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Whatever action the ministers of the Sultan took against Us, after having become acquainted with its contents, cannot be regarded as unjustifiable. The acts they committed before its perusal, however, can have no justification

GPB.160x bahai.org/r/339497954

@rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0051

We did not associate with officials and the people while dwelling in the Most Great Prison but left this difficult task for the Master.

STOB.062 #086 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=74

@banishment to; life in Baghdad, @personal instructions, @suffering and imprisonment

BHU0050

man is not infallible [but] God is the All-Forgiving. In the same way that God is the “Concealer”, so should the believers be forgiving

STOB.056 #068 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=68

BHU0049

There are four qualities which I love to see manifested in people: first, enthusiasm and courage; second, a face wreathed in smiles and a radiant countenance; third, that they see all things with their own eyes and not through the eyes of others; fourth, the ability to carry a task, once begun, through to its end.

STOB.051 #060 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=63

@personal instructions, @corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God, @rejection by the people of the Bayan

BHU0048

Hear Me, My son. By God, the True One! This Cause will assuredly be made manifest. Heed thou not the idle talk of the people of the Bayan

GPB.116x bahai.org/r/409924342

@suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @banishments of Baha'u'llah, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0047

Sultan Abdu'l-'Aziz banished Us to this country in the greatest abasement, and since his object was to destroy Us and humble Us

GPB.195x bahai.org/r/213252221

@tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BHU0046

This journey will be unlike any of the previous journeys

GPB.182x bahai.org/r/878912935

@loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love, @obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God

BHU0045

God is My witness! Were it not contrary to the Law of God, I would have kissed the hand of My would-be murderer, and would cause him to inherit My earthly goods

ADJ.027x bahai.org/r/990670022

@laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, @forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance

BHU0055

God is My witness that I have never seen the book you refer to. I regard, however, through the power of God, ... whatever you wish me to do as easy of accomplishment

GPB.122x bahai.org/r/989112153

@power of faith; power of the spirit

BHU0043

Had the Amir-Nizam been aware of My true position

GPB.082x bahai.org/r/618294432

BHU0042

He may well succeed in reproducing outwardly the exact counterpart of this low-roofed room

GPB.134-135x bahai.org/r/404535310

BHU0041

It is more manifest than the sun.... Refer to the farman of the government which is in your possession..... My name is Baha'u'llah, and My country is Nur. Be ye apprized of it.

GPB.190x3x bahai.org/r/852681921

BHU0040

Mulla Muhammad-'Aliy-i-Zanjani, soon after he had delivered that Tablet to Haji Mirza Aqasi, came and visited me.

DB.323 reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/db-37.html#pg323

@praise and encouragement, @service to others; to the Cause of God, @exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause

BHU0039

Persian

بیان غصن اعظم و قوت و تصرف و تخیر شان حال معلوم و ظاهر نیست بعد معلوم میشود که فردا وحیدا... اگر ممکن بود هر نفسی اول ورود مدینه عکا غصن اعظم را ملاقات نماید و در خدمتشان ادراک فیض

The power and potency of the Most Great Branch are concealed now, but soon will they be made manifest…. Were it possible, We would recommend that the pilgrims who enter the city of 'Akka go directly to the presence of the Most Great Branch, listen to Him

BSDR.253-254 DHU.040 bahai-library.com/bahailib/470.pdf#page=44

STDH.106-107 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STDH.pdf#page=106 STOB.077 #105 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=89 ABCC.044x bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=74

@personal instructions, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life, @transcending the material condition

BHU0038

Persian

یک شعر برایت بخوانم که از حکیم سنائیست هر چه بینی جز خدا کن بت بود بر هم شکن

I shall recite a poem for you which was penned by Ḥakím-i-Saná’í: Aught else save God that thine eyes might behold

DHU.028 bahai-library.com/bahailib/470.pdf#page=32

STOB.055 #066 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=67

@stories; anecdotes, @detachment; severance; renunciation; patience, @poems and quotation from poetry

BHU0037

By the truth of God, from the horizon of My visage a Sun hath dawned, on which the Supreme Pen

BKOG.237x bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23

BHU0036

They [the friends] should establish beyond a shadow of doubt that by “Unity of God” is meant that the Manifestations of God Who inaugurate each Dispensation are to be regarded as one soul

STOB.079 #109 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=91

@divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity, @servitude; submission to God; repentance, @oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God, @Imam 'Ali

BHU0065

unknown

مرسل رسل و منزل کتب

It is so! The Sender of the Messengers and the Revealer of the Books is Our station.

STOB#103 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=115

BHU0073

Should one of Our Aghsán ever for a moment pass out from the shadow of the Cause, he will cease to be of any consequence

AFNAN.041 bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=43

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BHU0072

100

The Master is Our shield and the shield of everyone else. All live at ease, all know utmost comfort and tranquility. Associating with men such as these is very, very difficult

AFNAN.039-040 bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=41

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @stories; anecdotes, @consolation and comfort

BHU0071

140

O flowers of the rose-garden of the honored Afnán! You are welcome; you are welcome. Your departure from Shiraz was very difficult and tiring

AFNAN.028-029 bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=30

@divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering, @pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam

BHU0070

170

When Mullá `Alí was led to the place of his martyrdom, he instructed the executioner to open one of his veins. When a bit of his throat was cut, with his own sacred blood, he dyed his white beard red

AFNAN.045-046 bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=47

@martyrs and martyrdom, @greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day, @Imam Husayn

BHU0069

170

Consider how unfair and truly void of faith they [the Azalis] are. Because of the Mu`tamu’d-Dawlih’s supplications in Isfahán… One day, several of the clergy came to visit Us. One of them asked, ‘Where are you from?’ ‘We are from `Amá,’ We responded… The day We left Baghdad, We moved to the Garden of Najíb Pasha and stayed there for 12 days

AFNAN.042-043 bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=44

@Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers

BHU0068

190

With the aid of Nasiri’d-Din Sháh and [Sultan] `Abdu’l-`Aziz, Shaykh `Abdu’l-Husayn tried hard to extinguish the light of God’s Cause… Another day in Baghdad, a learned divine came to see Us. He had a tall, heavy frame and thick beard

AFNAN.044-045 bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=46

@humor; jokes, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @suffering and imprisonment, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @prophecy and fulfillment

BHU0067

280

Islam was a good religion, but they destroyed it. Differences arose from the beginning of the Dispensation and, after the ascension of the Prophet, the foundation of Islam was shattered

AFNAN.033-034 bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=35

@episodes from the early history of Islam, @corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0066

340

The Jaláluʾd-Dawlih has done what has caused the eyes of the denizens of the Supreme Concourse to shed tears of blood. Do you perceive the reason for his doings?

GEN.162 bahai-library.com/pdf/a/afnan_rabbani_genesis_faiths.pdf AFNAN.031x bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=33

@petitions to authorities, @rejection, opposition and persecution, @past, present and future of Iran, @status of kings; future of monarchy

BHU0035

O My companions I entrust to your keeping this city of Baghdad, in the state ye now behold it, when from the eyes of friends and strangers alike

GPB.149x bahai.org/r/700470060

BHU0063

Extend thy consideration to Our loved ones and deal with them with kindness

GPB.150x bahai.org/r/188877262

BHU0062

No blood has, till now, been poured upon the earth as pure as the blood he shed

GPB.136-137x bahai.org/r/515777793

@rejection, opposition and persecution, @heedlessness and ignorance of the people, @teaching the Cause; call to teach

BHU0061

We have, for a while, tarried amongst this people, and failed to discern the slightest response on their part

GPB.119x bahai.org/r/510226625

@chastisement and requital, @justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice, @justice and wrath of God

BHU0060

In the Book of God it is recorded that should a person embrace this Faith, his father and mother shall also receive forgiveness.

STOB.058 #072 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=70

@confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause, @forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God, @parents and children; youth; families

BHU0059

If one of your soldiers were to commit a reprehensible act, would you be held responsible, and be punished in his place?

GPB.190x bahai.org/r/852681921

@symbolism, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BHU0058

Let your acts be a guide unto all mankind, that from your behaviour and conduct they may be enabled to recognize the signs and commandments of God.

STOB.056 #067 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=68

@characteristics and conduct of true believers, @goodly deeds; actions, @the power of example, @walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BHU0057

The traditions (hadith) which are passed down in Islam have been the cause of ruin for many homes, sources of disunity and division, and of suffering and calamities.

STOB.051 #059 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=63

@corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih, @Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation

BHU0056

These tents may be likened to the trappings of this world, which no sooner are they spread out than the time cometh for them to be rolled up

GPB.147x bahai.org/r/479285259

@obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God, @servitude; submission to God; repentance

BHU0017

180

We were all gathered in the village of Niyala and were resting at the foot of a mountain, when, at the hour of dawn, we were suddenly awakened by the stones

BKOG.046-047 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23 DB.299 reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/db-35.html#pg299

@Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn], @Quddus

BH11924

430

mixed

یا اسمی [نعم] الله احزننی حزنک انت تعلم و الله یعلم ان المظلوم احبک

O My name [illeg.], thy sorrow hath caused Me sorrow. Thou knowest, and God knoweth, that this Wronged One loveth you

BLIB_Or15738.210'

BHU0006

390

Persian

جماعت شیعه چقدر دور از آداب هستند که با وجود اعتقاد بحدیث

How removed from good manners are the Shi'ihs!... One day, upon entering the Mosque of Qamari

DHU.015-016 bahai-library.com/bahailib/470.pdf#page=19

STOB.024-026 #032 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=36

@special knowledge of the Manifestation of God, @mystical themes, @early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah, @cleanliness and refinement, @symbolism, @lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God

BHU0007

330

Had you, in turn, followed My counsels... that flame that hath been kindled... Command the governers... These creatures are the same creatures... Bid them recite... By God besides Whom... Now, praise be to God... The Ottoman Sultan... it is better to be killed... Had this cause been revealed

BKOG.122x bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23 GPB.007x bahai.org/r/196243972 GPB.105x3x bahai.org/r/748308336 GPB.119x2x bahai.org/r/510226625 GPB.126x bahai.org/r/054564223 GPB.195-196x bahai.org/r/213252221 GPB.196x bahai.org/r/379539153 GPB.198x bahai.org/r/140157325 GPB.253x bahai.org/r/428631561

BHU0008

300

Persian

در ایام دارالسلام ما خودمان در قهوه خانه جالس میشدیم و با نفوس از داخل و خارج آشنا

During Our stay in Baghdád we often encountered friends and strangers from near and far while visiting the coffee-houses

DHU.039-040 bahai-library.com/bahailib/470.pdf#page=43

STOB.076-077 #105 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=88

@banishment to; life in 'Akka, @station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment, @banishment to; life in Baghdad

BHU0009

260

Zillu's-Sultan wrote Me a letter which was in his own handwriting, and gave it to Haji Sayyah to bring. He requested Me to aid him with the Babis to destroy his Shah-Baba.

BKOG.409-410 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23 AFNAN.030-031 bahai-library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_habibullah_afnan_memories.pdf#page=32

@station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha, @suffering and imprisonment

BHU0010

250

Persian

خلق خوش و بخوشی و همراهی با خلق نمودن راه تبلیغ است. هر چه طرف مقابل میگوید ولو هر قدر وهم و تقلید

A pleasing, kindly disposition and a display of tolerance towards the people are requisites of teaching the Cause.

BSDR.257

ABCC.027 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=57 STDH.109-110 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STDH.pdf#page=109

@teaching the Cause; call to teach, @methods of teaching the Cause, @courtesy; culture [adab], @contention and conflict

BHU0011

240

Persian

ایام دار السلام ما خود در قهوه خانه میرفتیم و جالس میشدیم و خارج و داخل و بیگانه و آشناء

In Baghdad We Ourselves would go and take a seat in the coffee-house to meet the people--friends and acquaintances

BSDR.251-252

ABCC.026 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=56 STDH.105-106 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STDH.pdf#page=105

@banishment to; life in Adrianople, @banishment to; life in 'Akka, @autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha, @banishment to; life in Baghdad

BHU0012

220

No prisoner has ever been accorded the treatment which I received at the hands of the acting governor of Amul

DB.375 reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/db-38.html#pg375

@rejection, opposition and persecution

BHU0013

220

The world of today is not like unto the world of former times. The many wonderful arts and inventions

DAS.1914-01-01 bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_06.pdf#page=112

@present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @life and death, @historical episodes and the lessons of the past, @progress and the continual ascent of material civilization

BHU0014

210

Do you see this Garden? Do you see all these stones? All will be destroyed. But the time will come when these will be renewed.

SUR.281-282 bahai-library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf#page=288 PN_1901 p029 bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=29 PN_1901 p041 bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1901.pdf#page=41

@present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology, @Shrines and Holy places, @spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts

BHU0016

200

Persian

محزون مباشید افسرده مگردید دلخون مشوید شجرهٴ مقدسهٴ امرالله را خون شهدا سقایه میکند

The tree of the Cause of God is watered by the blood of martyrs, and unless a tree be watered, it will not grow, not will it yield its choicest fruits.

DHU.031-032 bahai-library.com/bahailib/470.pdf#page=35

STOB.085 #114 bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/STOB.pdf#page=97

@martyrs and martyrdom, @stories; anecdotes, @health and healing; material and spiritual healing, @predictions and prophecies, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @consolation and comfort

BH11923

240

mixed

یا مهدی علیک سلام الله الابدی و بهائه السرمدی این مظلوم خود را در بحر حزن

O Mihdi! Upon thee be God's eternal salutation and His everlasting splendor. This Wronged One findeth himself in an ocean of sorrow [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15738.208.17'

@prayer for tests and difficulties, @expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness, @suffering and imprisonment, @chastity and purity, @justice and wrath of God

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