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title
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language
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found in
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found in
tags
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abstract
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subjects
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| AB00073
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1230
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mixed
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Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Growth of the Cause; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution
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| AB00182
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850
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mixed
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| AB01326
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340
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mixed
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Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| AB01933
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280
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Persian
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Christ; Christianity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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| AB02453
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250
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Persian
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Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Shrines and Holy places; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| AB05672
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140
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mixed
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Disregarding bodily comfort; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| AB06702
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120
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mixed
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Business; financial; property matters; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others
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| AB08379
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100
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mixed
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Exhortations and counsels; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Knowledge of self
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| AB11209
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40
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others
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| ABU0190
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Words to Laura Clifford Barney (?) spoken around 1906
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930
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Harmony of science and religion; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity
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| ABU0436
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Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-11
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590
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Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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| ABU0686
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Words to Mrs Stannard
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430
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Call to action; Human reality created in the image of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| ABU1005
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Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-16
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310
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Courtesy; culture [adab]; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes; The power of words; of speech
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| ABU1094
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Words spoken on 1914-06-03 in Tiberias
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290
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Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Criticism and its limits; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds
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| ABU1108
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290
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Bringing oneself to account each day; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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| ABU1113
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Words spoken in Oct. 1911 in London to Mrs. Enthoven
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290
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Abdu'l-Bahá in London
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Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Praise of Western values; culture; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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| ABU1295
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Words spoken on 1914-07-28 in Haifa
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240
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Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech
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| ABU1360
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Public address given on 1912-07-25
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230
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Promulgation of Universal Peace, The
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Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| ABU1754
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Words spoken on 1913-03-09 in Paris
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170
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Persian
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Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913
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Contention and conflict; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity
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| ABU2032
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Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911
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140
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Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Words vs deeds
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| ABU2107
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Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al around Aug. 1909
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130
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Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering
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| ABU2182
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Words to the Kinney party in 1909(?)
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120
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Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Unity of thought and belief
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| ABU2326
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Words to a Christian minister, spoken on 1914-06-09
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100
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Bahá'í Scriptures
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible
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| ABU2748
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70
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Persian
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Adam; Adam and Eve; Humor; jokes; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Stories; anecdotes
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| ABU3199
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Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921
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40
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Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| ABU3227
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Words spoken on 1910-02-19
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40
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others
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| BH00001
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Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book)
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10520
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Arabic
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools
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Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)
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The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promulgation of the ‘Most Great Law’; formally ordaining the institution of the House of Justice; prescribing the obligatory prayers; designating the time and period of fasting; formulating laws surrounding marriage and inheritance; ordaining the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (houses of worship); establishing the Nineteen Day Feasts; abolishing the institution of priesthood; and specifying punishments for murder, arson, adultery, and theft. Apart from these laws, He reminds his followers of the twin duties of recognition and obedience; exhorts them to fellowship with the adherents of all religions; warns them to guard against fanaticism, sedition, pride, dispute, and contention; enjoins on them cleanliness, truthfulness, chastity, hospitality, fidelity, courtesy, forbearance, justice, and fairness; and counsels them to be ‘even as the fingers of one hand and the limbs of one body’.
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Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Call to action; Cleanliness and refinement; Confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of burial and cremation; Law of fasting; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Monasticism; asceticism; Murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; Parents and children; youth; families; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unchastity and adultery; Words vs deeds; Work as worship
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| BH00002
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Kitab-i-Iqan (The Book of Certitude)
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36200
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mixed
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán; Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), The
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Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Tablet of the True Seeker
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Bahá’u’lláh’s preeminent doctrinal work as well as His second longest, answering four questions from an uncle of the Báb regarding prophetic expectation and fulfilment, affirming the essential unity of the prophets of God while simultaneously acknowledging the distinctiveness of their persons and missions, expounding the concept of progressive revelations from God that are renewed about every thousand years, summarizing the spiritual prerequisites of the seekers on the spiritual path, clarifying the central role in that path of the independent investigation of reality, condemning the clergy for their role in the rejection of the prophets from age to age, and emphasizing, through a commentary on certain verses of the gospels, the need for a symbolic as opposed to a literal understanding of sacred scriptures.
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Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Belief and denial; Christ; Christianity; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Literal interpretation; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Moses; Noah; Oneness; unity of religion; Power of the Manifestation of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Return of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Seal of the Prophets; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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| BH00204
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2800
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Arabic
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Exhortations and counsels; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| BH00782
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1020
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Arabic
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Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan
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| BH01112
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750
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Persian
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of prayer; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH01592
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550
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mixed
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Chastisement and requital; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness
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| BH02034
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430
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mixed
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Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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| BH03270
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280
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Arabic
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Prayers and Meditations
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Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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| BH04536
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210
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mixed
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Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity
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| BH06210
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160
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Arabic
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Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times
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| BH10210
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80
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mixed
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BH11816
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131
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Arabic
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Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity
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