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language
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found in
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found in
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abstract
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subjects
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| AB00058
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1390
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Arabic
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance
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| AB00162
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890
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Persian
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Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá
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Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology
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| AB02423
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250
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mixed
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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| AB03713
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190
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Persian
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Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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| AB03772
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190
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Persian
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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| AB03879
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190
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Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| AB04910
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160
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mixed
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Call to action; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Stories; anecdotes; The power of words; of speech
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| AB05312
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150
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mixed
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| AB05727
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140
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Persian
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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| AB06080
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130
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mixed
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Prayer for protection
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| AB06941
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120
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mixed
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Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Need for an educator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| AB07523
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110
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Persian
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| AB09200
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80
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Persian
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause
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| ABU0324
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Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-23
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710
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Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God
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| ABU1102
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Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-14
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290
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Call to action; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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| ABU1126
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Words spoken ca. 1914
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280
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Persian
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Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering
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| ABU1554
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Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-12
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200
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Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]
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| ABU1667
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Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa
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180
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Persian
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Words vs deeds
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| ABU2579
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Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25
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80
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Miracles and their interpretation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| ABU2648
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Words spoken ca. 1900
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80
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Free will and predestination; fate; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Satan; the Evil One; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering
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| ABU2846
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Words spoken on 1915-09-08
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60
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Persian
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Equality of men and women; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Service to others; to the Cause of God
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| ABU3069
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Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary
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50
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Critique of Western values; culture; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| BH00005
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Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhi'b (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf)
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28200
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mixed
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Epistle to the Son of the Wolf; Bahá'í Prayers
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Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf)
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His last major work and His third longest, calling on its recipient, a leading mujtahid, to repent of his role in the oppression and massacre of the Bahá’ís, quoting some of the most celebrated passages from His own writings, and adducing proofs establishing the validity of His cause.
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Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Being a source of light; guidance; Chastity and purity; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Empty learning; false spirituality; Fanaticism and hatred; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; High station of learning; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal ; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Martyrs and martyrdom; Oneness; unity of religion; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rebellion and sedition; disobedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teachings as spirit of the age; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| BH02418
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370
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Arabic
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH03249
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280
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Arabic
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Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| BH03699
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250
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Arabic
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| BH03887
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240
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Arabic
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH05381
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180
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Arabic
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH07281
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140
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Arabic
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Exhortations and counsels; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idle fancies; lust and passion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times
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| BH08413
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120
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Arabic
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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| BH10011
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90
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mixed
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Chastisement and requital; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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| BH10063
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90
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Arabic
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Chastisement and requital; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BH11023
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50
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mixed
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Chastisement and requital; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH11055
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50
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mixed
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Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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| BH11141
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50
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Arabic
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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| BH11522
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20
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Persian
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastity and purity; Idle fancies; lust and passion
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| BH11834
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119
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Arabic
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Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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