3.5s]... ...Not a single morn did He find comfort; not a single night did He repose in peace. So intense did His tribulations become | MMK2#046 p.034 | BRL_ATE#064x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB01345 | 340 | ای یاران الهی شمع هدی روشن و ساحت دلها رشک گلزار و چمن افق امکان از پرتو لامکان | O ye divine friends! The lamp of guidance shineth bright, and the garden of hearts hath become the envy of rose-garden and meadow. The horizon of contingent being is illumined by the rays of the Realm Beyond [3.5s] | MMK2#047 p.036 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07631 | 110 | ای نهال تازه باغ الهی بدرگاه احدیت این مناجات نما پروردگارا عنایت فرما هدایت | O fresh sapling of the divine garden! At the threshold of the One True God, offer thou this prayer: O Lord! Bestow Thy grace and guidance [3.5s] | MMK2#003 p.002, MMG2#410 p.456x | Prayer for children and youth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01890 | 280 | ای احبای الهی و اماء حضرت رحمانی لسانرا بشکرانه الطاف رب مجید بیارااید و قلب | O beloved ones of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Adorn your tongues with thanksgiving for the favours of the Glorious Lord, and your hearts [3.5s] | MMK2#048 p.038, MMK6#369, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.h | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07467 | 110 | ای شمع محبت الله در این قرن عظیم که چشم و چراغ قرون اولی و شمس مشرق لامع بر | O Candle of the Love of God! In this mighty century, which is the eye and lamp of former ages and the radiant Sun of the dawning East [3.5s] | INBA88:088 | MMK2#049 p.039, AKHA_134BE #10 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04557 | 170 | شمع روشن است و انجمن روحانیان گلزار و گلشن نفحات قدس منتشر است و نسائم حدآئق | The lamp is ablaze, and the assembly of the spiritual ones is a rose garden in full bloom. The holy fragrances are diffused, and the breezes of paradise waft [3.5s] | INBA13:402, INBA55:234, INBA59:151, INBA88:053 | MMK2#050 p.039, AHB.120BE #07 p.000, SFI17.016 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06633 | 120 | ای بنده بهاء این جهان چون هیکلی مرده و ناتوان جانش کلمه الله است و قوتش تعالیم | O servant of Bahá! This world is even as a lifeless and feeble form, whose soul is the Word of God and whose strength lieth in His teachings [3.5s] | MMK2#051 p.040, KASH.266 | Exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03144 | 210 | ای جمع روحانیان الحمد لله مانند شمع روشنید و بمثابه درختان سبز و خرم در | O spiritual assembly! Praise be to God that ye are luminous even as candles and verdant and flourishing like unto trees [3.5s] | MMK2#052 p.041 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07688 | 110 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03802 | 190 | ای یاران الهی ناله و فغان شما اگر چه مخفی و پنهان است ولی فی الحقیقه بلند و گوشرس | O divine friends! Though your lamentations and cries are veiled and hidden, in truth they are resounding and reach every ear [3.5s] | MMK2#054 p.042, QUM.123a | Consolation and comfort; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06943 | 120 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10074 | 70 | ای مستضای از نور وجود الهی صفت جود و بخشش و عطا و احسان وقتی در حقیقت انسان | O thou who art illumined by the light of Divine existence! The attributes of munificence, generosity, bounty and benevolence, when manifest in human reality [3.5s] | MMK2#056 p.043 | Generosity [kirama]; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00911 | 410 | ای یاران الهی عصراست و جمیع امم و ملل در حبس و حصر مگر آزاده گان الهی و احرار | O divine friends! It is the twilight hour, and all peoples and nations have fallen prey to bondage and confinement, save those who are God's free souls and His liberated ones [3.5s] | MMK2#057 p.044, HDQI.187, ANDA#10 p.07 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08209 | 100 | Tablets by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some | ای مشتاق ملکوت ابهی طائر عنایت از آشیان الهی پرواز نمود و مراتب وجود را طی کرد | O thou who longest for the Abhá Kingdom! The Bird of Grace hath winged its flight from the divine Nest and traversed the realms of existence [3.5s] | INBA16:005 | MMK2#058 p.045 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB08211 | 100 | ای مشتعل باتش محبت الله شعله ای در آن مجمر زن تا بوی خوش عود و عنبر مشام سکان | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Kindle thou a flame upon that brazier, that the sweet fragrance of aloes and ambergris may perfume the senses [3.5s] | INBA87:393, INBA52:404b | MMK2#059 p.046 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00871 | 420 | ای یاران روحانی و اماء رحمان این خاکدان فانی جغدان نادانرا سزاوار و این گلخن | O spiritual companions and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! This ephemeral dust-heap befitteth none but ignorant owls, and this furnace [3.5s] | INBA87:143, INBA52:140 | MMK2#060 p.046, TABN.038, ANDA#69 p.07 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08780 | 90 | ای طالب جمال مختار بذیل تقی تشبث نما و بعروه وثقی تمسک کن توجه بملکوت ابهی کن | O seeker of the Chosen Beauty! Cling thou to the hem of piety and lay fast hold on the sure handle. Turn thy gaze unto the Kingdom of Abhá [3.5s] | MMK2#061 p.048 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08599 | 90 | ای بنده خدا هیچ دانی که موفق بچه موهبتی گشتی از شمع هدی زجاجه دل را روشن | O servant of God! Knowest thou what bounty thou hast been favored with? From the lamp of guidance thou hast illumined the glass of thy heart [3.5s] | MMK2#062 p.048 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04061 | 180 | ای مستنیر بنور هدی صد هزار عرفا و فضلا سالهای دراز ریاضت کشیدند و زهر مشقت | O thou who art illumined by the light of guidance! A hundred thousand mystics and sages have, through long years, endured rigorous discipline and the bitterness of tribulation [3.5s] | MMK2#063 p.049 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Monasticism; asceticism | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06898 | 120 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03006 | 220 | ای یاران رحمانی فیض وجدانی و فوز نورانی از نتائج ثبوت بر محبت الهی و استقامت | O ye friends of the Merciful. Spiritual bounties and the illumination of divine grace result from steadfastness in the love of God | MMK2#065 p.050, MMK6#470 | DAS.1914-09-11 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07546 | 110 | ای مشتاق جمال ذوالجلال در این کور کریم و دور عظیم بکوش که نصیب اوفر بری و | O thou who art enraptured by the Beauty of the All-Glorious! In this most bounteous Cycle and this mighty Age, strive thou to gain an abundant share [3.5s] | MMK2#066 p.051 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05300 | 150 | ای مهتدی بهدایت کبری حضرت احدیت هر چند از هر هستی پاک و مقدس و از هر وصفی مبرا | O thou who hast attained to the supreme guidance, although His Holiness the One True God is sanctified and exalted above every existence and free from all attributes [3.5s] | MMK2#067 p.052, AHB.129BE #07-08 p.02 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03086 | 210 | ای احبای الهی وقت جانفشانیست و هنگام دست افشانی دم حیات جاودانیست و روز جلوه | O ye friends of God! The time for sacrifice of life is at hand, and the moment for joyous celebration hath come. This is the breath of life everlasting and the day of manifestation [3.5s] | INBA13:010x, INBA21:151b, INBA88:172b | MMK2#069 p.053 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00830 | 430 | Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' | ای عاشقان جمال ابهی اهل مجاز چون تعلق خاطری باب و رنگ در عالم خاک یابند از | O ye lovers of the Abha Beauty! When souls become attracted to the variegated colours and physical beauty of this contingent existence | MMK2#072 p.056 | BLO_PT#081.72x | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB02051 | 270 | Translation List | ای بنده الهی در این ایام تلغرافی از امریکا وارد مضمونش زفاف واقع تبریک | O thou servant of God! In these days a telegram arrived from America, its purport being congratulations on the marriage [3.5s]... ...O Divine Providence! Grant that this bond of companionship Thou hast fastened may be enduring, and join together this servant and this maidservant | MMK2#006 p.004x, YIK.086-087 | ADMS#063x | S. Tirandaz | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; East and West; communication between East and West; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Prayer for married couples | - | - | ||||||
| AB09716 | 130 | یا من توجه بکلیته الی الله هر چند در تحریر تقصیر عبدالبهاء بسیار است... ای پروردگار بیانباز آن ابرار را در ظلّ عنايتت پرورش ده | O thou who hast wholly turned thyself unto God! Though 'Abdu'l-Bahá's shortcomings in correspondence be many... O peerless Lord, nourish these righteous ones beneath the canopy of Thy loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA85:116 | MMK2#007 p.004x, MJMJ2.036x, MMG2#027 p.028x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08042 | 100 | ای حیران جمال حقیقت شئون و آثار بر دو نوع و دو طور یکی در تحت احکام عالم | O thou who art enthralled by the beauty of Truth! The manifestations and traces thereof are of two kinds and two modes: one under the laws of the world [3.5s] | INBA89:028a | MMK2#074 p.058 | Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00652 | 480 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید دلیل تبتل و تضرع بود و برهان | O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents much appreciated… Obligatory prayers and supplications are the very water of life… Ye have asked about the significance of the expression “sacrificial lover” | MMK2#076 p.060, MMK2#134 p.101 | BRL_ATE#189x, BRL_IOPF#2.18x, BLO_PT#081.76 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fanaticism and hatred; Importance of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB08585 | 90 | ای بنده جمال قدم در این انجمن رحمانی مذکور و مشهوری و در محفل روحانی مظهر | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Thou art mentioned and renowned in this heavenly gathering, and manifest in the spiritual assembly [3.5s] | MMK2#077 p.062 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03520 | 200 | ای یاران من لسان بشکرانه محبوب لامکان بگشااید که جهان را برخی چون مه تابان | O My friends, open your tongues in gratitude to the Beloved of the Unseen, for He hath adorned the world with a radiance akin to the shining moon [3.5s] | MMK2#078 p.062 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09490 | 80 | ای مشتاق جمال ذوالجلال آتش عنصری را هر چند حرارتی شدیده است ولی حرارت محبت | O thou who art enamored of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Though the elemental fire possesseth an intensity most fierce, yet the heat of love [3.5s] | MMK2#079 p.063 | Love as fire; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05154 | 150 | ای جانسوخته آتش فراق در این فرقت پرحرقت آهی جهانسوز بکش و فغانی عالمسوز برآر | O thou whose soul is seared by the fire of separation! In this grievous estrangement, heave thou a world-consuming sigh and raise a universe-burning cry [3.5s] | INBA84:297 | MMK2#080 p.064 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08159 | 100 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07459 | 110 | ای شمع افروخته اگر شعله فانی زنی روشناایت دمیست و محفلت مشکاه پرغمی افروختنت | O kindled flame! Should thy blaze be transient, thy radiance would last but a breath, and thy gathering-place become a niche of sorrow through thy kindling [3.5s] | INBA84:313 | MMK2#082 p.065, MHA.000v | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10549 | 60 | ای عبد درگاه الهی در این یوم مشهود که انوار ساطعه از افق وجود امکانرا روشن | O servant of the divine Threshold! On this memorable Day when resplendent rays from the horizon of being have illumined the realm of creation [3.5s] | MMK2#084 p.066 | Exhortations and counsels; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04889 | 160 | ای یار قدیم و دوست روحانی دیرین همچه کمان منما که آنی فراموش شدی و از خاطر محو | O ancient friend and cherished spiritual companion! Think not that thou art forgotten for a moment or effaced from memory [3.5s] | MMK2#085 p.066 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08753 | 90 | ای سرمست باده الست جام می دمی نشئه بخشد و مدتی خمار آرد و صداع اسرات کند ولی | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! A cup of wine may bestow a momentary exhilaration, but afterward bringeth languor and causeth a racking headache; yet [3.5s] | MMK2#086 p.067 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08206 | 100 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02091 | 270 | ملاحظه مينمائی که نور حقيقت شرق و غرب را روشن نموده شمع ايران آن ممالک بعيده را منوّر کرده | Thou dost observe how the Light of Truth hath illumined both East and West, and how the Candle of Iran hath brightened those distant lands [3.5s] | MMK2#088 p.068x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05757 | 140 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09221 | 80 | ای بنده بهاء ثروت و توانگری بحطام دنیوی نبود بلکه بفرزانگی و جوانمردی یعنی هر | O servant of Baha! Wealth and affluence lie not in worldly possessions, but rather in wisdom and nobility [3.5s] | MMK2#090 p.070, TAH.331b | Consolation and comfort; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08556 | 90 | ای بنده الهی خوشا بحال شما که مشامرا بنفحه خوش رحمانی معطر نمودی و توجه | O servant of God! Blessed art thou, for thou hast perfumed the senses with the sweet fragrance of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA13:132 | MMK2#091 p.070, TAH.331a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05705 | 140 | ای سرهنگ لشکر نجات و جنود حیات اگر در بین جنود ملکوت سرهنگی خواهی آهنگ ملک | O General of the hosts of salvation and the legions of life! If thou seekest to be a commander among the armies of the Kingdom, set thy gaze upon the celestial realm [3.5s] | MMK2#092 p.071, DUR3.351 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08853 | 90 | ای مستوقد نار محبت الله این آتش اگر چه پر شعله و سوز است ولی عالم افروز است | O kindled flame of the love of God! Though this fire be fierce and consuming, yet it illumineth the world [3.5s] | MMK2#093 p.071 | Love as fire; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05512 | 140 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای احبای عبدالبهاء الحمد لله نفحات قدس منتشر است و لئالی عطاء منتثر نور هدی | O loved ones of ‘Abdu'l-Baha! Praise be to God! The fragrances of holiness are spread abroad. The pearls of bounty are scattered everywhere. | MMK2#094 p.072 | BRL_ATE#040 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB07522 | 110 | ای متمسک بعروه وثقی جهانی در جهد و کوشش است و عالمی در سعی و کشاکش هر سری را | O thou who clingest to the Sure Handle! A world is in striving and struggle, and all mankind in mighty exertion and conflict [3.5s] | MMK2#095 p.073, DUR1.546 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01961 | 280 | ای مقربان درگاه کبریاء شمع هدی روشنست و دلبر موهبت کبری شاهد انجمن جام میثاق | O ye who draw nigh unto the court of the Almighty! The lamp of guidance burneth bright, and the Beloved of supreme bounty is witness to the gathering of the Covenant [3.5s] | MMK2#096 p.073 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04763 | 160 | ای دوست موافق در وقتیکه آتش حرب در اطراف جهان شعله زده و روز بروز در ازدیاد | O thou dear companion, at a time when the fire of war hath set the world aflame and with each passing day doth increasingly intensify [3.5s] | MMK2#098 p.076, NJB_v03#02 p.002 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05164 | 150 | ای حقیقت پرست جمیع خلق پرستش اوهام مینمایند و در تقالید آباء و اجداد مستغرقند | O worshipper of truth! People worship their idle fancies, immerse themselves in imitation and are entirely alienated from the hidden secrets of God. | MMK2#099 p.076 | DAS.1914-03-03 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Exhortations and counsels; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05244 | 150 | ای کنیز الهی چه قدر نیک بخت بودی که ندای الهی شنیدی و آهنگ ملکوت ابهی استماع | O handmaiden of God, how fortunate thou art to have hearkened unto the divine call and to have heard the melody of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | MMK2#100 p.077 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07305 | 110 | ای پروردگار بی نیاز از جمیع خلق روی بگردانیدیم و بسوی تو توجه نمودیم از کل بی | O Lord, Who art independent of all creation! We have turned away from all else and directed our faces toward Thee [3.5s] | MMK2#011 p.006 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04162 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | چون جهان انسانی را ظلمات بيگانگی و تفرقه و اختلاف و اجتناب و بغض و عداوت و جهل | What thou hast written is understood. In reply I will elucidate briefly, the purport of which you, with your intelligence, will surely comprehend. | MMK2#102 p.079x | TAB.653-654 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00951 | 400 | ای دوستان حقیقی مکاتبات و مخابرات بدو نوعست قسمی بواسطه اوراق و نوع دیگر | O true friends! Correspondence and communication are of two kinds: one through the medium of written pages, and the other [3.5s] | MMK2#103 p.080, ANDA#71 p.05 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Justice and mercy; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06323 | 130 | ای مقتبس انوار هدی اگر در این کور بدیع و دور جدید ببصر حدید ملاحظه نماای | O thou who art recipient of the rays of guidance! If thou wouldst observe with penetrating vision in this wondrous Dispensation and new cycle [3.5s] | MMK2#104 p.082, AKHA_130BE #16 p.a | Continual renewal of creation; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06172 | 130 | ای حکیم حاذق تن ضعیف و جسم نحیف امکان بغایت علیل و بی نهایت نحیل و امراض و | O sagacious healer, the body is weak and the frame enfeebled, contingent being is grievously ill and infinitely frail, afflicted with maladies [3.5s] | INBA21:154a | MMK2#105 p.083 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06843 | 120 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای کنیز الهی آنچه نگاشتی منظور نظر من گردید و بر مضمون وقوف یافتم اگر از جام | O thou maidservant of God! What thou hast written was perused and I am aware of all its contents. If thou desirest to drink and be inebriated | MMK2#106 p.083 | TAB.511-512, BWF.362-362x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||
| AB05541 | 140 | ای بلبل گلستان محبت الله در این عرصه هستی که بن و بنگاه نیستی است صد هزار مشغولیتی | O nightingale of the rose-garden of God's love! In this arena of existence, which hath neither root nor foundation, a hundred thousand preoccupations beset thee [3.5s] | INBA55:131 | MMK2#107 p.084, KASH.390 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Music and singing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05195 | 150 | ای دوستان این بیسر و سامان خاکدان فانی آشیان ترابیست زاغ و زغن را شاید و بوم | O friends! This transient and disordered earth, this ephemeral dust-heap abode, befitteth naught but crows and owls [3.5s] | MMK2#108 p.084 | Call to action; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08923 | 90 | ای ناظر بمنظر اعلی در این چند روزه حیات دنیا خود را بالایش و آرزوی آسایش | O thou who gazest upon the Most Exalted Horizon! In these few days of earthly life, burden not thyself with cares and longings for comfort [3.5s] | INBA17:079 | MMK2#109 p.085, AKHA_133BE #16 p.a, AKHA_131BE #15 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05531 | 140 | ای آتش افروخته شعله محبت الله در این کشور خاک دل بعالم پاک بربند و در این | O fire, kindled by the flame of God's love! While yet in this dusty realm, bind thy heart to the pure world and in this [3.5s] | MMK2#110 p.085, BSHN.140.472c, BSHN.144.465c | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imagery in the Qur'an; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06624 | 120 | ای بنده الهی بازرگان ربانی شو و از اقلیم امکان با متاعی مقبول در ساحت رحمن | O servant of God! Be thou a divine merchant and from the realm of contingent being come forth with merchandise acceptable at the threshold of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | MMK2#112 p.087, AHB.121BE #05 p.19 19:5? | Business; financial; property matters; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05694 | 140 | ای زنده بنفحات محبت الله زبان بذکر الهی باز کن و در فضای جانفزای عرفان بیاد حق | O thou who art quickened by the breaths of God's love, unloose thy tongue in divine remembrance and soar in the soul-refreshing atmosphere of His knowledge [3.5s] | INBA88:267b | MMK2#113 p.087 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03450 | 200 | ای صدر منشرح بذکر الله این عالم امکان ظلمتگاه غموم و هموم جسمانی و روحانی و | O thou whose breast is dilated through the remembrance of God! This contingent world is a darksome realm of physical and spiritual grief and woe [3.5s] | MMK2#114 p.088 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06568 | 120 | ای ابن ملکوت انسان چه قدر بزرگوار است اگر در ره پروردگار بپوید و چه قدر جمیل | O son of the Kingdom! How noble is man, should he walk in the pathway of his Lord, and how surpassing fair [3.5s] | MMK2#115 p.089, AHB.122BE #05-06 p.244 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04410 | 170 | ای طالب حیات ابدیه بدانکه بشر دو قسم است قسمی ناسوتی که اسیر عالم طبیعتند و | O seeker of eternal life! Know thou that mankind is of two kinds: one group is terrestrial, captive to the world of nature, and [3.5s] | MMK2#116 p.089 | Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09527 | 80 | ای مهتدی بنور حقیقت هیکل انسانی مانند مشکاتست و قلب بمثابه زجاج و محبت الله | O thou who art guided by the light of truth! The human temple is even as a niche, and the heart as a lamp of glass, and the love of God [3.5s] | MMK2#118 p.091 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04656 | 160 | ای بلند اختر و نیکو طالع چه قدر خوشبخت بودی که در این عصر انوار بیدار شدی و | O thou exalted star of auspicious destiny! How blessed wert thou to have awakened in this Age of Light [3.5s] | MMK2#119 p.092 | Being a source of light; guidance; Bringing forth results; fruit; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Many are called but few are chosen; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04126 | 180 | ای یاران روحانی انسان بتن ذی روح است جنبنده است و بجان و وجدان تابنده و | O spiritual friends! Man possesseth a physical body with a living soul; he moveth and stirreth through life, and shineth forth through soul and conscience [3.5s] | MMK2#120 p.092 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence of; reunion with God; Soul is the essential reality of man; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06182 | 130 | ای دو بنده آستان الهی الطاف نامتناهی شامل گشت تا حامل امانت عظمای الهی گردیدید | O ye two servants of the Divine Threshold! Infinite favors have encompassed you, that ye might become the bearers of God's supreme trust [3.5s] | INBA87:390c, INBA52:401b | MMK2#121 p.093, RAHA.279-280 | Development of capacity and readiness; High station of the true believer; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00111 | 1030 | ای یاران الهی و دوستان حقیقی پروردگار عالمیان جمیع کائنات را بفیض رحمانیت از | O ye divine friends and true companions of the Lord of the worlds! Through His all-embracing bounty He hath brought forth all created things [3.5s] | INBA55:295, INBA88:063 | MMK2#122 p.094, MMK3#154 p.107 | Creation of the world; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06196 | 130 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08310 | 100 | ای ورقه موقنه انسان را در این خاکدان بقاای نه چه که مرغ چمنستان و مرغزار | O leaf of certitude! Man hath no lasting abode in this dust-heap, being even as a bird of meadow and plain [3.5s] | MMK2#124 p.096 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02541 | 240 | ای ثابت بر عهد و پیمان مکتوب اخیر بتاریخ بیست و ششم ربیع ثانی واصل و بر مضمون | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy recent letter, dated the twenty-sixth of Rabi'u'th-Thani, hath been received, and its contents [3.5s] | MMK2#125 p.096 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04982 | 160 | یا من انجذب من نفحات القدس در این عالم کون و ایجاد نفوس انسانی مختلف و متنوع | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances, in this world of existence human souls are diverse and manifold [3.5s] | MMK2#126 p.097, PYK.265 | Differences in human capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05549 | 140 | ای بنده الهی حقیقت الوهیت من حیث هی هی مقدس از جمیع اسماء و صفات و تعبیرات | O servant of God! The Reality of the Divine Essence, in its intrinsic nature, transcendeth all names, attributes and expressions [3.5s] | MMK3#015 p.008 | Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10064 | 70 | محرّک لسان محبّت اللّه است و وله و انجذاب ، محبّت اللّه زبان لال را گويا کند و گوش کر را شنوا نمايد | That which moveth the tongue is the love of God and rapture and attraction; the love of God maketh the mute to speak and causeth the deaf to hear [3.5s] | MMK3#141 p.098x | Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08717 | 90 | انسان در ظلمت ضلالت جز غم و کدورت نيابد هميشه مأيوس و محزون و دلخون است ولی چون نور | O ye two birds of the rose-garden of Faith! In the darkness of error man does not find anything save affliction and distress. | MMK3#142 p.098x | DAS.1914-07-17 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08210 | 100 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07412 | 110 | ای دو ورقه مطمئنه موهبت الهی تخصیص بذکور و اناث ندارد و فیض ابدی شامل جمیع | O ye two assured leaves! The divine bestowal maketh no distinction betwixt male and female, and the eternal grace encompasseth all [3.5s] | MMK3#145 p.100 | Chastity and purity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04012 | 180 | ای دوستان ای راستان الطاف جلیله حضرت یزدانرا ملاحظه نمااید که چگونه مانند مه | O friends, O true ones! Consider the glorious favors of the Lord, how like the moon [3.5s] | MMK3#146 p.101 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01469 | 320 | ای بندگان الهی شکر خدا را که بنور هدی مهتدی شدید و منجذب بنفحات قدس از ملا اعلی | O ye servants of God! Praise be to God that ye have been guided by the Light of Guidance, have become attracted | INBA84:263 | MMK3#147 p.101, YARP2.115 p.139 | TEW.011-012 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB04794 | 160 | ای طالبان حق مجاهده و طلب حق حمل ثقیل است و امانت رب جلیل آسمان و زمین تمکین | O ye seekers of truth! Striving and seeking after reality is a weighty burden and a trust from the glorious Lord, before which the heavens and earth were made humble [3.5s] | MMK3#148 p.103 | Condition of search; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08639 | 90 | ای ثابت بر پیمان خوش باش که از نسیم جانپرور عنایت بیدار شدی و هوشیار گشتی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant, be thou glad, for thou hast been awakened and made vigilant by the soul-reviving breeze of loving-kindness [3.5s] | Majlis210461.010 | MMK3#149 p.103 | Goodly deeds; actions; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08364 | 100 | ايّها المترنّم فی رياض معرفة اللّه ، تاللّه الحقّ قد فتح ابواب الملکوت و ارتفع النّداء من ملکوت السّماء | O thou who singest in the gardens of the knowledge of God! By the True One, the gates of the Kingdom have been opened wide and the call hath been raised from the Kingdom of heaven [3.5s] | MMK3#150 p.103x | Being a source of light; guidance; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08675 | 90 | Translation List | ای جانفشان یار بی نشان هزاران عارفان در جستجوی او ولی محروم و مهجور از روی | O selfless lover of the Traceless Friend! A thousand mystics have sought that Friend, and have yet remained deprived and distant | MMK3#151 p.104, AHB.118BE #07 p.170 | ADMS#046 | B. Khoshmashrab (1), B. Khoshmashrab (2) | Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
| AB07638 | 110 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07315 | 110 | اميدوارم که چنان که بايد و شايد به خصائل و فضائلی متّصف باشی که زينت حقيقت انسانيّه است | I cherish the hope that thou mayest be adorned, as is befitting and proper, with such virtues and excellences as are the true adornment of human reality [3.5s] | MMK3#155 p.108x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Evolution; human evolution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01205 | 360 | ای همدم عبدالبهاء نامه مرقوم بجناب منشادی ملاحظه گردید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل | O thou intimate companion of ‘Abdu'l-Baha! I perused your letter to His Honor Manshadi and noted its contents. | MMK3#156 p.109x, YIK.095-096, VUJUD.136 | PN_1906 p088, VUJUDE.206-207 | Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05191 | 150 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01285 | 350 | ای دوستان حقیقی در آیهٴ مبارکه میفرماید انّ الّذین قالوا ربّنا اللّه ثمّ استقاموا تتنزّل علیهم الملائکه | O ye true friends! In the blessed verse He saith: "As to those who say 'Our Lord is God' and then stand steadfast, the angels descend upon them." [3.5s] | MMK3#159 p.111x | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04955 | 160 | شخص محترما نامه شما رسید و از قرائتش امیدواری عظیم حاصل شد زیرا از مضمون | O thou respected personage: Thy letter was received. Its perusal imparted to me great hopefulness, for from its contents it became manifest | MMK3#160 p.112, PYB#304 p.03 | DAS.1914-06-24, PTF.239-240 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03972 | 180 | Translation List | حکايت کنند که شخصی از اهل اللّه به نفسی از دراويش بکتاشی که شب و روز بيهوش و مدهوش بود | It is narrated that a pious man said to one of the Bektashi dervishes,* who spent day and night in oblivious intoxication: “Why do you not say the obligatory prayer?” | MMK3#161 p.113x | ADMS#096 | Education of children; moral education; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB05772 | 140 | انسان بايد ممتاز از حيوان باشد و امتياز انسان باين است که سبب راحت و آسايش ديگران گردد | Man must be distinguished from the animal, and his distinction lieth in this, that he becometh the cause of the comfort and tranquility of others [3.5s] | MMK3#162 p.114x | Man's distinction from the animal; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; The animal kingdom; True liberty; freedom | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03451 | 200 | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید عوارض جسمانی هر چند سبب حیرانی انسانی است ولی چون | O seeker of truth! Thy letter hath been received. Although physical afflictions cause bewilderment to the human soul, yet [3.5s] | MMK3#163 p.114, YMM.427 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03855 | 190 | حقيقت بشريّه هر چند در نهايت ضعف و ناتوانی است ولی موهبت ربّانيّه در غايت قوّت و توانائی | Though human reality abideth in the uttermost weakness and impotence, yet divine bestowals are in the fullness of might and power [3.5s] | MMK3#164 p.115x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05756 | 140 | ای کنیز خدا شرط کنیزی درگاه احدیت ادراک و تمییز است یعنی باید ممیز بین نور و | O handmaiden of God! The condition of servitude at the Threshold of Divine Unity is perception and discernment, meaning one must distinguish between light and [3.5s] | MMK3#165 p.116 | Effort; striving; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08326 | 100 | ای یار عزیز نامه های تو جمیعا رسید و انشاء الله جواب مرقوم میشود ... انسان هر چند بدرجه ابرار رسد و نيکو کردار گردد صورت رحمانی يابد | O cherished friend! All thy letters have been received, and God willing, a reply shall be penned... Though man may attain to the rank of the righteous and become goodly in deed, acquiring a divine countenance [3.5s] | MMK3#166 p.117x, MSHR1.094x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02798 | 230 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | ای یاران و اماء رحمن نامه شما فی الحقیقه سرور و شادمانی بخشید و سبب امیدواری | O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful!...If a person reads the Hidden Words, the Ishrakat, Tajallayat, the Glad Tidings | MMK3#167 p.117x, HDQI.239, ANDA#28 p.05 | DAS.1914-07-17, SW_v08#02 p.025x, SW_v09#10 p.118x, BLO_PT#028o | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| AB00657 | 480 | حقيقت الوهيّت بتمام معانی ادراکش در حوصله انسانی نگنجد . زيرا آنچه نتائج عقول و افکار است محدود است | The reality of Divinity, in all its meanings, cannot be encompassed within the bounds of human comprehension, for whatsoever is the product of minds and thoughts is limited [3.5s] | MMK3#018 p.010x | Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Need for an educator; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Transcendence; unknowability of God; True liberty; freedom | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07093 | 120 | خدمت به آستان مقدّس را شکر عظيمی لازم و مقرّر زيرا تربيت و تعليم بنات مورث عبوديّت | Service at the Sacred Threshold requireth great thanksgiving, for the education and training of young women leadeth to service [3.5s] | MMK3#168 p.118x | Education of children; moral education; High station of the true believer; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02952 | 220 | مثل انسان مثل شجر است و اشجار متنوّع الاثمار ، شجره طيّبه البتّه بايد ثمره جنيّه ببار آرد تا آنکه هويّت و ماهيّتش | Man is even as a tree, and trees yield diverse fruits; verily, a goodly tree must needs bring forth delectable fruit that its true nature [3.5s] | MMK3#169 p.119x | Bringing forth results; fruit; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Law of pilgrimage; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09780 | 70 | هر نفسی چون بکمال خضوع و خشوع به ربّ قدير توجّه نمايد و از قصور خويش خجل و شرمسار | When any soul turneth with utter humility and submissiveness unto the omnipotent Lord, and becometh abashed and ashamed of its deficiencies [3.5s] | MMK3#170 p.119x | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03013 | 220 | ایام انسان و حیات هوشمندان عبارت از کتاب مسطور و رق منشور و لوح محفوظست که در | The days of man and the life of the wise are even as a written book, an unfurled scroll, and a preserved tablet wherein [3.5s] | MMK3#171 p.120, PYB#204 p.03, PYB#114 p.04 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of learning; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07547 | 110 | ای مشتاق جمال ذوالجلال در کشور هستی عنصری سلطان هوی شهریار و در اقلیم سقیم | O thou who art yearning for the Countenance of the All-Glorious! In the realm of material existence, passion holdeth sway as sovereign, and in that ailing dominion reigneth as king [3.5s] | MMK3#172 p.121 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03376 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان تحریرت تاثیری عجیب داشت زیرا آه و فغان از دست نفس بی امان از | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter had a wondrous effect, for it was filled with sighs and lamentations from the merciless self [3.5s] | INBA79.029 | MMK3#173 p.121 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Knowledge of self; Meditation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04868 | 160 | ای مهدی من هادی شو و منادی گرد نام یزدان بخوان تا از زبان سیل عرفان جاری و | O My Mahdi! Be thou a guide and become a herald. Call out the Name of God, that from thy tongue may stream forth the waters of divine knowledge [3.5s] | MMK3#174 p.122 | Call to action; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00978 | 390 | اللهم یا من فی قبضتک زمام الموجودات و فی یمینک ملاک القدره و الاقتدار ما من | O God, within Thy grasp lie the reins of all created things, and in Thy right hand is held dominion over all power and might. There is none [3.5s] | MMK3#175 p.122 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; High station of the true believer; Human reality created in the image of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08406 | 100 | خجلت و شرمساری در هر صورت دليل بر بزرگواری است . هر قدر انسان در سبيل الهی جانفشانی | Abashment and shame, in every instance, are a proof of nobility. To whatever degree one may sacrifice himself in the divine path [3.5s] | MMK3#176 p.124x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10604 | 60 | انسان بايد همواره جستجوی قصور خويش نمايد تا آنکه بدرگاه احديّت توبه نمايد و محفوظ و مصون | Man must at all times search out his own shortcomings, that he may turn in repentance to the Threshold of Oneness and remain preserved and protected [3.5s] | MMK3#177 p.124x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02155 | 270 | دوستانا یارانا نفوس و اشخاص بر سه قسم منقسم گشته اند قسمی ظالم علی نفسه یعنی | Friends and companions! Souls and individuals are divided into three categories. The first category consisteth of those who are unjust unto themselves, meaning [3.5s] | INBA13:261b | MMK3#179 p.125 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Degrees of faith; certitude; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10616 | 60 | مقصود از آمدن در عالم وجود تحصيل نتيجهء محمود است و آن ايمان و ايقان و محبّت حضرت يزدان | The purpose of coming into the world of existence is the attainment of a praiseworthy outcome, and that is faith and certitude and love for the Lord God [3.5s] | MMK3#180 p.126x | Bringing forth results; fruit; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00352 | 630 | ای امین عبدالبهاء نامه شما که بتاریخ هشتم رمضان ۳۲۵ مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, thy letter dated 8 Ramaḍán 1325 was received and perused [3.5s] | MMK3#181 p.126x, MSHR2.057x, YBN.065-067, AMIN.125-129 | Growth of the Cause; Poems and quotation from poetry; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08480 | 90 | نبايد در کمالات روحانيّه و سنوحات رحمانيّه بدرجهای قناعت نمود بلکه مستمرّاً | One must not remain content with any degree of spiritual perfections and divine bestowals, but rather must continually [3.5s] | MMK3#182 p.126x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02922 | 220 | ای ثابتان ای راسخان خیرالقری انشاء الله ام القری گردد یعنی مرکز انتشار انوار | O ye steadfast and firm ones! The most excellent of cities shall, God willing, become the Mother of Cities—that is, the center for the diffusion of light [3.5s] | MMK3#183 p.127 | Call to action; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04515 | 170 | ای دوستان ، هر چند بجسم از آستان يزدان دور و مهجوريد ولی الحمد للّه بجان و دل و روح حاضر | O friends! Though in body ye be remote and far-distant from the Threshold of God, yet praise be unto Him that in spirit, heart and soul ye are present [3.5s] | MMK3#185 p.130x | Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05309 | 150 | ای ناطق بذکر الهی در هویت انسان ید موهبت الهیه ودیعه گذاشته که بان انسان مطلع | O thou who speakest in remembrance of God! Within the reality of man the Hand of Divine bounty hath deposited a trust whereby man may become illumined [3.5s] | MMK3#186 p.130 | Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Human reality created in the image of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07108 | 120 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06772 | 120 | ميدانيم که در چه زحمتی و چه مشقّت ولی چون در سبيل حضرت رحمانيّت است عين مسرتّست | We know what hardship and tribulation thou endurest, yet since it is in the path of the All-Merciful, it is pure joy [3.5s] | MMK3#188 p.131x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01440 | 330 | ایها الثابت المستقیم طوعا لک بما ثبت قدماک علی حب مولاک و انبتت حدیقه قلبک | O thou who art firm and steadfast! Blessed art thou, for thou hast planted thy feet firmly in the love of thy Lord, and made the garden of thy heart to flourish [3.5s] | MMK3#189 p.132 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Importance of prayer; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01426 | 400 | ای یاران الهی بعد از عصر است و روزه رمضان کسالت و رخاوت و سستی آورده با وجود | O ye divine friends! Though it is eventide and the fast of Ramadan hath brought weariness and lassitude [3.5s] | MMK3#190 p.133x, TISH.261-262 | Call to action; Martyrdom of the Bab; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04055 | 180 | آنچه ناله و فغان نمائی و شکوه فرمائی در موقع و محلّست ولی از جهت ديگر ملاحظه فرما که اوليای الهی را نشئه | Although thou dost raise thy lamentations and cries of grief, and though thou dost voice thy complaints, these are meet and fitting; yet from another perspective consider thou that the chosen ones of God [3.5s] | MMK3#191 p.135x | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02403 | 250 | ای کنیزان مقرب درگاه کبریا بجمیع مصائب و بلایا و محن و رزایا که بر شما وارد | O ye handmaidens, who are near-drawn to the Court of the All-Glorious! Upon you have descended manifold afflictions and calamities, trials and tribulations [3.5s] | MMK3#192 p.135 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02865 | 220 | ای ياران الهی ، در اين صباح که منادی نجاح از ملکوت ابهی به حيّ علی الفلاح ندا مينمايد عبدالبهاء بذکر آن ياران عزيز مانند | O ye divine friends! In this dawning hour when the Herald of success from the all-glorious Kingdom calleth out "Hasten ye to salvation!", 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in remembrance of those cherished friends [3.5s] | MMK3#193 p.136x, NANU_AB#40x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02109 | 270 | در اين طوفان اختلاف و فساد و هيجان اهل عناد و فتور حکومت و اغتشاش مملکت تالان و تاراج شديد و مشقّات عظيمه | In this tempest of discord and corruption, amidst the agitation of hostile souls, the decline of government and confusion in the realm, when pillage and plunder run rampant, and grievous trials abound [3.5s] | MMK3#194 p.137x | Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02547 | 240 | ای خادم احبای الهی هر چند مدتی بود که بخدمت یاران پرداختی و در عبودیت حق علم | O servant of the beloved of God! Though for a time thou didst occupy thyself with service to the friends and didst raise the standard of servitude unto the True One [3.5s] | INBA17:244 | MMK3#195 p.139 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03949 | 180 | اين ايّام ارياح امتحان در نهايت هيجانست ، نفوسی مانند نور مبين از افق يقين طالع و لائح و در نهايت ثبات | In these days the winds of tests are blowing with the utmost intensity, while certain souls, even as the manifest light, are rising and shining forth from the horizon of certitude with supreme steadfastness [3.5s] | MMK3#196 p.139x | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00875 | 420 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | يا احبّاء اللّه اذا اشتدّت الارياح و هطلت الامطار و دمدمت الرّعود و لمع البرق و نزلت الصّواعق و اشتدّت | O ye who are attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read your letters which uttered your steadfastness in the Cause of God | MMK3#197 p.140x | TAB.012-014, BWF.395-396x, BSC.473 #892x, SW_v08#01 p.002x | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB02504 | 240 | سرگشته کوه و بيابانی و گمگشته باديه و صحرا بی سر و سامانی و سودائی و شيدائی حضرت رحمن | Lost and bewildered in mountain and wilderness, wandering through desert and plain, distraught and yearning, intoxicated with love for the All-Merciful [3.5s] | MMK3#198 p.142x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10399 | 60 | از بلايای وارده و رزايای نازله اشاره نموده بوديد اين ره عشق است و از لوازم ذاتيه اش جانفشانی است | Thou didst refer to the calamities that have befallen thee and the tribulations that have descended. This is the pathway of love, and self-sacrifice is among its essential requirements [3.5s] | MMK3#199 p.143x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02383 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای خواهر عزیز نامه ات در وقتی وارد که الحمد لله بلایا و محن در سبیل الهی از هر | O thou dear sister! The letter arrived at a time when—praise be to God!—calamities and sufferings in the path of God have surrounded us | MMK3#200 p.143 | TAB.723-724, BSC.469 #878x | Consolation and comfort; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB03127 | 210 | از شماتت بيخردان فتور نياريد ملامت عين سعادتست و حقيقت موهبت و چون بتهوّر سخن رانند | Let not the reproaches of the foolish cause you to waver. Censure is the very essence of felicity and the reality of heavenly bestowal, though they speak with reckless impetuosity [3.5s] | MMK3#201 p.144x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Newspapers and the media; publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08014 | 100 | ای ثابت بر پیمان یوسف کنعان تا بقعر چاه نیفتاد باوج ماه نرسید و تا گرفتار زندان نگشت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Joseph of Canaan attained not unto the zenith of the moon until he was cast into the depths of the pit, nor did he rise unto the heights until he became a prisoner in bonds [3.5s] | MMK3#202 p.145 | Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02238 | 260 | ای دوست عزیز من نامه شما را بنهایت دقت قرائت نمودم و از قسم شما نهایت بشاشت | O dearly beloved friend, I have perused thy letter with the utmost care and was filled with utmost joy [3.5s] | INBA87:245, INBA52:249 | MMK3#203 p.145x | Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03910 | 180 | Tablets by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some | ای اخگر افروخته آتش عشق را چنان التهاب و حرارتی که جهانرا برافروزد و پرده | O enkindled ember of the fire of love! With such fervor and heat set the world aflame [3.5s] | MMK3#204 p.147 | Call to action; Love as fire; Martyrs and martyrdom; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04693 | 160 | عرصه بر ياران در جميع اقاليم تنگ است و هر بی نام و ننگ سرکش و بی پالهنک ديگر معلوم است | Straitened indeed is the field for the friends throughout all regions, and every shameless and unbridled one, devoid of honor, hath now become manifest [3.5s] | MMK3#205 p.147x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02206 | 260 | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه مرقوم داشتید ملحوظ گردید و قلوب محظوظ شد الحمد لله در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! That which thou hast written hath been noted, and hearts were gladdened thereby. Praise be to God [3.5s] | MMK3#020 p.013x, MSBH5.200-201, MSBH5.186x | Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Evolution; human evolution; Law of transformation and change; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00714 | 470 | حمدا لمن انزل من السماء ماء ثجاجا فاهتزت و ربت کل ارض هامده و انبتت من کل | Praise be unto Him Who hath sent down from the heavens abundant rain, whereupon every dormant land did quiver and swell, bringing forth from all [3.5s] | MMK3#206 p.148x, NANU_AB#30x, ABDA.324-325 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03941 | 180 | ذکر بلايا و مصائب و رزايا نموده بودی و فرياد و فغان کرده بودی حقّ با شماست اگر خون بگريی سزاوار است | Thou didst make mention of tribulations, calamities and afflictions, and didst raise a cry of lamentation and wailing. Thou art in the right - if thou shouldst weep tears of blood, it would be fitting [3.5s] | MMK3#207 p.149x, NANU_AB#50x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05254 | 150 | فی الحقيقه در راه حقّ بنهايت مشقّت و بلايا گرفتار شدی و صدمه زياد خوردی مال و منال بتاراج و تالان دادی | In truth, thou hast been caught up in utmost hardship and tribulation in the path of God, and hast suffered grievous injuries. Thy wealth and possessions were given over to plunder and pillage [3.5s] | MMK3#208 p.150x | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04773 | 160 | ای سرگشته صحرای محبت الله گروه مکروه طاغیان بکمال ظلم و عدوان هجوم نمودند و | O thou who art bewildered in the wilderness of God's love! A detestable band of tyrants, with the utmost oppression and aggression, hath made an assault [3.5s] | MMK3#209 p.151 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06686 | 120 | ای ثابت بر پیمان زحمات و مشقاتت در نزد عبدالبهاء معلوم و مشهود تحمل و اصطبار | O thou steadfast in the Covenant! Thy tribulations and adversities are well known and evident in the sight of 'Abdu'l-Bahá; thy patience and fortitude [are manifest] [3.5s] | MMK3#210 p.151 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04043 | 180 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی صبحست و روح را بشارتی و قلب را لطافتی و وجود را طراوتی با | O beloved handmaid of God! It is morn, and the spirit hath glad tidings, and the heart a gentle grace, and being itself a fresh vigor [3.5s] | MMK3#211 p.152 | Being a source of light; guidance; Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Things are known by their opposites | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02715 | 230 | ای دوست قدیم نامه شما رسید و از صدمات شدیده ... از صدمات شديده و امتحانات عظيمه که بر شما وارد گشته نهايت حزن | O ancient friend! Thy letter was received, and from the severe trials and mighty tribulations that have befallen thee, extreme sorrow [3.5s] | MMK3#212 p.152x, MMK5#140 p.109x | Consolation and comfort; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01354 | 340 | ای یاران یزدانی لاهیجان جان و هیجان داشت شعله نورانی زد آتش عشق برافروخت | O divine friends! Lahijan was full of spirit and fervor, sending forth a radiant flame and igniting the fire of love [3.5s] | MMK3#213 p.153 | Love of God; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08481 | 90 | ای بنده خاضع خاشع درگاه احديّت ، انسان همواره هدف سهام و سنان قضاست و مورد هزار گونه | O thou lowly and submissive servant at the Threshold of Divine Unity! Man is ever the target of the arrows and spears of destiny, and subject to a thousand vicissitudes [3.5s] | MMK3#214 p.155x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03339 | 200 | ای بنده الهی حضرت ایوب در اعظم امتحانات الهی افتاد ولی بصبر و شکیب پرداخت | O servant of God! His Holiness Job fell into the most grievous of divine tests, yet he embraced patience and forbearance [3.5s] | MMK3#215 p.155 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04556 | 170 | اگر نظر بحالت اين بنده حقّ گردد در سبيل الهی قعر چاه اوج ماه است زندان ايوان است | Should one gaze upon the state of this servant of Truth, then verily in the pathway of God the depths of the pit are as the moon's zenith, and prison is a palace [3.5s] | MMK3#216 p.156x | Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08854 | 90 | ای مسجون راه حق سجن همیشه مسکن یاران بوده و مامن دوستان لهذا زنجیر سجن یوسفی | O prisoner in the path of Truth! Prison hath ever been the dwelling-place of the faithful and the shelter of His loved ones. Therefore the chains of imprisonment are even as those of Joseph [3.5s] | MMK3#217 p.157 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05738 | 140 | ای عاشق جمال ذی الجلال این احزان و اشجان و حسرت و اندوه و بلایا و رزایاء | O thou lover of the All-Glorious Beauty! These sorrows and griefs, these yearnings and lamentations, these trials and tribulations [3.5s] | MMK3#218 p.157, MMK4#076 p.081, PYK.223 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07082 | 120 | در مسئله خلقت استفسار نموده بوديد . متصوّفين چنان اعتقاد نمايند که حقائق اشيا از حقّ ظهور يافته | Thou hadst inquired concerning the matter of creation. The mystics thus believe that the realities of all things have become manifest from the True One [3.5s] | MMK3#021 p.014x | Emanation vs. manifestation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03894 | 180 | اين معلوم است که حقيقت الوهيّت را فيضی نامتناهی و تجلّيات رحمانيّه را انقطاعی جائز نه | It is evident that the reality of Divinity possesseth infinite bounty, and that the outpourings of divine grace can know no cessation [3.5s] | MMK3#022 p.014x, MSHR2.017x | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Poems and quotation from poetry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03133 | 290 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما واصل شد و از مضمون بالام قلب محزون اطلاع حاصل گشت ... بيگانگان هر چند نشانه تير بلايند ولی از هيچ جهت تسلّی خاطر ندارند | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from its contents was learned the sorrow of thy heart. Though strangers be the target of affliction's arrows, they find comfort from no direction [3.5s] | INBA79.038 | MMK3#219 p.158x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03142 | 210 | ای ثمره شجره مبارکه هر زر و سیمی پیش از محک و امتحان خوشرنگ و لطیف و براق و | O fruit of the blessed Tree! Every gold and silver, ere the touchstone of trial and test, appeareth fair and lustrous and resplendent [3.5s] | MMK3#221 p.160 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01175 | 360 | ای بنده با وفای جمال ابهی هر چند اینعبد واقف مشقت و بلایای آنجناب بود و مطلع | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Though this servant was well aware of thy tribulations and afflictions, and fully apprised [3.5s] | MMK3#222 p.161 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03178 | 210 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی تا امتحان بمیان نیاید و محک صدق بکار نرود ذهب آبریز از نحاس | O beloved handmaid of God! Until the test is brought forth and the touchstone of sincerity is applied, pure gold cannot be distinguished from brass [3.5s] | MMK3#223 p.162 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08215 | 100 | ای مظهر بخشش بخشش حضرت ایزد بر دو قسم است آشکار و پنهانی اما آشکار جمیع آنچه | O Manifestation of Bounty! The bestowals of the Lord God are of two kinds: manifest and hidden. As for those that are manifest, all that [3.5s] | MMK3#226 p.164, YARP2.608 p.424 | Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09896 | 70 | ای بهرام وفادار وفاجو باش و وفاخو در عالم انسانی خصلت وفا سبب حصول اعظم آرزو | O Bahram, be thou faithful and seek after faithfulness! In the world of humanity, the attribute of fidelity is the means of attaining the highest aspirations [3.5s] | MMK3#227 p.165, YARP2.592 p.416 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10389 | 60 | ای بنده الهی صالح و نیکوکار الیوم شخصی بود که صلح و صلاح جوید و سبب آسایش و | O thou righteous and beneficent servant of God! In this day, one must seek peace and righteousness and become the cause of tranquility [3.5s] | MMK3#228 p.165 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08436 | 100 | یا من تشبث بالحبل المتین نور مبین چون از مطلع علیین اشراق نمود آفاق افئده | O thou who hast clung to the firm Cord and manifest Light! When from the Dayspring of the Most Exalted Summit its radiance shone forth, it illumined the horizons of hearts [3.5s] | MMK3#229 p.165 | Belief and denial; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05883 | 140 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء کون در ترقی بی پایانست و عالم امکان مطلع انوار فیض رحمن و | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The universe is in endless progress, and the world of existence is the dawning-place of the lights of the All-Merciful's bounty [3.5s] | MMK3#230 p.166 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Purpose; goal of creation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06837 | 120 | ای فرج حق فرج آسایش و گشایش بعد از تنگی و آزمایش است امروز جهان پر پرخاش و | O Herald of Divine deliverance! Relief and comfort come after hardship and trial. Today the world is filled with strife [3.5s] | MMK3#231 p.166 | Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07224 | 110 | ای آیت هدی چون در این جنت ابهی بفضل خدا نهال مغروس دست عنایتی بکوش تا بطراوت | O sign of guidance! Since thou art, by God's grace, a sapling planted in this Most Glorious Paradise, strive beneath the hand of divine favor to attain freshness [3.5s] | MMK3#232 p.167 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04073 | 180 | ای ملک اگر حشمت ملوکانه و شوکت شاهانه طلبی بندگی درگاه خدا کن و عبودیت آستان | O King! If thou seekest royal grandeur and kingly magnificence, render servitude unto the Divine Threshold and devotion at His Court [3.5s] | MMK3#233 p.167 | Prayer for women; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07716 | 110 | اعلمی انّ للوجود مرکز تدور افلاک الحيات الابديّة علی ذلک المرکز العظيم فمتی وصلت الی ذلک المرکز | Know thou that existence hath a center round which revolve the spheres of eternal life upon that mighty Center; whensoever thou attainest unto that Center [3.5s] | MMK3#023 p.015x | Call to action; Soul; spirit after death; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05825 | 140 | ای ناطق بثنای رحمان در محافل پر روح و ریحان خوشا بحال تو چون گل و ریحان از | O thou who speaketh the praise of the All-Merciful in gatherings filled with spirit and sweet fragrance! Blessed art thou, like unto the rose and sweet basil [3.5s] | MMK3#234 p.168 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09406 | 80 | ای سمی عبدالبهاء اگر جوهر اعداد طلبی دست بدامن واحد حقیقی زن زیرا جمیع اعداد | O thou who art the namesake of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Shouldst thou seek the essence of numbers, lay hold upon the hem of the One True God, for all numbers [3.5s] | MMK3#235 p.168 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04064 | 180 | ای مطمئن بفضل و عنایت حضرت یزدان الیوم عین رحمانیت از ملکوت ابهی متوجه دوستان | O thou who art assured in the grace and bounty of the Lord of Creation! Today the eye of divine mercy from the Abhá Kingdom is turned towards the friends [3.5s] | MMK3#236 p.169, HDQI.274, ANDA#37 p.04 | Apocalyptic imagery; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; John the Baptist; Mosaic imagery; Mystical themes; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02260 | 260 | ای مستنیر از انوار ملکوت ابهی نفس مشتعلی بنار محبت الله حاضر و در انجمن | O thou who art illumined by the lights of the Abhá Kingdom! A soul set ablaze with the fire of the love of God art thou, present in this assemblage [3.5s] | MMK3#237 p.170 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02332 | 250 | ای احبای الهی ای یاران میثاق الحمد لله علم میثاق بلند است و انوار اشراق از | O divine friends, O allies of the Covenant! Praise be unto God that the standard of the Covenant is raised aloft and the effulgent lights emanate [3.5s] | INBA85:049 | MMK3#238 p.171 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02042 | 270 | 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 | - | - | ||||||
| AB01729 | 300 | ای مستنیر بانوار هدایت حضرت رحمان علیه بهاء الله العزیز المنان افق توحید | O thou who art illumined by the lights of guidance from the All-Merciful Lord, upon Him be the glory of God, the Mighty, the Bestower, the Horizon of Divine Unity [3.5s] | MMK3#240 p.173 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03284 | 210 | یا احباء الله و اصفیائه و منجذبی نفحاته اگر قدری تفکر نمااید و در حقیقت امور | O ye beloved of God and His chosen ones, who are enraptured by His sweet fragrances! If ye would but pause to reflect upon the reality of things [3.5s] | INBA13:381, INBA89:014b | MMK3#241 p.173, HDQI.277, ANDA#29 p.04, ANDA#38 p.05 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09883 | 70 | ای بنده شکور رب غفور عنایاتش غیرمتناهی و الطافش بی پایان عواطفش محیط است و | O thankful servant of the Lord, the Forgiving! His bounties are boundless and His favours infinite. His tender mercies encompass all [3.5s] | INBA87:164c, INBA52:162b | MMK3#242 p.174, MMK4#123 p.130 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08673 | 90 | ای ثمره طیبه چون در عالم امکان نگری هر نفسی ثمر شجریست و هر نبتی کل چمنی ثمر | O noble fruit! When thou gazest upon the contingent world, every soul is the fruit of a tree, and every plant is the flower of a meadow [3.5s] | MMK3#243 p.175 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09540 | 80 | ای ناظر بملکوت وجود اهل سجود را جبینی روشن چون آفتاب انور از فیض مقام محمود | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of existence! The people of prostration are endowed with foreheads radiant as the most luminous sun through the grace of the Praiseworthy Station [3.5s] | INBA87:227a, INBA52:231a | MMK3#244 p.175 | Attaining the life of the spirit; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03226 | 210 | ای یار مهربان چون موسم بهار روحانی رسد نسیم رحمانی وزد غمام عرفان بفیضان اید | O kind friend! When the spiritual springtime cometh, the Merciful breeze shall blow, and the clouds of divine knowledge shall pour forth their bounty [3.5s] | MMK3#245 p.175 | Being a source of light; guidance; Bringing forth results; fruit; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05579 | 140 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03983 | 180 | ای ثمره جنیه لطیفه شجره احدیت شکر کن حضرت بیمثال را که از عین تسنیم و سلسال | O delicate and cherished fruit of the Tree of Divine Unity, render thanks unto the Peerless Lord, that from the crystal spring of Tasnim thou art sustained [3.5s] | MMK3#247 p.177 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07270 | 110 | ای بنده جمال قدم نظر عنایت شامل است و حکمت بالغه کامل آنچه در عالم امکان واقع | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The glance of divine favor encompasseth thee, and perfect wisdom is complete in all that transpireth in the realm of being [3.5s] | MMK3#024 p.016 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08552 | 90 | ای بنده الهی از کثرت قروض و دیون افسرده و پژمرده و نومید مگرد الحمد لله صبح | O servant of God! Be thou not disheartened, withered and despondent on account of the multitude of debts and obligations. Praise be to God, the dawn [3.5s] | MMK3#025 p.016 | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02517 | 240 | جميع طوائف و قبائل بر قلع و قمع اين نخل باسق بتمام همّت برخاستند و عبدالبهاء فريداً وحيداً | All peoples and tribes arose with the utmost determination to uproot and destroy this lofty Tree, while 'Abdu'l-Bahá stood alone [3.5s] | MMK3#026 p.016x | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04259 | 170 | ای اهل وفا نشانه وفا بحضرت بهاء الله اینست که نفوس نفیسه بانفاس قدسیه قیام | O people of fidelity! The sign of faithfulness to the presence of Bahá'u'lláh is that noble souls should arise with sanctified breaths [3.5s] | MMK3#250 p.179, TAH.365b | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10127 | 70 | ای نفس زکیه صلای عبودیت است که چون نقره ناقور بلند است و ندای بندگیست که | O pure soul! It is the call of servitude that resoundeth like unto a silver trumpet, and the cry of bondage that [3.5s] | MMK3#251 p.179 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01021 | 390 | ای یاران نورانی عبدالبهاء شمس حقیقت چون از افق احدیت بنورانیت غیرمسبوقه اشراق | O luminous friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The Sun of Truth, with unprecedented brilliance, hath shone forth from the horizon of oneness [3.5s] | MMK3#253 p.180 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07461 | 110 | Translation List | ای شمع حب اگر در زجاجه ملکوت ابهی شعله افروزی خواهی در این ناسوت ادنی | O candle of love! If thou wishest to be a kindled flame in the glass of the Abha Kingdom, strive with self-sacrifice in this nethermost realm | INBA17:099 | MMK3#254 p.182, HDQI.231, ANDA#20 p.05 | ADMS#198 | John the Baptist; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB08388 | 100 | حکايت کنند که شخصی در عالم رؤيا شخص بزرگواری را ديد و سؤال نمود که ، چگونه در درگاه الهی | It is recounted that a certain person beheld in the realm of dreams a noble personage and asked how, at the Divine Threshold [3.5s] | MMK3#255 p.182x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04816 | 160 | ای متمسک بذیل مبارک رب جلیل در فجر بقا نیر اعظم جمال قدم بر ملکوت عالم اشراق | O thou who clingest to the hem of the blessed and glorious Lord! At the dawn of eternity did the Most Great Orb of the Ancient Beauty shed its radiance upon the Kingdom [3.5s] | MMK3#256 p.183x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power of faith; power of the spirit; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05956 | 140 | ای منادی ميثاق الهی و مروّج پيمان رحمانی، اثر کلک مشکين ملاحظه گرديد و بر ظهور آثار تأييد و موفّقيّت | O herald of God's Covenant and promoter of the divine Testament! The effects of thy musk-laden pen were perused, and the evidences of divine confirmations and success [3.5s]... ...Great care should be exercised in preparing this translation. Mr.... should make a supreme effort so that the language will be most exquisite, eloquent and lucid | MMK3#257 p.184x | COC#2220x | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Growth of the Cause; Prayer for pioneers and travel teachers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06276 | 130 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی اگر بدانی که بچه موهبتی موفق شدی و بچه ملکوتی راه یافتی | O divine handmaiden! If thou but knewest to what bounty thou hast attained and unto what heavenly realm thou hast found thy way [3.5s] | MMK3#258 p.184, HDQI.232, ANDA#21 p.05 | Praise and encouragement; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04292 | 170 | ای بنده حقیقی جمال ابهی بعد از صعود جمال مبارک روحی لاحبائه الفداء نفوس مقدسه | O true servant of the Blessed Beauty! Following the ascension of the Blessed Beauty--may my spirit be a sacrifice for His loved ones--the sanctified souls [3.5s] | MMK3#259 p.185 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03792 | 190 | ای یار دیرین عبدالبهاء آنچه بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O ancient companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! That which thou hadst written to Jináb-i-Siyyid Taqí was perused [3.5s] | MMK3#260 p.185 | Belief and denial; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03210 | 210 | ای نوش لب هر لبی که در ستایش و نیایش خداوند آفرینش بجنبش اید چون آب زندگانی | O thou sweet-lipped one! Every lip that moveth in praise and adoration of the Lord of Creation is as the water of life [3.5s] | INBA13:359, INBA59:253, INBA88:344b | MMK3#262 p.187, YARP2.199 p.189, PPAR.172 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05351 | 150 | امر باين عظيمی و انتشار و تزايد احباب در هر ديار لابدّ بر آنست که بعضی وقايع حادث شود | In a Cause of such magnitude, and with the spread and multiplication of the friends in every land, certain events must needs come to pass [3.5s] | MMK3#027 p.017x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05841 | 140 | ای نوش دل هر هوشمند هر زهریرا پادزهریست و هر نیشی را نوشی براستی بدان زهر | O thou who art the sweet solace of every possessor of wisdom! Know thou verily that for every poison there is an antidote, and for every sting there is a balm. Indeed, know thou that this poison [3.5s] | INBA59:252 | MMK3#263 p.188, YARP2.200 p.190, PPAR.172 | Manifestation of God as divine physician; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00636 | 490 | ای دوستان جانی عبدالبهاء جناب زائر نوش پرهوش در مطاف سروش سر باستان نهاد و | O cherished friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The noble visitor, with keen perception and wisdom, hath bowed his ancient head at that spot where the celestial spirits circumambulate [3.5s] | MMK3#264 p.188, YARP2.201.1 p.191, PPAR.172 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08048 | 100 | ای خداداد داد خدا همه بزرگواری و داناای و بیناای و شنواایست ولی چه فائده که | O Khudadad! The gift of God is all nobility, wisdom, vision and hearing. Yet what benefit [is there that] [3.5s] | MMK3#265 p.190, YARP2.268 p.231 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as divine physician | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08934 | 90 | ای نوش جانها در بزم محبت الله چنان ساغر عرفان بخندان و مینای راز ونیاز بگریان | O joy of souls at the feast of God's love! Make the cup of mystic knowledge to smile and the goblet of intimate prayer to weep [3.5s] | MMK3#266 p.191, YARP2.218 p.201, PPAR.174 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05546 | 140 | ای بندگان نیر حقیقت نامه مشکین تلاوت گردید و از مضامین فرح و مسرت حاصل شد | O ye servants of the Sun of Truth! The perfumed letter was read, and from its contents joy and gladness were obtained [3.5s] | MMK3#267 p.191 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00896 | 410 | ای بنده صادق خدا نامه شما رسید و بر مضامین کما هی حقها در نهایت دقت اطلاع | O sincere servant of God! Thy letter was received, and its contents were perused with the utmost care [3.5s] | MMK3#268 p.191, MSHR1.038x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00530 | 540 | ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت الحمد لله بفیض نامتناهی الهی آفاق باهتزاز آمده و شرق و | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Praise be to God! The infinite bounty... O ye beloved of ‘Abdu'l-Baha! The beloved of God and the maidservants of the Merciful intend to found a Mashrak-el-Azkar | MMK3#269 p.193, NJB_v01#19a p.017-019 | SW_v01#04 p.008-009, SW_v06#17 p.140x | Call to action; Constitutional revolution in Iran; Exhortations and counsels; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07269 | 110 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01193 | 360 | ای زنده بروح ملکوت نامه رسید مضامین در نهایت بلاغت بود و دلیل بر احساسات | O thou who art quickened by the spirit of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents were of utmost eloquence and testified to deep feelings [3.5s] | MMK3#271 p.195 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Service to others; to the Cause of God; 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; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04246 | 230 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09524 | 80 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01431 | 330 | ای یاران دل و جان اینمظلوم جهان چندیست که در تحریر نامه تقصیر نموده و لابد در | O friends of the heart and soul of this oppressed one in the world! For some time I have been remiss in the writing of letters, and perforce [3.5s] | MMK3#273 p.198x, MSHR2.212, NANU_AB#39x | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02241 | 260 | ای دوستان حقیقی من رافت و مهربانی این زندانیرا ملاحظه نمااید که شب و روز بیاد | O My true friends, behold the loving-kindness and compassion of this prisoner, who day and night remembereth [3.5s] | MMK3#274 p.198, AHB.134BE #09-10 p.03 | Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06217 | 130 | ای ياران ، جميع طوائف و ملل سرمست سراب غرورند و از فيض اين قرن پر نور غافل و ذاهل | O friends! All peoples and nations are intoxicated with the mirage of pride, and remain heedless and unmindful of the outpourings of this luminous century [3.5s] | MMK3#275 p.199x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Music and singing | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08855 | 90 | ای مشتاق جمال ابهی جمال جسمانی پرتو آب و رنگیست که بر خاک و سنگ افتاده و چون | O thou who art yearning for the Abhá Beauty! Physical beauty is but a reflection of water and colour cast upon dust and stone [3.5s] | MMK3#276 p.200, AMK.180-180b | Beauty; grace; aesthetics | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05989 | 130 | ای ياران اين بنده درگاه کبريا، حمد کنيد خدا را که قلوب از ظلمت ضلالت نجات يافت و جان و وجدان | O ye friends of this servant at the Threshold of the All-Glorious! Give praise unto God that hearts have been delivered from the darkness of waywardness and souls and conscience have found deliverance [3.5s] | MMK3#277 p.200x, MMG2#050 p.050x | Being a source of light; guidance; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01941 | 280 | ای دوستان ای راستان متحیرم که چه نگارم از فضل و موهبت محبوب رحمانی دم زنم و یا | O friends, O faithful ones! I am bewildered as to what I should write. Shall I speak of the grace and bounty of the Beloved, the All-Merciful [3.5s] | MMK3#278 p.201 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02387 | 250 | ای دوستان باوفای جمال مبارک ایام زندگانی البته در این جهان فانی پایان یابد | O faithful friends of the Blessed Beauty! The days of earthly life in this transient world must assuredly come to an end [3.5s] | MMK3#279 p.202 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04377 | 170 | ای دوستان حضرت رحمن جمال ابهی در قطب امکان خیمه عزت ابدیه برافراخت و جمیع | O friends of the All-Merciful! The Abhá Beauty hath raised the pavilion of eternal glory at the pole of contingent being, and all [3.5s] | MMK3#281 p.203 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06377 | 130 | ای نفوس مقدسه مبارک ترین نفوس کسانی هستند که از ظلمات عالم طبیعت آزادند و | O sanctified souls! The most blessed of all are those who are freed from the darkness of the world of nature [3.5s] | MMK3#282 p.204 | ACOA.056-057 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00776 | 450 | ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء جمیع اولیا در اعصار و قرون ماضیه گریان و سوزان | O loving friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! All the holy ones throughout past ages and centuries were weeping and burning with grief [3.5s] | MMK3#283 p.204, HDQI.190, ANDA#10 p.06 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04132 | 180 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04687 | 160 | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده حق لا جبر و لا تفویض لا کره و لا تسلیط امر بین الامرین عبارت از آنست | O servant of the one true God! What is meant by "there is neither predestination nor unconditional liberty; neither unwilling compliance nor unreserved authority; it is the Middle Way" | BLIB_Or.08117.036, | MMK3#029 p.019, VUJUD.101 | BLO_sazedj#17, VUJUDE.130-131x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB02437 | 250 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00514 | 550 | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران رحمانی و دوستان حقیقی مدتی بود که از آنسامان خطه مبارکه زنجان رائحه مشک | O ye spiritual companions and true friends! For some time from that blessed land of Zanjan the fragrant musk-scent [3.5s] | MMK3#287 p.209, MSBH5.131x | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04504 | 170 | امروز علم وحدت ميثاق بلند است و ارتباط قلوب محکم تا توانيد از اسرار عهد و ميثاق بيان کنيد | Today the standard of the oneness of the Covenant is raised aloft and the hearts are firmly bound together. To the extent ye are able, proclaim the mysteries of the Testament and Covenant [3.5s] | MMK3#288 p.212x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05789 | 140 | ای مفتون دلبر آفاق شمس حقیقت بمحض اشراق انوارش مانند بارقه سحری این فضای وسیع | O thou who art the wooer of the Beloved the Regions! As soon as the Sun of Truth dawned in the East of Eternity, its rays like unto the lightening | MMK3#289 p.212 | BSTW#315 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02160 | 270 | مویدا ببصر حدید دقت نما در دریای فضل و جود مستغرقی و العطش العطش بر زبان رانی | It is related that once Muhammad Ghazali entered the Adineh Mosque where he heard someone reciting the verse | MMK3#290 p.213 | STAB#126 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03771 | 190 | ای موقنان ای مقبلان نامه شما ملاحظه گشت و بر حال حزین غمگین شدیم ولی امید | O ye faithful ones, O ye who have advanced towards God! Your letter was perused, and We were saddened at your grievous state. Yet there is hope [3.5s] | MMK3#291 p.214 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02881 | 220 | ای بندگان الهی زبان بستایش و نیایش خداوند آفرینش بگشااید که از طلوع صبح احدیت | O ye servants of God! Open your tongues in praise and supplication unto the Lord of creation, for from the dawning-point of divine Oneness [3.5s] | MMK3#292 p.215 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05373 | 150 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء نغماتی که از حنجر روحانی آن یاران الهی صادر قلوب مشتاقانرا | O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The melodies that issue forth from the spiritual throats of those divine companions cause the hearts of the yearning ones [3.5s] | MMK3#293 p.215 | Love of God; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01133 | 370 | Translation List | ای یاران الهی هر چند شمس حقیقت در خلف سحاب جلال متواری گشت و سحاب نقاب شد و | O friends of God! Though the Sun of Truth hath been obscured behind the clouds of glory; though these clouds have interposed themselves as veils | MMK3#294 p.216 | ADMS#045 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB01043 | 380 | ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن نامه شما رسید و مضمون آشکار و پدید شد حمد خدا را که | O beloved ones of God and handmaids of the All-Merciful! Your letter was received and its contents were made manifest and clear. Praise be unto God that [3.5s] | MMK3#295 p.217, PYB#196 p.04x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02259 | 260 | ای متوجه الی الله هر چند بظاهر در این انجمن رحمانی حاضر نیستی ولی الحمد لله در | O thou who art turned towards God! Though outwardly thou art not present in this assemblage of the All-Merciful, yet praise be unto God, in [3.5s] | MMK3#296 p.218 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03523 | 200 | ای یاوران عبدالبهاء دوستان قدیمید و یاران دیرین شب و روز خلوتخانه دل این | O ye helpers of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Ye are friends of old standing and companions of ancient days. Night and day, the sanctuary of this heart [3.5s] | MMK3#297 p.220, PYB#196 p.03 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for teaching | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04892 | 160 | ای یاران الهی فیض نامتناهیست و موهبت جمال قدیم عزت ابدیه جهان آسمانی پرتو | O ye divine friends! Infinite is the bounty, and the gift of the Ancient Beauty is eternal glory - a heavenly radiance [3.5s] | INBA89:142a | MMK3#298 p.220, PYB#196 p.03 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05301 | 150 | ای مهتدیان بنور هدی شمع هدی روشنست و افق اعلی بنور جمال ابهی ساطع و لامع | O ye who are guided by the light of guidance! The lamp of guidance is alight, and the Supreme Horizon is radiant and resplendent with the light of the Most Glorious Beauty [3.5s] | INBA85:060 | MMK3#299 p.221, AKHA_127BE #02 p.a, PYB#196 p.03 | Belief and denial; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00835 | 430 | ای منادی میثاق حمد کن خدا را که ناشر نفحاتی و خادم کلمه الله بعد از صعود جمال | O herald of the Covenant! Praise God that thou art a diffuser of divine fragrances and a servant of the Word of God after the ascension of the Beauty [3.5s] | MMK3#300 p.221 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise of Western values; culture; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02961 | 220 | ای مبتلای صد هزار مشکلات خداوند ترا از طهران آواره بوینه نمود که تلخی غربت | O thou who art beset by a hundred thousand difficulties, God hath made thee a wanderer from Tehran that thou mayest taste the bitterness of exile [3.5s] | MMK3#302 p.224 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03202 | 210 | ای مهتدی بنور هدی در قعر دریا صد هزار صدف موجود ولی کل خزفند مگر صدفی که مظهر | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! In the depths of the sea there lie a hundred thousand shells, yet all are but pottery save that shell which manifesteth [3.5s] | MMK3#303 p.225 | Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01271 | 350 | ای یاران الهی فیوضات نامتناهی شاملست و الطاف رحمانی کامل در این عصر جلیل اکبر | O divine friends! Infinite bounties are all-embracing and the merciful bestowals are perfect in this most glorious age [3.5s] | MMK3#304 p.226 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08010 | 100 | قبل از بلا بايد نهايت احتياط و احتراز نمود و دقّت در معامله کرد ولی چون قضيّه واقع شد | Before calamity befalleth, one must needs exercise the utmost care and vigilance, and observe diligence in all transactions; but when the matter cometh to pass [3.5s] | MMK3#032 p.021x | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01196 | 360 | ای طبیب روحانی نالهای جانسوز بسمع آوارگان رسید و در قلوب تاثیر شدید نمود آنچه | O Divine Physician, soul-consuming lamentations have reached the ears of the wanderers and have exercised a profound influence upon their hearts [3.5s] | MMK3#033 p.021, MSHR1.016x, YIA.383-384 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12785 | 50 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01031 | 390 | و انت تعلم یا الهی بان قلب عبدک هذا طافح بحب احبائک و عیناه متوجهتان الی شطر | O my God! Thou knowest that this Thy servant's heart doth overflow with love for Thy loved ones, and his eyes are turned toward the direction [3.5s] | MMK3#026 p.023x, ABDA.087-088 | Love of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05577 | 140 | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی آنچه در عالم ملک مشاهده مینماای ظل زائل عالم ملکوتست | O thou sincere servant of the Abha Beauty! Whatsoever thou dost witness in the realm of matter is but the evanescent shadow of the Kingdom [3.5s] | MMK3#035 p.023 | Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11002 | 50 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB06148 | 130 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10224 | 70 | حمد کن خدا را که در این کور اعظم بر شاطی بحر احدیت وارد و در گلشن قدس محبت | Praise be to God that in this Most Great Dispensation thou hast attained unto the shores of the ocean of oneness and entered the sacred garden of love [3.5s] | INBA13:091 | MMK3#039 p.025x | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05243 | 150 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09920 | 70 | سؤال از عالم روح نموده بوديد که بعد از صعود از اين جهان بجهان پنهان چگونه و چسانست | Thou didst ask concerning the realm of spirit and how it is, after ascension from this world to the hidden realm [3.5s] | MMK3#041 p.025x | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Soul; spirit after death; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04005 | 180 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08995 | 90 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11382 | 30 | از جهان الهی عالم نورانی ملکوت الهی سؤال نموده بوديد که در آن آيا مشاغل | Concerning the divine realm, the luminous world of the celestial Kingdom, thou didst inquire whether therein [3.5s] | MMK3#044 p.027x | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02660 | 230 | در خصوص عالم بعد از موت سؤال نموده بوديد ، آن عالم بتصوّر و عبارات اين عالم مشهود و معلوم نگردد | Concerning the realm after death whereof thou didst inquire, that world cannot be conceived or expressed in terms of this visible realm [3.5s] | MMK3#045 p.027x | Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09887 | 70 | ای مهربان يزدان من شکر ترا که مرا بر خدمت آستانت و صيانت دوستانت موفّق و مؤيّد فرمودی | O kind God! I render thanks unto Thee that Thou hast enabled and confirmed me to serve at Thy Threshold and protect Thy loved ones [3.5s] | MMK3#001 p.001x, AHB.128BE #04-05 p.155 | Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00411 | 600 | ای سرگشته کوه و بیابان در راه یار مهربان نامه شما بعد از رجوع از کالیفورنیا | O thou wanderer over mountain and desert in the Path of the kind Beloved! Thy letter, after thy return from California | MMK3#002 p.001x, MMG2#199 p.227x, NJB_v11#08 p.136 | SW_v11#15 p.260-264 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Newspapers and the media; publications; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10274 | 70 | ای دلبر آفاق بنده مشتاقت را نصيبی از اشراق ده روح را پر فتوح کن و دل را از بند آب و گل | O Beloved of all horizons! Grant unto Thy yearning servant a portion of Thy dawning splendor. Make his spirit abundant with victories, and free the heart from bondage to water and clay [3.5s] | MMK3#003 p.001x, MMG2#397 p.444x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02957 | 220 | 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] | - | - | |||||||
| AB07480 | 110 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB02983 | 220 | Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' | سؤال نموده بودی که سبب امراض و بلايا چه چيز است ؟ اسباب متنوّع ، از برای بعضی نفوس امراض و بلايا | ...Thou didst ask a question: what is the cause of illnesses and afflictions? The causes are many and various. For some souls, illnesses and afflictions are as a punishment for deeds perpetrated | MMK3#048 p.030x | BLO_PT#080.48x | Composition and decomposition; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB09864 | 70 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08079 | 100 | ای دو نفس مطمئنه در این کور امتحان از آتش افتتان چون ذهب آبریز رخ بتابید و | O ye two souls serene! In this Dispensation of trials, turn ye your countenance from the fire of tribulation like unto pure gold [3.5s] | MMK3#050 p.031 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05802 | 140 | ای منجذب بنفحات الله اگر در تحریر تقصیر میرود لکن یاد آن شمع منیر مضمر ضمیر | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Though there be deficiency in writing, yet the remembrance of that luminous Candle is hidden within [3.5s] | MMK3#051 p.032 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01279 | 350 | يا امة اللّه ، ستنتهی الايّام المعدودات و تزول الحيات و الکلّ يرجعون الی التّراب لا تسمعين منهم صوتاً | O handmaiden of God! The numbered days shall pass away, and lives shall vanish, and all shall return unto dust. From them no sound shalt thou hear [3.5s] | MMK3#052 p.032x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07123 | 120 | یاران مهربانم از قرار معلوم آنمرز و بوم از رائحه جنت ابهی معطر گشته نفحات | O my kind friends! According to what is evident, that realm and region hath become perfumed with the fragrant musk of the Abhá Paradise [3.5s] | INBA89:220 | MMK3#053 p.034 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05311 | 150 | ای خادم آستان منّان ، هر ظلّی جز ظلّ حقّ يحموم است و هر حصنی اوهن از بيت عنکبوت | O servant of the Threshold of the All-Bountiful! Every shadow save the shadow of Truth is darkness, and every fortress is frailer than the spider's web [3.5s] | MMK3#054 p.034x | Excellence; distinction; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04152 | 180 | ایها الرجل الرشید این خاکدان مرکز انقلابست و این جهان بی بنیان میدان محن و | O sagacious man! This earthly realm is the centre of upheavals, and this foundationless world is the arena of tribulations [3.5s] | MMK3#056 p.036 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08116 | 100 | ای سلاله آن روح مجسم پی پدر مهربان گیر و بر قدم آن بنده یزدان مشی نما منقطع | O scion of that embodied spirit! Follow in the footsteps of thy loving father and walk in the path of that servant of God [3.5s] | MMK3#057 p.037 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06371 | 130 | ای ناظر الی الله در این جهان فانی و خاکدان ترابی و عرصه ظلمانی یک حقیقت | O thou who gazest toward God! In this mortal world, this heap of dust, and this realm of darkness, one truth [3.5s] | MMK3#058 p.037 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03196 | 210 | ای معین علم و داناای هیچ دانی که چگونه مظهر الطاف نامتناهی گشتی و مورد فضل و | O thou who art an aid to knowledge and learning! Knowest thou how thou hast become a manifestation of infinite favors and the recipient of grace [3.5s] | MMK3#004 p.002x, AHB.107BE #01 p.18, TSS.154 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08825 | 90 | ای خداوند اين کنيز مستمند را در ملکوت خويش قبول نما و بفيض ابدی محظوظ فرما جام عشق بنوشان | O Lord! Accept this helpless handmaiden in Thy Kingdom and make her the recipient of Thine everlasting bounty. Give her to drink from the cup of love [3.5s] | MMK3#005 p.002x, MMG2#413 p.459x | unknown | Nineteen-Day Feast; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03547 | 200 | ای ياران الهی عبدالبهاء ، حمد کنيد خدا را که موفّق بهدايت کبری گشتيد و بآستان مقدّس ربّ الارباب | O ye beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise ye God that ye have been enabled to attain His most great guidance and have drawn nigh unto the sacred threshold of the Lord of Lords [3.5s] | MMK3#059 p.038x | Bringing forth results; fruit; Law of pilgrimage; Prayer for forgiveness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07116 | 120 | آنچه اليوم در تماشاگاه امکان مشاهده نمائی عنقريب مشهود و واضح گردد که اوهام باطله و خيالات | Whatsoever thou beholdest this day in the theatre of contingent existence shall ere long become manifest and evident - these vain imaginings and idle fancies [3.5s] | MMK3#060 p.039x | Love of God; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07278 | 110 | ای بنده حق آنچه در این جهان فانی نظر نمااید چیزی جز سراب نیابی و بغیر از | O servant of the True One, whatsoever thou beholdest in this mortal world, thou shalt find naught but a mirage [3.5s] | MMK3#061 p.039 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07492 | 110 | ای عبد جمال باقی آنچه بتصور و اوهام اید و آنچه در حیز اعیان خارجه جلوه نماید | O servant of the Eternal Beauty! Whatsoever may come to pass within the realm of imagination and fancy, and whatsoever may shine forth in the sphere of outward realities [3.5s] | MMK3#062 p.040 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07175 | 110 | ای مبلّغ امر اللّه ، آنچه درعالم وجود موجود مشاهده نمائی سراب است نه آب ضباب است | O thou promoter of the Cause of God! Whatsoever thou beholdest existing in this world is but a mirage, not water; a vapor [3.5s] | MMK3#063 p.040x | Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00868 | 420 | ای یاران این آواره حضرت یزدان شاهد و گواهست که در دل و جان آنی فراغت از یاد | O ye companions of this wanderer! The Lord of Hosts beareth witness that in heart and soul not for a moment am I forgetful of your remembrance [3.5s] | MMK3#065 p.041x | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01049 | 380 | ای بندگان الهی عصر است و در کنار حدیقه انیقه بنگارش این وثیقه پرداختم و بذکر | O ye servants of God! It is eventide, and beside this beauteous garden I have taken up my pen to write this testament and to make mention [3.5s] | MMK3#066 p.042 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for the departed; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08043 | 100 | ای خادم احبای الهی فخر بر ملوک ارض کن زیرا سلطنت آنانرا استقراری نه اما | O servant of the beloved of God, glory thou over the kings of the earth, for their sovereignty hath no stability [3.5s] | MMK3#068 p.044x | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05115 | 150 | امروز اعظم مقامات ثبوت و استقامت در ايمان و ايقان است و اين ثبوت و استقامت سبب تأييد و توفيق الهی | O thou dear son. Thy letter was an evidence to thy firmness and steadfastness. For today the greatest of all the stations is firmness | MMK3#069 p.045x | DAS.1914-07-24 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08553 | 90 | ای بنده الهی اسکندر یونانی نامجوای در عالم ناسوت نموده و بخونخواری در عالم | O servant of God! Alexander the Greek gained renown in the realm of existence, and manifest was his thirst for blood in this earthly world [3.5s] | MMK3#070 p.045 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04890 | 160 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03517 | 200 | غضنفر نامه محرر نموده و ستایشی بیحصر از شما کرده ... الحمد للّه در اين ايّام بخدمت کلمة اللّه و نشر نفحات اللّه | Ghazanfar hath penned an epistle and offered boundless praise of thee... praise be to God that in these days thou art occupied with service to the Word of God and the diffusion of the divine fragrances [3.5s] | MMK3#072 p.046x, MMK6#336x | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04346 | 170 | اگر خانه ناسوتی ويران گشت محزون مباش قصر ملکوتی معمور باد ای مرغ حقيقت اگر آشيان خاکی خراب گرديد | If thy earthly habitation be laid waste, grieve thou not; may thy celestial mansion flourish! O bird of reality, if thy dusty nest be destroyed [3.5s] | MMK3#073 p.047x | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07404 | 110 | ای دو طیر حدیقه محبت الله در ریاض عنایت بر شاخسار سدره محبت و موهبت آشیانه | O ye two birds of the garden of the love of God, who have made your nest upon the branches of the divine Lote-Tree of love and bounty in the paradise of His grace [3.5s] | MMK3#006 p.003 | Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06887 | 120 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00568 | 520 | ای متعلقان حضرت زائر جناب آقا میرزا محمد ایامی چند است که مونس و همدم و همراز | O ye who are connected with his honor the pilgrim, Jinab-i-Aqa Mirza Muhammad! For some days he hath been a companion, confidant and intimate friend [3.5s] | MMK3#074 p.048x, MMK6#496 | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04549 | 170 | در اين قرن چه قدر از خاندانهای ملوک و امرا که در نهايت عزّت و غنا بودند پريشان و بی سر و سامان و فانی گشتند | In this century, how many families of kings and princes who dwelt in the utmost glory and wealth have been scattered and rendered destitute and brought low [3.5s] | MMK3#076 p.050x | Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08233 | 100 | ای منجذب نفحات الله هر انسان دهقانست یکی کشتش صناعت است و دیگری کشتش تجارتست | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Every person is a farmer. One sows the seeds of Industry | MMK3#077 p.051, PYB#169 p.04 | DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.158, BLO_PN#007 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01243 | 350 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میگردد منظومه جناب | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Due to lack of time, I write briefly [3.5s] | MMK3#078 p.051x, MMK6#343 | Imagery in the Qur'an; Martyrs and martyrdom; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01204 | 360 | ای نفوس مبارکه الحمد لله ببرکت هدایت مظاهر الطاف حضرت احدیت و مطالع انوار کوکب | O blessed souls! Praise be to God that, through the blessings of the guidance of the Manifestations of divine favors of the All-Glorious, and the Daysprings of the lights of the Star [3.5s] | MMK3#079 p.052x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04298 | 170 | Translation List | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی شکر کن خدا را که در ره آن یکتا دلبر مهربان صدمات | O sincere servant of the Abhá Beauty! Render thanks unto God that, in the path of that incomparable and compassionate Beloved, thou hast endured evident tribulations | MMK3#080 p.053, MMK3#280 p.203 | ADMS#336 | Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| AB03669 | 190 | ای ياران ، الحمد للّه سر گشته باديه عشقيد و گمگشته صحرای محبّت اللّه معتکف کوی ياريد | O friends! All praise be unto God that ye are wanderers in the wilderness of divine love and seekers lost in the desert of the affection of God, devoted dwellers in the precinct of companionship [3.5s] | MMK3#081 p.054x, MMK3#248 p.178x | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01839 | 290 | ای ناظر و متوجه بملکوت ابهی مکاتیب متعدده آنجناب قرائت شد و مضامین مفهوم و | O thou who gazest upon and turnest thy face towards the Abha Kingdom! Thy numerous letters have been read and their contents understood [3.5s] | MMK3#082 p.055x, MSHR5.430 | Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03481 | 200 | ای بنده الهی ، آنچه بينی و يابی در اين جهان فانی اوهام و مجاز خالی است نه حقيقت آسمانی | O servant of God! Whatsoever thou seest and findest in this mortal world is but fancy and vain imaginings, not heavenly reality [3.5s] | MMK3#083 p.055x, BSHN.140.125x, BSHN.144.125x, MHT2.126bx | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02302 | 260 | رب رب ترانی ان صلاتی و نسکی لک یا ملجای و معاذی انی ابتهل الیک متضرعا بعتبه | O Lord, O Lord, Thou beholdest me, verily my prayers and my sacrifice are for Thee alone, O my Refuge and my Shelter. In utmost humility I turn imploringly to Thy threshold [3.5s] | INBA87:388b, INBA52:399 | MMK3#084 p.056x, MMK3#252 p.180x | High station of the true believer; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Prayer for prosperity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02698 | 230 | ای ثابت میثاق آنچه مسطور بود مشهود گردید در خصوص فقره که از پیش مرقوم شده بود | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! That which was recorded hath become manifest. As to the matter previously set down [3.5s] | MMK3#085 p.056x, AADA.145-146 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07463 | 110 | هر ثروتی و سرمايه ای که از اين جهان است عاقبت زيان و خسران است نهايت اين است | Every wealth and possession that is of this world ultimately leadeth to loss and detriment; such is its end [3.5s] | MMK3#086 p.057x | Consolation and comfort; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03266 | 210 | در اين جهان فانی عاقبت هر غنائی فقر است و نهايت هر جمعی تفرقه و پريشانی و غايت هر صحّت | In this transient world, verily the end of all riches is poverty, and the ultimate outcome of every gathering is dispersion and distraction, and the final result of every state of health [3.5s] | MMK3#087 p.057x | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03737 | 190 | ای کنیز الهی هر نفسی از اینجهان فانی رهاای یابد باید که جشن و سرور گرفت نه آه | O handmaid of God! When any soul findeth release from this mortal world, it behooveth all to celebrate and rejoice, not to sigh in grief [3.5s] | MMK3#009 p.004 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08645 | 90 | امر مهمّ ايمان و ايقان است و خدمت به امر الله و نشر نفحات الله و ايقاد نار محبّت اللّه در فکر اين باشيد و الّا امور حيات دنيا | The paramount matter is faith and certitude, service to the Cause of God, diffusion of the divine fragrances, and the kindling of the fire of the love of God. Let thy thoughts be centered upon these, and not upon the affairs of this earthly life [3.5s] | MMK3#088 p.058x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10364 | 60 | ای امه الله دولت اینجهان را قیمتی نه و عزت این خاکدان را بقاای نیست دولت باید | O handmaid of God! The dominion of this world hath no worth, and the glory of this dust-heap hath no permanence. True sovereignty must [3.5s] | MMK3#089 p.059, YARP2.270 p.232 | Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01709 | 300 | ای زائر مشکین نفس حمد کن خدا را که ترک وطن نمودی و تحمل مشقت و محن کردی طی | O pilgrim with a fragrant soul, render praise unto God, for thou hast forsaken thy homeland and endured hardship and tribulation [3.5s] | MMK3#090 p.059 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07291 | 110 | ای بنده صابر حق از قرار مذکور مورد باساء و ضراای و مبتلای پریشانی احوال ولی | O thou patient servant of the True One! According to what hath been mentioned, thou art beset with trials and tribulations, and art afflicted with disturbed circumstances [3.5s] | MMK3#091 p.060 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06724 | 120 | هر نفس هوشيار براحت و نعمت و سرور موقّت دل نبندد در جميع امور حقيقت ابدی جويد | Every discerning soul attacheth not its heart to transient comfort, bounty and joy, but in all matters seeketh after eternal truth [3.5s] | MMK3#092 p.061x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07685 | 110 | ای یار وفادار مردمرا گمان چنین است که بهترین سعادتی در اینجهان نامداریست و | O faithful friend! People imagine that the greatest happiness in this world lieth in fame and renown [3.5s] | MMK3#093 p.061, DUR4.814, YARP2.269 p.232 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05225 | 150 | انسان بايد در جهان بالا در آئينه ابدی صفحه ملکوت پرتو شمايل اندازد زيرا عبدالبهاء در اين جهان | Man must cast the reflection of his countenance in the eternal mirror of the celestial realm, upon the page of the Kingdom, for in this world 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MMK3#094 p.062x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08593 | 90 | ای بنده حق سرمست ساغر رحمانی باش و طالب عون و عنایت حضرت ربانی اگر لذائذ وجود | O servant of truth! Be thou intoxicated with the chalice of the All-Merciful, and seek thou the aid and bounty of the Lord Divine. Though earthly delights [3.5s] | MMK3#095 p.063 | Love of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10586 | 60 | ای مظهر عرفان امکان جهانیست پر زیان و خسران و حرمان پایانش حسرت بی پایان مگر | O manifestation of mystic knowledge! The contingent world is filled with loss and deprivation and denial, and its end is naught but infinite regret [3.5s] | MMK3#096 p.063 | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06301 | 130 | ای متوجه بنور جمال بیمثال عالم همه فانی و وجه پروردگار باقی کلشیء هالک و | O thou who art turned towards the Light of the Peerless Beauty, the world in its entirety is fleeting and the Face of the Lord alone endureth. All things shall perish [3.5s] | MMK3#097 p.063 | Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03121 | 210 | ای پروانه شمع آسمانی چون کور وجود و دور شهود در جمیع مراتب و شئون عروج و صعود | O moth of the celestial Candle! As cycle succeedeth cycle and vision yieldeth to vision, through every degree and condition of ascent and exaltation [3.5s] | MMK3#098 p.064, PYK.303 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Manifestation of God as sun; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01687 | 300 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه که بتاریخ بیست ... ای پروانه شمع آسمانی ، چون کور وجود و دور شهود در جميع مراتب و شئون عروج و صعود | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the twentieth... O moth of the heavenly Candle! In this cycle of existence and age of divine manifestation, through all ranks and stations, ascent and advancement [3.5s] | MMK3#099 p.064x, MMK6#227x, YMM.384x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03770 | 190 | ای موقن بایات الله و منجذب بنفحات الله در این قرن اعظم و دور اکرم که حقائق | O thou who art assured of the signs of God and drawn to His fragrances in this most great century and most glorious cycle, wherein the realities [3.5s] | MMK3#100 p.065, MMK4#095 p.107, AKHA_130BE #07 p.a | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03519 | 200 | ای یاران من شکر حضرت رحمانرا که نور برهان ساطعست و شمع عرفان لامع نسیم عبیر | O My companions, render thanks unto the Lord of Mercy, for the light of proof shineth resplendently and the lamp of mystic knowledge gleameth bright, wafting a perfumed breeze [3.5s] | MMK3#101 p.066 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00038 | 1700 | ای ثابت بر پیمان و مرد میدان مکاتیب متعدده آنجناب واصل و بر کیفیت اطلاع حاصل... از جمله اخبارات بظهور مبارک در کتاب دانیال | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and a champion in the field! Numerous letters from thee were received and their contents were noted... Among them were the tidings concerning the blessed Manifestation in the Book of Daniel [3.5s] | MMK3#102 p.067x, MMK4#166 p.182x, YMM.154x, YMM.211x, YMM.367x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for strength; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Reincarnation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06924 | 120 | ای پروردگاراين گنهکار را از اغيار بيزار نما و بمحبّت خويش گرفتار نما از بند و کمند هوی و هوس رها کن | O Lord! Make this sinner to be detached from all else save Thee and captivate him with Thy love; free him from the bonds and fetters of passion and desire [3.5s] | MMK3#010 p.005x, MMG2#190 p.216x | Love of God; Prayer for detachment; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04622 | 160 | ای ياران الهی ، از شرق شمس حقيقت پرتوی بر غرب زد باختر خاور شد اقليم بعيد قريب گشت | O ye beloved of God! From the East a ray of the Sun of Truth hath cast its radiance upon the West; the Occident hath become as the Orient, and distant climes have drawn nigh [3.5s] | MMK3#105 p.071x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03964 | 180 | ای ثابت بر پیمان کتاب مبین قرین اطلاع گردید از مضامین معانی دلنشین استنباط شد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy most lucid letter was received, and from its contents sweet significances were derived [3.5s] | INBA79.057 | MMK3#106 p.071x, HDQI.244 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09821 | 70 | ای قوم ، انوار حقّ ساطع شده آيات حقّ ظاهر شده دريای فضل بموج آمده و آفتاب حقيقت پرتو عنايت بخشيده | O people! The lights of Truth have shone forth, the verses of Truth have been made manifest, the ocean of grace hath surged, and the Sun of Reality hath shed its radiant beams [3.5s] | MMK3#107 p.072x | Love of God; Spiritual springtime; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08155 | 100 | ای عبدالقادر حضرت قادر توانا چون نظری بر عبد ناتوان اندازد معدن قدرت گردد و | O 'Abdu'l-Qádir! When the All-Powerful, Almighty Lord casteth His glance upon a powerless servant, he becometh a mine of strength [3.5s] | INBA13:182 | MMK3#108 p.072 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04511 | 170 | ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء این چه موهبتست و این چه عنایت و این چه فضلست و این | O kind friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! What bounty is this, and what grace is this, and what favour is this [3.5s] | MMK3#109 p.073 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00430 | 590 | Bahá'í Scriptures | از حقيقت سؤال نموده بوديد . حقيقت کلمة اللّه است که محيی عالم انسانی است کوران را بينا کند | O seeker of the Kingdom! Your letter has arrived and its contents became known. You asked: What is Truth? ...As to progress after death: know that after death it is the divine world. Progress is possible, but it depends upon the generosity of God... | MMK3#111 p.074x, YMM.256x, YMM.384x, VUJUD.103.20x | BSC.494 #954x, BSTW#139, VUJUDE.189x | East and West; communication between East and West; Evolution; human evolution; Love of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Soul; spirit after death; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB05727 | 140 | اگر بموجب وصايای بهاء الله عمل نمائی يقين بدان که نفحات روحانی مشام معطّر نمايد و پرتو شمس حقيقت | If thou dost act according to the counsels of Bahá'u'lláh, know thou of a certainty that the sweet-scented breaths of the spirit shall perfume thy senses and the rays of the Sun of Truth [3.5s] | MMK3#112 p.077x | Idle fancies; lust and passion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08144 | 100 | ای طالب حقیقت در جهان فرقه ها بسیار هر فرقه مبدای دارد ولکن مبادی شان محدود | O seeker of truth! In this world there are many sects and factions, each with its own source and foundation, yet their principles remain confined and limited [3.5s] | MMK3#113 p.077 | The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06907 | 120 | ای منجذب ملکوت الله وصایا و نصایح حضرت بهاء الله فیض کلمه الله است این قوه | O thou who art drawn unto the Kingdom of God! The counsels and exhortations of Bahá'u'lláh are the outpourings of the Word of God, this force [3.5s] | MMK3#114 p.078, MMK3#130 p.092, HDQI.281, ANDA#41-42 p.08 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03464 | 200 | ملکوت الهی بقوّهء کلمة اللّه و تأييد روح القدس در عالم وجود تأسيس شد و انوار صلح و سلام از شمس حقيقت | The Kingdom of God hath been established in the world of existence through the power of the Word of God and the confirmations of the Holy Spirit, and the lights of peace and tranquillity have shone forth from the Sun of Reality [3.5s] | MMK3#115 p.078x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10659 | 150 | ای یار عراقی جناب نراقی در نامه خویش ستایش آن یار روحانی نموده که این فتای نراقی... ای دوست حقيقی ، نفوذ کلمة اللّه مانند روح | O friend from Iraq! Jinab-i-Naraqí, in his letter, hath sung the praise of that spiritual companion—this youth of Naraq... O true friend, the penetrating power of the Word of God is even as the spirit [3.5s] | INBA85:127 | MMK3#116 p.079x | Growth of the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03795 | 190 | ای دوست حقيقی ، شرق منوّر شده غرب معطّر شده جوش در امريک زد شهره افريک گشت شعله بآفاق | O true friend! The East hath been illumined and the West hath been perfumed; commotion hath stirred in America and fame hath spread to Africa, as the flames reach unto the horizons [3.5s] | MMK3#117 p.079x | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01984 | 280 | ای یاران نازنین من عکس آن یاران دلنشین که مانند بهشت برین سبب سرور قلب حزین | O my precious friends, the likeness of those delightful companions who, like unto the supreme Paradise, are the cause of joy to the sorrowing heart [3.5s] | MMK3#118 p.080x, YARP2.309 p.255 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02931 | 220 | ای دو بنده صادق درگاه احدیت شمس حقیقت چون از صبح احدیت اشراق بر آفاق نمود | O ye two faithful servants at the Threshold of Divine Unity! When the Sun of Truth shone forth from the Dayspring of Oneness upon all horizons [3.5s] | MMK3#119 p.081 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04689 | 160 | ای بنده حق نور مطلق آفاق را چنان روشن نمود که خاور و باختر زجاج سراج الهی گشت | O servant of God! The absolute light hath so illumined the horizons that both East and West have become as the crystal globe of the Divine Lamp [3.5s] | MMK3#120 p.082 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06826 | 120 | ای عاشق حقیقت نامه رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید بدان رایت سلام بلند است و کوکب | O lover of truth! Thy letter hath arrived and its contents have become clear. Know thou that the banner of peace is raised aloft and the star [3.5s] | MMK3#121 p.083 | Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01592 | 310 | ای کنیز الهی آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید اگر خواهی که پی باسرار ملکوت الهی بری | O handmaid of God! What thou hast written was noted. If thou desirest to fathom the mysteries of God's Kingdom [3.5s] | MMK3#123 p.084 | Christ; Christianity; Growth of the Cause; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04505 | 170 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء این را بدانید که عبدالبهاء مانند گلشن بشبنم یاد یاران | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Know ye that 'Abdu'l-Bahá, like unto a rose-garden refreshed by the dew, remembereth the friends [3.5s] | MMK3#125 p.087 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09545 | 80 | ای نظام روحانیان قانون الهی و نظام رحمانی شریعت سمحه بیضاست و محجه واضحه نوراء | O spiritual order! The divine law and celestial system is a radiant and magnanimous religion, a luminous and manifest path [3.5s]... ...true order and law are the necessary relations inherent in the realities of things, demanded and necessitated by the nature of creation. | MMK3#013 p.007, VUJUD.114 | VUJUDE.192 | Call to action; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04144 | 180 | ایتها المقبله الی ملکوت الله اعلمی ان الکلمه عباره عن المعانی الکلیه الالهیه | O thou who art turned towards the Kingdom of God, know thou that the Word is an expression of the universal divine meanings [3.5s] | MMK3#126 p.088, YMM.385x | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00354 | 630 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای ثابت بر پیمان انجمن ادیان در پای تخت ژاپون امسال تاسیس گردید جمعی از اطراف | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The International Congress of Religions was organized this year in the capital of Japan. | MMK3#127 p.088, MAS9.141x | TAB.496-498, JWTA.049 | Newspapers and the media; publications; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| AB04805 | 160 | ای کنیز خدا نامه ات رسید دلیل بر آن بود که توجه بکلمه الله کردی و توسل بحضرت | O maidservant of God! Thy letter was received, bearing witness that thou hast turned unto the Word of God and sought communion with His presence [3.5s] | MMK3#128 p.089, HDQI.291, ANDA#46 p.05, YMM.383 | Challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00385 | 610 | الهی الهی انی اتوسل بذیل کبریائک و اتعلق باهداب ردآء بهائک و اتضرع الیک | O my God, my God! I beseech Thee by the hem of Thy grandeur and cling to the fringes of the garment of Thy splendor, and I supplicate Thee [3.5s] | INBA89:222 | MMK3#129 p.090x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02642 | 230 | ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت دختر ملکوتی مس نوبلاک نهایت ستایش از ایمان و محبت شما | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! The heavenly daughter, Miss Knoblock, has given the utmost praise about your Faith and Love | MMK3#131 p.092x, BBBD.264-265 | BBBD.265-267, DAS.1913-09-22, ABIE.346, BLO_PN#007 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06690 | 120 | ای ثابت بر پیمان گویند اسفندیار رواین تن بود ولی پایان از تیر پران چشم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! They tell of Isfandiyár, who, though possessing a body of bronze, met his end from an arrow to the eye [3.5s] | MMK3#132 p.093, ALPA.064, YARP2.074 p.111 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08335 | 100 | ای یاران الهی الحمد لله در سایه امید آرمیده اید و بسرمنزل مقصود رسیده و پرده | O divine friends! Praise be to God that ye have found repose in the shelter of hope and have attained unto your destined goal [3.5s] | MMK3#133 p.094 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04869 | 160 | ای موقنین ای موقنات فیض قدیم خداوند رحمن رحیم را مشاهده نمااید که چه قدر | O ye men and women of certitude! Behold ye the ancient bounty of the All-Merciful, the Compassionate Lord, how abundant [3.5s] | MMK3#134 p.094 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08680 | 90 | گويند که ما شاء الله کان ، يعنی هر چه خدا خواهد واقع خواهد شد در آيه قرآن ميفرمايد يا ايّتها النّفس المطمئنّة | They say "What God willeth shall come to pass," meaning that whatsoever God desireth will verily transpire. In the verse of the Qur'án He saith: "O thou soul that art at rest..." [3.5s] | MMK3#135 p.094x | Degrees of faith; certitude; Development of capacity and readiness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07562 | 110 | ای مقبل الی الله دریای بخشایش پرجوش گشت و بخروش آمد موجی بر سواحل وجود زد | O thou who turnest thy face towards God! The ocean of forgiveness hath surged and risen in tumult, casting its waves upon the shores of existence [3.5s] | MMK3#136 p.095 | Differences in human capacity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00666 | 480 | Bahá'í Scriptures | فيوضات ملکوت ابهی مشروط به استعداد و قابليّت نيست نفس فيض عين قابليّت گردد چنانکه نفس فعل چون از فاعل | O herald of the Kingdom! Thy long letter has been carefully read and the contents understood. It proved that thou art not reposing in heart... ...Know that the blessings of the Kingdom of Abha are not dependent upon the capacity and the worthiness of any one; the blessings themselves are the worthiness. | MMK3#137 p.095x | BSC.496 #957x, BSTW#444 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| AB00653 | 480 | Bahá'í World Faith | در خصوص آيه انجيل مرقوم نموده بودی که از قرائن واضح ميشود که در يوم ظهور مسيح جميع نفوس استماع | ...Thou hast written of a verse in the Gospels, asking if at the time of Christ all souls did hear His call | MMK3#138 p.096x | BWF.364-364x, SW_v16#10 p.669x | Belief and denial; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Many are called but few are chosen; Power of prayer; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01915 | 280 | ای ثابت بر پیمان انسان منصف چون نظر بخویش نماید بنهایت عجز و ابتهال متصف شود | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! When a fair-minded soul gazeth upon himself, he becometh characterized by the utmost humility and supplication [3.5s] | MMK3#139 p.097, PYB#170 p.03, ABDA.088-089 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10261 | 70 | شکر کن خدا را که در اين عصر جديد و قرن بديع موجود و مولود شدی تا ندای حضرت موعود شنيدی | Give thanks unto God that thou wert born and brought into being in this new age and wondrous cycle, and didst hearken unto the call of the Promised One [3.5s] | MMK3#140 p.097x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01569 | 310 | ای ثابتان ای صادقان نامهای مبارک شما در نامه حضرت سمی معنوی عبدالبهاء مرقوم و | O ye steadfast ones, O ye sincere ones! Your blessed names were written in the letter of his holiness, the spiritual namesake of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MMK4#085 p.101 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as sun; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08194 | 100 | ای متمسک بعهد و میثاق جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا اعظم اشراق و | O thou who holdest fast to the Covenant and Testament of the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name—may my spirit be a sacrifice for His loved ones—most glorious effulgence [3.5s] | MMK4#087 p.102 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05726 | 140 | ای طالب حقیقت آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید ملکوت الهی شفاخانه روحانی عالم | O seeker of truth! That which thou hast written was noted. The divine Kingdom is the spiritual hospital of the world [3.5s] | MMK4#088 p.103, ANDA#53 p.05 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02334 | 250 | ای احبای الهی شمع میثاق روشن است و عرصه آفاق گلزار و گلشن جنت ابهی بهشت برین | O beloved of God! The Candle of the Covenant shineth bright, and the realm of all horizons is become a rose-garden and flowering paradise of the Abhá Kingdom, the all-highest Paradise [3.5s] | MMK4#092 p.105, AHB.107BE #17 p.360, MAS9.011x | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06204 | 130 | ای دوستان الهی الیوم انوار جمال قدم و اسم اعظم از افق وجود بر هیاکل توحید | O divine friends! Today the lights of the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name shine forth from the horizon of existence upon the temples of unity [3.5s] | MMK4#093 p.106 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00534 | 540 | ای دوستان حقیقی شمائل مبارک آن یاران رسید و بنهایت اشتیاق بکرات و مرات دقت | O true friends! The blessed portraits of those companions were received and, with utmost longing, were contemplated time and again [3.5s] | MMK4#010 p.008, AMK.291-292, IQN.050?, MAS5.169x | Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09537 | 80 | ای ناظر الی الله چه نویسم زیرا تجلیات عنایت جمال ابهی ملکوت وجود را احاطه | O thou who gazest toward God! What can I write? For the effulgent rays of the Ancient Beauty's grace have encompassed the kingdom of existence [3.5s] | MMK4#094 p.107 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07612 | 110 | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لعتبته الطاهره فدا بنفحات قدس | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! By the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name—may my soul be sacrificed at His pure threshold—through the holy fragrances [3.5s] | MMK4#096 p.108 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05258 | 150 | ای متوجه الی الله فاطر الارض و السموات علیک بهاء الله فی المبدء و المال و | O thou who art turned towards God, the Creator of earth and heaven! Upon thee be the glory of God, in the beginning and the end [3.5s] | MMK4#098 p.109 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04871 | 160 | ای ناطق بذکر الله همچو بدان که قلوب این مشتاقان در کل احیان بنفحات ذکر و فکر | O thou who speaketh in remembrance of God! Know thou that the hearts of these yearning ones are, at all times, stirred by the fragrances of His remembrance and reflection [3.5s] | MMK4#099 p.109, FRH.207-208 | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03377 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان حمد کن خدا را که از مطلع آمال انوار جهانتاب طالع و لامع و از | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Render thanks unto God that from the Dayspring of hopes the world-illumining rays have dawned forth, radiant and resplendent [3.5s] | INBA85:047 | MMK4#100 p.110 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09706 | 80 | یا من اهتز من نفحات الله نور هویت چون در زجاجه احدیت روشن گشت آفاق و انفس | O thou whom the fragrances of God have caused to quiver! When the light of His Being shone forth within the lamp of oneness, it illumined both the horizons and the souls [3.5s] | INBA85:098b | MMK4#101 p.111 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10406 | 60 | ای بنده جمال قدم انوار الطاف از ملکوت ابهی ساطعست و نجوم مواهب از افق اعلی | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! The lights of divine favors shine forth from the Abhá Kingdom, and the stars of heavenly bounties gleam from the most exalted horizon [3.5s] | INBA85:106a | MMK4#102 p.111 | Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02471 | 250 | یا من تحمل البلایاء و الرزایاء فی سبیل الله و اشتدت اریاح الامتحان علیه فی | O thou who hast borne trials and tribulations in the path of God, and upon whom the winds of tests have blown with intensity [3.5s] | MMK4#106 p.116 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04247 | 170 | ای احبای الهی عنایات و فیوضات جمال قدم چون بحر اعظم ملکوت وجود را از غیب و | O ye friends of God! The bestowals and outpourings of the Ancient Beauty, like unto a vast ocean, have flooded the Kingdom of existence from the unseen realm [3.5s] | MMK4#107 p.117 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01156 | 370 | یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء همواره خبر استقامت و حسن نیت و پاکی طینت و آرزوی خدمت | O dearly beloved companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Ever do I receive tidings of your steadfastness, goodly intentions, purity of nature, and longing to serve [3.5s] | MMK4#109 p.119, SFI02.155, IDAB.21 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04873 | 160 | ای ناظر بملکوت الهی در هر دمی از ملکوت ابهی یمی از فیوضات فائض و در هر ساعتی | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of God! In every breath an ocean of bounties doth flow from the Abhá Kingdom, and in every hour [3.5s] | MMK4#111 p.121 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02717 | 230 | ای دوستان الهی و یاران رحمانی در این کور عظیم و نعیم مقیم که فیوضات الهیه و | O divine friends and companions of the All-Merciful! In this most great Dispensation and abiding paradise, wherein divine bounties [3.5s] | MMK4#112 p.121, AHB.134BE #01-02 p.03 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03164 | 210 | ای زنده بنفحات وادی ایمن یمن رحمن آن شمس هدی نیر اعظم ملکوت اعلی از افق غیب ابهی | O thou who art quickened by the fragrances of the blessed Vale of Yemen of the All-Merciful! That Sun of Guidance, that Most Great Luminary of the Supreme Kingdom, hath arisen from the Abhá horizon of the unseen [3.5s] | MMK4#115 p.123 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06062 | 130 | ای بنده الهی صبح است و کوکب مشرق از افق طالع و لائح و عبدالبهاء در ظل شعاع او | O servant of God! It is dawn, and the Star hath risen from the horizon, manifest and resplendent, while 'Abdu'l-Bahá abideth beneath its rays [3.5s] | MMK4#116 p.124 | Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03004 | 220 | ای یاران حق وقت عصر است و آفتاب پرتوش در تناقص ولی شمس حقیقت از غیب ملکوت | O friends of Truth! It is the afternoon hour, and the sun's radiance is diminishing; yet the Sun of Reality, from the unseen Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA13:060 | MMK4#118 p.126 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04011 | 180 | ای دوستان الهی الحمد لله که نسیم مشکبار و شمیم عنبرنثار از حدائق قدس در انتشار | O divine friends! Praise be unto God that the musk-laden breeze and amber-scented fragrance are wafting from the gardens of holiness [3.5s] | INBA13:297, INBA55:335 | MMK4#119 p.126 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mystical themes | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06153 | 130 | ای ثابت بر میثاق شمع آفاق در شعله و اشراق است و کلمه الله المطاعه چون آفتاب | O thou steadfast in the Covenant! The lamp of the horizons is aflame and radiant, and the Word of God, which must be obeyed, is even as the sun [3.5s] | MMK4#121 p.128 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02337 | 250 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05396 | 150 | ایها الابتهاج الوهاج الحمد لله سراج افروخته و منهاج واضح و مشهود گشته نسیم | O radiant joy! Praise be unto God that the lamp hath been set aflame and the pathway hath become clear and manifest [3.5s] | MMK4#124 p.130 | Christ; Christianity; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09528 | 80 | ای مهتدی بنور هدایت شعله نورانیه هدی در طور سیناء برافروخت و حرارتش بهمه آفاق | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! The luminous flame of guidance hath been kindled upon Mount Sinai, and its warmth hath spread unto all horizons [3.5s] | MMK4#125 p.130 | Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05674 | 140 | ای دوست الهی اگرچه در جمیع مراتب فیوضات حضرت حی قدیم چون غیث هاطل نازل و کل | O divine friend! Although in all degrees the outpourings of the Ancient and Ever-Living Lord descend even as torrential rain, and all [3.5s] | MMK4#127 p.132 | The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04697 | 160 | ای بنده مبتهل متضرع بملکوت ابهی در این صبح بقا که انوار ملکوت ابهی ممالک غیب | O servant, earnest and beseeching at the Threshold of the Abhá Kingdom! In this eternal morn, when the lights of the Abhá Kingdom illumine the realms of the unseen [3.5s] | INBA17:032 | MMK4#128 p.132 | East and West; communication between East and West; Manifestation of God as sun; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06309 | 130 | ای مشتاق به نار هدایت الهیه پرتوی از انوار | O thou who art athirst for the divine flame of guidance, a ray of celestial light [3.5s] | MMK4#129 p.133 | Manifestation of God as sun; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10621 | 60 | ای ناطق بذکر محبوب آفاق فیض اعظم و فضل اقدم که از مشرق الطاف جمال قدم ظاهر شد | O thou who speakest in remembrance of the Beloved of all horizons! The Most Great Bounty and Most Ancient Grace that hath shone forth from the Dayspring of the favors of the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | MMK4#130 p.133, YMM.356, QUM.123c | Call to action | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02644 | 230 | ای احبای الهی چون شمس حقیقت از افق اسماء و صفات اشراق نمود و آفاق وجود و شهود | O beloved of God! When the Sun of Reality shed its radiance from the horizon of Names and Attributes, illumining the realms of being and consciousness [3.5s] | INBA72:108 | MMK4#132 p.135 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08849 | 90 | ای مستشرق از شمس هدایت کبری حضرت موسی از شجره خضراء شعله ناری مشاهده نمود و | O thou who art seeking enlightenment from the Supreme Sun of Guidance! Moses beheld, from the verdant Tree, a flame of fire [3.5s] | MMK4#133 p.136 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Moses; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05940 | 190 | مکتوبی که مرقوم نموده بودید واصل در کمال اختصار معانی مفصل داشت... ياران فاران را مژده به موهبت کبری ده که نظر عنايت آن مهر تابان | The letter which you had written hath been received, and though most brief, it contained detailed meanings... Give thou the glad-tidings of this supreme bounty unto the friends of Faran, for the glance of providence from that radiant Sun [3.5s] | MMK4#134 p.136x, FRH.208 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01379 | 330 | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مختصر جواب مرقوم میگردد از | O servant of the divine Threshold! Thy letter was received, but owing to lack of time a brief reply is being penned [3.5s] | MMK4#011 p.011 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Eulogies; reminiscences; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10961 | 50 | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله در این عالم ظلمانی | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God in this darksome world [3.5s] | MMK4#136 p.139 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01002 | 390 | ای دوستان الهی شمس حقیقت نیر اعظم افق مبین چون در مشرق اعلی طلوع فرمود اشعه | O divine friends! When the Sun of Truth, that most great Luminary of the manifest horizon, rose in the highest East [3.5s] | MMK4#137 p.140 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05119 | 150 | ای ثابت بر پیمان الحمد لله از مذهب لوثریان بملکوت بهائیان پی بردی و معانی کتاب | O steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be unto God that thou hast found thy way from the Lutheran faith to the Bahá'í Kingdom and the meanings of the Book [3.5s] | MMK4#138 p.141 | Importance of prayer; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04459 | 170 | ای مهتدی بهدایت کبری شکر کن خدا را که شمس حقیقت نور هدات مبذول داشت و آفاق | O thou who art guided by the supreme guidance! Give thanks unto God that the Sun of Truth hath shed upon thee the light of guidance and illumined the horizons [3.5s] | MMK4#139 p.142 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02748 | 230 | ای مخموران صهبای الهی نفحه رحمانی از ریاض باقی میوزد و صبح نورانی از افق معانی | O ye who are intoxicated with the Wine of God! The Breeze of the Merciful is wafting from the rose-garden of Eternity | INBA55:114, INBA55:411 | MMK4#140 p.143, AHB.107BE #05 p.92, AHB.122BE #02 p.47 | DAS.1913-08-26, ABIE.244, BLO_PN#007 | Music and singing; Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB02967 | 220 | ای مستقیمین و ثابتین بر امر جمال قدم و متشبثین بالعروه الوثقی التی لا انفصام | O ye who are steadfast and firmly established in the Cause of the Ancient Beauty, who hold fast to the sure handle that cannot be broken [3.5s] | INBA55:107 | MMK4#142 p.144 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03714 | 190 | ای سالار جمع ابرار از حلاوت معانی نامه شما کام جان و وجدان شیرین گردید زیرا | O Leader of the company of the righteous! From the sweetness of the meanings in thy letter was the palate of spirit and conscience rendered sweet [3.5s] | MMK4#012 p.012 | Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00150 | 920 | ای حضرت امین علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه خدمات آنجناب در آستان الهی چه در ایام ظهور | O thou Trusted One! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His praise! Thy services at the Divine Threshold, in the days of His Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA88:214, INBA89:036 | MMK4#144 p.150, RHQM1.616 (750bx) (460x), MAS5.222x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03467 | 200 | ای گلهای بوستان عرفان در این اوقات که امم عالم مقاومت با امر اسم اعظم خواهند | O ye blossoms of the garden of divine knowledge! In these times when the nations of the world rise in resistance to the Cause of the Most Great Name [3.5s] | INBA88:269b | MMK4#145 p.154 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07379 | 110 | ای خلیل اگر در سبیل الهی رهبر و دلیلی طلبی جمال مبین و سرالقدیم و کوکب منیر | O Khalil! Shouldst thou seek a guide and leader on the path of the Divine, look unto the Manifest Beauty, the Ancient Mystery, and the Luminous Star [3.5s] | MMK4#146 p.154, CPF.270 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05097 | 150 | ای بنده حق همیشه بیاد منی و فراموش ننمایم و فی الحقیقه پیش منی جناب آقا محمد | O servant of the Truth! Thou art ever in my thoughts and I shall never forget thee. In truth thou art before me, O Muhammad [3.5s] | MMK4#013 p.013 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04321 | 170 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و اثر خامه فرح روحانی بخشید زیرا دلالت بر آن | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and the effect of thy pen brought spiritual joy, for it indicated [3.5s] | MMK4#014 p.013 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02519 | 240 | امروز مغناطيس تأييد ملکوت الله ثبوت بر عهد و پيمان است و ما عدای آن کلام هذيان | O thou servant of God! Two letters have been received from thee and | MMK4#152 p.163x | SW_v10#14 p.267-268 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00536 | 540 | خلق هنوز از قوّهء ميثاق غافلند اين عهد نه روايت است و نه حکايت به قلم اعلی از حضرت بهاء الله در نهايت قوّت | O thou Herald of the Covenant! Thy detailed letters have been received | MMK4#153 p.164x | SW_v11#18 p.306-308 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00543 | 530 | الهی الهی قد غشت القلوب غاشیه الاضطراب و حجبت الابصار سبحات الاعتساف و حرمت | O my God, O my God! The hearts have been overwhelmed by the shroud of agitation, and eyes have been veiled by the clouds of tyranny and have been deprived [3.5s] | INBA88:194b | MMK4#155 p.166, MSHR3.151x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03611 | 190 | ای احبای الهی این قرن قرن جمال مبارک است و این عهد از اعصار شمس حقیقت طلوعی | O ye divine lovers! This century is the century of the Blessed Beauty, and this age is distinguished among all ages by the dawning of the Sun of Truth [3.5s] | MMK4#160 p.174 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01318 | 340 | ای ثابت راسخ بر عهد و میثاق الهی ای روی تو در ملکوت ابهی روشن و ای خوی تو در | O thou steadfast and firm one in God's Covenant and Testament! Thy countenance shineth bright in the Abhá Kingdom, and thy character [3.5s] | MMK4#163 p.179 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Exhortations and counsels; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00426 | 590 | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید که بجهت آقا مهدی ارسال نموده بودی نامه | O thou sincere servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter, which thou hadst dispatched on behalf of Aqa Mahdi, hath been received [3.5s] | MMK4#164 p.180x, RHQM2.0906-907 (330) (205-206x) | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Personal instructions; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00743 | 460 | Fire and Light | ای یاران الهی ای مقبولان درگاه حضرت غیرمتناهی حضرت شهید چون نور سعید از مطلع | O ye friends of God! O ye favoured ones at the Threshold of the One Who transcendeth all limitations! That distinguished martyr, like unto a lucky star | MMK4#165 p.181, NANU_AB#07 | BRL_FIRE_AB#06 | Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||
| AB08024 | 100 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان آن خاندان الحمد لله در ظل حضرت رحمانند... اما مسئله سرّ التّنکيس لرمز الرّئيس تنکيس دو معنی دارد يکی به معنی عود است و ديگری به معنی سرنگونی | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant of that household! Praise be to God, they abide beneath the shelter of the All-Merciful... As to the mystery of "reversing the symbol of authority," reversal hath two meanings: one signifieth return, and the other, overthrow [3.5s] | MMK4#168 p.192x, NSS.156x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01239 | 350 | Translation List; On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn' | ای ثابت بر پیمان از کثرت مشاغل مختصر مرقوم میگردد نقشه حسینیه ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Due to the press of numerous occupations, this shall be brief. The design for the Ḥusayníyyih hath been considered [3.5s]... ...The word jinn in the Qurʼan referreth to those whose belief and rejection alike are concealed. The jinn is a hidden being | MMK4#169 p.192x, MMK6#512x, AMK.076-078, AMK.082-084, AVK4.096.06x, AVK4.459ax, RHQM1.563 (688x) (422x), ANDA#81 p.07, MAS2.019x, MAS2.034-035x, YMM.203x, NSS.155ax | ADMS#050ax | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | |||||||
| AB00079 | 1200 | Translation List | الهی الهی هولاء عباد کشفت عن اعینهم الغطاء و جزلت لهم العطاء و نورت ابصارهم | O my God, my God! These are servants from whose eyes Thou hast lifted the veil, upon whom Thou hast bestowed abundant bounties, and whose vision Thou hast illumined [3.5s]... ...during His days in Iraq, the Blessed Beauty went into seclusion for two years. So concealed was the nominee of the Bab | MMK4#174 p.202, MMK6#566, ASAT5.356-361 | ADMS#160x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| AB00547 | 530 | ای منجذب الی الله صبح هدی چون از افق اعلی طلوع نمود بشارتی بود ابرار را و | O thou who art attracted unto God! When the Morn of Guidance rose from the Most Exalted Horizon, it brought glad-tidings unto the righteous [3.5s] | MMK4#176 p.212 | Belief and denial; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Literal interpretation; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quddus; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00300 | 690 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما کشفت الغطاء و رفعت النقاب عن وجه الحقیقه لعبدک المبتهل | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for Thou hast lifted the veil and removed the covering from the face of truth for Thy suppliant servant [3.5s] | MMK4#178 p.219, ASAT5.356x, DUR4.798 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01532 | 320 | یا من اهتدی الی الصراط المستقیم قد اشرقت الارض بنور ربها و اضائت الافاق | O thou who hast been guided to the straight path! The earth hath been illumined with the light of her Lord, and the horizons are aglow [3.5s] | MMK4#180 p.223 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06482 | 130 | ای بندهء حقّ کار از آن گذشته که ما نشسته به استدلاليّه به جهت اهل بيان مشغول شويم و رسالهای تأليف نمائيم | O servant of Truth! The matter has gone beyond the point where We should sit and occupy Ourselves with proofs for the people of the Bayan and compose a treatise [3.5s] | MMK4#181 p.224x | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06267 | 130 | ای قبسه پرشعله نیران محبت الله اقوام عالم هر یک بحجابی از جمال معلوم و ملیک | O thou scintillating flame of the fire of God's love! The peoples of the world are each veiled by a veil from the manifest Beauty and the sovereign King [3.5s] | MMK4#182 p.225 | Anthropomorphism; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Literal interpretation; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02641 | 230 | حمد خدا را که شفق صبح صلح و سلام دميده اميدواريم که در مستقبل آفتاب سلام عامّ از افق عالم | O, thou son of the Kingdom! Your letter dated Dec. 14 1918 was received. Praise be to God, it was indicative of zeal and of happiness | MMK4#184 p.226x | BSTW#231 | Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03131 | 210 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید الحمد لله در لندن ملاحظه فرمودید که آنچه در | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath been received. Praise be to God that thou didst observe in London that which [3.5s] | MMK4#185 p.227, MSHR2.257 | Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00803 | 440 | ای مدیر محترم معارف پرور و خیرخواه عموم بشر ایران وقتی بهشت برین بود و | O thou noble editor, cherisher of knowledge and the well-wisher of the world of humanity! Persia at one time was the delectable paradise | MMK4#187 p.231, PYB#086 p.03 | DAS.1914-10-13 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10883 | 50 | در بغداد شخصی از عرفا به حضور مبارک آمد و خلوت خواست که مشرّف شود و چون فائز شد | In Baghdad there came into His blessed presence a certain mystic who sought a private audience, and when he attained unto this privilege [3.5s] | MMK4#022 p.022x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02198 | 260 | ای بنده آستان مقدس از پیش عنوان شما بغداد سوق المیدان آقا محمد حسین وکیل | O servant of the sacred Threshold, previously addressed at Baghdad, Souq al-Maidan, Agha Muhammad Husayn Wakil [3.5s] | MMK4#023 p.023 | Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00005 | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses) | 10300 | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses, two tablets) | ای رب تری هجوم الامم و جولتها و غرور الملل و صولتها علی عبدک الفرید الوحید | O Lord! Thou beholdest the assault of the nations and their violent commotion, and the pride of the peoples and their fierce onslaught against this lone and solitary servant [3.5s] | INBA87:520, INBA52:548b | MMK4#189 p.259, AYT.428x, HHA.084-088x, KHSH14.000x, RHQM1.170-176 (215x) (127-131x), ADH2_1#38 p.055x, MSHR3.098x, MSHR4.295x, MJMJ2.030bx, MJMJ2.034x, MJMJ2.072bx, MMG2#018 p.017x, MMG2#241 p.271x, MMG2#248 p.279x, OOL.C012a | A. Haghighi | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Imam 'Ali; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate | * | - | MMAH.237 | ||||
| AB02737 | 230 | ای عندلیب حدیقه معانی اشعار فصیح معانی بدیع داشت و در ثنای آستان اسم اعظم | O Nightingale of the Garden of Inner Meanings! Thy verses were eloquent and bore wondrous significances in praise of the threshold of the Most Great Name [3.5s] | INBA87:572, INBA52:607 | MMK4#028 p.026x | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07351 | 110 | ای جان پاک پاکی و آزادگی در انقطاع از ماسوی الله است و تشبث بعهد و میثاق الله | O pure soul! True purity and freedom lie in detachment from all save God and steadfast adherence to His Covenant [3.5s] | INBA13:213b | MMK4#190 p.300 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03753 | 190 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01447 | 330 | رب و رجائی انت المقدس عن ثناای و المنزه عن محامدی و نعوتی و بیانی لک الحمد | O Lord, my Hope! Thou art sanctified above my praise and exalted beyond my tributes, my attributes and my utterance. Unto Thee be praise [3.5s] | MMK4#033 p.033 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mystical themes; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10859 | 50 | ای بنده حضرت مقصود وقتیست که مشارق و مغارب مطالع صبح احدیت گردید شمس حقیقت | O servant of the Desired One! The time hath come when East and West shall become the dawning-places of the morn of Divine Unity, as the Sun of Truth [3.5s] | MMK4#001 p.001 | Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02137 | 270 | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء آندلبر بیهمتا تحمل هر جفاای فرمود و حمل هر بلائی کرد | O dearly beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, that peerless Beloved endured every affliction and bore every tribulation [3.5s] | MMK4#040 p.045, YMM.228x | Exhortations and counsels; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07928 | 100 | ای بنده آستان الهی شمس حقیقت را موطن اصلی مازندران و منبت قدیمی اقلیم طبرستان | O servant of the Divine Threshold! The Sun of Truth findeth its original home in Mazandaran and its ancient origin in the clime of Tabaristan [3.5s] | MMK4#004 p.002 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04284 | 170 | ای بنده جمال ابهی شکایت از اذیت و مشقت نموده بودید که احباب ایران دائما در | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thou didst complain of the trials and tribulations that the friends in Iran continually [3.5s] | MMK4#042 p.047 | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00810 | 440 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء عوانان دست تطاول گشودند و مستبدان بشدت تمام تعرض نمودند و | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The oppressors have stretched forth the hands of tyranny, and the despots have launched their attacks with the utmost intensity [3.5s] | MMK4#043 p.047, MMK5#031 p.032 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01801 | 290 | ای بنده قدیم جمال قدم روحی لاحبائه الفدا آنچه مرقوم نمودید ملحوظ شد و هرچه | O ancient servant of the Ancient Beauty, may my spirit be offered up for His loved ones! That which thou didst write was noted, and whatsoever [3.5s] | MMK4#044 p.048 | Love of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03200 | 210 | ای منجذب الی الحق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی قرائت و تلاوت گردید و بنهایت روح و | O thou who art attracted unto the Truth! That which thou didst write was read and perused with the utmost joy [3.5s] | MMK4#045 p.049 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrdom of the Bab; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08657 | 90 | جمال مبارک روحی لاحبّائه الفداء هر چند بی نهايت اذيّت و جفا ديدند و شدّت ابتلا کشيدند | The Blessed Beauty - may my spirit be a sacrifice for His loved ones - though He suffered infinite persecution and oppression and bore grievous trials [3.5s] | MMK4#048 p.052x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04479 | 170 | ای هموطن جمال مبارک مرا از نامه تو سروری زیرا از اهل نوری و آرزویم چنان که | O compatriot of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter brought me joy, for thou art of the people of light, and my ardent wish is that [3.5s] | MMK4#005 p.003 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01123 | 370 | ای دوستان حضرت یزدان در این کور اعظم که شمس قدم از آفاق امم طالع و لائح گردید | O friends of the Divine Lord! In this Most Great Cycle, when the Ancient Sun hath risen and shone forth from the horizons of all peoples [3.5s] | INBA88:284 | MMK4#054 p.061 | Apocalyptic imagery; Call to action; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03549 | 200 | طالب حقیقتا چون از زمره الذین جاهدوا فینا بودی الحمد لله از حزب لنهدینهم سبلنا | O seeker of truth! Since thou wert among those who strive in Our path, praise be to God thou art assuredly of those whom We guide unto Our ways [3.5s] | MMK4#055 p.062 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01516 | 320 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01667 | 300 | ای اهل جنت ابهی نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل بر ثبات بر امر عظیم و استقامت بر | O people of the Abha Paradise! Your letter hath been received, and praise be to God, it beareth witness to your steadfastness in the mighty Cause and your constancy in [3.5s] | MMK4#061 p.070 | Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01186 | 360 | ای ثمره شجره عرفان جمال رحمن وفاکهه حدیقه جنه ایقان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید در انجمن | O fruit of the tree of mystic knowledge of the All-Merciful Beauty, and fruit of the garden paradise of certitude! That which thou didst write in the gathering [3.5s] | MMK4#062 p.071 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02328 | 250 | ای جان پاک اين کور عظيم و دور کريم برهانش ساطع دليلش لامع حجّتش قاطع سطوتش قاهر عظمتش واضح است | I cry to Thee, O Thou Lord of Verses, Manifestor of Evidences and Revealer of the Consummate Word, to behold this servant with the eye of Thy mercifulness | MMK4#064 p.074x | TEW.019-020 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06866 | 120 | ای متوجهین بنور الهی جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا هر چند از این جهان صعود | O ye who are illumined by the divine light of the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name - may my spirit be a sacrifice for His loved ones - though He hath ascended from this world [3.5s] | MMK4#066 p.076 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08505 | 90 | ای استاد پاک نهاد چه نعمتی اعظم از این که در بلا شریک حضرت اعلی گردیدی و در | O pure-hearted master, what greater bounty than this, that thou didst become a partner in the tribulations of His Holiness the Exalted One and in [3.5s] | MMK4#007 p.005 | Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06382 | 130 | ای هوشیار جهانیان مدهوش اوهامند و بیهوشان صراحی و جام مدام عکسی از پرتو تجلی | O ye discerning ones! The people of the world are lost in delusions, while the senseless ones are intoxicated with the goblet and wine-cup, a mere reflection of the divine effulgence [3.5s] | MMK4#068 p.077, MSHR4.165 | Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10131 | 70 | ای نهال باغ وجدان یوم الله آفتاب حقیقی از افق الهی مشرق و ظاهر و لائح بود و | O thou sapling in the garden of consciousness! The Day of God hath come, and the Sun of Truth hath risen from the divine horizon, manifest and resplendent [3.5s] | MMK4#069 p.077 | Being a source of light; guidance; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05313 | 150 | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی آفتاب حقیقت هر چند از افق عالم بسبحات جلال مخفی... ای احبای الهی بکوشید که وقت ظهور | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! Though the Sun of Truth be concealed behind the veils of glory from the horizon of the world... O ye beloved of God, strive ye that in this time of manifestation [3.5s] | INBA84:487 | MMK4#070 p.078, BSHN.140.478.08x, BSHN.144.471x, DUR4.808x | Call to action; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05864 | 140 | ای یاران الهی جمال قدم و اسم اعظم با ید بیضاای از صلح و صفا در بین اهل عالم | O divine friends! The Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name must [appear] with a white hand of peace and tranquility amongst the people of the world [3.5s] | INBA13:274 | MMK4#072 p.079, SFI12.022 | Call to action; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10576 | 60 | اليوم که آتش فرقت پرحرقت محبوب آفاق دل وجان دوستان حقيقی را سوخته و بنياد حيات جسمانی | Today, when the burning fire of separation from the Best-Beloved of the horizons hath consumed the hearts and souls of His true loved ones and the foundation of physical life [3.5s] | MMK4#073 p.079x | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06319 | 130 | ای مظهر هدایت نور حقیقت چون در قطب عالم بتافت در مشرق احدیت علم افراخت | O Manifestation of Guidance! When the Light of Truth shone forth at the pole of the universe, it raised its banner in the Orient of Oneness [3.5s] | MMK4#075 p.081 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03717 | 190 | ای سرمست باده عرفان تجلیات شمس حقیقت از مشرق بقا دائم و مستمر و امواج بحر اعظم | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of divine knowledge! The effulgences of the Sun of Truth from the Dayspring of eternity are constant and continuous, and the waves of the Most Great Sea [3.5s] | MMK4#077 p.082 | Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06751 | 120 | ای دردمند خردمند در هر دمی چشم بملکوت ابهی باز نماایم که ای محبوب یکتا و | O wise sufferer! At every moment open thine eyes unto the Kingdom of Abhá, O Thou peerless Beloved One [3.5s] | MMK4#079 p.086, MJMJ3.080x, MMG2#334 p.370x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Petitions to authorities; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00443 | 590 | حمدا لمن ادار اقداح الهدی فی محفل اهل الوفاء و سقاهم خمر العطاء فثملوا من | Praise be unto Him Who hath passed round the goblets of guidance in the assembly of the faithful, and given them to drink of the wine of bounty until they were intoxicated [3.5s] | MMK4#082 p.094 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02890 | 220 | ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک اگرچه چندیست تحریری ارسال نگشت و بیان حسیات محبتی | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Though for some time no letter hath been dispatched expressing sentiments of love [3.5s] | MMK5#124 p.097 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for tests and difficulties | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02277 | 260 | ای یار مهربان در تحریر نامه هر چند قصور حاصل ولی این فتور از کثرت مشاغل موفور | O kind friend! Though there be shortcomings in the penning of this letter, such laxity ariseth from the press of numerous occupations [3.5s] | MMK5#125 p.098 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05625 | 140 | ای ثابت بر میثاق شکوه از تاخیر ارسال اجوبه فرموده بودید حق با شماست ولی دستی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou didst voice thy complaint regarding the delay in sending replies, and verily thou art in the right. However [3.5s] | MMK5#126 p.099 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07071 | 120 | Memories of Nine Years in Akka | دل آگاها سحرگاهست و انامل و دیده و ظهر و زانو و ساعد حتی هر تار مو چنان خسته | O confidant of the heart, It is dawn, and the fingertips, the eyes, the back, the knees and arms | MMK5#130 p.102, KNSA.225-226 (415) | MNYA.309 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Personal instructions; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||
| AB08843 | 90 | ای محترق از آتش جهان افروز قریب غروبست و شمس رو بافول محل روشن نه و این عبد از | O thou who art enkindled by the world-illuminating fire! The sun is nigh unto setting, and its orb inclineth toward the western horizon. No light remaineth, and this servant [3.5s] | MMK5#131 p.102 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03408 | 200 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان در پوسته پیش بجناب میرزا عطاء الله خان و جناب محمد خان | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! In the previous post to Jináb-i-Mírzá 'Atá'u'lláh Khán and Jináb-i-Muhammad Khán [3.5s] | MMK5#132 p.103 | Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00042 | 1590 | یا من فدی روحه و فواده و ذاته و کینونته و ماله و علیه فی سبیل جمال اشرقت | O thou who hast sacrificed thy spirit and heart, thy being and essence, thy substance and all thou possessest in the path of the resplendent Beauty [3.5s] | MMK5#133 p.103 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of obligatory prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10754 | 60 | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله قد رتلت کلمات شکرک الله هداک الی المنهج القویم و | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! I have intoned thy words of thanksgiving. God hath guided thee to the straight path [3.5s] | MMK5#134 p.105 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04895 | 160 | ای یاران حق و فداایان جمال مبارک قسم بان روی و خوی او که جهان غیب و شهود را | O ye true companions and devoted souls of the Blessed Beauty, by His countenance and character do I swear, Who hath encompassed both the seen and unseen realms [3.5s] | MMK5#135 p.105 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10592 | 60 | ای مقرب حضرت احدیت الحمد لله نظر عنایت شاملست و موهبت کامل نیم شب است و کل در | O thou who art near unto the Court of Oneness! Praise be to God, the glances of His favor encompass all and His bounties are complete. It is midnight, and all [3.5s] | MMK5#136 p.106 | Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02384 | 250 | ای دو زائر مرقد مقدس منور با نهایت روح و ریحان بمنزلکه جانان رسیدید و از گلشن | O ye two pilgrims of the hallowed and luminous Shrine! With utmost joy and fragrance ye have attained unto the dwelling-place of the Best-Beloved and from the rose-garden [3.5s] | MMK5#137 p.106 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02244 | 260 | ای سرگردان کوه و دشت و بیابان حمد کن حضرت یزدان پاک را که موید بسرگردانی و | O thou who wanderest through mountain, plain and desert! Praise thou the pure Lord that thou art confirmed in thy wandering [3.5s] | MMK5#013 p.008 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Pioneering; travel teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05768 | 140 | ای متشبثات ذیل عنایت در این ایام که حوادث امکان و طوفان امتحان و افتتان شرق و | O ye who cling to the hem of divine bounty in these days when the vicissitudes of contingent existence and the tempests of trials and tests have beset the East [3.5s] | MMK5#138 p.107 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00403 | 600 | اللهم یا الهی انک لتعلم و تری و تشاهد و تشهد الشدائد التی تتابعت علی عبدک | O my God, my Lord! Thou verily knowest and seest, observest and bearest witness to the tribulations that have successively befallen Thy servant [3.5s] | MMK5#139 p.108, MSHR5.053x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08610 | 90 | ای بنده مقرب جمال ابهی هر چند امور بظاهر پریشان گردد ولی الحمد لله در باطن | O thou favored servant of the Beauty of Abha! Though outwardly matters may appear disordered, yet praise be unto God, inwardly [3.5s] | MMK5#141 p.110 | Consolation and comfort; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01108 | 370 | ای بشیرالهی مکاتیب شما رسید و از پریشانی فکر شما بجهت انقلاب بقعه مبارکه حیرت | O divine herald! Thy letters were received, and astonishment was felt at the perturbation of thy thoughts concerning the upheaval at the Holy Shrine [3.5s] | MMK5#142 p.110, BSHI.037-038 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02669 | 230 | ای بنده حقیقی روحانی جمال ابهی مضمون نامه بلیغ مفهوم شد مشحون باحساسات | O true spiritual servant of the Abhá Beauty! The meaning of thy eloquent letter was understood, replete with sentiments [3.5s] | MMK5#143 p.112 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02217 | 260 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما که بتاریخ نهم رمضان بود رسید فی الحقیقه در سبیل | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the ninth of Ramadan was received. In truth, in the path [3.5s] | MMK5#145 p.113, MSHR5.321 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05621 | 140 | ای ثابت بر پیمان هر چند تحریر و تقریر فرصت نیست و حضرات مدتی در اندرون بودند | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Though there be scant opportunity for writing and utterance, and the honoured ones have been in seclusion for a time [3.5s] | MMK5#146 p.113 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08668 | 90 | ای ثابت بر میثاق محزون مباش در فکر صدمات و بلایاء عبدالبهاء افت ملاحظه | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Be thou not sorrowful, neither dwell upon the trials and tribulations that have befallen 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MMK5#147 p.114, MSHR5.045x | Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Poems and quotation from poetry; Review of publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01876 | 290 | یا غافری و یا عفوی انی اعفر وجهی و اغبر جبینی بترباء فناء حضره قدسک مستدعیا | O Thou Forgiver and Pardoner! I cast my face and soil my brow in the dust at the threshold of Thy sacred court, beseeching Thee [3.5s] | MMK5#148 p.114 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for forgiveness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06317 | 130 | ای مظلوم مظلومیت عبدالبهاء بر مظلومیت کل غلبه نمود زیرا مظلومین آفاق اگر هدف | O thou who art oppressed! The oppression visited upon 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath surpassed the oppression endured by all others, for if the oppressed ones of the world [3.5s] | MMK5#149 p.115 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00464 | 580 | یا من هو سر ابیه و حب ربه الابهی دو قطعه رسائل واصل و جواب ارسال میشود در | O thou who art the mystery of thy father and the love of thy Most Glorious Lord! Two letters have been received and an answer shall be dispatched [3.5s] | INBA55:438x | MMK5#150 p.116 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02888 | 220 | ای بنده الهی ندایت باستان مقدس حضرت احدیت واصل و آه و فغان از هجران و حرمانت | O servant of God! Thy call hath reached the sacred threshold of the divine Oneness, and thy sighs and lamentations from separation and deprivation [3.5s] | INBA13:239b | MMK5#014 p.009 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03146 | 210 | ای خادم جمال مقصود مکاتیب شما رسید و بر کیفیت اطلاع حاصل گردید از حزن شما | O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Thy letters were received, and their contents made known thy sorrow [3.5s] | MMK5#015 p.009 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04658 | 160 | ای بنت ملکوت نامه رسید معانی منبعث از قلبی پاک بود و جانی تابناک شکر کن خدا | O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. The meanings emanated from a pure heart and a luminous soul. Render thanks unto God [3.5s] | MMK5#152 p.118 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03860 | 190 | یا امه البهاء اگر بدانی که چه عنایتی از حق بتو شده و مورد چه الطافی البته بال | O maidservant of Bahá! If thou knewest what bounties have been bestowed upon thee from God and what favors have encompassed thee, verily wouldst thou [3.5s] | MMK5#153 p.119 | Exhortations and counsels; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03099 | 210 | ای بشیرالهی اگر بدانی که در چه حالتی بیاد تو مشغولم البته زبان بشکرانه الهی | O Divine Herald! If thou couldst but fathom the state in which I am engaged in remembrance of thee, surely thy tongue would be moved to divine thanksgiving [3.5s] | MMK5#154 p.119, BSHI.034-035 | Consolation and comfort; Pain of love; love as veil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00371 | 620 | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء دو طغرا نامه شما پی در پی رسید مضمون یکی تفصیل لایحه مزوره | O beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Two of your letters arrived in quick succession. The contents of one detailed the false document [3.5s] | INBA85:525 | MMK5#155 p.120, AVK3.136.01x, AVK3.279.02x | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02065 | 270 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب منشادی نگاشته بودی ملاحظه گردید مژده روح و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write to Jináb-i-Manshádí was perused. Glad tidings of the spirit [3.5s] | MMK5#156 p.121 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03241 | 210 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء جان جویای جانانست و دل بیزار از عالم آب و گل روح منجذبست | O ye companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The soul yearneth after its Beloved, and the heart hath grown weary of this world of dust and clay. The spirit is enraptured [3.5s] | MMK5#157 p.122 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00126 | 980 | لک الحمد یا الهی و لک الشکر یا منائی علی ما مننت به علی اصفیائک و انعمت به | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, and all thanksgiving be unto Thee, O my Heart's Desire, for Thy gracious favors bestowed upon Thy chosen ones and the blessings Thou hast granted [3.5s] | MMK5#158 p.123 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03657 | 190 | ای ثابت بر پیمان ترجمه مکتوب مستر چس ملاحظه گردید باو مرقوم نمااید که مکتوب | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The translation of Mr. Chase's letter was perused. Write thou unto him that the letter [3.5s] | MMK5#159 p.124 | Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02659 | 230 | ای بنده اسم اعظم نامه شما وصول یافت و بکمال دقت مطالعه گردید چنانکه آرزو | O servant of the Most Great Name! Thy letter was received and studied with the utmost care. According as thou didst wish [3.5s] | MMK5#160 p.125, MMK6#446x | Consolation and comfort; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01634 | 310 | دوست عزیز من بعد از خبر وفات والده مرحومه محترمه دیگر از شما نامه ای نرسید | Dear friend, after receiving news of the passing of your honoured mother, no further letters have reached me from you [3.5s] | MMK5#162 p.126 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05842 | 140 | ای نیر نورانی جناب سینا رجای ذکر شما نمود و حال آنکه دائما در نزد اینعبد مذکوری و در | O radiant luminary! His honour Sina hath made mention of thee, though verily thou art ever remembered in the presence of this servant and [3.5s] | INBA84:396b | MMK5#163 p.126 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02374 | 250 | ای ثابت عهد راسخ پیمان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ افتاد خوشا بحال تو که | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant and firm in the Testament! That which thou didst write was noted. Blessed art thou [3.5s] | MMK5#016 p.010 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06187 | 130 | ای دو بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکتوب مرقوم ملحوظ گردید و معانی در صحائف قلب محفوظ | O ye two sincere servants of the Abha Beauty! Your letter was received, and its meanings were preserved in the pages of the heart [3.5s] | MMK5#017 p.010 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03521 | 200 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03288 | 210 | یا علی اعلم حق الیقین ان اسمی عبدالبهاء و سمتی عبدالبهاء و صفتی عبدالبهاء و | O Ali! Know in the indubitable truth my name indeed is Abdu'l-Baha. My deportment is Abdu'l-Baha. My qualification is Abdu'l-Baha | INBA55:266, INBA88:110 | MMK5#165 p.128, MSHR1.021x, YIA.546-547 | CUPAB.018-019 | Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB02271 | 260 | ای ناظم عقد اللئال اشعار مانند لولو آبدار قرائت شد در نهایت حلاوت بود ترجیع | O thou who stringest pearls together! The verses were read like glistening pearls, in utmost sweetness [3.5s] | MMK5#166 p.129, FRH.268-269 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02932 | 220 | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان تحریر سبب تسریر قلوب بود و مضمون نشئه رحیق مختوم بخشید | O ye two who stand firm in the Covenant! Your letter brought joy to hearts, and its contents imparted the essence of the sealed wine [3.5s] | MMK5#167 p.129 | Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01879 | 290 | یا من توجه الی دیار الله فی صون حمایه الله فدیت بروحی کل من قام بالعبودیه | O thou who hast turned thy face towards the realms of God under the protection and shelter of God! I would sacrifice my soul for all who have arisen in servitude [3.5s] | INBA21:185 (236), INBA88:140 | MMK5#168 p.130 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11057 | Cablegram | 50 | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من عبدالبهاء هستم حضرت بهاء الله بی مثل و نظیر است کل باید توجه به بهاء الله | I AM SERVANT OF BAHA HIS HOLINESS BAHAULLAH IS UNIQUE AND PEERLESS ALL MUST TURN | MMK5#169 p.131, AMK.288-288, YHA1.015, YHA1.116 (1.240), BDA2.139 | SW_v03#19 p.008, SW_v06#12 p.094, MHMD2.173, BSTW#073b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB00655 | 480 | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی حقا که وفاپروری و جانفشان و در جانفشانی پر روح و ریحان | O thou faithful servant of the Abha Beauty! Verily, thou art loyal and self-sacrificing, and in thy sacrifice thou art filled with spirit and sweet fragrance [3.5s] | MMK5#170 p.131 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05634 | 140 | ای جناب جذاب اشعار قرائت گردید هر چند مانند آب روان بود ولی مضمون موافق طبع | O esteemed one! The verses were perused. Though they flowed like running water, their substance was agreeable [3.5s] | MMK5#171 p.133 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07948 | 100 | ای بنده جمال ابهی منظومه ملاحظه گردید فصیح و بلیغ بود ولی مطابق آاین | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The poem was perused. It was eloquent and articulate [3.5s] | MMK5#172 p.134 | 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; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03261 | 210 | ایها الفرع العظیم من السدره الرحمانیه در جمیع احیان در ذیل جبل مبارک در جوار | O mighty Branch of the divine Tree of the All-Merciful! At all times beneath the blessed Mount, in close proximity [3.5s] | MMK5#173 p.134 | Business; financial; property matters; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00254 | 730 | ای ادیب دبستان الهی تحریرات متعدده آنجناب واصل گردید و مضامین دلنشین مفهوم | O thou teacher in the divine school! Numerous letters from thee were received and their sweet contents were understood [3.5s]... ...As regards the Huquq which hath been explicitly prescribed in the Book: This is intended for the benefit and prosperity of the individuals themselves | MMK5#174 p.134 | COC#1162x | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Hands of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02875 | 220 | ای امه الله المهیمن القیوم همچو تصور منما که فراموش شدی و یا از ذکرت خاموش | O handmaid of God, the All-Prevailing, the Self-Subsisting, think not that thou hast been forgotten, or that mention of thee hath fallen silent [3.5s] | MMK5#018 p.011, ANDA#77 p.66 | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels; Prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06636 | 120 | ای بنده جمال ابهی اشعار بلیغانه و مسدس فصیحانه که اثر قریحه عاشقانه آنجناب | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The eloquent verses and the fluent musaddas, which are the fruit of your devoted poetic genius [3.5s] | MMK5#176 p.137 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07682 | 110 | ای یار مهربان در بیان اینعبد ابدا تفسیر و تعبیر جائز نه بلکه صریح عبارت عین | O kind friend! In the utterances of this servant, interpretation and commentary are never permissible; rather, the explicit statement itself [3.5s] | MMK5#177 p.137 | Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08306 | 100 | ای ورقه مطمئنه در عوالم الهی و در جهان غیرمتناهی عنوان ربوبیت و القاب الوهیت | O assured leaf! In the divine realms and the infinite universe, titles of Lordship and appellations of Divinity [3.5s] | MMK5#178 p.138, PYK.298 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09201 | 80 | ای بنده الهی جناب قابل سائل و آمل که نظر محبتی بان حبیب کامل گردد این معلومست | O servant of God! His honor Qábil, seeker and aspirant, longeth that a glance of loving-kindness be cast upon that perfect beloved one. This is evident [3.5s] | MMK5#179 p.138 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00375 | 620 | ای ناطق بثنای الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید و از مضامین نهایت تعجب | O thou who speakest in praise of God! That which thou didst write was perused, and its contents caused the utmost astonishment [3.5s] | MMK5#180 p.138 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02603 | 240 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00260 | 720 | اناجیک یا الهی مکبا بوجهی علی التراب منتظرا لبدایع الطافک متمرغا جبینی بالثری | I cry to Thee, 0, my Lord, while rolling myself on the dust and expecting the Wonders of Thy Bounties… If any soul asks concerning the station of this servant, the answer is Abdu'l-Baha | INBA16:060 | MMK5#185 p.146, AVK4.286x | SW_v08#14 p.186x, SW_v08#15 p.212x, CUPAB.003 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB01475 | 320 | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکاتیبیکه ارسال نموده بودی رسید و ملاحظه گردید من | O sincere servant of the Abha Beauty! The letters thou didst send were received and perused [3.5s] | MMK5#186 p.147 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03503 | 200 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00641 | 490 | ای یاران الیوم یوم اتحاد و اتفاقست و خلوص در امر نیر آفاق وقت جانفشانیست و | O ye friends! This is the day of unity and concord, and of sincerity in the Cause of the resplendent Orb of all horizons. This is the time to offer up one's life in sacrifice [3.5s] | INBA13:112, INBA88:105, INBA89:020b, Ghazi3072.131-136 | MMK5#188 p.148 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for nearness to God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The ephemeral and the eternal | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00523 | 550 | یا بن من شهد لسان القدم بتقدیسه آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید مشهود و معلوم گردید از | O son of him whose tongue hath testified to His sanctification in eternity, that which thou didst write hath been seen and understood [3.5s] | MMK5#190 p.150, MMK6#086x, PYK.230, MSHR4.406x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10264 | 70 | یا من تعبد لله عبودیت را از عبدالبهاء بیاموز که شب و روز بعبودیت بندگان بهاء | O thou who worshipest God, learn servitude from 'Abdu'l-Bahá, who night and day is engaged in servitude to the servants of Bahá [3.5s] | MMK5#191 p.150, YQAZ.330-331 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06258 | 130 | ای عبد علی و عبد بهاء هرکس بعبودیت علی یعنی حضرت اعلی روحی له الفداء کما هی | O servant of 'Alí and servant of Bahá! Whosoever serveth 'Alí—that is, the exalted One, may my spirit be a sacrifice unto Him—as He truly is [3.5s] | MMK5#192 p.150 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; High station of the true believer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Twin Manifestations | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01710 | 300 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05329 | 150 | ای نیر افق محبت الله محزون مباش مغموم مباش دلخون مباش پرشوق و پرشور باش وقت | O radiant orb of the horizon of God's love! Be thou neither sorrowful nor dismayed, neither let thy heart be grieved. Be thou, rather, filled with eagerness and passionate fervor [3.5s] | MMK5#194 p.152 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03490 | 200 | Mahmúd's Diary | ای مونس قدیم و یار ندیم عبدالبهاء آلان در خیابان رو به آپارتمان اسپات گیت | O ancient companion and intimate friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! At this moment, I am walking along the avenue toward Spot Gate apartment [3.5s]... ...Fidelity demands roaming over deserts and mountains. True fidelity is attained when a wanderer, nameless and traceless, becomes a target for the arrows of oppression | MMK5#195 p.152, BDA1.128.15x | SW_v19#08 p.254x, MHMD1.138, ABCC.220-221 | Power of prayer; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||
| AB03243 | 210 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء عصر است و یاران روحانی از مسافرین و مجاورین عازم زیارت | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! It is eventide, and the spiritual friends, both pilgrims and residents, are setting forth to visit the Sacred Shrine [3.5s] | MMK5#197 p.153 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03282 | 210 | یا ابی الفضائل مسئله مستر مکنات و خان بسیار مسئله مهمه است جناب خان را نصیحت | O Abu'l-Fadl, the matter concerning Mr. McNutt and Khan is indeed a most important question. Counsel Khan [3.5s] | MMK5#198 p.154 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05713 | 140 | ای سمی عبدالبهاء ید عنایت تاج عبودیت بر سر ما نهاد تو غلام حسینی من عبدالبهاء | O namesake of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The hand of divine favor hath placed the crown of servitude upon our head. Thou art Ghulám-Husayn; I am 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MMK5#199 p.154 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10862 | 50 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04946 | 160 | حمد کن خدا را که بنام اصغری ولی محرم میثاق اسم اعظمی دیگران بنام اکبر لکن | Praise be to God that thou art named Asghar, yet art intimate with the Covenant of the Most Great Name, while others bear the name of Akbar [3.5s] | MMK5#201 p.155 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05704 | 140 | ای سرمست صهبای میثاق الحمد لله تاجی وهاج بر سر داری و رداای نوراء در بر و آن | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! Praise be unto God, thou wearest a resplendent crown upon thy head and art arrayed in a luminous mantle [3.5s] | MMK5#202 p.155 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06668 | 120 | ای بهاقلی بنده او باش و شرمنده الطاف او تا هوشمند گردی و پایه بلند یابی هیچ | O Baha-Quli! Be thou His servant and stand abashed before His gracious favors, that thou mayest grow wise and attain unto exalted heights [3.5s] | MMK5#203 p.156 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06096 | 130 | ای بنده خداوند صیت ظهور جمال قدم شرق جهان و غرب کیهان را احاطه نموده است و | O servant of God! The fame of the Ancient Beauty's advent hath encompassed the East of the world and the West of the firmament [3.5s] | MMK5#204 p.156 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00755 | 450 | ای بنده صادق جمال کبریاء خلاصه حوادث اینست که هیئت تفتیش در نهایت کنج کاوی | O sincere servant of the Glorious Beauty! The essence of what hath transpired is this: that the Committee of Investigation, with utmost scrutiny [3.5s] | MMK5#021 p.013, ASAT4.359x | Call to action; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09084 | 90 | یا من تمسک بذیل الکبریاء از شدت احزان و آلام | O thou who clingest to the hem of grandeur, through the intensity of sorrows and afflictions [3.5s] | MMK5#206 p.157, MSHR3.366 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Poems and quotation from poetry; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03419 | 200 | ای دو بنده صادق حق و دو ناصر میثاق و دو ایادی امر نیر آفاق کمر همت را در | O ye two sincere servants of the True One, and ye two steadfast upholders of the Covenant, and ye two Hands of the Cause of the luminous horizon, gird up the loins of endeavour [3.5s] | MMK5#207 p.158 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Hands of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00401 | 610 | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله قد تجلی جمال الله الابهی من سیناء الظهور مشرق النور | O thou who art enraptured by the fragrances of God! The Beauty of the Most Glorious One hath shone forth from the Sinai of Revelation, the Dawning-place of Light [3.5s] | MMK5#209 p.160, MMK6#167 | 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; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03970 | 180 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید بنص کتاب اقدس و صریح کتاب عهد عبدالبهاء مبین | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. According to the clear text of the Book of Akdas... ...According to the text of the Book of Akdas and the explicit Book of Ahd, Abdu'l-Baha is the interpreter | MMK5#211 p.163, YHA1.016x, NJB_v05#14 p.005 | DAS.1914-07-07, SW_v05#09 p.137, SW_v08#17 p.222-223, SW_v09#12 p.136x, BSTW#416, BSTW#442 | Importance of authoritative interpretation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06701 | 120 | ای ثابت بر پیمان وقت میدانست و هنگام ثبوت بر پیمان در این مصیبت کبری که احاطه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The time is known, and in this grievous calamity which hath encompassed all, the hour hath come to stand firm in the Covenant [3.5s] | MMK5#212 p.163 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00899 | 410 | ای ثابت راسخ بر عهد و میثاق آنچه مسطور بود ملحوظ گشت و هر چه مرقوم بود منظور | O thou steadfast and firm in the Covenant and Testament! That which was written hath been noted, and whatsoever was recorded hath been considered [3.5s] | MMK5#213 p.164, NANU_AB#35x, YIA.381x | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00148 | 930 | بکمال ثبوت و رسوخ در حفظ و صیانت حصن حصین امر اللّه بکوشید و در ثبوت و استقامت بر عهد و پیمان الهی | With the utmost steadfastness and constancy strive ye to preserve and protect the impregnable fortress of the Cause of God, and remain firm and immovable in your faithfulness to the divine Covenant [3.5s] | MMK5#214 p.164x | Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08700 | 90 | ای خیاط خیاط حقیقی خلعتی از حریر الهی و پرند و پرنیان رحمانی بر قامت موزون | O divine Tailor! The true Tailor hath fashioned a robe of celestial silk and sacred brocade for a graceful form [3.5s] | MMK5#216 p.166 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06506 | 130 | یا من استضاء بانوار سطعت من سدره السیناء قد اشتعل العالم من النار الموقده فی | O thou who art illumined by the lights that shine forth from the Sinaic Tree! The world hath been set ablaze by the fire kindled [3.5s] | MMK5#217 p.167 | Belief and denial; Manifestation of God as sun; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01581 | 310 | ای سرمست باده پیمان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید همه بشارات نشر نفحات | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! That which thou didst write was considered, and all were glad-tidings of the diffusion of divine fragrances [3.5s] | MMK5#218 p.167 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05148 | 150 | ای ثابت و راسخ بر پیمان شکر جمال قدم را که بذیل تقدیس متشبثی و بحبل توحید | O thou who art firm and steadfast in the Covenant! Thanks be to the Ancient Beauty, that thou hast clung to the hem of sanctity and to the cord of oneness [3.5s] | MMK5#219 p.168 | Call to action; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for teaching | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02239 | 260 | ای دوستان حضرت یزدان هر چند بابدان هزاران فرسنگ دورید و مهجور ولی بدل و جان | O ye friends of God, though ye be distant by countless leagues and far removed, yet in heart and soul [3.5s] | MMK5#220 p.169 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08530 | 90 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00311 | 670 | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه از قبل و بعد مرقوم نموده بودید با وجود عدم مجال تمام | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! That which thou didst write, both before and after, despite lack of opportunity [3.5s] | MMK5#222 p.170 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02069 | 270 | ای ثابت بر عهد اریاح امتحانست که از هر جهت در هیجانست و گردباد افتتانست که | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The winds of tests blow turbulently from every direction, and the whirlwind of trials is [3.5s] | MMK5#223 p.172 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00107 | 1060 | یا امه البهاء نامه شما قرائت گردید ولی متحیر ماندم از مضمون آن زیرا میدانی | O handmaiden of Bahá! Your letter was read, but I was astonished at its contents, for you know [3.5s]... ...By God, I am not offended by Mírza Badí‘u’llah, or by the harm he inflicted on Me which caused My renewed incarceration and stirred up mischief against Me | MMK5#224 p.173 | LTDT.242x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01696 | 300 | ای ثابت راسخ بر عهد و میثاق نفحات استقامت و خلوص نیت و ثبوت و رسوخ بر پیمان | O thou who art steadfast and firm in the Covenant! The sweet fragrances of constancy and sincerity of purpose, of steadfastness and firmness in the Covenant [3.5s] | MMK5#225 p.176, MSBH4.478x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01014 | 390 | ای مونس قدیم مکاتیب مفصله جمیع رسید و در نهایت سرور قرائت گردید ولی افسوس که | O ancient companion! All thy detailed letters were received and read with the utmost joy; however, alas [3.5s] | MMK5#022 p.015 | Call to action; Review of publications; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03684 | 190 | ای ثابت راسخ بر پیمان رحمن آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از مضامین | O thou who art steadfast and firm in the Covenant of the All-Merciful! That which thou didst write hath been noted, and from its contents [3.5s] | INBA55:401, INBA79.013 | MMK5#226 p.177 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07501 | 110 | ای فرع لطیف شجره سیناء خوشا که از این دوحه مقدسه روایدی و از این سدره مبارکه | O delicate branch of the Tree of Sinai! Blessed art thou, who hast sprung from this sacred Tree and this blessed Lote-Tree [3.5s] | MMK5#227 p.178 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07521 | 110 | ای متمسک بحبل متین خوشا بحال تو که بهیچ حجابی محتجب نگشتی و بهیچ نسبت و | O thou who holdest fast to the mighty cord! Blessed art thou, for thou hast not been veiled by any veil, nor by any tie [3.5s] | MMK5#228 p.178 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04035 | 180 | ای عندلیب گلستان عرفان جمال الهی مدتی مدید خبری از شما نرسید بعد مراسله ای | O nightingale of the rose-garden of divine knowledge and recognition, for a long time no word was received from thee, until thy letter [3.5s] | INBA87:607, INBA52:648 | MMK5#229 p.179 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08955 | 90 | ای ورقه موقنه از روزی که مراجعت نمودی تا بحال همیشه منظور بودی و دائما مذکور | O steadfast leaf! From the day thou didst return until now, thou hast ever been before Mine eyes and continually remembered [3.5s] | MMK5#230 p.179 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01334 | 340 | ای شمع انجمن عرفان در این ساعت که طیر حدیقه وفا بال و پر گشوده که در فضای | O Lamp of the Assembly of Mysticism! In this hour, when the bird of the garden of faithfulness hath spread wide its wings to soar in the heights [3.5s] | INBA87:598, INBA52:637 | MMK5#231 p.179 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00127 | 980 | و انی یا الهی اتقرب الیک بنفوس اضطرمت فی قلوبهم نار محبتک و انسجمت دموعهم فی | O my God! I draw nigh unto Thee through souls in whose hearts the fire of Thy love hath blazed forth and whose tears have streamed down [3.5s] | MMK5#232 p.180 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05560 | 140 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06864 | 120 | ای متمسک بعهد و پیمان اگرچه چند مکتوب از آنجناب واصل از کثرت احزان و اشغال | O thou who holdest fast to the Covenant and Testament! Although several letters were received from thee, owing to the multitude of sorrows and occupations [3.5s] | MMK5#234 p.184 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00312 | 670 | ای متمسک بذیل کبریاء نفحه که از حدیقه قلب آن موقن بالله برخواسته بود بمشام | O thou who hast clung to the hem of grandeur! The fragrance which arose from the garden of the heart of that steadfast believer in God hath reached Our presence [3.5s] | INBA55:200, INBA72:127 | MMK5#235 p.184 | 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; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00387 | 610 | ای ثابت بر پیمان از شدت بلایا و محن و مصائب شدیده در نهایت ضعف بدن مختصر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! From the intensity of tribulations, trials and grievous afflictions, the body is in utmost weakness [3.5s] | MMK5#023 p.016 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05156 | 150 | ای جمال امروز روزیست که باید جمال خویش را ثابت نماای و با کمال درپیوندی تا | O Beauty! This is the day wherein thou must needs prove thine own comeliness and unite with perfection [3.5s] | MMK5#237 p.187 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02071 | 270 | ای ثابت بر عهد و راسخ بر میثاق شکر کن حضرت قیومرا که باستان مقدس فائز گشتی و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant and firm in the Testament, render thanks unto the Self-Subsisting Lord, that thou hast attained unto the sacred Threshold [3.5s] | MMK5#238 p.188 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00488 | 560 | ای افنون رفیع سدره الهی قریب بغروب است و از طلوع تا بحال این خامه در تحریر | O exalted branch of the Divine Lote-Tree! The sun is nigh to setting, and from its rising until this moment I have been engaged in writing [3.5s] | MMK5#239 p.188, MSHR5.068x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06637 | 120 | ای بنده جمال ابهی الیوم سراپرده پیمان در قطب جهان بعنان آسمان رسیده و امکانرا | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Today the pavilion of the Covenant hath been raised to the zenith of the heavens, casting its shelter over the realm of being [3.5s] | INBA13:107 | MMK5#240 p.190, TAH.350a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09578 | 80 | Translation List | ای ورقه مبتهله گویند که نساء در خلقت و طینت و منقبت اضعف از رجالند و اشد | O blazing leaf! It is said that—in terms of their constitution, their nature, and their station—women are weaker than men and more fervent in their hopes | MMK5#241 p.191 | ADMS#220 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role and station of women | - | - | |||||||
| AB02269 | 260 | ای موقن بایات الله الیوم اعظم امور و اهم مواد ثبوت بر عهد و پیمان الهیست و | O thou who art firm in the verses of God! Today the most glorious of all matters and the most momentous of all things is steadfastness in the Covenant and Testament of God [3.5s] | INBA13:299 | MMK5#242 p.191 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05830 | 140 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07205 | 110 | ای امه الله صبح است قبل طلوع آفتاب جناب حاجی سید جواد بواسطه فواد خواهش نگارش | O handmaid of God! It is dawn, before the rising of the sun. His honor Ḥájí Siyyid Javád, through Fu'ád, hath requested this writing [3.5s] | MMK5#244 p.192 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08101 | 100 | ای ربیب حضرت عندلیب از حضرت دوست استدعای شب و روز اینست که دوستان راستان را | O cherished fosterling of His Holiness the Nightingale! From the Beloved, this is the prayer, night and day, that the true friends [3.5s] | INBA55:176, INBA87:575a, INBA52:611a | MMK5#245 p.193 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08091 | 100 | ای دوستان الهی هنگام تضرع و ابتهالست و وقت تذلل و انکسار دست عجز و نیاز | O divine friends! This is the time for supplication and entreaty, the hour of humility and contrition, with hands upraised in helplessness and need [3.5s] | INBA13:275a | MMK5#246 p.193, MMG2#106 p.120x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09501 | 80 | ای مظهر عنایت جمال ابهی خوشا بحال آن خانواده که کل بر عهد و میثاق ثابت و راسخ | O manifestation of the bounties of the Abhá Beauty! Blessed indeed is that family wherein all stand firm and steadfast in the Covenant and Testament [3.5s] | MMK5#247 p.193 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09333 | 80 | ای خاندان استقامت بر عهد و پیمان شکر کنید حضرت بها را که موفق بر تمسک بر | O family steadfast in the Covenant, render thanks unto the Blessed Beauty that ye have been enabled to hold fast unto [3.5s] | MMK5#248 p.194 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00739 | 460 | ای کنیز الهی نامه شما رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد از خدا میخواهم که ترا | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received and the contents | MMK5#249 p.194, NJB_v12#14 p.240 | LOG#0603x, SW_v12#14 p.233-234 | Christ; Christianity; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08960 | 90 | ای یادگار آن متصاعد الی الله در این ایام که نیران امتحان و آتش افتتان شعله | O thou remnant of him who ascended unto God! In these days when the fires of tests and the flames of trials blaze forth [3.5s] | MMK5#250 p.196 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09964 | 70 | ای دوستان حق ثابت بر پیمانید و راسخ بر میثاق این قوه مغناطیس محبت الله است | O friends of Truth! Ye are firm in the Covenant and steadfast in the Testament. This is the magnetic force of the love of God [3.5s] | MMK5#251 p.196 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04414 | 170 | ای طبیب شکر کن خدا را که حبیب قلوب گشتی جمیع یاران ترا دوست میدارند و نهایت | O thou physician! Render thanks unto God that thou hast become beloved of hearts. All the friends cherish thee with utmost affection [3.5s] | MMK5#252 p.197, TAH.277, RAHA.052 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06157 | 130 | ای ثابت نابت سحاب رحمت سایه بر سر افکنده و انوار فیض اعظم بر شرق و غرب تابیده | O thou who art steadfast and firmly rooted! The cloud of mercy hath cast its shadow overhead, and the rays of the Most Great Bounty have shone forth upon both East and West [3.5s] | INBA55:348 | MMK5#253 p.197 | Development of capacity and readiness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05624 | 140 | ای ثابت بر میثاق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید احبای الهی باید رحمت | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! That which thou hadst written was perused. The beloved of God must be [3.5s] | MMK5#254 p.198 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08311 | 100 | ای ورقه موقنه حضرت امین از افق مبین بتو ناظر و متوجه و با رخی چون نجم بازغ | O assured leaf! His Holiness the Trusted One gazeth upon thee from the manifest horizon, with a countenance like unto a brilliant star [3.5s] | MMK5#255 p.198 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08913 | 90 | ای ناطق بذکر الهی در این اوان که اریاح افتتان آفاق امکانرا احاطه نموده است | O thou who speaketh in remembrance of God! In this hour when the winds of test and trial have encompassed the horizons of contingent being [3.5s] | MMK5#256 p.199 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05400 | 150 | ایها الفرع الرشیق من السدره المبارکه هر چند مدتی مدیده خبری نرسیده ولی این عبد | O graceful branch of the blessed Lote-Tree! Though a long period hath elapsed during which no tidings were received, yet this servant [3.5s] | MMK5#257 p.199, YBN.045-046 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04341 | 170 | ای ثمره شجره توحید شکر کن حضرت احدیت را که از دام امتحان رستی و از اشد افتتان | O fruit of the tree of divine unity, render thanks unto the Lord of Oneness, for thou hast been delivered from the snare of trials and from the most grievous tribulations [3.5s] | MMK5#258 p.200 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02339 | 250 | ای اسرای الهی چنان بخاطر نگذرد که آنی ان اسیران سبیل الهی نسیان و فراموش شده | O ye divine captives! Let it not pass through your minds, even for a moment, that those prisoners in the pathway of God have been forgotten or forsaken [3.5s] | MMK5#259 p.200 | Consolation and comfort; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02738 | 230 | ای فرع برومند آن حضرت تقدیس مجسم وحید این عصر عظیم حقا که نبوت آن فرید قرن | O noble scion of that sanctified Exemplar, the embodiment of sanctity, the unique one of this mighty Age! Verily, that peerless one of the century [3.5s] | MMK5#260 p.201 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10367 | 60 | ای امه الله شکر کن خدا را که موفق بهدایت کبری گشتی و مشمول نظر رحمت پروردگار | O maidservant of God! Render thanks unto the Lord that thou hast attained unto supreme guidance and been encompassed by the glance of thy Lord's mercy [3.5s] | MMK5#261 p.202, KNJ.053a | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08260 | 100 | ای ناطق بثنای جمال قدم در این زمان که هویت قلب این مشتاقان از نفحات ذکر | O thou who proclaimeth the praise of the Ancient Beauty! In this time when the very heart of these yearning souls is stirred by the sweet fragrances of remembrance [3.5s] | MMK5#262 p.202 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10411 | 60 | ای بنده حق خوشا بحال نفوسیکه از انفاس طیب میثاق مشام معطر نمودند و از اریاح | O servant of the Truth! Blessed are the souls who have perfumed their senses with the sweet breaths of the Covenant and from the fragrant [3.5s] | INBA85:347a | MMK5#263 p.203 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07347 | 110 | ای ثابت ناطق پدر بزرگوار در ملکوت ابهی افتخار بثبوت ابناء جان نثار مینماید و | O steadfast and eloquent one! Thy noble father in the Abha Kingdom taketh pride in the steadfastness of his devoted, self-sacrificing sons [3.5s] | MMK5#264 p.203 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08032 | 100 | ای جواد در عالم وجود صفت جود سلطنتی در کمال عظمت میراند و هر حقیقت مکنونرا از | O Javad! In the realm of existence, the attribute of generosity reigns with sovereign majesty, bringing forth every hidden reality [3.5s] | INBA13:203a | MMK5#265 p.203 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05290 | 150 | ای منجذب بوی دوست در این صبحدم که فیوضات جمال قدم مونس و همدمست کلک اشتیاق | O thou who art attracted by the fragrance of the Friend! In this dawning hour, when the outpourings of the Ancient Beauty are thy companion and intimate associate [3.5s] | MMK5#266 p.204 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for nearness to God; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00832 | 430 | ای عزیز محترم نامه ای که به آقا میرزا لطف الله مرقوم نمودید ملاحظه گردید | O revered friend, the letter which thou didst address to Áqá Mírzá Luṭfu'lláh hath been perused [3.5s] | MMK5#267 p.204 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05270 | 150 | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله چه نویسم و چه نگارم جان هوای کوی جانان دارد و دل | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! What shall I pen, and what shall I write? My soul yearneth for the precincts of the Beloved, and my heart [3.5s] | MMK5#268 p.205, MSHR5.399 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01588 | 310 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04654 | 160 | ای بشیرالهی هر چند اوقات نامساعد و ناقضان در ضر عبدالبهاء مجاهد و مخابره بین | O divine herald! Though times be unfavorable and the Covenant-breakers strive against 'Abdu'l-Bahá, communications between [3.5s] | MMK5#024 p.018, BSHI.041-042 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00693 | 470 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیب متعدده شما رسید و مختصر جوابی از پیش ارسال گردید تا | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Numerous letters from thee were received, and a brief reply was dispatched beforehand [3.5s] | MMK5#025 p.018 | Consultation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01125 | 370 | ای عندلیب حدیقه معانی مدتی بود که نغمه از آن مرغ سحری بسمع مشتاقان نرسیده بود | O Nightingale of the garden of meanings! For some time no melody from that dawn-bird hath reached the ears of the eager ones [3.5s] | INBA21:069, INBA87:608, INBA52:649 | MMK5#270 p.207 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05722 | 140 | ای شمع محفل یاران سراج افروخته در سوز و گداز است و قلبش از نفحات الطاف حضرت | O thou candle of the gathering of friends! The lamp set ablaze is consumed in burning and yearning, and His heart is stirred by the fragrances of the favours of His Holiness [3.5s] | MMK5#271 p.207 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00072 | 1230 | ای غلام حق بر مضمون شکایت مشحون مکتوب اطلاع حاصل گردید نهایت استغراب حاصل چه | O servant of Truth! The contents of thy plaint-laden letter have become known, and have occasioned the utmost astonishment [3.5s] | INBA17:205 | MMK5#273 p.208x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06161 | 130 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه مبارک یاران با نهایت رقت تلاوت گردید و بدرگاه حضرت | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! The blessed letter of the friends was read with the utmost tenderness at the threshold of His holiness [3.5s] | INBA87:236a, INBA52:240b | MMK5#276 p.211 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00539 | 540 | ای یاران الهی و اماء رحمانی نامه مبارک شما در خوشترین وقتی وصول یافت وقتیکه دیده | O divine friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Your blessed letter was received at the most delightful of moments, at a time when the eye [3.5s] | MMK5#277 p.211 | Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06006 | 130 | الهی الهی تسمع ضجیجی فی جنح اللیالی و صریخی فی غدوی و آصالی اتضرع الیک عند | O my God, my God! Thou hearest my cry in the dark of night, and my plaintive call at dawn and eventide; unto Thee do I supplicate [3.5s] | MMK5#279 p.212 | Love of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06417 | 130 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب سمی ذبیح نهایت مدح و ثنا از آن یاران باوفا نمایند که | O ye companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! His honor Samíʻ Zabíḥ hath offered high praise and commendation of those faithful friends who [3.5s] | MMK5#280 p.212 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05988 | 130 | از عدم فرصت مختصر جواب مرقوم میشود در مسئله مشرق الاذکار بجناب آقا موسی از | Due to lack of time, a brief response is penned concerning the matter of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár to his honour Áqá Músá [3.5s] | MMK5#281 p.212 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Photographs and recordings; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02796 | 230 | ای یاران معنوی اهل ملا اعلی و سکان ملکوت الابهی در صباح میثاق بشکرانه الطاف | O ye spiritual friends of the Concourse on High and dwellers in the Abhá Kingdom! In the morn of the Covenant, in gratitude for His favours [3.5s] | INBA87:248, INBA52:252 | MMK5#282 p.213 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09243 | 80 | ای بنده حق دو دست شکرانه بدرگاه خداوند یگانه برافراز و بگو خدایا شکر ترا که | O thou servant of Truth! Raise both hands in thanksgiving to the threshold of the one God, and say: O God, I render thanks unto Thee [3.5s] | MMK5#283 p.213, MMG2#127 p.145x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07519 | 110 | ای متضرع الی الله دست عجز و نیاز بدرگاه حضرت پروردگار بنده نواز برافراز و | O thou who supplicatest unto God! Raise thou the hands of poverty and need to the threshold of the Lord, the All-Bountiful [3.5s] | MMK5#284 p.214 | Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05623 | 140 | ای ثابت بر عهد و پیمان جناب آقا شیخ سلمان علیه بهاء الله عازم آندیار است و از | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! His honour Shaykh Salman—upon him be the glory of God—is journeying to those regions, and from [3.5s] | MMK5#285 p.214 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03750 | 190 | ای مسعود ملکوتی از تلون این دنیای فانی و تغیر احوال امور جسمانی خاطر مگدر | O celestial Masoud! Let not thy heart be troubled by the vicissitudes of this fleeting world and the ever-changing conditions of corporeal affairs [3.5s] | INBA89:170 | MMK5#286 p.214, RAHA.015-016 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB10238 | 70 | مناجات بملکوت ابهی کن محبوب مهربانا تشنه زلال عنایتم از چشمه محبتت جرعه | A supplication to the Abhá Kingdom: O Kind Beloved! I am thirsting for the pure crystal waters of Thy bounty; grant me from the fountain of Thy love a draught [3.5s] | MMK5#287 p.215 | Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07983 | 100 | ای پروردگار ای بزرگوار کامکار بنده که در عبودیتت پایدار مقرب بارگاه نفسی که | O Lord, O Benevolent and All-Conquering One! This is a servant steadfast in Thy servitude, drawn nigh unto the court of Thy presence, a soul that [3.5s] | MMK5#288 p.215 | Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06610 | 120 | ای برادران مهربان ناظم اخوی فی الحقیقه یار غار است و از زمره ابرار بهر شما | O kind brethren! Nazim is truly an intimate companion and among the righteous ones devoted to you [3.5s] | MMK5#289 p.216 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07657 | 110 | ای ورقه موقنه جناب آقا سید محمود در معیت ورقه نورانیه امة البهاء از دریا و | O steadfast leaf! His honor Siyyid Mahmúd, in the company of the luminous leaf, Amatu'l-Bahá, from the sea [3.5s] | MMK5#290 p.216 | Law of pilgrimage; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00885 | 410 | الهی الهی انی اناجیک فی خفیات سری و هویه قلبی و بلسانی فی جنح اللیالی متضرعا | O my God, my God! I commune with Thee in the hidden recesses of my soul and the essence of my heart, and with my tongue, in the depths of night, with utmost supplication [3.5s] | MMK5#291 p.216, BSHN.140.224, BSHN.144.224, MHT2.086 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01037 | 380 | الحمد لله در ظل حفظ و عنایت الهیه در نهایت سکون و قرار و اطمینان و استقرار | Praise be to God that under the sheltering care and divine providence we dwell in utmost peace, composure, assurance and tranquility [3.5s] | MMK5#026 p.019, QT108.072 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04879 | 160 | ای ورقه طیبه مطمئنه خدماتت در آستان مقدس مقبول و ماجور و لحظات عنایت از هر | O pure and confident leaf! Thy services at the Sacred Threshold are accepted and rewarded, and the glances of favour from every [3.5s] | MMK5#292 p.217 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01874 | 290 | یا الهی و ملجای و مهربی و مناصی ابتهل الی ملکوت غیبک و جبروت احدیه ذاتک ان | O my God, my Refuge, my Haven, my Shelter! I supplicate unto the Kingdom of Thy mystic realm and the Dominion of Thine One Essence, that [3.5s] | MMK5#293 p.218, MSHR5.415x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03475 | 110 | ای رب الملکوت این کنیز را فرهنگ و تمیز بخش و در جهان ابدی عزیز کن | O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! Confer discernment and wisdom upon this maidservant and glorify her in the eternal World.... Today all the beloved of God in those parts must endeavour that the Chicago Mashrak-el-Azkar | MMK5#295 p.219x | SW_v01#12 p.005x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08572 | 90 | ای بنده بهاء توجه بملکوت خفاء جبروت ابهی کن و مناجات نما ای پروردگار ای مهربان | O servant of Bahá, turn thy face toward the hidden Kingdom of the All-Glorious Dominion and offer thy supplications: O Lord, O Thou the Kind One [3.5s] | MMK5#296 p.219 | Prayer for detachment; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03637 | 190 | ای بنده حق از قرار منقول در نهایت جوش و خروشی و در میخانه محبت الله باده فروش | O servant of the True One! According to what hath been reported, thou art in the utmost state of fervor and tumult, and in the wine-house of the love of God, thou art the wine-seller [3.5s] | MMK5#297 p.219, MSHR4.027 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06942 | 120 | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی در این کور اعظم که آفتاب حقیقت مشارق و مغاربرا روشن نموده | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! In this most great cycle, wherein the Sun of Truth hath illumined both East and West [3.5s] | INBA84:476 | MMK5#298 p.220 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09805 | 70 | ای امه الله دست تضرع و ابتهال بدرگاه ذی الجلال بلند کن و مناجات نما که ای | O maidservant of God, lift up thy hands in supplication and prayer to the threshold of the All-Glorious, and commune, saying [3.5s] | MMK5#299 p.221 | Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10854 | 50 | ای بنده بهاء بشکرانه رب اعلی روحی له الفدا لسان بگشا و مناجات نما و بگو لک | O servant of Bahá! In gratitude to the Supreme Lord—may my spirit be sacrificed for Him—loose thy tongue in prayer and supplication, and say [3.5s] | INBA84:495b | MMK5#300 p.221 | Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06168 | 130 | ای جوان رحمانی توجه بملکوت الهی کن و استغاثه نما و مناجات کن که ای پروردگار | O divine youth! Turn thou to the Kingdom of God, raise thy supplications and commune, saying: "O Lord..." [3.5s] | MMK5#301 p.221 | Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06919 | 120 | ای مهتدی بنور هدی شکر کن جمال کبریا را که بوادی ایمن طور شتافتی و شعله نور | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Give thanks unto the Beauty of the All-Glorious, for thou hast hastened to the sacred Vale of Sinai and beheld the flame of light [3.5s] | MMK5#302 p.222, MJMJ2.074ax, MMG2#130 p.146x | Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB06733 | 120 | ای خداوند بهر احبایت چه ایوان بلندی بنیاد فرمودی که طاق کیوان مانند زندان شد و | O Lord! What exalted palace hast Thou raised for Thy loved ones, whereby the vault of Saturn hath become as a prison [3.5s] | MMK5#303 p.222 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09714 | 80 | یا من توجه الی الرب الودود دست تضرع بدرگاه رب روف بگشا و بگو ای خداوند مستمند | O thou who hast turned thy face towards the All-Loving Lord, raise thy suppliant hands unto the court of the All-Merciful Lord and say: O God, I am destitute [3.5s] | MMK5#304 p.223 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02896 | 220 | ای بنده مقبول درگاه کبریاء آنچه بجناب میرزا نورالدین علیه بهاء الله مرقوم | O thou favored servant at the Divine Threshold! That which was written unto Mírzá Núr'd-Dín—upon him be the Glory of God [3.5s] | MMK5#305 p.223 | Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00540 | 540 | ای یاران باوفای عبدالبهاء نامهای مبارک شما بواسطه جناب زائر میرزا سلیمان بنظر | O faithful friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Your blessed letters have come before me through the honored pilgrim, Mírzá Sulaymán [3.5s] | MMK5#307 p.224, ADH2_1#28 p.045x, MMG2#065 p.069x | Love of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11051 | 50 | سیدی و سندی و اعتمادی ابتهل الی افقک الابهی سائلا آملا متضرعا ان تجعل عبدک | O my Lord, my Support, my Trust! I humbly entreat Thy most glorious horizon, imploring, hoping, and beseeching, that Thou wouldst make Thy servant [3.5s] | MMK5#308 p.225 | Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11067 | 50 | یا ملاذی المنیع هذه ثمره من حدیقه ولائک و رقیقه فی فناء باب ملکوتک و فقیره | O my mighty Refuge! This is a fruit from the garden of Thy loyalty, a delicate offering at the threshold of Thy Kingdom's gate, and a lowly handmaiden [3.5s] | MMK5#309 p.225 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11258 | 40 | یا کهفی الرفیع هذه امه مبتهله ببابک متضرعه الیک منجذبه بنفحات حبک مشتعله بنار | O my exalted Shelter! Here is a maidservant fervently supplicating at Thy threshold, humbly imploring Thee, attracted by the fragrances of Thy love, enkindled with the fire [3.5s] | MMK5#310 p.225 | Prayer for women | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10329 | 60 | الهی هذا عبدک و ابن عبدک قد توجه بوجهه الی سماء عطائک و علاء سحاب فضلک و | O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant, who hath turned his face toward the heaven of Thy bounty and the clouds of Thy grace [3.5s] | MMK5#311 p.225 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11074 | 50 | یا مولائی و معتمدی هذه امه من امائک استظلت فی ظل سدره رحمانیتک و توجهت الی | O my Lord and my Trust! This is one of Thy handmaidens who hath sought shelter beneath the shade of the Tree of Thy mercy and hath turned unto Thee [3.5s] | MMK5#312 p.226 | Prayer for women | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07173 | 110 | الهی الهی هذا عبدک الذی اقبل الی مطلع رحمانیتک و توجه الی ملکوت فردانیتک و | O my God, my God! This is Thy servant who hath turned toward the Dayspring of Thy mercifulness and directed himself unto the Kingdom of Thy oneness [3.5s] | MMK5#313 p.226 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07988 | 100 | ای پروردگار مهربان این حزب مظلومان پریشان تواند و این جمع آشفتگان تو عاشق روی | O Compassionate Lord! These oppressed and forlorn ones are Thy party, and this assembly of bewildered ones are lovers of Thy face [3.5s] | INBA21:160a | MMK5#314 p.226 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00051 | 1450 | الهی الهی ترانی خائضا فی غمار البلاء و غریقا فی بحار الباساء و الضرآء هدفا للنبال مطعونا... در خصوص آقا میرزا بدیعاللّه مختصری بآنجناب مرقوم گردید | My God, my God! Thou seest me immersed in the depths of tribulation, submerged in seas of hardship and distress, a target for arrows, pierced and wounded [3.5s] | MMK5#027 p.020x, AMK.039-044 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05590 | 140 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای پروردگار نوع بشر را موفق نما که بوصایا و نصایح مندرجه در این مکاتیب عمل | O Thou Almighty Lord! Strengthen all mankind that they may do according to the instructions and teachings recorded in these writings | MMK5#315 p.227 | TAB.000:ix | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for peace and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB00043 | 1580 | ای دوستان در این ایام وقوعاتی در این زندان واقع گشته و جمیع از مقدرات غیبیه | O friends! In these days events have come to pass within this prison, and all are from the hidden decrees of God [3.5s] | MMK5#028 p.024, MSHR3.099x, QT108.081-083x | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00581 | 510 | ای بندگان صمیمی جمال مبارک روحی لذکرکم الفدا و نفسی لحبکم الفدا نامه آقا | O ye sincere servants of the Blessed Beauty! My spirit is a sacrifice unto your remembrance, and my soul a ransom for your love. The letter [3.5s] | MMK5#029 p.030, TABN.031 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00367 | 620 | ای ثابت بر پیمان چند روز پیش مکتوبی ارسال گشت لهذا مختصرا مرقوم میشود ای بنده | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Some days ago a letter was dispatched; therefore, I write briefly. O servant of God [3.5s] | INBA89:096 | MMK5#032 p.034 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06852 | 120 | ای کنیز عزیز بها احوال مثل سابقست مفتشها در نهایت تفتیش میرزا محمد علی و | O beloved handmaid of Bahá! The situation remaineth as before. The investigators are conducting their investigation with utmost diligence, and Mírzá Muḥammad-'Alí [3.5s] | MMK5#033 p.036 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09234 | 80 | ای بنده جمال الهی عبدالبهاء را نهایت محبت با شماست و از خدا خواهم... جمال مبارک در طهران صبح در نهایت ثروت و فنا بودند و شامگاه به کلی | O servant of the Divine Beauty! 'Abdu'l-Bahá cherishes the utmost love for thee and beseecheth God... The Blessed Beauty, in Ṭihrán, was at the height of wealth and splendor at dawn, yet by eventide was utterly [3.5s] | MMK5#002 p.001 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03216 | 210 | ای ورقه منجذبه نامه شما رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید حمد خدا را که مهیای خدمتی و | O thou attracted leaf! Thy letter was received and its contents were understood. Praise be to God that thou art ready for service [3.5s] | MMK5#004 p.001 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02162 | 270 | یا اباالفضائل هشت سال بود شما میدانید که از شدت بلایا و محن و آلام و تضییقات | O Abu'l-Fadá'il! For eight years, as thou well knowest, I have endured intense trials, tribulations, afflictions and restrictions [3.5s] | MMK5#035 p.037 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04683 | 160 | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه پنجم شعبان سنه حالیه که به آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! The letter dated the fifth of Sha'ban of this year, which thou hadst addressed to Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh [3.5s] | INBA85:451b | MMK5#036 p.038, BSHI.058 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04421 | 170 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی ما را نیت چنان بود که بمرسیلیا و پاریس آایم ولی قدر مساعده | O cherished handmaid of God! Our intention was to journey to Marseilles and Paris, yet circumstances were not favorable [3.5s] | MMK5#037 p.039 | East and West; communication between East and West; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04373 | 170 | ای دوست عزیز نامه شما رسید از مضمون خوشنودی حاصل گردید در پورتسعید ناخوش شدید | O dear friend! Your letter arrived and from its contents joy was attained. In Port Said you fell ill [3.5s] | MMK5#038 p.039 | Business; financial; property matters; Review of publications; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02477 | 250 | یا هاشم الثرید لکل حبیب مجید نامه شما رسید مرقوم نموده بودی که عبدالبهاء | O Hashim, the delectable feast for every cherished and glorious friend! Thy letter hath been received. Thou didst write that 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA17:003 | MMK5#039 p.039 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB06403 | 130 | ای یار عزیز نامه ای که به آقا احمد مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از عدم حضور | O dear friend! The letter which thou hadst addressed to Áqá Aḥmad was perused. From thine absence [3.5s] | MMK5#040 p.040 | Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02422 | 250 | ای یار عزیز من نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید فی الحقیقه مرا | O dearly cherished friend! Your letter was received and from its contents the utmost joy was obtained. Verily [3.5s] | MMK5#041 p.040 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04184 | 180 | یا امین عبدالبهاء در اقلیم مصرم و شب و روز بذکر یاران مشغول از مجمع صلح عمومی | O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! I am in the land of Egypt, and night and day am I occupied with the remembrance of the friends in the general peace assembly [3.5s] | INBA16:156 | MMK5#042 p.041 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04548 | 170 | حضرات اهل بهاء عبدالبهاء در لندن از فضل و الطاف جمال مبارک روحی لعتبه تربته | O esteemed followers of Baha! Through the grace and favors of the Blessed Beauty - may my soul be sacrificed for His sacred dust - 'Abdu'l-Baha in London [3.5s] | MMK5#043 p.042 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01275 | 350 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب آقا سید اسدالله باسکندریه وارد و ملاقات حاصل و چون | O ye friends of Abdul Baha! His Honor Sayad Assadullah arrived in Alexandria and a meeting was obtained. When he received permission for his departure he mentioned your names | MMK5#044 p.042, MJDF.117 | DAS.1913-08-09, ABIE.173, BLO_PN#007 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01303 | 340 | ای بنت ملکوت نامه ۳۰ سبتمبر ۱۹۱۰ وصول یافت اظهار سرور و شادمانی از سفر من | O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter of September 30, 1910, was received, expressing joy and gladness at my journey [3.5s] | MMK5#045 p.044 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03012 | 220 | ای یاران و کنیزان عزیز حضرت یزدان نامه شما رسید از سفر عبدالبهاء از مرکز سجن | O beloved friends and handmaidens of the Almighty! Your letter hath arrived, concerning 'Abdu'l-Bahá's journey from the prison citadel [3.5s] | MMK5#046 p.044 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04806 | 160 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی امیدم از پروردگار چنانست که خواهش و آرزوی تو مستجاب شود از | O thou dear maidservant of God! I hope, through the Lord, that thy | MMK5#047 p.045 | SW_v01#16 p.002-003 | Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01898 | 280 | ای بنت ملکوت نامه تو رسید و مضامین معلوم بود لکن تکرار مفهوم گردید اگر امریک | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident. If America attains to the capacity of the Presence of Abdu'l-Baha, I will travel to that country | MMK5#048 p.045 | SW_v02#07 p.013 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01636 | 310 | دوست مهربانا نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلیل بر وفا | My dear friend, your letter has arrived, and its contents brought the utmost joy, for it was evidence of fidelity [3.5s] | MMK5#049 p.046, MSHR3.208, MSHR4.298-299 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01121 | 370 | ای دوست با وفا نامه مفصل رسید و مضامین سبب تسلی خاطر گردید آرزوی آن داشتی که | O faithful friend! The detailed letter was received and its contents brought solace to the heart. Thou didst cherish the wish that [3.5s] | MMK5#005 p.002 | Importance of community building; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00729 | 460 | ای بنده میثاق مکتوب آنجناب که بدایتش بانگلیسی و نهایتش بپارسی مرقوم ملاحظه | O servant of the Covenant! Your letter, which began in English and concluded in Persian, hath been perused [3.5s] | MMK5#006 p.002 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04287 | 170 | ای بنده جمال مبارک نامه مورخ ۲۶ جانویه ۱۹۱۲ رسید و همچنین نامه آلبرت هبرت و | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 26 January 1912 was received, as was likewise the letter from Albert Hubbard [3.5s] | MMK5#052 p.048 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02937 | 220 | ای دوستان حقیقی نامه شما رسید مضمون مشحون بتفاصیل سفر عبدالبهاء بود که در | O true friends! Your letter hath been received, its contents replete with the details of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's journey [3.5s] | MMK5#053 p.049, ANDA#43-44 p.95, NJB_v03#02 p.003 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00654 | 480 | ای بنده آستان مقدس فی الحقیقه خادم امر اللهی و محب عبدالبهاء بموجب خواهش شما | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! In truth thou art a servant of the Cause of God and a lover of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. According to thy request [3.5s] | MMK5#054 p.050 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01579 | 310 | ای رفیق روحانی نامه ۱۱ فبریه ۱۹۱۲ وصول یافت مضمون مشحون بخبر خوشی بود و آن خبر | O spiritual companion! The letter of 11 February 1912 was received, and its contents were laden with joyous tidings. That news [3.5s] | MMK5#055 p.052 | Business; financial; property matters; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01791 | 290 | ای امین عبدالبهاء نامه شما را در دریای محیط بحر آتلانتیک جواب مرقوم مینمایم | O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, I pen this reply to your letter upon the vast Atlantic Ocean [3.5s] | INBA16:183 | MMK5#059 p.054, RMT.064b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09383 | 80 | ای رفیق روحانی هیچ تا بحال شنیدی علیلی که مزاج در نهایت انقلاب در جهان آب در | O spiritual friend! Hast thou ever heard of an invalid whose constitution was in utter turmoil in the realm of water [3.5s] | MMK5#060 p.054 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00966 | 400 | جناب خان نامه های شما رسید مضامین معلوم شد در جواب آنشخص حقیقت را مرقوم دارید | Your letters, Jinab-i-Khan, have been received and their contents noted. Write thou the truth in reply to that person [3.5s] | MMK5#061 p.055 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Proofs for the existence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01685 | 300 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و معلوم گردید که ابرار از آزادی این اسیر آنزلف | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and it became known that the righteous ones rejoiced at the freedom of this captive [3.5s] | MMK5#007 p.003 | Pain of love; love as veil; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01481 | 320 | ای ثابت بر پیمان معانی نامه مشکین معلوم و واضح گشت ستایش از عدالت اعلیحضرت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The meanings of thy fragrant letter became known and evident. Praise be to His Majesty's justice [3.5s] | MMK5#008 p.003 | Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02763 | 230 | ای مونس قدیم حضرات ایرانیها محمود میرزا و رفیقش را محفوظا مصونا فرستادیم شما | O ancient companion! We sent forth the respected Iranian gentlemen, Mahmud Mirza and his companion, under protection and safekeeping [3.5s] | MMK5#063 p.057 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07743 | 110 | جناب آقا احمد دستی از دور بر آتش داری نمیدانی چه خبر است مختصر آرام منقطع است | Jinab-i-Aqa Ahmad, thou art but one who holdeth his hand from afar over the fire, unaware of what transpireth. Brief repose hath been severed [3.5s] | MMK5#064 p.057 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02617 | 240 | ایها الفضل من الله هر چند در دشت و صحرای امریک سرگشته و سرگردانیم و در ممالک | O thou favored one of God! Though we are wandering and roaming through the plains and wilderness of America, and in its [3.5s] | MMK5#065 p.058, MJDF.120 | Call to action; Muhammad; Islam; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04857 | 160 | ای منجذبه بنفحات الله از بستن امروز مراجعت بنیویورک شد در بستن بسیار خوب | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Today I returned from Boston to New York. In Boston it was most pleasant [3.5s] | MMK5#066 p.058 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - |
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