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| ABU2752 | Words spoken on 1913-07-01 in Port Said | 70 | I have great love for the believers of Baghdad. They are ever in My heart. Be not sad owing to the present ruin of the House. | DAS.1913-07-01 | Christ; Christianity; Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2751 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-04-13 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من از تعالیم جمال مبارک در اینجا یکی را موضوع صحبت قرار داده ام هنوز مسائل | I have made the subject of my talks here only one of the principles of the Blessed Beauty. I have not as yet touched upon others of greater importance. | BDA1.033.02 | MHMD1.042 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2750 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-20 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من ابداً شما ها را فراموش نمیکنم همیشه در یاد و خاطر من هستید بجمیع یاران مهربانی ابلاغ دارید | I shall never forget you. You are always in my mind... If you sacrifice yourself for the rich, they think you do it because you are obliged | MAS5.266-267, BDA1.258.15 | MHMD1.277 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2749 | Words to Mr Kinney's students, spoken on 1912-12-04 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مقصود از تلاوت و قرائت پی بردن بحقائق آیات و اسرار کتابست اگر تنها خواندن بود بایستی ملت یهود جمیع مؤمن مسیح شده باشند | The object of reading and reciting is to understand the inner significance of the verses and mysteries of the Book. Had reading sufficed | BDA1.404.08 | MHMD1.423 | Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2748 | 70 | Persian | محمود نامی بود که بحق مردم بد میگفت جمال مبارک نصیحتش فرمودند | There was a man by the name of Mahmud who used to speak ill of people. | NJB_v11#19 p.341 | STAB#149 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Humor; jokes; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2747 | Words to some clergymen, spoken on 1912-04-13 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مادیات و روحانیات همیشه همعنان بوده ولی حال مادیات غلبه نموده و اساس الهی فراموش شده | Materialism and spirituality have always kept pace together. Now materialism has gone ahead, the divine foundation is forgotten and is being left behind.... The appearance of the divine Manifestation is like the coming of springtime. | BDA1.031.01 | SW_v19#02 p.053, MHMD1.040 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Harmony of science and religion; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual springtime | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2746 | Words to some spiritualists, spoken on 1912-08-17 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ما دعا می کنیم خدا شفا میدهد ما اهل ادعا نیستیم اهل بیانیم جمیع منادی بامر بهآءالله هستیم من عبدالبهاء هستم و حضرت بهاءالله مطلع تقدیس است | We pray but God bestows healing. We do not make claims for ourselves. We are only the expounders of the Word. | BDA1.195.07 | MHMD1.211 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2745 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-25 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ما برای کار و خدمت آمدیم نه برای هوا خوری باید بعبودیت آستان جمال مبارک پرداخت و چنین بندگی را سبب راحت و مسرت جان و دل | We have come for work and service and not for leisure. We must render service to the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty | BDA1.166.14 | MHMD1.181 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Methods of teaching the Cause; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2744 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 70 | Persian | کار بدست اطفال افتاده کار به دست بی سر و پاها افتاده از برای سلطان قدری باقی نمانده است | The affairs of Íran have fallen into the hands of children and those who have no moral compass. Their behavior is such that there is no value or merit in the station of kingship. | KNR.082-083 | KNRE.091 | Call to action; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2743 | Words spoken on 1913-03-16 in Paris | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | عثمانیها هنوز نمیدانند چه باید کرد با آنکه حال بخوبی میتوانند مخالفین خود را در حالت | The Ottomans still do not know what must be done, despite their full knowledge that their present position affords them | BDA2.183 | MHMD2.233 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2742 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | سی و شش نفر بر تخت خلافت نشستند و همه مقید بنام و نشان و از هیچ کدام نام و نشانی نمانده ولی بهلول | Six and thirty souls ascended unto the throne of dominion, and though each was bound to name and sign, of none remaineth now a name or trace save Bahlúl [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2741 | Words to two Bahá’ís, spoken on 1913-03-30 | 70 | You must become fully informed with these Teachings. It is good to be thoroughly informed with science or arts or literature. Likewise you must be established in the Kingdom of God. | DAS.1913-03-30 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2740 | Words spoken on 1913-02-25 in Paris | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در مجامع صحبت کنید مانند شعلهٴ نار شوید مثل ستارهٴ درخشنده گردید تا این شهر را روشن نمائید | Speak at the gatherings! Be as a flame of fire and a brilliant star; thereby you shall illumine this city | BDA2.159 | MHMD2.200 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2739 | Words spoken at Goodall home in Oakland, 1912-10-16 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در راه این صحبت را میداشتیم که هیچ بخاطر نمیآمد که بکلیفورنیا بیائیم و این طور با احباء ملاقات کنیم | On the way here we were saying that it never occurred to us that we would come to California and meet with the friends in this manner | BDA1.314.17 | MHMD1.332 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2738 | Public address given on 1912-09-13 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در جمیع تواریخ عالم نظر کنید به بینید چنین حکایتی هست که شخصی شرقی در ممالک غرب وانگهی امریکا حاضر شود | Look at the history of the world and try to find a parallel instance in which a native of the East has come to the countries of the West | BDA1.244.14 | MHMD1.262 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2737 | Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh | 70 | When we were in in Bagdad, there was a very prominent man who used to come often to see Bahá'u'lláh. He sat in His Presence with the greatest respect, and listened to the utterances | DAS.1913-08-13, ABIE.184, BLO_PN#007, STAB#083 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2736 | Words spoken on 1913-02-01 in Paris | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در این مدت ولو در غرب بودم ولی همیشه رویم بسوی احبای شرق بود و تأیید ایشان را | Though I have been in the West throughout this span of time, yet my face has ever been turned towards the Baha'is of the East | BDA2.117 | MHMD2.145 | East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2735 | Words spoken at a banquet on 1912-11-04 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خوب سفره ایست چه که بمحبت بهآءالله ما بر آن مجتمع شده ایم امشب من بسیار مسرورم که در مجلس شما هستم | It is an excellent table for we have assembled here through the love of Baha'u'llah.... O thou kind Lord, we render thanks unto Thee that thou hast brought us from the farthest lands | BDA1.353.16 | MHMD1.372-373 | East and West; communication between East and West; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2734 | Words spoken ca. Nov. 1921 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | چه موهبتی اعظم از سرور احباست انسان باید یا فائض باشد یا مستفیض | What bounty is greater than the joy of the beloved ones! Man must either be the bestower or the recipient thereof [3.5s] | QT105.2.039 | Praise and encouragement; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2733 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-20 | 70 | How dead to all spiritual emotions are the people of Paris! The inhabitants of this city are engrossed in the whirlpool of pleasure and self-gratification. | DAS.1913-02-20 | Critique of Western values; culture; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2732 | 70 | Mahmúd's Diary | All created phenomena are subject to the law of change and transformation. Youth is followed by old age; a tender plant grows into an aged tree | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU2731 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | جمال مبارک سد ابواب اینگونه اختلافات فرمودند و امور را راجع ببیت العدل اعظم کردند | the Blessed Beauty has shut the door on such differences and has referred all affairs to the House of Justice | BDA1.119.15 | SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.127-128 | House of Justice; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2730 | Words spoken on 1914-06-22 in Haifa | 70 | The Bahá'í students in Beirut have so conducted themselves, both within and without the college | DAS.1914-06-22, SW_v09#11 p.122 | Cleanliness and refinement; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2729 | Words spoken on 1913-10-26 in Ramleh | 70 | I desire that you may see the divine ships. These ships are the blessed sails who are traversing the sea of divine mercy | LOG#1997x, DAS.1913-10-26, SW_v08#08 p.104 | Growth of the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2728 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-12 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تأیید و نصرت ملکوت ابهی اظهر من الشمس است هیچ چشم و گوشی تا حال چنین تأییدی نه دیده | The confirmation and assistance of the Abha Kingdom are more manifest than the sun. No eye or ear has seen or heard of such confirmations. Christ went into the Temple of the Jews | BDA1.240.12 | MHMD1.257 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise of Western values; culture; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2727 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-30 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تأیید غیر از استعداد و علم و عقل است چه بسیار نفوس غیر مهمه را کشف نمودند چه قدر نفوس که سالها زحمت کشیدند برای کشف نقطهٴ شمالی | Confirmation is not dependent on talent, knowledge or wisdom. Many unimportant persons have made significant discoveries. | BDA1.172.12 | SW_v19#10 p.309, MHMD1.187 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2726 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-12-05 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | به بینید چگونه اقتدار امر الله ولوله در دلها انداخت و چه انقلابی در نفوس افکند چه طور عون و عنایت جمال ابهی پی در پی رسید | Observe how the power of the Cause of God has created a tumult in the hearts and what a revolution it has produced. See how the aid and assistance of the Abha Beauty have reached us | BDA1.415.16 | MHMD1.432 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2725 | Words to the children, spoken on 1912-04-16 | 70 | Persian | به به چه اطفال مبارکی هستند خیلی نورانیند در وجوهشان | These are blessed children. They are very illumined. In their faces the rays of the love of God can be seen. I pray in their behalf | KHTB2.026, NJB_v04#10 p.004 | BSTW#341 | Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2724 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-22 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی معتقدند که حرکت ثالث کرهٴ ارض سبب طول و قصر عمر است که این حرکت غیر از حرکت شبانه روز و حرکت | Some think that is a third motion of the earth which is the cause of the length or shortness of life. This motion, they say, is different from the diurnal and annual motions | MAS2.073, BDA1.162.10 | MHMD1.177 | Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2723 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-20 | 70 | I remember the meetings, gatherings and churches which we attended in America... The condition of man is pure at two stages of his life | PN_1919 p151, LAT.079-080 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2722 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 70 | Persian | بحر الاعظم جمال مبارک است یعنی جمال مبارک باین صفحات تشریف آوردند | The Most Great Ocean is the Blessed Beauty, meaning that the Blessed Beauty did graciously arrive upon these shores [3.5s] | KHH2.297 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2721 | Words spoken on 1915-08-14 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | باید نفوس بروح و ریحان خاضع و خاشع شوند. از احبای الهی کمالاتی ببینند، روش و سلوکی ببینند که مجبور | It behooveth souls to become submissive and humble with utmost joy and fragrance. From the loved ones of God must they behold such perfections, such conduct and behavior, that they become compelled [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-14 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2720 | Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | باید شخصی رئیس باشد که خود اصرار در ریاست نداشته باشد فی الحقیقه در خیال شهرت و برتری نباشد | The president must be a man who does not insistently seek the presidency. He should be a person free from all thoughts of name and rank; rather, he should say, 'I am unworthy and incapable of this position | BDA1.309.12 | MHMD1.327, VLAB.107 | Elections; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2719 | Words spoken at Hotel Plaza in Minneapolis, 1912-09-19 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | با وجود این باز نصاری و مسلمین از ما راضی نیستند و حال انکه انها در خانهٴ خود سر گرم راحت و عشرتند | Notwithstanding this, the Muslims and Christians alike are not satisfied with us. They are engaged in pleasurable diversions and enjoyable pastimes | BDA1.256.01 | MHMD1.274 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2718 | Words to Mona DeBons, spoken on 1913-10-16 | 70 | If the people ask you whether you are English or French, tell them you are a Bahá'í. | DAS.1913-10-16, SW_v09#18 p.203-204 | Being a source of light; guidance; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2717 | Words spoken on 1913-04-28 in Stuttgart | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | با آن تعصب در مجامع بهآئیان سیاهان و سفیدان مانند برادران و خواهران بودند حتی در امر بهآئی ازدواج | That prejudice notwithstanding, at Baha'i gatherings the blacks and the whites were like brothers and sisters | BDA2.269 | MHMD2.352-353 | Race unity; racial issues; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2716 | Words spoken on 1913-05-06 in Paris | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | آن نفوس پر غفلت و غرور گمان مینمودند که خود لیاقت و استحقاقی دارند غافل از اینکه | Those people, filled as they are with pride and ignorance, deemed themselves to be worthy or deserving, oblivious of the fact | BDA2.286 | MHMD2.377 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2715 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-26 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این ملاقات دلیل بر وفاست که همدیگر را فراموش ننمودیم در عالم وجود امری اعظم از وفا نیست که طول مدت سبب فراموشی و خلال | This visit is a proof of faithfulness, proof that we have not forgotten one another. In the world of existence nothing is greater than faithfulness | BDA1.206.11 | SW_v19#12 p.380, MHMD1.223 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2714 | Words spoken on 1915-01-09 in Abu Sinan | 70 | Persian | این جنگ بلای خانمانسوزی است ولی بعد از این نفوس صلحجو زیاد خواهد شد | This war is indeed ruinous and devastating in its effects. However, afterwards, the number of peace-loving people will grow considerably | KHH1.145 (1.201) | KHHE.216, BSR_v13 p.086 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2713 | Words spoken on 1916-05-19 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | این اصطلاح شیخ مرحوم است. ابیض مقام مشیت است، به هر لونی بخواهی در می آید. لون احمر مقام قضا است | This is the terminology of the late Shaykh [Shaykh Ahmad]. White is the station of the Will, for it transforms into whatsoever colour thou dost desire. The colour red/crimson is the station of Decree/Fate | MUH2.0980, ZSM.1916-05-19 | BLO_PT#216.028 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Seven stages of creation; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2712 | Words spoken on 1915-09-01 in Haifa | 70 | Persian | اهالی خیلی در صدمه هستند زیرا همه اولادهایشان را به سربازی برده اند. چون صدای اشعار [را] از بالا بشنوند | The people are sorely afflicted, for their sons have been taken into military service. When they hear the verses from above [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-01 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2711 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-15 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | امر الله همیشه از شرق ظاهر شده اما آثارش در غرب شدیدتر بوده وقتی بدری پاشا در مجمعی گفت | The Cause of God has always appeared from the East but it has been more effective in the West. | BDA1.248.16 | MHMD1.266 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2710 | Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | الحمد لله در این انجمن جمعی اهل شرق و غرب جمعند جمیع مانند یک جنسند هیچ اختلافی در افکار ندارند | Praise be to God, for groups from both the East and the West have come together in this gathering | BDA2.047 | MHMD2.056 | East and West; communication between East and West; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2709 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-18 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | الحمد لله خداوند مملکتی آباد بشما داده شهرها معمور است تجارتها در ترقی و آثار عمران در نهایت جمال و کمال | Praise be to God that He has given you a prosperous country. Towns are flourishing, commerce is progressing and the outward evidences of prosperity are displayed with utmost beauty and perfection. | BDA1.253.15 | MHMD1.271-272 | Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Satan; the Evil One; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2708 | Words spoken at Schweizer home in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, 1913-04-05 | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | الحمد لله بفضل و عنایت حضرت بهآءالله بخانهٴ شما هم آمدیم هر بیتی که در آن ذکر بهآءالله بشود | Praised be God! Through the grace and bounty of Baha'u'llah, we have come to your home, too. Every house in which the mention of Baha'u'llah is made shall be blessed | BDA2.221 | MHMD2.286 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2707 | Public address given on 1912-10-21 | 70 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اگر تقرب الهی خواهید از جمیع اشیا منقطع شوید و از آلایش دنیای فانی پاک و مقدس گردید | If you desire the nearness of God, you must sever yourself from everything and become purified and sanctified from the dross of this transitory world. | BDA1.320.07 | MHMD1.338 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2706 | Words spoken on 1914-06-24 in Haifa | 70 | The believers must be pleased to comply with my wish. If my first expresion in any matter is obeyed, it will lead to success and spiritual happiness. | DAS.1914-06-24 | Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2705 | Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اطفال باید اول بآداب الهی تربیت شوند و ترغیب و تشویق بر تحسین اخلاق گردند | Children must first be trained in divine virtues and encouraged and urged to improve their character. | BDA2.044 | MHMD2.053 | Education of children; moral education; Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2704 | Words to two Theosophists spoken on 1913-04-23 | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | از برای انسان دو ترقیست ترقی جسمانی و ترقی روحانی ترقیات جسمانیه موقتیست | There are two kinds of progress, spiritual progress and material progress. Material progress is temporal and vanishing | BDA2.256x | DAS.1913-04-23, MHMD2.328x | Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2703 | Words spoken on 1913-04-06 in Stuttgart | 70 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ابرهای تقالید شمس حقیقت را مستور نموده و انوار تعالیم الهیه را از سطوع باز داشته | The clouds of blind imitation have obscured the Sun of Truth, and the lights of the divine teachings have been prevented from shining forth | BDA2.222 | MHMD2.286 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Oneness; unity of religion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2702 | Words to Ali-Kuli Khan in 'Akka prior to 1902 | 80 | A wise man when looking at an egg, sees in it the whole form of a bird; he sees the beak | SW_v07#01 p.004 | Development of capacity and readiness; Evolution; human evolution; Law of cause and effect; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2701 | 80 | In the chicken yard, the rooster was so ill that no one could count on his crowing the next morning. | STAB#157 | Law of cause and effect; Superstition | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2700 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 80 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | The woman is indeed of the greater importance to the race. She has the greater burden and the greater work. | COC#2178, LOG#2093x, AIL.102 | Equality of men and women; Role and station of women | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2699 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-21 | 80 | Pride and haughtiness are the worst qualities. If a person becomes the possessor of the whole world he must not become proud. | DAS.1913-02-21 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2698 | Words spoken at 1815 California Street in San Francisco, 1912-10-10 | 80 | It was in the path of God, therefore it was not suffering, not trouble. You must strive in order that you may acquire the blessings of the Holy Spirit. | ECN.471+599+606-608 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2697 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 80 | Yes, yes, of course I do. In all questions which concern the welfare of a nation, is not the woman's view as important as the man's | SAS.097-098 | Equality of men and women; Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Role and station of women; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2696 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Praise be to God that thou hast found guidance... This turning the face toward God is the healing of the body, the mind and the soul.... Therefore sacrifice all thy talents at the feet | BSC.490 #941, SW_v08#18 p.233x | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2695 | Words spoken on 1914-07-24 in Haifa | 80 | Praise be to God, you are firm in the Covenant and steadfast in the Testament. Firmness and | DAS.1914-07-24, SW_v08#05 p.059 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2694 | Words spoken on 1914-06-03 in Tiberias | 80 | Laughter is caused by the slackening or relaxation of the nerves. It is an ideal condition and not physical | DAS.1914-06-03, SW_v13#04 p.102, PN_1914 p009 | Law of cause and effect; Material and spiritual existence; two books | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2693 | Words spoken on 1914-06-05 in Tiberias | 80 | Rest assured in the protection of God. He will preserve his own children under all circumstances. | DAS.1914-06-05, SW_v08#19 p.241 | Consolation and comfort; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Poems and quotation from poetry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2692 | 80 | As long as ye can, strive to set aglow the hearts with love; be attracted to one another | SW_v08#12 p.144 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2691 | Words spoken on 1914-01-07 in Haifa | 80 | The world needs more happiness and illumination. The star of happiness is in every heart | DAS.1914-01-07, SW_v07#16 p.162-163, SW_v13#05 p.102, PN_1914 p009, SDW v12#10 p.115 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2690 | Words spoken in 1909 | 80 | Give Mrs. Botay my greetings and love and tell her she must greatly endeavor | SW_v12#05 p.108 | Race unity; racial issues; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2689 | Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900 | 80 | Bahá'u'lláh said the children are of two kinds - the mature and the immature. The | SW_v07#15 p.142, SW_v09#08 p.090 | Development of capacity and readiness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2688 | Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-08-01 | 80 | O God! Assist me with the hosts of the Supreme Concourse and make me firm and steadfast in the Covenant and Testament | SW_v03#14 p.005, SW_v08#17 p.228, SW_v10#14 p.272, PN_1912 p010, BSTW#074c | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2687 | 80 | There are two kinds of love: one is direct love which proceeds from a person to | SW_v08#11 p.139 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2686 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1918-10-19 | 80 | I hope that the war may soon come to an end, so that I may again look in the faces | SW_v09#16 p.179, PN_1918 p002 | Justice and mercy; Parliaments; constitutional government; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2685 | Words to Osman Bey and others, spoken on 1914-12-23 | 80 | The citizens of a country are like the various members and organs of the body. So long as the brain | DAS.1914-12-23, SW_v13#10 p.271 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2684 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 80 | To have it (the Mashrak-el-Azkar) built is most important. Some material things have spiritual effect | SW_v06#07 p.053, SW_v06#17 p.134, SW_v07#07 p.058+060, BW_v01p060-061, DLA.014, BNE.188, BLO_PN#026 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2683 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 80 | A master had a slave who was completely devoted to him. One day he gave the slave a melon | SW_v09#18 p.208, TDLA.103, VLAB.147, BLO_PN#104 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2682 | 80 | In this age, Baha'o'llah has breathed the Holy Spirit into the dead body of the world. Consequently every weak soul | SW_v05#04 p.054, SW_v06#15 p.120, SW_v06#16 p.121, SW_v08#01 p.001, SW_v08#12 p.146, SW_v13#01 p.007, BSTW#324 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2681 | Words to Azizollah Bahadur spoken around April 1915 | 80 | On your return, write to the beloved friends everywhere and give them my heartiest love. Tell them that my health | SW_v06#06 p.046 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2680 | Words spoken on 1914-03-07 | 80 | The altar of sacrifice is the living heart of man, and not a few pieces of dead stones | DAS.1914-03-07, SW_v07#04 p.027 | Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2679 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1920-09-05 | 80 | I hope the health of the friends is good.... His Holiness Christ was once eating grapes. He said, 'I will not eat grapes again until I eat them anew with you in the Kingdom | SW_v11#16 p.270, PN_1920 p031, PN_1920 p055, PN_1920 p091, PN_1920_heh p013, PN_1920_heh_haifa p020, IHP.118, BLO_PN#046 | Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2678 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | As regards the places for the convening of such a general body, it will be decided by the members. The Universal House of Justice | BSC.425 #768.2x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | House of Justice | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2677 | 80 | Bahá'í Scriptures | All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity | LOG#1061x, BSC.425 #768.1x, SW_v07#15 p.139 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2676 | Words spoken at Thornburgh-Cropper home, 1911-09-06 | 80 | You are all one family; you have grown out of one root. Each of you is like a branch, a flower, a fruit. | SW_v02#12 p.003 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Exhortations and counsels; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2675 | , spoken on 1912-03-30 | 80 | Persian | جمیع موجودات در تحت تغیر و تبدیلند هر جوانی پیر و هر نهالی درخت کهن میشود | All the created phenomena are subject to the law of change and transmutation. Youth is | BDA1.018.06 | DAS.1913-07-19, SW_v13#09 p.218, MHMD1.025, ABIE.086, BLO_PN#007 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Law of transformation and change; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2674 | Words spoken ca. 1914-02-22 | 80 | Tell me what is the voice that is calling loud in Kerman (Persia)? Is it the voice of the darvishes | SW_v09#09 p.105 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2673 | Words spoken on 1911-09-28 in London | 80 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | all of you here are sisters. Bodily relationships may pass; even two sisters may be inimical to each other, but the spiritual relationship is eternal | AIL.075 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Compassion; kindness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2672 | Words to Fugeta, two Druze Sheikhs, et al, spoken on 1919-12-31 | 80 | See what his holiness Bahá'u'lláh has done, that he has gathered us all and has made us all one! | PN_1919 p056 | Ottoman commissions of investigation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2671 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-26 | 80 | The sandy desert along the beach is full of mystic stillness... If a person could disclose and bring into the light of day the real and secret qualities of the hearts, he would observe that although these people are human in outward form and shape | DAS.1915-05-26 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2670 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-05-03 | 80 | Whosoever I send to America must at first gain the regenerative power of the second birth, be baptized with the water of universal ideals and be a living torch of the Fire of the Love of God | DAS.1915-05-03 | Love as fire; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2669 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-23 | 80 | When I was a young man I wished to be entirely free, devoting my time to the service of the Cause. My first intention was not to marry. Four times the means of marriage were brought about by my family | DAS.1915-04-23 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2668 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-31 | 80 | The essence of Deity is unknown and will never be properly understood and defined. In every age different names are given to the same essence. | DAS.1915-03-31 | Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2667 | Words spoken on 1914-07-21 in Haifa | 80 | I hope India will become the burning furnace of the Love of God. The people of that country are very receptive and their leaders are quick to perceive the need | DAS.1914-07-21 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2666 | Words spoken in Dec. 1913 in Akka | 80 | During the Dispensation of Muhammad, there lived two poets in Mecca. One composed a great eulogy praising Muhammad | DAS.1913-12-21 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Humor; jokes; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2665 | Words to Mrs Cruttwell, spoken on 1913-05-27 | 80 | O Thou Almighty! Direct Thou this traveller toward the pathway of Thy guidance! Suffer this thirsty one to reach to the fountainhead of Thy bestowal! | DAS.1913-05-27 | Living waters; water of life; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2664 | Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11 | 80 | Bahá'u'lláh in one of his Tablets says: "Therefore I will explain for your benefit certain luminous and shining mysteries, whereby you will become so attracted | DAS.1913-05-11 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2663 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-27 | 80 | He [Bismark] was the most wonderful genius in statesmanship. He was a wise, shrewd and most intelligent diplomatist. | DAS.1913-04-27 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2662 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1913-03-29 | 80 | I am under the protection and preservation of God. God looks after me. He guards me against any danger. Sometimes He comes and caresses me. He kisses my lips and touches my back. | DAS.1913-03-29 | Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2661 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-10 | 80 | Today whosoever has arisen to teach the Cause and serve the believers, divine confirmations shall descend upon him; otherwise he is wasting his time. | DAS.1913-03-10 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2660 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-03 | 80 | Last night a curious thing happened. Long after midnight I got out of my bed and was on the point of calling Siyyid Asadollah when suddenly | DAS.1913-03-03 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2659 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 | 80 | When I was very young I was travelling with Bahá'u'lláh and my family. We reached the city of Kermanshahan. Here we took quarters in a Caravanserai. | DAS.1913-02-14 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Stories; anecdotes; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2658 | Words to three friends, spoken on 1913-01-26 | 80 | Just as you are striving in [the] material sphere, work also in [the] spiritual sphere. Try to suffer the people to enter in the Kingdom of God... There is a vast difference whether you hear about the light, see the light or whether you live in the light. | DAS.1913-01-26 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2657 | Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-31 | 80 | It is because you do not finish with them. They have their old superstitions and their hearts are attached to them; after a while they become cool again. | PN_1912 p006 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Methods of teaching the Cause; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2656 | Words to Mabel MacCoy Irwin, spoken on 1911-09-18 | 80 | Give to them in America my loving greetings and my wish for their success. Tell them that if they would attain nearness to the Blessed Beauty they must love much, for love is everything. | PN_1911 p025 | Exhortations and counsels; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2655 | Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-15 | 80 | You must go back to America as signs of love and love the people very much... In the East the love of the believers is very great, but America has not yet reached this station.... Tell them that love is the one great thing - it is life - the only life of the spirit. | PN_1909B p060, PN_1909C p057, PN_1909E p097 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2654 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-26 | 80 | Hold fast to that which is the cause of unity and friendship. The result of everything should be the Love of God. This is the essential fact of everything | PN_1909F p071, PN_1909F p135, AKL.014 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2653 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 80 | My gardens are the hearts and souls. The hearts are everlasting rose gardens. Its flowers will never wither | AHF.015 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2652 | Words to Lua Getsinger in 1904 | 80 | Russia indeed made a great mistake in attacking Japan after Japan had made the first attack for this reason. | PN_1904 p094 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2651 | Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904 | 80 | If you asked me a hundred questions, two hundred more would spring up in your mind before I answered them. Truth is not like a pool of water... Be as a running stream fed from an infinite reservoir. Come into a station where you do not need to ask questions. | PN_1904 p090 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2650 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 80 | There are many references in the Bible to Mahomet. In Revelations 12, the women clothed with the sun with the moon under her feet | PN_1901 p008, NRMM.215 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection of Muhammad; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2649 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 80 | Always, from the earliest ages, the conception of the Trinity has been present. In the time of Moses | PN_1901 p006, NRMM.212 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Mosaic imagery; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cross and the trinity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2648 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 80 | Personal identity of the devil is not true. God could not have created evil. Timothy 1 was written by bishops. | PN_1900_heh p049 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2647 | Words to Miss E. Goodall, Kheirallah et al in March 1899 | 80 | Yes, everything was created in pairs but this earth is the flaming sword and sometimes even if affinities do meet they are not happy for various reasons | PN_unsorted p041 | Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2646 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 80 | True Religion has nothing to do with human imagination. God's Will is independent of human opinion. Personal ideas and mere human prejudice are the great obstacles to spiritual growth. | TDLA.009-010, BLO_PN#104 | Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Unity in diversity; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2645 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 80 | A seed comes into the world of existence. It is planted, and it sprouts and grows. The plant puts out branches, leaves, and flowers | AELT.177 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Matter; essence; substance and form; Perfect Man [insan-i-kamil]; Return of the Manifestations of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2644 | Words to Alma Albertson et al, spoken on 1900-11-22 | 80 | Look at the great and glorious favors of the Blessed Perfection in bringing together these people... | PN_1900 p018, PN_1900 p101, PN_1900 p118, BSTW#169a | Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2643 | Words spoken on 1914-06-06 in Tiberias | 80 | Bad conduct or deeds are not allowed at any time and especially during the Feast. But those are the days of happiness | SW_v09#10 p.109 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2642 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 80 | In the East there are many peoples who never use a knife or fork. To eat with their fingers is custom among them | TDLA.011-012, BLO_PN#104 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Personal instructions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2641 | 80 | The Sultan of Turkey had mastered a knowledge of Western music. One day all his ministers were present and a European artist was playing on the Piano the Western classics. | DAS.1913-11-20 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Hypocrisy; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2640 | Words to the Obers, spoken on 1920-05-06 | 80 | I hope that God willing, there shall be many such tables laid out... All the gatherings that are formed are based on certain interests, but this gathering has no object except the Divine Love. | PN_1920 p089 | Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2639 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04 | 80 | For three hundred years after Christ's death no one search for his grave. Rubbish was deposited there. The mother of Emperor Constantine came to Jerusalem and made careful enquiries | PN_1919 p068 | Shrines and Holy places; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2638 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-26 | 80 | Still there may be souls like Mrs Kirchner, Dr Nutt and Fareed who have personal motives and wish to make a station for themselves. Dr Fareed wishes to acquire money. He has no religion or faith. | PN_1919 p014, PN_1919 p191 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2637 | Words to Albert Vail, spoken on 1919-11-23 | 80 | Each one of the friends should try to guide one soul--those who are worthy--not the persons who enter the Cause and bring degradation to it; not like Fareed. | PN_1919 p013, BSTW#206 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2636 | Words spoken en route in carriage in Haifa, 1915-04-18 | 80 | We are living and moving in a Cause the likeness of which is like unto this ocean. We must immerse ourselves in this sea and reach its depths, so that we may gather the unseen, brilliant pearls of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God | DAS.1915-04-18 | Call to action; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2635 | Words to the governor of Akka and others, spoken on 1915-04-02 | 80 | the Beloved gave a detailed and stirring account of the history of Akka from the time it was taken by the Crusaders in 1104 A.D... I have no doubt that had he the inclination and desire he could write a most instructive history of this ancient and sacred town. | DAS.1915-04-02 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2634 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-22 | 80 | It is very strange indeed how many particulars of my earliest childhood always stick to my memory. I remember when I was 4 or 5 years old there was a very poor old man in our street | DAS.1915-02-22 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Poems and quotation from poetry; Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2633 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-01-30 | 80 | This is the first German house built in Haifa by the leader of the colony, called Hirtik, who came here in 1870 with about 500 people | DAS.1915-01-30 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2632 | Words to Mirza Fazlollah Khan, spoken on 1915-01-29 | 80 | All their theories and opinions have been useless and without result. They have made a trial of this, still they are not warned. They start in words and end in words. Their whole system of philosophy is based on speculations | DAS.1915-01-29 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2631 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-05 | 80 | The American women as a whole are better educated, more well-informed on classical as well as current subject and the spreaders of the right ideals of education. | DAS.1914-12-05 | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Praise of Western values; culture; Role and station of women | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2630 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-18 | 80 | This world is like unto a theatre on the stage of which all kinds of drama, plays, tragedies, comedies and operas are presented | DAS.1914-11-18 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2629 | Words spoken on 1914-07-27 in Haifa | 80 | What does a man lose if he should lose his self? His moral credit will be larger than his debit. | DAS.1914-07-27 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2628 | Words spoken on 1914-07-27 in Haifa | 80 | The supreme concern of any government must be the establishment of equal justice and equal opportunity amongst its citizens. | DAS.1914-07-27 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Relationship between government and people; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2627 | Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21 | 80 | The objective aims are: The oneness of the world of humanity | DAS.1914-07-21, SW_v12#01 p.014, PN_1914 p006 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2626 | Words spoken on 1913-10-24 in Ramleh | 80 | I hope you will read the newspaper of the Kingdom of Abha, the articles of which are the ideals of God. This newspaper will perish | DAS.1913-10-24 | Angels; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2625 | Words spoken on 1913-10-24 in Ramleh | 80 | ...in every dispensation three persons are mentioned. In the Mosaic dispensation there was Jehovah, the burning bush and Moses. | DAS.1913-10-24 | Angels; Presence of; reunion with God; The cross and the trinity; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2624 | Words spoken on 1913-08-17 in Ramleh | 80 | Some people are like unto the spiders. The more you tear to pieces their webs of imaginations and imitations, the greater will become their zeal to spin them again. | DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.202, BLO_PN#007 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Empty learning; false spirituality; Humor; jokes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2623 | Farewell words to the friends, spoken on 1913-06-08 | 80 | I love the believers of Paris, not the walls and the houses. The walls do not protect one from his ego. One must become the embodiment of divine love. | DAS.1913-06-08 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2622 | Words to a singer, spoken on 1913-05-26 | 80 | Are you progressing in your art? The heavenly song is good. It is my hope that you may sing that song. When we left America on the steamer Celtic, there were several musicians and singers. | DAS.1913-05-26 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Music and singing; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2621 | Words to a woman questioner, spoken on 1913-04-22 | 80 | You must enter in the Kingdom of Abha. In the Kingdom of Abha, there is light upon light. The darkness of sorrow and pain is banished forever | DAS.1913-04-22 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2620 | Words to Mr Eckstein, spoken on 1913-04-05 | 80 | A thirsty man will run after every fountain, he may drink bitter and stagnant water but at last he will reach to the sweet spring. | DAS.1913-04-05 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Oneness; unity of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2619 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-15 | 80 | There are three ancient Bibles. 1st the Jewish Bible. 2nd the Sanhedrin Bible which was translated by the seventy wisest Rabbis into Greek at the time of Ptolemy. 3rd the Samaritan Bible. | DAS.1913-03-15 | Grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2618 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-01 | 80 | For the present, in Paris we are all engaged in mentioning the name of the True One. We are all beneath the protection of the Blessed Perfection. | DAS.1913-03-01 | Development of capacity and readiness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2617 | Words to Mrs. Henlay, spoken on 1913-02-18 | 80 | Whenever you feel depressed, go alone into the secret chamber, read one of the Hidden Words and with the utmost supplication | DAS.1913-02-18 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2616 | Public address given on 1913-02-17 | 80 | This is the work. All else save this has no result. Humanity must become illumined with the light of the Kingdom, otherwise all our efforts will remain fruitless. | DAS.1913-02-17 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2615 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-16 | 80 | How large is the creation of God! How stupendous His machinery! How infinite His dominion!... Were it possible to construct an aeroplane and establish communication between the various planets many marvellous discoveries would have been achieved! | DAS.1913-02-16 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Infinity and eternity; Plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2614 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-09 | 80 | How pitiful it is that man is satisfied with material things and so regulates his life as to gain more and more! | DAS.1913-02-09 | Human reality created in the image of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2613 | Words spoken on 1913-01-23 in Paris | 80 | The Parisian people are submerged in a sea of materialism. They are intoxicated with the wine of desire and selfish appetites. They think these material objects are permanent. | DAS.1913-01-23 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2612 | Words to the minister of the New Congregational Church, spoken on 1913-01-13 | 80 | I am only a servant of God. The station of servitude is very great. It is very difficult for any one to live in accord with the requirements of servitude | DAS.1913-01-13 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2611 | Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-08-01 | 80 | All the people of the world are sowing their seeds in brackish ground and they write on the surface of the water. Therefore you must consider that all their efforts are fruitless. | PN_1912_heh p023, PN_1912 p009 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; High station of the true believer; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2610 | Words to Mary Hanford Ford et al around 1911-10-25 | 80 | I am very unhappy to see how wicked and uncivilized human beings can be... See what a slight thing will shut off our physical sight, so will a slight indiscretion, a cross word, an adverse criticism shut off the delicate spiritual sight. | SW_v08#11 p.139x, PN_1911 p019, PN_1911 p024 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2609 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23 | 80 | the development of existence may be represented by two arcs forming a circle. The one descending, the other ascending. Beginning with the mineral | PN_1909F p060, PN_1909F p114, AKL.008 | Arcs of ascent and descent; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Evolution; human evolution; Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2608 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken on 1908-01-11 | 80 | That is very good, that is right for that brings harmony into the meeting. ...the Hidden Words should be read, and often the Tajalleyat | PN_1908 p013 | Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2607 | Words to Aline Shane-Devin spoken on 1907-10-14 | 80 | It is as difficult for the human mind to understand the Essence of God as for the watch to understand its maker... The only test of its truth lies in the influence this conception has upon our lives | SW_v08#10 p.136x, PN_1907 p016 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Goodly deeds; actions; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2606 | Words to Madam J, spoken on 1904-04-15 | 80 | No, no, one never returns here, for this world is a school where the soul of man learns its first lessons in spirituality | PN_1904 p021, PN_1904 p030, PN_1904 p093, BSTW#180c | Reincarnation; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2605 | Words to Lua Getsinger in 1904 | 80 | The baptism of the Christians as practiced today is not the teachings of Christ. | PN_1904 p093 | John the Baptist; Love of God; Spiritual baptism; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2604 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 80 | There are two forms of prayer in this religion, that is the obligatory prayers... There is also the form of prayer to which the name 'supplication' has been given | PN_1901 p007, NRMM.213 | Law of obligatory prayer; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2603 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 80 | this means that the death of the body is of no importance and not in the least to be feared... It is said of Mary Magdalen that out of her went seven devils. | PN_1901 p002, NRMM.205 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Martyrs and martyrdom; Mary Magdalene; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2602 | Words to a newspaper editor, spoken on 1912-10-20 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | یک کلمه بتو می گویم و این تا آخر کافی است و بیش از ین نه تو سئوال کن و نه من جواب میدهم و آن کلمه بیان حضرت مسیح است | I will tell you one thing and it will suffice once and for all. Beyond this neither question me nor will I reply. And that is the words of Christ when told that 'your brothers have come to see you.' | BDA1.321.12 | MHMD1.339-340 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hospitality; Personal instructions; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2601 | Words spoken at home of Shaykh Salih in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-02 | 80 | Persian | یک کشیش پروتستان خیلی متعصبی بود همیشه میخواستند مجادله کند یکدفعه آمد پیش من و گفت | There was a fanatical Protestant minister that always wanted to argue. One time he came to Me and said, ‘Given His large body and girth, with what kind of ladder did Muhammad ascend to heaven?' | KHH1.137 (1.190-191) | KHHE.207 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Humor; jokes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2600 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 80 | Persian | یک آخوندی یکوقتی آمد اینجا از آن آخوندهای پر غرور بود اینجا از مناجاتهای عربی تلاوت میشد | Once came hither a certain divine, one of those clerics possessed of pride, at a time when Arabic prayers were being chanted in this place [3.5s] | KHH2.283 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2599 | Words to Stanwood Cobb, spoken on 1913-03-28 | 80 | No. In this movement there will never be any paid ministers, no appointed clergy, no bishops, no cardinals, no popes, no ceremonies. | DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093c | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Priestcraft; Spirit and form in the administration | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2598 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | نفسی منکر فضائل مبارک نبود و جمیع عقلای شرق اول شخص عالم میدانستند ولی می گفتند حیف که ادعای الوهیت | No one was a denier of His virtues. All the wise men of the East considered Him the greatest person in the world. But they said, 'Alas, that He has claimed divinity for Himself.' | BDA1.286.07 | MHMD1.303-304 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2597 | Words spoken on 1913-10-25 in Ramleh | 80 | When I was in America and Europe I went through some of the Zoological gardens... My grandfather had many colored maids and servants. When the Blessed Perfection became the head of the family | DAS.1913-10-25, SW_v09#03 p.038-039x | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Race unity; racial issues; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2596 | Words spoken en route to Salt Lake City, 1912-10-27 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من بامریکا آمدم تا علم صلح عمومی بلند کنم آمده ام ترویج وحدت عالم انسانی نمایم مقصدم الفت و محبت | I have come to America to raise the standard of universal peace and to promote the unity of mankind. My aim is to create love and harmony among the religions. | BDA1.335.16 | MHMD1.354 | Oneness; unity of religion; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2595 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-25 | 80 | I have set a conflagration throughout America. Its results will become known later. Wait for a few years and you will behold the appearance of many traces. | DAS.1913-03-25 | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2594 | Words spoken during filming of motion picture on 1912-06-18 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ملاحظهٴ قدرت جمال قدم و نفوذ اسم اعظم نمائید که ما را با اهل امریکا باین نحو الفت و اتحاد داده | Observe the power of the Ancient Beauty and the influence of the Greatest Name through which He has united us with the people of America in this way | BDA1.126.14 | SW_v19#08 p.253, MHMD1.135-136 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2593 | Words to a Unitarian woman, spoken on 1912-03-26 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مژده مژده که علم ملکوت بلند شد مژده مژده بهار الهی ظاهر گردید مژده مژده ابر رحمت ببارید | The most important of all intentions is to spread the love of God.... Glad tidings, glad tidings, the Sun of love has dawned | BDA1.011.12 | DAS.1913-07-15, SW_v14#05 p.129, MHMD1.016-017, ABIE.066, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Man's distinction from the animal; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2592 | Words spoken on 1915-10-19 in Akka | 80 | Persian | مرکز نقض سعی می کند که سبب شهادت من بشود. از برای او چه خواهد شد. این نهایت آمال و آرزوی من است | The Center of Violation striveth to compass my martyrdom. What shall befall him? This is the utmost aim and desire of mine own self [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-19 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2591 | Words to a Rabbi, spoken on 1912-12-04 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مراد از خلق آسمانها و زمینها در شش روز آن روز الهی است و خلق روحانی | What is intended by the creation of heaven and earth in six days is a spiritual creation and a divine day | BDA1.403.12 | MHMD1.422 | Creation of the world; Human reality created in the image of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2590 | Words spoken en route in train in Chicago, 1912-10-31 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | متجاوز از دو سال است که از جوار روضهٴ مبارکه دورم حال باید مراجعت کنم اگر باز مقدر شود | It is now more than two years that I have been far from the Holy Shrine of Baha'u'llah. Now I must return. If God wills it, I shall make another journey in another direction | BDA1.341.08 | MHMD1.359-360 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2589 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 80 | Persian | ما با گذشته کاری نداریم ما مضی مضی و ما سیاءتیک فاین قم فاغتنم الغرصه بین العدمین | We have nothing to do with the past. “What has passed is past. And what is to come has not appeared. Therefore do not compare two vacuities.” | KHH1.041 (1.057) | KHHE.075 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2588 | Words to Mr and Mrs Austin, spoken on 1912-04-01 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | کاتولیکها هر قدر تعصب نمودند ذلیل تر گشتند تا حال که بترتیب جدید راضی شدند و الا این اشخاص متعصب ترین مذاهب عالمند | The more the Catholics showed prejudice, the more they were debased. Only now have they shown willingness | BDA1.018.17 | MHMD1.025 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2587 | Words spoken on 1915-07-31 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | قتلگاه کربلا و نجف را با خاک یکسان کردند، بعد شخم زدند. قریب هشتاد سال شخم می زدند و زراعت می کردند | They razed the holy sites of Karbila and Najaf to the ground, and thereafter did they plough the earth. For nigh upon fourscore years did they till and cultivate that soil [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-31 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2586 | Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-27 | 80 | Fifty years ago Bahá'u'lláh prophesied: 'Adrianople shall go out of the hand of the Sultan' and today that prophecy is fulfilled.... It is evident that negligence from God brings a nation to this path; lack of sound administration | DAS.1913-03-27 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2585 | Words spoken on 1915-09-11 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | شما ملاحظه نمائید که این ازلیها تا بحال جز ضرر و فساد و خرابی و انقلاب چه ثمری از برای ایران و ایرانیان داشتند | Consider ye how these followers of Azal have, until this day, yielded naught but harm and corruption, ruin and upheaval as their fruits for Iran and its people [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-11 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2584 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 80 | Persian | شما این را تطبیق کنید به قواعد از قدرت الهی بعید نیست ولکن اینها معنی دارد | Ye shall align this with the ordinances - far be it from the Divine Power [to withhold it] - yet verily in these are profound meanings [3.5s] | KHH2.276 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2583 | Words spoken on 1913-10-16 in Ramleh | 80 | You must give your daughter a Bahai education so that she may become an excellent | DAS.1913-10-16, SW_v09#08 p.096 | Education of children; moral education; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2582 | Words spoken on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-30 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در این قضیه حکمتی است بعد معلوم خواهد شد | There is a wisdom in this matter which will become known later. | BDA1.016.10x | MHMD1.023 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2581 | Words to some Greek passengers, spoken on 1912-10-26 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خدا حرب نخواسته این نزاعها مخالف رضای الهیست او بجهت بندگانش صلح و صفا خواسته | God does not want war. These wars are against the divine will. He desires peace and love for His servants. | BDA1.334.02 | MHMD1.352 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2580 | Words spoken ca. 1919 | 80 | Persian | حمام در حقیقت نعمت بزرگی است در رومیلی در تمام خانهها حمام و آب موجود بود | To bathe oneself is a great bounty. Near the army barracks in ‘Akka there existed a public bath which was in a state of ruin | YIK.298-299, ZIAB2.133 | STOB.049-050 #057 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Business; financial; property matters; Cleanliness and refinement; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2579 | Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25 | 80 | Christ healed by the power of his word, because the word of the Messiah was the Holy Spirit | SW_v08#18 p.231, PN_1920 p097 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2578 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-06 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | حضرت بهآءالله بدون قواء ملکیه و شئون ظاهره تاسیس عزت ابدیه و ترویج تعالیم الهیه نمود | Baha'u'llah, without earthly power and worldly means, laid the foundations for eternal glory and promoted divine teachings. | BDA1.358.01 | MHMD1.377 | Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2577 | 80 | Persian | حاجی عرب در عراق سبب ثهادتش این است که سه چهار سال قبل در عراق یک عائله را شهید | Concerning the Arab pilgrim in Iraq, the cause of his martyrdom was that some three or four years prior, a family was martyred in that land [3.5s] | YIK.302, ZIAB2.211 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2576 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-03-27 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | چه قدر تفاوتست بین نفوس شخصی چنان خود را پست مینماید که پرستش جماد و اشکال | What a great difference exists between men. One person degrades himself to such a degree that he idolizes and worships stones | BDA1.013.17 | DAS.1913-07-19, MHMD1.020, ABIE.086, BLO_PN#007 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Idolatry; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2575 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 80 | Persian | چه زمستان سردی بود و ما در کاروانسرائی وارد شدیم | How bitterly cold was that winter! We arrived at a caravansary located by a moat. The journey was full of sufferings and difficulties | KHH1.018 (1.025-026) | KHHE.039, STAB#118 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Growth of the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2574 | Words spoken on 1913-02-09 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | چنانچه طیور و وحوش از صبح بفکر دانه و طعمه‌أند همین طور این مردم متصل در خیال | Just as the birds and other beasts think, from the break of day, only of seeds and prey, so too is it with these people | BDA2.127 | MHMD2.158 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Critique of Western values; culture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2573 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-23 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | چگونه بوهم متمسکند میگویند در اول توقیع حضرت اعلی بیحیی این عبارتست | These people are following their false imaginings. They say that the letter from the Bab to Yahya begins thus | BDA1.131.08 | MHMD1.141 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2572 | Words to Latimer, Remey et al, spoken on 1914-10-18 | 80 | Persian | چقدر اینها مضطربند ابدا سکون ندارند این علامات عدم ایمان است در قران میفرماید | These people who called on us today were in a state of fright. They are expecting daily | KHH1.113 (1.157-158) | KHHE.172-173fn, DAS.1914-10-18, SW_v08#19 p.241, PN_1914 p098 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Degrees of faith; certitude; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2571 | Words spoken on 1912-12-27 in London | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | جمعی فقرای بسیار گرسنه بمن رسیدند و سوال نمودند من آنها را حواله بدکان بقالی کردم | A number of souls, destitute and famished, approached me and begged me to give them something to sustain them | BDA2.046 | MHMD2.055-056 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Stories; anecdotes; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2570 | Words spoken on 1913-10-16 in Ramleh | 80 | The future of Germany is very bright. The German people on the whole are religious. They are very noble and progressive. The Cause of God will advance | DAS.1913-10-16 | Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise of Western values; culture; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2569 | Words to some students, spoken on 1915-06-29 | 80 | Persian | تعالیم جمال مبارک نوعی کرده است که احبای الهی از جمیع من علی الأرض ممتازند. اینها از برکت نصایح و تعالیم جمال مبارک | The teachings of the Blessed Beauty have made the loved ones of God distinguished above all who dwell upon the earth. This is through the blessing of the counsels and teachings of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-29 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2568 | Words to two Zoroastrian pilgrims, spoken on 1914-05-31 | 80 | It is a mathematical impossibility that a soul may comprehend the purport of the Teachings of Baha-ollah and then arise to oppose them. | DAS.1914-05-31 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2567 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-06-23 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ترقیات مادیه اروپا بحد یقف می رسد هر امریکه بحد یقف رسید لابد تدنی نماید | The material progress of Europe is approaching its zenith. Everything that reaches its zenith undoubtedly begins to decline. | BDA1.133.01 | SW_v19#08 p.256, MHMD1.142-143 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2566 | Words spoken on 1913-01-26 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ترقی هر شیئی در صقع آن است در مراتب جماد و نبات و حیوان و انسان چون ملاحظه شود | The progress of any things occurs within its own station. When one considers the mineral, vegetable, animal, and human stations | BDA2.106 | MHMD2.130 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2565 | Words spoken on 1913-01-27 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بیانات مبارکه از تواریخ زمان اسلام خیلی مفصل بود از آنجمله حکایت حجاج ظالم | When Hajjaj was named chief of the camp, following a period of disorder, he first issued an edict | BDA2.108 | MHMD2.132, STAB#048, STAB#144 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2564 | Words spoken on 1912-09-04 in Montreal | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بلی قدر و عظمت این سفر هنوز معلوم نیست بعد معلوم می شود چون ما مقصدی از این سفر جز | Yes, the value and greatness of these travels are not known now... At the time of Muhammad's migration to Medina under divine protection, Abu Bakr was with Him. | BDA1.227.13 | MHMD1.244, STAB#066 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2563 | Words spoken on 1912-10-09 in Palo Alto | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بعضی مسیح را خدا بعضی کلمة الله و بعضی نبی الله گفتند و از اینگونه اختلافات | Some called Christ God, some the Word of God, some others the Prophet of God | BDA1.294.06 | MHMD1.312 | Christian doctrine and practice; Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2562 | Words spoken on 1913-02-21 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعضی بر آنند که بواسطهٴ ریاضت و گوشه نشینی تعدیل اخلاق و تقرب الی الله حاصل میشود | Some are of the opinion that, by practising asceticism and withdrawing from society, one can rectify one's character | BDA2.151 | MHMD2.189 | Generosity [kirama]; Monasticism; asceticism; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2561 | Words spoken on 1913-05-10 in Paris | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ببینید چه شور و ولوله ای از تأثیر میثاق جمال ابهی در نفوس افتاده | Behold what abounding ecstasy the Covenant of the Abha Beauty has kindled within the people, and how it has caused the believers to gather together | BDA2.293 | MHMD2.387 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2560 | Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-14 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | آنچه با تقدیرات موافقت نماید تحقق می یابد و علاوه نیت خیر و حسن تدبیر جاذب تأیید است | What conforms to the divine decree will be realized. In addition, good intentions and sound thoughts attract confirmations. | BDA1.310.09 | MHMD1.328 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2558 | Words spoken on 1914-02-14 | 80 | Persian | اینکه جمال مبارک فرمودند سلالهٴ اسرائیل تحریر خواهند شد این بیان مبارک در وقتی بود | Concerning that which the Blessed Beauty hath uttered regarding the lineage of Israel, that it shall be recorded - this blessed utterance was made at a time [3.5s] | AVK4.471.10 | Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2557 | Words to professors and clergymen, spoken on 1912-09-03 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اینست مقصد اهل بهآء آیا تو نمیخواهی این کار را بکنی تو هم بکوش تا عالم انسانی وحدت حقیقی یابد | This is the purpose of the people of Baha. Would you not like to serve such an ideal? I hope you will put forth effort in this direction so that the world of men may find real unity | BDA1.224.04 | SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.240 | Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2556 | Words to Miss Boylan, spoken around 1911-08-25 | 80 | ‘Abdu'l-Bahá said that he had fulfilled that prophecy by building the Tomb of the Báb. He said, "The blessed and holy Tomb (of Baha'u'llah, May my soul be a sacrifice to its dust!) and the Tomb of the Bab on Mount Carmel was the first Mashraq'ul-Azkar…" | AIF.1911-08-23, SW_v11#01 p.015, PN_1912 p071, PN_1912 p120 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prophecy and fulfillment; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2555 | Words spoken on 1915-09-19 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | این جنگ خیلی طول کشید و بمناسبت حکایت قلعه شیخ طبرسی را فرمودند که:" در قلعهٴ طبرسی صد و ده نفر بودند | This war was greatly prolonged, and concerning the narrative of the fortress, they spoke of Shaykh Tabarsi, saying: "In the fortress of Tabarsi there were one hundred and ten souls." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-19 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2553 | Words spoken on 1914-06-12 in Tiberias | 80 | Man must be qualified with the attributes of the Kingdom. Man must characterize himself with the characteristics of the Kingdom. | DAS.1914-06-12, SW_v09#10 p.112 | Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2552 | Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-05-30 | 80 | One must eat in moderation. Man is not created for food. He must not indulge in eating too much. Overeating is the cause of many diseases. | DAS.1913-05-30 | Education and the development of capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2551 | Words spoken on 1913-01-18 in London | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امیدوارم مانند این آئینه قلوب را صاف و پاک و پاکیزه نمائید تا حکایت از انوار کمالات | My hope is that you purify your hearts until they resemble this mirror, that they may reflect the light of the perfections and grace | BDA2.089 | MHMD2.107-108 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2550 | Words to some American friends, spoken on 1913-05-24 | 80 | America has the capacity of becoming the standard-bearer of international peace. Geographically it is a vast continent, far away from the jealous eyes of the envious neighbors | DAS.1913-05-24 | Prayer for peace and unity; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2549 | Words spoken on 1911-01-23 | 80 | Persian | امروز قربانی جسمانی قیمتی ندارد مشکلات و مصائب و بلیات داخلهٴ بهائیان را | In this Day physical sacrifice hath no value; rather, it is the inner afflictions, hardships and tribulations of the Bahá'ís [3.5s] | MSBH4.243 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2548 | Words spoken on 1919-12-25 | 80 | Persian | امروز چون عید ولادت حضرت مسیح بود دیدن بعضی دوستان مسیحی رفتم من بموجب امر جمال | Today, inasmuch as it was the Feast of the Nativity of Christ, I proceeded, in accordance with the command of the Beauty, to visit certain Christian friends [3.5s] | ASAT5.144-145 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2547 | 80 | Persian | المسیح ماکان عنده احباء کفایة بحافظون علی قبره قبره کان فی مزبلة | The Christ had not sufficient loved ones who would keep watch over His tomb, for His sepulchre was amidst a refuse heap [3.5s] | ASAT4.467-468 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Law of burial and cremation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2546 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | الفت از برای انسان هر مشکلی را آسان می کند. این فلاح ها حال به این مشکلی، زندگانی به این سختی، برای اینها | Friendship doth make easy for man every difficulty. These farmers now, with such hardship, with life so arduous, for them [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-06 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2545 | Words spoken on 1915-10-17 in Haifa | 80 | Persian | اصل تورات عهد قدیم است و آن عهد قدیم اشاره بود از این عهد جدید که عهد ظهور تجلی رب است به جمیع صفات و کمال | The essence of the Torah was the Ancient Covenant, and that Ancient Covenant was but an allusion to this New Covenant, which is the Covenant of the manifestation of the Lord's revelation in all His attributes and perfection [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-17 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2544 | Words to visitors, spoken on 1913-04-19 | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | از کنار نهر گنگا از هند بایران رفتند و پس از کهرت و تعد و قبائل بعضی رو | The Persians, the Austrians, the Germans, the French, the Italian and the English people belong to one common stock of Aryan race… | BDA2.247 | DAS.1913-04-19, MHMD2.320 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity; Universal language | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2543 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-17 | 80 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | از عنایت جمال مبارک شما را تائید و توفیق میطلبم در هر جا و محل باشم | I ask the Blessed Beauty to assist you and confirm you. Wherever I go, you will be in my thoughts. | BDA1.250.17 | MHMD1.268-269 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2542 | Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-26 | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | از حرب خودمان بگوئید که با جنود تأیید و نصرت در مقابل لشکر ظلمات عالم طبیعت | Speak of our own war, wherein the hosts of aid and confirmation fight against the legions of the darkness of the world of nature | BDA2.262 | MHMD2.342 | High station of learning; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2541 | Words spoken on 1914-02-16 | 80 | In the beginning of the Cause, the friends in Nayreez and Serostan were surging in activity | SW_v09#03 p.030 | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2540 | Words spoken on 1913-06-23 in Port Said | 80 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ابن الله در بودن در عهد حضرت مسیح و موسی اصطلاحی بود که حتی در باره بنی اسرائیل | The designation of “son of God” at the time of Moses and Christ was a term which was used also in relation to the Children of Israel | BDA2.361 | MHMD2.481-482 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2539 | 90 | You must not injure yourselves or commit suicide.... It is not permissible to do to yourselves what Mirza Hassan Afnan did to himself. | SW_v12#18 p.280-281 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suicide; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2538 | Words spoken at table on 1914-10-30 | 90 | Consider how the people bear testimony to the fact that this Religion is universal and its principles are conducive to the welfare of humanity | DAS.1914-10-30 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universality of the Cause; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2537 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 90 | We have grown up step by step, always to a state in advance of the last. God's processes are never retrogressive. | SAS.103-104 | Education and the development of capacity; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Reincarnation; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2536 | Words spoken on 1913-07-29 in Ramleh | 90 | Glad tidings of the Kingdom of Abha! We announce to you Glad-tidings of great Joy!... Similar words were spoken almost two thousand years ago. | DAS.1913-07-29, SW_v08#13 p.157-158, ABIE.125, BLO_PN#007 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Oneness; unity of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2535 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Advance always in the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh; occupy thy heart always by the mentioning of Bahá'u'lláh | BSC.502 #966, PN_1901 p026, PN_1901 p085 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2534 | Words spoken in Aug. 1912 in Green Acre | 90 | Every one is giving an account of his religion and statements of his religion, the history of his religion. But there is no investigation of the realities. | SW_v16#04 p.486-487 | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2533 | Words spoken on 1913-09-01 in Ramleh | 90 | No matter how scientific a man may be, yet at times, 'imagination' gains an ascendancy over his mind. For example, while a man is alive he is able to strike | DAS.1913-09-01, ABIE.263, BLO_PN#007 | Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2532 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-04 | 90 | Persian | وقتی سلمان ایوذر را مهمانی کرد نان خالی حاضر کرده بود | Once upon a time, Salman called on Abouzar. When the lunch time came around | MUH1.0126-0127 | DAS.1914-05-04, SW_v09#18 p.206-207, STAB#031 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Hospitality; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2531 | Words spoken in Aug. 1913 in Ramleh | 90 | Sacrifice of life is of two kinds. To be killed for the cause is not so difficult as to live for it in absolute obedience to the commands of God. | SW_v08#06 p.065, SW_v07#12 p.116 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2530 | Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London | 90 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Disease is of two kinds: (a) Material (b) Spiritual. For instance, a cut of the hand; if you pray for the cut to be healed | LOG#0949x, AIL.065, SW_v02#19 p.007-008, SW_v08#18 p.230 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Miracles and their interpretation; Power of prayer; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2529 | Words to Mary Hanford Ford, spoken on 1911-10-27 | 90 | Pay not attention to things material but reach after the Spirit. Fix your eyes on the Sun of Truth | SW_v08#08 p.103 | Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as sun; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2528 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-26 | 90 | There should be no differentiation between the blacks and the whites. All are the creatures of God | SW_v12#05 p.107, PN_1909F p069, PN_1909F p129?, AKL.011 | Chastisement and requital; Race unity; racial issues; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2527 | Words spoken on 1914-10-17 in Haifa | 90 | Praise be to God that his holiness Baha'o'llah, has spread before us the heavenly table | DAS.1914-10-17, SW_v07#16 p.154 | Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2526 | Words spoken on 1914-06-18 | 90 | If the fruit of the existence of man is not servitude at the threshold of the Almighty I declare by the living, self-subsistent God | DAS.1914-06-18, SW_v07#16 p.151 | Effort; striving; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2525 | Words spoken in 1912 | 90 | The sword has been working over six thousand years and has become dull. We must look about us for another sword | SW_v03#16 p.009 | Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2524 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 90 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | The Reality of all is One. Truth is one. Religions are like the branches of one Tree. | AIL.062, SAS.094-095 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2523 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 90 | In the olden time, it was not possible for women to sit at table in equality with the men, but in this Day it is different | PN_1908 p007, DLA.016, BLO_PN#026 | Equality of men and women; Praise of Western values; culture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2522 | Words to Mrs Goodall and Mrs Cooper | 90 | ...You have written concerning the spiritual meetings. The foundation of the spiritual meetings must be the teaching | SW_v02#06 p.005 | Music and singing; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2521 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Evil does not exist. Death is only the lack of life; therefore death does not exist. Darkness is only the lack of light. | BSC.440 #800, PN_1901 p021 | Being a source of light; guidance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2520 | 90 | Since that date consider how conditions have changed, and how every one of those who oppressed | SW_v08#13 p.173 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2519 | Words to Private Sinclair, spoken on 1919-02-14 | 90 | From what I can gather from the events of my life, history clearly shows the wars that have been waged, the peace measures that have been subsequently adopted | SW_v11#03 p.050-051 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2518 | Words to a Catholic woman spoken in Jan. 1908 | 90 | Letitia, tell the good nuns that they need have no fear...We have so many Baha'is, who come here, begging with all their hearts and all their love for instruction, that only to them do we give our precious teaching. | PN_unsorted p064, VLAB.046-047, DLA.067-068 | Freedom of thought and action | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2517 | Words to M. R. Shirazi, spoken on 1914-04-27 | 90 | I have many wounds, I do not speak of them and bear the pain in silence. You know well that I have to bear the brunt of criticisms and to be ready to escape the pitfalls | TDAB.21 | Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2516 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 90 | This narrative cannot be literally true, as the earth is round and not to be surveyed from any mountain. The meaning is this: Man has two natures | AELT.121-122 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2515 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-09 | 90 | He was caught sleeping by our enemies and they deceived him. He thought after writing and publishing this book all the Persians will honor and respect him | DAS.1914-05-09 | Chastisement and requital; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2514 | Words spoken ca. May 1912 in New York | 90 | Tell Juliet that she teaches well. I have met many people who have been affected by you, Juliet. You are not eloquent, you are not fluent, but your heart teaches. | SW_v12#07 p.139, DJT.281, FDA.019-020, BLO_PN#027 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2513 | Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-13 | 90 | One of the Babis had a vision in which he saw a passage from the Qur'an written in English upon an arch beneath which sat the Shah. | AHV.016, BLO_PN#045 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2512 | Words to Mr. Kinney, spoken on 1909-07-08 | 90 | Very good; very good. Write a letter and answer it yourself. Look into your heart and see the answer....A day will come when all My communications upon paper -- all My writing – will be effaced. | PN_1909 p013, PN_1909 p045, PN_1909C p093, PN_1909C p122, DJT.067, BLO_PN#027 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2511 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-05 | 90 | We ought to pray for Miss C., that she may become just as God wishes her to be.... Once a Pharisee and a Publican entered the Temple to pray. | PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p038, PN_1909B p019, DJT.056, BLO_PN#027, STAB#125 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2510 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 90 | The mountain is large, but it has no intelligence. The diamond is small, but it is filled with light. The elephant produces no melody | TDLA.039, BLO_PN#104 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2509 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-21 | 90 | If the question of violation had not occurred, now the Blessed Tree would have borne fruit. It was near its blossoming, but this delayed it. | PN_1919 p029, PN_1919 p154, LAT.087 | Christian doctrine and practice; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2508 | Words to H.E.H et al, spoken on 1913-11-01 | 90 | It is well. For example when we enter a rose-garden we think how through the heat and the rays of the material sun such wonderful | DAS.1913-11-01, PN_1913-14_heh p009 | Manifestation of God as educator; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2507 | Words spoken on 1914-06-05 in Tiberias | 90 | Just as the created things of this world are infinite, so as a necessity the Essence of God must also be infinite. We confess that we do not know the essence of electricity and ether | DAS.1914-06-05 | Creation of the world; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Proofs for the existence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2506 | Words to a Frenchman, spoken on 1914-06-03 | 90 | Does this philosopher mean that there is no 'motion' whatever in Nature? For as we know there are several kinds of motion | DAS.1914-06-03 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Evolution; human evolution; Heat and motion; Law of transformation and change; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2505 | Words spoken on 1914-06-01 in Tiberias | 90 | You pray for us and we shall pray for you, so that God may assist us in the performance of good deeds. | DAS.1914-06-01 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2504 | Words to Isabel Fraser, spoken on 1913-09-28 | 90 | I desire that thou mayst be filled with Bahá'u'lláh. Thou must concentrate all thy ideas and thoughts around the promotion | DAS.1913-09-28, ABIE.365, BLO_PN#007 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2503 | Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-02 | 90 | For everything there is a special time. There is a special time to plant the seed; there is a special time for its growth | BAVA.025, BLO_PN#021 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2502 | Words to Florence Khan spoken in June 1906 | 90 | Parents must find out as to that calling or profession for the acquisition of which their children show the most aptitude and natural desire | PN_1906 p083, SUR.237-238, BLO_PN#001 | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2501 | Words to Mountfort Mills in 1921 | 90 | In one prayer I could have health the remainder of My life, but it is necessary for Me to suffer to show others that these things can be borne and overcome. | PN_1909 p084, BSTW#339 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of example | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2500 | Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-11 | 90 | In the days of the Blessed Perfection this was a place of recreation. He used to sit there | PN_1919 p081, PN_unsorted p108 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2499 | Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-08 | 90 | God willing you will go the day after tomorrow... We have lately received wonderful news -- more wonderful than you can imagine or suppose, but now is not the time to make it fully known. | PN_1919 p077, PN_1920 p011, PN_1920 p019 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2498 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-21 | 90 | If I speak in Persian you do not understand. It matters not whether one speaks Persian or English. Hearts are attracted by the fragrances of God... There are many calls in the world now | PN_1919 p029, PN_1919 p153, LAT.086 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2497 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-21 | 90 | Yes. We must wait and see how the results of the mighty events which are taking place in these days will shape themselves into concrete facts | DAS.1915-05-21 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of governments; political unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2496 | Words to some Zoroastrian farmers, spoken on 1915-02-26 | 90 | Giving is a divine quality. Blessed are those who give! When we were in Baghdad we had an Arab Bahá'í who lived nine miles out of the city. | DAS.1915-02-26 | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2495 | Words spoken on 1914-12-16 | 90 | I know thou art exerting thyself in the instruction of the children. The life of man must be productive of some results | DAS.1914-12-16, SW_v13#07 p.172 | Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2494 | Words to some Druze friends, spoken on 1914-11-02 | 90 | In America the houses are decorated with costly portraits and pictures of men and women. They pay fabulous prices for these works of art | DAS.1914-11-02 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2493 | Words to Mr. N. R. Vakil, spoken on 1914-04-18 | 90 | They contain many inspired utterances, but through the lapse of time human ideas have crept in and afterward men have come to believe that they are all, in their totality, the revealed words of God. | DAS.1914-04-18 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2492 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-03-15 | 90 | I am not saying anything, but every week I receive great news about the progress of the Cause in Persia... The Spirit of God is using these instruments in all parts of the world to create a mighty synthesis of all that which is best in the past religions | DAS.1914-03-15 | Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2491 | Words to Dr Faber, spoken on 1913-04-26 | 90 | One of the kings of Persia once got sick. This king was very proud and despotic. All the people at the court feared him and cowered before him. | DAS.1913-04-26 | Humor; jokes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2490 | Words to four ladies from London, spoken on 1913-03-29 | 90 | Any soul entering the Kingdom of Bahá'u'lláh will enjoy an eternal communion with God. It is my hope that each one of you may enter this Kingdom! | DAS.1913-03-29 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2489 | Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-03-28 | 90 | There are two relations between man and wife, one real, the other unreal. The real relation which is based upon spiritual love... When there exists incompatibility of temper | DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093d | Law of divorce; Laws of marriage and dowry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2488 | Words to Miss Fraser and Miss Hodgeson, spoken on 1913-03-24 | 90 | You are two good sisters. Bahá'í sisterhood is very precious. It is not like material sisterhood. Material sisterhood is forgotten and often changed into hatred. | DAS.1913-03-24, ADP.112-113 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2487 | Words to a patriotic youth, spoken on 1913-03-23 | 90 | Once upon a time the king of a certain country got hold of an owl and put it in a large golden cage hanging it in his royal Park. The King observed that the owl was not happy in his wonderful park | DAS.1913-03-23 | Humor; jokes; Nationalism; love of country; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2486 | Words to Entezam-es-Saltaneh, spoken on 1913-03-17 | 90 | There was a Mirza Fazlollah who was looking for a government appointment. He came one day to the Blessed Perfection | DAS.1913-03-17 | Past, present and future of Iran; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2485 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-14 | 90 | It is evident that the five books which are generally attributed to Moses were written by Ezra the high priest. Only the Tablets and the commandments belong to Moses. | DAS.1913-03-14 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Christian doctrine and practice; Criticism and its limits; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2484 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-03-02 | 90 | Although my body is ill, my spirit is happy. My hope is for the illumination, the spiritual motion and rejuvenation of Paris. The world of materialism has engulfed these regions. | DAS.1913-03-02 | Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2483 | Words to Mrs. Henlay, spoken on 1913-02-18 | 90 | By attaching no importance to material things. According to the laws which bind us to this planet, everyone is tied to the gratification of self... Even the theatrical world would not prevent you from becoming what I desire you to become. | DAS.1913-02-18 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Excellence; distinction; Transcending the material condition; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2481 | Words to George Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-29 | 90 | Our aim is not to rest but to become assisted to serve the Cause no matter where we are. Our purpose is to become enabled to render service at the Divine Threshold. If this is realized it will be very good, otherwise life itself is meaningless. | PN_1912_heh p012, PN_1912 p003 | Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2480 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 90 | It depends on how intensely you, each and every one of you, serve day and night. Ye are all torches that I have lighted with mine own hands. | CHH.172-173, BLO_PN#022 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2479 | Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-15 | 90 | The Word is a book. The believers are the letters. The letters of the alphabet taken separately have no meaning. But in combination they form words | AHV.018, BLO_PN#045 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as mirror; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2478 | Words to Arthur Agnew spoken in May 1907 | 90 | It is a symbol of the Real Light. The word 'Baha' appears upon the stone four times | PN_1907 p054 | Four pillars; Ringstone symbol; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2477 | Words spoken on 1900-10-07 | 90 | There is no such thing as 'vicarious atonement' as held and taught by theologians and churches. | BSTW#276j | Christian doctrine and practice; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Goodly deeds; actions; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2476 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 90 | In animal types it is known that the stomach must be sound and healthy, and when it is so what is taken with the tongue will be safe and good for the body. | PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2475 | Words spoken ca. 1915 in Abu Sinan | 90 | Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid wished to strike terror into my heart; he sent to tell me that I should be imprisoned forever, or executed, or sent to a far-off penal colony. I answered his threats by a message | CHH.192, BLO_PN#022 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2474 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-21 | 90 | The realization of these two opposite attitudes in a single individual is very rare. In the Bahá'í Cause it is taught... I went out to return the morning call of the German officer. | DAS.1914-12-21, SW_v13#10 p.270 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2473 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 90 | Persian | هیچ نقطه ای در دنیا باین هوا و صفا و منظر و مناخ نیست در این کوه | No other spot in the world is as pleasant and vivifying as this realm, nor can rival it in beauty and majesty... Soon will the Jewish people return to the Holy Land, and even in outward appearance, they will be exalted. | KHH1.037-038 (1.052-053) | KHHE.070 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2472 | Words spoken on 1913-11-21 in Ramleh | 90 | The Hosts of the Kingdom of Abha are at all times gaining fresh victories... When I dictate a supplication my whole being is absorbed in the mercy and tenderness of God. | DAS.1913-11-21 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2471 | Words spoken on 1913-05-02 in Paris | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | هر نفسی در ظل حضرت بهآءالله در آید روز بروز استعدادش بیشتر میشود مانند درختی | The abilities of anyone who enters beneath the shade of Baha'u'llah will increase with every passing day, even as a tree | BDA2.281 | MHMD2.369 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Education and the development of capacity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2470 | Words spoken on 1915-10-27 in Akka | 90 | Persian | من چهل و پنج سال در عکا بودم. کسی نبود که بگرید و من با او نگریم و یا اینکه بقدر امکان معاونت ننمایم | I was in 'Akká for forty and five years. There was none who wept but I wept with them, nor any who sought assistance but I rendered whatsoever aid lay within my power [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-27 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2469 | Words spoken on 1913-04-11 in Budapest | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من اعظم آمالم ارتباط بین شرق و غرب است چه این اعظم خدمت بعالم انسانی است | My greatest hope is that the East and West may be united, for this is the greatest service that can be rendered to the world of humanity | BDA2.231 | MHMD2.299 | East and West; communication between East and West; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2468 | Words to the president of the university, spoken on 1912-05-23 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من از شما بسیار راضی هستم و از دارالفنون شما خیلی خوشنود فی الحقیقه خدمت بعالم انسانی مینمائی و بنوع بشر جانفشانی | I am very pleased with you and delighted to see your university. You are, indeed, serving the world of humanity and expending your life for mankind | BDA1.102.14 | SW_v19#06 p.183, MHMD1.109 | High station of learning; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2467 | Words to Mirza Muhammad Ali Khan, ca. 1906 | 90 | Persian | ملاحطه نمائید که در سنهٴ ماضیه اعداء و بدخواهان این مظلوم بنهایت فساد برخاستند | Consider ye how in the bygone year the enemies and ill-wishers of this Wronged One arose with consummate mischief [3.5s] | ASAT5.110 | Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2466 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-11 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | معلوم است ما بین روح انسانی و حقایق موجودات ارتباطی عظیم است | It is obvious that a very deep relationship exists between the spirit of man | AVK1.243, MAS2.025-026x, BDA1.120.07 | SW_v14#07 p.211, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.128 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mind as intermediary between soul and body | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2465 | Words to a Jewish lady, spoken on 1912-10-26 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | معلوم است فطرت تو پاک است لذا من میخواهم بحقیقت مسائل الهیه آگاه شوی در زمان هر یک از مظاهر مقدسه الهیه | It is obvious that you have a pure character, so I want you to become aware of the truth of divine matters. At the time of each Manifestation of God | BDA1.334.12 | MHMD1.352-353 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2464 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 90 | Persian | مردم در صدد اطفای سراج الهی هستند ردیه ای نوشته اند نمیدانند که این ردیه ها باعث انتشار کلمة الله | People are exerting [great efforts] to extinguish the Light of God. They have written and will write many polemics, as they recently wrote in Tihran. | KHH1.024 (1.035) | KHHE.050 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2463 | Words to a Christian Scientist, spoken on 1912-11-14 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مراد از اینکه در وجود شر نیست اینست که انچه از مبدء عالم هستی و وجود است مفید است | By saying there is no evil in existence is meant that what has come from the Origin of existence and being is good and useful. It is good in its time and place and not evil. | BDA1.373.16 | MHMD1.392 | Law of transformation and change; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Things are known by their opposites | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2462 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-14 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مبارکترین اوقات وقتی است که با احبای الهی ملاقات مینمایم این بهترین اوقاتست | The most blessed moments of my life are those which I spend in the company of the friends of God. These are the best times. | BDA1.372.11 | MHMD1.391 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2461 | Words spoken on 1913-05-14 in Paris | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | فلاسفه هم هر یک قوه و با حقیقت کلیه ای را مصدر کائنات گویند با انبیا اختلافشان | The philosophers, too, each maintain that a power or Universal Reality is the source of all beings. Their only difference with the prophets | BDA2.300 | MHMD2.397 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2460 | Words to Mrs Parsons, spoken on 1912-04-28 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | فصل بهار بود و در منزل شما مجامع خوبی داشتیم من هیچوقت فراموش | This was the springtime; we had good meetings at your home... This material world has an outer appearance. It has also a hidden aspect. | BDA1.057.14 | SW_v14#07 p.209x, SW_v19#03 p.092x, MHMD1.066 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2459 | Words spoken in 1919 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | عاکور همین عکا است که فرنگیها عاکر میگویند عکاء اسامی مختلفه پیدا نمود | Akko is indeed that same Akka which the Franks call Acre. Akka hath acquired diverse names throughout the ages [3.5s] | ASAT4.345-346 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2458 | Words spoken on 1915-11-20 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | شرایع الهی و ادیان الهی اجزاخانهٴ الهی است. دوای هر دردی در آن موجود است. یک طبیب حاذق می خواهد | The divine laws and celestial religions are as the Divine Dispensary, wherein existeth the remedy for every malady. A skilled physician is needed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-20 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2457 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-19 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | سلسلهٴ موجودات بیک قانون عمومی و نظام الهی مربوطست و جمیع کائنات بهم مرتبط نمی شود | The chain of creation is interwoven in a natural law and divine order. Everything is interlinked. A link cannot be broken without affecting that natural order. | BDA1.130.02 | SW_v19#08 p.254-255, MHMD1.139 | Composition and decomposition; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; One universal law; attractive power of love | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2456 | Words to the American friends, spoken on 1912-04-02 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | سابق طی بحر محیط باین سهولت ممکن نبود و تا کنون این نحو مسافر هم از ایران بامریکا نرفته | In past ages crossing the ocean was not as easy as it is now. Up to the present time no one has traveled, with a purpose like ours, from Persia to America. | BDA1.020.15 | DAS.1913-07-20, MHMD1.028, ABIE.089, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2455 | 90 | Persian | در قرآن کلمهٴ فان خفتم الا تعدلوا فواحدة دلالت بر این مینماید که عند الله حکم واحد مقبول است | Verily, in the Qur'an the words "if ye fear that ye cannot act equitably, then one only" betoken that in the sight of God the decree of unity is acceptable [3.5s] | AVK4.174.09 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2454 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 90 | Persian | در زمان قبل قرآن یک شأن داشت، انجیل یک شاٌن داشت | in past religions the holy scriptures had been in one style of revelation but in this Faith the Writings were of many styles and kinds, revealed as tablets, prayers, treatises, etc. | KNR.044 | KNRE.054 | Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2453 | Words to Miss Fraser, spoken on 1912-12-16 | 90 | You have written excellent articles in the papers in regard to the Cause, I will never forget | DAS.1912-12-16, SW_v03#19 p.003 | Critique of Western values; culture; Newspapers and the media; publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2452 | 90 | Persian | در این سفر باید بعون و عنایت الهی معجز نمائید و صحبت شما باید در نهایت روحانیت باشد بگوئید جمال مبارک | In this journey, through divine aid and grace, ye must manifest miracles, and your speech must needs be imbued with the utmost spirituality. Say: O Blessed Beauty! [3.5s] | NJB_v05#14 p.004, KHH2.096 (2.178) | Christ; Christianity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2451 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 90 | Persian | در اوقاتیکه جمالقدم جل جلاله به سلیمانیه تشریف برده در کوه سرگلو معتکف و منزوی بودند | In those times when the Ancient Beauty, glorified be His majesty, had betaken Himself to Sulaymaniyyih and was secluded and withdrawn upon Mount Sar-Galu [3.5s] | KHMT.072 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; High station of the true believer | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2450 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-12 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در امر بهآءالله بر هر نفسی اشتغال بصنعت و کسبی فرض است مثلاً منه حصیر بافی میدانم و شما صنعت دیگر | In the Cause of Baha'u'llah it is obligatory for the individual to engage in a trade or profession. For instance, I know mat weaving and you know another trade... I have already spoken about this matter | BDA1.121.02 | COC#0016x, SW_v19#07 p.219, MHMD1.129 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2449 | Words spoken on 1912-09-08 in Montreal | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خیر آن دستگاه پیچیده شد و آن بساط بر هم خورد بقدری آن ایام سخت بود که همه یقین داشتند | Oh no, that organization has been rolled up; that system has been rendered null. Those days were so hard that all had believed | BDA1.233.01 | MHMD1.249-250 | Non-participation in politics; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2448 | Words spoken on 1913-04-11 in Budapest | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | خوبست ما بشما در کوچه آشنا شدیم بدون واسطه این نحو آشنائی خوبست الحمدلله در بداپست | It is good that we met you in the street without some sort of intermediary; it is good to make one's acquaintance this way | BDA2.231 | MHMD2.298 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2447 | Words spoken on 1913-01-08 in Edinburgh | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | خوب مجلسي بود فقرارا بسيار مسرور ديدم... وقتی در بغداد فقیری در منزل ما آمد قالیچه ي | It was a good gathering. I saw that the poor were very glad… When we were living in Baghdad, and a poor soul came to our home, he noticed a small rug | BDA2.071.02 | MHMD2.085, STAB#096 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2446 | Words spoken on 1915-07-02 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | حضرت رسول می فرماید رحمة الله شیبة شابت فی الاسلام. حالا نفحات الله علی شعر ابیض فی عبودیة البهاء | The Prophet - may peace be upon Him - hath declared: "Divine mercy descendeth upon grey hairs that have grown hoary in Islam." Now doth the fragrant breeze of God waft over white hair grown in servitude unto Bahá [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-02 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2445 | Words spoken on 1913-11-17 in Port Said | 90 | His Holiness Mohamad lived 23 years and all his writings are put together in the form of the Book you have in your hands. Once an Arab went to Him | DAS.1913-11-17 | Muhammad; Islam | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2444 | Words spoken on 1916-06-04 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | حرب خوب است که شکست نداشته باشد. آن حرب احبای الهی است. اگر بر سریر سلطنت نشینند غالبند | Praiseworthy is that warfare which knoweth no defeat, and such is the warfare of the loved ones of God. Should they ascend unto the throne of sovereignty, verily they shall prove victorious [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-04 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2443 | Words spoken on 1915-07-23 in Haifa | 90 | Persian | چه قدر خوب است مذاکرات، چقدر سبب سرور انسان است، نشئه می دهد بانسان، هر صحبتی از برای انسان وقتی که طول بکشد | How wondrous are these communions, how greatly do they bring joy unto man, imparting rapture unto the soul. Every discourse, when it is protracted, doth verily for man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-23 | Harmony of science and religion; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2442 | Words spoken at Bahji, 1913-12-18 | 90 | I have seen many meadows in Europe and America, but seldom have I seen a place more spiritual, more divine, more inspirational. | DAS.1913-12-18 | Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2440 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-04 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تأییدات جمال مبارک امور خارق العاده ظاهر می کند هر شانی از شئونات جمال مبارک در مقام خود حجتی بالغست | The assistance of the Blessed Beauty brings about extraordinary things. Every act of the Blessed Beauty constitutes in itself a consummate proof. In one of my early writings | BDA1.176.12 | MHMD1.192 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2439 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 90 | Persian | تاجر ماهوت فروشی چند توپ ماهوت از بغداد خریده | Once a cloth merchant bought some fabric in Baghdad and was taking it to his own town to sell. On the way, he encountered some thieves. | ISA.017 | ISAE.1919-12-30, STAB#160 | Humor; jokes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2438 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-14 | 90 | The people of Paris are of two kinds. First, the followers of a dogmatic religion; second, the free-thinkers. The former follow blindly the priests; the latter does not like to hear the word of religion mentioned. | DAS.1913-02-14 | Critique of Western values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2437 | Words to Mrs Moody's relatives, spoken on 1912-11-02 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | به بینید قدرت حضرت بهآءالله چگونه قلوب را ارتباط داده و شرق و غرب را بهم مربوط ساخته که وقتی دکتور مودی بطهران رفت | Behold how the power of Baha'u'llah has connected the hearts and has joined the East and the West. When Dr Moody first went to Tihran | BDA1.348.09 | MHMD1.367 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2436 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 90 | Persian | بسیار بسیار مبارک است خیلی خوب است که در هر شهری و هر قصبه و دهی اینکار را بکنند | This is very wonderful! The friends of God must do the same in every town and hamlet and provide a befitting place for the comfort of the itinerant believers | KHH1.021 (1.029) | KHHE.044 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2435 | Words spoken en route to Oakland, 1912-10-16 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بسبب نرفتن من بانجا خیلی متأثر شده اند و با وجود مشاغل بی اختیار از راه دور برای ملاقات آمده اند اگر تا پورتلند و سیاتل | They are upset that I am not going there. However, in spite of the great distance, they have come to see us, notwithstanding the effort involved. Had it been but a one-or two-day trip, I would have gone to Portland and Seattle but the distance is great. | BDA1.314.09 | MHMD1.332 | Personal instructions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2434 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 90 | Persian | بخت النصر هم خیلی به بنی اسرائیل مصیبت داد از بسکه بنی اسرائیل متردد | Verily did Nebuchadnezzar bring grievous affliction upon the Children of Israel, inasmuch as they wavered exceedingly in their faith [3.5s] | KHH2.267-268 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2433 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05 | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | باید در کشتی الهی سوار شد زیرا این عالم دریای پر انقلاب است جمیع خلق روی زمین که بیش از دو ملیاردند | One must ride in the ship of God; for this life is a stormy sea, and all the people on earth--that is, over two billion souls--will drown in it before a hundred years have passed. | BDA2.009 | MHMD2.011-012, BW_v13p1187, VLAB.048 | Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2432 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-14 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | با وجود این ظلمها و بلاها امر الله غالب و عهد الله نافذ گردید حتی هیئت و اعضآء تفتیش | In spite of all these persecutions and afflictions, the Cause of God triumphed and the Covenant of God gained influence. | BDA1.122.16 | SW_v19#07 p.220, MHMD1.131 | Chastisement and requital; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2431 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-16 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این صدمات سفر و حضر را برای این تحمل مینمایم که بلکه امر الله از بعضی | I am bearing the discomforts of this journey with stopovers so that the Cause of God may be protected from any breach.... Because of certain people who sought to fulfill their personal desires | BDA1.250.07 | MHMD1.268, VLAB.029-030x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Justice; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2430 | Words to two Japanese Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-04 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این از وقوعات تاریخیه است و از امور خارق العاده که شخصی ایرانی با نفوس جاپانی در سانفرانسیسکو | This is an historic event. It is out of the ordinary that an Iranian should meet Japanese people in San Francisco with such love and harmony. | BDA1.287.02 | MHMD1.304 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2429 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad, spoken on 1915-05-13 | 90 | Persian | انسان که خود متذکر و متاثر بود در حجر و مدر تأثیر میکند شق القمر مینماید هدهد که بسبا رفت | When a person is consecrated and devout, his influence will even penetrate stones and hard rocks, causing great miracles.... Whenever I go to the Cave of Elijah, a new vivacity is wafted over Me. This is because the life-generating spirit of Elijah envelops that Cave | KHH1.240 (1.336) | KHHE.354 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2428 | Words to Mr Lee and Miss Hodgson, spoken on 1913-05-09 | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | انسان اول باید خود را تبلیغ نماید خود منجذب و منقطع باشد تا نفس او در دیگران تأثیر کند | Every soul must first teach himself; he must be severed, attracted, enkindled; he must be living the life -- then his words will have effect... This Cause has cost us very dear. We have not received it cheaply. | BDA2.293 | DAS.1913-05-09, MHMD2.386 | Development of capacity and readiness; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2427 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 90 | Persian | امروز هر فردی باید قیام بتبلیغ نماید و زبان بتبلیغ بگشاید و این عالم بشر را | Today, each believer must arise to teach the Faith and speak of it to seekers. We must rescue the world of humanity from all dangers that threaten it and sacrifice our own comfort for our Divine Beloved. | KHH1.055 (1.077) | KHHE.095 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2426 | Words to a man from Russia, spoken on 1912-11-01 | 90 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | از روس بد مگو با دشمن و دوست هر دو نکوئی کن بگو من با همه یگانه‌ام بدل خیر خواه عموم باش | Do not speak ill of Russia. Render good to friend and foe alike. Say that you are one with all. Be a true well-wisher of people. | BDA1.343.15 | MHMD1.362 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2425 | Words spoken on 1913-03-18 in Paris | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | همه غرق در شهواتند و بهیچوجه فراغت ندارند باز بعضی از رهبانهای آنها بهترند ولی نه آنکسانی که منزوی | They [the Parisians] are all immersed in hedonistic pursuits, and are entirely bereft of tranquillity. Some of their monks are better, at least | BDA2.186 | MHMD2.236-237 | Chastity and purity; Christ; Christianity; Monasticism; asceticism | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2424 | 100 | Once the rats and mice held an important conference the subject of which was how to make peace with the cat | PTF.196, STAB#025 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2423 | Words to Ali-Kuli Khan spoken in 1900 | 100 | While suffering death on the pathway of God is the highest attainment, still, that dying which continues on throughout life, giving lift to other souls, is the station of 'living martyrdom'. | SUR.134 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2422 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11 | 100 | In the human being there is conceived a perfect reality which according to varoius terminologies has received different names. | ECN.325+802 | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Soul is the essential reality of man; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2421 | Words spoken ca. 1911 in London | 100 | Yes, when the complaint is mental in its cause and source. Many diseases springing from inside the body have a mental origin. | SAS.096 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2420 | Words spoken on 1913-07-17 in Ismailia | 100 | When I was in Paris one of the believers brought me a soft cushion and urged | DAS.1913-07-17, SW_v08#02 p.020-021, ABIE.077, BLO_PN#007 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2419 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-26 | 100 | In that hour you should make the children familiar with the prophecies in the Gospels | SW_v09#08 p.093, PN_1909F p069, PN_1909F p130, AKL.013-014 | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2418 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 100 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | The teachings are the same. It is the same foundation and the same temple. Truth is one, and without division. | AIL.092 | Christ; Christianity; Monasticism; asceticism; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2417 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 100 | It was both a physical and spiritual. They journeyed to the Promised Land, and geography and history both prove that this was a physical journey. | LOG#1678x, DLA.045, BLO_PN#026 | Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2416 | 100 | In this cause we have many principles to which we adhere, the most important is to avoid that which creates discord. | ADP.100-101 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Baha'u'llah; Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2415 | 100 | This universe is not created through the fortuitous concurrences of atoms; it is created by a great law which decrees that the tree bring forth certain definite fruit. | ADP.140-140 | Creation of the world; Critique of Western values; culture; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Law of cause and effect; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2414 | Words spoken on 1913-12-05 in Haifa | 100 | After the end of three years, again I return to the Holy Land. Were it not for the assistance and protection | SW_v09#02 p.017 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2412 | 100 | Bahá'u'lláh departed to Sarkalu alone. Nobody knew just where he was, even we | SW_v08#13 p.166 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2411 | Words spoken on 1917-02-03 | 100 | Come and take this, Mirza Ahmad. Let me see what you can do. Let me see what the friends of God in these states will do. | SW_v10#04 p.071-072 | Call to action; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2410 | 100 | Man in this age has learned the weight of the sun, the path of a star, the movement of an eclipse | SW_v16#05 p.518 | High station of the arts and sciences; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Purpose; goal of creation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2409 | 100 | At the city gate four travelers sat, a Persian, a Turk, an Arab, and a Greek. They were hungry and wanted their evening meal | SW_v09#18 p.211, VLAB.156, STAB#139 | Stories; anecdotes; Unity in diversity; Universal language | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2408 | Words spoken on 1913-10-25 in Ramleh | 100 | Man must live in contentment with the conditions of his time. He must not make | DAS.1913-10-25, SW_v08#02 p.017 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2407 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-10 | 100 | Do you see that brilliant star? I declare... that it is my fondest hope | DAS.1912-12-08, SW_v07#12 p.115, SW_v09#14 p.162 | Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2406 | Words spoken in 1900 | 100 | A child in the matrix of its mother is in utter darkness. When it is born into the world it comes into the light. While in the matrix | SW_v14#01 p.010 | Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2405 | Words spoken on 1919-06-06 | 100 | This spiritual communication and mutual exchange of thoughts is conditioned upon certain facts | SW_v10#18 p.336 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2404 | Words spoken on 1911-11-06 in Paris | 100 | I. Pity and good-will towards all mankind. II. The rendering of service to humanity. | SW_v02#19 p.003 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Compassion; kindness; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2403 | Evil: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London | 100 | Paris Talks | Evil is imperfection. Sin is the state of man in the world of the baser nature | PT#56 p.190 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Education of children; moral education; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2402 | Words spoken in Jul. 1914 | 100 | There are two general and principal classes of divine teachings. One is spiritual | SW_v07#17 p.173 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2401 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-06 | 100 | Afflictions and troubles are due to the state of not being content with what God has ordained for you. If one submits himself to God he is happy | SW_v07#18 p.187, PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p022, PN_1909 p039, PN_1909B p020, PN_1909C p089, PN_unsorted p046, DJT.059-060, BLO_PN#027, STAB#127 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Free will and predestination; fate; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2400 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 100 | No, this was on account of all the parts of the universe having a connection and being dependent upon one another. To study the universe, take the body of man | DLA.024-025, BLO_PN#026 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2399 | 100 | Your child will have extraordinary capacities. It will be a Bahai. Rear it in the teachings | SW_v09#09 p.101, ADP.092-093 | Education of children; moral education; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universality of the Cause; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2398 | Words spoken on 1914-04-17 | 100 | You must become the shining candles of moral precepts and spiritual ideas | COC#0796x, LOG#0717x, DAS.1914-04-17, SW_v09#09 p.098 | Being a source of light; guidance; Excellence; distinction; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2397 | Words spoken on 1914-06-25 | 100 | If the friends of God listen to my first word, they will find the success.... Thou shouldst strive day and night, so that the fire of the love of God | DAS.1914-06-24, SW_v09#11 p.123 | Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2396 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 100 | At the time of Muhammad, He sanctioned war for the preservation of the lives of His followers. The laws of individual justice were confused and preliminary in the souls of men. | TDLA.011, BLO_PN#104 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Muhammad; Islam; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2395 | Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-11 | 100 | This theory is not true. But in very ancient times Asia led all the continents in civilization. At this time there was a connection between Asia and America which was lost and entirely forgotten. | AHV.013, BLO_PN#045 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2394 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-07 ca. | 100 | Man is liable to forget things very quickly, but the animals remember longer. If you have been kind to a dog once in your lifetime | DAS.1914-05-08 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Compassion; kindness; Kindness to and rights of animals; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2393 | Words spoken on 1914-10-06 in Haifa | 100 | This Cause has hoisted the banner of the unity of the world of humanity. One of the instruments which will bring about universal peace is this very war | PN_1914 p033 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2392 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1914-03-15 | 100 | The spiritual life postulates simplicity and contemplation combined with usefulness and well-guided activity. When we were living in Baghdad according to the custom of that country we slept on the roof | DAS.1914-03-15, SW_v07#18 p.177-178x, SW_v08#13 p.167x | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Contemplation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2391 | Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-12 | 100 | A wise young man ever thinks of and studies those means which are conducive to his progress - mental, intellectual and spiritual. He lets all amusements and recreations go and applies himself | DAS.1914-03-12 | Education of children; moral education; Exhortations and counsels; High station of learning; Useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2390 | Words to a pilgrim, spoken on 1914-03-05 | 100 | Be thou occupied in guiding the souls. If you want to educate a person you must strive for many years | DAS.1914-03-05 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as educator; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2389 | Words to assembled guests, spoken on 1913-12-10 | 100 | Yes, I know every one of you, and I love all of you. I have lived forty years in this city, and so you all are my children. | DAS.1913-12-10 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2388 | Words to Edward Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-10 | 100 | Greater love has no man for another than I have demonstrated toward thee. I have sent for thee and am sending both of you to India | DAS.1913-11-10 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Disregarding bodily comfort; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2387 | Words spoken on 1913-09-05 in Ramleh | 100 | The program of such fete days must be so prepared as to yield a permanent result. As they are the days of freedom from work | DAS.1913-09-05, ABIE.282, BLO_PN#007 | Consultation; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2386 | Words to Persian students, spoken on 1913-09-05 | 100 | The people of this country are not interested to read these articles and addresses and if you ask from those few | DAS.1913-09-05, ABIE.281, BLO_PN#007 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2385 | Words to two Persians, spoken on 1913-05-18 | 100 | The dawning-point of these lights have been always in the East.... There is an ineffable something in the atmosphere of the Orient that causes the increase of spiritual susceptibilities. | DAS.1913-05-18 | Critique of Western values; culture; Human reality created in the image of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Purpose; goal of creation; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2384 | Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11 | 100 | Different things are considered by us as of absolute importance, while in reality they have a relative importance at various stages of our development | DAS.1913-05-11 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Relativity of religious truth | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2383 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-18 | 100 | Man cannot attain to the highest summit of human progress without the assistance of the Breaths of the Holy Spirit. A man intellectually may become enabled | DAS.1913-02-18 | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2382 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-12 | 100 | When I was very young, I was present in a meeting in which people discussed astronomy according to the theories of the old school of Ptolemy. | DAS.1913-02-12 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Infinity and eternity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2381 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-29 | 100 | We have come to Paris striking the first note. But we find Paris is very cold. I was anticipating that in this trip I shall behold in this city the luminous torch of the love of God. Now having arrived I find that the inhabitants are steeped deeper in the darkness of materialism. | DAS.1913-01-29 | Critique of Western values; culture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2380 | Words spoken on 1912-07-29 in Dublin | 100 | Stagnation is the cause of retrogression. Man must always advance. As soon as man remains stationary in a certain cause he will go backward. | PN_1912 p004 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2379 | Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris | 100 | Travelling is a very good thing. It opens the eyes and broadens the horizon. In the East one may behold vast and desert places where once lay peopled towns | PN_1911 p017 | Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2378 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-28 | 100 | There is a parting which is in reality meeting. If you will carry out the precepts of the Blessed Perfection. | PN_1909F p076, PN_1909F p143, AKL.014 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2377 | Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09 | 100 | We hear the murmur of the sea always continuing. It never ceases. Were it to cease, the world would be dead, stagnant, lifeless. But the waves of the mind of man are far greater than those of the sea | SW_v07#11 p.107-108, SW_v08#02 p.024, PN_1909 p072, PN_1909 p104 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2376 | Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-03 | 100 | Religion can be divided into two parts: the first is the spirit which never changes; and the second the laws | BAVA.031, BLO_PN#021 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Oneness; unity of religion; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2375 | Words spoken in Dec. 1900 | 100 | Elijah and Enoch were believed to have come from human source, but ascended bodily into heaven. Jesus said this could not be. | PN_1900 p100 | Christian doctrine and practice; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2374 | Words spoken ca. 1916 | 100 | Ridvaniyyih, there is a Garden of God. Human beings are trees growing therein. The Gardener is Our Father. When He sees a little tree in a place too small | CHH.216, BLO_PN#022 | Consolation and comfort; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2373 | 100 | As we find ourselves eating with each other here, so we hope that we shall partake of the Divine Food with each other in the Kingdom | PTIM.036, BSTW#358 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2372 | Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1909-07-07 | 100 | Say to her: I have two arts: one physical, the other spiritual. The physical one is that I draw the images of men. | PN_1909B p021, DJT.062, BLO_PN#027 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2371 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-07 ca. | 100 | If a friend dies and leaves behind some debt, the believers must do their utmost to pay it off to the very last cent. | DAS.1914-05-08 | Business; financial; property matters; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2370 | Words to Mary Hanford Ford in 1910 | 100 | But we are all happy because we have the love of God in our hearts. When the heart is full of the love of God it loses consciousness of the body. | PN_unsorted p150, TOR.160 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2369 | Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-08 | 100 | In former cycles people used to relate by tradition the things which happened during the time of the Prophets | FRGA.011 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2368 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 100 | The Revelation of Bahá‘u'lláh contains all the great laws and principles of social government. The basis of God's perfect laws is love for humanity and help for human needs. | TDLA.014, BLO_PN#104 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2367 | Words to Ali Kuli Khan, spoken on 1906-06-10 | 100 | Paul and Peter, the Apostles, once went into one of the cities of the Greeks and engaged in teaching the Truth. In that city, there was a temple | PN_1906 p021, PN_1906 p029, SUR.230, BLO_PN#001 | Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Growth of the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2366 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 100 | No, gradually, for a plant that grows too quickly lasts only a short time. | PN_1901 p002, NRMM.204 | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2365 | Address to Outlook Tower society on 8 Jan. 1913 | 100 | I have pleasure in presenting myself to this gathering, so that I may explain to you certain of the principles of Bahá'u'lláh. Nearly sixty years ago | ABCC.364-365x | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2364 | Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1909-08-15 | 100 | As Christ said, the Word is like seed. Some seed falls upon barren ground and withers; some upon stony ground. | DJT.119, BLO_PN#027 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2363 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken around 1909-02-22 | 100 | To remove any source of differentiation, the believers must know that the Blessed Bab was giving the glad tidings of the coming of the Blessed Perfection | PN_unsorted p152, AKL.002 | Development of capacity and readiness; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2362 | Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1912-07-10 | 100 | But he who possesses truthfulness possesses all the virtues. There was once a disciple of Muhammad who asked of another disciple | DJT.332-333, BLO_PN#027 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Imam 'Ali; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2361 | Words to George Latimer spoken around 1920 | 100 | Very good, but all should direct attention to the teachings. They should not mention in such and such a place, such things were happening, and teachers have gone there. These affairs must be kept private | PN_1919 p003 | Exhortations and counsels; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2360 | Words spoken on 1914-01-29 | 100 | God has prepared for us all the convenient ways of voyage, so that we may travel far and wide and spread the Case. The American civilization has done much toward the progress | DAS.1914-01-29 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Praise of Western values; culture; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2359 | Words to an Indian Muslim prince, spoken on 1914-01-18 | 100 | India needs these principles of tolerance and liberalism more than nay other country.... The cohorts of the Kingdom of Abha are engaged in uninterrupted conquest | DAS.1914-01-18, SW_v05#02 p.019 | Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2358 | Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-03 | 100 | Education is the bedrock of the modern civilization of Europe and America. From childhood the mothers train the minds of their children with noble ideals | DAS.1913-12-03 | Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2357 | Words to Mr and Mrs Stark and Mr Moore, spoken on 1913-04-15 | 100 | The Cause will be spread very much in this country. Blessed souls shall arise to serve the Bahá'í revelation... Translate the Hidden Words, the Words of Paradise, Tajalleyat, Tarazat, the Bahá'í Proofs and other small pamphlets | DAS.1913-04-15 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2356 | Words to a woman from Holland, spoken on 1913-01-19 | 100 | When you return to Holland, summon the people to the Kingdom of God and cry out: Glad tidings! Glad tidings! The Sun of Reality hath dawned | DAS.1913-01-19 | Call to action; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2355 | Words spoken on 1912-07-17 in New York | 100 | You must always be happy. God is kind. He is more kind than a father. Whenever we experience unhappiness, we must turn our faces to God | PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351d | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2354 | Words spoken in Feb. 1910 | 100 | You must be very thankful to God for He brought you to this Holy Land to visit the Blessed Tomb... The Essence of Divinity holds the station of the sun | PN_1910 p002 | Differences in human capacity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Many are called but few are chosen; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2353 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-01 | 100 | Thank God that He has gathered us all together here. Before this Cause was established the East and the West never met | PN_1909 p003, PN_1909 p075, PN_1909B p007, PN_1909C p072 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Predictions and prophecies; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2352 | Words to a Mohammedan Sheikh, spoken on 1913-12-16 | 100 | My friends! How long, how long these prejudices? How long this dogmatic superiority? How long this fanatical attitude? | DAS.1913-12-16, BSTW#095 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Fanaticism and hatred; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2351 | Words spoken on board the SS Baron Call at sea, 1913-12-02 | 100 | Let us all remember, we have travelled over many countries and upraised the Flag of Truth over many climes. People everywhere listened to the word | DAS.1913-12-02 | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2350 | Words to the minister of the New Congregational Church, spoken on 1913-01-13 | 100 | Why did Christ come into this world? People think he came in order that they might believe in him as the Word of God | DAS.1913-01-13 | Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2349 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-05-02 | 100 | The individuals of the world of humanity are in different degrees. They are like unto candlesticks.... Similarly there are some enkindled souls whose very presence in a meeting changes its atmosphere | DAS.1915-05-02 | Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2348 | Words spoken on 1913-08-14 in Ramleh | 100 | The difference between me and the rest is that I wish the welfare of the people for their own sake, and without any ulterior motive. | DAS.1913-08-14, ABIE.192-193, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#194 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Education of children; moral education; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2347 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 100 | Persian | ولکن بعضی نفوس مثل عناکب می مانند، هر چه پرده اش را بدری باز فوراً می بافد. حضرت اعلی روحی فداه | But certain souls are like unto spiders: howsoever thou rendest their veil, they do straightway weave it anew [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-06 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Veiling [hijab] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2346 | Words spoken on 1915-07-13 in Haifa | 100 | Persian | نماز خیلی سهولت دارد بجهت اینکه کبیر و صغیر و وسطی هست. مصطفی رمزی پاشا می گفت من می خواهم | Prayer possesseth great facility, inasmuch as it may be performed in its greater, lesser and intermediate forms [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-13 | Law of obligatory prayer; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2345 | Words spoken on 1915-08-07 in Haifa | 100 | Persian | نفس وقتی که بر انسان مسلط می شود هر بلائی بسر انسان می آورد. یک ساعت بخیال ریاست می اندازد | At the moment when the self gaineth dominion over man, it visiteth upon him every affliction. For the space of an hour it casteth him into thoughts of supremacy [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-07 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2344 | Words spoken ca. 1904 | 100 | Persian | میدانی من این امر را چه قسم اداره میکنم? من شراع کشتی را محکم میکشم و طنابها را خوب میبندم | Do you know how I administer this Faith? I pull the sails of the ship firmly and fasten the ropes tight. | KNSA.138 | MNYA.186-187 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2343 | Words spoken on 1914-12-31 in Abu Sinan | 100 | Persian | میخواهم شما را بایران بفرستم... شیخ الاسلام مرد بسیط عامی است و بی دین ابداً اعتنائی بدین الله ندارد | I wish for you to go to Iran... Shaykhu'l-Islam is a simple, common man with no religious convictions. He is utterly ignorant of the religion of God | KHH1.307-308 (1.429) | KHHE.441-442, BSR_v13 p.086 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2342 | Words to a musician, spoken on 1913-04-30 | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | موسیقی آیتی از آیات الهی است چنانچه آن موسیقی اجسام را بحرکت و هیجان آرد موسیقی الهی | Music is one of the signs of God. Even as your kind of music stirs the bodies to motion and rouses them to excitement | BDA2.275 | DAS.1913-04-30, MHMD2.360 | Music and singing | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2341 | Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles | 100 | I came from San Francisco to see you and to visit Mr. Chase's grave. | SW_v04#13 p.225, PN_1912 p016 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2340 | Words spoken to Baha'is of Stuttgart, Hotel Marquardt, 1913-04-27 | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من از برای شما تأییدات الهیه و عزت ابدیه میخواهم که چنان مؤید گردید که از جمیع شئون عالم طبیعت فارغ | I beseech for you divine confirmation and imperishable glory, so that ye may be so strengthened by His grace as to become wholly detached | BDA2.266 | BBBD.207, MHMD2.347-348 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2339 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-24 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ملاحظهٴ قدرت و تأیید جمال مبارک نمائید که کشیش خود میآید و بتمام خضوع ما را دعوت می کند | Behold the power and confirmation of the Blessed Beauty: The pastor comes in person with all humility to invite us | BDA1.268.05 | MHMD1.286-287 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2338 | Words to Mr Newman, spoken on 1914-06-09 | 100 | The principal aim of this Movement is to investigate reality and promote the underlying unity of the world's religions. His Holiness Baha'o'llah suffered imprisonment | DAS.1914-06-09, SW_v09#10 p.109 | Christ; Christianity; East and West; communication between East and West; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2337 | Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles | 100 | That which has come forth from the Center of the Covenant you must take fast hold of. | SW_v11#14 p.243 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2336 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-30 | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | فردا ما از استتکارت حرکت خواهیم کرد الحمدلله باینجا آمدیم شماها را ملاقات نمودیم | I will leave Stuttgart tomorrow. Praised be God that we came here and met with you all, and that sentiments of the utmost spiritual affection | BDA2.272 | DAS.1913-04-30, MHMD2.356-357 | East and West; communication between East and West; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2335 | 100 | mixed | در آیات بعضی مسائل بحسب استعداد سائل و اعتقاد آن زمان نازل شده مثلاً در قرآن مسئلهٴ ذوالقرنین و مسئله یأجوع و مأجوج | In the sacred verses certain matters were revealed according to the capacity of the questioner and the beliefs of that time, as for example in the Qur'án the question of Dhu'l-Qarnayn and the matter of Gog and Magog [3.5s] | YMM.230x | Christ; Christianity; Education of children; moral education; Harmony of science and religion; High station of learning; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Literal interpretation; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2334 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 100 | Persian | روزی در آلمان در کوچه ای می رفتم دختری دیدم به قدر نصف این فوزیتا | [Then He said that] one day He was walking on a street in Germany when He noticed that a short woman—shorter even than our Fujita | KNR.059-060 | KNRE.069 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2333 | Words spoken on 1913-02-11 in Paris | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | دیده عبرت باید اگر انسان چشم عبرت باز ننماید چه فائده دارد هر روز دو کرور | One must look at things with a view to learning from them. Should he fail to open the eye of receptivity to such lessons | BDA2.129-130 | MHMD2.162, STAB#068 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spirit and form in the administration; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2332 | Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-06-11 | 100 | Bahá'u'lláh says, when the soul has travelled through many valleys, it reaches to the city of Love. That city contains four pillars. And whenever I find a hearing ear I shall explain what are these four pillars. During the life of Bahá'u'lláh no one asked the explanation of this matter | DAS.1913-06-11 | Four pillars; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2331 | Words to Mr Wilhelm and others, spoken on 1912-11-15 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در عالم وجود تعلیم و تربیت اهم امور است بدون معلم در امور مادی ترقی حاصل نشود تا چه رسد در امور روحانی | Education and training are the most important issues in the world of existence. Without an educator, little progress can be made in material affairs... The whole world is like a physical body and the power of Baha'u'llah may be regarded as the main artery in the body of existence. | BDA1.374.06 | MHMD1.393 | Differences in human capacity; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Need for an educator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2330 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-03-25 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در زمان رومان مشهور بعلم اخلاق بودند ولی حالا مانند یونانیها در نهایت سوء اخلاق مشاهده میشوند | During the last days of our stay in Egypt, we went to Tanta for the repair of the tomb of Haji Abu'l-Qasim | BDA1.009.11 | MHMD1.014 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2329 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-13 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در حدیث شیعیان در خصوص ظهور موعود مذکور که علم بیست و هفت حرفست | In the Shi'i tradition concerning this dispensation it is recorded that knowledge is composed of twenty-seven letters and that the divine messengers of the past from first to last have revealed but two letters | BDA1.122.05 | MHMD1.130 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2328 | Words spoken ca. 1904 | 100 | Persian | حکایت من و شما حکایت آن عربی است که سه سال سرش بی کلاه بود و در کوچه و بازار | The story of you and I resembles the story of an Arab who went about without a hat for three years. | KNSA.197 | MNYA.273, STAB#156 | Humor; jokes; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Stories; anecdotes; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2327 | Words to an Indian scholar, spoken on 1914-03-19 | 100 | It is self-evident that God is the source of confirmation. Were it not for His confirmation man could accomplish nothing. Help must come from Him. | DAS.1914-03-19 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Justice and mercy; Law of cause and effect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2326 | Words to a Christian minister, spoken on 1914-06-09 | 100 | Bahá'í Scriptures | His holiness Christ came for the promulgation of the law of love; all the prophets were sent… Hast thou love?... | DAS.1914-06-09, BSC.454 #832x, SW_v07#17 p.171, SW_v08#11 p.139-140, SW_v09#10 p.110 | 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2325 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-23 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | چون در راه سوارهائی که برای حفاظت همراه ایشان بوده‌اند اورا زخمی کرده اموالش را می برند | From the circumstances, as reported, we surmised that because Aqa Abu'l-Qasim-i-Hamadani had previously been with Baha'u'llah and had also set out on a journey... I have now been for some time in these regions. | BDA1.326.12 | MHMD1.345 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2324 | Words to various individuals, spoken on 1912-04-27 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | چنانکه در میان ایالات متحدهٴ امریکا اتحاد حاصل است ممکن است میان دول عالم باشد | It is possible to establish among the powers of the whole world the unity which is found among the states of the United States of America… | BDA1.056.15 | SW_v19#03 p.091, MHMD1.065 | Harmony of science and religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2323 | Words spoken on 1913-04-28 in Stuttgart | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | تأمل بموجب شریعت اللة لازمست لهذا خیلی مبارکست در جوانی نتائج و برکاتش | Marriage is necessary according to the Law of God, so your plans are most auspicious. | BDA2.267-268 | MHMD2.350 | Chastity and purity; Marriage as means of spiritual progress | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2322 | Words spoken on 1913-09-18 in Ramleh | 100 | Write to him to go and teach the Cause, spread the coming of the Kingdom and herald the dawn of the Sun of Reality... in this movement there are no regular salaried teachers. | DAS.1913-09-18, ABIE.328, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2321 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-31 | 100 | Persian | بجمال افندی لوحی داده فرموده بودند بچندین شهر میروی و ازبیراهه بقم میروی و این مکتوب را بهر واسطه شده | I gave a Tablet to Jamal Effendi and instructed that traveling through certain cities and following an unfrequented route he should reach Qum and to deliver the Tablet to the Sadr A‘zam | ZSM.1914-10-31, KHH1.130 (1.179-180) | KHHE.194-195 | Petitions to authorities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2319 | Conversation with Dr Finkelstein, Abu Sinan, 1915-02-28 | 100 | Persian | اینگونه مجالس بصرف فضل و اراده الهیه تشکیل میشود و الا ما کجا و شما کجا چه نسبتی در میان است | Such gatherings are only possible through the divine bounties and favours... Yes, indeed. The relationship between the East and the West must be like that | KHH1.180-182 (1.252) | KHHE.262-265, BSR_v13 p.092 | Critique of Western values; culture; East and West; communication between East and West; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2318 | Words spoken on 1913-07-01 in Port Said | 100 | The inhabitants of Persia are yet asleep, although God has demonstrated to them His Cause in so many ways. | DAS.1913-07-01 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2317 | Words spoken on 1913-04-05 in Stuttgart | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اهل استتکارت و اسلنگن خیلی گرمند بسیار صادق و منجذبند و از سایر | The inhabitants of Stuttgart and Esslingen are very warm-hearted; they are sincerely devoted and wholly filled with the Teachings of God | BDA2.220 | BBBD.201x, MHMD2.284 | Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2316 | Words spoken on 1915-09-18 in Haifa | 100 | Persian | انسان وقتی که راضی است بهر چیز راضی است. وقتی که راضی نیست ولو بسلطنت هم باشد راضی | Man, when he is content, is content with all things. When he is not content, even should he possess sovereignty, he remaineth unsatisfied [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-18 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2315 | Words spoken on 1913-02-12 in Paris | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امر الله در آلمان ترقی عظیم نماید و از همه | The Cause of God will make such great progress in Germany as to excel every other place… When, as a child, I would hear descriptions of Ptolemy's model of the universe | BDA2.132 | MHMD2.165 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Infinity and eternity; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2314 | Interview with a minister at Krug home in New York, 1912-11-22 | 100 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اساس اصلی ادیان الهی یکیست ابداً اختلاف و تغیییر ندارد اینست که حضرت مسیح فرمود من برای محو کردن شریعت نورات نیامدم | The fundamental principles of all religions are one. They are unchangeable and do not differ. This is what Christ meant when He said, 'I am not come to destroy the law of the Torah but to promote it.' | BDA1.385.09 | MHMD1.404-405 | Christ; Christianity; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2313 | Words spoken on 1913-06-02 in Paris | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | از بغداد تا ادرنه بعضی از احباب مثل جناب آقا میرزا محمود و آقا میرزا جعفر | As we travelled from Baghdad to Adrianople, some of the believers such as Aqa Rida, Aqa Mirza Mahmud | BDA2.328 | MHMD2.436 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2312 | Words to Mr And Mrs Holbach, spoken on 1914-01-19 | 100 | The leaders of religion must be the means of binding the hearts together, establishing good-fellowship between the members of the human family | DAS.1914-01-19 | Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2311 | Words spoken on 1919-12-14 | 100 | Persian | احزاب مختلفه ایران متنبه نشده اند... شیطان به بالین معاویه آمد و او را برای ادای نماز | The various parties of Iran have not awakened [3.5s]... ...one day Satan went to the bedside of Mu'awiyah and woke him up to perform his obligatory prayer. | ISA.011-012 | ISAE.1919-12-14, STAB#147x | Hypocrisy; Past, present and future of Iran; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2310 | Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914 | 110 | You must not look at the quality of the thing served at the table, you must always consider whether yourhost loves you or not. If he loves you and the food served is seasoned with love then there is no better food than that. | TDAB.19 | Hospitality; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2309 | Words to Dr. Zia Bagdadi, spoken on 1920-04-06 | 110 | Yes, this is the truth. If the races do not come to an agreement, there can be no question or doubt of bloodshed…. I foretell things before they happen… | SW_v12#05 p.120-121 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2308 | Words spoken on 1913-07-04 in Port Said | 110 | It is related that an aged and decrepit man became the guest of his holiness Abraham | DAS.1913-07-04, SW_v08#12 p.143, ABIE.025, BLO_PN#007, STAB#051 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idolatry; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2307 | Words to Florence Khan spoken in 1906 | 110 | Consider the mole beneath the ground. He constructs galleries and tunnels there… Again look at the spider. | SUR.241 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2306 | Words to Mr. Raymond, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 110 | This Cause is comprehensive. Every community finds the reality of its principles in this Cause. The Bahá’í Cause is like a tree and these various communities, or gatherings or societies, are branches. | ECN.657 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity in diversity; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2305 | Words spoken at 1815 California Street in San Francisco, 1912-10-10 | 110 | You are all welcome, exceedingly welcome. I have journeyed a great distance to visit you, having longed to see you, for Bahá’u’lláh has created a marvelous love in the hearts | ECN.120+471+476+599+606 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2304 | 110 | This wonderful age has rent asuner the veils of superstition…. Music is most important. Music is the heart's own language. Its vibrations uplift the spirit | SW_v15#05 p.131 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Music and singing | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2303 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | You must not dissociate yourself from it. Know this; the Kingdom of God is not in any Society | AIL.097 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2302 | Words spoken on 1914-08-20 | 110 | The object of the dawn of the Morn of Guidance and the effulgence of the Sun of | DAS.1914-08-20, SW_v08#10 p.135 | Being a source of light; guidance; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2301 | Words spoken on 1914-01-13 | 110 | When these institutions, colleges, hospital, hospice and establishments for the incurables | LOG#2055x, DAS.1914-01-13, SW_v05#05 p.071, BW_v01p061 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Harmony of science and religion; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2299 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | I find England awake; there is spiritual life here. But your poor are so very poor! This should not be. | LOG#0729x, AIL.091 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Critique of Western values; culture; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2298 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 110 | There are two kinds of death. One is preordained, and the other is dependent upon may things. For example, a lamp is filled with oil | DLA.031-032, BLO_PN#026 | Free will and predestination; fate; Life and death | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2297 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | I have enjoyed London very much and the bright faces of the friends have delighted my heart... There are living nations and dead nations | AIL.079 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2296 | 110 | I cared more for hearing the Tablets of the Bab recited than anything else. I used | SW_v09#18 p.201-202, AELT.020 fn | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Kindness to and rights of animals; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2295 | 110 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Truth is the word of God, which gives life to humanity. It restores sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf | BSC.494 #953, SW_v14#06 p.164 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2293 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-04-11 | 110 | Having heard of the numerous organizations for peace and arbitration, and because of My great interest in these subject, I have come here to advocate | SW_v19#02 p.053 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2292 | 110 | No one can ever imagine even faintly how we were surrounded from all sides by | SW_v08#13 p.164-165 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2291 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken in March 1901 | 110 | It was in all probability the second month of the summer when one early morning | SW_v08#13 p.171 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2290 | 110 | Any soul that enters the kingdom of BAHA'O'LLAH will enjoy an eternal communion with God. It is my hope that each of you | ADP.099-100 | Fulfillment of true potential; Living waters; water of life; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2289 | Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1913 | 110 | In my talks with the reverend doctors of religion and men of the peace societies | SW_v04#01 p.018 | Differences in human capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2288 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Taken in general, women today have a stronger sense of religion than men. The woman's intuition is more correct | AIL.104 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Equality of men and women; Intuition; inspiration; Mary Magdalene; Resurrection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2287 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | You must strive. A child does not know, in learning he obtains knowledge. Search for Truth. There are three kinds of Faith | AIL.064, SW_v20#10 p.293x, SAS.093-094 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2286 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-22 | 110 | There are certain forms of work which are beyond human endurance and others which are within it | DAS.1914-12-22, SW_v13#10 p.270-271 | Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2285 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 110 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Praise be to God, this century is a glorious century; may love increase every day | AIL.107 | Christ; Christianity; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2284 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 110 | Looking after one's health is done with two intentions. Man may take good care of his body... Remember that the essential health is spiritual health | SW_v08#18 p.231, AHF.011, VLAB.126x | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2283 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 110 | To the Beloved of God, Tell them I love them with all My Heart, that I always think of them and never forget them | DLA.068, BLO_PN#026 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2282 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 110 | The heart of man is a garden. The real garden is in order, well planted, watered and cultivated | SW_v04#06 p.105.1, SW_v15#06 p.157.2 | Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as educator; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2281 | Words to Howard MacNutt spoken around 1913 | 110 | According to the record of three Gospels, His Holiness Jesus Christ went into the Temple | SW_v04#01 p.018 | Praise of Western values; culture; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2280 | Words to some pilgrims, spoken on 1914-02-23 | 110 | Tell me, what voice is heard in thy city? Is it the voice of an earthly singer or the voice of the Cause of God?... The charm and beauty of the voice of Truth attract the hearts and spiritualize the thoughts | DAS.1914-02-23 | Music and singing; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The power of words; of speech; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2279 | Words spoken on 1913-12-29 in Haifa | 110 | The spiritual powers of man are always at work. The soul is always active - it travels even when man is asleep... Spirit shines through the body as the sun is reflected in the mirror. | PN_1913-14_heh p034 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2278 | Words to a French-speaking Hungarian, spoken on 1913-04-11 | 110 | If you desire to love God, love thy fellow man. If them you can see the image and likeness of God. If you are eager to serve God, serve mankind. | DAS.1913-04-11, SW_v08#11 p.138 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2277 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-31 | 110 | The duties and the responsibilities of the Bahá'í are these: They must be kind to all the religions. They must love humankind with all their hearts and souls. They must work for the public welfare. | DAS.1913-01-31 | Call to action; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2276 | Public address given on 1913-01-28 | 110 | There are certain trees which grow and develop quickly, other trees may take a long time before they put forth leaves and blossoms. It is evident that Paris is one of those trees which may take a long time to grow. | DAS.1913-01-28 | Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2275 | Words spoken on 1913-01-01 in London | 110 | Civilization is like unto a moving hill of sands: Today it is here, tomorrow it is many thousand miles away. It is subject to constant transferences. | DAS.1913-01-01 | Means of establishment of future civilization; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2273 | Words spoken at Kinney home in New York, 1912-12-01 | 110 | I desire to go to the Orient... Know this for a certainty that today, the penetrative power in the arteries of the world of humanity, is the power of the Covenant. | SW_v06#14 p.111x, SW_v11#08 p.121x, PN_1912 p025, BSTW#052s | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2272 | Words to an English-speaking enquirer spoken in April 1914 | 110 | In this world there are two things which are the cause of man's elevation and progress: one is knowledge and the other is religion. | TDAB.17 | Harmony of science and religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2271 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-07-18 | 110 | Tonight they are holding the Feast of Elijah on the top of Mount Carmel, in memory of his ascent to heaven in a chariot of fire. | DAS.1914-07-18 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Mount Carmel; Oneness; unity of religion | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2270 | Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-09 | 110 | Consider what the power of the Covenant has done! It was an impossibility for a Zoroastrian to unite with a Sid and a mulla with a Jew. | SW_v08#17 p.226x, PN_1909 p016, PN_1909 p049, PN_1909C p096, DJT.084, BLO_PN#027 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2269 | Words to M. R. Shirazi in April 1914 | 110 | No atom can succeed without help and assistance. Everything in this world depends upon the assistance of others. | TDAB.07-08 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2268 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10 | 110 | This is self-evident and is in no need of proof. For example the hand corresponds with another hand. No sooner thou takest hold of the hand of thy beloved than a world of feelings and emotions are conveyed | DAS.1914-05-10 | Need for an educator; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2267 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 110 | Everlasting Life is the Bounty of God. It is like the Sea of Reality. The believers are the waves of that Sea, one great Sea and a thousand waves as one. | TDLA.008, BLO_PN#104 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2266 | Words spoken on 1919-06-08 | 110 | The Temple of Eshkabad is unique in that it is the first Temple of the kind that has been erected. Many such temples shall be constructed | BSTW#237 | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2265 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-04-22 | 110 | Wait till the end of this war. The new ideals of peace which I have nurtured in my mind will be promoted. God willing we shall take another journey | DAS.1915-04-22 | Coming-of-age; maturity of mankind; Means of establishment of future civilization; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2264 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-14 | 110 | How important is the cleanliness of the body! It is well-expressed that cleanliness is godliness: because this body is the spiritual temple of the Almighty, it must be kept clean and pure. | DAS.1915-03-14 | Chastity and purity; Cleanliness and refinement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2263 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-24 | 110 | When Aqa Abdu'r-Rahim came to Baghdad he was a young man with a heavy black moustache. He has grown old in this Cause. | DAS.1915-02-24 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2262 | Words to Persian students, spoken on 1913-09-29 | 110 | Praise be to God that you have come. For many days you have been here and with perfect joy and fragrance we associated | DAS.1913-09-29, ABIE.371, BLO_PN#007 | Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2261 | Words to a friend from England, spoken on 1913-03-29 | 110 | You say you are from England? In reality we are all one nation: England, France, Germany, Persia, America, they are all one country. However, this much can be said | DAS.1913-03-29 | Growth of the Cause; Praise of Western values; culture; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2260 | Words spoken in early Sept. 1911 in Vevey | 110 | Bahá'u'lláh says that in this world there is nothing more absurd than divorce. If one has accepted another | PN_1909B p037, DJT.191, BLO_PN#027 | House of Justice; Law of divorce | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2259 | Words to a Hindu believer spoken in Apr. 1914 | 110 | Your friends and relatives, nay your father and descendants shall soon glory over this action of yours, that you have overcome such barriers | TDAB.06-07 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2258 | Words spoken on 1913-11-11 in Port Said | 110 | How fervently I long to go on Mount Carmel, the Garden of the Lord! How inspiring is the matchless panorama | DAS.1913-11-11 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Mount Carmel; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2257 | Words to Mrs Noel, spoken on 1913-05-19 | 110 | First we must make ourselves receptive, then the bounties of God descend upon us. The mirror must become clear from rust first, then the sun with all its glory will be reflected therein. | DAS.1913-05-19 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2256 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-11 | 110 | The greatest attainment in the world of humanity is love, for it is through love that man is attracted toward God. It is love that establishes communication | DAS.1913-02-11 | 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; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2255 | Words to Albert Vail, spoken on 1919-11-23 | 110 | If people ask you about your conduct (as a Bahá'í teacher), say: ‘We do not oppose the religion of any one and we act in accordance with the Gospel. | LAT.105-108 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Methods of teaching the Cause; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; The power of words; of speech; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2254 | Words spoken on 1912-12-26 in London | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | وجود بقای ابدی دارد چیزی نشان بدهید که ابدی نباشد نهایت درجات و انتقالات دارد | Existence itself consists of perpetual permanence. Show me something that does not exist perpetually!... This reincarnation in which people have traditionally believed is contrary to what has been revealed in the Books of God | BDA2.043 | MHMD2.051-052 | Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Infinity and eternity; Law of transformation and change; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Reincarnation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2253 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 110 | Persian | هیچ کدام نه مدح کنید و نه ذم فقط بگوئید امر جمال مبارک با | You must neither praise nor speak ill of them [the communists]. You should say that the Cause of God has no objection specifically concerning them | KNR.091-092 | KNRE.099 | Maintainance of degrees in society; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2252 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 110 | Persian | هر چه عمومی است الهی است و هر چه خصوصی است بشری احبای الهی آنچه تاسیس مینمایند | Whatever is public is divine, and whatever is private is devised of man. Therefore, whatever is established by the friends of God must be public, whether a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar, or other institutions. | KHH1.025 (1.036) | KHHE.051-052 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Universal education | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2251 | Words spoken on 1914-04-06 | 110 | Although the Western nations have perfected the machinery of natural civilization, yet they are left behind in divine civilization. My object in taking that long journey | DAS.1914-04-06 | Critique of Western values; culture; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2250 | Words to Prof. Enayat Khan and others, spoken on 1913-05-29 | 110 | To attain to Nirvana means to reach to perfection. This is made possible through the bestowals of God.... | DAS.1913-05-29 | Being a source of light; guidance; Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Fulfillment of true potential; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2249 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 110 | Persian | نوشته اند که میخواهند بعضی از سنگهای تاج ایران را بفروشند تاج ایران عدالت است | It hath been written that they desire to sell certain jewels of the Crown of Iran. Know ye that the Crown of Iran is Justice [3.5s] | KHH2.284-285 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Past, present and future of Iran; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2248 | Words spoken on 1915-07-27 in Haifa | 110 | Persian | نفوس کشته می شوند ولی بی نتیجه. چقدر سلاطین کشته می شوند ولی هیچ ذکری از آنها نیست، ولی یک نفر که در سبیل الهی | Lives are sacrificed, yet to no avail. How many monarchs are slain, and no remembrance remaineth of them; yet a single soul who in the path of God [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-27 | Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2247 | Words spoken on 1915-08-15 in Haifa | 110 | Persian | نفوس را باید از نفوس بارده و نفوس سرد محافظه کرد. اگر محافظه کنی، سالم می ماند و الا بکلی ناخوش می ماند | Souls must be safeguarded from cold and frigid souls. If thou guardest them thus, they shall remain sound; else shall they be utterly afflicted [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-15 | Education of children; moral education; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2246 | Words spoken on 1912-12-25 in London | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | نفس امارهٴ انسان اگر اطفال را بحال طبیعی بگذارید اخلاق جمیع مذموم و شیطانی شود | One's insistent self. Were you to leave a child to persist in his natural state, he would develop a character that is reprehensible and fiendish | BDA2.042 | MHMD2.049-050 | Education of children; moral education; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Need for an educator; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2244 | Words to some children, spoken on 1912-11-24 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من امیدوارم چنانچه باید و شاید تربیت شوید و هر یک سبب فخر خاندان خویش گردید خدا شما را تأیید کند | I hope that you will be educated as you ought to be and that each of you will become the pride of your family. May God assist you to acquire divine knowledge | BDA1.389.03 | MHMD1.407-408 | Education of children; moral education; Parents and children; youth; families; Praise and encouragement; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2243 | Words spoken on 1912-09-23 in Denver | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من از طول راه کلیفورنیا در ابتدای حرکت متأثر می شدم ولی چون لله و محض نشر نفحات الله حرکت کردیم | In the early stages of our long journey to California my health was affected... It is written in the Hadith that cities shall draw nearer to each other. | BDA1.265.01 | MHMD1.283 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2242 | Words spoken on 1913-02-24 in Paris | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | مردم خیلی غافلند باید آنها را بزور فهماند که در زمان مسیح چه قدر مضطرب | The people are oblivious indeed. One must take great pains to help them appreciate the degree of agitation that had seized the apostles of Christ | BDA2.157-158 | MHMD2.198 | Christ; Christianity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2241 | 110 | Persian | مذکور که حکایت کردند پادشاهی بوزیرش گفت بادنجان را مخالف صحت و سلامت دانستند گفت بلی | A king told his minister that eggplant was reported to be bad for one's health. | ASAT2.022 | STAB#158 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2240 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-10 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | فقیر صابر بهتر از غنی شاکر است اما فقیر شاکر بهتر از فقیر صابر است و بهتر از همه غنی نتفق است | The patient poor are better than the thankful rich. But the thankful poor are better than the patient poor. And the best of all is the rich-giver who is free from temptations or tests, who becomes the cause of the happiness of mankind.... At the time of his death a king longed for the station of a poor man | KHMT.194x, MAS5.227, BDA1.185.10 | SW_v19#12 p.379-380, MHMD1.201, ROB2.281, STAB#042 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Stories; anecdotes; Thankfulness; gratitude; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2239 | Words spoken on 1913-04-04 in Germany | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | عنقریب صحت تامه خواهی یافت مطمئن بفضلِ الهی باش این شیطان نفس انسان است | You will soon make a full recovery; be assured of the grace of God. That Satan is none other than the human self. Each person has a Satan | BDA2.217 | MHMD2.280 | Living waters; water of life; Satan; the Evil One; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2238 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-20 | 110 | The greatness of the American journey is not now known. Erelong its glories shall fill all the books and pamphlets of the world. | DAS.1913-02-20 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2237 | 110 | Persian | عزمی دده رئیس طائفهٴ مولویه در اسلامبول از علماء بود و خدیو اسمعیل پاشا | Azmi Dede, who was among the divines and served as chief of the Mevlevi Order in Istanbul, and the Khedive Isma'il Pasha [3.5s] | ASAT3.237-238 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2236 | Words spoken on 1914-07-19 in Haifa | 110 | You are the angels of the kingdom of Abha; guide the people. You are the rays | DAS.1914-07-19, SW_v07#04 p.027 | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Call to action; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2235 | Words to people invited for lunch, spoken on 1912-09-02 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | شکر نعمآء الهیه هنگام سختی و زحمت لازم زیرا در بحبوبهٴ نعمت هر نفسی میتواند شاکر باشد حکایتیست که سلطان محمود خربزه ئی را برید | To be grateful for the blessings of God in time of want and trouble is necessary | BDA1.222.04 | MHMD1.238, STAB#019 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2234 | Words spoken on 1915-07-23 in Haifa | 110 | Persian | سیاسیون عالم برآنند که چیزی که سبب ترقیات مادی و عقلی است حرب است. ولی خودشان عربان بادیه را حقیر | The politicians of the world maintain that war is the cause of material and intellectual progress [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-23 | War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2233 | Words spoken on 1912-10-17 in San Francisco | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | دو جواب دارد یکی جواب فلسفی و یکی ملکوتی جواب فلسفی آسان است چه که | This question may be answered in two ways, philosophically as well as spiritually. ...in philosophy the spirit is energy | BDA1.317.06 | MHMD1.335 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2232 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 110 | Persian | در پاریس چنانچه باید و شاید امر الله علو ننموده است و آتش محبت الله در نگرفته البته در این حکمتی است | The Faith of God has not penetrated Paris and the fire of the love of God has not enkindled her people to the depth it should.... Sometimes, a translation is better than the original. A translator must fully comprehend the meaning [and the context] of the words. | KHH1.056-057 (1.079-080) | KHHE.097-098 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Language and the structure of reality; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2231 | Words spoken on 1915-04-09 in Abu Sinan | 110 | Persian | حضرت مسیح بیشتر اوقات در سواحل بحیره طبریا بودند لکن هیچ از نفحات قدس | His Holiness Christ spent most of His time on the shores of Lake Tiberius, but, alas, none of His sacred fragrances have remained. | KHH1.208-209 (1.292) | KHHE.305-306 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2230 | Words spoken on 1913-03-27 in Paris | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | حضرت رسول ص سیزده سال در مکه بودند و همیشه مبتلای زجر و زحمت معاندین ایشانرا | For thirteen years, the Apostle of God (may the blessings of God be upon Him) was in Mecca, where He was subjected constantly to persecution | BDA2.203-204 | MHMD2.260-261 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2229 | Words spoken on 1912-12-24 in London | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | حرارت در جمیع اشیا موجود است اما قوه ای لازم که آن را ظاهر کند همچنین در عالم دیانت | The property of heat exists in all things, but a power is needed for that heat to be made manifest. In the realm of religion, it is the power of Baha'u'llah that causes the heat of the love of God | BDA2.041 | MHMD2.047-048 | Heat and motion; John the Baptist; Power of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2228 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | چنانچه در عالم جسمانی فصول اربعه هست در عالم روحانی نیز چنین است که چون بهار الهی منتهی و فیض رحمانی منقطع شود | As there are four seasons in this material world, so it is in the spiritual world. When the divine spring is over and the heavenly bounty ceases | BDA1.285.15 | MHMD1.303 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2227 | Words spoken at Windsor Hotel in Montreal, 1912-09-07 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | چنانچه در عالم جسمانی فصول اربعه هست در عالم دیانت هم بهار الهی و ربیع روحانی است | As in the physical world there are four seasons, so in the realm of religion there is the season of heavenly and spiritual springtime. | BDA1.231.08 | SW_v19#12 p.381, MHMD1.248 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2226 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-05-01 | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | جمیع اهل غرب غرق ظلمات طبیعتند انوار الهیه غروب نموده هر چند در جسمانیات بمنتهی درجهٴ | The darkness of materialism has enveloped Europe. Natural civilization has advanced tremendously and progress is magical and by leaps and bounds | BDA2.277 | DAS.1913-05-01, MHMD2.363 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2225 | Words spoken en route in Abu Sinan, 1914-11-01 | 110 | Persian | جمال مبارک سه مرتبه به یرکه تشریف آوردند دفعه اول من تا نزدیکهای ابوسنان پیاده | The Blessed Beauty journeyed to the village of Yirkih three times. On the first visit, I walked at the side | KHH1.131-132 (1.181-182) | KHHE.197, DAS.1914-11-01, BSR_v13 p.082 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2224 | Words spoken on 1913-02-02 in Paris | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | جمال مبارک در مناجاتی میفرماید که خدایا هر چشمی در خواب است و جمیع نفوس | In one of His prayers, the Blessed Beauty states: 'O God! Every eye is asleep, and all are reposing on the bed of ease…' | BDA2.119 | MHMD2.148 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2223 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 110 | Persian | جمال مبارک این گونه حرکات را نهی فرمودند ما خلق جدیدیم عادت قدیمه | The Blessed Beauty hath forbidden such practices. We are a new creation; [we have] ancient customs [3.5s] | KHH2.261-262 | Religious rituals minimized or eliminated; Stories; anecdotes; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2222 | Words spoken on 1916-07-02 | 110 | Persian | Family Life | تاسیس عائله خیلی مهم است تا انسان جوانست از غرور جوانی ملتفت نمیشود ولی چون پیر شد | It is highly important for man to raise a family. So long as he is young, because of youthful self-complacency | COMP_FAMP#09x, BRL_SWOP#023, GHA.161 | BRL_FAM#09x, BRL_SWO#023, COC#0860x, LOG#0733x | Education of children; moral education; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Parents and children; youth; families | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2221 | Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-05-06 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | پیام من وحدت عالم انسانی است و صلح عمومی و تطبیق مسائل دنیه با علوم صحیحه تساوی حقوق | My message is the oneness of humanity and universal peace; the harmony of true science and religion | BDA1.073.13 | SW_v19#05 p.140, MHMD1.082 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2220 | Words to a Baha'í from Holland, spoken on 1913-02-10 | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بناپارت در عالم ملک یکی از نفوس عظیمه بود ولی فتوحاتش محدود بود منتهی شد | [Napoleon] Bonaparte was a powerful person in this earthly dominion. His conquests, however, were limited. | BDA2.129 | DAS.1913-02-10, MHMD2.160-161 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2219 | Words spoken on 1915-09-21 in Haifa | 110 | Persian | بفرمایش حضرت روح که می فرماید "الجسد یحزن والروح یستبشر منهم " جسمم خسته شده است از این سفر | In accordance with the utterance of His Holiness the Spirit Who declareth: "The body grieveth while the spirit rejoiceth in them" - My body hath grown weary from this journey [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-21 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2218 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 110 | Persian | بدانید و مطمئن باشید که آنچه واقع می شود باعث اعلای امر الله است وقتی حضرت اعلی شهید | You, dear ones, must remember that whatever happens is for the progress of the Cause of God. | KNR.043 | KNRE.053 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Martyrdom of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2217 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-20 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بجهت این بلاد مبلغ منجذب منقطع و عالم بسیار واجب است مثل بعضی از مبلغین جانفشان ایران | In this country it is essential to have teachers who are attracted, wholly severed and learned like some of the self-sacrificing Persian teachers. | BDA1.259.05 | MHMD1.277 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2216 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-19 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | باز اهل غرب چون ثروت و مالشان زیاد می شود آثار عتیقه جمع می کنند که خدمتی بعالم صنایع نمایند | When people of the West become wealthy, they begin to collect antique objects in order to render a service to the world of art. But when Persians become wealthy | BDA1.256.08 | MHMD1.274 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Critique of Western values; culture; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2215 | Words to some first-time visitors, spoken on 1912-06-26 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | آنچه را شما در زمین باز نمائید در آسمان گشوده خواهد شد لکن مسیحیان معنی ان را نفهمیدند و گمان کردند مقصد رفع گناهان خلق بواسطهٴ رؤسای مسیحیه است | Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven'. The Christians have not understood its meaning. | BDA1.135.05 | MHMD1.145 | Christian doctrine and practice; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Idolatry; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2214 | Words spoken on 1912-12-13 in Liverpool | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اینها محل اعتماد نیستند و ابداً اهمیت ندارند در این سفر امریکا نفوسی اظهار خضوع | One should not place one's trust in such people. What he [Edward Browne] has said is of no importance to me whatsoever | BDA2.021 | MHMD2.024 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2213 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 110 | Persian | این کوه مقدس خدا منتهای آرزوی انبیاء است و مطاف ملاء اعلی | Attaining unto this Mountain was the ultimate desire of the Prophets… After two thousand years of wandering, the Jewish people will return to the Holy Land and embrace the Cause of God | KHH1.061 (1.085) | KHHE.104 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Predictions and prophecies; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2212 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 110 | Persian | این درخت را که میبینید اگر بخود نگاه کند ابدا از خود امیدی ندارد و مایوس است | Consider this tree: If it only focuses on its own merits, then it will have no hope, and will be deprived. However, if its hope is on the billowing waves of the sea of nature | KHH1.042 (1.059-060) | KHHE.077 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2211 | Words to Habib Mu'ayyad around Dec. 1907 | 110 | Persian | این اراضی مقدسه است تمامش باثر اقدام انبیای الهی متبرک و مشرف شده هر وجبش مقدس است | All of this land is Holy Land, and it bears traces of the footsteps of the Divine Prophets. Therefore, every grain of it is sacred and sanctified. | KHH1.015 (1.021) | KHHE.033 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2210 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-04 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ای بهآءالله بقربانت ای بهآءاللة بفدایت حرفی زده ئی که منکر ندارد چه امر عظیمی تأسیس فرموده ئی | O Baha'u'llah! May I be a sacrifice for Thee. O Baha'u'llah! May my life be offered up for Thee. | BDA1.227.04 | MHMD1.243 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Miracles and their interpretation; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2209 | Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-26 | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اهالی سویس مردمان با استعدادی هستند اگر این امر را در آنجا منتشر شود | The Swiss are a receptive people. Should this Cause be spread in that land, blessed souls would be raised up as a result | BDA2.263 | MHMD2.343-344 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2208 | Words to Mr W.W. Harmon, spoken on 1912-07-27 | 110 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | از شهدای این امر یکی در وقت شهادت گفت که حضرت مسیح فرمود که جسد از شهادت خائف است اما | One of the martyrs of this Cause, at the time of his martyrdom... What a blessing God bestowed upon the Persians but they could not appreciate it! | BDA1.168.13 | MHMD1.183-184 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2207 | Words spoken on 1914-06-17 in Haifa | 110 | The friends in Meelan were self-sacrificing from the beginning of the Cause. They have always endured calamities and hardships.... We are continually working hard, writing and writing.... Endeavor ye night and day that the banner of the Covenant may wave as it should | SW_v09#10 p.117-118x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2206 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 110 | Persian | احبا هر روز در انتظار نامه جدیدی هستند که از من به آنها برسد و پس از وصول بخوانند و در جعبه های خود بگذارند | The beloved ones await, day after day, a fresh epistle that shall reach them from Me, that they may peruse it upon its arrival and place it within their treasured boxes [3.5s] | KHMT.072 | Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2205 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 120 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | ...a very great importance was given to Science and knowledge in the writings of Baha'u'llah, who wrote that | AIL.071 | Genuine love and affection in teaching the Cause; High station of the arts and sciences; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Words vs deeds; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2204 | Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in Paris | 120 | Faithfulness is a good attribute. There is nothing better than faithfulness. Although the faithfulness of the dog is natural | DAS.1913-01-22 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Free will and predestination; fate; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2203 | Words to three hotel maids, spoken on 1912-10-26 | 120 | You are very welcome. Read them and ponder over them carefully, for if you are fully informed of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh then you will witness that the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh are the cause of the illumination of the world. | ECN.901 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2202 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 120 | No, for the word generation has a different meaning in different places. Christ referred to the Christ Dispensation, or cycle | LOG#1717x, DLA.045-046, BLO_PN#026 | Chastisement and requital; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Justice and wrath of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2201 | Words spoken at Sacy home in Paris, 1911-10-29 | 120 | I am from a far away country and here in Paris, at your table, I find in union, love and happiness, Persians, Arabs, Turks and French | SW_v02#14 p.015 | Oneness; unity of religion; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2200 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 120 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | The bounty and power of God is limitless for each human soul. Consider what was the quickening power | AIL.088 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Fulfillment of true potential; Mary Magdalene; Power of the Manifestation of God; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2199 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken in March 1901 | 120 | We must be guided entirely by the intelligence and development of the child, as to how | SW_v07#15 p.142-143, SW_v09#08 p.090, PN_1901 p006, NRMM.212-213 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2198 | Words to Mr. Lorge, London, 1912-12-20 | 120 | Yes, it is possible. Often people speak together without the mediary of the tongue. There are two methods of intercourse | DAS.1912-12-20, SW_v14#07 p.209-210, SW_v03#19 p.006 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2197 | Words spoken on 1913-10-25 in Ramleh | 120 | This power is not verbal. It must be actual, demonstrative, dynamic. This power has gone out of the body of Islam. | DAS.1913-10-25, SW_v08#08 p.102 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise of Western values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2196 | Words spoken on 1914-07-20 | 120 | That soul is alone who is negligent of God. But if he knows God, although he may live in an interminable desert | DAS.1914-07-20, SW_v08#18 p.236 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2195 | Words to editors of Star of the West, spoken on 1912-05-01 | 120 | Your services are acceptable. You have labored much. These labors are productive | SW_v08#14 p.193 | Compassion; kindness; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Newspapers and the media; publications; Non-participation in politics; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2194 | 120 | O God, O God, I glorify Thee, O my Lord, my hope, my beloved and the object of my life. Verily thou knowest my humility | ADP.046-047 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2193 | Words spoken at Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh, 1912-05-07 | 120 | The friends here are anxious to know if I like these rooms! They do not know what we had to go through in the past. Imagine the conditions | SW_v19#05 p.140-141 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2192 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken on 1901-09-05 | 120 | We should remember these meetings when we return to our homes. When we go to Paris | SW_v07#17 p.172, PN_1901 p024, PN_1907 p075 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2191 | Words spoken on 1913-10-23 in Ramleh | 120 | Once there was a man who had a negro servant. His name was Kafour. Having decided to make a journey | DAS.1913-10-23, SW_v09#18 p.209-210, STAB#008 | Humor; jokes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2190 | Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-18 | 120 | If he is God, whatever he does is right. If he is false, whatever he does is also false - even though he may not marry. | PN_1919 p039 | Christian doctrine and practice; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2189 | Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-04 | 120 | You are most welcome. I have been sick for the last few days but I am always pleased to meet the friends. I beg from the favors of God to illumine each one | DAS.1913-03-04 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2188 | Words spoken on 1900-11-29 | 120 | There are two kinds of punishment - punishment of love and displeasure. The king punishes his own children because of His love | PN_1900_heh p004 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2187 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 120 | The material men of this world are like poison to the spiritual. They are the calamities and inconveniences which a man meets in the worldly life…. The people of God have no dependence upon the conditions of this world; they neither become embittered with the bitterness of the cup | BSC.501 #964x, PN_unsorted p146, PN_1900 p062x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2186 | Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh | 120 | "Mirror" is the whole body, the brain in particular. Body has many elements in its composition | SW_v14#02 p.037, PN_1911 p003 | Differences in human capacity; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2185 | Words to Mirza Fazlollah Khan, spoken on 1915-02-10 | 120 | The confirmations of God are with those sanctified teachers who are calling mankind to the Cause of the Blessed Beauty. Through teaching the hidden forces of the hearts and the minds are unfolded. | DAS.1915-02-10 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2184 | Closing prayer of weekly meeting, spoken on 1913-02-14 | 120 | I beg of Thee, O my God! My Lord! My Hope! And my utmost Desire! Verily Thou knowest my humility, my contrition, my poverty, my indigence, my agitation | DAS.1913-02-14 | Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2182 | Words to the Kinney party in 1909(?) | 120 | The Blessed Perfection came for the purpose of uniting the hearts that He might link them together. For this purpose you must prove the means of unity | PN_1909 p002, BSTW#340 | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2181 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-21 | 120 | It is now demonstrated that all their existent powers have contributed something toward the realization of this world war | DAS.1915-05-21 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2180 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-06 | 120 | One of the most necessary and at the same time difficult things in this Cause is amicable association with the outsiders. Only through the constant widening of the circle of one's acquaintances and friends the Truth will be made known | DAS.1915-05-06 | Being a source of light; guidance; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2179 | Words spoken on 1914-06-01 in Tiberias | 120 | No matter how small a room is, and how simply it is furnished, when a candle is ignited therein... The heart must of necessity be spiritual. A tree must be fruitful; it may be very tall, very verdant | DAS.1914-06-01, SW_v07#16 p.151x | Bringing forth results; fruit; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2178 | Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-16 | 120 | other/unknown lang | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | آن نفوس بر چند قسمند اشخاصی هستند آلودگی آنها بدرجه ای است که شر با آنها غیر مفید | There are various grades of evil habits. There are certain souls whose moral lives are petrified and immersed in a sea of sensuality. | BDA2.303 | DAS.1913-05-17, MHMD2.401 | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2177 | Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-04 | 120 | I hope that each one of you may become a divine farmer and each one may cultivate a large blessed farm. The real Bahá'í farming is through deeds. | DAS.1913-04-04 | Being a source of light; guidance; Bringing forth results; fruit; Goodly deeds; actions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2176 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken around 1904-02-06 | 120 | All teaching and knowledge are enclosed in the soul of man, because his soul encompasses everything. To study means to try to bring them to light. | PN_1904 p004, PN_1904 p036, TTAW.006, BLO_PN#102 | Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge of self; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2175 | Words spoken on 1914-06-05 in Tiberias | 120 | Man, as an individual unit of human society must not base his deeds according to the law of retaliation. | DAS.1914-06-05, SW_v07#18 p.187x | Civil courts; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2174 | Public address given on 1913-04-12 | 120 | O Thou compassionate Lord! Illumine these hearts with the light of the Most Great Guidance! Confer life upon these spirits through thy divine glad tidings! | BBBD.206, DAS.1913-04-12 | Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2173 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 120 | There is a spiritual language and that is one language. It is a language by which the hearts speak to one another. | PN_1901 p022 | Love of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2172 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 120 | From this time, for the sake of the Blessed Perfection, you will endure many hardships; you will be persecuted severely; people will say bad things about you | PN_1901 p022 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2171 | Words to Mrs A. Burks, spoken on 1914-04-14 | 120 | The book of Ighan revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad and translated in America is one of the most fundamental Bahá'í works. Then the Hidden Words, likewise Tajalliyat, Ishraqat, Tarazat, etc, also the books of Mirza Abdu'l-Fadl. | DAS.1914-04-14 | Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Study; deepening | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2170 | Words to Ethel Rosenberg, spoken on 1904-04-30 | 120 | this was not rightly expressed. It is not meant that after physical death those who are dead spiritually will cease to exist... We need not understand in their literal sense the descriptions of hell fire | PN_1904 p026 | Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2169 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-13 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | وقتی و لو هزار دولار موجود باشد می بخشم اما وقت دیگر یک دولار هم صرف نمیکنیم اینها محض نظم و ترتیب امور است | Sometimes I give away as much as $1,000, if I have it, but at another time I do not spend even a single dollar. This is so that affairs are regulated. | BDA1.242.15 | MHMD1.259-260 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2168 | Words spoken on 1913-05-03 in Paris | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | هر امر عظیمی را مرکزی است که دارای قوهٴ نافذه و قدرت غالبه است و سائرین نسبت بآن مرکز عظیم | Every great undertaking has a focal point which possesses a penetrating power and subduing might… If outward perfections and physical well-being are the fruits of the world of humanity, then any flock of birds or hive of bees | BDA2.282 | MHMD2.372 | Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2167 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 120 | Persian | من خیلی جاها را دیده ام هیچ جا صافی هوا و صفای مقام اعلی را ندارد | I have seen many places, but none has the vivifying air and the beauty of the Shrine of the Bab. Ere long this mountain will be developed. | KHH1.057-058 (1.081) | KHHE.099-100, COB.225-226 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2166 | Words spoken on 1913-02-25 in Paris | 430 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من بايد و ذکر آن نفوس مبارکه خوشنود... وقتی در مجلس معتمد از حضرت نقطه | In the meeting of Mu'tamid, the Bab was asked whether the Qur'an was an authority and a proof for those who were present… I strove to the utmost so that Mirza 'Ali-Asghar Khan | BDA2.158 | MHMD2.198-199, STAB#117x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Justice and wrath of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2165 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-27 | 120 | Persian | محبت دو نوع است یکی محبتی است عن علیه و یک محبتی بلا علیه مثلا این مردم بسیار | There are two kinds of love. The first love is based on a motive; the second love is motiveless. People, as a general rule love each other, show kindness towards each other but such manifestations of kindliness are based upon ulterior motives | KHH1.260 (1.363) | KHHE.380, DAS.1914-11-27 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2164 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-27 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | فی الحقیقه این آیات دلیل جلیل بر غنا و بزرگواری و عظمت رسول الله که با آن غلبه و قدرت بخطاب ما کنت تدری ما الکتاب و لا الایمان | In reality these verses [of the Qur'an] are the most convincing proof of the all-sufficing greatness and nobility of the Prophet of God, Who, triumphant and powerful, yet sets forth God's address to Him with the words: 'Thou didst not understand, ere this | BDA1.136.17 | MHMD1.147-148 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2163 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-19 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | ضعف مزاج وکثرت اشتغال مانع است و الا ممکن بود نفوسی خارق العاده در میان این احباء مبعوث شوند | My weakened condition and excessive work hamper me, otherwise many extraordinary souls would have arisen among these friends. | BDA1.159.12 | SW_v19#11 p.348, MHMD1.173-174 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2162 | Words spoken on 1915-07-01 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | ضعف جسم باندک اسبابی زائل می شود. چند روزی در هوای خوب و غذای خوب زائل می شود، لکن ضعف روح مشکل است | Physical weakness is banished by modest means. It vanisheth after a few days through wholesome air and nourishing food, but the weakness of the spirit is a matter most difficult [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-01 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2161 | Words spoken on 1913-02-07 in Paris | 30 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | شخص عامل و قوهٴ فاعله لازمست و امروز تأئید و مدد الهی واجب والا قول و گفتگو | A person of action and an active force are needed, and in this day the confirmations and assistance of God are likewise essential | BDA2.125 | MHMD2.156 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2160 | 120 | Persian | روزی جمال قدم قصد کردند که در برج عکا مشی نمایند مردم از هر طرف مجتمع | One day the Ancient Beauty resolved to walk upon the ramparts of Akka, whereupon the people gathered from every direction [3.5s] | YIK.303-304, ZIAB1.159 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2159 | Words spoken on 1913-05-07 in Paris | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | دیشب من خیلی میل داشتم بمجلس بیایم افسوس که نتوانستم الحمد لله شما گل پاریس | I very much wished to attend the gathering last night, but alas, I was unable to do this | BDA2.289 | MHMD2.381 | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2158 | Words spoken on 1913-04-13 in Budapest | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | دیشب شرح حیات حضرت بهآءالله را برای شما گفتم آن را درست یاد نمائید حالا در اروپا | Last night, I spoke to you of the life of Baha'u'llah; remember it well. This Cause is just beginning to dawn in Europe | BDA2.235-236 | MHMD2.304-305 | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Growth of the Cause; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2157 | Words spoken on 1915-08-07 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | دیشب خوابم نبرد. در غلام گردش نشسته بودم فکر می کردم. می دیدم که خدا چه موهبتی در حق ما کرده | Sleep did not visit me last night. I sat in contemplation within the garden's enclosure, reflecting upon how God had bestowed such bountiful favor upon us [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-07 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2156 | Words spoken on 1914-06-15 in Tiberias | 120 | In the religion of God constitutional government is a religious and binding principle. Every nation must diligently walk in this path and form a government of justice and fairness | DAS.1914-06-15, SW_v09#10 p.116 | Chastisement and requital; Parliaments; constitutional government; Past, present and future of Iran; Relationship between government and people; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2155 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 120 | Persian | در حیز ملکوت مقامی ندارند ولکن بالنسبه بخلق معلوم است آنها از دیگران | In the realm of the Kingdom they possess no station, yet in relation to creation it is known that they differ from others [3.5s] | KHH2.277-278 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2154 | Words spoken on 1913-03-21 in Paris | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در چنین روزی در ازمنهٴ سابقه ایرانیان جشن عظیم داشتند ولی این زمان پریشانند | In former times, the Persians held grand celebrations on such a day as this… Most of the people are unaware of this Cause | BDA2.192 | MHMD2.244-245 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2153 | Words spoken on 1912-12-24 in London | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | خداوند راعی حقیقی را ظاهر فرمود تا جمیع اغنام را جمع فرماید و آن شبان مهربان | God made manifest the True Shepherd to gather together all His flocks, and that kind Shepherd was Baha'u'llah | BDA2.038 | MHMD2.045 | Manifestation of God as divine physician; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2152 | Words spoken on 1912-06-23 in New York | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | حضرت مسیح را می فرمودند که هر کس میخواهد با من بیاید باید صلیب خود را بدوش خویش بردارد | His Holiness Christ said, 'he that desireth to follow Me, must bear his own cross.' | BDA1.131.16 | MHMD1.141-142, FDA.034, DJT.319-321, BKOG.098x, BLO_PN#027, STAB#037 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2151 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | چقدر خوب بود که یک مشرق الاذکار و یک مدرسه جهانی در این کوه تأسیس می شد. مردم نمی دانند که مدرسه بهائی | How excellent would it be that a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár and a universal school should be established upon this mountain! The people know not that the Bahá'í school [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2150 | Words to the Persian friends, spoken on 1912-04-01 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | جمال مبارک ریشهٴ اوهام را کسند ایادی امر در اینظهور باسم و لقب و ارث نیستند | The Blessed Perfection has extirpated superstitions, root and branch. The Hands of the Cause in this dispensation are not heirs to any name or title; rather, they are sanctified souls | BDA1.019.06 | LOG#1079x, DAS.1913-07-19, MHMD1.026, ABIE.087, BLO_PN#007 | Hands of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Priestcraft; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2149 | Words spoken on 1913-10-02 in Ramleh | 120 | His [al-Afghani's] admirers have written to me that the traces of his tomb are almost effaced, owing to neglect. | DAS.1913-10-02 | Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2148 | Words to Mrs Smith, spoken on 1912-06-19 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تو یاید همیشه مسرور باشی و با اهل انبساط و سرور محشور و با خلاق رحمانی متخلق | You must always be happy. You must associate with joyous and happy people | BDA1.129.11 | SW_v19#08 p.254, MHMD1.139, VLAB.112x, STAB#038 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2147 | Words spoken on 1913-01-20 in London | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | تحیت و مهربانی مرا باحبای هونولولو برسانید و بگوید من همیشه بیاد آنها هستم و در حق ایشان | Convey my greetings and kindest sentiments to the Baha'is of Honolulu, and inform them that they are ever in my thoughts | YHA2.779, BDA2.095-096 | MHMD2.116 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2146 | Words spoken on 1915-10-23 in Bahji | 120 | Persian | تاریخ درستی در اسلام نوشته نشد. بهترین تاریخ آن ابی الفدا است، هر چند مختصر است. مقصد از تاریخ آن است | Verily, no true history hath been penned in Islam. The most excellent among its chronicles is that of Abu'l-Fida, though it be but brief. Know thou that the purpose of history is [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-23 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Muhammad; Islam; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2145 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1912-04-06 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بیائید اینمسئلهٴ مهم را بذهن بسپارید شخصی از طهران نوشته که مشیت کلیه همیشه بر عرش ظهور مستویست یعنی همیشه | Come here and consider this important question. A person from Tihran has written that the Universal Will is always manifest | BDA1.023.06 | MHMD1.031 | False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2144 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-14 | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بلی در آیات بدیعه نازل که کار و شغل حکم عبادت دارد ولی این دلیل بر آن نیست که عبادات و اذکار | Religion without prayer is no religion; but in this Movement work and worship must go hand in hand; one must inspire the other. | BDA2.181 | DAS.1913-03-14, MHMD2.230 | Contention and conflict; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Importance of prayer; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2143 | Answer to questions, Dublin, 1912-08-10 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بلی اصول ادیان یکی است و شمس حقیقت واحد ولکن در هر یومی از مطلعی نمودار پس بهآئیان معتقد باصول ادیان و متوجه شمس حقیقتند | The basic principles of all religions are the same and the Sun of Truth is one, yet every day it appears from a different dawning point. | BDA1.186.07 | MHMD1.202 | Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2142 | Words spoken on 1912-12-22 in London | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | بعد از شهادت حضرت مسیح از جمله خدماتش این بود که بواسطه ای با امپراطور رومان ملاقات نمود | Following the martyrdom of Jesus Christ, among the services Mary Magdalene rendered was that, by some means or other, she secured a meeting with the emperor of Rome | BDA2.037 | MHMD2.043, STAB#061 | Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2141 | Words to a writer of a Beirut daily, spoken on 1914-03-16 | 120 | The editor of a newspaper or a magazine must ever take the side of Truth. Every fact before its publication must be thoroughly investigated. | DAS.1914-03-16 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Newspapers and the media; publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2140 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-11 | 120 | Persian | اینها قبل از موسی بودند از عرب بائده هستند یعنی که خبر شان منقطع شده است | There were [certain tribes] prior to the time of Moses who numbered among the Arab clans that are no more, that is, no sign of them has remained. | KHH1.265 (1.371) | KHHE.388 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Justice and wrath of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2139 | Words spoken on 1915-11-02 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | اینها برای اینست که معلوم شود که جز به ایمان و ایقان ممکن نیست تمدن حاصل شود. ممکن نیست از برای انسان | These things are revealed that it may become evident that civilization cannot be achieved save through faith and certitude. It is not possible for man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-02 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2138 | Public address given on 1912-10-05 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این ممالک در مادیات کمال ترقی حاصل نموده مانند هیکلی است که در نهایت صباحت و ملاحت است | These countries have reached the apex of material progress. They are like bodies in the utmost health... The people of America have a great capacity for the acquisition of spiritual qualities but they are immersed in material affairs | BDA1.288.11 | MHMD1.306 | Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2137 | Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-04 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این مدنیت مادی بمنزلهٴ زجاجی است بسیار شفاف و لطیف تا مدنیت الهیه مانند سراجی است | Their material civilization resembles a glass of the utmost transparency and purity but divine civilization is like a shining lamp.... Provided they behave moderately, the more people advance | BDA1.114.14 | SW_v19#06 p.184, MHMD1.122 | Harmony of science and religion; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2136 | Words spoken on 1914-06-15 in Tiberias | 120 | The Cause appeared in Persia. The blood of so many martyrs was shed in Persia that, unquestionably, signs will appear. | DAS.1914-06-14, SW_v09#10 p.116 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2135 | Words spoken on 1912-12-29 in London | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | این اختلاف بر دو قسم است قسمی اختلاف اصلی و خلقی است و آن مانع ظهور اتحاد و الفت عمومی نیست | This diversity is of two kinds. The first kind of diversity involves innate and temperamental differences, which do not preclude the establishment of unviersal concord | BDA2.048 | MHMD2.058 | Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Education of children; moral education; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2134 | Words spoken on 1913-04-10 in Budapest | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ایرانیان و ترکان اگر با هم مخالفت نمینمودند تا حال جمیع این ممالک در تحت اقتدار | Had the Persians and the Ottomans not opposed one another, all these nations would now be under their control. Yet they fell into such grievous heedlessness | BDA2.229 | MHMD2.295-296 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2133 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-06 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اوائل صعود مبارک من چنین نوشتم که سوف تری رایة المیثاق تحقق علی الآفاق و همچنین شرق منور نما غرب معطر نما | Soon after the ascension of the Blessed Beauty I wrote: Erelong ye shall see the banner of the Covenant Hoisted over the world.... Outwardly the holy Manifestations of God were completely humiliated and despised. | BDA1.357.04 | MHMD1.375-376 | East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2132 | Words spoken on 1915-08-19 in Haifa | 120 | Persian | انشاء الله می شوند، لیس علی الله بعزیز. آنکه به میرزا ابوالفضل داد، [به] اینها هم می دهد. میرزا ابوالفضل لسان اجنبی نمی دانست، اینها می دانند | God willing, this shall come to pass, for naught is difficult for God. He Who bestowed this gift upon Mirza Abu'l-Fadl shall likewise bestow it upon these souls. Though Mirza Abu'l-Fadl knew not foreign tongues, these do possess such knowledge [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-19 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Effort; striving; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2131 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-24 | 120 | When a person desires to destroy his house to build a new one on its site, first of all he must make the plan ready, then the bricks | DAS.1913-02-24 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2130 | Words spoken on 1913-03-10 in Paris | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | امروز قدری احوالم بهتر است چند روز بود که با شما در نهایت اختصار گفتگو میکردم | I am feeling a bit better today. For the past few days, I have had to keep my discussions with you all very brief, as it was difficult for me to converse | BDA2.177 | MHMD2.224-225 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2129 | Words spoken on 1913-03-09 in Paris | 120 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | البته وقتی میآید و نزدیک است که ملل عالم بفریاد آیند و مصارف باهظهٴ حرب را تحمل نتوانند | [He remarked that] it would certainly come to pass, and that it will be close at hand when the peoples of the world have been provoked to cry out | BDA2.176 | MHMD2.223 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Predictions and prophecies; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2128 | Words to black Baha'is and others, spoken on 1912-09-13 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اگر انسانی صورت و مثال رحمانی داشته باشد سیاه یا سفید نزد خدا مقرب است بعضی بمن اعتراض نموده اند | If a man has spiritual characteristics, be he white or black, he is near to God. Some have protested to me, asking why I seek to cultivate love between the whites and the blacks. | BDA1.243.17 | MHMD1.261 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Kindness to and rights of animals; Race unity; racial issues; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2127 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-01 | 120 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اعمال خیریه چون ممدوحیت پیدا کرده لذا نفوس محض شهرت و جلب منفعت خود و تحسین خلق عمل خیر می کنند | As charitable works become praiseworthy, people often perform them merely for the sake of fame and to gain benefit for themselves | BDA1.174.02 | MHMD1.189 | Goodly deeds; actions; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2126 | Words spoken on 1913-10-27 in Ramleh | 120 | My spiritual health is always perfect. I enjoy an eternal health of the spirit. I hope | DAS.1913-10-27, SW_v08#18 p.230-231 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2125 | 130 | [At some period of history, there was a rivalry beween Greek and Japanese artists.] This competition became so keen that an opportunity was given to these artists to compare their skill. | SW_v02#04 p.004, STAB#142 | Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2124 | Words to Genevieve Coy spoken in Sept. 1920 | 130 | Mr. Vail is a good man… Some people are ready for education. They are like the fertile ground.... | SW_v12#11 p.182-183, BLO_PN#111 | Differences in human capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2123 | Words to Frank Carroll Giffen, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 130 | There is no doubt that music has therapeutic effect over the body. The ancient physicians healed many sicknesses through music. | ECN.824+1001 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Music and singing; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2122 | Words to Mr. McCarthy, spoken on 1912-10-06 | 130 | When love obtains a man can travel one hundred thousand miles without fatigue and enjoy it. Love renders the bitter sweet. | ECN.484+711+816 | Miracles and their interpretation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2121 | Words to Mr. McCarthy, spoken on 1912-10-06 | 130 | These letters are symbols predicting future events. If you add these letters, each representing a number, without repeating any one of them, the sum total will be the year of the appearance of his holiness the Báb | ECN.425+709+816 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2120 | Words spoken at Theosophical Society in San Francisco, 1912-10-11 | 130 | Human spirits are manifested in physical molds or bodies. One spirit may be imperfect; that is to say, it may be imbued with qualities | ECN.323+798 | Chastisement and requital; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2119 | 130 | As to your art, it is one of the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh that art is identical with an act of worship... Say, 'I have two arts, one physical, the other spiritual. | SW_v14#06 p.177 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Goodly deeds; actions; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Material and spiritual existence; two books; The concourse on high; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2118 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1913-12-11 | 130 | My work is done. The tree of my life has yielded its fruits. I have set a fire in the world | DAS.1913-12-11, SW_v05#01 p.010 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2117 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | superstitions were of two kinds; those that were harmful and dangerous, and those that were harmless and produced certain good effects | AIL.073 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2116 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 130 | It belongs to the lesson of yesterday. Events like these happen because of the connection between the parts of the universe, for every small part has connection | DLA.021-022, BLO_PN#026 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2115 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Compare the present time and the feeling towards the coloured people now, with the state of feeling two or three hundred years ago | AIL.068 | Race unity; racial issues; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2114 | Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 | 130 | Als Zorn Gottes wird irrtümlicherweise die Logik, die Konsequenz, kurz, die Gerechtigkeit Gottes genannt | SDW v14#01 p.007-008 | God as personal vs. impersonal reality; Justice and wrath of God; Law of cause and effect | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2113 | 130 | I have the greatest desire to speak with you, but if I do not talk with my tongue I commune with my heart and my soul is with you. Without the medium of words | ADP.119-120 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2112 | 130 | I desire for you distinction. The Bahais must be distinguished from others of humanity. But this distinction must not | SW_v13#05 p.117 | Excellence; distinction; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2111 | Words spoken on 1914-05-17 in Tiberias | 130 | Praise be to God that you have come into this desert and exalted the name of God | DAS.1914-05-17, SW_v08#02 p.021 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Development of capacity and readiness; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2110 | Words spoken on 1911-11-26 in Paris | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Good news! Good news! The doors of the Kingdom of God are open!... Be Happy! Be Happy! Be full of Joy! | AIL.126, SW_v16#05 p.524, VLAB.113x | J. Lenz | Call to action; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Love of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2109 | Words to a young believer, spoken on 1914-03-10 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Were it not for the favors of the Blessed Perfection, no one would have given us any importance. There are some who become proud and haughty... Meekness and humility are the hallmarks of faith.... There are no officers in this Cause... The foundation of this Cause is pure, spiritual democracy and not a theocracy. | DAS.1914-03-10, BSC.449 #820, SW_v08#09 p.116x, PN_various p009, BSTW#096 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2108 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Yes, and yet not in Essence. A Divine Manifestation is as a mirror reflecting the light of the Sun. | AIL.066 | Differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2107 | Words to Mr and Mrs Kinney et al around Aug. 1909 | 130 | The more one falls into difficulties the more he finds help so that he will find those difficulties very easy tasks. | PN_1909C p120 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2106 | 130 | I have been asked a question: "How can we know when our actions meet with the approval of God?" Sometimes passion incites us to action | ADP.103-103 | Harmony of science and religion; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2105 | Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900 | 130 | The Manifestation (Baha'o'llah) had all the qualities of the sun of Truth manifested | SW_v09#01 p.006 | Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2104 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-12-20 | 130 | All the people are sacrificing their lives for the sake of the worthless (valueless) earth. | DAS.1914-12-20, SW_v13#10 p.269 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrs and martyrdom; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity of governments; political unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2102 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Luxuries cut off the freedom of communication. One who is imprisoned by desires is always unhappy | AIL.087-088 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Free will and predestination; fate; Power of the mind over nature; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2101 | Words spoken on 1912-09-06 in Montreal | 130 | Man has set up imaginary lines, only to have these become causes of strife. A river is made a boundary, one side called France and the other Germany | SW_v13#11 p.292 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2100 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 130 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The station of the Prophets is as a lighted lamp; all the Prophets offered themselves as lamps. | BSC.500 #962, PN_1900 p060, PN_unsorted p147 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2099 | Words spoken on 1913-08-08 in Ramleh | 130 | When we left Bagdad, a Darvish came to me and begged to be a member of the party. I told him the trip would be most difficult. | DAS.1913-08-08, ABIE.169, BLO_PN#007, STAB#084 | Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2098 | Words spoken on 1913-07-06 in Port Said | 130 | we must ever think of the education of the public and try our utmost to improve the conditions of the submerged classes | DAS.1913-07-06, ABIE.030, BLO_PN#007 | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2097 | Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-15 | 130 | Gather once a week in a public meeting. Before the meeting begins, one must read a prayer, afterward they may sing together an anthem or a song. This is optional.... Crystallization of forms will kill the spirit... | DAS.1913-04-15 | Spirit and form in the administration; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2096 | Words to Mr and Mr C R Ashbee in March 1920 | 130 | First we must get rid of all glosses, Talmuds, codes of divinity, and clerical law. Get back to the revealed word of God where we can. | APN.116-120 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Literal interpretation; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Twin Manifestations; Unity of governments; political unity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2095 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 130 | Let them alone. What would they do if a former king had reigned and a new king was now seated upon the throne? They must acknowledge the new king | TDLA.040, VLAB.105, BLO_PN#104 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2094 | Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24 | 130 | Yes he passed away. Haji Mirza Haydar Ali was one of the souls who was immersed in the World of R[eality] | PN_1920 p038, PN_1920 p062, PN_1920_heh p003, PN_1920_heh_haifa p042, PN_1920_heh_haifa p056 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Outward and inward meanings; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2093 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-22 | 130 | Under all circumstances man must turn his face toward God and overlook the shortcomings of others, so that he may prosper in his affairs. There are some people who would go any length | DAS.1915-04-22 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2092 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-09-02 | 130 | When His holiness Christ appeared the Jews said the same thing. They thought that after Moses no other divine man must appear in the world | DAS.1914-09-02 | Christian doctrine and practice; Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection of Muhammad; Seal of the Prophets | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2091 | Words spoken on 1913-02-16 in Paris | 130 | The race problem in America is very intense. Its non-solution will end in danger and war. The colored people in the United States have advanced much intellectually. | DAS.1913-02-16 | Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Race unity; racial issues; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2090 | Words to Helen Goodall and Woodson Allen, spoken on 1912-10-10 | 130 | Nothing makes a man so happy as love…. There will come a day when you will see how the nightingales of Persia will sing their songs | MAB.047, ECN.473 | Being a source of light; guidance; East and West; communication between East and West; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love of God; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2089 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-23 | 130 | There are two meanings to this narrative [of Cain and Abel]--the material and the spiritual. As to the former the occurrence is correctly stated | PN_1909F p060, PN_1909F p113, AKL.007-008 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power of the mind over nature; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2088 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-10 | 130 | Consider the power of the Covenant! Where is Acca and where is Los Angeles! Yet the power of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh has united these two distant points!... In order to preserve the unity of the Cause and to spread the religion of God, Baha'o'llah has established this Covenant and Testament | DAS.1913-05-10, SW_v08#13 p.183x, SW_v09#13 p.139x | East and West; communication between East and West; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2087 | Closing prayer of public address, spoken on 1913-04-23 | 130 | O Thou King of existence! O Thou king beloved! The members of this meeting are the lovers of Thy face. They seek after Thee and long to converse with Thee. | DAS.1913-04-23 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2086 | Words spoken at Riverside Park in New York, 1912-07-10 | 130 | In every moment you must thank God a hundred thousand times. Consider how today all the worldly people are deprived | PN_1912 p111, BSTW#351c | Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2085 | Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-12 | 130 | Be not grieved or sorrowful that no great wealth or property has been bestowed upon you. Look at the birds! | SW_v08#02 p.027, FRGA.029 | Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2084 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-07 | 130 | My love for you is like an ocean and your love is like a drop. The distress and calamities which I have endured for your sake | PN_1909 p011, PN_1909 p041, PN_1909B p021, PN_1909C p091, PN_1909F p040, DJT.062-063, BLO_PN#027 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2083 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 130 | The poor of this world suffer: we should care for them. The poor are nearer the kingdom of heaven than the rich. | AELT.215-216 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2082 | Words to Mahmud Zarqani, spoken on 1914-06-18 | 130 | You have worked very diligently over the compilation of these two volumes. During the first journey to Europe no one was thinking to do this work. Now and then Mirza Baqir Khan | DAS.1914-06-18 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2081 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-02-08 | 130 | Most of these girls come from Europe and dedicate their lives entirely to prayer and worship. They are known as the brides of Christ. | DAS.1914-02-08 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2080 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 130 | God is pure essence and cannot be said to be anywhere or in any place... But as man must form and express a conception of God in some way, he calls God 'love' or 'truth' | AELT.114, PN_1900 p010 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2079 | Words to Mr MacNutt | 130 | Say, O people! Can the mosquito of violation withstand the eagle of the Testament? No, by the orb of effulgence! | PN_unsorted p013, BSTW#350 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2078 | Words to Mr Kinney, spoken around 1909-07-11 | 130 | Among the nations of the world there is darkness of religion. Darkness due to hostility and animosity is intense. | PN_1909 p059 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2077 | Words to Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-07 | 130 | A good foundation is laid in Germany. The believers must be firmly grounded n the principles of morality and honesty. First--Truthfulness… | SW_v07#18 p.183x, FRGA.002 | Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Compassion; kindness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Exhortations and counsels; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2076 | Words to Latimer and Remey, spoken on 1914-10-08 | 130 | How do you find the landscape and view from here? The scene is beautiful. It is permeated with spirituality | PN_1914 p044 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Mount Carmel; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Shrines and Holy places; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2075 | Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 in London | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | The Universal Races Congress was good, for it was intended for the furtherance and progress of unity | AIL.059, SW_v02#19 p.006-007, STAB#024 | Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2074 | Words spoken at Krug home in New York, 1912-07-10 | 130 | It is a blessed evening; you are blessed. Blessed souls are gathered here. In reality, this house is illumined... It has become necessary to depart for the Orient... All your efforts must be expended in two ways | PN_1912 p110, BSTW#351b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2073 | Words to Latimer and Remey, spoken on 1914-10-10 | 130 | On your return to America speak with some of the firm Baha'is about the violators | PN_1914 p055 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2072 | 130 | Every century holds the solution of one predominating problem. Although there may be many problems | COC#1605x, LOG#1420x, SW_v07#15 p.136 | Call to action; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2071 | Words spoken on 1913-05-26 in Paris | 130 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | وقتی از نیویورک بلندن میآمدیم دستهٴ موزیک در کشتی هر روز صبح و عصر مشغول نواختن | When we were travelling from New York to London, an orchestra played music on the ship every morning and afternoon | BDA2.319 | MHMD2.423-424 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Music and singing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2070 | Words spoken on 1903-08-31 | 130 | Persian | هیچ چیز خاطر مرا پریشان نمی کند مگر اختلاف و چاره آن این است که جمیع احباء باید بامر بیت العدل | Nothing causes me more unhappiness than disunity, and this can only be remedied by obedience to the command of the Universal House of Justice | KNSA.127-128 | MNYA.170-171 | House of Justice; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2069 | Words spoken ca. 1904 | 130 | Persian | هیچ چیز بقدر اعمال و افعال احباء در وجود من موثر نیست این چند روز که من مریض بودم | Nothing affects me more than the actions and conduct of the friends. The main reason I was ill] | KNSA.215 | MNYA.300 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2068 | Words spoken on 1913-01-22 in Paris | 20 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | هنگامی که ایرانیها بخود مشغول بودند و ایران را بباد میدادند ما در اقالیم واسعهٴ امریک | While the Persians were occupied with themselves, neglecting their country in the process, we journeyed to the vast expanses of America | BDA2.101 | MHMD2.123 | Growth of the Cause; Petitions to authorities; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2067 | Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909 | 130 | Persian | هزار و نهصد سال است ناقوس میزنند هنوز کلال و ملال پیدا نکرده | A thousand and nine hundred years have they sounded the bell, yet still have they found neither weariness nor fatigue [3.5s] | KHH2.279a | Christ; Christianity; Christian doctrine and practice; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idolatry; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2066 | Words spoken on 1913-05-07 in Paris | 130 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | نفوس خاکی در قید قصرند اما دوستان الهی در خیال قبر خداوند برای شماها قصری ابدی ساخته | The people who are attached to this earth are bound by palaces, but the friends of God have their thoughts fixed on the grave | BDA2.288 | MHMD2.380 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2065 | Words to the friends, spoken around 1914-09-10 | 130 | I am humble. I am meek. The Blessed Perfection has trained and educated me with the power of humility and renunciation. | DAS.1914-09-11 | Attaining good pleasure of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2064 | Words spoken in 1915 in Akka | 130 | Persian | من آنچه باید بروم در جمیع اطراف و اکناف فریاد بزنم زدم در جمیع شهرها ندا | I who must needs journey forth to every region and corner have raised My call and issued My summons in all cities [3.5s] | AVK4.463.03 | Call to action; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2063 | Words spoken on 1913-06-07 in Paris | 130 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | مراد شجرهٴ حیات انسانیست در منهیات یعنی تجاوزات و مشتهیات آن نشان را مسئول میدارد | What is meant is the tree of human life. A person will be held accountable for his unlawful acts--that is, his transgressions and the desires that drove him to commit them | BDA2.338-339 | MHMD2.449-450 | Adam; Adam and Eve; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2062 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-02-02 | 130 | Persian | ما مبلغ خیای لازم داریم باید جمیع احباء مبلغ باشند و تبلیغ بزبان تنها نیست ... هر یکی از احبای الهی باید در سال اقلا یکی را تبلیغ کنند | We are sorely in need of many teachers. But all the believers of God must be teachers of the Cause. Teaching the Cause is not only through the tongue...Every one of the believers of God must, at the very least, teach one new soul in a year. | AVK3.496.18x, MAS5.163 | DAS.1914-02-02 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2061 | Words to some students, spoken on 1914-07-15 | 130 | God be praised! How wonderful are these students! I am looking forward with | DAS.1914-07-15, SW_v09#09 p.100, SW_v13#05 p.104 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2060 | Words spoken on 1911-09-04 in London | 130 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Heaven has blessed this day. It was said that London should be a place | KHAB.048 (056) | AIL.053, SW_v02#19 p.004 | East and West; communication between East and West; Stories; anecdotes; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2059 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at sea, 1912-12-05 | 130 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | کاریکه خدا در جلو انسان می‌گذارد لابد طاقت هم میدهد ما نباید همیشه بآسایش تن ناظر باشیم | When God entrusts one to do something, He also gives one the capacity to endure it | BDA2.009.09 | MHMD2.011 | Disregarding bodily comfort; High station of the true believer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2058 | Words spoken on 1913-02-17 in Paris | 130 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | فی الحقیقه یک نفر کاردان دانا در ایران نبود و نفس آگاهی یافت نشد حال باُمید | In truth, there is not a single person in Persia today who is adept and knowledgeable, nor can any individual keely aware be found | BDA2.144 | MHMD2.180 | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2057 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-05-06 | 130 | It is strange that the people put aside my many Tablets written on this matter and go by their own feelings. Write to Mr Hannen to make public my explicit texts concerning the Society and its future. | DAS.1913-05-06 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Call to action; East and West; communication between East and West; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2056 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 130 | Persian | زیارت در وجود خود انسان است تا چقدر فیض ببرد و استفاده کند اگر بکمال توجه و تضرع زیارت نمود | Pilgrimage has to do with one's soul and, depending on one's approach, one benefits accordingly. If one was to approach pilgrimage with the utmost devotion and consecration | KHH1.020 (1.028-029) | KHHE.042-043 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2055 | Words spoken on 1915-08-02 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | راحتی از این جنگ، نعمت بزرگی است ولی آنها اصرار کردند که تا ما سرباز نشویم با مسلمانان مساوی نشویم | Relief from this conflict is a great blessing, but they insisted that until we become soldiers we shall not be equal with the Muslims [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-02 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Gambling and games of chance; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Personal instructions; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2054 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-29 | 130 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در میان این اطفال نفوس مبارکی مبعوث خواهد شد نهالهائی که بدست تربیت باغبان کامل افتد | Among the children many blessed souls will arise, if they be trained according to the Bahai Teaching. | BDA2.271 | COC#0696, LOG#0490x, DAS.1913-04-28, SW_v07#15 p.142, SW_v09#08 p.090-091, MHMD2.354, PN_1913 p006, PN_1913 p013, BW_v09p543 | Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2053 | Words to a minister, spoken on 1913-04-28 | 130 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در عالم کشیش بسیار است اما کشیش موفق کم است در زمان مسیح رؤسای روحانی خیلی بودند | Ordained ministers are many, confirmed ministers are few. During the days of Christ there were many Rabbis and high-priests but none of them was confirmed except Paul. | BDA2.268 | DAS.1913-04-29, MHMD2.350-351 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Christian clergy; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2052 | Words spoken on 1913-07-09 in Port Said | 130 | I have written in many Tablets that the friends must speak in the meetings... We must encourage the believers in public-speaking and especially encourage those who can do so. | DAS.1913-07-09, ABIE.047, BLO_PN#007 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2051 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-26 | 130 | Persian | در آنجا [ماردین] بودیم، روزی که حرکت کردیم شخصی آمد و داد و فریاد می زد که من دیشب باطمینان | When We were there [in Mardin], on the day We set forth upon Our journey, a certain man came, crying aloud that he had in truth beheld the night before [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-26 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2050 | Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | خوب جائی است از برای طبابت و شهرت می کند. حاجی فرج الله بود کحال که هیچ نمی دانست و هزاران چشم | A goodly place it is for the healing arts and renowned it hath become. Haji Farajullah was an oculist who knew naught, yet thousands of eyes [he treated] [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-08 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2049 | Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-04 | 130 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | حال معلوم نیست که چه موهبتی دربارهٴ استتکارت مبذول شده بعد معلوم خواهد | It is not known as yet what a vast measure of celestial grace hath been bestowed upon Stuttgart. | BDA2.214 | BBBD.630, DAS.1913-04-04, MHMD2.276 | Predictions and prophecies; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Theosophy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2048 | Words spoken on 1915-08-27 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | چقدر خوب است که انسان تشنه باشد و العطش العطش گویان به هر طرف بدود و چنین فنجان آبی برایش میسر شود | How excellent it is that man should be athirst, and, crying out "thirst, O thirst!", should run in every direction until such a cup of water be vouchsafed unto him [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-27 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2047 | Words spoken ca. 1903 | 130 | Persian | بلی صهبای بلا در سبیل جمال اقدس ابهی باید رنگارنگ باشد تا نشئه کامل ببخشد | Yes, in the path of the Blessed Beauty one must drink heartily from the overflowing cup of difficulties and afflictions in order to experience its consummate intoxicating effect. | KNSA.136-137 | MNYA.184 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2046 | Words spoken on 1915-09-16 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | بگو ببینم چه می کنی. امروز چه کرده ئی. حضرت اعلی می فرمایند که انسان باید هر روز اعمال خود را بسنجد | Say: Let Me behold what thou doest. What hast thou accomplished this day? The Exalted One declareth that man must, day by day, take account of his deeds [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-16 | Bringing oneself to account each day; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2045 | 130 | Persian | بعضی نفوس هستند که بدون سبب عداوت میکنند و اهل غرض هستند مثلا مدیر یکی از جراید فارسی | There are certain souls who, without cause, manifest enmity and are possessed of ulterior motives - as, for instance, the editor of one of the Persian newspapers [3.5s] | YIK.302, ZIAB2.210-211 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2044 | Words spoken on 1914-06-16 in Haifa | 130 | We are waiting to see that perchance, God willing, a new breeze may waft over India, a new spirituality may be obtained | DAS.1914-06-16 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2043 | Words spoken on 1912-12-18 in London to E.G. Browne | 110 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من بدایتاً نوشتم که تا دولت و ملّت مانند شهد و شیر ... باید کوشید تا اخلاق ملت تبدیل شود و استعداد مشروطه و امور سائره حاصل گردد | I have previously written that, for as long as the government and the people are not mingled together like milk and honey, prosperity shall remain unattainable… You must strive to change the characters of the people | BDA2.029 | MHMD2.034, EGBBF.097x | Critique of Western values; culture; Development of capacity and readiness; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2042 | Words to Mrs. Tatum, spoken on 1912-08-21 | 130 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این علامت ترقی است ان کس که خود راضی است شیطانست و انکه راضی نیست مظهر رحمن | This is a sign of progress. The person who is satisfied with himself is the manifestation of Satan and the one who is not satisfied is the manifestation of the Merciful One. | AVK3.097.17x, MAS5.138, YHA2.856-857, GTB.142-143x, BDA1.200.17 | SW_v19#11 p.349, MHMD1.216-217 | Progress only takes place within its own degree; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2041 | Words spoken on 1915-07-15 in Haifa | 130 | Persian | این بیچاره ها را بیخود از اینجا بیرون کردند، اقلاً دخترها را تربیت می کردند. هر چند متعصب هستند و متصل به بچه ها نماز | These helpless ones were unjustly banished from hence; would that they had at least educated the daughters. Though they be fanatical and ever constraining the children to prayer [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-15 | Contention and conflict; Education of children; moral education; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU2040 | Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-09 | 130 | May you be ever under the protection of the Merciful One!... After His Holiness Christ, His Apostles did not rest for one moment. | DAS.1914-06-08 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2039 | Words spoken on 1913-07-07 in Port Said | 130 | the Cause has many enemies! The Baha'is must be very happy. The priests and the Ulemas, the Rabbis and the Mobeds are attacking the Cause | DAS.1913-07-07, ABIE.032, BLO_PN#007 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2038 | 140 | Once Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn both became ill. Their parents | PYB#210 p.17 | STAB#006 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2037 | Words spoken on 1912-12-22 in London | 140 | We also have a theatre... Our theatre is built in a country where there is eternal springtime. The streets of that city | DAS.1912-12-22, SW_v14#06 p.177 | Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2036 | Words spoken on 1913-12-09 in Akka | 140 | I did not like to have such a big gathering.... My health and happiness are in this | SW_v09#02 p.018 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2035 | Words to Hannen, Latimer et al, spoken on 1912-07-30 | 140 | In returning, I will certainly go to Europe.... See how much we have moved from one place to another. How far New York is from here | SW_v03#11 p.004 | Humor; jokes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2034 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 140 | No, it is not the Spirit of God, but it is the Bounty of God. It is not a part of God, for it is His creation. To illustrate: Take a lamp | DLA.031, BLO_PN#026 | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Soul; spirit after death; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2033 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 140 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | During the last six thousand years nations have hated one another, it is now time to stop. | AIL.061 | Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2032 | Words spoken ca. Dec. 1911 | 140 | The world is wrong, just because people talk too much and do not carry out their ideals | SW_v02#19 p.007, SW_v14#02 p.060-061 | 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2031 | 140 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The darkness of this gloomy night shall pass away. Again the sun of Reality will dawn | BSC.548 #990, SW_v09#13 p.141 | Mea & Mitra | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU2030 | 140 | There must be amongst the believers of God the greatest amount of love. The friends of God must be willing to sacrifice their lives for each other | SW_v16#04 p.505 | Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2029 | 140 | It is wonderful, priceless boon to be a vessel carrying food from God. It cannot be bought with gold. The first condition of a religious teacher | LOG#1998x, SW_v14#02 p.060 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of teachers of the Cause; Pure intentions in teaching the Cause; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2028 | Words to Anna Kunz, spoken on 1921-03-29 | 140 | You have been here three days. They are equal to three years. In the Bible in the days of the Lord | SW_v13#06 p.144 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2027 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-02-27 | 140 | Several Baha'is lived in a hall room so small that one could hardly move in it. But they did not care for these outward comforts | DAS.1913-02-27 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hospitality; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2026 | Words to Fugeta, et al, spoken on 1919-12-28 | 140 | The water which was salty was changed. During the time of the Blessed Beauty, the cholera came up to the gates of Akka, but it did not enter Akka. | PN_1919 p047 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU2025 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-05 | 140 | When I reached Los Angeles, I realized how far I was from Acca and my people, the people whom I loved with passionate earnestness. On the second night of my arrival | DAS.1914-12-05 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2024 | Words to Remey and Latimer, spoken on 1914-10-14 | 140 | There are two kinds of standing within: the first is as the standing or continuing, as water in an earthen bowl | DAS.1914-10-14, PN_1914 p010, PN_1914 p015, PN_1914 p081, BSTW#368 | God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2023 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-10 | 140 | This is the lake around which His Holiness Christ often walked, over which He often sailed. The site wherein He called His apostles into active service is very near. | DAS.1914-06-10 | Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2022 | Words to some visitors, spoken on 1913-02-27 | 140 | A young man who was graduated from the college applied for a position of teaching in a village far away from civilization. | DAS.1913-02-27 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2021 | Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-26 | 140 | All the people are negligent, they are not thinking of pleasing God and spreading the word of God. | PN_1920_heh_haifa p057 | Attaining good pleasure of God; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2020 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-29 | 140 | There was once a Jewish merchant in Constantinople who bought many bales of drapery and worsted goods to be shipped to Persia for sale. Each bale was of a different color | DAS.1915-01-29 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2019 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-28 | 140 | Association of ideas is a deep psychological phenomenon. Nowhere does my heart truly rest save in this room where the Blessed Beauty spent His days and nights for many years. | DAS.1914-12-28 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2018 | Words to Edward Getsinger, spoken on 1913-11-11 | 140 | When we were in Bagdad, Constantinople and Adrianople, we were bothered to death by these insects--fleas, mosquitoes and bed-bugs. | DAS.1913-11-11 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2017 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-04-25 | 140 | The believers of Persia made the greatest self-sacrifice and the trip was made possible. They made large and small contributions | DAS.1913-04-25 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2016 | Words spoken at Grand Hotel in Vienna, 1913-04-23 | 140 | other/unknown lang | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | و دیگر آنکه امر حضرت بهآءاللّٰه را قیاس بامری ننمائید زیرا این امر جامع جمیع امور است | The Cause of Baha'u'llah is incomparable to any other Cause, because it is the Collective Center of this age. This Cause regenerates the souls; everyone receives a new baptism and attains to the station of the new birth. | BDA2.253-254 | DAS.1913-04-23, MHMD2.329-330 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love as fire; Second birth; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2015 | Words to Kathryn Rogers(?) spoken in 1900 | 140 | Every element in the creation of God exemplifies the beauty and harmony of living, not for ourselves, but for others... It was not given to every star in the heavens to be the first magnitude | PN_unsorted p057 | Being a source of light; guidance; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Goodly deeds; actions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2014 | Words to Myron Phelps, spoken on 1917-06-07 | 140 | All are connected by the bond of existence. What greater bond is there than this? Furthermore, none of these can continue to exist independently | PN_unsorted p052, BLO_PN#070, BLO_PN#112 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2013 | Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-19 | 140 | This time I want to send you with a new spirit, a new strength, to enlighten California | PN_1912 p112, BSTW#351e | Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mary Magdalene; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2012 | Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 | 140 | My objects are the establishment of the Cause of international arbitration, the promotion of the oneness of the world of humanity, the conformity of religion with science and reason | DAS.1914-05-09, PN_1914 p003 | Harmony of science and religion; Labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2011 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10 | 140 | The first Cause of my happiness is to see your faces radiant with the light of reality and your hearts cleansed and purified with the Water of knowledge. There are two kinds of happiness. | DAS.1914-05-10 | Differences in human capacity; Human reality created in the image of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2010 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-25 | 140 | The gathering of the friends is very good. In one month's time it will be very fresh and green here. This wilderness is where Bahá'u'lláh has crossed. | PN_1919 p185, LAT.134-135 | Christ; Christianity; Muhammad; Islam; Shrines and Holy places; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2009 | Words spoken on 1915-04-17 in Abu Sinan | 140 | Mankind are naturally heedless and prone to commit injustice and excess. They do not turn their faces toward God and do not let their hearts be swayed by ideal emotions. Like unto the beasts they wallow in the mire of materialism | DAS.1915-04-17 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2008 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-13 | 140 | Napoleon the great conquered Germany and brought under his control its domain but to what result! It was only a temporary victory. | DAS.1914-11-13 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2007 | Words spoken on 1914-06-02 in Tiberias | 140 | His Holiness the Blessed Perfection has raised the station of woman and hath glorified her before the eyes of all the world. | DAS.1914-06-02 | Equality of men and women; Role and station of women; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2006 | Words spoken on 1913-11-09 in Port Said | 140 | These old veterans of the Cause have been with Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad, Constantinople, Adrianople and Acca. | DAS.1913-11-09 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2005 | Words to some pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-21 | 140 | When Bahá'u'lláh left Baghdad and without the knowledge of the friends went to Suleymaniyyih, one day He met a boy in the street weeping. | DAS.1913-06-21 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Education of children; moral education; Power of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2004 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-05-11 | 140 | If you have the perceptive power, as soon as you look in the faces of the people, you can observe what ideals are reigning in their hearts. | DAS.1913-05-11 | Praise of Western values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2003 | Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-20 | 140 | other/unknown lang | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | شماها باید از استتکارت باین حدود بیائید و بنشر نفحات اللّٰه بپردازید | The city of Vienna will become a center for the Cause of God: only after my departure the friends must not remain inactive. They must work with greater zeal | BDA2.249 | DAS.1913-04-20, MHMD2.324 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Theosophy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2002 | Words spoken en route in carriage in Budapest, 1913-04-13 | 140 | For nine years He [Bahá'u'lláh] did not see a green leaf. He loved nature. His sensibilities and powers of observation were miraculous. The tips of His fingers were the most sensitive parts of His holy temple. | DAS.1913-04-13 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2001 | Words to Latimer and Remey, spoken on 1914-10-14 | 140 | The best method is to bury the body. Just as systematically as the body has grown into its present form, it has to be disintegrated. | DAS.1914-10-14, PN_1914 p079 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Law of burial and cremation; Law of transformation and change; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU2000 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 140 | Good people are of two kinds - those who are so by natural goodness of heart, and those who attain to it by an after gift of the Spirit. | PN_1901 p007, NRMM.213-214 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Differences in human capacity; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1999 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 140 | Everything save man has one condition, but man has two.... One will lift him up, but the other will send him to the lowest depths. | BSC.440 #801, PN_1901 p022 | Education and the development of capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1998 | Words to some Persian Baha'is, spoken on 1913-10-23 | 140 | We summon the people to severance and enkindlement. We call their attention to spirituality. We have nothing to do with political tricks and chicaneries. | DAS.1913-10-23 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Non-participation in politics; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1997 | Words to some Theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-20 | 150 | other/unknown lang | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من بسیار مسرُورم از اینکه در این انجمن حاضر شدم این انجمنیست که اعضایش معتقد بروحانیّاتند | I was most pleased to present myself in your midst and speak with you; a meeting which believes in the spiritual power | BDA2.248-249 | DAS.1913-04-20, MHMD2.322-323 | Call to action; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Theosophy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1996 | Words to someone who asked for money, spoken on 1913-05-31 | 140 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ولی وِل خرجی مکن زیرا اسراف همیشه انسان را ملول و سرگردان نماید من اگر میبینید بعضی تعارفات | Never be a spendthrift. Do not be extravagant in thy expenses. An extravagant person comes always to a sad end and feels the pinch of want and misery. | BDA2.324 | DAS.1913-05-30, MHMD2.430 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1995 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 140 | Persian | هجرت حضرت ابراهیم خلیل سبب ظهور و پیدایش حضرت کلیم ، حضرت مسیح | Abraham's migration precipitated the manifestation and appearance of Moses, Christ, Muhammad, the Exalted One, and Baha'u'llah. | KHH1.018-019 (1.026) | KHHE.039-040 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1994 | Words spoken on 1914-02-11 | 140 | Readiness is necessary in order to be a recipient of divine bounty. Souls who are prepared are like candles | SW_v09#03 p.028 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1993 | 140 | Persian | میرزا تقی خان در مجلس بنوع استهزاء پرسید که دیگر لا رطب و لایابس الا فی کتاب مبین | In the gathering, Mirza Taqi Khan asked mockingly: "What else remains that is not to be found, whether green or sere, save in the perspicuous Book?" [3.5s]... ...one day Mirza Taqi Khan attended a gathering (presumably in Tihran) at which Baha’u’llah was present. | ASAT2.164-165 | ROB3.245-246, STAB#075 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1992 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-26 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مومن بهاءالله کسی است که ثابت بر میثاق است هر کسی بپیمان الهی ثابت است مومن است | A believer in Baha'u'llah is he who is firm in the Covenant.... Is it possible that one may believe in a book without believing in the teacher | BDA1.391.15 | SW_v14#08 p.228, MHMD1.410 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1991 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-12-01 | 140 | Persian | من در اروپا همیشه میگفتم که امر حضرت بهاٌالله جامع جمیع ادیان قبل است و دارای جمیع فواید | While in Europe, I always proclaimed, ‘The Cause of Baha'u'llah embraces all the past Dispensations and manifests all their benefits to human society. It is like a tree that has many strong branches. | KHH1.268 (1.374-375) | KHHE.392, DAS.1914-12-01 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1990 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-08 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من بسیار از ملاقات شماها مسرورم از الطاف جمال مبارک امید است که سبب عزت امرالله و انتشار کلمة الله گردید تا این شهر بر جمیع بلاد امریکا تقدم یابد | I am very happy to have met you. I hope that through the favors of the Blessed Beauty you shall become the instruments for the glorification of the divine Cause | BDA1.360.01 | MHMD1.378-379 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1989 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-27 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | مقصود مظاهر مقدسه الهیه تربیت نفوس مقدسه بوده بعضی چنان گمان نمودند که مقصد | The purpose of the divine Manifestations has been the education of holy souls. | MSBH8.207, BDA1.392.11 | MHMD1.411-412 | Call to action; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1988 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-26 | 140 | Persian | معلم نمی تواند کامل بکند. معلم نمی تواند شمع عالم انسانی بکند. البته طفلی که تربیت نشده باشد ولو بتواند بخواند بهتر از نفسی است | The teacher cannot perfect. The teacher cannot make one the candle of the human world. Verily, an untutored child who can yet read is better than a soul [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-09-26 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1987 | 140 | Persian | فی الحقیقه هزار و سیصد سال عذاب کشیدند مظلوم هستند اخلاقشان خوب است | In truth, for thirteen hundred years they have endured tribulation, they are the oppressed, and their conduct is virtuous [3.5s] | YIK.302-303, ZIAB2.210 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1986 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 140 | Persian | فرمایشی که میرزا ابوالفضل کرده به بیان ثابت می شود. در احسن القصص که کتاب اول حضرت اعلی است | That which Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl hath uttered is proven through the exposition in the Aḥsanu'l-Qiṣaṣ, which is the first Book of His Holiness the Exalted One [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-06 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1985 | Words spoken on 1914-11-02 in Abu Sinan | 140 | Persian | شما طوفان بلایا ندیده اید اگر دیده بودید این وقائع بشما چندان تاثیری نمیکرد ما شب دارای عمارت | You have not experienced genuinely difficult times, for if you had, such occurrences would not perturb you. | KHH1.137 (1.189-190) | KHHE.206-207, DAS.1914-11-02, BSR_v13 p.082 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1984 | 140 | Persian | سلیمان مردی صادق بود یکوقتی شخصی باو پناه آورد و خواهش کرد | King Solomon was a truthful man. One day a person sought his protection | NJB_v12#03 p.061 | STAB#009 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1983 | Words spoken on 1913-05-30 in Paris | 140 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | سابق بعضی باین ملاحظه بریاضت مشغول می شدند که ترک لذائذ نفسانی نمایند و منع غضب | In the past, some would engage in mortification of the flesh with the aim of renouncing carnal delights and suppressing feelings of anger and passion | BDA2.323 | MHMD2.428-429 | Monasticism; asceticism; Relationship of the soul to the body; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1982 | Words to a newspaper reporter, spoken on 1912-10-19 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در عالم وجود دو مدنیت موجود مدنیت مادیه و مدنیت الهیه فلاسفه موًسس مدنیت مادی بوده اند | In the world of existence, civilization is found to be of two kinds: material civilization and spiritual civilization. Philosophers founded the former while the divine Prophets established the latter. | BDA1.319.14 | MHMD1.337 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1981 | Words spoken on 1913-08-13 in Ramleh | 140 | It is very strange that up to this time not one Persian has come here just to pay a social call | DAS.1913-08-13, ABIE.186, BLO_PN#007 | Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1980 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-09 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خیلی زحمت است این نحو گذران در چنین عمارتی بسر بردن در چنین هوا و فضائی سیر کردن با چنین خدام و دوستان محترمه ئی بودن واقعاً خیلی بشما بد میگذرد خدا بفریاد تان برسد | Oh! You are badly off here! May God hear your complaint!... Joking aside, what a wonderful table the Blessed Perfection has spread for His friends! | BDA1.185.02 | MHMD1.200-201 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1979 | Words to a reporter from the Bulletin, spoken on 1912-10-04 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خداوند انسان را بصورت و مثال خود خلق کرده .... ولی حال بالعکس از حیوانات درنده بی رحم تر | God created man after His own image and likeness... but now, behaving contrarily, man has become more merciless | BDA1.287.15 | MHMD1.305 | Human reality created in the image of God; Justice and wrath of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1978 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-02-02 | 140 | The cohorts of the Abha Kingdom are engaged in uninterrupted conquest. They are gaining victory after victory. God willing, Mrs. Stannard shall win many signal triumphs in India. | DAS.1914-02-02, SW_v05#02 p.019 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1977 | Words spoken on 1913-02-09 in Paris | 140 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | جبران مرحوم در امر الله مؤمن خالص بود و یک رسالهٴ استدلالیه در اثبات امر الله نوشت | The late Gabriel [Sacy] was a pure believer in the Cause of God, and he composed a treatise to logically prove its truth | BDA2.127-128 | MHMD2.159 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1976 | Words to Mrs. Angeline Haste (Mr. Raymond ?), spoken on 1912-10-07 | 140 | Live and act in accordance with the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh. There is no road straighter and better than this... I will give you one and that is sufficient... become evanescent | PN_1912 p122, ECN.657 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1975 | Words spoken to Siyavash Sifidvash on board the SS Cedric at sea, 1912-03-24 | 140 | Persian | بجناب میرزا سیاوش از قبل من نهایت اشتیاق و محبت را ابلاغ دارید فی الحقیقه | Convey unto his honor Mirza Siyavash, on my behalf, expressions of the utmost yearning and affection. In very truth [3.5s] | YARP2.300 p.245, RMT.032-033, QUM.219.06x, YARD.043x, YARD.086-087 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1974 | Words spoken on 1913-05-16 in Paris | 140 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | نگاه کن من اگر کسی صد خلاف بکند که ضرش بشخص من راجع باشد چشمهایم به هم مینهم | Now see here! If someone were to commit a hundred offences whose harm reverts only to me, I would shut my eyes to the matter | BDA2.302 | MHMD2.400 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Human reality created in the image of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1973 | Words spoken on 1915-07-14 in Haifa | 140 | Persian | اینها به امریکا رفتند و نطق خوب می کردند و دو فنون هم بودند. انگلیزی را خوب می دانستند. معذلک هیچ کاری | These souls journeyed unto America and delivered goodly addresses, being possessed of dual arts. They were well-versed in the English tongue. Nevertheless, no fruit was borne [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-14 | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1972 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-11 | 140 | Persian | اینکه میفرمایند "عاشروامع الادیان " مقصد مثل این نفوس است | When it is revealed, 'Consort with all religions', the intention is association with such people. | KHH1.265-266 (1.371) | KHHE.389, BSR_v13 p.083 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1971 | Words spoken on 1916-05-09 in Haifa | 140 | Persian | این مقامی است مقام افاضه و آن تبلیغ امرالله و نشر نفحات الله و اعلاء کلمة الله و ترویج تعالیم است. این من الحق الی الخلق است | This is the station of outpouring, and it is the propagation of the Cause of God, the diffusion of the fragrances of God, the exaltation of the Word of God, and the promotion of His teachings. This floweth from the Truth unto creation [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-09 | Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1970 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-28 | 140 | Persian | این محل مطبخ بود دود جمال مبارک را صدمه میزد من تغییر دادم بیست سال | In the time of the Blessed Beauty the kitchen was in the opposite corner and as the hole of the chimney was torturous, the house was always filled with smoke. This high ceiling was black with soot. | KHH1.122 (1.170) | KHHE.184-185, DAS.1914-10-28 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1969 | Words to an American, spoken on 1912-03-27 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این امر مصدق جمیع کتب و مظاهر الهیه است و تعالیم آسمانی دارای دو قسم از احکامست | This Cause acknowledges the truth of all the Books and all the Manifestations of God. The heavenly teachings are composed of two kinds of commandments.... It [reincarnation] is not as people have understood. What is intended is the return of pre-existent attributes and perfections in new forms. | BDA1.013.08 | MHMD1.019 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Oneness; unity of religion; Reincarnation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1968 | Words to some physicians, spoken on 1912-10-11 | 140 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | امروز اعظم علاج عاجل و تریاق فاروقی که حکیم الهی تجویز فرموده وحدت عالم انسانی و صلح عمومیست | Today, the greatest and speediest remedy and the sole effective antidote that the Divine Physician has prescribed for the world's ills is the oneness of humanity | BDA1.296.06 | MHMD1.314 | Christian doctrine and practice; Harmony of science and religion; Literal interpretation; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1967 | Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920 | 140 | Persian | الحمد لله سر به آستان مقام اعلی و روضهٌ مبارکه گذاشتید آستانه هائی را بوسیدید | Thanks be to God all of you were assisted by Him to come and visit the Shrines, which are the points of adoration for the world. | KNR.101 | KNRE.108 | Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1966 | Words spoken on 1913-10-28 in Ramleh | 140 | If you are sincere in your love for me, then love and serve the believers of God, then love and serve your fellow-men. | DAS.1913-10-28, SW_v04#15 p.250 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1965 | Words spoken on 1913-02-26 in Paris | 140 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ارادهٴ الهیه بظهور ترویج این امور تعلق گرفته البته هر کس بر نشر این آثار قیام کند مؤید میشود | The Will of God is that these ideals should be promoted. It is certain that anyone who arises to promote them shall be aided | BDA2.160 | MHMD2.201 | Free will and predestination; fate; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1964 | 150 | In 'Akka [I] was visited by a Christian who expressed his disbelief in dreams. | DJT.179, BLO_PN#027, STAB#095 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1963 | Words to Percy Grant, spoken around 1912-07-12 | 150 | When one prays, one sometimes has divine glimpses. So, when one is spiritually developed, a sublimity of nature is obtained, a delicacy of vision | DJT.344, BLO_PN#027 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1962 | Words to Miss Ollie Gish, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 150 | Good morning. Your whistling is wonderful, just like a bird. I have heard the songs of various birds | ECN.680+1004 | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1961 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | He who knows nothing of the wind, when he sees trees shaken does not know it is the wind which causes them to shake. | BSC.499 #961, PN_1900 p059, PN_unsorted p146 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1960 | Words to Remey, Latimer, et al, spoken on 1914-10-16 | 150 | There was a man by the name of Haji Mohammad Taki Shirazi, who had joined our company. | DAS.1914-10-16, SW_v09#18 p.205-206, PN_1914 p092 | Kindness to and rights of animals; Personal instructions; Stories; anecdotes; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1959 | The Seventh Principle—Equality of Men: Words spoken on 1911-11-15 in Paris | 150 | Paris Talks | The Laws of God are not imposition of will, or of power, or pleasure, but the resolutions of truth, reason and justice.' All men are equal before the law, which must reign absolutely | PT#47 p.160 | Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Relationship between government and people; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1958 | Words spoken on 1913-07-02 in Port Said | 150 | It is not my duty to command particular persons to arise and teach the Cause | DAS.1913-07-02, SW_v04#15 p.251, ABIE.009, BLO_PN#007 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Priority over other activities in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1957 | 150 | I have been asked this question: In the Gospels one finds only spiritual directions, not particular directions for conduct as in the old testament. | ADP.068-069 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Christ; Christianity; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Relativity of religious truth | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1956 | Words spoken in 1912 in the United States | 150 | If a child is left to its own natural proclivities, without education, it will embody all human defects | SW_v04#06 p.105-106, SW_v15#10 p.289.1, SW_v09#07 p.086 | Education of children; moral education; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1955 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures | The sun of truth rises in each season from a different point of the horizon... People think religion is confined to an edifice, to be worshipped at an altar... This movement eludes organization... There are many people who have never heard of this Revelation that teach its laws and spiritual truths | BSC.438 #797x, ADP.015-016, BSTW#096 | Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spirit and form in the administration; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1954 | Words spoken at Shrine of the Báb, 1920-01-04 | 150 | In this gathering, all the friends are assembled together in the utmost freedom, happiness and majesty. | SW_v13#09 p.220-221 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1953 | 150 | Christ said, "Many are called, but few are chosen." The chosen have heard and understood the call from the divine assembly. | ADP.059-060 | Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Exhortations and counsels; Many are called but few are chosen; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1952 | Words spoken in 1912 | 150 | Consider the times of the past: Regard for instance the days of His Holiness Christ and days subsequent thereto. | SW_v03#13 p.016 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1951 | Words to Alice Beede et al, spoken on 1911-10-15 | 150 | I am very glad to be here with you. I am very glad to see you all here. | SW_v02#18 p.006-007+12 | Education of children; moral education; High station of teachers of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1950 | Words to Dr. Woodsen Allen, spoken on 1912-10-10 | 150 | Because whatsoever a man soweth here he reapeth there. This world is like a school. He must learn lessons here | MAB.048-049, ECN.468 | Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1949 | Words spoken at Baltimore Hotel in Paris, 1913-05-11 | 150 | There are three paths through which man attains spiritual happiness. The first path is the path of ordeals, trials and difficulties. | DAS.1913-05-11 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1948 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-04 | 150 | The more we thank Bahá'u'lláh for these bounties with which He has encircled us, the more numerous will they become. When Bahá'u'lláh in the early history of the Caused desired to test any one | DAS.1913-03-04 | Conference of Badasht; Goodly deeds; actions; Scarcity of receptive souls; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1947 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-02-15 | 150 | During our stay in Baghdad there lived in that city one of the Ameers of Afghanistan. He was reputed to be very wealthy and cultured. He used to frequent our house | DAS.1915-02-15 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1946 | Words spoken on 1913-10-26 in Ramleh | 150 | There are some people who make this short span of life miserable to themselves and others because they harbor envy in their hearts | DAS.1913-10-26, SW_v07#18 p.185x | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1945 | Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-06 | 150 | I have been for a walk. Motion is the sign of life. If there be no wind, no motion, the air become impure... our sun with all its planets are moving around a central sun like the moon moves round the earth. | PN_1920 p038, PN_1920 p046, PN_1920 p083, PN_1920_heh p019, PN_1920_heh_haifa p070 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Personal instructions | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1944 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-02-15 | 150 | When I go to bed I lie awake for one or two hours, then I sleep well for four hours. The sleep before twilight is also very invigorating. Taki Menshadi often spoke during the hours of sleep. | DAS.1915-02-15 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Contemplation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1943 | Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-26 | 150 | The future of the Cause in Germany is very bright. Likewise Budapest and Vienna will become Bahá'í Centers. | DAS.1913-04-26 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1942 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 150 | This 'letter' means a person. As the Word came forth from the mouth... 'The seas moved' - the seas of existence; the seas of life | PN_1901 p021 | Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1941 | Words spoken on 1914-01-27 | 150 | Consider the influence of the Word of God... If you take bars of iron and tie them together, no matter how closely, they will not become one. But when a metallurgist comes on the scene | DAS.1914-01-27, SW_v15#07 p.208x | Metallurgical metaphors; Oneness; unity of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1940 | Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-30 | 150 | We must let loose the divine forces so that those souls who are standing still at the turnpike may move along the path of progress... We must ever strive to find out the subject which is of interest to the other party and speak with him from that standpoint. | DAS.1913-06-30 | Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1939 | Words to Mr and Mrs Scott, spoken on 1913-05-07 | 150 | You are the flowers of Paris and the cause of my happiness. All the inhabitants of this city are either thinking of industry or wealth or they are chasing after the worldly pleasures | DAS.1913-05-07 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1938 | 150 | Blessed is the soul which is purified, and understands its wickedness and piety. | BSTW#119 | Goodly deeds; actions; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1937 | Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-14 | 150 | The condition of faith requires that man may ascend to and abide in the station of sacrifice. Without this attainment one's faith is not perfect. | DAS.1914-05-14, SW_v05#08 p.118 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1936 | 150 | ...multitudiness, they all emanate from the solar center. May we be like these trees | BSTW#084b | Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1935 | Words to Mrs DeBons, spoken on 1913-10-16 | 150 | You must live and conduct yourself in Cairo in such a manner and characterize yourself with such attributes | DAS.1913-10-17 | Being a source of light; guidance; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1934 | Words to the wife of a professor, spoken on 1913-01-19 | 150 | You must thank God that, although I am a person from the East and you are a revered lady from the West, yet we are gathered in this place with the utmost of spiritual affection. | DAS.1913-01-19 | East and West; communication between East and West; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Unity; oneness of humanity; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1933 | Words spoken ca. 1912-04-25 in Washington | 150 | The difference between animal and man is this, that the animal cannot comprehend the teachings of God.... The teachings say first to investigate reality | BSTW#336d | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Man's distinction from the animal; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1932 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 150 | Today we will occupy ourselves with the glad tidings of God. It is for us to consider how we may educate men that the darkness of ignorance | AELT.212-213 | Call to action; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1931 | Words spoken en route in carriage in Akka, 1915-04-17 | 150 | Doest thou see the farmers furrowing the fields for the sowing of new seeds? Are they not working with tireless exertion? | DAS.1915-04-17 | Effort; striving; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1930 | Words to Corinne and Arna True spoken in Feb. 1907 | 150 | Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca | The Master said there were four kinds of light; the light from the lamp was one; but because the face of a man does not give out light | TTCT.31-32 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1929 | Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-13 | 150 | Once a Bahá'í was mistaken for his friend and arrested... Your hearts must be like mirrors brightly polished | PN_1909B p053, PN_1909C p031, PN_unsorted p159 | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1928 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 150 | In the first days of every Prophet, He was the source of the bounties of God to the people, but after a time, the true spirit of his Teachings waned... Our Lord says that in these early days of the faith, it is of the first importance that all believers should have the right qualities | PN_1901 p014, NRMM.227-228 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; High station of the true believer; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1927 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-10-11 | 150 | Praise be to God you had a spiritual time in Germany... Paris is the jungle of nature... The German people are religious. | DAS.1914-10-11, PN_1914 p060 | Critique of Western values; culture; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; War and peace; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1926 | Words to Percy Grant, spoken around 1912-07-12 | 150 | Man thinks too much of perfecting the body, but of what use is it to him without the perfecting of the spirit? | DJT.341-343, BLO_PN#027 | Critique of Western values; culture; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1925 | Words spoken on 1913-05-09 in Paris | 150 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | وقتی با بیدینها صحبت میکنید از مضرات و مفاسد عالم طبیعت آنها را آگاه نمائید | When you converse with those who are not religious, alert them to the detriments and corruptive influences of the world of nature | BDA2.292 | MHMD2.385-386 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1924 | Words to a visitor, spoken on 1913-05-21 | 150 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | همیشه ملتفت حال خود باش بهبین چه نقصی داری کوشِش نما تا آن را اصلاح کنی چشم انسان | Thou must look to thyself and within thyself and find thine own errors and weaknesses. If thou hast any imperfection thyself, try to improve it. | BDA2.310 | DAS.1913-05-21, SW_v08#11 p.138, MHMD2.410-411, BSTW#338 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge of self; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1923 | Words spoken on 1913-01-06 en route to Edinburgh | 150 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | نور علي شاه مطرود دولت و ملت شد و آواره غربت گشت | Nur 'Ali-Shah was rejected by both the government and the people. He became homeless and an exile. | BDA2.061-062 | MHMD2.074, STAB#111x | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1922 | 150 | Persian | من بیشتر مکاتیب بدست خود مینوشتم ولکن چون سه انگشتان دستم از کثرت کتابت از کار افتاد مجتاج شدم که کاتبی بگیرم | Most of My epistles did I pen with Mine own hand, yet when three fingers of Mine hand became disabled through the profusion of writing, I found Myself compelled to take a scribe [3.5s] | ASAT5.010-011 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Eulogies; reminiscences; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1921 | Words spoken on 1916-07-12 in Haifa | 150 | Persian | مسائل تاریخی تورات از حضرت موسی نیست، از عزراء است. احکامش از موسی است و برهان بر | The matters of history in the Torah are not from Moses, but from Ezra. Its laws are from Moses, and the proof lieth in [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-12 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1920 | Words spoken on 1913-09-21 in Ramleh | 150 | How complex is the life of the present age and how much more complex we | DAS.1913-09-21, SW_v08#02 p.017-018, ABIE.343, BLO_PN#007 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Critique of Western values; culture; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Praise of Eastern values; culture | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1919 | Words at table to the friends, spoken on 1912-06-07 | 150 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | در عالم وجود امری اعظم از اینگونه محافل نیست که محض محبت الله انعقاد گشته ملاحظه نمائید | Nothing in the world of existence is greater than such gatherings as these | KHTB2.127, BDA1.116.11 | SW_v19#06 p.185, MHMD1.124 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1918 | Words spoken on 1913-06-17 in Port Said | 150 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در این سفر چون بلاس انجلز رسیدیم ١٢ ساعت ریاضی نصف کرهٴ ارض را طی نمودیم | We had crossed half the globe in the span of twelve hours when we arrived at Los Angeles on this journey. Had we returned by way of China, Japan, and India, we would have made a full trip around the world | BDA2.355-356 | MHMD2.473-474 | Heat and motion; Law of cause and effect; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1917 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-29 | 150 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | خیلی خوب است بین دوستان آلمان و امریکا مکاتبه شود تا مزید الفت و ارتباط قلوب گردد | It will be very beneficial to the Cause if a tie of correspondence is established between the German and the American Baha'ís. Spiritual correspondence must be continued | BDA2.271 | DAS.1913-04-28x, MHMD2.355 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1916 | Words spoken on 1913-06-06 in Paris | 150 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | چون این ظهور ظهور فضل است لهذا کسانیکه اعمال طیبه و اخلاق حسنه دارند | As this dispensation is one of grace, those who perform goodly deeds and possess a righteous character will not be deprived of divine mercy | BDA2.337-338 | MHMD2.448 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Goodly deeds; actions; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Twin duties of recognition and obedience | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1915 | Words spoken on 1912-11-15 in New York | 150 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بیان انسان دو قسم است یکی بیانی است که فقط منبعث از احساسات شخصی و خیال و فهم اوست این برای همه حجت و میزان نیست | Man explains things in two ways. One explanation originates from his personal feelings... In Jerusalem every now and then they broadcast a promise | BDA1.375.15 | MHMD1.394-395 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Predictions and prophecies; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1914 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 150 | Persian | اینها پنجاه سال است درس میخوانند که بمعلوم پی ببرند باز در یوم ظهور محروم میمانند | These people study for fifty years to learn the signs of Return, and yet on the Day of the Manifestation, they have remained deprived. | KHH1.051-052 (1.072-073) | KHHE.090-091 | Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1913 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 150 | Persian | انظروا جنون دولت ایران و دولت الاتراک کیف نفوا بهاء الله من ایران و بغداد | Consider the foolishness of the governments of Iran and the Ottoman Empire, how they banished Baha'u'llah from Iran to Baghdad and Istanbul... Perchance it is because of this that Jewish people will embrace the Cause, since there is no other course left to them. | QT108.070, KHH1.057 (1.080-081), KHH1.322 (1.448-449) | KHHE.098-099 | Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Growth of the Cause; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Predictions and prophecies; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1912 | Words spoken on 1915-07-29 in Haifa | 150 | Persian | از عکا تا حیفا همه معمور می شود. همه اش باغ و بوستان و بنا خواهد شد. باغهای بسیار خوب می شود | The area between Haifa and Acre will be developed; it will be filled with buildings | ZSM.1915-07-29 | DWN_v3#08 p.074 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1911 | Words to a troop of actors, spoken on 1912-12-21 | 160 | All these people thought they were waiting for Christ and that they were His intimate friends | LBLT.132-133 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Imam 'Ali; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1909 | Words to Mrs Merriman and Mr Reed, spoken on 1912-10-08 | 160 | It was a day of happiness for me, too. What I discussed this morning was evident as the sun. That was the fundamental oneness of phenomena. | ECN.520+628+663+1021 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Intuition; inspiration; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1908 | Words spoken on 1912-10-21 in San Francisco | 160 | This morning we were speaking of the fact that God never leaves anything unexplained. He will make everything manifest, even though it may remain hidden for a long time. | ECN.184 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Mary Magdalene; Resurrection of Christ; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1907 | Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles | 160 | Welcome! Welcome! Are you all well? Are you all happy? I am very happy to see you all. I have come from a far distant point to see you | ECN.161 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1906 | Words spoken on 1912-10-11 in San Francisco | 160 | We went for a short drive and walked through the Sutro Gardens, which are very beautiful. San Francisco has capacity - capacity for many things | ECN.125 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1905 | 160 | Such is the way that must be adopted, for only through intimate association.... The Temple of Ishkabad is unique in that it is the first temple of the kind | SW_v11#01 p.015+019, SW_v13#10 p.263 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Music and singing; Power of prayer; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1904 | Words to Asadullah Qumi spoken around Sept. 1910 | 160 | Do you realize the meaning of my statement... Tell the friends, how, under severe circumstances of bodily weakness, I have accepted... A clipping from the newspaper of Moaid... | SW_v01#15 p.002 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1903 | Words to the secretary of the New York Peace Society, New York, 1912 | 160 | You must rest assured and let there be no trace of doubt in your souls that God is your assister and helper | SW_v13#12 p.343-344 | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1902 | 160 | Until now it has been said that all religions were composed of tenets that had to be accepted, even if they seems contrary to science. | ADP.102-103 | Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Priestcraft; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1901 | Words spoken ca. 1919 | 160 | God treats these people with His mercy, not with His justice, since God is against war. | SW_v10#18 p.336 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Second birth; Soul; spirit after death; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1900 | Words spoken on 1914-06-18 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Prayer and supplication are two wings whereby man soars toward the heavenly mansion of the True One. | DAS.1914-06-18, BSC.438 #796x, SW_v09#10 p.113, SW_v08#04 p.041-042, SW_v14#06 p.166 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Importance of prayer; Meditation; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1898 | 160 | Bahá'í Scriptures | Tell them they should do as they think best in these matters. Should they marry, divorce, leave their homes, move to other places | BSC.487 #936 | Freedom of thought and action; Personal instructions; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1897 | Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-11-16 | 160 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The | Wherever the mention of Baha'u'llah rises up, that is the paradise of Abha. | PUP#129 (p.437), BSTW#088 | High station of the true believer; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1896 | Words spoken on 1911-10-17 in Paris | 160 | I wish you to study the works of the Blessed Beauty and to live according to His teaching. | SW_v02#16 p.003-004, PN_1911 p016 | Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1895 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 160 | The love shown by animals is instinctive and not dependent upon their own will--that is, they are endowed with their qualities and use them in a natural way | DLA.032-033, BLO_PN#026 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Free will and predestination; fate; Kindness to and rights of animals; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1894 | Words spoken to Miss St. in Aug 1910 | 160 | Der Engländer hat ein unerschutterliches Staatsbewußtsein, welches mit seinem Geschäftssinn ganz verwachsen ist; deswegen ist er der geborene Eroberer und Kolonisator | SDW v14#01 p.008 | Critique of Western values; culture; Growth of the Cause; Praise of Western values; culture | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1893 | Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23 | 160 | Bodily matters are not important. The physical suffering of Christ passed away | SW_v14#01 p.011, PN_1909 p092 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1892 | 160 | Verily the founding of the Mashrak-el-Azkar will mark the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth. | LOG#2051x, SW_v08#12 p.148x, BW_v01p061 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1891 | Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London | 160 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | God has created the world as one -- the boundaries are marked out by man. God has not divided the lands | AIL.055 | Human reality created in the image of God; Nationalism; love of country; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1890 | 160 | God has given man a heart and the heart must have some attachment | SW_v07#16 p.162, ADP.136-138 | High station of the true believer; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Power of the mind over nature; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1889 | Words spoken on 1913-08-23 in Ramleh | 160 | The stories of the prophets recorded in the Koran are not for the sake of recording history. They are as warnings to future generations after Mohammed | DAS.1913-08-23, ABIE.225, BLO_PN#007 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1888 | Words to several Baha'is, spoken on 1912-07-01 | 160 | Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | I desire to make manifest among the friends in America a new light that they may become a new people | PUP#078 (p.218), PN_1912 p068, BLO_PT#028m | M. Weigert | Being a source of light; guidance; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1887 | 160 | The Blessed Beauty of El-Abha (Baha'o'llah) - may the divine souls of the existence be | SW_v08#13 p.161 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1886 | 160 | Now listen unto what I say for it is the foundation of success and the basis of righteousness | SW_v08#15 p.209-210, CUPAB.009-010 | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1885 | Words spoken in Feb. 1911 | 160 | Fasting is a symbol. Fasting signifies abstinence from lust. Physical fasting is a symbol | SW_v08#06 p.061, BLO_PN#002 | Development of capacity and readiness; Law of fasting; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Moderation; frugality; simplicity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1884 | Words to Mrs. C, Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1920-10-24+25 | 160 | This is the Lord's supper. Sometimes the material things have a spiritual effect - for instance, music is material but has an effect over the spirit | PN_1920_heh_haifa p043 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1883 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-04-03 | 160 | These [locusts] are the armies of God. They are countless in number. Look at them how they fly. How high they are ascending in the air. They must also be fed. | DAS.1915-04-03 | Stories; anecdotes; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1882 | Words spoken on 1913-09-02 in Ramleh | 160 | Once there was a theologian who took a sea trip. While he was walking on the deck and watching the calm sea... By these remarks I do not mean that religious study must be entirely neglected | DAS.1913-09-02, SW_v09#18 p.210x, ABIE.269x, BLO_PN#007, STAB#154 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Humor; jokes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1881 | Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-01 | 160 | The reality of spirit, because it is not corporeal, cannot be in bodily form. We cannot say it is like the fire, or like water. | PN_1919 p058 | Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1880 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-09 | 160 | The good deeds of man are like unto the sweet fragrances emanated from the musk... As his deeds have been performed with no reference to the applause and commendation of men he enjoys them more than any one else. | DAS.1914-03-09 | Chastisement and requital; Goodly deeds; actions; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1879 | Words spoken on 1910-05-18 | 160 | In fact, you have shown forth a wonderful devotion; you left the West and came to the furthermost part of Asia | SW_v01#08 p.008 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1878 | Words to Mary Lucas and other pilgrims, spoken on 1905-02-02 | 160 | These words of Christ were addressed to the Jews and Pharisees. By coming in the name of the Father | BAVA.024-025, BLO_PN#021 | Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1877 | Words to Baha'is from Portland, spoken on 1912-10-16 | 160 | Alláh-u-Abhá! You are very welcome.... Because I longed to see you, I have shortened my visit to the country, and here am I. | MAB.053-054, ECN.844 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1876 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-01 | 160 | Those persons who are firm in the Faith during these days shine like unto the brilliant sun and are the cause of the tranquility of the hearts; but those whose hearts are not set aglow | DAS.1914-12-01 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1875 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-19 | 160 | It so happened that while in Baghdad, during the season that the pilgrims arrived from all over the Islamic world to visit the Holy Shrines | DAS.1913-02-19 | Humor; jokes; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1874 | Words to Siyyid Asadollah around March 1912 | 160 | When Jesus Christ was on earth He taught for three years and was then crucified. As he hung on the cross, during those dark hours | PN_1913 p015 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Martyrdom of the Bab; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1873 | 160 | Christ was asking of His disciples whom He was, and when Peter answered: 'Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God'... Let me now compare the words of Christ to the lives of the Popes. | BSTW#162 | Christ; Christianity; Goodly deeds; actions; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; The Christian clergy | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU1872 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 160 | We must love all humanity as the children of God. Even if they kill us we must die with love for them. | SW_v15#05 p.153x, TDLA.020-021, BLO_PN#104 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Four; five pathways of love; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1871 | Words to Marie Watson et al around Aug. 1921 | 160 | I plant a seed in your mind; if your heart approves it, it will become a tree and bear fruit... When the brain cells in the 'upper chamber' are active, they respond to celestial vibrations... Discerning, conscious souls who comprehend the reality of the divine teachings are few in every age. | - | - | |||||||||||||
| ABU1870 | Words to Mr Frosell and his brother, spoken on 1913-04-11 in Budapest | 160 | I have come here to see men and not piles of stones and clay. These buildings you can find everywhere; for my part I am searching for men. | DAS.1913-04-11 | Goodly deeds; actions; Human reality created in the image of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1869 | Words spoken on 1912-07-21 in New York | 160 | I feel a zephyr blowing from the Supreme Kingdom towards America. It will continue to blow. I hope it brings the utmost strength to the Covenant. | PN_1912 p018, PN_1912 p113, BSTW#351e | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1868 | Words spoken ca. 1912-04-22 in Washington | 160 | In the world of existence there are three stages, the mineral, the vegetable, and the animal. | BSTW#336c | Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Limits of the intellect; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1867 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 160 | In America you have only received a taste of the spiritual food... Concentrate the soul upon God so that it may become as a fountain pouring out the Water | SW_v08#06 p.065x, TDLA.013-014, BLO_PN#104, STAB#030 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Pure intentions in teaching the Cause; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1866 | Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-06 | 160 | The existent world needs a uniting power to connect nations. There are various uniting powers in the world. One is patriotism | PN_1904 p002, PN_1904 p033, TTAW.003-004, BLO_PN#102 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1865 | Words spoken on 1914-06-08 in Tiberias | 160 | God willing, ye shall be always under the protection of the Truth. In your behalf, I seek favor and bounty from the Blessed Beauty. Rest ye assured. | DAS.1914-06-08, SW_v09#10 p.109 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1864 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1914-07-23 | 160 | Having then realized how these holy, spiritual, luminous Manifestations sacrificed their lives, teaching us with deeds and not words... then if we have one grain of loyalty how can we stand by idle | DAS.1914-07-23 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1863 | Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09 | 160 | Authenticity of prayer "O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit"; Historical Context for the Prayer 'O God! Refresh and Gladden My Spirit...'; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | There are two kinds of understanding; objective and subjective... O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit.... Beg everything thou desirest from Baha'o'llah. If thou art asking faith, ask of Him. | BPRY.174-175x, DAS.1914-05-09, SW_v07#18 p.179x, SW_v09#09 p.104x, SW_v13#09 p.251-252x, DWN_v3#05 p.031x, PN_1914 p002, BSTW#318 | The Badasht Project, D. Gundry, A. Youssefi, P. Escobar, L. Slott, M. Sparrow, A. Bryan, N. Chiang, K. Bartlett, L. Ghiami, Dechen & Michael, M. Benedetti, E. Lilian, MANA, W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies, M. Levine [track 4], J. Marks and S. Engle, L. Dely & M. Congo, A. & M. Zemke [track 6], Do'a [track 4], T. Ellis, G. and M. Smith, Ladjamaya [track 5] | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | For comments on authenticity see https://bahailibrary.com/uhj_authenticity_refresh_spirit. | ||||||||
| ABU1862 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 160 | The reference of the words of the Old Testament 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' is double | AELT.117-118 | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Justice and wrath of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1861 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-04 | 160 | We cannot in this world realize the bounty of God, nor can we appreciate His Love, but in the next world we can do so. | PN_1909 p008, PN_1909 p032, PN_1909B p014, PN_1909C p069, DJT.041-042, BLO_PN#027 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of pilgrimage; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1860 | Words to some Druze friends, spoken on 1914-11-03 | 160 | I read in a newspaper the other day a story concerning the present conflict raging between the European Powers | DAS.1914-11-03 | Justice and wrath of God; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1859 | Words spoken on 1914-04-07 | 160 | My God ever assist and confirm you. Whenever you go to visit the Holy Tomb you must implore and supplicate that God may surround you with His invisible confirmations. | DAS.1914-04-07 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Need for an educator; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1858 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 160 | All things in creation are composed either of simple atoms or of compound particles. In the mineral kingdom, many substances such as gold are composed of simple atoms... In the case of Prophets, some have the power to sway and subdue one country only | PN_1901 p014, NRMM.227 | Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Growth of the Cause; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1857 | Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-14 | 160 | This kind of food is not Persian. It is European... There is no grape in the Kingdom. This is a symbol or sign of the Word of God. The intoxication of this wine is such that it will be seen. | PN_1907 p076, TTAG.018, BLO_PN#101 | Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1856 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 160 | In Yazd an ordeal transpired unparalleled in history. After the enemies had besieged he quarter inhabited by the believers, they assaulted them | AHF.033-034 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1855 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-28 | 160 | A crow was perched on the lofty branch of a tall tree. In its beak it carried a piece of cheese. It so chanced that two jackals passed by under the tree. | DAS.1914-11-28 | Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1854 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 160 | These are precious and wonderful days in ‘Akká. Each day is as a year. Your visit cannot be measured merely by the length of time you have been here. | TDLA.012-013, BLO_PN#104 | Differences in human capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1853 | Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902 | 160 | God is to every human being as great as the individual mental capacity permits one to see Him. So, also, is the Manifestation who represents Him in this world of beings. | AELT.136-137 | Differences in human capacity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1852 | Words spoken on 1913-03-29 in Paris | 160 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | یکوقتی ما در طهران همه نوع اسباب آسایش و زندگانی داشتیم ولی در یکروز همه را غارت نمودند | Once during the imprisonment of the Blessed Beauty, I was very insistent to be taken to see Him.... They sent me with a black servant to His blessed presence in the prison. The warders indicated the cell | BDA2.206 | MHMD2.264-265, ABCC.011-012, STOB.013-014 #020 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1851 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | یکروز در بغداد با دو سه نفر از احباب به شکار رفتیم یک عرب برهنه سیاه سوخته سوار شتر بود | One day in Baghdad, I went hunting with two or three of the friends. Riding a camel, an unclad Arab Bedouin came towards us. | KHH1.034-035 (1.049) | KHHE.065, STAB#155 | Stories; anecdotes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1850 | Words spoken on 1916-02-14 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | وقتی در عکا هفتاد نفر از ارتودکس ها را حکومت گرفت که جزیه بدهند، ولی چون فقیر بودند عاجز ماندند | When in 'Akká seventy souls from among the Orthodox were required by the government to pay the poll-tax, yet, being poor, they remained helpless [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-02-14 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1849 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-26 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | من از ملاقات شماها کمال سرور حاصل مینمایم همیشه این محافل را در خاطر خواهم داشت ابداً فراموش نخواهم نمود | I always derive great pleasure from being with you. I shall always remember these gatherings. I shall never forget them. | BDA1.391.04 | MHMD1.410 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1848 | Words spoken on board the SS Celtic at port, 1912-12-13 | 160 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من از امریکا میآیم نه ماه در آن ممالک مسافر بودم در اکثر کنائس و مجامع نطق کردم | I come from America, where I spent nine months as a traveller. I spoke at many churches and synagogues | BDA2.020 | MHMD2.023 | East and West; communication between East and West; Methods of teaching the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1847 | Words spoken on 1915-10-26 in Bahji | 160 | Persian | مقصد از سوزاندن چراغ نه برای روضه است، بل برای نفوسی که وارد می شوند است که به آن واسطه ذکر کنند والا خود روضه مقدس است | The purpose of kindling the lamp is not for the shrine itself, but rather for such souls as enter therein, that through this means they may be moved to remembrance; for in truth the shrine itself is sanctified [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-26 | Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1846 | Words to Otto Häfner, spoken on 1913-04-04 | 160 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | مبلغی در طفولیت خوبست من باین سن که بودم تبلیغ میکردم شخصی از احباب برادری داشت | It is good to be a spreader of the Teachings of God in childhood. I was a teacher | BDA2.218 | DAS.1913-04-05, SW_v09#18 p.201, MHMD2.281, VLAB.103, STAB#114 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1845 | Words spoken on 1914-02-08 | 160 | Persian | کلمه عزت و نجات بنی اسرائیل وقتی نازل شد که جمیع انها در ذلت بودند بدرجه | The Word of glory and deliverance was sent down upon the children of Israel at a time when all of them had sunk to such depths of abasement [3.5s] | MAS5.187-188x | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1844 | Words spoken at Hearst estate in Pleasanton, 1912-10-15 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | فی الحقیقه اطفال زینت سفره اند علی الخصوص این اطفال که خیلی ملیحند قلوب اطفال بسیار صاف و ساده است | In reality, children are the ornaments at the table... How can we render Thee thanks, O Lord? Thy bounties are endless and our gratitude cannot equal them.... When in the city of Zor the lamp of his life was extinguished | AVK4.070, MAS5.256, MMJA.010, BDA1.311.07 | MHMD1.329, ABCC.308x | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Prayer to be recited at table; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1843 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-08 | 160 | Persian | فقر از هر جهت بر ناس غلبه نموده ما هم امور مان وضعی است که نمیتوانیم | Poverty has become widespread amongst all the inhabitants of Syria and our affairs are in such a confused state... the station of such a wealthy man is greater than the poor who is patient | KHH1.233 (1.325-326) | KHHE.342-343, DAS.1915-05-08 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Christ; Christianity; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1842 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | علویه خانم عیال ملا علی جان شهید خوابی دیده بود و برای جمال بروجردی نقل کرده بود | ‘Alaviyyih Khanum, the wife of the martyred Mulla ‘Alí Jan [Mafuzaki], had a dream which she recounted to Jamal Burújirdí. She said, “I dreamt that Jamal Mubarak came to this room and graciously spoke in praise of me.” | KHH1.022 (1.031) | KHHE.045, STAB#121 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1841 | Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-06-10 | 160 | The Supreme Báb was the promised one of the Koran. with regard to the question of the Seal of the Prophets | SW_v09#10 p.111 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Seal of the Prophets | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1840 | Words to a Sufi, spoken on 1912-10-30 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | صحیح است ولی یک آدمی انقدر عزیز است که مسجود امم میشود مانند حضرت مسیح و موسی داعی بوحدانیت الهیه و سبب تربیت ملتی می گردد | Yes, this is true, but one man is so exalted that others bow down before Him and He is adored by them like Christ or Moses | BDA1.340.09 | MHMD1.358-359 | Christ; Christianity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Moses; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1839 | Words spoken on 1913-03-16 in Paris | 160 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | در زمان معاویه شخصی از خاندان اسرائلیان بود | During the reign of Mu'awiyah, the caliph, there was an Israelite who claimed to be a Muslim. | BDA2.185.01 | MHMD2.235, STAB#148 | Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1838 | Words to Tirandaz, spoken on 1914-10-29 | 160 | Persian | در بغداد کارپرداز ایران بقدری عداوت داشت که وقتی که ذکر جمال مبارک می شد چشمهایش تغییر می کرد. من طفل بودم از من پرسید تیر می اندازی | Is this wee bit of an animal your donkey? Your name has just brought to my mind a story of my childhood. At the time of our arrival in Bagdad | ZSM.1914-10-29 | DAS.1914-10-29 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1837 | 160 | Persian | در این دور حجاب محکمتر از سابق میباشد در دوره اسلام حجاب چنان شده بود | In this Dispensation the veil hath grown more impenetrable than in former times. During the Islamic Dispensation the veil had become such [3.5s] | AVK3.340.15x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Critique of Western values; culture; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Veiling [hijab] | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1836 | Words spoken on 1915-09-08 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | خیلی مردم در مخمصه هستند. نور ایمان هم که نیست تا سبب صبر و تحمل شود. انسان وقتی که قلبش مطمئن به ایمان است | Verily, multitudes of men are encompassed by tribulation. The light of faith doth not shine forth that it might become the cause of patience and forbearance. When the heart of man is assured through faith [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-08 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1835 | Words to some Baha'is, spoken on 1912-04-29 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | خوب شهری دارید ندای آلهی اول در این شهر بلند شد امیدوارم که در شیکاغو امر الله نهایت نفوذ حاصل نماید | You have a good city. The call of God was first raised in this city. I hope that in Chicago the Cause of God will progress greatly... The severest tests were in Persia.... This building commands a good view | BDA1.059.05 | SW_v19#04 p.111, MHMD1.067-068 | Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Race unity; racial issues; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1834 | Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | حضرت می فرمایند این آیات از فطرت من نازل می شود، از جبرئیل نیست. همیشه مخابرهٴ معنوی بود، مخابرهٴ مستمره بود | He saith: These verses are revealed from Mine own nature, not from Gabriel. Ever was it a spiritual communion, an unceasing communication [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-08 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1833 | Words spoken on 1916-05-30 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | حضرت اعلی می فرماید که هر قدر اهل عروج به معارج عرفان صعود کنند بالأخره راجع می شوند به انفس خود | The Exalted One declareth: Howsoever loftily the people of ascent may soar unto the heights of divine knowledge, in the end must they return unto their own selves [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-30 | Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God as mirror; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1832 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 160 | Persian | Translation List | حصول تائید منوط بتبلیغ است اگر تبلیغ تعطیل شود تائید نیز منقطع خواهد شد . تائید معلق و موکول به قیام است | The acquisition of confirmations is dependent on teaching the Cause. If the teaching is stopped, then confirmations will likewise cease… It is incumbent on each and every one of the believers to lead, in the span of a year, at least one person to the river of guidance | KHMT.082 | ADMS#293 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universality of the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1831 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 160 | Persian | حالا که عالم مغشوش است تا ببینیم بعد از این طوفان چه می شود، انشاء الله خوب می شود. این دول بدون اینکه مشکلات | Now when the world is in tumult and confusion, We shall behold what shall come to pass after this tempest; God willing, it shall be well [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; War and peace; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1830 | Words to the Portland and Seattle Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-22 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | تا حال واقع نشده که از شرق شخصی بغرب بیابد محض انبعاثات وجدانی و ملاقات دوستان الهی | Until now it never happened that someone from the East, impelled by the promptings of his conscience, should come to the West to see the friends of God... A great war and commotion shall inevitably take place | BDA1.325.14 | MHMD1.344 | Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1829 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-09-30 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | پطرس از تربیت ظاهری مقدس و مبری بود بدرجه ئی که ایام هفته را نمیتوانست نگاهدارد هفت بستهٴ نان می بست | Peter was devoid of all schooling and so untrained that he could not remember the days of the week. He would tie up seven loaves of bread and open one each day. | BDA1.279.15 | MHMD1.297-298 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1828 | Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-08-03 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | بیان باید بمشرب حضار و اقتضای وقت باشد حسن عبارات و اعتدال در ادای معانی و کلام است | The explanations must be adapted to the capacity of the hearers and suited to the exigency of the time. | ANDA#79 p.15, MAS5.176b, GTB.015, BDA1.175.08 | MHMD1.190-191, STAB#079 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1827 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | بزرگان مصر میخواهند وهابی بشوند عقاید وهابیان را پیش گیرند شاید بحرب و ضرب و جنگ | The Egyptian chiefs want to become Wahabbi and promote Wahabbi convictions. Perchance they hope to resist European expansion through wars, violence, confrontations and slaughter. | KHH1.052 (1.073-074) | KHHE.091-092 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1826 | Words spoken on 1913-06-08 in Paris | 160 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | باید بوصایای الهیه عامل شوید زیرا این وصایا علاج هر دردی است این علاج را بکار برید | You must act on the divine counsels, inasmuch as they are the remedy for every ailment. Make use of this cure. Be mindful of God. Have discussions on spiritual subjects | BDA2.342-343 | MHMD2.454-455 | Call to action; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1825 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | باید بسیار مسرور باشید که در چنین روزی بارض مقدس رجوع نمودید واقعا از تدین و صفای طینت | You must be thrilled that on such a Day you have come to the Holy Land.... This is an explicit promise and clearly enunciated by the Divine Prophets. They have foretold that even outwardly, the Jews will come to the Holy Land and once more reclaim their ancient splendor. | KHH1.037 (1.052) | KHHE.069 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1824 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-30 | 160 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | این چه محبتی است که بقوهٴ حضرت بهآءالله در میان ما احداث شده پادشاه ایران دو مرتبه | Consider what wonderful love is this that has been established between us through the power of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! The Shah of Persia came twice to Stuttgart. | BDA2.276 | DAS.1913-04-30, MHMD2.361-362 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1823 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-22 | 160 | In these days the most important affair is to render a worthy service at the Holy Divine Threshold and this is no other but the guidance of the people of the earth. | DAS.1914-11-22 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Idolatry; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1822 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-02 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | اول وظیفه اعضا الفت و اتحاد آنهاست که سبب حصول نتائج حسنه گردد | The first duty of the members is to effect their own unity and harmony, in order to | MAS5.276, BDA1.349.05 | COC#0187x, SW_v08#09 p.114, MHMD1.367-368, BSTW#248b | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1821 | Words spoken on 1915-11-10 in Bahji | 160 | Persian | انسان باید همیشه شعله را بنشاند. چون که این عالم همه اش شعله است، عالم نزاع و جدال است. نزاع میانه | Man must ever strive to quench the flame, for verily this world is naught but flame - a realm of conflict and contention [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-10 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Contention and conflict; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1820 | Words to a French poet, spoken on 1913-03-28 | 160 | Man must spend his talent in a cause the result of which is eternal. If we spend our talent in the Cause of God its outcome will be everlasting, but if we waste it over worldly affairs, it is like drawing pictures over the surface of the water. | DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1819 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-09-26 | 160 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | امید وارم در صون حمایت الهی باشید و بخدمت نوع انسانی موفق شوید و همیشه | I hope that you will be under the protection of God... God has appointed provision for every living creature | MAS2.031x, BDA1.272.10 | MHMD1.291 | Compassion; kindness; Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1818 | Words spoken on 1912-10-19 in Los Angeles | 160 | O my God! O my God! Verily, this is a servant of Thine, who did believe on Thee and in Thy signs | SW_v03#13 p.015, SW_v04#11 p.189-190, MAB.022, ECN.159 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1817 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 160 | Persian | الحمد لله بفضل و عنایت جمال مبارک ما در بقعه مبارکه نوراء در ظل عنایت | Praise be unto God that through the generosity and benevolence of the Blessed Beauty, we have come to this resplendent spot...The believers must be servants to the world of humanity. They must be kind to one another | KHH1.044-045 (1.062-063) | KHHE.080-081 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Pure intentions in teaching the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1816 | Words spoken on 1913-05-18 in Paris | 160 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | اگر انسان خوب تأمل کند مییابد که تربیت روحانی اطفال از صغر سن چه قدر اهمیت دارد | Should one ponder carefully, one would realize how important it is to give children a spiritual education from their earliest years. | BDA2.305 | MHMD2.404 | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1815 | Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-17 | 160 | Actual despotic government is undesirable. A republican form of government is good, but a constitutional monarchy is better | PN_1919 p021, PN_1919 p110, LAT.033-037 | Excellence; distinction; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Relationship between government and people; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1814 | The Desires and Prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Baha: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-15 | 160 | Persian | Paris Talks | از فرط محبت بشما تضرع و زاری من بملکوت الهی این است که شماها را تایید نماید | You are all very welcome, and I love you all most dearly. Day and night I pray to Heaven for you that strength may be yours, and that, one and all, you may participate | KHAB.168 (179), KHTB1.166 | PT#30 p.093 | E. Mahony (1), E. Mahony (2) | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Study; deepening | - | - | ||||||
| ABU1813 | Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-11-05 | 170 | I speak in Persian and you do not understand... The tongue of the soul is the tongueless tongue... People drink wine and say it is useful. It is not the wine, but the juice of the grape which is useful. | PN_1920_heh_haifa p069 | Language and the structure of reality; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1812 | Words to Mrs. Emma Blum, spoken on 1912-10-07 | 170 | My admonition to you is this. Be thoughtful of attaining to that which was the utmost desire of the Saints. Strive with all your heart and soul to attain to the Kingdom of God. | ECN.676 | Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1811 | Words to Mrs Masten and son, spoken on 1912-10-07(?) | 170 | I feel very happy to be amongst you. This is a happy nation and a striving one. I hope that this nation will be the instrument for the illumination of the world of humanity. | ECN.651 | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1810 | Words to Anna Kunz, spoken on 1921-03-27 | 170 | I was very glad to hear of your coming. When all the people are negligent you have been chosen by God.... In their heavenly books the prophets have spoken of the Day of the Lord | SW_v13#06 p.142-142 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Mount Carmel; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1809 | Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908 | 170 | This is a deep and lengthy subject, but briefly, there is, as we know, a power that composes and a power that decomposes | LOG#0688x, DLA.043-044, BLO_PN#026 | Angels; Composition and decomposition; Demons and evil spirits; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1808 | 170 | Abdu'l-Bahá in London | Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be understood | AIL.080 | Knowledge of self; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1807 | Words spoken on 1914-02-20 | 170 | As long as a thing is rare and scarce, it seems more attractive and has greater value.... In the past, they used to prevent girls from learning to read and write | SW_v09#03 p.036-037 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Role and station of women; Scarcity of receptive souls | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1806 | Words spoken in Apr. 1913 in Stuttgart | 170 | They are ready to fight for their fatherland. How barbarous it seems to send men, who do not even know each other | DAS.1913-05-23, SW_v04#04 p.072, SW_v07#16 p.157 | Crucifixion; ascension of Christ; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high; The power of words; of speech; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1805 | Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911 | 170 | There has been another battle today and much blood has been shed. The poor have given their lives | SW_v02#14 p.005 | Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1804 | Words to Isobel Chamberlain spoken around Sept. 1913 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | I have great hopes for the American people, but alas! as yet they do not understand the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh | BSC.443 #807x, ADP.030-031 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Literal interpretation; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1803 | Words spoken on 1913-07-05 in Port Said | 170 | Whether we live in the East or in the West, the invisible Power of Baha'o'llah | DAS.1913-07-05, SW_v04#15 p.252, ABIE.026, BLO_PN#007 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1802 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-01 | 170 | I desire each one of you to become so great that each may guide a country. The friends must now endeavor to attain to such a station... There exist in man two powers. | SW_v14#01 p.009-010, PN_1909B p007, PN_1909C p073 | Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1801 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures | As there is no one who has not his designated place in the world, for there is nothing useless on this earth | BSC.450 #823-824x, ADP.058-059 | Human reality created in the image of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1800 | Words spoken at 97 Cadogan Gardens in London, 1912-12-26 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Paris Talks | Yes: In the Baha'i Cause arts, sciences and all crafts are (counted as) worship.... all effort and exertion put forth | LOG#0967x, LOG#2110x, PT#55 p.189, BSC.452 #826x, VLAB.134x | Leona and Larry | Evolution; human evolution; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1799 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1917-01-17 | 170 | I am like a man who has lost the most priceless jewel. He is seeking here and searching | SW_v09#13 p.143 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Power of prayer; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1798 | Words spoken on 1914-02-24 | 170 | Generosity, courage, faithfulness, truthfulness, etc., are all shining stars.... In this station, the souls are tested. | SW_v09#10 p.107 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1797 | Words spoken on 1914-02-14 | 170 | A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul | DAS.1914-02-14, SW_v07#18 p.186-187 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Thankfulness; gratitude; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1796 | Words spoken on 1914-02-22 | 170 | Everyone must do away with false prejudices and must even go to the other churches and mosques | SW_v09#03 p.037-038 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fanaticism and hatred; Oneness; unity of religion; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1795 | Words spoken on 1914-10-13 | 170 | But now after the lapse of many centuries, his highness, the Almighty, has again looked upon them | DAS.1914-10-13, SW_v09#01 p.007+010 | Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as sun; Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1794 | Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04 | 170 | People must live for one another and not live in seclusion as the monks and nuns. People should not live solitary lives. Light is of no value in an empty room... Man must work and in that work show the qualities of God and thus do good | PN_1901 p024 | Importance of community building; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Work as worship | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1793 | Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1915-04-26 | 170 | Intoxicated with the wine of the love of God and the service of man, you must go forth with intensified faith and focalized attraction. Each one of you must become a storm center of spiritual influence and a whirling vortex of divine stimuli. | DAS.1915-04-26 | Love of God; Methods of teaching the Cause; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1792 | Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-25 | 170 | When love enters the heart the bitter water becomes sweet... When I was in Baghdad, a thorn seller invited us. His dwelling was twenty miles from Baghdad | PN_1920 p036 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Hospitality; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1791 | Words spoken on 1915-04-24 in Haifa | 170 | Now that sacred tent which belonged to the Manifestation of God, the tent under which the Suratu'l-Haykal, the Kitab-i-Aqdas and other glorious Tablets were revealed... is given by the violators of the Covenant to Jamal Pasha | DAS.1915-04-24 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1790 | Words to a Persian visitor, spoken on 1913-05-17 | 170 | Be patient. Overlook the shortcomings of others. Don't mind the criticisms of anyone. Let thy heart be like unto a sea. | DAS.1913-05-17 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1789 | Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-20 | 170 | See to it that it is also published in a German newspaper and later in a pamphlet. This address is very useful for the Christians | DAS.1913-04-20 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1788 | Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-05 | 170 | You are very welcomed. I am always glad to meet you and associate with you. But the weather of Paris did not agree with me and caused me this illness. | DAS.1913-03-05 | Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1787 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-29 | 170 | Be free from every tie. Do not attach thy heart to anything. Open thy wings and soar toward the infinite space of God. A bird whose wings are tied cannot fly. | DAS.1913-01-29 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Study; deepening; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1786 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1913-01-22 | 170 | Once Muhammad Ali thought in a public way [to] show his superiority over ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. In those days the Blessed Perfection lived in the Palace of Bahji | DAS.1913-01-22 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1785 | Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken on 1909-02-22 | 170 | If entertainments were of an intellectual character such as lectures or singing and music, they were approved, but a Bazaar was not so commendable | PN_1909F p086, PN_1909F p103, AKL.011-012 | Business; financial; property matters; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1784 | Words to M. R. Shirazi, spoken on 1914-04-07 | 170 | It is really very sad to see how Buddha and Christ are fallen into the hands of the bad people of their respective followers... At the very utmost photographs are for remembrance and not for worship. | DAS.1914-04-07, TDAB.04-05 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Idolatry; Photographs and recordings; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1783 | Words to Mr Diebold and Miss Wieland, spoken on 1913-04-28 | 170 | I have heard you are engaged to get married. It will be a blessed union. A marriage performed according to the religion of God will be very blessed. | DAS.1913-04-28 | Chastity and purity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Marriage as means of spiritual progress | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1782 | Words spoken on 1915-05-01 in Haifa | 170 | How the children love the small, innocent lambs... I remember an incident of my childhood... I was then very, very young, probably 3 or 4 years. At the time the Blessed Perfection lived in Tihran. | DAS.1915-05-01 | Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1781 | Words to some children, spoken on 1912-10-12 | 170 | What radiant children these are! How radiant! What radiant and beautiful children! These will become very good | MAB.050-051, ECN.126+477+495n | Education of children; moral education; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1780 | Words to the friends, spoken around 1914-09-07 | 170 | The star of the fortune of some people is always on the ascendant. They are chosen by God to perform certain services in the world of humanity. | DAS.1914-09-08 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1779 | Words to the women believers, spoken on 1915-04-21 | 170 | I hope that this feast of Ridvan will be blessed to all the lovers of Baha! It was an hour like unto this and on such a day that Bahá'u'lláh was bidding farewell to the friends in Baghdad | DAS.1915-04-21 | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1778 | Words spoken on 1914-06-01 in Tiberias | 170 | Thy present condition is transitory... Dissatisfaction with one's self is a sign of progress. The soul who is satisfied with himself is the manifestation of Satan | DAS.1914-06-01, SW_v07#18 p.184-185x, BNE.084x | Perfection; imperfection of nature; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1777 | Words to a group of American students, spoken on 1913-03-25 | 170 | I am likewise most pleased to meet you. This cause has become world-wide. In a short space of time it has permeated throughout all the regions, for it has a magnetic power | DAS.1913-03-25, BSC.443 #809x, DWN_v5#01 p.006x | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Harmony of science and religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1776 | Words to Mr Crewe of Newfoundland, spoken on 1913-03-02 | 170 | The physical body is accidental and the inherent quality of every accidental composition one of which is decomposition. For example, the inherent quality of a house | DAS.1913-03-02 | Composition and decomposition; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Relationship of the soul to the body; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1775 | Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-25 | 170 | When His Holiness the Báb arrived in Isfahan, Manuchehr Khan who had been converted from Christianity to [the] Muhammadan religion was the governor of the city. | DAS.1913-02-25 | Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1774 | Words spoken in Jan. 1913 | 170 | Reincarnation is a very abstruse question. If one desires to give a satisfactory explanation, one must write a book | DAS.1913-01-02n | Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; Evolution; human evolution; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Reincarnation | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1773 | Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905 | 170 | In the Book of Íqán we can read the Word of God concerning the true Reincarnation, which is the Return of the Spiritual Qualities in the Servants of God. | TDLA.045, BLO_PN#104 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; John the Baptist; Reincarnation; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1772 | Words to Esmael, spoken on 1914-12-09 | 170 | Let me tell you a story about a Mohammadan Judge in Tiberias. This judge had two rooms which communicated to each other by the means of a ladder | DAS.1914-12-09 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1771 | Words to departing pilgrims, spoken on 1914-01-20 | 170 | Do ye not weep! The Lord is your comfort. The glory of the King of Kings shall rest upon you. Abide eternally in the realm of joy | DAS.1914-01-20 | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1770 | Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-06-30 | 170 | The most important thing is that which comes through the Spirit - the breath of the Holy Spirit... Without firmness there will be no result. Trees must be firm in the ground to give fruit. | SW_v08#08 p.100x, PN_1909 p003, PN_1909 p074, PN_1909B p006, PN_1909C p071, DJT.020-021x, BLO_PN#027x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1769 | Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-10 | 170 | We are having a very good meeting, very sweet and full of the Spirit. Thanks be to God that the love of Baha'o'llah has gathered us. Our countries are different | FRGA.016 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Many are called but few are chosen; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1768 | Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901 | 170 | The word virgin means those who are free from ties of this world unspotted by the world and empty... The first necessity for us is to increase this capacity for light. | PN_1901 p003, NRMM.205 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1767 | Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-11 | 170 | How are the Believers? Are they enkindled? Are they brilliant stars in the Assembly? Do they serve the Cause of God in Love and Harmony? In the meetings of Believers is there a real quickening, or is it cold? | FRGA.020 | Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1766 | Words to Ahmad Sohrab, spoken on 1915-06-23 | 170 | I have repeated on various occasions that the foundation of the progress of the Bahá'í Cause consists in the spread of the message... This is the time for laying the foundation and raising the walls. This is not the time to think of the interior decoration and furniture. | DAS.1915-06-23 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1765 | Words to Remey, Latimer, et al, spoken on 1914-10-16 | 170 | When we were in Salmani-Pak, an Indian prince, Iqbalu'd-Dawlih, accompanied by one student, came there. There were between thirty and forty souls with Bahá'u'lláh. | DAS.1914-10-16, PN_1914 p093 | Business; financial; property matters; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1764 | Words to Charles and Mariam Haney spoken in Feb. 1909 | 170 | The people who come here are divided into two classes. One comes here as dead and returns alive | AHF.005-006 | Differences in human capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1763 | Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-19 | 170 | Today the body of the world is sick. All nations are raising the banners of war and the illness, being very severe, needs the divine Physician. | PN_1901 p073, BLO_PN#109 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1762 | Words spoken in Dec. 1900 | 170 | Nicodemus was a learned man; nevertheless he was one of those to whom Jesus referred when He said, 'Because seeing, they see not | PN_1900 p098 | Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1761 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-23 | 170 | My highest desire in this world is to be confirmed in the service of the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection. No other title or station is pleasing to me. Bahá'u'lláh Himself crowned my head | DAS.1915-03-23 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1760 | Words spoken ca. 1900 | 170 | The reality and essence of Jesus Christ was like the mirror, and the reality and essence of God is likened unto the Sun. | PN_1900_heh p068 | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; The cross and the trinity; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1759 | Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1919-12-15 | 170 | It was infinite, unlimited. This is clear. Can a limited power raise such a cause?... Baha'u'llah's last illness lasted twenty-one days. | PN_1919 p036 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Humor; jokes; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1758 | 170 | Arabic | هم عندهم المساوات و نحن عندنا لیس فقط المساوات بل المواساة هم یطلبون المساوات کرها | They seek equality amongst themselves, while We possess not equality alone but rather fellowship and consolation. They pursue equality with aversion [3.5s] | YIK.315-316, ZIAB2.151 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1757 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-07 | 170 | Persian | هر امری که قوه دارد خودش کار میکند حال ما اینجا هستیم جمیع ابواب مسدود و طرق مقطوع است | The Cause which is endued [with] dynamic, spiritual energy will advance and develop in spite of all obstacles.... It has taken possession of the subterranean layers of human consciousness… | KHH1.228 (1.317) | KHHE.334-335, DAS.1915-05-07 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1756 | 170 | Persian | ناقضین قصر را از ما گرفتند و حتی یک اطاق هم به ما ندادند | The Covenant-breakers seized the mansion from Us, and did not grant unto Us even a single chamber [3.5s] | YIK.304, ZIAB1.150-151 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU1755 | Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-08-06 | 170 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | میفرمودند ایرانیها هر امر مهمی را میخواهند یاد داشت کنند می گویند این را هم در جزء بیست و نهم بنویسید حال باصطلاح ایرانیها | When Persians want to record any important matter, they say, 'Write this down in the twenty-ninth section.' | BDA1.178.09 | MHMD1.194 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Prophecy and fulfillment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1754 | Words spoken on 1913-03-09 in Paris | 170 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من خواستم شما از الواح و رسائل اخیرهٴ حضرت بهآءالله مطلع شوید بدانید که در ایام ظهور | I wanted you to become acquainted with Baha'u'llah's latter Tablets and epistles. Know that, in the scriptures of every dispensation | BDA2.175 | MHMD2.221-222 | 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1753 | Words spoken on 1915-10-21 in Akka | 170 | Persian | من جمله اینکه مناظر آنجا اصطناعی و مناظر اینجا خلقی است. اگر آن تجملات در اینجا بود آن وقت معلوم می شد | Among these matters lies the truth that those vistas are artificial whilst these scenes are divine creations. Were such splendors to be found herein, then verily would it become evident [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-21 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU1752 | Words spoken on 1915-09-23 in Haifa | 170 | Persian | گرسنگی صدمه است از برای انسان، غذا دافع آن است، نه اینکه لذتی است در غذا. تشنگی صدمه است از برای انسان | Hunger is an affliction unto man, and food doth ward it off; not that there be pleasure in food. Thirst is an affliction unto man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-23 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1751 | Words spoken on 1913-06-10 in Paris | 170 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | قیام بر تبلیغ امر الله و خدمت کلمة الله در هر عصری سبب حیات سرمدیهٴ نفوس بوده | In every age, the act of arising to teach the Cause of God and exalt His Word has enabled humanity to achieve eternal life. Through this service | BDA2.344-345 | MHMD2.457-458 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Contention and conflict; Generosity [kirama]; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1750 | Words spoken on 1913-03-25 | 240 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | عظمت اين امر بدرجهءي است که منکرين شهادت بر قدرت و بزرگواري | The grandeur of this Cause is such that even its disbelievers have testified to its power and greatness… In 'Akka the first person to throw himself at the feet of Baha’u’llah and kiss His garment was its Mufti. | BDA2.197-198 | MHMD2.253-254, STAB#086x | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1749 | Words spoken on 1913-01-12 in London | 60 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | این بحث بین افراد بود چنانچه ذکر شد بشر حقّ انتقام ندارد امّا اگر ملّتی تعدّی کند | This subject has been discussed among people for some time. As was mentioned previously, no one has the right to take revenge | BDA2.080 | MHMD2.096-097 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Justice and mercy; Kindness to and rights of animals; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1748 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 170 | Persian | شرکت خبرگزاری رویتر تلگراف نموده که مستر داد بهائی عازم هندوستان است | The Reuters news agency telegraphed that a Baha'í by the name of Mr. Dodd was proceeding for India. Reuters only sends telegrams for such prominent personages | KHH1.026-027 (1.037-038) | KHHE.052-053 | East and West; communication between East and West; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1747 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 170 | Persian | در این مدت من تب داشتم و نتوانستم در محفل شما حضور پیدا کنم لذا از ملاقات شما ها محروم بودم | During this period, I was stricken with fever and could not attain unto your gathering; thus was I deprived of meeting with you all [3.5s] | KHMT.090 | Goodly deeds; actions; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1746 | Words spoken ca. Feb. 1920 | 170 | Persian | حاج میرزا کمال الدین نراقی عموئی داشت موسوم به حاجی ملا محمد نراقی روزی حاجی میرزا کمال الدین حکایت کرد | Hajj Mirza Kamal'ud-Din-i-Naraqi had an uncle named Haji Mulla Muhammad-i-Naraqi. One day Haji Mirza Kamal'ud-Din related [3.5s] | KHMT.081-082 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1745 | Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1912-07-07 | 170 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | جمال مبارک این عهد را برای اطاعت گرفتند نه مخالفت و این را من محض حفظ امر الله و اتحاد احباء می گویم | The Blessed Beauty entered into this Covenant for obedience and not for opposition. I say this merely for the protection of the Cause of God and for the purpose of safeguarding unity among the friends. | BDA1.148.17 | MHMD1.160-161 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1744 | Words spoken on 1911-09-14 in London | 170 | Persian | تحیت محترمانهٴمرا بجمعیت تیاسفی برسان و بگوشما فی | Please give my respectful greetings to the Theosophical Society, and tell them ‘You are in truth promoting the oneness of humanity | KHAB.057 (066), KHTB1.018 | ABS#05 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Oneness; unity of religion; Theosophy; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1743 | Words spoken on 1913-06-23 in Port Said | 170 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | آنچه را شما دربارهٴ اسلام شنیده‌ایدهیچ ربطی باساس اسلام ندارد و حتی اکثر آنچه از بعض | That which you have heard about Islam bears no relationship whatsoever to the foundation of that religion | BDA2.360-361 | MHMD2.481 | Christ; Christianity; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Muhammad; Islam; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1742 | Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907 | 170 | Persian | این مهمانی مال حضرات زائرین کلیمی است از فضل جمال مبارک در این حفله و در این مائده جمع شده اند | This feast belongs to the illustrious pilgrims of the Jewish descent.... In the East it was prohibited for men and women to assemble in the same room. However in this Dispensation, the women have the same rank as men | KHH1.050-051 (1.071) | KHHE.089-090 | Equality of men and women; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1741 | Words to the Baha'í women, spoken on 1912-11-12 | 170 | Persian | Mahmúd's Diary | این انجمن دختران من است در خانهٴ دختر من مسس کروک لهذا از این اجتماع بسیار مسرورم خوب مجلسی است | This is the assemblage of my daughters in the home of my daughter, Mrs Krug. Therefore I am very happy with this gathering. | BDA1.369.11 | MHMD1.388 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - |
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