Partial inventory: all items held at Bahá'í Library Online, details

...a very great importance was given to Science and knowledge in the writings of Baha'u'llah, who wrote that

AIL.071 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0]

@high station of the arts and sciences, @genuine love and affection in teaching the Cause, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @work as worship, @words vs deeds

AB01666

300

...Abdu'l-Baha was educated by the Beauty of Abha. He imparted to him instruction and the code of manners.

DAS.1914-09-04x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_12.pdf#page=35]

@Hands of the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @high station of the true believer, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11298

...Absolute equality amongst men: this would be impossible. There is needed some organization which will bring about an order in this disorder.

SW_v13#12 p.323 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@maintainance of degrees in society

AB11522

Persian

از رأی حکيم حاذق بنصّ مبارک نبايد خارج شد و مراجعت فرض ولو نفس مريض

...According to the explicit decree of Baha’u’llah one must not turn aside from the advice of a competent doctor

MMK1#135 p.153x [https://www.bahai.org/r/402858051]

SWAB#135x [http://www.bahai.org/r/868558741] LOG#0945x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n945] LOG#0965x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n965]

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @business; financial; property matters

AB05982

140

...After my return from America and Europe, owing to the difficulties of the long voyage and the innumerable inconveniences... When the teacher delivers an address

DAS.1913-07-28 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=85] BSC.452 #827x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v07#10 p.097x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10] ABIE.121 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @consolation and comfort, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB06534

130

...All created things have their degree or stage of maturity. The period of maturity in the life of a tree

PDC.194-195x [http://www.bahai.org/r/219434013] WOB.164-165x [http://www.bahai.org/r/866288505]

@coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization, @teleology; goal-directed motion

AB11422

...All great movements have advanced through altruism, selflessness, and self-sacrifice, and not [merely] through the interchange of public opinion.

DAS.1913-07-12 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=28] SW_v04#15 p.252 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15] ABIE.058 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @universal peace; world unity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB11586

...All nations were promised by a sure promise and were awaiting with anxiety and longing the coming of the promised one.

SW_v09#01 p.006x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1]

@prophecy and fulfillment

AB11299

...All the believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful must summon the people to the Kingdom and be the cause of the guidance of the inhabitants of the world.

DAS.1913-08-16 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=79] ABIE.200 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10792

...All these wishes are well worthy of asking, especially the rescue from self-love

SW_v07#18 p.184 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB11482

Persian

Reflection on the Theory of Alchemy as Explained in the Bahá'í Writings, A

نقاهت هر چند از عوارض ذاتيّه انسانست ولی فی الحقيقه مشکل است نعمت صحّت بر جميع نعما مرجّح است

...Although ill health is one of the unavoidable conditions of man, truly it is hard to bear. The bounty of good health is the greatest of all gifts

MMK1#132 p.148x [https://www.bahai.org/r/417669273]

SWAB#132x [http://www.bahai.org/r/710911231]

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB07834

110

...Although the life of the creature is called life, in reality, compared to the life of the children (of the Kingdom)

SW_v07#16 p.150 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@life and death, @degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence, @attaining the life of the spirit

AB05485

150

...Although up to this time I have not written thee, yet spiritual communion united the hearts and ideal correspondence was uninterrupted.

DAS.1914-07-13x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=42]

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @the concourse on high, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @The Holy Spirit

AB11556

...Among the miracles which distinguish this sacred Dispensation is this, that women have evinced a greater boldness

ADJ.069x [http://www.bahai.org/r/613781265]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @power of the Manifestation of God, @role and station of women

AB00512

550

...Among the most important affairs is the founding of the Mashrak-el-Azkar... ...When the Mashrak-el-Azkar was erected in Ishkabad, its influence was felt

GPB.351x3x [http://www.bahai.org/r/030748783] COF.069x [http://www.bahai.org/r/097876207] SW_v06#17 p.137x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17] SW_v07#15 p.148x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15] SW_v01#14 p.007x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_14]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11093

...An hundred good tidings that the doors of the Kingdom have been opened and the Call of the Lord of the Kingdom upraised.

SW_v14#10 p.304-305 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_10]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @blind imitation [taqlid]

AB12034

150

...And now, in gratitude for the assistance, confirmation, protection, and loving-kindness vouchsafed by the All-Glorious Lord

BRL_SOCIAL#017x [http://www.bahai.org/r/958614194]

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @obedience to and respect for government authority, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @education of children; moral education

AB00759

450

...Announce on my behalf my warmest greetings to Mr. Howell, and say, The Mashrak-el-Azkar of Chicago is of the greatest importance. This is a Bahá'í Temple

SW_v02#03 p.007x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_3] SW_v06#17 p.140x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17] SW_v13#10 p.264x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB00727

460

...As for the question of inheritance which is occasioning perplexity: in truth, one is entirely free during his lifetime

BRL_UHJ1996-07-01#2 [https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/the-universal-house-of-justice/messages/19960701_001/1#472008705]

@law of inheritance, @justice and wrath of God, @suffering and imprisonment

AB11349

mixed

امّا علامت بلوغ عالم که در کتاب اقدس مرقوم یکی حصول صلح عمومی و دیگری ظهور و بروز اخت النّبوة حکمت الهّیه است که صنعتع مکتوبه جزو آن است

...As for the signs of the coming of age of the human race mentioned in the Kitab-i-Aqdas: one sign is the advent of universal peace, and the other is the unfoldment and appearance of the 'sister of prophecy', the divine philosophy, of which the hidden craft forms a part

ASAT1.208x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf#page=110]

BLO_alchemy [https://bahai-library.com/brown_reflection_theory_alchemy]

@House of Justice, @coming-of-age; maturity of mankind, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @consolation and comfort, @universal peace; world unity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11104

...As much as you are able, be ye faithful at the Threshold of the Beauty of Abha. Faithfulness demands self-sacrifice.

DAS.1914-07-02 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=15]

@sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11545

...As thou hast realized thy own shortcomings, rest thou assured that thou art firm

SW_v08#17 p.228x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @firmness in the Covenant, @love of God, @knowledge of self

AB00908

410

...As to [what thou hast heard concerning] the child born from Russian parentage, this is pure imagination. Yea, certain persons

TAB.647-648 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA647]

@predictions and prophecies, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @role and station of women, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11386

...As to his honor Mr. Hoar, verily he is one who hath presented himself here, witnessed, heard, comprehended and became illuminated and enlightened with the light of the gift of God

SW_v12#19 p.311x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_19]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @prayer for children and youth, @love of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @martyrs and martyrdom, @naming of children; of individuals

AB08646

...As to his question about the permissibility of promulgating the divine teachings without relating them to the Most Great Name, you should answer: "This blessed Name hath an effect on the reality of things

COC#1922x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_guidelines_teaching#1922]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @review of publications

AB12077

240

Persian

ای بنده صادق الهی حضرت ابن ابهر مرقوم نموده اند که آن یار رحمانی بصرافت طبع

...As to the design of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar: it should resemble the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar of ‘Ishqabad. That is, it must be a nine-sided edifice

BRL_DAK#0694 [https://www.bahai.org/r/150277314] COMP_MASHRIQP#36x [https://adibmasumian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/originals_mashriq_compilation.pdf] QUM.274-275 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/tarikh-i-amr-i-bahai_dar_shahr-i-qum_vol1.pdf]

BRL_MASHRIQ#36x [http://www.bahai.org/r/158933620]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @wisdom [hikmat]

AB08656

...As to the education of children, exert every effort to further this; it is of the utmost importance. So too, the education of girls in all the rules of righteous conduct

COC#0630x

@education of children; moral education, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11088

...As to the matter of the building of the Mashrak-el-Azkar, that is, the matter of beginning

SW_v06#17 p.149 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @business; financial; property matters, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11568

...As to the matter of the Mashrak-el-Azkar: This is very important. All the believers must most decidedly exert their collective effort in this particular

SW_v04#09 p.160x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_9]

AB10951

Persian

ضیافت نوزده روزه بسیار سبب فرح و سرور قلوبست اگر چنانکه باید و شاید

...As to the Nineteen Day Feast, it rejoiceth mind and heart. If this feast be held in the proper fashion

MMK1#051 p.089x [https://www.bahai.org/r/294322655]

SWAB#051x [http://www.bahai.org/r/898051102] LOG#0799x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n799]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @interpretation of dreams and visions

AB11338

...As to the Nineteen Day Feast, ye must give this your most careful attention, and firmly establish it. For this Feast bringeth bliss and unity and love to the lovers of God

COC#0919x

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @East and West; communication between East and West, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB07508

170

Persian

ای کنیز خدا نامه ات رسید مشغولیت بسیار لهذا اختصار سزاوار از مس نوبلاک

...As to the Nineteen Day festivity, it is of the utmost importance that the friends should gather at a meeting where, in complete attunement and love

BRL_DAK#0433 [http://www.bahai.org/r/282310782] BBBD.182

BRL_ATE#155x [http://www.bahai.org/r/838052521] COC#0927x BBBD.183

@Nineteen-Day Feast, @soul; spirit after death, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @martyrs and martyrdom, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10990

...As to the question of Huquq: In no wise shouldst thou make statements requiring any person to pay the Huquq. However if a devoted and self-sacrificing soul freely and spontaneously offereth

COC#1168x

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @power of the Manifestation of God, @law of Huququ'llah, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @Shrines and Holy places, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11327

Arabic

اما عن السئوال الذی سالتموه فاعلموا بان هذا سر مکنون و انه کالجوهرة المخفیه فی صدفتها

...As to the question ye have asked me, know verily that this is a well-guarded secret. It is even as a gem concealed within its shell.

MAS2.026-027 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS2/mas2-27.html] PPRP.002 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/74.pdf]

WOB.150x [http://www.bahai.org/r/465340918] PPRL.001x [https://bahai-library.com/khanum_priceless_pearl]

@mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision, @predictions and prophecies

AB03880

190

...As to the significance of the Cause of Baha'u'llah, know that everything which belongs to the universal is divine

BSC.495 #955 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v13#12 p.342 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Christ; Christianity, @universality of the Cause

AB04020

300

Persian

ای سراج محبت الله نامه مورخ ۱۳ جنوری ۱۹۱۲ وصول یافت الحمد لله دلیل بر صحت

...As to thy coming to Egypt, it will bring happiness both to thy heart and to ours. I suggested this to thee two months ago, that we proceed to Egypt together

BRL_DAK#1080 [https://www.bahai.org/r/837590014]

LBLT.109bx [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=110]

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @personal instructions, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB08460

100

...As to thy inquiry about traveling to nearby towns out of Chicago for the promulgation

SW_v10#06 p.108-109x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_6]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB07153

120

...As to thy question concerning the 54th chapter of Isaiah This chapter refers to the Most Exalted Leaf

TDH#064.17x [http://www.bahai.org/r/996189187]

@eulogies; reminiscences, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @thankfulness; gratitude, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB02847

230

...As to thy question concerning the husband and wife, the tie between them

SW_v09#07 p.085-086 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_7]

@marriage as means of spiritual progress, @education of children; moral education, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB10282

...As to your question regarding the stars: Know that these brilliant stars are numberless and their existence is not devoid of wisdom both useful and important.

BSC.445 #811 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] PN_unsorted p088x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=88] PN_unsorted p091 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=91] BSTW#017 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=22] BSTW#042b [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=55]

@celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB11616

...Assuredly ye will achieve a Conquest in California

SW_v02#13 p.006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_13]

AB11103

...At present we are living in Ramleh, near Alexandria. From all parts the believers are arriving daily

DAS.1913-10-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_04.pdf#page=93]

@personal instructions, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB11443

...Baha'u'llah hath said that the various races of humankind lend a composite harmony and beauty of color to the whole

ADJ.037bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @race unity; racial issues

AB11461

...Baha'u'llah once compared the colored people to the black pupil of the eye surrounded by the white

ADJ.037bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] MBW.136x

@race unity; racial issues, @symbolism

AB11597

...Be not disappointed in thyself; trust thou in the favor and bounty of his highness, the Almighty.

SW_v07#18 p.187 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

AB11462

...Be not in despair, but rather smile by the mercy of thy Lord; and be not sorrowful

TAB.177 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA177]

@consolation and comfort, @soul; spirit after death, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11307

...Be not sad on account of poverty, nor be sorrowful when the people scorn thee

TAB.177 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA177]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @spiritual transformation, @status of material wealth; wealth and poverty, @Christ; Christianity, @consolation and comfort

AB10293

...Be thou in a state of utmost joy and fragrance and render thanks unto the Forgiving Lord, that praise be to God, thou art victorious and triumphant

DAS.1913-08-20 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=87] ABIE.212 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

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

AB01771

300

...Be thou not grieved and sad because of the ordeals and tests heaped upon thee.

DAS.1914-08-16x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=119]

@suffering and imprisonment, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @consolation and comfort, @justice and wrath of God

AB08352

100

…Be well assured of the favours of thy Lord, be resigned unto Him, and cross the ocean in full tranquillity… Give my greetings to thine honourable husband

MAX.191x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=191] MAX.209x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=209]

@consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB11475

...Because of Abdu'l-Baha many a test will be visited upon you. Troubles will befall you, and suffering afflict you

ADJ.042x [http://www.bahai.org/r/782523270]

@Mary Magdalene, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB05470

150

...Blessed art thou, for thou hast severed thyself from aught else save God!

MAX.175 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=175]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @chastisement and requital

BH10508

...Blessed the man, who will read it, and ponder the verses sent down in it by God, the Lord of Power, the Almighty

GPB.216x [http://www.bahai.org/r/324433178]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB11085

...But it is two or three years since a number of people are making efforts in Chicago

SW_v06#17 p.134-135 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB07821

110

...But regarding teaching the Truth: One must teach with wisdom, amiability, good-naturedness and kindness

SW_v02#06 p.005-006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_6]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @study; deepening, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @courtesy; culture [adab], @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11119

...By the life of Baha! He who is filled with the love of the Glory (of God) and forgets all things, the Holy Spirit will be heard

SW_v07#10 p.099 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10] BSTW#369b [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=32]

@being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB11089

...Certain regulations are revealed which in sure the welfare and well-being of all humanity

SW_v07#15 p.133x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15]

@wealth inequality and its moderation, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice

AB07833

110

...Concerning the erection of the Temple: Now all the believers must become united so that the Temple may be built soon in one place

SW_v06#17 p.134 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB03401

200

...Concerning the publications of books and pamphlets: The books of Mirza Abul Fazl, the books and pamphlets of Mr. Remey

SW_v08#10 p.133-134x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_10]

@review of publications, @firmness in the Covenant, @law of Huququ'llah, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB03858

190

...Concerning what you have written about your dear husband

SW_v09#19 p.223 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_19] SW_v10#02 p.029 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_2]

@consolation and comfort, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @exhortations and counsels

AB08446

100

...Consider how ‘Abdu'l-Bahá forgot all thoughts and mentions and turned his face towards the countries and empires

SW_v05#01 p.007 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_1] SW_v07#10 p.098 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09109

...Consider how Abdul Baha forgot every material thought and mention and turned his face toward the countries and empires, cities and villages

DAS.1913-08-17 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=81] ABIE.203 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB08647

...Consider how the signs of the Tablet which was revealed to you on Sept. 1, 1901, have become apparent and manifest. At that time the hurricane of the violation of the Covenant had been extinguished

BSTW#052nx [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=5]

@being a source of light; guidance, @prophecy and fulfillment, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB05981

140

...Consider thou how the power of the Word of God has united the East and the West and bestowed spiritual communication, that a blessed soul from the inhabitants of America, while in the Holy Land

SW_v01#08 p.013 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_8]

@spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @East and West; communication between East and West

AB11092

...Consider thy composure, for composure of thought will become the cause of one's confirmation in the service

SW_v07#18 p.187 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11459

...Convey my infinite love and kindness to ... and say: One must summon the people to the Kingdom of God. Silence and speechlessness is not at all permitted.

DAS.1913-10-14 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=8]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @call to action

AB09182

...Convey my longing and love to thy dear husband, and say: In this world, from the days of Christ down to the present time

MAX.230x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=230]

@power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB11289

...Convey my respectful greetings to [Dr.] ... and say : "Have confidence in heavenly bounty

TAB.507 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA507]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @unity; oneness of humanity, @personal instructions, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB05482

150

...Convey the wonderful Abha greeting to the believers. Chicago, in comparison

SW_v04#10 p.174x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_10]

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @growth of the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB01048

380

...Convey warmest, most loving greetings to Mark Tobey on my behalf, and heartfelt affection to Marguerite Bull.

BRL_ATE#034x [http://www.bahai.org/r/832051491] BRL_IOA#12x [http://www.bahai.org/r/674507616]

@work as worship, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB08462

100

...Cover the sins of the weak ones with the hem of the garment of Thy Mercy! Change the indifference

SW_v05#12 p.178 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_12]

@spiritual transformation, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @prayer for spiritual recognition

AB11613

...developed powers and capacities greater and more wonderful than other nations

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086]

ABU3387

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

...diversity is really harmony. If our food were to be all of one kind it would become monotonous. So in many ways the existence of different degrees is in reality the perfection of harmony

PN_1909F p062 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=62] PN_1909F p116 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=116] AKL.009

@diversity of thought and belief, @unity in diversity, @differences in human capacity, @progress only takes place within its own degree, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence

AB02126

270

Persian

ای یاران الهی اینعصر عصر رحمانیست و این قرن قرن روحانی ذرات اشیا در وجد و

...Each soul must consider where the good-pleasure of God resideth and what conduct, manners, and words will draw him nigh unto his Lord

BRL_CONF2018P#03x [http://www.bahai.org/r/159418928] MMK2#244 p.175 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-177.html] HDQI.261 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/HI/hi-266.html] ANDA#31 p.05 [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-31]

BRL_CONF2018#03x [http://www.bahai.org/r/952088347]

@fulfillment of true potential, @spiritual transformation, @attaining good pleasure of God, @education and the development of capacity, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11497

mixed

رب يسر الأمور و اشرح الصدور و اسمح بالفضل الموفور و ادخلنا فی جنة السرور و الحبور برحمتک يا عزيز و يا غفور

...Ease our affairs, O Lord, and gladden our hearts. Show us such beneficence as is born of Thine abundant bounty

MMG2#264 p.294x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-297.html]

ADMS#051 [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/abdul-baha-prayer-ease-affairs/]

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for assistance; intercession

AB11337

Persian

ای بنت ملکوت نامه شما رسید مختصر و مفید بود نامه باید چنین باشد الفاظ مختصر و

...Endeavour that the black and the white may gather in one meeting place, and with the utmost love, fraternally associate with each other...This question of the union of the white and the black is very important For if it is not realized, erelong great difficulties will arise, and harmful results will follow

BRL_SWOP#011x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#011x [https://www.bahai.org/r/169724071] ADJ.039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@race unity; racial issues, @exhortations and counsels, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB11611

...Even as the snow, they will melt away in the July sun

PDC.147 [http://www.bahai.org/r/896380101]

ABU1910

Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900

160

…every morning when the sun comes up, it does not first send out a herald to wake up the townspeople and tell them to rise and go to work.

SUR.141 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf#page=148]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @Imam 'Ali, @definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @words vs deeds, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB00649

490

...Every one of the friends of God has two stations; one the station of mankind and the other the station of spirituality…. As long as one has not taken a portion of the mystery of sacrifice, it is impossible for him to attain to the Kingdom of God.

BSC.496 #958 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v07#12 p.116x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_12]

@spiritual transformation, @transcending the material condition, @twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within

AB00557

530

...Every one of the friends should highly praise the other and each should regard himself as evanescent and as naught in the presence of others. All matters should be consulted upon in the meeting

BRL_CONSULT#15x [http://www.bahai.org/r/435036250] COC#0181x

@unity; oneness of humanity, @Hands of the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @consultation, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB11448

...Every proof and prophecy every manner of evidence, whether based on reason or on the text

WOB.127-128x [http://www.bahai.org/r/180065536]

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @prophecy and fulfillment, @twin Manifestations

AB10292

...Every son who does not become a cause of glory for his parents is a manifest loss. How many children turn out to be fruitless and unfaithful!

DAS.1913-08-02 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=11] ABIE.144 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @thankfulness; gratitude

AB11432

Abdu'l-Baha Writes to Kansas City

...Express my affection to Mrs ... and say: "The grace of God hath chosen thee

TAB.507-508 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA507]

@praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10319

Persian

اگر از اینعالم جسمانی این غصن مقطوع گردد و او را قش بر زمین

...Fear not if this Branch be severed from the material earth and cast aside its leaves

AYT.525a [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-525.html] DWNP_v1#03-4 p.007 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923]

WOB.148x [http://www.bahai.org/r/339657224] SW_v08#15 p.207 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_15]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @predictions and prophecies

BH05250

190

mixed

سال‌ها حقوق اخذ نشد … ولکن در سنین اخیره نظر به مقتضیات وقت اخذ حقوق را مجری داشتیم

...For a number of years Huquq was not accepted. How numerous the offerings that on reaching Our presence were returned to the donors, because they were not needed then

BRL_HUQUQP#005x [http://www.bahai.org/r/494773257]

BRL_HUQUQ#005x [http://www.bahai.org/r/414287329] COC#1125x

@law of Huququ'llah, @business; financial; property matters, @Hands of the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH11916

100

...For if God, glorified be His Name, should today speak a word that all people have spoken heretofore and shall speak hereafter, that word would still be new, were ye to reflect upon it

BRL_ATBH#68x [http://www.bahai.org/r/313265404]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion

AB10903

...For some time past the feebleness of health and the prostration of the nerves impeded the path of correspondence... All that thou observest shall ere long vanish and disappear like unto the mirage

DAS.1914-02-21x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_07.pdf#page=99]

@Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06747

120

...For we, the followers of the Blessed Beauty, should all be engaged in the service of the Cause of God, and become sources of guidance to humanity

COC#1847x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_teaching_prominent_people#1847]

@grammar and orthography, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB00537

540

...Four letters have been received from you, the last dated April 18th, 1919. All

SW_v10#14 p.263x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_14] BSTW#240 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_201-250.pdf#page=51]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @soul; spirit after death, @eulogies; reminiscences, @firmness in the Covenant

AB02088

270

...From the beginning of the dawn of the Morn of Guidance the friends of Neireez were like unto overflowing cups

DAS.1913-11-07 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=97]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @praise and encouragement, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11112

...From the beginning of time until the present day the light of Divine Revelation hath risen

WOB.074-075x [http://www.bahai.org/r/255875299]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @Christ; Christianity

AB06529

130

...Give my salutations and praise to that assembly who are firm in the covenant of God

SW_v08#16 p.217x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_16]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @firmness in the Covenant, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @many are called but few are chosen, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @love of God

AB01926

280

...Give ye great weight to the Nineteen Day gatherings, so that on these occasions the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful may turn their faces toward the Kingdom

COC#0923x SW_v06#17 p.143x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @praise and encouragement, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings

AB11548

...God did not make these divisions. These divisions have had their origin in man himself

ADJ.037bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB11278

...God maketh no distinction between the white and the black. If the hearts are pure both are acceptable

ADJ.037bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] LOG#1794x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1794]

@race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity, @human reality created in the image of God

AB11340

...God willing, through the endeavor of the friends in America, may the Bird of Paradise be revealed in all its beauty in the Philippine Islands.

SW_v01#19 p.003x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_19]

@growth of the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @exhortations and counsels, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06945

120

...God, please keep your servants from wine and alcohol and keep alcoholic liquor away from them. O God, please destroy this harmful substance from the earth so no sign of it can be seen, and no one will hear any more about it

BLO_PT#003b [https://bahai-library.com/herrmann_abdul-baha_kansas_city]

@alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB12847

Persian

غصّه مخور صدمه مکش توکّل بر خدا کن و توسّل بذیل کبریا جو

…Grieve thou not, and sorrow not. Place thy whole trust in God, and hold fast unto the hem of the Almighty

BRL_SWOP#042x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#042x [https://www.bahai.org/r/360775552]

BH11578

...He around Whom the Point of the Bayan (Bab) hath revolved is come

TDH#158.19x [http://www.bahai.org/r/592671541] GPB.098x [http://www.bahai.org/r/789506675]

@proclamation to people of the Bayan, @praise and encouragement, @consolation and comfort, @chastisement and requital

AB11395

Persian

هر روز از صبح تا ظهر درس بخواند تا خواندن و نوشتن آموزد و از ظهر تا قریب غروب

...He must study every day from morning till noon, so that he may learn how to read and write. From noon till about sunset he should acquire a craft

MJTB.112ax [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/mjtb.pdf]

COC#0013x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_arts_crafts#I13]

@useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @praise and encouragement, @wisdom [hikmat], @education of children; moral education

ABU2294

Words spoken ca. Nov. 1912 in the United States

110

...he replied that he had talked on every subject, from the scientific as well as psychological basis

SW_v03#10 p.016 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_10]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @living waters; water of life

AB11614

...heavenly illumination stream to all the peoples of the world

COF.121x [http://www.bahai.org/r/172483142] COF.132x GPB.397x [http://www.bahai.org/r/552193552]

AB09747

...His Holiness Baha'u'llah has even said that occupation and labor are devotion. All humanity must obtain

SW_v14#06 p.167-168 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @work as worship

AB10305

...His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh knows how much I love you. I wish for each one of you everlasting glory, beg for you eternal welfare

DAS.1914-06-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_10.pdf#page=129]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB11534

...His honor, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, has been permitted to leave for America, that there

SW_v09#17 p.188 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_17]

@permission for visit; pilgrimage, @prayer for service

AB11609

...His light at first had been a star; now it became a mighty sun

GPB.196x [http://www.bahai.org/r/379539153]

AB11140

...Hold thy husband dear and always show forth an amiable temper towards him, no matter how ill-tempered he may be

COC#0850x LOG#0757x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n757]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @love and unity, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @prayer for specific individuals; groups

AB08461

100

...Honorable Dr... According to what is heard you have received the permission

TAB.419-420 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA419]

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB12021

Arabic

اسئل اللّٰه ان یبارک هذا العید السّعید علی جمیع الأحبّاء و یؤیّدهم بتأییدٍ جدید انّ ربّی لعلی کلّ شئٍ قدیر

...I beseech God to make blessed this joyous new year for all His loved ones, and to assist them with fresh confirmations. Verily, my Lord is powerful over all things

ANDA#02 p.01x [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-2] BDA2.194x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-202.html]

MHMD2.248x

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @firmness in the Covenant

AB12845

Persian

تبریک و تهنیت اقتران مینمایم که مبارک و متیمّن باشد و سبب تسلسل سلاله الی‌الأبد

...I convey my greetings and felicitations on the occasion of thy marriage. May it be blessed and joyous, and may it lead to the continuation of thy lineage forevermore

BRL_SWOP#020x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#020x [https://www.bahai.org/r/965904685]

AB11276

...I desire every Bahá'í to be severed and detached. If he passes between two mountains of gold, he must not look to either side.

DAS.1913-08-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=7] SW_v07#10 p.099 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10] ABIE.141 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB08704

Persian

من منتظر آنم که نیویورک مبروک گردد و آوازهٴ ثبوت بر عهد و میثاق از آن شهر بآفاق رسد

...I eagerly anticipate the day when New York will become a blessed spot… Bless Thou, O King of Kings, the city of New York!

SCT.294x

BRL_ATE#047x [http://www.bahai.org/r/835780983]

The Descendants [https://descendants.bandcamp.com/track/new-york] B. Marks [https://youtu.be/6eIkxuXvc6I] L. Slott [https://lukeslott.bandcamp.com/track/new-york-prayer]

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB10298

...I hope ... certain souls may arise who may prove radiant lamps to the world of humanity

SW_v07#16 p.151x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @call to action

AB11526

...I hope that all of them may become assisted in the service of the Mashrak-el-Azkar

SW_v06#17 p.140 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@call to action, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11421

...I hope that the Ensigns of Divine Verses may be upraised in Stuttgart; the Fire of the Love of God be so enkindled as to set all those parts aglow

DAS.1913-07-11 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=26] ABIE.055 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@being a source of light; guidance, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11456

...I hope that the friends will give the utmost importance to the Mashriqu'l Azkar... The American friends are greatly endeared. Therefore I desire that they may be confirmed

SW_v13#10 p.264x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB09730

...I hope that the light of guidance may become ignited in the lamp of thy heart with utmost brilliancy

DAS.1914-04-17x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@spiritual transformation, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB10765

...I hope that ye may cause that downtrodden race to become glorious, and to be joined with the white race

ADJ.039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] ADJ.055x [http://www.bahai.org/r/138409678] LOG#1790x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1790]

@race unity; racial issues, @predictions and prophecies, @unity in diversity

AB07827

110

...I love you tenderly and I know that you are drinking deep of the cup of afflictions. But that ever Christ

BSTW#204 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_201-250.pdf#page=5]

@consolation and comfort, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB06537

130

...I send you the glad tidings of the erection of the Mashrak-el-Azkar in Ishkabad

SW_v06#17 p.133 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11300

...I supplicate and entreat at the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection and beg for the Divine Friends infinite Bestowal and Grace

@martyrs and martyrdom, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB11564

...If a man commit a transgression he has been unjust to himself, and soon he will find that he is in manifest regret and remorse

DAS.1914-08-06 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=98] SW_v07#18 p.186 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@justice and wrath of God, @recompense; reward for belief; right action, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB11078

...If a soul calls the people to the Kingdom of God according to the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, there will be many listeners

DAS.1913-07-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=66] SW_v04#15 p.253x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15] SW_v05#01 p.009x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_1] ABIE.108 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @words vs deeds

AB09744

...If a soul shall utter a word without the sanction of the Covenant, he is not firm.

SW_v08#14 p.189 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_14] SW_v11#14 p.239 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_14]

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @firmness in the Covenant, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB01903

280

…If any differences of opinion may arise in those regions you must keep yourself entirely aloof and show forth love and kindness

BWF.408-408x [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up]

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @call to unity; prohibition of disunity

AB11209

...if in the andarún women related something about some person, the hearer should observe complete silence, engage in communion with the True One and say that the remembrance of God is best

LTDT.331x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=348]

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others

AB11073

...If it were possible that in every city a few of the awakened ones, when opportunity offered, could hold a meeting, and therein habitually present the proofs and arguments

BRL_MEET.AB#16x [http://www.bahai.org/r/603829360] COC#0394x [https://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_deepening#394]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @prayer for teaching

AB11547

...If so helpless a creature can be endowed with so subtle a capacity, how much more efficacious

WOB.127x [http://www.bahai.org/r/180065536]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB08188

100

Persian

اگر احبّای الهی چنانچه باید و شاید در نیویورک و سایر مُدن امریکا اتّحاد و اتّفاق روحی و لسانی و قلبی و جسمانی نمایند

...If the believers of God in New York and other cities of America establish, in a befitting manner, union and harmony

NJB_v02#03 p.002x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_3]

SW_v02#05 p.013x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_5] SW_v06#17 p.143x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05837

140

Persian

ای نسیم باغ محبت الله اگر هزیز عرفان خواهی بوی خوش رحمن بجو و اگر مرور در

...If thou desirest eternal life, inhale the heavenly fragrance; and if thou seekest life everlasting, abide beneath the shelter of the Word of God.

BRL_CONF2018P#30x [http://www.bahai.org/r/480612384] COMP_PDLP#04x MMK2#111 p.086 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-88.html] AKHA_132BE #08 p.a [https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/]

BRL_CONF2018#30x [http://www.bahai.org/r/277294374] BRL_PDL#04x [http://www.bahai.org/r/943304346]

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @spiritual transformation, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha

AB11423

...If thou desirest to be confirmed in the service of the Kingdom of God, live in accord with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

DAS.1913-07-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=66] SW_v04#15 p.253x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15] ABIE.107 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @love and unity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11541

...If you meet those of a different race and color from yourself, do not mistrust them

ADJ.038x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @race unity; racial issues

AB09105

...If you question regarding the trials and difficulties of Abdu'l-Baha - that is a sea boundless

SW_v12#16 p.254x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_16]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @martyrs and martyrdom, @suffering and imprisonment

AB09292

...In brief, after having deducted the yearly expenses, if there is still any surplus left, then Huquq will be applicable to this surplus at the rate of 19%

COC#1164x

@law of Huququ'llah, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @business; financial; property matters

ABU2625

Words spoken on 1913-10-24 in Ramleh

...in every dispensation three persons are mentioned. In the Mosaic dispensation there was Jehovah, the burning bush and Moses.

DAS.1913-10-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=50]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @the cross and the trinity, @presence of; reunion with God, @The Holy Spirit, @angels

ABU0913

Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-19

330

...In future you will see far greater gatherings... Yes. What could be greater than this war?...

PN_1919 p026 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=26] PN_1919 p137 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1919.pdf#page=137] LAT.030-032x [https://bahai-library.com/latimer_light_world] LAT.069-070x [https://bahai-library.com/latimer_light_world]

@sacred remains; burial of the Bab, @martyrdom of the Bab, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @non-participation in politics, @universal peace; world unity, @predictions and prophecies, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

ABU3180

...in like manner, when the sincere purposes and the justice of the sovereign, the knowledge and perfect political efficiency of the ministers of state

SW_v07#15 p.147 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15]

@justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @relationship between government and people, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11446

...In prayer one must turn his face towards the sanctified Reality of His Holiness Baha'o'llah - that Reality which surrounds all phenomena.

SW_v09#10 p.113x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_10]

@the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @station of the Manifestation of God

AB10777

...In reality, the radiant, pure hearts are the Mashrak-el-Azkar and from them the voice of supplication

SW_v06#17 p.135 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @outward and inward meanings

AB11101

...In regard to your question about using Kheirella's translation - Abdu'l-Baha says that the believers should use nothing that Kheirella has translated

PN_unsorted p074 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=74]

@review of publications, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BH11540

...In the beginning of every Revelation adversities have prevailed, which later on have been turned into great prosperity

COC#0258x ADJ.082x [http://www.bahai.org/r/082213511]

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @firmness in the Covenant, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11562

...In the estimation of God all men are equal. There is no distinction or preference for any soul, in the realm of His justice and equity

ADJ.037bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@equality of men and women, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB11292

...In the world of being the meeting is blessed when the white and colored races meet together

ADJ.038-039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] SW_v12#05 p.103 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_5]

@praise and encouragement, @race unity; racial issues

AB11454

...In these days, the Holy Ones of the Realm of Glory, dwelling in the all-highest Paradise

BADM.037x [http://www.bahai.org/r/447186622] SW_v14#03 p.086 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_3]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @return of the Manifestations of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @soul; spirit after death

AB09750

...In this age His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh has breathed the Holy Spirit into the dead body of the world... A new era of divine consciousness is upon us.

AB01013

390

Persian

ای مومن بالله و موقن بایات الله در این ایام که جمیع آفاق امکان از آثار قدرت و

...In this day, any deed, however infinitesimal, when not performed for the sake of God, is manifest loss

INBA55:414 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=416]

BRL_CONF2018P#14x [http://www.bahai.org/r/676863650] MMK2#143 p.106 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-108.html] MMK4#108 p.118 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA4/swa4-121.html]

BRL_CONF2018#14x [http://www.bahai.org/r/556349728]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @power of prayer, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11576

...In this day, assemblies of consultation are of the greatest importance and a vital necessity. Obedience unto them is essential and obligatory.

BADM.021cx [http://www.bahai.org/r/199300485]

@consultation

AB05413

150

mixed

حبیبا اقتدار روحانی جو و احتشام رحمانی امروز قوت و اقتدار اکسیر اعظم راست که

…In this day, true power and strength reside in the Supreme Elixir, which transformeth darkened realities into illumined souls

BRL_DAK#0335 [http://www.bahai.org/r/283349660] BRL_CONF2018P#31x [http://www.bahai.org/r/388918664] MMK2#160 p.120 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-122.html]

BRL_CONF2018#31x [http://www.bahai.org/r/649281830]

@growth of the Cause, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people

AB10799

...In this great cycle and wonderful dispensation, the majority of those non-essential commands which refer to the body are to be administered by the House of Justice

SW_v06#16 p.127 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_16]

@changing and unchanging parts of religion, @House of Justice, @the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle

AB11084

...In this prohibition (from visiting Haifa) there is a providence which will become manifest before long. But know ye with the utmost certainty

BSC.492 #948x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @nearness and remoteness

AB03302

210

...In thy letter thou hast stated the news of the holding of an educational conference. In reality such conferences are conducive to the progress

DAS.1914-04-17x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @spiritual transformation

AB11520

...Indeed the sweet melody of the pupils of Mrs. H... gladdened the hearts of the people of the Supreme Concourse.

SW_v09#08 p.093x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @nearness to God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11623

...influence and illumination are far-reaching

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086]

AB11528

...is equipped and empowered to accomplish that which will adorn the pages of history, to become the envy of the world, and be blest in both the East and the West for the triumph of its people

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086] COF.121x [http://www.bahai.org/r/172483142] GPB.254x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190] GPB.397x [http://www.bahai.org/r/552193552] TDH#158.5x [http://www.bahai.org/r/755603488]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB06283

130

Persian

و امّا مسئلهٴ ثانی در آیهٴ ٢٥ کلمات مکنونه مقصود این است که در عالم وجود مراتب است

...It [Hidden Word #25] means that there are degrees in the world of existence. However much the inferior degree may progress

PYB#027 p.04x YMM.370x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=378] YMM.376x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=384]

DAS.1913-03-20x

@progress only takes place within its own degree, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @Manifestation of God as mirror, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB01546

310

Persian

دوستان را محفلی باید و مجمعی شاید که در آن مجامع و محافل

...It befitteth the friends to hold a gathering, a meeting, where they shall glorify God and fix their hearts upon Him

INBA13:338 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v013/?page=169] INBA59:298b [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v059/?page=300] INBA88:254b [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v088/?page=288] INBA89:187 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v089/?page=190]

MMK1#055 p.091x [https://www.bahai.org/r/873482127] AVK4.148.03x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-152.html] AVK3.142.10x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-146.html]

SWAB#055x [http://www.bahai.org/r/722118683]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11211

270

Arabic

ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک المورخ ۲۵ ینایر سنه ۱۹۰۳ و اطلعت

...It behoveth the servant to pray to and seek assistance from God, and to supplicate and implore His aid. Such becometh the rank of servitude, and the Lord will decree whatsoever He desireth, in accordance with His consummate wisdom

BRL_DAK#0228 [http://www.bahai.org/r/295121616] COMP_PDLP#24x

BRL_ATE#100x [http://www.bahai.org/r/423554814] BRL_PMDA#24x [http://www.bahai.org/r/736884845] BRL_PDL#24x [http://www.bahai.org/r/826767521] COC#1746x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prayer_meditation_devotion#1746]

@growth of the Cause, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer

AB08565

Persian

چندی بود که عبدالبهاء بسبب تقریر از تحریر بازمانده بود زیرا

...It has been some time since Abdul Baha has been deprived of correspondence, because he has been engaged in the delivery of public addresses

YHA2.998x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/684.pdf#page=455] NJB_v04#15 p.002x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15]

DAS.1913-08-05 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=28] ABIE.157 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @power of faith; power of the spirit, @zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10886

Persian

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

چنين اوقات ياران الهی فرصتی يابند و وقت غنيمت شمرند و جولان کنند

...It is at such times that the friends of God avail themselves of the occasion, seize the opportunity, rush forth and win the prize

MMK1#212 p.258x [https://www.bahai.org/r/488304928]

SWAB#212x [http://www.bahai.org/r/945065708]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @call to action

AB05169

150

Persian

احبای شهرهای کالیفورنیا علی الخصوص سانفرانسیسکو از بس ناله و فریاد کردند

...It is because the friends of California, and particularly those of San Francisco, have so frequently called and pleaded

BDA1.231.05x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-231.html]

MHMD1.247-248x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=272]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @business; financial; property matters

AB01847

290

mixed

ای یار مهربان نامه شما رسید و چون رجوع از آن اقلیم سحیق گردید و باین قطر قریب

…It is clear and evident that for every receptacle there is a holding, for every dwelling a dweller, for every garden a flower, and for every paradise the ode of a nightingale. These heavenly spheres are not empty and void

BRL_DAK#0359 [http://www.bahai.org/r/331429461] MKT4.146 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA4/ma4-146.html] MMK6#479 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=351] AVK1.144-145x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-169.html] YMM.344 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=352]

BLO_sazedj#19x [https://bahai-library.com/sazedj_provisional_translations]

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @material and spiritual existence; two books

AB11293

...It is difficult for the weak ones to endure the tests but for souls like you, it is very easy

SW_v08#19 p.240x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_19]

@power of faith; power of the spirit, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @consolation and comfort, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11479

Persian

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

کلّ مأمور بمعالجه و متابعت حکما هستند اين محض اطاعت امر اللّه است و الّا شافی خدا

...It is incumbent upon everyone to seek medical treatment and to follow the doctor’s instructions, for this is in compliance with the divine ordinance

MMK1#136 p.153x [https://www.bahai.org/r/402858053]

SWAB#136x [http://www.bahai.org/r/241188278] LOG#0959x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n959]

@personal instructions, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas

AB12844

Persian

از الطاف جمال مبارک امیدوارم که این اقتران مورث روح و ریحان گردد و سبب سرور و حبور یاران

...It is my fervent hope that, through the bestowals of the Blessed Beauty, this marriage may bring about joy and radiance

BRL_SWOP#018x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#018x [https://www.bahai.org/r/713536870]

AB02381

290

Persian

ای خانم محترمه جواب نامه شما بتاریخ ۹ کانون ثانی ۱۹۲۰ بود رسید و از مضمون

...It is my hope that thou mayest be confirmed in that important cause, which is of greatest service to the world of humanity, for those poor children are dying of hunger and their condition is truly heart-rending

BRL_DAK#0130 [http://www.bahai.org/r/878975595]

LBLT.202x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=203] ABCC.512x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=542]

@praise and encouragement, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB01932

280

...It is natural that a passenger on board the steamer and sailing on the great ocean may now witness the tumultuous waves of a wild storm

SW_v07#09 p.080x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_9]

@spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02511

240

...It is nearly two years and a half that I have been a wanderer over mountains and deserts and a traveler over seas and lands

DAS.1913-07-12x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=28] SW_v05#07 p.097x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_7] ABIE.058x [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@growth of the Cause, @business; financial; property matters, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11494

...It is necessary for all to learn a craft, through which the people may earn their living. This commandment is universal.

COC#0014x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_arts_crafts#I14]

@business; financial; property matters, @suffering and imprisonment

BH01184

700

mixed

انا نحب ان نری کل واحد منکم مبدء کل خیر... ان یا مقصود ان استمع ندآء الله العزیز الودود من هذا المقام

...It is Our wish and desire that every one of you may become a source of all goodness unto men, and an example of uprightness to mankind

BLIB_Or15715.152cx

GWBP#146 p.202bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/556586225] LHKM2.277x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/LH2/lh2-277.html]

GWB#146x [http://www.bahai.org/r/846494506]

E. Mahony [https://music.elikamahony.com/track/behold-me-feat-amelia-mahony]

LL#452 [http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181707/http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html#452]

@creation of the world, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @exhortations and counsels, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB08465

100

...It is some time since you are living in Yazd. Unquestionably you are the means of joy and the cause of ecstasy

DAS.1913-10-13 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=4] PN_various p013x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/]

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @praise and encouragement

AB11144

...It is the commandment of the Blessed Beauty, may my life be a sacrifice at His Threshold, that whosoever engageth in a craft, should endeavour to acquire in it utmost proficiency

COC#0015x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_arts_crafts#I15]

@excellence; distinction, @work as worship

ABU3406

Public address given on 1912-05-14

...It is the Holy Spirit of God which insures the safety of humanity, for human thoughts differ, human susceptibilities differ. You cannot make the susceptibilities of all humanity one except through the common channel of the Holy Spirit.

VLAB.060-061x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf]

MHMD1.101 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=126]

@The Holy Spirit, @unity in diversity, @differences in human capacity

AB11610

...It is the manifest Standard waving in the center of that great continent

GPB.351x [http://www.bahai.org/r/030748783]

AB05886

140

...It is the wish of my heart and soul that the Sun of the divine heavens will shine with such splendour

BRL_ATE#039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/775900030]

@growth of the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West

AB07775

110

...It is truly a delightful place. The mildness of the weather, the freshness of the grass and fields, the lushness and pleasantness of the hills

LTDT.344x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=361] AIF.1911-08-21x

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

ABU3346

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

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

AIL.040 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0] BSTW#207c [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_201-250.pdf#page=9]

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

AB05246

150

...It was my aim that after thy return to ... thou shouldst hoist the ensign

SW_v07#16 p.151-152x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the power of words; of speech

AB10791

...Jesus Christ said only a few words to Peter, telling him that upon that rock he would

SW_v08#17 p.221 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17] PTIM.057 [https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/P/PTIM/PTIM.htm]

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11498

...Know thou that all the promises of Abdul-Baha are true and his instructions are inspirations of the Holy Spirit and received as suggestions from Baha’o’llah.

SW_v08#15 p.211x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_15]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @personal instructions, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB10696

...Know thou that before maturity man liveth from day to day and comprehendeth only such matters

BRL_ATE#037x [http://www.bahai.org/r/593400384]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual transformation, @The Holy Spirit

AB00662

480

...Know thou that hardship and privation shall increase day by day, and the people shall thereby be afflicted. The doors of joy and happiness shall be closed on all sides

LOG#0438x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance.html&chapter=2#n438] SW_v12#08 p.148x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_8] BSTW#446x [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_401-450.pdf#page=46] BSTW#504ax [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_500-507.pdf#page=3]

@praise and encouragement, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH11863

...Know thou that religion is as heaven; and fasting and obligatory prayer are its sun and its moon

BRL_IOPF#1.05x [http://www.bahai.org/r/725805964]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @martyrs and martyrdom, @love and unity, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @praise and encouragement, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @law of obligatory prayer, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB00370

620

...Know ye of a certainty that the question of the gathering of the descendants of Abraham in Jerusalem

SW_v08#17 p.225-226 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @prophecy and fulfillment, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people

AB11557

...Knowledge is love. Study, listen to exhortations, think, try to understand the wisdom and greatness of God… The soil must be fertilised before the seed be sown

COC#0426x [https://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_deepening#426] SW_v20#10 p.314 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_20/Issue_10] BLO_PN#002 [https://bahai-library.com/stevens_abbas_effendi]

Bass Adjustment [https://bassadjustment.bandcamp.com/track/knowledge]

@knowledge; recognition of God, @love of God, @study; deepening, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @high station of learning

AB09724

...Less than a year [ago], Abdul Baha raised the cry of 'Ya Baha El Abha' from his heart and soul as he crossed the mountains and deserts of that continent!

DAS.1913-07-11 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=26] ABIE.054 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11553

...Let them (the Bahá'ís) be awake! Let them be mindful! As soon as they see a trace of violation

SW_v04#10 p.174x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_10] BSTW#131 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=60]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @call to action

AB11595

...Live and act thou in the present as far as possible for thee, according to the divine instructions.

SW_v07#18 p.187 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

AB03041

220

...Lord! Verily, Thy servant, Eskandar Sprague, journeyed to the most remote

SW_v01#10 p.009 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_10]

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for praise and gratitude, @praise and encouragement

AB11347

...Make ye inquiries as to a woman teacher. She must be extremely modest, even-tempered, forbearing, and well bred, and she must be expert in the English language

COC#0611x

@courtesy; culture [adab], @personal instructions

AB11539

...Man is endowed with superior reasoning power and the faculty of perception

ADJ.038x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@human reality created in the image of God, @race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit

AB11449

...Man must work, and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good. His work, both material and spiritual

BSC.440 #803 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@excellence; distinction, @self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline, @high station of the arts and sciences, @work as worship

AB11286

...May America become the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world receive this heavenly blessing

TDH#158.17x [http://www.bahai.org/r/679994757]

@two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization, @being a source of light; guidance, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @praise of Western values; culture

AB11554

...May the inhabitants of this country...rise from their present material attainment to such heights

GPB.254x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190]

@spiritual transformation, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11262

...May this American democracy be the first nation to establish the foundation of international agreement

ADJ.085bx [http://www.bahai.org/r/414788765] GPB.254x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190] WOB.075-076x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647076745]

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

AB11424

...Moderation is necessary in all affairs. Man must take a lesson from divine actions and deeds

SW_v08#02 p.026x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_2]

@all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @wisdom [hikmat], @principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium

AB00238

760

...Mr. Mountfort Mills, Mrs. Alice Breed... displayed selfless effort... Mrs. Rohanna Bogislav and her daughter, Elfrida Martin, sang such a melody

BSTW#086x [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=91]

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @naming of children; of individuals

AB11360

160

Persian

ای دختر عزیز نامه تو رسید از مضمون سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلالت بر روحانیت محضه

...Mrs. Maxwell is in very truth a mercy from God and a token of His grace. In assisting the friends she is self-sacrificing, and in firmness in the Covenant she is a heavenly example

BRL_DAK#0540 [https://www.bahai.org/r/822299849]

MAX.364ax [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=364]

@firmness in the Covenant

ABU1936

150

...multitudiness, they all emanate from the solar center. May we be like these trees

BSTW#084b [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=86]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @unity in diversity, @diversity an attribute; requirement of existence

AB11452

...My hope is that the Esperantists may become attracted by these epistles and may

SW_v11#17 p.291x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_17]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @universal language

AB12280

200

...My kind friend, Some distinguished people think that by giving currency to tales and legends the Cause of the Baha'is can be discredited

EGBBF.109x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/balyuzi_browne_bahai_faith.pdf]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics

AB03878

190

...My name should be confined to "Abdu'l-Baha" in all writings. This is the collective name

SW_v08#15 p.212x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_15]

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause

AB11451

...My thoughts are turned towards you, and my heart leaps within me at your mention

WOB.077x [http://www.bahai.org/r/648750949]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB10738

Persian

Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha

اين اطفال را تربيت بهائی خواهم تا در ملک و ملکوت ترقّی نمايند و سبب سرور دل و جان

...My wish is that these children should receive a Baha’í education, so that they may progress both here and in the Kingdom

MMK1#100 p.124x [https://www.bahai.org/r/593744963]

SWAB#100x [http://www.bahai.org/r/848662423]

@education of children; moral education, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion

AB03591

200

…Nine is the last number and it is the greater number. Ten is simply the continuation of the number 1 because 10 is 1 and 100 is 1.

BSC.441 #804 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria), @return of Christ; second coming of Christ, @quotation from or interpretation of the Bible

AB11435

...Now concerning the verse in Daniel, the interpretation whereof thou didst ask... A century will have elapsed from the dawn of the Sun of Truth; then will the teachings of God be firmly established

LOG#1414x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1414] PAB.024 [https://bahai-library.com/shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha] BNE.250 [https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298]

@prophecy and fulfillment, @predictions and prophecies, @growth of the Cause

AB08712

250

...Now in the world of being the Hand of divine power hath firmly laid the foundations

BRL_DAK#1233 [https://www.bahai.org/r/713909409]

BADM.015-016x [http://www.bahai.org/r/203163481] WOB.111x [http://www.bahai.org/r/735680299] WOB.205x [http://www.bahai.org/r/599938771]

@spiritual transformation, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @material world a reflection of the spiritual

AB07815

110

...Now is the commencement of organization, hence every affair concerning the Kingdom

SW_v13#10 p.263-264x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10] SW_v13#12 p.325x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB08468

100

...Now it is much better if you start directly for Japan and while there be engaged in the diffusion of the Fragrances of God.

DAS.1914-08-09 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=107]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07839

110

...Now the day has arrived in which the edifice of God, the divine sanctuary, the spiritual Temple, shall be erected in America

SW_v06#17 p.133 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17] SW_v06#17 p.130 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17] SW_v07#07 p.057-058 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_7] BW_v01p061 [http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/bahai-year-book-vol01-1925-1926.pdf#page=61]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB03886

190

...Now you must engage in the service of the Cause of God with the utmost firmness, steadfastness and resolution

SW_v05#01 p.005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_1]

@effort; striving, @call to action, @growth of the Cause, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB02016

280

...Now you must engage in the service of the Cause of God with the utmost firmness, steadfastness and resolution, and expend day and night in the promotion of the Religion of God.

DAS.1913-10-21x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=33]

AB00639

490

Persian

ای عزيز عبدالبهآء پسر آن پدر باش و ثمر آن شجر زاده عنصر جان و دل او باش

...O dear one of ‘Abdu’l‑Baha! Be the son of thy father and be the fruit of that tree. Be a son that hath been born of his soul

MMK1#117 p.136x [https://www.bahai.org/r/900746666]

SWAB#117x [http://www.bahai.org/r/474699700] TAB.341-343 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA341] PN_1912 p069x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=69] ECN.513 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=513]

@suffering; rejection of Christ, @non-participation in politics, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

AB07112

120

...O God, aid Thou this servant to be firm in Thy Covenant which has encompassed the heaven and earth

NYR#116x [https://www.nayriz.org/template.php?pageName=illuminatedTablets]

@prayer for firmness in the Covenant, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @personal instructions

AB12849

Arabic

رب رب وفق بینهما و ثبت اقدامهما علی الحبّ الأبدی و الارتباط السّرمدی حتّی یکون کل واحد

...O God, my God! Join in accord these two souls and set firm their feet in eternal love and everlasting union

BRL_SWOP#096x [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#096x [https://www.bahai.org/r/899823895]

@prayer for married couples

AB07774

110

…O God! This is a branch sprung from the tree of Thy mercy… and bestow upon him the name Shoghi so that he may yearn for Thy Kingdom

BW_v13p060 [http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/the-bahai-world-vol13-1954-1963.pdf#page=60] CHC.269x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CHC.pdf#page=278] PPRL.005x [https://bahai-library.com/khanum_priceless_pearl] SEIO.001x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SEIO.pdf#page=1]

@prayer for children and youth, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @naming of children; of individuals

AB11212

...O handmaiden of God! Verily, God has confirmed thee in spreading the fragrances of God in those climes. Be a pillar of fire and a cloud of light and a blessed tree in the vineyard of God, the Precious, the Forgiving

SW_v14#11 p.353x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_11]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @Mary Magdalene, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @service to others; to the Cause of God

BH10982

...O Ḥusayn! O thou Preceptor! From His Most Great Prison, the countenance of the Ancient of Days is turned towards thee… Blessed is that teacher who shall arise to instruct the children

COC#0576x

MANA [https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/blessed-is-that-teacher]

@firmness in the Covenant, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @rejection by the people of the Bayan, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @education of children; moral education

BH04938

200

...O Ibráhím! By God, Khalil hath circumambulated the Cause of God and hath confessed

NYR#130x [https://www.nayriz.org/template.php?pageName=illuminatedTablets] NYR#165x [https://www.nayriz.org/template.php?pageName=illuminatedTablets]

@suffering and imprisonment, @praise and encouragement, @call to action, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @prayer for assistance; intercession, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11249

Persian

ای پروردگار این دختر ملکوت را در دو جهان عزیز نما از جهان خاک و خاکیان بیزار کن

...O Lord! Help this daughter of the Kingdom to be exalted in both worlds

HUV2.020x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/H2/h2-24.html]

BRL_APAB#05x [http://www.bahai.org/r/676221640] BRL_CHILD#27 [https://www.bahai.org/r/758413479]

E. Mahony [https://music.elikamahony.com/track/blessings-for-women]

@praise and encouragement, @prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @The Holy Spirit

BH11831

120

...O My brother! How great, how very great, can the law of obligatory prayer be, when, through His mercy and loving kindness

BRL_IOPF#1.09x [http://www.bahai.org/r/982337932]

@law of obligatory prayer, @words vs deeds, @the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @rejection of Muhammad, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB09611

mixed

الهی الهی انّ هذا الزّرع قد اخرج شطأه و استوی علی سوقه قد اعجب الزّراع

...O my God, O my God! Verily this plant hath yielded its fruit and standeth upright upon its stalk.

LMA2.438x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/360.pdf#page=446]

BRL_APAB#13x [http://www.bahai.org/r/056252557] NYR#142 [https://www.nayriz.org/template.php?pageName=illuminatedTablets]

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @petitions to authorities, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @power of prayer, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH05251

190

...O My handmaid! Ponder upon that which hath befallen My Beauty from My kindred and from the adherents of former Faiths, causing the heaven to be cleft asunder

LTDT.283-284x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=300]

@praise and encouragement, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @prayer for protection, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @suffering and imprisonment

AB10386

mixed

ای بنده الهی هزار و سیصد و سی و پنج سنه مذکوره بدایتش از یوم هجرت حضرت رسول

...O servant of God! The aforementioned thousand three hundred and thirty-five years must be reckoned from the day of the flight of His Holiness Muhammad, the Apostle of God

MAS9.020x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS9/mas9-21.html]

PAB.025 [https://bahai-library.com/shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha]

@prayer for forgiveness, @spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @humility; meekness; lowliness

AB05764

140

...O thou daughter of the Kingdom! In reality thou art attracted to the divine realm and set aglow with the fire of divine love.

MAX.242 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=242]

@love of God, @spiritual transformation, @firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05742

140

...O thou esteemed one: This world is like unto a forest, and its trees are fruitless. Now the Divine Gardener hath come

PN_1906 p096x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=96]

@Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator, @power of love, @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

AB09728

...O thou kind God! To me Thou art kinder than myself and Thy love is more abundant and more ancient!

DAS.1914-08-20x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_12.pdf#page=1] SW_v08#18 p.233 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_18]

@prayer for spiritual recognition, @the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @prayer for healing, @spiritual transformation

AB10976

Persian

ای خدای مهربان این درختان را زینت جنّت ابهی نما و بفیض آسمانی پرورش ده

...O Thou kind Lord! Grant that these trees may become the adornment of the Abha Paradise

HUV2.014x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/H2/h2-18.html]

BRL_APAB#06x [http://www.bahai.org/r/202492236] BRL_CHILD#21x [https://www.bahai.org/r/228614635]

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @consolation and comfort

AB07346

110

Persian

خداوند مهربانا کودکانیم بی‌نوا و طفلانیم در نهایت فقر و فنا ولی سبزهٴ جویبار توئیم و نهالهای پرشکوفهٴ

...O Thou kind Lord! We are poor children, needy and insignificant, yet we are plants which have sprouted by Thy heavenly stream

INBA75:067x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v075/?page=73]

DUR1.561x ADH2.128x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf] ADH2_5#04 p.160x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf] MJMJ1.107x MMG2#439 p.482x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-485.html] MJH.047ax [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAI/mmai-48.html] HUV1.006x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/621.pdf#page=6]

BRL_APAB#03x [http://www.bahai.org/r/498530378] BRL_CHILD#25x [https://www.bahai.org/r/985759010]

@prayer for children and youth, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @education of children; moral education

AB11525

...O thou prepared lamp! Be thou enkindled with the fire of the love of God as much as thou canst and illumine those countries

SW_v14#07 p.211x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_7]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause, @attaining the life of the spirit, @spiritual transformation, @being a source of light; guidance

AB03692

310

Persian

ای خانم محترمه نامه شما رسید ولی چون در سفر بودیم از شهری بشهری فرستاده شد تا

...O thou revered lady! Thou must raise aloft the banner of Baha’u’llah in London and become so aflame with the fire of the love of God as to rouse and stir every listless soul

BRL_DAK#0117 [http://www.bahai.org/r/536815150]

BRL_MEET.AB#13x [http://www.bahai.org/r/394687087] LBLT.116x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=117] LBLT.119x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=120]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB07853

100

mixed

ای بندگان آستان مقدّس جنود ملأ اعلی در اوج علا صف بسته و مهيّا و منتظر

...O ye servants of the Sacred Threshold! The triumphant Hosts of the Celestial Concourse

MMK1#208 p.254x [https://www.bahai.org/r/223625561] RRT.019x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/310.pdf#page=19]

SWAB#208x [http://www.bahai.org/r/700820376] BADM.042-043x [http://www.bahai.org/r/910450179] SW_v14#03 p.086x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_3]

QuiqueSaba [https://quiquesaba.bandcamp.com/track/valiente-caballero-2]

@prayer for specific individuals; groups, @knowledge; recognition of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11615

...on that day will the faithful rejoice with exceeding gladness

MBW.044x

AB11120

...On the shore of Lake Michigan a piece of land is blessed because it has been mentioned by the name of Mashrekol-Azkar

SW_v11#11 p.169x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_11]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB09033

...One must obey the command of God and submit to medical opinion. Thou hast undertaken this journey to comply with His command and not for the sake of healing

COC#1024x LOG#0960x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n960]

@personal instructions, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB11886

130

mixed

از جمله وصایای حتمیّه و نصایح صریحه اسم اعظم اینست که ابواب تأویل را مسدود نمائید

...One of the binding exhortations and explicit admonitions of the Greatest Name is to close the doors of interpretation… The laws of God regarding fasting and obligatory prayer are absolutely incumbent upon His servants

GHA.341.10x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/GHA/gha-350.html] VUJUD.096x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Malakut-i-Vujud.pdf]

BRL_IOPF#2.03x [http://www.bahai.org/r/703203727] VUJUDE.141-142x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the_kingdom_of_existence.pdf]

@interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @literal interpretation, @reincarnation, @law of obligatory prayer

AB09729

...One of the important questions which affect the unity and the solidarity of mankind

ADJ.038x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] ADJ.055x [http://www.bahai.org/r/138409678]

@race unity; racial issues, @unity in diversity

AB07489

110

...Open thou the eloquent tongue and deliver fluent utterances and guide the souls: so that thou mayst be confirmed

DAS.1914-03-03x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=22]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB10956

mixed

حکم مفروض و امر واجب آنست که از قلم اعلی صادر و یا بقرار بیت العدل عمومی حاصل گردد... و اما اوراد و اذکار بعد از هر نماز هر کس خواهد مناجاتهای

...Ordinances which are obligatory and decrees that are binding are those that have issued forth from the Supreme Pen or are issued by a decision of the Universal House of Justice

AVK4.025.08x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-29.html] AVK4.305x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-309.html] DWNP_v2#08 p.072x [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-2-burma-1924]

BRL_IOPF#2.24x [http://www.bahai.org/r/702550418]

@prayer for governments and rulers, @House of Justice, @laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @suffering and imprisonment

AB11099

...Paul in the beginning worked against the Spirit of God - Christ - but when he became confirmed he was the first servant of Christ

DAS.1914-09-04 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_12.pdf#page=35]

@Saint Peter and Saint Paul

AB11082

...People must live for one another, and not live in seclusion as do the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives.

BSC.440 #802 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @monasticism; asceticism, @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible

AB09110

...Perchance, God willing, ye may be helped and confirmed to arise and serve in a befitting and worthy manner, and be assisted to do that which is required

BSC.495 #956 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH11451

...Peruse ye every day the verses revealed by God. Blessed is the man who reciteth them and reflecteth upon them. He truly is of them with whom it shall be well

COC#0363x [https://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_deepening#363]

@prayers (general or uncategorized), @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @thankfulness; gratitude, @importance of reading the Sacred Writings

AB10819

170

...Praise be to God He hath appeared with a luminous Countenance. Verily the Promised One is His Highness Bahá’u’lláh Who hath dawned from the Eastern horizon

SW_v09#01 p.005x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1] ACOA.052-053

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB08466

100

...Praise be to God that in every Society thou didst investigate the Reality and

DAS.1913-10-13 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=4]

@independent investigation of truth; reality, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB04213

180

...Praise be to God that the believers of ... are in the utmost of happiness and poise

DAS.1913-11-04 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=87]

@methods of teaching the Cause, @courtesy; culture [adab], @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @hospitality, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB06527

130

...Praise be to God that the Fragrances are daily spreading in those parts. This is through the self-sacrifice of the friends.

DAS.1913-11-04 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=87]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB04304

170

...Praise be to God that the New York believers became confirmed in the accomplishment of a great service and held in that city the Consultation Convention

SW_v04#10 p.177x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_10]

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07131

120

...Praise be to God that this cycle is the luminous Cycle. This is the century in which the Divine Spirit pervades all things.

DAS.1914-04-17x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB06818

120

...Praise be to God that this Heavenly Melody reaches thine ears. Thou didst hear

DAS.1914-04-17 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @unity; oneness of humanity, @universality of the Cause

AB10841

130

Persian

ای بنت ملکوت نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل بر ثبوت و استقامت بود و برهان قیام

...Praise be to God that thou hast been confirmed in serving impoverished children and showing kindness to the poor, and hast been assisted in spreading abroad the teachings

BRL_DAK#0132 [http://www.bahai.org/r/944129194]

LBLT.204x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=205]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB06766

120

...Praise be to God that you have not forgotten the time of our meeting and that your hearts and souls are attracted to Bahá'u'lláh

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB11102

...Praise be to God the Fragrances of Holiness are diffused and the believers and the maidservants

DAS.1913-10-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_04.pdf#page=93]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @love of God

AB00468

570

...Praise be to God, it has been repeatedly proven that firmness in the Covenant and activity in the service of the Cause is the means

PN_1906 p090 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=90]

@firmness in the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @oneness; unity of religion, @wisdom [hikmat], @spiritual transformation, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

AB11081

...Praise be to God, that with our soul and with your heart you are striving to guide

SW_v09#08 p.090 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8]

@education of children; moral education, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB05467

150

...Praise be to God, that you have a blessed Assembly surnamed by the name of the Center

SW_v08#17 p.223x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @firmness in the Covenant, @role of the Covenant in preserving unity

AB06570

120

...Praise be to God, thou hast given up thy material comfort, ... hast travelled to Lubeck and hast instituted an assembly. From the bounties of God, I hope that that assembly

BBBD.454x SW_v13#12 p.343x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation, @disregarding bodily comfort, @war and peace

AB10952

Persian

الحمد للّه قلبت متذکّر بذکر الهی و روحت مستبشر ببشارات اللّه است و مشغول بمناجاتی

...Praise be to God, thy heart is engaged in the commemoration of God, thy soul is gladdened by the glad tidings of God

MMK1#172 p.196x [https://www.bahai.org/r/963174557]

SWAB#172x [http://www.bahai.org/r/376745217] COC#1743x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prayer_meditation_devotion#1743] LOG#1479x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1479]

@business; financial; property matters, @praise and encouragement, @education of children; moral education

AB07840

110

...Praise be to God! That the Convention of the delegates for the Mashrak-el-Azkar was held in perfect order

SW_v06#17 p.137-138 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @predictions and prophecies

BH04129

230

...Praise be to Thee, O My God, for all that hath transpired, for verily this hath been the rule prescribed for Thy Chosen Ones and Thy conduct with those who love Thee

LTDT.271-272x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=288]

@suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB03069

220

...Praise be unto thee, O God, and glory be unto thee, O my Lord, for thou hast

SW_v08#17 p.224 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual transformation, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @consultation

AB05402

150

Arabic

Man of Courage, The; Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn

ربّی و رجائی لک الحمد علی ما انزلت علینا هذه المائدة الرّوحانیّة ... ربّ و رجائی لک الشّکر علی هذه النّعمآء

...Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord and my Hope, for what Thou hast sent down upon us—this spiritual sustenance

AVK4.069.08x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-73.html] AVK4.070x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-74.html] MAS9.074x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS9/mas9-75.html] MJMJ2.106x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA2/mma2-107.html] MJMJ2.107ax [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA2/mma2-108.html] MMG2#442 p.486x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-489.html] MMG2#443 p.487x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-490.html] NSR_1978.136x NSR_1978.135ax NSR_1993.149x [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-147.html] NSR_1993.147bx [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-145.html]

TAB.167-168x [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA167] BSC.427 #772x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] RBB.120ax [https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism] RBB.120bx [https://bahai-library.org/maceoin_rituals_babism_bahaism] ADMS#011x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/prayer-after-eating/] ADMS#012x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/prayer-before-eating/]

@prayer to be recited at table, @growth of the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @knowledge; recognition of God

BH08594

120

Arabic

سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اشهد انک انت کنت لم تزل فی علو القدره و

...Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness that from eternity Thou wert exalted in Thy transcendent majesty and might

PMP#028x [http://www.bahai.org/r/248536968]

PM#028x [http://www.bahai.org/r/471245521]

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God

AB02587

240

mixed

مسئله عزير عليه السّلام حقيقتش اينست که مقصود ملّت حضرت موسی بود که به هجوم بخت‌النّصر

...Qa’im-Maqamí is, in truth, the foremost servant of the Cause of the All-Merciful… As to the verses concerning Dhu’l-Qarnayn, these are of the ambiguous sort that have an inner meaning. The objectors made this account a snare of deceit

MMK6#283x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=209] AHB.130BE #09-10 p.027x AVK2.201-202x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-202.html] MAS2.042-043x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS2/mas2-43.html]

BLO_courage.30x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/m/masumian_nushabadi_man_courage.pdf#page=30] ADMS#328x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/ab02587/]

@Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @Imam 'Ali, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters

AB12011

...Recite the Obligatory Prayer and supplications as much as thou art able, so that day by day thou mayest attain to increased firmness and steadfastness

BRL_IOPF#2.17x [http://www.bahai.org/r/261190546]

@the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @law of obligatory prayer, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love as fire, @love of God, @knowledge; recognition of God

AB11440

...Regarding arrangements for the Bahai Sunday meeting for the purpose of worship

SW_v13#10 p.276x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @music and singing

AB01188

360

Persian

ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید امیدوارم که در ماه نومبر در لندره باشم در باب

...Regarding the “Golden Key”: To those whom thou canst trust and in whom thou mayest confide, say the following: We showed the utmost kindness to Professor Browne

BRL_DAK#0118 [http://www.bahai.org/r/613683896]

LBLT.116-119x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LBLT.pdf#page=117]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @exhortations and counsels, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB10575

...Regarding the education of those two daughters D. . . . and M. . . . If thou givest true Bahai education to those two young trees in the garden of Abha

SW_v09#07 p.088x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_7]

@equality of men and women, @role and station of women, @education of children; moral education, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB11429

...Regarding the Exposition of 1915 which will be inaugurated in San Francisco in America: From now undoubtedly

SW_v02#13 p.006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_13]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09888

...Regarding the rainbow, - this rainbow is the Covenant of God and the Testament

SW_v08#17 p.226x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@interpretation of dreams and visions, @symbolism, @law of divorce, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11458

...Regarding the society of healing of which thou art a member; when it comes under the protection of this Cause, its power will be a hundred fold.

BSTW#369b [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=32]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities

AB09126

...Regarding thy extreme sorrow, thy sadness and thy great regret for My imprisonment, there is no harm therein... My catastrophes will increase hereafter

PN_1901 p088 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=88]

@consolation and comfort, @suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB10943

...Regarding thy question about the morning prayer. Both meanings are included in the word dawn: the natural dawn and the dawn of the Kingdom

DAS.1914-03-03x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=22] SW_v08#04 p.048x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4]

@mindfulness; concentration; focus, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB10672

...Remember thou that Judas Iscariot was the head of the disciples and their example, How then his feet stumbled and fell in the path

BSTW#073gx [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=58]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @Judas, @firmness in the Covenant

AB11581

Persian

بدانید اگر در عالم هم نباشم همیشه با شما خواهم بود

...Remember, whether or not I be on earth, My presence will be with you always

DWNP_v1#03-4 p.007 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923]

GPB.309x [http://www.bahai.org/r/366481740]

@consolation and comfort

AB10294

...Rest ye assured that the Breaths of the Holy Spirit shall inspire you with the power of speech. Consequently, loosen your tongues and speak in every meeting

DAS.1913-09-23 ABIE.349 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB11565

...rise from their present material attainments to such a height that heavenly illumination may stream from this center to all the peoples of the world

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086]

@materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization, @spiritual transformation, @two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization

AB11530

...Say to [Dr.] ... that "he studied physical medicine and he cured physical diseases

TAB.507 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5R0qAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA507]

AB12530

Extract from a letter to Hooper Harris in Dec. 1906

110

…Send her [Alma Knobloch] my love and greetings and say: Blessed are you, in whom whites and blacks are alike. Wisdom is gained through the light of the heart and not through the skin. Blackness is the darkness of the heart and not the darkness of the face

BBBD.031bx

@race unity; racial issues, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB03588

200

...Servitude to all the human race is my perpetual religion. Through the bounty and favor of the Blessed Perfection

SW_v08#15 p.210-211x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_15]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world

AB09838

Persian

ای بنده الهی بزرگواری در عبودیت جلیل اکبر است نه سلطنت خاور و باختر نفوس

...Servitude to God lieth in servitude to the friends. One must be the essence of humility and the embodiment of meekness

INBA16:104 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v016/?page=106]

BRL_DAK#0372 [http://www.bahai.org/r/508122365] BRL_CONF2018P#08x [http://www.bahai.org/r/743152036] MMK2#156 p.118 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-120.html]

BRL_CONF2018#08x [http://www.bahai.org/r/370429213]

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa

AB07073

120

...Several days ago we were going to come to Haifa but legal and religious impediments presented themselves . . . God willing, we will come but know not when

LTDT.327x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=344]

@personal instructions, @humor; jokes, @happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow

AB11096

...Several plans and designs of the Mashrak-el-Azkar have been received from America

SW_v06#17 p.140 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB08307

100

...Should people enquire about My whereabouts, tell them that certain prominent Americans and Europeans have repeatedly sought

LTDT.344x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=361]

@personal instructions, @wisdom [hikmat], @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11033

...Since the loved ones of God in Persia are regarded as veteran friends, it is by virtue of the tremendous affection I cherish for them that their offerings for Huquq are accepted

COC#1172x

@law of Huququ'llah, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB07009

120

Persian

چون انتظام آن دائره موکول به همت و عفت و عدالت و عصمت احبای الهیست

...Since the orderly running of your association dependeth upon the devotion, integrity, fair-mindedness and sanctity of purpose manifested by the friends of God

COMP_TRUSTP#49x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/trustworthiness_compilation_originals.pdf]

BRL_TRUST#48x [http://www.bahai.org/r/317094507] COC#2060x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_trustworthiness#2060]

@past, present and future of Iran, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @excellence; distinction, @characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB05667

140

Persian

خانمهای عالم چون از حق محتجب کنیزان شدند و کنیزان جمال مبارک بالطاف جمال قدم خانمهای عالم گشتند

...Since they failed to recognize the Truth, the ladies of the world were reduced to maidservants, and the handmaidens of the Blessed Beauty

KHH1.304 (1.424)x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=335]

KHHE.437-438x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf]

@spiritual transformation

AB11569

...So firm and mighty is this Covenant that from the beginning of time until the present day no religious Dispensation hath produced its like.

WOB.146x [http://www.bahai.org/r/111035259]

ABU1485

Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles

220

…so that each of you may become a candle, literally a light of guidance, and a manifestor of power… You must be newly created. You must not be the same as you were before you became Bahá’ís. A transformation must take place.

ECN.164 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=164]

@spiritual transformation, @second birth, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @being a source of light; guidance, @fulfillment of true potential, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause

AB08004

100

...Some of the loved ones should establish ties of friendship with the notables of the region and manifest towards them the most affectionate regard

COC#1837x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_teaching_prominent_people#1837]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @business; financial; property matters, @methods of teaching the Cause, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

AB09914

...Sometime ago I wrote thee a letter, whose content was that praise be to God, thou hast become confirmed in drawing a plan for the pilgrim house in Haifa

SW_v13#08 p.221x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_8]

@suffering and imprisonment, @confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @firmness in the Covenant

AB10764

...Strive earnestly and put forth your greatest endeavor toward the accomplishment of this fellowship

ADJ.039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@race unity; racial issues, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB11336

Persian

بکوش که در زبان فارسی نهایت مهارت را حاصل نمائی و الواح جمال مبارک را بخوانی

...Strive to acquire the utmost proficiency in the Persian language—to read the Tablets of the Blessed Beauty and discover the heavenly significances of their words

ANDA#79 p.05x [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-79]

ADMS#203bx [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/excerpts_abdul-baha_encouraging_study_persian/]

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

AB11431

...Strive ye as much as ye can, so that love and amity may increase day by day amongst the believers of God; all of you can help each other and be ever ready to sacrifice your lives for one another. This is the quality of the people of Baha.

DAS.1913-09-12 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_04.pdf#page=43] ABIE.309 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11439

...Such souls are nothing but pure harm to the Cause of God, and it is very well that they go out

SW_v04#10 p.174x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_10] BSTW#131 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=60]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics, @rejection, opposition and persecution

AB07572

110

...Supplicate all of you toward the Kingdom of Abha, beseech ye and render ye thankfulness unto the Lord

DAS.1914-03-03x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=22]

@confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @praise and encouragement, @living waters; water of life, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @being a source of light; guidance

AB11374

...Supplication and prayer on behalf of others will surely be effective. When hearts are united, when faces are turned towards the kingdom of Abha, surely enlightenment will be the result.

SW_v08#04 p.047x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4]

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @unity of thought and belief, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @power of prayer

ABU0124

Words spoken on 1912-07-09 in New York

1100

...Tell Mrs. D. there are only two ways of correcting the social conditions; it cannot be done by force.

PN_1912 p109x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=109] BSTW#351ax [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=2]

@the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @wealth inequality and its moderation, @agriculture

AB11087

...Thank God that thou art assisted in serving the believers of God. Thou art the enkindled brazier of the Fire of Love and a lamp of the utmost purity

DAS.1913-08-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=7] ABIE.139 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@thankfulness; gratitude, @being a source of light; guidance, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB05527

140

...Thank thou God that the doors of the Kingdom were opened and the beauty of the Promised One became manifest

DAS.1914-08-16x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=119]

@Christ; Christianity, @suffering and imprisonment, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @symbolism, @praise and encouragement, @birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary

AB03989

180

...Thank thou the Lord that thou hast winged thy way into this limitless heaven, and art journeying in the world of God.

PN_1913 p012 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1913.pdf#page=12] BSTW#052n [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=5] BSTW#073bx [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=58]

@firmness in the Covenant, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @love and unity, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

ABU0388

Address at unity feast, Flynn home in Green Acre, 1912-08-20

630

...that a man from the East encounters a person from the West, and between the two

PN_1912 p023 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=23] BSTW#335 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_301-350.pdf#page=50]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @unity in diversity

AB10783

...That beloved friend is always before my sight, both at home and abroad. With my heart, tongue and pen I mention thee.

DAS.1913-10-13 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=4]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

ABU3189

Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23

...that was not really a deterioration of the essential part of the man, the mind or spirit, but a weakening of the functional organs.

PN_1909F p061 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=61] PN_1909F p116 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909F.pdf#page=116] AKL.009

@relationship of the soul to the body, @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @symbolism

ABU2872

Words to Albert Windust, Ramleh, 1913-10-23

...That which is the most important of all the affairs in this day is to teach the Cause of God!

SW_v04#15 p.251 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11574

...The "One who is to come" is he who was promised in the books of God and his epistles; that is, the Manifestation

SW_v09#01 p.006x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1]

@predictions and prophecies, @prophecy and fulfillment, @station of the Manifestation of God

AB11518

...the all-mighty Covenant, the like of which the sacred Dispensations of the past have never witnessed

GPB.239x [http://www.bahai.org/r/635692548]

@praise and encouragement, @firmness in the Covenant, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11537

...The Almighty will no doubt grant you the help of His grace, will invest you with the tokens of His might

WOB.077x [http://www.bahai.org/r/648750949]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @The Holy Spirit

AB11549

...The American continent giveth signs and evidences of very great advancement. Its future

GPB.254x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190]

@praise of Western values; culture, @predictions and prophecies

AB10300

...The American people are indeed worthy of being the first to build the Tabernacle of the Great Peace

ADJ.085b-086x [http://www.bahai.org/r/414788765] GPB.254x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647760190] GPB.396-397x [http://www.bahai.org/r/400059869]

@the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, @predictions and prophecies

AB02545

240

...The Ancient Beauty, may My spirit be sacrificed for His loved ones, from the beginning had the utmost consideration for that family

LTDT.305-306x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=322]

@prayer for the spiritual progress of others, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB12022

...The art of music must be brought to the highest stage of development, for this is one of the most wonderful arts

BRL_IOA#09x [http://www.bahai.org/r/449343021]

@praise and encouragement, @music and singing, @suffering and imprisonment, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11842

mixed

حضرت اعلی روحی له الفدآء بکلّی قواعد لغت را فسخ فرموده لسان عرب را آزاد فرمودند این است که جمیع آثار حضرت

...The Bab, may my spirit be a sacrifice for Him, completely abrogated the rules of that tongue. He freed the language of the Arabs

KHSH01.067x [https://bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_1]

ADMS#155x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/abdul-baha-on-bab-bahaullah-flouting-arabic-grammar/]

@grammar and orthography, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture

AB11086

...The basis of the Call must be the Oneness of the world of humanity

@methods of teaching the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction

AB11269

...The believers of God from now on must think about going to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition

SW_v05#17 p.265 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_17] MAX.312bx [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=312]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB07836

110

...The believers of God in America, one and all, must unitedly make an effort, so that the Temple

SW_v06#17 p.135-136 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

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

AB10782

...The believers of God must be kind toward each other; if one commits a mistake the other must forgive. It is not at all befitting to refer their names to a court

BSTW#192 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_151-200.pdf#page=76]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @thankfulness; gratitude, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

AB03305

210

...The believers with the utmost firmness and steadfastness must engage in the teaching of the Cause. They must become united and agreed. They are all the drops of one river

DAS.1913-08-27 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_04.pdf#page=7] ABIE.246 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @wisdom [hikmat], @unity; oneness of humanity, @unity of thought and belief

AB11079

...The beloved of God and the maidservants of the Merciful intend to found a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Chicago.

SW_v01#15 p.007 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_15]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @business; financial; property matters, @call to action

AB09118

...The beloved of God must be the cause of spreading the Heavenly Love. They must impart spiritual concord

BSC.438 #795 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

ABU0769

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

390

...the books of Baha'u'llah, written and printed sixty years ago, contained the ideals now so familiar to the West

AIL.068 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @supreme tribunal, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @predictions and prophecies, @war and peace, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past

AB11291

...The Call of God, when raised, breathed a new life into the body of mankind, and infused a new spirit

WOB.169x [http://www.bahai.org/r/764973220]

@spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @predictions and prophecies

AB07530

110

Persian

Tafsír-i-Bismilláh ar-Raḥmán ar-Raḥím (Commentary on the opening verse of the Quran)

تبديل معلّمين نه سريعاً جائز و نه مدّتی بسيار متوسط بهتر است

...The changing of teachers should be neither too frequent nor too much delayed; moderation is preferable.

MMK1#125 p.140x [https://www.bahai.org/r/331048032]

SWAB#125x [http://www.bahai.org/r/589892806]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @education of children; moral education, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB05045

150

Persian

اطفال اگر از بدو طفولیّت چه جسمانی چه روحانی خواه از جهت صحّت و خواه از جهت تربیت مواظبت نشود

...The child must, from the day of his birth, be provided with whatever is conducive to his health; and know ye this: so far as possible, the mother's milk is best... Unless the child, in his earliest years, be carefully tended, whether in a material or a spiritual sense

MJTB.094x [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/mjtb.pdf]

COC#1026x LOG#0998x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n998] LOG#1005x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n1005]

@education of children; moral education, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @role and station of women

AB08473

100

...The confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha shall descend uninterruptedly upon those souls

SW_v04#14 p.241 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_14]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11536

...The construction of Mashrak-el-Azkar in those regions is of the utmost importance

SW_v06#17 p.134 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11455

...The continent of America is in the eyes of the one true God the land wherein the splendors

WOB.075x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647076745]

@predictions and prophecies

AB08449

100

...The correspondence of the believers of God with all parts of America and from America to all directions is very acceptable and seasonable.

DAS.1913-08-25 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=102] ABIE.235 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB11552

...The day is approaching when ye shall witness how, through the splendor of the Faith of Baha'u'llah

WOB.075x [http://www.bahai.org/r/647076745]

@East and West; communication between East and West, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies

AB05986

140

...The days of human existence are like vanishing shadows. Compared to the world of Reality, they are brought to a close with extreme speed.

DAS.1913-09-01x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_04.pdf#page=18] BSC.449 #819x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v16#07 p.583x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_16/Issue_7] ABIE.264x [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB03693

190

...The days that I spent in London, although the physical health was precarious yet the heavenly spirit was confirming at all times.

DAS.1914-02-21x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_07.pdf#page=99]

@permission for visit; pilgrimage, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart, @consolation and comfort

AB11442

...The deeds of man must be the cause of glory. Everything that is conducive to the honor of the religion of God is good.

SW_v09#10 p.107x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_10]

@goodly deeds; actions, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause, @words vs deeds

AB11608

...the distributing center of spiritual enlightenment, and all the world received this heavenly blessing

COF.035x [http://www.bahai.org/r/580736086]

AB11540

...The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony

ADJ.038x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525] LOG#1792x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1792]

@unity in diversity, @love and unity, @music and singing

AB09117

...The Divine confirmations have in every way prepared for you the means of development.

SW_v01#08 p.016x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_8]

@predictions and prophecies, @past, present and future of Iran, @promotion of commerce and industry, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB10382

Persian

يک معنی از معانی شجره ملعونه دخانست که مکروهست و مذموم و مضرّ است و مسموم

...The drinking of wine is according to the text of the Most Holy Book, forbidden; for it is the cause of chronic diseases, weakeneth the nerves, and consumeth the mind

MMK6#255x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=188] AVK3.049 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-53.html] AVK4.020.14x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-24.html]

ADJ.033x [http://www.bahai.org/r/323251261] COC#1788x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prohibition_drinking_alcohol#1788]

@alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @praise and encouragement, @Adam; Adam and Eve, @day of rest

AB11311

...The East hath verily been illumined with the light of the Kingdom. Ere long

WOB.079x [http://www.bahai.org/r/181484675]

@forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @love of God, @spiritual transformation, @East and West; communication between East and West, @growth of the Cause

AB11414

...The effulgence of God's splendorous mercy hath enveloped the peoples and kindreds of the earth

WOB.111x [http://www.bahai.org/r/735680299]

@power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @East and West; communication between East and West, @predictions and prophecies

AB11419

...The essence of Oneness is sanctified above the servitude of the world of mankind

SW_v14#06 p.167 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6]

@unity; oneness of humanity, @transcendence; unknowability of God, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11105

...The everlasting glory of the friends, and the heavenly sublimity of the believers, is to teach the Cause of God

SW_v05#02 p.017 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_2]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB04010

180

Persian

نامه مفصل که در خصوص استتکارت نوشته بودی ملاحظه گردید مختصر این است

...The extensive letter you had written about Stuttgart was perused. In brief, Germany will shine resplendent, inasmuch as its citizens are religiously minded

ASAT1.025x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/427.pdf#page=18]

BBBD.242-243 DAS.1913-07-15 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=32] ABIE.069 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt] MHMD2s.323ax [https://bahai-library.com/supplement_abdul-baha_europe_1912-1913]

@travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha, @call to action, @praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @growth of the Cause, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

BH10131

...The foolish divines, have laid aside the Book of God, and are occupied with that which they themselves have fashioned

PDC.132x [http://www.bahai.org/r/460414567]

@suffering and imprisonment, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @station of the Manifestation of God, @call to action

AB12032

160

...The foundation of life and existence is cooperation and mutual aid, whereas the cause of annihilation and deterioration is the cessation of aid and assistance

BRL_SOCIAL#130x [http://www.bahai.org/r/514080362]

@importance of community building, @need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible, @unity; oneness of humanity, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB02223

260

...The founding of these spiritual meetings is purely for the purpose of teaching; but, as the Mashriqu'l Azkar is not yet founded

SW_v13#10 p.276x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@wisdom [hikmat], @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @contention and conflict

AB11305

...The full measure of your success is as yet unrevealed, its significance still unapprehended

WOB.077x [http://www.bahai.org/r/648750949]

@spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men, @being a source of light; guidance, @predictions and prophecies

AB11413

...The future of California, whether in regard to its material affairs or spiritual affairs, is very important

SW_v02#13 p.006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_13] SW_v05#15 p.232x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_15] SW_v05#16 p.242 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_16] SW_v05#17 p.265 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_17]

@call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10767

...The glad-tidings of the Kingdom of Abha are effective over the hard stone and

DAS.1913-07-11 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=26] SW_v04#15 p.252 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15] ABIE.055 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization

AB10768

...The Glances of Divine Providence are always vouchsafed, the infinite Bestowals are continually descending.

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @predictions and prophecies, @thankfulness; gratitude

AB09760

...The good news of the unity and harmony among the friends of New York brought much joy. I hope that this unity and harmony may increase

PN_1909 p071 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=71]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BH11576

...the Gulf that hath branched out of this Ocean that hath encompassed all created things

GPB.243x [http://www.bahai.org/r/565667412]

@God as immanent vs. transcendent reality, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB11973

100

...The hearts of all the friends rejoiced, and in particular, the heart of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, when we heard of thy rising up to serve the Cause of God

BRL_MEET.AB#10x [http://www.bahai.org/r/627006062]

@power of prayer, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB12846

150

Arabic

قد انشرح القلوب لاقترانکما فی یوم مبارک سعید فی هذا العصر المجید

...The hearts were cheered by your marriage on a blessed and happy day in this glorious age. In the estimation of true believers

BRL_SWOP#022 [https://adibmasumian.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/originals_to_set_the_world_in_order.pdf]

BRL_SWO#022 [https://www.bahai.org/r/265915126]

AB11476

...The Hidden Words is a treasury of divine mysteries. When thou ponderest its contents, the doors of the mysteries will open

COC#0398x [https://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_deepening#398]

@study; deepening, @Greatest Name, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB04610

170

...The highest expression of the life of man on this planet in this age and many ages to come is Celestial

BSC.441 #805 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause, @transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir

AB10770

...The holy ones of past ages and centuries have, each and all, yearned with tearful eyes to live

WOB.110x [http://www.bahai.org/r/411401253]

@forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11428

...The holy realities of the Concourse on high yearn, in this day, in the Most Exalted Paradise

ADJ.047x [http://www.bahai.org/r/293658406]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @the concourse on high

BH11877

350

...The honored Afnáns, upon them rest all My glory, the Most Glorious, arrived in Beirut and, afterwards, by Our leave, gradually and individually arrived here

GEN.313x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/a/afnan_rabbani_genesis_faiths.pdf]

@permission for visit; pilgrimage, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God

AB07814

110

...The hope which Abdu'l-Baha cherishes for you is that the same success which has attended

WOB.078x [http://www.bahai.org/r/274993313]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09754

...The human spirit is a power which comprehends the realities of things. All that thou seest

SW_v08#08 p.097 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8]

@power of the mind over nature, @the mind's power of discovery, @the human soul, @The Holy Spirit

AB10311

...The invisible hand has opened the doors, and wisdom requires that ‘Abdu'l-Bahá hasten to the country of Egypt, for he is infinitely ashamed

SW_v01#17 p.007 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_17]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @prayer for spiritual recognition, @travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11263

...The judgment of God hath come; respond ye unto the call of God! Hearken ye

SW_v05#03 p.037 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_3]

@call to action, @predictions and prophecies

AB11270

...The Kingdom of God is possessed of limitless potency. Audacious must be the army of life

TDH#046.4 [http://www.bahai.org/r/908366219] COC#1683x

@call to action

BH10983

...The kings, have recognized that it was not in their interest to acknowledge Me, as have likewise the ministers and the divines

PDC.028x [http://www.bahai.org/r/720623570]

@proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals, @call to action, @universal peace; world unity, @forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @purpose; goal of creation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment

AB12002

...The laws of God, such as fasting, obligatory prayer and the like, as well as His counsels regarding virtues, good deeds and proper conduct, must be carried out everywhere to the extent possible

BRL_IOPF#2.04x [http://www.bahai.org/r/307510159]

@laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @permission for visit; pilgrimage, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

AB08683

Persian

عبدالبهآء را نهایت آرزو عبودیّت این مظاهر مقدّسهٴ الهی است و نهایت آمال جانفشانی و شهادت کبری در سبیل آنان

...The lecture delivered by Monsieur ... was perused. It is a good lecture; but he has mentioned the appearance of three Manifestations

NJB_v05#14 p.005x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_14]

DAS.1914-06-24x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_10.pdf#page=129]

@servitude; submission to God; repentance, @firmness in the Covenant

AB11426

...The letter signed by most of the friends in India has been received. Abdu'l-Baha is greatly

SW_v12#13 p.215x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_13]

@service to others; to the Cause of God

AB05251

150

...The letter that thou hast written to his honor Mirza Ahmad Sohrab was perused. The Board of Consultation is radiant and spiritual

DAS.1914-03-26 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=82]

@detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @consultation

AB03068

220

...The line of progress is perpendicular and it has no end. Progress is infinite but there are many degrees. Each animate or inanimate organism advances along its own degree.

DAS.1914-03-14 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=49]

@progress only takes place within its own degree, @spiritual transformation, @all things are in motion; kinds of motion, @power of the Manifestation of God, @essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others, @Manifestation of God as educator

AB08448

100

...The long journey over sea and land, the innumerable difficulties in the morn and at eve, the lack of rest and sleep

DAS.1913-08-01 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=7] ABIE.138 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11612

...The Lord of the day of the manifestation is his highness, Baha'o'llah.

SW_v09#01 p.006x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1]

AB09509

...The meetings that thou art holding in thy house are the means of strengthening the hearts of the spiritual ones

DAS.1913-08-05 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=28] ABIE.158 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @praise and encouragement

AB10797

...The moment this Divine Message is carried forward by the American believers from the shores

WOB.078x [http://www.bahai.org/r/274993313]

@growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies

AB09112

...The more difficulties one sees in the world the more perfect one becomes. The more you plough and dig the ground

SW_v14#02 p.041 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2] PN_unsorted p046 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=46] BSTW#380 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=50]

A. Grammer [https://youtu.be/12Us5nPWouY]

@spiritual transformation, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment

AB00013

Tafsir-i-Bismillah

4760

Arabic

Creation

الحمد لله الذی بفیض ظهوره الاعلی کشف الغطاء عن وجه الهدی و اشرقت الارض

...The names of God derive from those attributes which are the perfections belonging to the reality of the Essence

INBA55:001 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v055/?page=3] INBA59:044 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v059/?page=46] INBA90:097 [https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v090/?page=99] UMich962.072-092 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH962.pdf] UMich991.174-203 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/UMICH991.pdf]

MKT1.033 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-32.html] MNMK#005 p.032 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-30.html] ASAT4.475-476x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/430.pdf#page=240] QT105.1.122x BMT.012 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/258.pdf#page=15] RHQM1.252-255x (312x) (187-189x) [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/652.pdf#page=138] YMM.179x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=187] JNM1.453x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/646.pdf] DLS.284x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/675.pdf#page=294] DLS.418x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/675.pdf#page=428] NSS.168x [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/nss.pdf#page=166] OOL.C027 [https://oceanoflights.org/abdul-baha-bkw27-ar]

BLO_createx [https://bahai-library.com/brown_creation_encyclopedia] BLO_PT#216.031nx [https://bahai-library.com/kazemi_mysteries_alast]

MMAH.279 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1504.pdf#page=291]

@names and attributes of God, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God, @existence and nonexistence; preexistence, @divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity

Date of publication mentioned in TZH6.282 and BMT.012-013.

AB11906

140

...The Obligatory Prayers have been set down by the Pen of the Most High and have been mentioned in the Persian “Questions and Answers”

BRL_IOPF#2.09x [http://www.bahai.org/r/377727376]

@law of obligatory prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @Nineteen-Day Feast, @love of God

AB01079

380

mixed

ای یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء هر چند شما در آنسامان و عبدالبهاء در این زندان... ای یاران روحانی من زحمات و مشقتتان

...The power of the Greatest Name hath gathered together dispersed and scattered people in a heavenly assemblage and made each of them like unto a lighted candle

MKT1.426 [https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA1/ma1-425.html] BSHN.140.480.07x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/BN/bn-487.html] BSHN.144.473cx NANU_AB#32x [https://www.bahai.org/r/719197763] YBN.166 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/ybn.pdf#page=171]

ADMS#214x [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/ab01079/]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @love of God, @martyrs and martyrdom, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB11464

...The prestige of the Faith of God has immensely increased. Its greatness is now manifest

WOB.079x [http://www.bahai.org/r/181484675] COC#0264x COC#1532x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_opposition#1532]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause

AB11478

Persian

اول صفت اهل ایمان امانتست و اول صفت اهل طغیان خیانت

...The primary characteristic of true believers is trustworthiness whereas the primary characteristic of the rebellious is faithlessness

COMP_TRUSTP#46x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/trustworthiness_compilation_originals.pdf]

BRL_TRUST#45x [http://www.bahai.org/r/666220650] COC#2057x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_trustworthiness#2057]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @rejection, opposition and persecution

AB11302

...The question of the school of Tarbiat is very important. Through the Bounty and Providence of the True One it must become evident

SW_v01#05 p.003 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_5]

@excellence; distinction, @call to action

AB09114

...The quintessence of the matter is this: With the greatest effort one must arise to spread the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh

DAS.1913-10-14 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=8]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @unity; oneness of humanity

AB01455

330

...The radiance of servitude shining from the Candle of the Testament has illumined all horizons

SW_v08#16 p.214-215 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_16]

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @avoidance of Covenant-Breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @growth of the Cause

AB11546

...The range of your future achievements still remains undisclosed. I fervently hope

WOB.077x [http://www.bahai.org/r/648750949]

@predictions and prophecies

AB11542

...The rulers of Palestine envied His influence and power. Governors and mutisarrifs

GPB.193x [http://www.bahai.org/r/514604249]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day

AB11427

...The souls of the well-favored among the concourse on high the sacred dwellers of the most exalted Paradise

WOB.110-111x [http://www.bahai.org/r/411401253]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @the concourse on high

AB09733

...The spirit of the age demands the establishment of universal peace. No power on earth can stand before it. God has purposed

SW_v14#05 p.129 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_5]

@spiritual springtime, @universal peace; world unity, @call to action, @unity; oneness of humanity, @predictions and prophecies, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice

AB04958

Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat

160

Persian

Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát)

Lawh-i-Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat (Tablet to Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyat)

مقام اطمینان اعظم درجه بر ایمانست لیزدادوا ایمانا فوق ایمانهم هر چند حضرت ابراهیم

...The station of assurance is greater in degree than that of mere faith. It is the station denoted by “that they should add faith upon faith.”

MAS9.100-101x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS9/mas9-101.html] YMM.319bx [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/326.pdf#page=327] VUJUD.142x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Malakut-i-Vujud.pdf]

BLO_PT#167x [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_lawh_ustad_khayyat] VUJUDE.126x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/the_kingdom_of_existence.pdf]

@degrees of faith; certitude, @fire and light; fire and water, @soul; spirit after death, @Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael, @spiritual transformation

AB06394

130

Persian

مدرسه اطفال در روز يکشنبه و قرائت الواح و تعاليم حضرت بهآءاللّه و القآء کلمة اللّه

...The Sunday school for the children in which the Tablets and Teachings of Baha'u'llah are read

MMK1#124 p.140x [https://www.bahai.org/r/556277240]

SWAB#124x [http://www.bahai.org/r/702912179] SW_v09#08 p.092-093 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @education of children; moral education, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @The Holy Spirit

AB10780

...The Supreme One hath said "He loveth them and they will love Him." If God had not filled His Servant with His love, love would never have been realized in the creation

BSC.492 #947x [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion, @human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within, @the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God

AB05003

160

...The time has arrived for the world of humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness

SW_v14#04 p.097 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_4]

AB11579

...The time has not yet arrived, even in those countries (America)

SW_v01#03 p.004x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_3]

ABU3093

Words to Florence Khan spoken in 1906

…the turning toward God in thought, and a prayer-like appeal from the heart, is prayer, and is heard of God. Words are not necessary, the heart is enough.

SUR.241 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf#page=248]

@the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer, @law of obligatory prayer

AB08065

220

Persian

ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو بتاریخ ٩ آب ١٩١٩ رسید مضمون آهنگ سرور بود قلب از آن روح و

...The underlying foundation upon which the Kingdom rests is love and this must be securely established among the friends and must be widely promulgated so that it may become the cause of the establishment of the Oneness of Mankind

BBBD.440

BBBD.441-442 SW_v13#12 p.343x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_12]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @review of publications, @entry by troops

AB11437

...The vision also signifies that a Mashrak-el-Azkar will soon be established in America

SW_v06#17 p.133 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@predictions and prophecies, @entry by troops, @growth of the Cause, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB07148

Words to George Latimer

120

...The Word of God is the storehouse of all good, all power and all wisdom. The illiterate fishermen and savage Arabs

BSC.439 #799 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v06#16 p.122 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_16] SW_v16#04 p.487 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_16/Issue_4]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @limits of the intellect, @interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being

AB04089

180

Persian

ای منجذبه نفحات الله نغمه زار و آه شرربارت چنان شعله بر افروخت که قلب اهل

...The Word of God may be likened to the life-giving breezes of the divine springtime. When chanted in spiritual tones, it bestoweth the breath of life

BRL_DAK#0267 [http://www.bahai.org/r/467821970] BRL_CONF2018P#32x [http://www.bahai.org/r/423190172] COMP_PDLP#05x MMK2#353 p.254 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-256.html]

BRL_CONF2018#32x [http://www.bahai.org/r/091407654] BRL_PDL#05x [http://www.bahai.org/r/803444378]

@the power of words; of speech, @spiritual transformation, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB10555

...The world is mortal. In one instant it will pass away; but the principle of ease and tranquillity is the soul

SW_v07#16 p.151x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @consolation and comfort, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @soul; spirit after death, @trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

AB08454

100

...The world of humanity will not be transformed into the heavenly paradise through the promotion of one, single principle... The Cause of Baha'u'llah and his heavenly teaching include all the elements

SW_v13#06 p.131 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_6]

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @interconnectedness of the teachings

AB11283

...There are before you so many temptations, trials, afflictions, calamities and difficulties because you have to be purified through fire and sifted through the sieve in order to separate the wheat from the tares. Verily, I say unto you: none will be saved but the believers, and from the believers only the sincere, and even those are in great danger, especially in such a time.

BSC.443 #808 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@spiritual transformation, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @characteristics and conduct of true believers

ABU1470

Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-04

220

...there are five kinds of love: 1st: The love of His own perfections which caused God to create

SW_v08#10 p.126x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_10] BAVA.038-039 [http://bahai-library.com/pdf/l/lucas_my_visit_acca.pdf#page=1] BLO_PN#021 [https://bahai-library.com/lucas_my_visit_acca]

@four; five pathways of love, @soul; spirit after death, @nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil, @realms of being; three realms; five realms

AB11303

...There exists a great Confirmation in the School of Tarbiat

SW_v01#05 p.003x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_5]

@education of children; moral education, @generosity [kirama], @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @praise and encouragement

BH11861

...There is but one reality and one essence that is expounded in the worlds of outer form, and, at each of its stages, is described by a specific name ... in accordance with the degrees of its particular manifestations on the plane of this limited world

JBS#2.3x [https://journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/423/357]

@alchemy; the elixir, @unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud], @meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria)

AB11444

...There is no wonder in confessing the appearance of the Kingdom of God, but true wonder consists in good deeds

SW_v08#05 p.059x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_5]

@goodly deeds; actions, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @firmness in the Covenant, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB00746

460

...There is no wonder when a soul advances to God, but (there is) when he remains firm

SW_v14#09 p.275x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_9] BSTW#440 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_401-450.pdf#page=40]

@martyrs and martyrdom, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @love of God, @spiritual transformation

AB03300

210

...These days are like unto the days of Christ and the days of the Apostles. Unquestionably all the people

DAS.1913-10-13 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=4]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering; rejection of Christ, @growth of the Cause, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees

ABU3265

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

...these rappings, etc., were all material things, and of the body. What is needed is to rise above the material

AIL.072 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0]

@occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @soul; spirit after death, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB11118

...These souls who are not vivified and attracted by the Holy Spirit are accounted among the dead

SW_v14#02 p.038x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2] BSTW#043a [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=56]

@soul; spirit after death, @The Holy Spirit

ABU0225

870

...These twelve basic Bahá'í principles were laid down by Baha'o'llah over sixty years ago

SW_v11#01 p.004-005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_1] SW_v12#01 p.012-013 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_1]

@lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles, @unity; oneness of humanity, @universal peace; world unity, @universal language, @independent investigation of truth; reality, @equality of men and women, @education of children; moral education, @religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @supreme tribunal, @harmony of science and religion, @oneness; unity of religion, @universal education

ABU3453

Words spoken on 1913-08-20 in Ramleh

...this Blessed Cause has such great power that it shall, ere long, vanquish all opposition. We must live and act in such manner as not to lower the station of the Cause

DAS.1913-08-20 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=87] ABIE.215 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause, @growth of the Cause

AB09098

...This Cause is proclaimed through eloquent, sincere addresses. We must unloose the tongue, spread the fragrances of God

SW_v13#10 p.276x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10]

@methods of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause

BH11538

...This Day is God's Day, and this Cause His Cause. Happy is he who hath renounced this world, and clung to Him Who is the Dayspring of God's Revelation

ADJ.079x [http://www.bahai.org/r/185678279]

@prayer for steadfastness; obedience, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @Hands of the Cause, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @call to action

AB10880

...This glory shall be turned into the most abject abasement, and this pomp and might converted into the most complete subjugation

PDC.147x [http://www.bahai.org/r/896380101]

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @non-participation in politics, @prophecy and fulfillment

AB04374

170

...This is such a universal cause that the refulgent light has enveloped the continents and established the oneness of humanity.

DAS.1914-04-17x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@spiritual transformation, @call to action, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @unity; oneness of humanity, @review of publications, @material world a reflection of the spiritual

AB10315

...This is the first step in the path of God, but the distance of the way is great. I hope that thou mayest traverse

SW_v08#17 p.228x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17] SW_v13#05 p.113x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_5]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @love of God

AB11544

...This long voyage will prove how great is My love for you. There were many troubles

GPB.288x [http://www.bahai.org/r/359540231]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11588

...This man is an enchanter; perhaps he will perform an enchantment, and then we shall have nothing more to say

PDC.141x [http://www.bahai.org/r/526706520]

AB11578

...This Sublime Shrine has remained unbuilt ... God willing, it will be accomplished. We have carried its construction to this stage

COF.053x [http://www.bahai.org/r/966087138]

@Shrines and Holy places

AB11297

...This talk opens with the words "About six hundred years ago." This Society was founded in the city of Hamadan

SW_v08#14 p.204x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_14]

@grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings, @interpretation of words and passages in scripture, @past, present and future of Iran

AB11570

...This variety in forms and coloring which is manifest in all the kingdoms is according to creative Wisdom and hath a divine purpose

ADJ.038x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@diversity an attribute; requirement of existence, @purpose; goal of creation, @wisdom [hikmat]

AB06878

120

Persian

Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'

نفوسی که اليوم بملکوت الهيّه داخل و بحيات ابديّه فائز آن نفوس هر چند بظاهر در زمينند

...Those souls that, in this day, enter the divine kingdom and attain everlasting life, although materially dwelling on earth

MMK1#173 p.197x [https://www.bahai.org/r/963174559]

SWAB#173x [http://www.bahai.org/r/627620156] SW_v10#01 p.008 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_1] PN_various p012x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/]

@the Kingdom of God [Malakut], @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @power of imagination; thought; right intention

AB08235

100

...Those souls who have the capacity and ability to receive the outpourings of the Kingdom and the confirmation of the Holy Spirit, they become attracted through one word.

BWF.364-365x [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye

AB11524

...Those who accept only what logic can prove, On the path of life upon clumsy wooden legs they move

LTDT.344x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=361]

@acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @business; financial; property matters, @prayer for protection, @personal instructions

AB08731

...Thou art not and shalt never be forgotten. Be thou strong and firm. Be thou resolute and steadfast

SW_v10#19 p.348x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_19]

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB10093

...Thou art, in truth, a herald of the Kingdom and a harbinger of the Covenant, Thou art truly self-sacrificing. Thou showest kindness unto all nations

GPB.389x [http://www.bahai.org/r/993545571]

@the Word of God; influence and centrality of, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause

AB02983

220

Persian

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 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-32.html]

BLO_PT#080.48x [https://bahai-library.com/abdulbaha_muntakhabat_makatib_3]

@material and spiritual existence; two books, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @composition and decomposition, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11857

210

mixed

ای بنده الهی نامه مختصر اللفظ و مفصل المعانی شما قرائت شد لهذا مختصر نیز جواب

...Thou didst ask about not combining incompatible foods

BRL_DAK#0079 [http://www.bahai.org/r/483267604]

BRL_ATE#063x [http://www.bahai.org/r/481656444]

@health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @connection between material and spiritual worlds, @soul; spirit after death

AB05421

150

mixed

همچنين جناب پروفسر برکت‌اللّه هندی را از قبل من نهايت اشتياق ابلاغ دار... در خصوص تحصیل لسان فارسی مرقوم نموده بودید فی‌الحقیقه... فی الحقيقه ترجمه بسيار مشکل است

...Thou hadst written about studying Persian. In truth, this is very necessary. If it would be possible for Professor Barakatu’llah to make an effort and teach some people the Persian language… Truly translation is very difficult

MMK6#532x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1699.pdf#page=389] ANDA#79 p.05x [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-79] MAS9.147x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS9/mas9-148.html]

ADMS#203dx [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/excerpts_abdul-baha_encouraging_study_persian/]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @growth of the Cause, @race unity; racial issues

AB04047

180

...Thou hadst written concerning the growth in stature of the Cause of God in thy country. There is no doubt that the Faith of God will progress

BRL_CRISIS#50x [http://www.bahai.org/r/570511905] COC#0307 BBBD.629

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @growth of the Cause, @entry by troops, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB02371

250

...Thou hadst written concerning the services of Mrs. Goodall and Mrs. Cooper. These two dear maidservants of God are truly two shining candles

MAB.008cx [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAB.pdf#page=33]

@praise and encouragement, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @prayer for specific individuals; groups, @service to others; to the Cause of God

AB11183

Persian

از معابد سؤال نموده بوديد که حکمتش چيست حکمتش اين است که در وقت معلوم

...Thou hast asked about places of worship and the underlying reason therefor. The wisdom in raising up such buildings

MMK1#058 p.092x [https://www.bahai.org/r/305774413]

SWAB#058x [http://www.bahai.org/r/207789961] LOG#2058x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=5#n2058]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB07154

120

...Thou hast asked concerning the spirits of men. They are not at all annihilated. They are

SW_v14#02 p.038x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2]

@soul; spirit after death, @existence; immortality of the human soul

AB11280

...Thou hast asked what shouldst thou do and what prayer shouldst thou offer in order to become informed of the Mysteries of God

DAS.1913-07-26 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=75] SW_v07#10 p.099 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10] SW_v08#04 p.047 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4] ABIE.117 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@power of prayer, @mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision

AB11555

...Thou hast asked whether to enlist in the Socialist party. The Bahá'ís must be in the Bahá'í Cause which comprehends all the degrees and is perfect from every standpoint.

BWF.375-375bx [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up]

@definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i, @non-participation in politics, @critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism, @universality of the Cause

AB08648

Persian

بسیار ستایش از دو دوست آلمانی و اطریشی نموده بودی بیا برو به استتگارت ببین چه خبر است

...Thou hast given the utmost praise to the two believers, German and Austrian. Go to Stuttgart and see with thine own eyes what is there!

NJB_v04#15 p.004x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15]

DAS.1913-08-16 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=79] ABIE.199 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@growth of the Cause, @naming of children; of individuals, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @praise and encouragement

AB01653

310

...Thou hast had the intention of going out into the woods and the country for change of weather... Judas Iscariot must not be forgotten

BSTW#052fx [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=5] BSTW#131x [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=60]

@role of the Covenant in preserving unity, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @firmness in the Covenant

AB09104

...Thou hast inquired regarding the teachings and instructions of BAHA'O'LLAH! Thou must instruct the people of the world in the Love of God

SW_v02#06 p.005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_6]

@love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction, @light and darkness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09725

...Thou hast longed for the power of teaching the Religion of God. This desire is the ultimate

DAS.1914-08-16x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=119] SW_v09#14 p.161-162x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_14]

@spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause

AB07842

110

...Thou hast manifested joy at the freedom of Abdu'l-Baha. This happiness came from thy

SW_v08#19 p.240x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_19]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @suffering and imprisonment, @early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees

AB08453

100

...Thou hast questioned concerning ordeals and difficulties and catastrophes: "Are these

SW_v08#18 p.235 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_18]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering, @prayer for tests and difficulties

AB12534

100

…Thou hast written about Dr. Fisher, that praise be to God, thou hast found a helper for him and ere long she will start for Germany

BBBD.037x

@steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @review of publications, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity

AB10848

...Thou hast written about thy poor sight. According to the explicit divine text the sick must refer to the doctor. This decree is decisive and everyone is bound to observe it

COC#1023x LOG#0962x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n962]

@personal instructions, @business; financial; property matters, @consolation and comfort

AB03299

210

...Thou hast written concerning love, marriage and divorce. Love is the moving principle of all phenomena. It is the first Divine Grace and its effects are apparent

BSTW#192 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_151-200.pdf#page=76]

@law of divorce, @laws of marriage and dowry, @love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion

AB00784

450

Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts

…Thou hast written concerning the Board of Consultation. It is very proper thou shouldst exert thyself with heart and soul

TAB.026-027x [https://books.google.com/books?id=0H8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA26]

@consultation, @role and station of women, @spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @the concourse on high, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09121

...Thou hast written concerning the meetings and gathering-places of the believers of God. Such assemblies

SW_v02#06 p.005 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_6]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @study; deepening, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB00595

510

…Thou hast written concerning the meetings and the gathering places of the believers of God. Such assemblies and congregations will greatly aid

BWF.407-408x [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up] LOG#0797x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n797] PN_1906 p095x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=95]

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @high station of the true believer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB11267

...Thou hast written concerning the spiritual meeting. The spiritual meeting must be in the utmost state of ecstasy and tumult

DAS.1913-07-09 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_02.pdf#page=20] SW_v13#10 p.276x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_10] ABIE.048 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB00653

480

Persian

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 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-98.html]

BWF.364-364x [https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up] SW_v16#10 p.669x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_16/Issue_10]

@belief and denial, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness, @many are called but few are chosen, @power of prayer, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB08009

100

...Thou hast written of that meeting held in the quarter where standeth the city gate of 'Abdu'l-'Azim. Do not call it a meeting. Call it a confluence of holy souls

COC#0931x

@spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @business; financial; property matters

AB11492

...Thou hast written regarding the education of the children. It is very acceptable and beloved. Unquestionably these children shall make ideal and physical advancement

SW_v09#08 p.093x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8]

@race unity; racial issues, @education of children; moral education

AB11268

...Thou hast written regarding the love and unity of the believers and their firmness in

SW_v08#17 p.227x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17]

@power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant, @firmness in the Covenant

AB09738

...Thou hast written regarding the results of my trip to America. Its importance is not now manifest. Erelong you shall behold that these pure seeds have grown

DAS.1913-03-17

@spiritual transformation, @growth of the Cause, @the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha

AB11058

...Thou hast written regarding thy meeting with... He hath written that he desireth to teach thee one of the crafts and show thee affection and consideration

COC#0012x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_arts_crafts#I12]

@spiritual assemblies; administrative matters, @firmness in the Covenant, @power of love, @useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession, @steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

AB09756

...Though the Beauty of the Most Great Name, the Light of Eternal Splendour

SW_v14#11 p.347 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_11]

@growth of the Cause

AB09107

...Through the protection and help of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a sacrifice to his beloved ones! - you must conduct and deport yourselves

SW_v14#08 p.225 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_8]

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @firmness in the Covenant, @power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant

AB03589

200

...Thy letter contained most cheering good news and indicated the oneness of spiritual state that exists

DAS.1914-04-17x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33] BLO_PT#028p [https://bahai-library.com/rideout_history_community_boston] BSTW#097 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=119]

@suffering and imprisonment, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual communication; connections of the heart

AB10473

...Thy letter hath arrived. Praised be God, under the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty, I have safely returned from the West but will again proceed to America

LTDT.306x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=323]

@travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @permission for visit; pilgrimage

AB08649

...Thy letter was received. From its contents it became evident that, praise be to God, the highest hope of the believers of Boston

DAS.1914-04-17 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=33]

@unity; oneness of humanity

AB04217

180

...Thy letter was received. Praise be to God it contained the good news of the firmness and steadfastness of the believers of God; that they are willing to sacrifice

DAS.1914-07-02 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=15]

@praise and encouragement, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @unity; oneness of humanity, @spiritual transformation

AB03974

180

...Thy letter was received. There is no time to answer them in detail…. Firmness in The Covenant means obedience so that no one may say, 'this is my opinion' nay rather he must obey...

SW_v04#10 p.174x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_10] SW_v08#17 p.227x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_17] SW_v06#14 p.111x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_14] ECN.419x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=419]

@review of publications, @firmness in the Covenant

AB08655

Persian

ناله و فغان از عدم ارسال مکاتیب عبدالبهاء نموده بودید چهل سال

...Thy letter was received. Thou hast lamented and complained because it is come time since thou hast received any letter from ‘Abdu'l-Baha.

YHA2.997x [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/684.pdf#page=454] NJB_v04#15 p.002x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_15]

DAS.1913-08-03 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=16] ABIE.146 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @firmness in the Covenant

AB05983

140

...Thy mission in America for the present is this: Thou must travel as far as possible to every part

SW_v02#06 p.006 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_6] SW_v07#01 p.007 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_1]

@greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @call to action, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @exhortations and counsels, @prophecy and fulfillment, @spiritual springtime

AB08417

100

...Thy recent letter was received. It contained good news, and that is: Thou hast guided to the Kingdom of Abha one new soul.

DAS.1913-10-18 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=23]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB08328

100

...Thy remembrance is always my intimate and associate and the heart and the soul of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá supplicating

DAS.1913-11-07 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=97]

@call to action, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

AB11285

...To be approved of God alone should be one's aim. And has thou realized thy own shortcomings?

SW_v07#18 p.185 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18]

@humility; meekness; lowliness, @pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge, @knowledge of self, @attaining good pleasure of God

AB03579

200

...To consider that after the death of the body the spirit perishes, is like imagining

SW_v01#09 p.012-013 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_9]

@soul; spirit after death, @prayer for nearness to God, @relationship of the soul to the body, @proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul, @theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering

AB11244

mixed

حضرت اخت را به جان و دل و روح قلب و فؤاد مشتاق و در لیل و نهار در حقیقت جان و وجدان مذکور

...To my honored and distinguished sister do thou convey the expression of my heartfelt, my intense longing. Day and night she liveth in my remembrance

BHKP_2#06x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/BHKP_2.pdf]

BADM.195x [http://www.bahai.org/r/663207849] LTDT.326-327x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=343] BHK_2#06x [https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/bwc/BK/]

@suffering and imprisonment, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @business; financial; property matters, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB04609

Words to Miss Buckton

170

...To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come.

BSC.442 #806 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/] SW_v10#19 p.344x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_10/Issue_19] PN_1912 p110 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=110] BSTW#148 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=92] BSTW#356 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_351-400.pdf#page=10]

@development of capacity and readiness, @occult sciences; psychic phenomena, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

AB09102

...To the one who hath hearkened to God's good tidings and hath proclaimed His bountiful favours!

MAX.082-083 [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAX1.pdf#page=82]

@growth of the Cause, @predictions and prophecies, @praise and encouragement, @spiritual transformation

AB01120a

370

...Today it is incumbent upon the believers to forget and lay aside every thought and every preoccupation save the diffusion of the Fragrances of God

AYBY.423 #134 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AB/ab-432.html] TSS.052 [https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/tss.pdf#page=55] TRZ1.294 [https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/72.pdf#page=1]

PN_various p016x [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/]

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @eulogies; reminiscences, @Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers, @education of children; moral education, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

AB07844

110

...Today the distinguished leaders of nations must sing such a song in the ears of the people that the heart of the world of humanity may be stirred

DAS.1914-07-02 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=15]

@call to action, @material and spiritual existence; two books, @unity of governments; political unity

AB11264

...Today the greatness of the believers of God depends upon delivering the Cause of God

SW_v07#10 p.098 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @universality of the Cause

AB07136

120

...Today the most important thing to be established is the unity of the word of the beloved of God and fellowship, good feelings and love among the faithful ones.

BSTW#504bx [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_500-507.pdf#page=3]

@love and unity, @love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause, @sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice, @The Holy Spirit, @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB09116

...Today, at the Threshold of His Holiness, Baha'u'llah, there is nobody more favored

SW_v12#10 p.170 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_10]

@service to others; to the Cause of God, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @education of children; moral education

AB07135

120

...Today, if the soul -- who is attracted with the Love of God and burning with the flame of enthusiasm

SW_v05#17 p.257 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_17]

@call to action, @the power of words; of speech, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual transformation

ABU3175

Words to Badi Bushru'i and other students, Ramleh, 1913-09-19

...translate at least one page every day, either from English into Persian, or from Persian into English, thus they might acquire efficiency in this line of work. He recommended for the future that when the means are provided, a committee of translators be organized from both nationalities, who would know the two languages well, in addition to Arabic. Then the Tablets would be properly translated.

DAS.1913-09-19 ABIE.331 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@language and the structure of reality, @translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

AB09120

...Treat ye the sinners, thy tyrants and the bloodthirsty enemies as the faithful friends

SW_v08#11 p.139 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_11]

@forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance, @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all, @loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love

AB11296

...Truly I say his honor ... is striving with all his powers in the diffusion of the Fragrances of God.

DAS.1913-11-04 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=87]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11551

...Truly, I say, in this publication you have written instructive articles. May God assist and confirm you!

SW_v01#13 p.010x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_1/Issue_13]

@praise and encouragement

AB11301

...Turn thy face sincerely toward God; be severed from all save God; be ablaze with the fire of the love of God

SW_v08#04 p.048 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4]

@walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @consolation and comfort, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity, @love of God, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience

AB11594

...Untrustworthiness is a poisonous arrow which mortally wounds the heart, the soul and the spirit of Abdul Baha.

DAS.1913-08-20 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=87] ABIE.211 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

AB07830

110

...Verily I received your eloquent letter, the composition of which was wonderful. It was an evidence of your firmness in the Covenant

DAS.1914-02-28x [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=12]

@soul; spirit after death, @eulogies; reminiscences, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness

AB10773

...Verily the poems of Bishop Kan and John Newton are exalted, but it were possible

SW_v08#08 p.100 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8]

@The Holy Spirit

AB07020

120

Arabic

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 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-142.html] MMK1#053 p.089x [https://www.bahai.org/r/873482121]

SWAB#053x [http://www.bahai.org/r/176175952]

@status of kings; future of monarchy, @methods of teaching the Cause, @non-participation in politics, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @spiritual baptism

AB00305

680

Arabic

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 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMAB/mmab-140.html] MMK1#027 p.054x [https://www.bahai.org/r/696257448]

SWAB#027x [http://www.bahai.org/r/359912913] COC#1790x [http://bahai-library.com/compilation_prohibition_drinking_alcohol#1790] SW_v08#19 p.238-239x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_19] SW_v14#02 p.041-042x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_2] SW_v14#12 p.353x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_12] BSTW#438 [http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_401-450.pdf#page=38]

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @station of the Manifestation of God, @role and station of women, @mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit, @Saint Peter and Saint Paul, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB11563

...Verily, I pray God to confirm thee with the All-Power so that the means may be prepared

SW_v06#17 p.149 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_17]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

AB11312

...Verily, the founding of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar will mark the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth

SW_v05#04 p.051 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_4]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @consorting with all; being kind; loving to all

AB11538

...Verily, thy Lord will assist and inspire thee with the breath of the Holy Spirit and

SW_v08#08 p.102-103 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_8]

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause, @proofs of the Manifestations of God, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @The Holy Spirit

BH11856

...We beseech God to assist His people that they may observe the most great and exalted Fast, which is to protect one’s eye from beholding whatever is forbidden

BRL_IOPF#1.12x [http://www.bahai.org/r/144676237]

@law of fasting, @praise and encouragement, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution, @prayers (general or uncategorized), @the Word of God; influence and centrality of

AB12044

...We hope that the beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful will, in accordance with the heavenly Teachings

BRL_SOCIAL#069x [http://www.bahai.org/r/264702188]

@religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick, @charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @unity; oneness of humanity, @harmony of science and religion

AB11590

...We must entirely focus our thoughts upon the diffusion of the divine light and the building of the heavenly foundation

SW_v07#10 p.098x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_10]

AB03303

210

...We only attain to these spiritual stations through the Bounty and Favor of the Blessed Perfection. When I look to myself, I realize that I am an infinitesimal atom.

DAS.1914-06-24 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_10.pdf#page=129]

@the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul, @divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @teaching the Cause; call to teach, @humility; meekness; lowliness, @Manifestation of God as sun, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

AB11607

...We should do little things as well as great things for the love of God.

SW_v14#06 p.167 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_6]

AB11334

Persian

اگر کلمات مکنونه را در لسان فارسی و عربی تلاوت مینمودی و بحقایق و معانی

...Wert thou to recite the Hidden Words in Persian and Arabic and apprehend their realities and meanings, it would unveil a matchless beauty and splendor

ANDA#79 p.05x [https://www.afnanlibrary.org/d/andalib-issue-79]

ADMS#203ex [https://adibmasumian.com/translations/excerpts_abdul-baha_encouraging_study_persian/]

@translation; publication of the Sacred Writings

BH11547

...what has been revealed [regarding the most great elixir] was set forth for the purpose of imparting proof, so that this earth should not be deprived of visible testimony

BYC_alchemy [http://bayanic.com/lib/scan/sacred/Point/BYC_alchemy]

@proofs of the Manifestations of God, @knowledge; recognition of God, @suffering and imprisonment

AB11575

...What is meant in the prophecies by the Lord of hosts, the promised Christ, is the Blessed Perfection (Baha'o'llah) and his highness, the Supreme (Báb)

SW_v09#01 p.006x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_1]

@prophecy and fulfillment, @the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab, @twin Manifestations

AB09108

...Whatever contribution you may send to the school of Tarbiat is in the estimation of Abdul Baha, most acceptable. In this we observe the aim of God

DAS.1913-08-14 [https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_03.pdf#page=69] ABIE.189 [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/ABE/ABE.htm] BLO_PN#007 [https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_abdul-baha_egypt]

@charitable associations; humanitarian activities, @acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution

AB02378

250

Persian

ای جانهای پاک پاکی و آزادگی بدلست نه بتن بجانست نه بجامه و پیرهن انسان اگر

...Whatsoever driveth thee away from the one true God and shutteth thee out from the Best-Beloved is blameworthy and reprehensible

BRL_CONF2018P#02x [http://www.bahai.org/r/700232331] MMK2#097 p.075 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA2/swa2-77.html] YARP2.351 p.283 [http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/YP/yp-289.html]

BRL_CONF2018#02x [http://www.bahai.org/r/393403163]

@worldliness vs. other-worldliness, @spiritual transformation, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @nearness and remoteness, @meditation, @purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity

AB11535

...Whatsoever is latent in the innermost of this holy cycle shall gradually appear and be made manifest

WOB.146x [http://www.bahai.org/r/111035259] SW_v13#09 p.253 [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_13/Issue_9]

@growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity, @progressive revelation; renewal of religion, @spiritual springtime

AB11543

...When a gathering of these two races is brought about that assemblage will become the magnet

ADJ.039x [http://www.bahai.org/r/906573525]

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @race unity; racial issues, @the concourse on high

ABU0162

Words spoken on 1912-08-20 in Green Acre

1000

...When a man is thirsty he drinks water. When he is hungry he eats food. But if a man be not thirsty

SW_v07#16 p.155+161x [https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_16]

@man's distinction from the animal, @power of the mind over nature, @spiritual transformation, @human reality created in the image of God, @spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

AB09922

mixed

در وقت معالجه توجّه بجمال مبارک کن و آنچه بر قلب القا ميشود مجری دار

...When giving medical treatment turn to the Blessed Beauty, then follow the dictates of thy heart

MMK1#131 p.147x [https://www.bahai.org/r/417669271]

SWAB#131x [http://www.bahai.org/r/665402836] LOG#0964x [http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=1#n964]

@House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar], @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

AB09047

...when I came to ‘Akká, it was prescribed for me to go to the sea every day and this was not possible in Yarkih. Moreover, I had a lot of work

LTDT.327x [http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LTDT.pdf#page=344]

@personal instructions, @consolation and comfort, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing

AB10286

...When the body of man is perfected, physical evolution comes to an end, since nature does not seek to build a higher form than that of man

BSC.434 #789 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

@evolution; human evolution, @the human soul, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

AB11113

...When the foundation of the Mashrekol-Azkar is laid... a most wonderful and thrilling motion will appear in the world of existence... From that point of light the spirit of teaching ... will permeate to all parts of the world

COF.069x2x [http://www.bahai.org/r/097876207] BSC.547 #989 [http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/]

AB10259

mixed