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| AB08663 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه های شما رسید و بدقت تمام ملاحظه گردید تنگی امور و کثرت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letters have been received and perused with the utmost care. The constraints and multitude of affairs [3.5s] | MSHR3.074x | Business; financial; property matters; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08664 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان هر خبر و حوادثی که از جاای میرسد مرقوم دارید یا خود مثل | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Every news and event that reacheth from any place, write thou thereof, whether by thine own hand or otherwise [3.5s] | INBA17:204 | Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Personal instructions; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08665 | 90 | mixed | ای ثابت بر عهد و میثاق صبح است و بوی مشکین از ریاض علیین منتشر و انوار تقدیس | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! It is dawn, and the musk-laden fragrance from the gardens of the Most Exalted is diffused, and the lights of sanctity [3.5s] | MKT8.065a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08666 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق الحمد لله ثبوت و استقامتی بنمودی که جمیع یاران را خوشنود کردی | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Praise be to God that thou hast shown such steadfastness and constancy as hath brought joy to all the friends [3.5s] | MMK2#291 p.212 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08667 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق حقا که مستقیم بر امراللهی و مستقر در محبت الله اریاح افتتان | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Verily thou art steadfast in the Cause of God and firmly established in His love amidst the winds of tests [3.5s] | INBA16:193 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08668 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق محزون مباش در فکر صدمات و بلایاء عبدالبهاء افت ملاحظه | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Be thou not sorrowful, neither dwell upon the trials and tribulations that have befallen 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MMK5#147 p.114, MSHR5.045x | Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Poems and quotation from poetry; Review of publications; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08669 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق محزون مباش دلخون مباش منظور نظر عنایت بوده و هستید اگر در | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Be thou neither sorrowful nor grieved in heart. Thou hast been, and shalt ever remain, the object of loving grace [3.5s] | MKT6.031a | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08670 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت پایدار حضرت ستار غفار گنهکارانست و بخشنده و مهربان چون مستفیض از بحر | O steadfast and firm one! The All-Concealing Lord is the Forgiver of sinners and the All-Bountiful, the All-Merciful, like unto an ocean outpouring its grace [3.5s] | MMK2#153 p.114, PYB#107 p.04 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08671 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت پیمان بمجرد قرائت نامه شما سفارش در خصوص آقا میرزا فتحعلیخان بنفس | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Upon the mere perusal of thy letter, instructions regarding Áqá Mírzá Fatḥ-'Alí Khán were personally [3.5s] | INBA87:435b, INBA52:449b | Consolation and comfort; Petitions to authorities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08672 | 90 | mixed | ای ثابت نابت نامه بجناب افنان قرائت گردید و از وفای شما بیاران فرح و سرور | O steadfast Nabíl, the letter addressed to the Afnán was read, and your faithfulness to the friends brought joy and delight [3.5s] | INBA84:303 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Naming of children; of individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08673 | 90 | Persian | ای ثمره طیبه چون در عالم امکان نگری هر نفسی ثمر شجریست و هر نبتی کل چمنی ثمر | O noble fruit! When thou gazest upon the contingent world, every soul is the fruit of a tree, and every plant is the flower of a meadow [3.5s] | MMK3#243 p.175 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08675 | 90 | Persian | Translation List | ای جانفشان یار بی نشان هزاران عارفان در جستجوی او ولی محروم و مهجور از روی | O selfless lover of the Traceless Friend! A thousand mystics have sought that Friend, and have yet remained deprived and distant | MMK3#151 p.104, AHB.118BE #07 p.170 | ADMS#046 | B. Khoshmashrab (1), B. Khoshmashrab (2) | Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB08676 | 90 | Persian | ای جلال توجه بملکوت جمال نما و موهبت بی زوال طلب و اعظم آمال بجو و آن عبودیت | O thou Glory! Turn thy face unto the Kingdom of Beauty, seek the eternal gift, pursue the most glorious aspiration, which is servitude [3.5s] | AKHA_133BE #02 p.a | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08677 | 90 | Persian | ای جمشید رشید حضرت جم از اینجهان پر پیچ و خم وفاای ندید و شهدی نچشید و بارزو | O Jamshid the Valiant! His Holiness Jam found no fidelity in this twisted and winding world, nor tasted any honey of his desires [3.5s] | YARP2.150 p.162 | Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08678 | 90 | Persian | ای جمشید گویند که جم را جامی در دست بود جهان نما و مرصع هر صبح در آن قدح | O Jamshid! They say that Jam possessed a cup in his hand, world-revealing and jewel-adorned, and each morn in that goblet [3.5s] | YARP2.726 p.481 | Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08679 | 90 | mixed | ای جناب بینش گوهر فصاحت و بلاغت را که در آغوش صدف جان و دل پرورش دادی آرایش | O esteemed personage, thou who hast nurtured the jewel of eloquence and eloquent expression within the embrace of the shell of heart and soul, adorn [3.5s] | INBA84:514b | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08680 | 90 | mixed | گويند که ما شاء الله کان ، يعنی هر چه خدا خواهد واقع خواهد شد در آيه قرآن ميفرمايد يا ايّتها النّفس المطمئنّة | They say "What God willeth shall come to pass," meaning that whatsoever God desireth will verily transpire. In the verse of the Qur'án He saith: "O thou soul that art at rest..." [3.5s] | MMK3#135 p.094x | Degrees of faith; certitude; Development of capacity and readiness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08681 | 90 | Persian | ای جناب مطلق مطلق یعنی آزاد الحمد لله آزادی و آبادی و روز بروز در محبت الله در ازدیادی | O Jinab-i-Mutlaq - 'Mutlaq' signifieth 'free'! Praise be to God, thou art free and prosperous, and day by day thy love for God doth increase [3.5s] | MKT3.330, MSBH4.145 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08682 | 90 | Persian | ای حبیب جناب ابوی در محل غربت و کربت آوارگان وارد و بزیارت بقعه مبارکه فائز و | O beloved! His honour, thy father, hath arrived in the place of exile and tribulation of the wanderers, and hath attained unto the blessing of visiting the Sacred Shrine [3.5s] | INBA21:140a | MKT6.140b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08683 | 90 | Persian | عبدالبهآء را نهایت آرزو عبودیّت این مظاهر مقدّسهٴ الهی است و نهایت آمال جانفشانی و شهادت کبری در سبیل آنان | ...The lecture delivered by Monsieur ... was perused. It is a good lecture; but he has mentioned the appearance of three Manifestations | NJB_v05#14 p.005x | DAS.1914-06-24x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08684 | 90 | Turkish | ای حضرت ابهانن سوگلی قوللری جناب آقا محمد اسمعیل نفس جبریله همدم و بو مکتوبک | O ye beloved servants of the Most Glorious One, His honour Aqa Muhammad Isma'il, companion of the Spirit of Gabriel, and this letter [3.5s] | TSAY.225, MJT.126 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08685 | 90 | Persian | ای حضرت بشیرالهی نامه نمروی ۴۰ وصول یافت ضمنا از عدم ارسال جواب احبای الهی | O Divine Herald! Letter number 40 was received. Moreover, concerning the non-receipt of replies from the friends of God [3.5s] | BSHI.044-045, BSHI.097, MSHR3.248 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08686 | 90 | mixed | ای حکیم حکمت روحانیان جو و طبابت بهائیان طلب مریض را ببشارات الهی معالجه نما | O physician! Seek thou the wisdom of the spiritually-minded, and search after the healing art of the Bahá'ís. Treat thou the sick through the Divine Glad-Tidings [3.5s] | TAH.369 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08687 | 90 | mixed | ای حمامه حدائق معانی تجلی الله علیک باشراق انوار جمال بهائه الابهی اگرچه | O Dove of the Gardens of Inner Meanings! May God's effulgence shine upon thee through the dawning lights of His all-glorious Beauty! Although [3.5s] | INBA55:376, INBA87:163b , INBA52:161a | Consolation and comfort; Love as fire; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08688 | 90 | Persian | ای خادم احباء الله خادم احباء خادم جمال ابهی من احبه خدم احبائه | O servant of the beloved of God, servant of the beloved, servant of the Beauty of Abhá! He who loveth His loved ones hath served this servant [3.5s] | INBA72:118 | BRL_DAK#1174, MKT8.079b, AKHB.132 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08689 | 90 | mixed | ای خادم مسافران این خادمی نیست پادشاهیست چاکری نیست شهریاریست منتها آمال این | O servant of the travelers! This servitude is no mere servitude—it is kingship. This bondage is not vassalage, but sovereignty. This is the ultimate aspiration [3.5s] | AKHA_105BE #04 p.02, AKHB.131-132 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08690 | 90 | Persian | ای خادمه ارض اعظم از پیش سطری چند مرقوم گردید و حال نیز مجددا این ورقه تحریر | O handmaiden of the Most Great Land! A few lines were penned previously, and now, once again, this letter is written [3.5s] | TSQA2.326 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08691 | 90 | Persian | ای خادمه عتبه مقدسه چون در مزرعه قاسم آباد بتربیت دوشیزگان مالوفی یقین بدان | O handmaid of the sacred Threshold! Since thou art occupied with the education of young women in Qasimabad, be thou assured [3.5s] | YARP2.125 p.145, PPAR.178 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08692 | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای خاندان جانفشان در سبیل رحمن صبح مبارک نوروز است و انوار شمس حقیقت در جلوه | O ye self-sacrificing household in the Path of the Merciful! It is the early morn of the Blessed Day of Naw-Ruz | BRL_DAK#0339, KHSK.017, BDA2.194 | DAS.1913-03-21, MHMD2.247 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08693 | 90 | Persian | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای خداوند بی مانند کودکی بینوا را پناه باش و بیچاره پر گناه را آمرزنده | O Peerless Lord! Be Thou a shelter for this poor child and a kind and forgiving Master | BRL_DAK#1201, MMG2#427 p.474, HUV1.020, ABMH.010 | BRL_CHILD#12, BPRY.030-031, TAB.588, DAS.1915-03-03 | S. Toloui-Wallace | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Prayer for children and youth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB08694 | 90 | Persian | ای خداوند مهربان این دل را از هر تعلقی فارغ نما و این جان را بهر بشارتی | O Thou kind Lord! Sanctify my heart from all attachment, and gladden my soul with tidings of joy | BRL_DAK#0106, BRL_MON#14, MMG2#038 p.039 | BRL_POAB#14, ADMS#037 | L. Harley | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Prayer for detachment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08695 | 90 | Persian | ای خداوند ودود بنده ات فرود بافق اعلی صعود نمود و در ملکوت ابهی ورود یافت | O loving Lord! Thy servant hath descended to ascend unto the Most Exalted Horizon, and hath entered the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | YARP2.614 p.426 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08696 | 90 | Persian | ای خطیب جلیل شعر بلیغ و نظم فصیح و نطق جلیل که نموده بودی قرائت گردید اشعار | O eminent orator! Thy eloquent poetry, thy lucid verse and thy noble utterance, which thou hadst rendered, have been perused [3.5s] | MKT9.121b | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08697 | 90 | mixed | ای خلیل نبیل در سبیل توکل و توسل و تبتل چنان خالص و مخلص شو که اگر جبریل عظمی | O noble Khalil! In the path of trust, supplication and devotion, become thou so pure and sincere that shouldst the Most Great Gabriel [3.5s] | MKT9.121a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08698 | 90 | Persian | ای خمار ای خوشا بحال تو ای خوشا بحال تو که در یوم موعود بباغ معهود در رکاب | O thou enraptured one! Blessed art thou, blessed art thou, for in the Promised Day, in the appointed garden, thou didst walk in the company [3.5s] | MSBH3.448 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08699 | 90 | Persian | ای خورشید پرتو کوکب آسمانی جهان جسمانیرا نورانی نماید اما نور اختران یزدانی | O Sun of Splendour! The celestial orb illumineth the physical world, but the light of God's stars [3.5s] | YARP2.292 p.241 | Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08700 | 90 | Persian | ای خیاط خیاط حقیقی خلعتی از حریر الهی و پرند و پرنیان رحمانی بر قامت موزون | O divine Tailor! The true Tailor hath fashioned a robe of celestial silk and sacred brocade for a graceful form [3.5s] | MMK5#216 p.166 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08701 | 90 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter like unto the song of the warbler caused joy and happiness. Consequently I read it | DAS.1914-03-25x | Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08702 | 90 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! ...Thou hadst written concerning the Convention which thou art going to establish in Canada | MAX.363b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08703 | 90 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای دختر ملکوتی من صحت من در پاریس مختل گردید تب اعصاب شدید است لهذا مصمم سفر | O heavenly daughter! My health has been impaired in Paris. The exhaustion of my nerves is intense; hence, I am determined to travel to the East | MMK5#073 p.061 | MHMD2s.328 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08704 | 90 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | من منتظر آنم که نیویورک مبروک گردد و آوازهٴ ثبوت بر عهد و میثاق از آن شهر بآفاق رسد | ...I eagerly anticipate the day when New York will become a blessed spot… Bless Thou, O King of Kings, the city of New York! | SCT.294x | BRL_ATE#047x | The Descendants, B. Marks, L. Slott | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB08705 | 90 | Persian | ای دو بنده آستان مقدس محافلی که از برای تربیت و تعلیم نورسیدگان ترتیب گردیده | O ye two servants at the Holy Threshold! We have been greatly cheered and refreshed to know that ye have organized meetings for the education of children. | NLAI_BH_AB.005a | MKT3.329, TSS.315, TRBB.042, NJB_v11#15 p.263 | COC#0602 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08706 | 90 | mixed | ای دو بنده حضرت مقصود الحمد لله رب غفور شما را در یوم ظهور بعمل مبرور موفق | O ye two servants of the Desired One! Praise be to God, the All-Forgiving Lord, Who hath made you successful in righteous deeds in this Day of Manifestation [3.5s] | MMK6#014 | Many are called but few are chosen; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08707 | 90 | Persian | ای دو بنده حق در این دم بدرگاه احدیت اسم اعظم مناجات مینماید که ای پروردگار | O ye two servants of Truth! At this moment the Greatest Name, at the threshold of Oneness, doth supplicate, saying: O Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:090b, INBA52:089b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08708 | 90 | Persian | ای دو بنده صادق خداوند بیهمتا شکر کنید خدا را که در این روز فیروز پروانه شمع | O ye two faithful servants of the peerless Lord! Give thanks unto God that on this blessed day ye are even as moths circling round the flame [3.5s] | MMK2#303 p.220, ALPA.073b, YARP2.085 p.117 | Love as fire; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08709 | 90 | Persian | ای دو خادمه احباء الله سزاوار این است که افتخار و مباهات بر ملکه های اقطار | O ye two handmaidens of the loved ones of God! It behooveth you to attain such honor and glory as to surpass the queens of all lands [3.5s] | INBA87:518a, INBA52:545 | High station of the true believer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08710 | 90 | Persian | ای دو دوست حقیقی نامه شما رسید شکر خدا را که دلیل بر راستی و درستی و خداپرستی بود | O two true friends! Your letter was received. Thanks be to God that it testified to sincerity, uprightness and devotion to God [3.5s] | YARP2.688 p.462 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08711 | 90 | Persian | ای دو شاخ خرم سدره مبارکه فی الحقیقه روزگار بشما بسیار تلخ میگذرد و ایام در | O ye twin verdant branches of the blessed Lote-Tree! In truth, most bitter are the days that pass over you, and the times [3.5s] | INBA87:331b, INBA52:338b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08713 | 90 | Persian | ای دو فرقدان افق محبت الله حمد خدا را که آن دو برادر مانند دو پیکر یعنی جوزا | O twin stars of the horizon of the love of God! Praise be unto God that these two brothers are even as the twin stars of Gemini [3.5s] | INBA87:004, INBA52:004 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08714 | 90 | Persian | ای دو کنیز درگاه الهی حرم شهید شفاعت شما نموده و خواهش نامه بجهت شما کرده من | O ye two maidservants of the divine Threshold! The shrine of the martyr hath interceded for you and hath presented a supplication on your behalf [3.5s] | MKT7.091a | Love of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08715 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two dear maidservants of God! Your longing to visit the Sacred Soil is expressed and evident and your presence | TAB.506 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08716 | 90 | Persian | ای دو مرغ آشیانه عرفان حمد کنید خدا را که در لانه عرفان هم آغوشید و در جنت | O ye two birds of the nest of mystic knowledge! Render praise unto God, for ye are enfolded in close embrace within the sanctuary of divine wisdom and in paradise [3.5s] | INBA17:164 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08717 | 90 | Persian | انسان در ظلمت ضلالت جز غم و کدورت نيابد هميشه مأيوس و محزون و دلخون است ولی چون نور | O ye two birds of the rose-garden of Faith! In the darkness of error man does not find anything save affliction and distress. | MMK3#142 p.098x | DAS.1914-07-17 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08718 | 90 | Persian | ای دو منتسبین درگاه کبریا جناب اردشیر مانند شیر به بیشه نور منیر پی برد و | O ye two who are associated with the Threshold of the All-Glorious! His honour Ardashír, like unto a lion, hath found his way unto the luminous wilderness [3.5s] | YARP2.492 p.363 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08719 | 90 | Persian | ای دو منجذب الی الله موجی از بحر میثاق برخواست و بر قطعه امریک زد دور را | O ye two who are drawn towards God! A wave from the ocean of the Covenant hath arisen and struck the shores of America [3.5s] | INBA59:244a | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08720 | 90 | Persian | ای دو نهال بوستان الهی شکر کنید خدا را که از شجره مبارکه انبات شدید و برشحات | O ye twin saplings of the divine garden! Give thanks unto God that ye were nurtured from the blessed Tree and sustained by its outpourings [3.5s] | INBA87:375, INBA52:384 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08721 | 90 | Persian | ای دو نهال جنت ابهی شمائل پرملاحت شما در نزد عبدالبهاء حاضر شد چون نظر بر روی | O ye two saplings of the Abha Paradise! Your charming likeness hath been presented before 'Abdu'l-Bahá. When He gazed upon [3.5s] | DRM.011a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08722 | 90 | Persian | ای دو همراز نامه مختصر مفصل بود اسرار عشق راز دل است نه محسوس سمع و بصر | O twin confidants! Though brief, thy letter was comprehensive. The mysteries of love are secrets of the heart, beyond the perception of hearing and sight [3.5s] | MKT6.150, YMM.443 | Knowledge of self; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08723 | 90 | Persian | ای دو یادگار پیشینیان کیانیان افسر و دیهیم داشتند و چتر زرین افراشتند ولی چه | O ye two remnants of them that came before, who wore crowns and diadems, and raised aloft the golden canopy [3.5s] | ALPA.081b, YARP2.095 p.122 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08724 | 90 | mixed | ای پروردگار ای آمرزگار ياران را مانند گل و ريحان به رشحات سحاب عنايت | O Lord, O Forgiver! Through the dewdrops of the clouds of Thy bounty, make Thy loved ones even as flowers and sweet herbs [3.5s] | MJMJ3.068x, MMG2#024 p.025x | Living waters; water of life; Love as fire; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08725 | 90 | O thou true friend! Through the graces of the Sun of Reality do I supplicate | SW_v12#03 p.057 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08726 | 90 | Persian | ای دوست حقیقی جناب طیفور ستایش موفور از آن مخمور خمر طهور نموده که در نهایت | O true friend, esteemed Taifur! Abundant praise be unto that one intoxicated with the pure wine, who in the utmost [3.5s] | TAH.332 | Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08727 | 90 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای دوست حقیقی در نظری و عزیزی و پیش بصری و محترمی رابطه ای در نشئه انسانی | O true friend! Thou art ever before mine eyes, and dearly cherished; before my gaze, and highly respected. | BRL_DAK#0004 | BRL_ATE#004, MAAN#21 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08728 | 90 | mixed | ای دوست حقیقی روحانی جناب میرزا حبیب الان از حیفا وارد و در این ساعت راجع | O true spiritual friend! Mirza Habib hath now arrived from Haifa, and at this hour is returning [3.5s] | MMK6#552 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08729 | 90 | Persian | ای دوست حقیقی نامه تو رسید و مقصود پدید گردید فتح و نصرت جدید میطلبی و بر عون | O true friend! Thy letter was received and thy purpose became manifest. Thou seekest new triumph and victory, and divine confirmation [3.5s] | INBA84:512a | Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08730 | 90 | Persian | ای دوست حقیقی نامه شما رسید فی الحقیقه ثابتی و راسخ لهذا امیدوارم که جاذب | O true friend! Thy letter was received. In truth thou art firm and steadfast, wherefore I hope thou mayest draw [3.5s] | MKT9.129 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08731 | 90 | ...Thou art not and shalt never be forgotten. Be thou strong and firm. Be thou resolute and steadfast | SW_v10#19 p.348x | Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08732 | 90 | Persian | ای دوست قدیم از کثرت مشاغل و اختلال صحت تا بحال بشما نامه ننوشتم ولی همیشه در | O ancient friend! Due to the multitude of occupations and the disturbance of health, until now I have not written you a letter, but always [3.5s] | BLIB_Or.08117.061, | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08733 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear friend! What thou hast written was perused. I beg of God that thou wilt become assisted and confirmed under all circumstances | TAB.456 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08734 | 90 | mixed | إلهی إلهی ايد عبادک علی الأخلاق التی قدرتها لأحبائک و علی السلوک علی المسالک | My God, my God! Aid Thy servants to acquire those virtues which Thou hast ordained for Thy loved ones and to walk in the ways [3.5s] | MJMJ3.015x, MMG2#393 p.441x | Exhortations and counsels; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08735 | 90 | mixed | ای دوستان جانان بوی جانی سوی جانها میوزد یعنی از ریاض ملکوت ابهی نفحات قدس | O friends of the Beloved! The fragrance of life wafteth towards the souls, even the holy breathings from the gardens of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | MMK6#267 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08737 | 90 | Persian | ای رستم بهمن احبای بندر عباس فی الحقیقه ثابت و مستقیم و خدا شناسند آنانرا از قبل بنده | O Rustam Bahman! The friends in Bandar-'Abbas are, in truth, steadfast and firm, and know their God. Convey unto them [3.5s] | YARP2.673 p.453 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08738 | 90 | Persian | ای رستم من فی الحقیقه تهمتنی و دشمن جان هر اهرمن یزدانی ای نورانی ای | O Rustam! In truth thou art as Tahmínih, and the enemy of every demonic soul. O thou who art illumined [3.5s] | YARP2.657 p.445 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08739 | 90 | Persian | ای رستم مهربان تهمتن پیلتن بود و پهلوان هر انجمن ولی خسته از گرز سهراب بابرز | O Rustam, the kind-hearted! Tahamtan was mighty in strength and the champion of every assembly, yet weary from the mace of Sohrab the valiant [3.5s] | YARP2.148 p.161 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08740 | 90 | Persian | ای رشید رشادتی بنما و شجاعتی آشکار کن تا حق مردانگی را در میدان پیمان بدهی و | O valiant one, show forth thy fortitude and manifest thy courage, that thou mayest prove thy true manhood in the arena of the Covenant [3.5s] | AKHA_123BE #05-06 p.j, ALPA.086b, YARP2.104 p.126 | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08741 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear friend! The maidservant of God . . . hath remembered thee in her letter and hath thus made my heart busy with thy thought. | TAB.251 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08742 | 90 | Persian | ای زاده عنصر جان و دل حضرت خلیل چه که اگر زاده عنصر آب و گل بودی در چنین یوم | O offspring of the essence of heart and soul of His Holiness Khalil! What indeed if thou hadst been fashioned from elements of water and clay [3.5s] | KHH2.194c (2.356) | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08743 | 90 | Persian | ای زائر تربت پاک الحمد لله هیکل وجود را بخلعت موهبت کبری آراستی و تاجی از | O pilgrim of the sacred Sepulchre! Praise be to God, thou hast adorned the temple of existence with the raiment of supreme bounty and crowned it with a diadem of [3.5s] | MKT8.098b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08744 | 90 | Turkish | ای زائر مشکین نفس اللهدن بشقه هر کسدن میلنی کس و بو قفس ظلمانیدن حدیقه بقا | O musk-scented pilgrim! Sever thy attachment from all save God, and from this darksome cage [emerge] into the garden of eternity [3.5s] | INBA72:149b | MJT.132 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08745 | 90 | Persian | ای زائر مشکین نفس عبدالبهاء چون روی تو دید بوی از خوی تو برد تو را و پدر | O musk-scented pilgrim! When 'Abdu'l-Bahá beheld thy countenance, He caught a fragrance from thy nature that captivated both thee and thy father [3.5s] | YARP2.346 p.281 | Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08746 | 90 | Persian | ای زبان گویا در جوامع و بیع و صوامع صد هزار احبار بذکر و صلواه سالهای دراز | O eloquent tongue! In assemblies, temples and sanctuaries, a hundred thousand priests have, through long years, been engaged in remembrance and praise [3.5s] | MMK2#043 p.033 | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08747 | 90 | Persian | ای زنده دلان موسم بهار جان پرور است و فصل ربیع بدیع وقت نزهت گلستانست و فسحت | O ye who are spiritually alive! The season of soul-nurturing spring hath come, and the wondrous vernal tide is at hand. It is the time for strolling in flower-gardens and their spacious grounds [3.5s] | PYB#265 p.03 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08748 | 90 | mixed | إلهی إلهی انّ عبادک الّذين اَيَّدْتَهُمْ بسلطانک و هَديْتَهُمْ بنور برهانک | O my God, my God! Verily, these servants of Thine whom Thou hast confirmed through Thy sovereignty and guided by the light of Thy proof [3.5s] | MMG2#002 p.002x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08749 | 90 | Persian | ای سراج محفل محبت الله سراج آفاقیرا دهن زیتون لازم تا بیفروزد ولی سراج الهی | O Lamp of the gathering of the love of God! The lamp of the horizons requireth the oil of the olive that it may be kindled, but the Divine Lamp [3.5s] | MKT9.136 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08750 | 90 | Persian | ای سرگشته سودائی بهاء الله حمد کن خدا را که ثابت میثاقی و نابت از حرارت اشراق | O bewildered and enraptured one, praise thou God that thou art steadfast in the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh and art radiant with the warmth of His dawning light [3.5s] | MKT9.138a, FRH.264b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Music and singing; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08751 | 90 | Persian | ای سرگشته سودائی شکر حی قدیر را که در ظل رب عظیم مستظلی و ببوی مشک جان مشامی | O thou who art bewildered and consumed with passion, give thanks unto the Ever-Living, All-Powerful Lord, that thou art sheltered beneath the shade of the Great Lord and thy soul is perfumed with the fragrance of musk [3.5s] | TAH.248a, YQAZ.231 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08752 | 90 | mixed | ای سرگشته صحرای محبت الله مکتوب واصل و از مصائب و مشقات وارده نهایت تاثر حاصل | O thou wanderer in the wilderness of the love of God! Thy letter hath been received, and intense grief was felt at the afflictions and tribulations that have befallen thee [3.5s] | MKT6.025a, PYB#260 p.40 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08753 | 90 | Persian | ای سرمست باده الست جام می دمی نشئه بخشد و مدتی خمار آرد و صداع اسرات کند ولی | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! A cup of wine may bestow a momentary exhilaration, but afterward bringeth languor and causeth a racking headache; yet [3.5s] | MMK2#086 p.067 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08754 | 90 | Persian | ای سرمست باده پیمان در کمال روح و ریحان ببقعه مبارکه نوراء وارد شدی و بوی خوش | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! In the utmost spirituality and fragrance didst thou enter that blessed and luminous Spot, and the sweet perfume [3.5s] | MSBH10.024, YARP2.663 p.447, PPAR.163, NVJ.074 | Law of pilgrimage; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08755 | 90 | mixed | ای سرمست باده محبت الله باده خلار و می خوشگوار را نشئه دمیست و دریای پرخوشش | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the love of God! The wine of mortality and the delightsome drink have but a momentary exhilaration [3.5s] | MAS5.134 | Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08756 | 90 | Persian | ای سرمست جام عشق در این ایام بعون و عنایت حضرت احدیت منتظرم که نفوسی مبعوث | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of divine love! In these days, through the aid and bounty of the Most Great Oneness, I am waiting for souls to be raised up [3.5s] | PYK.229 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Martyrs and martyrdom; 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08757 | 90 | Persian | ای سفیدوش خوش و دلکش وقت ندارم مختصر بخامه خویش مینگارم زیرا از خدمات فائقه | O thou fair and delightful one! Having no time, I pen these brief lines with mine own hand, for thy distinguished services [3.5s] | YARP2.725 p.480, RMT.044-045, QUM.234c | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08758 | 90 | mixed | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل نامه شما را از عکا باقلیم ماه کنعانی فرستادند | O scion of that glorious personage! Thy letter was sent from 'Akká to the clime of the Moon of Canaan [3.5s] | MSHR3.073x | Conduct in finance and business; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Law of pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08759 | 90 | Persian | Translation List | ای سلیل حضرت خلیل مکتوب ملحوظ گردید و مضمون سبب فرح و سرور شد بلسان پارسی و | O son of the honorable Khalíl! Thy letter was perused, and its contents brought much happiness | MKT6.207 | ADMS#193 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08761 | 90 | Persian | ای سلیل شهید مجید الحمد لله که آن نجل سعید شهید مظهر الولد سر ابیه است یعنی | O descendant of the glorious martyr! Praise be unto God that this blessed scion of the martyred one manifesteth the inner reality of his father [3.5s] | MKT5.088b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08762 | 90 | Persian | ای سلیمان رحمن سریر سلیمانی در این حوالی بود ابدا اثری از آن باقی نه تو | O Solomon of the All-Merciful! The throne of Solomon once stood in these regions, yet no trace thereof remaineth [3.5s] | MUH3.061a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08763 | 90 | mixed | ای سمندر نیران محبت الله چندیست مرغان چمن از غزلخانی باز مانده اند این از | O Phoenix of the fire of God's love! For some time now have the birds of the meadow ceased their melodious singing [3.5s] | AYBY.382 #064 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08764 | 90 | Persian | ای سمى اسم اعظم روحى فدا لهذا الاسم الکریم و النباء | O thou who bearest the Most Great Name, my spirit be a sacrifice unto this noble Name [3.5s] | INBA13:155 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08765 | 90 | mixed | ای سمی حضرت مقصود در عرصه وجود دیده شهود بگشا تا آنگه ایات صحف ملاء اعلی در | O namesake of the Divine Object of all desire! Open the eye of witness in the realm of existence, that the verses of the Tablets of the Supreme Concourse [3.5s] | MMK6#263 | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08766 | 90 | Persian | ای سمی حضرت مقصود صدهزار شکر رب ودود را که در یوم موعود فائز گشتی و بانچه | O namesake of the Divine Purpose! A hundred thousand thanks to the Loving Lord, that on the Promised Day thou didst attain, and unto that which [3.5s] | INBA13:156b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08767 | 90 | Persian | ای سمی محبوب آفاق و ای امه الله المقربه نامه شما مضمون بدیعی داشت و سبب سرور | O namesake of the Beloved of all horizons, O handmaiden of God drawn nigh unto Him, thy letter contained a wondrous theme and brought joy [3.5s] | INBA87:113, INBA52:112 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Naming of children; of individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08768 | 90 | mixed | ای سمی من غلامحسین و عبدالبهاء هر دو بمعنی یک عنوانند ولی این شیرین تر و | O thou who bearest my name! Ghulam-Husayn and 'Abdu'l-Bahá are both of one meaning, though this is sweeter [3.5s] | YMM.179x | Naming of children; of individuals; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08769 | 90 | Persian | ای سهراب همنامت هر چند شیر دلیر بود چون در دام مکر و خداع ترکان بستیز پدر | O Sohrab! Though thy namesake was indeed a valiant lion, he fell prey to the snares of Turkish guile against his father [3.5s] | INBA21:103a | YARP2.404 p.311 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08770 | 90 | Persian | ای سیاوش باهوش قصد طواف آستان مقدس نموده بودی و اهرام کعبه دوست بسته بودی | O sagacious Siavash! Thou hadst intended to circle round the Sacred Threshold and hadst girded thyself for the Kaaba of the Friend [3.5s] | YARP2.190 p.185, QUM.234b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08771 | 90 | Persian | ای شاعر یگانه اشعاریکه که چون عقد لئالی در سلک نظم آورده بودی ملاحظه گردید هر | O unique poet! The verses which thou hadst strung like a necklace of pearls have been perused [3.5s] | YARP2.249 p.219 | Call to action; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08772 | 90 | Persian | ای شمع پرنور محبت الله اشراقی در قطب آفاق کن و پرتوی بر قلوب اهل وفاق افکن تا | O luminous candle of the love of God! Shed thy radiance at the pole of all horizons, and cast thy rays upon the hearts of the faithful, that [3.5s] | MKT5.021 | Being a source of light; guidance; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08773 | 90 | mixed | ای شمع طراز رخی در نهایت حسن و جمال افروخته داری صبیح و ملیح و جمیل و جلیلی | O thou candle of radiant countenance! Thou hast kindled a light of surpassing beauty and grace, resplendent, beauteous and sublime [3.5s] | AYBY.409 #119, TRZ1.344, MYD.539 | Being a source of light; guidance; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08774 | 90 | Persian | ای شمع محبت جمال مبارک روزیست روشن و ساحت قلوب گلزار فرح و سرور زیرا بولادت | O thou candle of the love of the Blessed Beauty! Bright indeed is this day, and the court of hearts is even as a rose-garden of joy and delight, for the birth [3.5s] | MKT5.150 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08775 | 90 | Persian | ای شمع محبت در این ساعت که خسرو خاوری در باختر متواری شده و در این محفل جمعی | O candle of love! At this hour when the sovereign of the East hath hidden himself in the West, and in this gathering [3.5s] | INBA59:229a | MSBH6.393-394 | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08776 | 90 | Persian | ای شمع هدایت هدایت محبت جمال احدیت است الحمد لله سراجش در قلبت روشن و موهبت | O Candle of Guidance! The guidance of love is the Beauty of Divine Unity. Praise be to God, its lamp is illumined within thy heart, and His grace [3.5s] | MKT8.117a | Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08777 | 90 | Persian | ای شیدای جمال الهی مدتیست بتو چیزی ننگاشتیم ولی در عالم قلب هر دمی بیاد تو همدم | O enamored one of the Divine Beauty! For some time We have written naught unto thee, yet in the realm of the heart, at every moment, We are thy constant companion in remembrance [3.5s] | INBA13:202b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08778 | 90 | Persian | ای شیدای جمال حق اسمت قاسم رسمت راسخ حقیقتت ثابت صفتت کامل باد گوای که این | O thou who art enraptured by the Beauty of Truth! May thy name be Qásim, thy path be steadfast, thy reality be firm, and thy qualities be perfected. Bear thou witness that this [3.5s] | INBA13:258 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08779 | 90 | mixed | ای صنیع بدیع الاوصاف حقا که سزاوار ملاطفتی و مستحق عنایت و الطاف حضرت احدیت | O thou wondrous creation of matchless attributes! Truly thou art deserving of tenderness and worthy of the grace and favors of the One True God [3.5s] | AMK.106-106b | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08780 | 90 | Persian | ای طالب جمال مختار بذیل تقی تشبث نما و بعروه وثقی تمسک کن توجه بملکوت ابهی کن | O seeker of the Chosen Beauty! Cling thou to the hem of piety and lay fast hold on the sure handle. Turn thy gaze unto the Kingdom of Abhá [3.5s] | MMK2#061 p.048 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; High station of the true believer; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08781 | 90 | mixed | ای طالب حق دیده را از حجاب اوهام احزاب پاک و مبرا فرما تا بعین یقین نور مبین | O seeker of truth! Purge thine eyes from the veils of the delusions of the sects, that with the eye of certitude thou mayest behold the manifest light [3.5s] | MKT6.153, BSHN.140.389, BSHN.144.384, MHT1b.220 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08782 | 90 | O thou yearner after truth! I pray and supplicate at the threshold of God and beg healing for thee. | BSTW#107 | Development of capacity and readiness; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08783 | 90 | Persian | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید دعوت کلیسای متحده را قبول نمودم و از الطاف الهیه | O seeker of truth! Thy letter was received, and I accepted the invitation of the United Church. Through God's gracious favours [3.5s] | ANDA#43-44 p.86, NJB_v02#14-16 p.006 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Freedom of thought and action | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08784 | 90 | O thou seeker of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast praised Mrs. Krug. Truly I say she is one of the daughters of the Kingdom. | DAS.1914-03-25 | Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08785 | 90 | Persian | ای طالب ملکوت بتحصیل علوم ادبیه بپرواز ولی مقصدت باید این باشد که در تحریر و تقریر | O seeker of the Kingdom, though thou soarest in pursuit of literary knowledge, yet must thy purpose in attainment be the power to expound and express [3.5s] | DRM.017c | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08786 | 90 | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. I prayed at the Court of Holiness to deliver thee from the darkness | JWTA.011 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08787 | 90 | O thou seeker of the Divine Light! Whosoever is freed from self and illusion, released from the claws of passion and lust | DAS.1914-05-26 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08788 | 90 | Persian | ای طالبان تحصیل کمال از قراریکه محمد علیخان مرقوم نموده در نهایت شوق اشتغال | O ye seekers after perfection! According to what Muhammad-'Ali Khan hath written, ye are engaged with the utmost enthusiasm [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0076, DRM.020, HUV2.029x | Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Excellence; distinction; High station of learning; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08789 | 90 | Persian | ای طبیب ای حبیب اطبای جسمانی چون مرضی را تشخیص دهند معالجه آسان شود و طبیب | O physician, O beloved! When bodily healers diagnose an ailment, its treatment becomes easy, and the physician [3.5s] | INBA13:050 | MKT9.151a, AKHA_106BE #05 p.02 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08790 | 90 | Persian | ای طبیب ای حبیب چرا بجان نخروشى و بدل و تن نکوشى وقتى از این بهتر | O physician, O beloved! Why dost thou not cry out with thy soul and strive with heart and body? There shall never be a time more precious than this [3.5s] | INBA13:184b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08791 | 90 | Persian | ای عبد الهی بامداد است و نسیم رحمن از وادی ایمن فواد در مرور است و ساقی | O servant of God! It is dawn, and the breeze of the All-Merciful wafteth from the sacred Vale across the heart [3.5s] | MKT8.126b | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08792 | 90 | Persian | ای عبد آستان مقدس بها سر عبودیت وقتی اشکار گردد که نور هویت بجهان قلب بتابد و | O servant of the sacred threshold of Bahá! The mystery of servitude is revealed when the light of divine identity shineth upon the realm of the heart [3.5s] | AKHA_132BE #11 p.a | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08793 | 90 | Persian | ای عبدالحسین ای همنام این عبد حقیر بیا بیا تا هر دو همدست شویم و همراز و | O 'Abdu'l-Husayn, thou who sharest the name of this lowly servant, draw nigh, draw nigh, that together we may become confederates and confidants [3.5s] | MKT5.023a | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08794 | 90 | Persian | ای عبدالحسین این چه نام مبارک است و این چه اسم مقدس حقایق تقدیس آرزوی این اسم | O 'Abdu'l-Husayn! What blessed name is this, and what sacred appellation! The very essence of sanctification yearns for this name [3.5s] | AYBY.387 #070 | Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08795 | 90 | Persian | ای عزیز روحانی شب و روز بیاد تو هستم آنی فراغت ندارم ولی از کثرت مشاغل مکاتبه | O beloved spiritual friend! Night and day I am ever mindful of thee, without a moment's respite; yet due to the multitude of occupations, correspondence [3.5s] | INBA84:352a | KHSH08.010, KHSH08.052 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08796 | 90 | Persian | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء اشعار بدیع اسرار قلب منیر بود مذاق روحانیان را شکر است و کام | O dear one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The wondrous verses were the mysteries of an illumined heart, sweet indeed to the taste and palate of spiritual souls [3.5s] | MSHR4.360 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08797 | 90 | There is no doubt that thou art assiduously engaged in serving the Cause, giving eloquent talks | COC#0392x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08798 | 90 | Persian | ای عطا شاعر معروف خطا ننمود که گفت دوست بدنیا و آخرت نتوان داد صحبت یوسف | O 'Aṭá! The renowned poet spoke no falsehood when he said: "A friend cannot be given to both this world and the hereafter; the companionship of Joseph..." [3.5s] | MSHR3.271 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08799 | 90 | mixed | ای عطار مشک اذفر را هر چند رائحه معطر است ولی جوهر محبت الله را بوی خوش دیگر | O perfumer! Though musk of Tartary hath a sweet-scented fragrance, yet the essence of the love of God possesseth another perfume [3.5s] | MKT9.155 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08800 | 90 | Persian | ای علی خاضع خاشع الیوم عزت ابدیهٌ عالم انسانی در صفت و سمت | O Ali, submissive and humble one! Today the eternal glory of the human world lies in character and comportment [3.5s] | INBA84:459a | Call to action; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08801 | 90 | Persian | ای علی علو و سمو الیوم در عبودیت آستان مقدس و ثبوت و رسوخ بر عهد و پیمان رب | O Ali! Exaltation and glory, in this day, lie in servitude at the Sacred Threshold and in steadfast firmness in the Covenant and Testament of the Lord [3.5s] | MKT9.156b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08802 | 90 | mixed | ای عندلیب معنوی همواره در نغمه و ترانه ای و در گلشن معانی گلبانگ میزنی فصاحت | O spiritual nightingale! Ever art thou engaged in melody and song, raising thy voice in the garden of inner meanings [3.5s] | INBA87:579a, INBA52:616a | MKT5.209b | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Music and singing | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08803 | 90 | Persian | ای غضنفر ای حیدر وقت شیریست و دم ضرغامی روبهانی چند در دشت و صحرا بنای جولان | O Ghazanfar! O Haydar! This is the time of the lion, and the moment of the fierce one. Some foxes are prancing in the field and wilderness [3.5s] | INBA13:044a | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08804 | 90 | mixed | ای غلام حسین بنام غلام جمال مبارکی و بکام فائز بموهبت خداوند عالم چون بنده | O Ghulam-Husayn, thou who art named servant of the Blessed Beauty and hast attained, in thy highest aspiration, unto the bounties of the Lord of all the worlds! As a servant [3.5s] | MMK6#048, QT108.057-058x | Mosaic imagery; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08805 | 90 | Persian | ای غلام درگاه رضا در ایندم که همدم یاد توام قلم برداشتم و بنگاشتن پرداختم تا | O thou servant at the threshold of divine good-pleasure! In this moment, when I am companioned by thy remembrance, I have taken up my pen and begun to write [3.5s] | MKT9.157b | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08806 | 90 | mixed | ای فاروقی الحمد لله حق را از باطل فارقی و در بوستان محبت الله نخلی باسق و در | O Faruqi! Praise be unto God that thou art one who distinguisheth truth from falsehood, and art even as a lofty palm tree in the garden of the love of God, and in [3.5s] | INBA87:400b, INBA52:412a | Attaining the life of the spirit; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08807 | 90 | Persian | ای فرع شجره رحمانیت جناب آقا عبدالغفار مکرر نهایت شکایت از ابویشان حاجی | O branch of the tree of divine mercy! Jinab-i-Aqa 'Abdu'l-Ghaffar hath repeatedly expressed utmost grievance concerning his father Haji [3.5s] | INBA87:327a, INBA52:333a | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Petitions to authorities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08808 | 90 | Persian | ای فرود فرود سیاوش را سپاه ناسپاس کاوس از پا درانداخت و خون آن بی گناه را | O thou who art brought low! The ungrateful hosts of Kavus brought down Siyavash, and shed the blood of that innocent one [3.5s] | YARP2.147 p.161 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08809 | 90 | Persian | ای فلاطون گویند فلاطون الهی از اهل اشراق بود و سر حلقه اهل وفاق اگر چنین است | O Plato! They say that the divine Plato was of the people of illumination and the chief of the company of concord, if this be true [3.5s] | AHB.123BE #07-08 p.188 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08810 | 90 | Persian | ای فیروزه فیروز گوهریان بر آنند که فیروزه گوهریست گرانبها و از هر گوهری برتر و | O Turquoise, triumphant among the jewel-bearers! They hold that turquoise is a precious gem, surpassing every other jewel [3.5s] | YARP2.188 p.184 | Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08811 | 90 | Persian | ای قائم بخدمت ملکوت الله نامه ای که بتاریخ ۲۵ اکتوبر بجناب آقا سید اسدالله | O thou who art steadfast in the service of the Kingdom of God! The letter dated October 25th to Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah [3.5s] | MSHR3.290x | Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Study; deepening; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08812 | 90 | Persian | ای کاتب ثابت اسماء یارانرا در کمال ادب و نهایت حلاوت مرقوم نمودید این عبد نیز | O steadfast scribe! With utmost courtesy and consummate sweetness hast thou written the names of the friends. This servant likewise [3.5s] | MMK5#096 p.080 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08813 | 90 | mixed | ای کاظم خدا در قران عظیم میفرماید الکاظمین الغیظ و این را صفت موقنین میشمارد | O Kazim! God, in the glorious Qur'án, declareth: "Those who restrain their anger," and accounteth this among the attributes of them that are assured in faith [3.5s] | MMK6#077 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08814 | 90 | O thou perfect Campbell: Miss Juliet Thompson is extremely kind to thee and loves thee with life and conscience. I also with perfect Spiritual love | BSTW#421 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08815 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! The breeze of Life is wafting from the rose-garden of the Kingdom; become thou undoubtedly moved thereby. | TAB.668 | Being a source of living waters in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08816 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیز الهی اگر ظلمت عالم طبیعت را زوال خواهی شمع هدایتی برافروز اگر خرمن | O thou maidservant of God! If thou desirest to dispel the darkness of the world of nature, enkindle thou a candle of Guidance. | HDQI.255, ANDA#27 p.05 | DAS.1914-03-25 | Being a source of light; guidance; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08817 | 90 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | در اين امر مبارک مسئله ايتام بسيار اهميّت دارد ايتام را بايد نهايت نوازش نمود | In this holy Cause the question of orphans hath the utmost importance. The greatest consideration must be shown towards orphans | MMK1#112 p.134x | SWAB#112x, LOG#0472x, DAS.1914-06-17, SW_v07#13 p.122x, SW_v09#07 p.088x, SW_v09#10 p.115-116x | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08818 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Thy letter hath arrived. It brought joy to all hearts, for it carried the proof of thy sincere work. | TAB.326 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08819 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیز آستان ابهائی شکر کن خدا را که موفق بپسری گشتی که متوجها الی الله کوه | O maidservant of the Most Glorious Threshold! Render thanks unto God that thou hast been blessed with a son who standeth firm, turned towards God [3.5s] | INBA87:510a, INBA52:535 | Law of pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for parents; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08820 | 90 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou maid servant of Bahá'u'lláh! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that thou art assisted in service and art enkindled with the Fire of the Love of God. | BLO_PT#028h | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08821 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیز پروردگار بخشش خداوندگار را بنگر که ترا براه راست رهبر شد و در میان | O handmaiden of the Lord! Behold the bounty of God, who hath guided thee to the straight path and among [3.5s] | YARP2.513 p.373 | Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08822 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیز حق اگر عزت سرمدی خواهی بشروط کنیزی قیام کن زیرا اماء جمال مبارک باید | O handmaiden of God! If thou seekest eternal glory, arise to fulfill the conditions of servitude, for the handmaidens of the Blessed Beauty must [3.5s] | MKT6.156b | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; High station of the true believer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08823 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی الحمد لله آنچه نهایت آرزوی تو بود از الطاف الهی حاصل شد قدر | O dearly beloved handmaiden of God! Praise be to God that, through His divine favours, whatsoever was thy heart's most ardent desire hath been fulfilled [3.5s] | PYB#219 p.06 | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08824 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی جناب خان عازم ایران شد البته دل شما تنگ و تنها مانده اید | O dearly cherished handmaiden of God! Jináb-i-Khán hath departed for Iran, and assuredly thy heart is constricted and thou art left alone [3.5s] | YIK.102b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08825 | 90 | Persian | ای خداوند اين کنيز مستمند را در ملکوت خويش قبول نما و بفيض ابدی محظوظ فرما جام عشق بنوشان | O Lord! Accept this helpless handmaiden in Thy Kingdom and make her the recipient of Thine everlasting bounty. Give her to drink from the cup of love [3.5s] | MMK3#005 p.002x, MMG2#413 p.459x | unknown | Nineteen-Day Feast; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08826 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou favored maidservant of God! The meeting which thou hast formed and therein assembled the faithful (or believers) together | TAB.305 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08827 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! The letter that thou hast written in Persian was highly appreciated. I have read it from beginning to end. | TAB.210-211 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08828 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیز یزدان خوشا بحال تو که در این انجمن در آمدی و در این چمن ترانه نمودی | O handmaid of God! Blessed art thou for having entered this gathering and for having sung thy melody in this meadow [3.5s] | YARP2.517 p.375 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08829 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیزان خدا جناب برزو بزور بازو از عبدالبهاء نامه بجهت هر یک از خویشان و | O handmaidens of God! Through the might of his arm hath Jináb-i-Barzú obtained from 'Abdu'l-Bahá a letter for each of the kindred [3.5s] | ALPA.009b, YARP2.011 p.070 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08830 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیزان مقربه جمال ابهی صور شعاایه شما رسید ملاحظه گردید الحمد لله نورانیت | O handmaidens near to the Most Glorious Beauty! Your radiant photographs were received and beheld. Praise be unto God for the illumination [3.5s] | INBA16:115 | PYK.308 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08831 | 90 | mixed | ای گمگشته بادیه محبت الله از خدا بخواه که در این مدت قلیله از عمر دنیای بی وفا | O thou who art lost in the wilderness of the love of God, beseech Him that in this brief span of life in this faithless world [3.5s] | BSHN.140.396, BSHN.144.391, MHT1b.199 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08832 | 90 | Persian | ای مارکار بزرگوار ملاحظه نما چه عنایت و موهبتی در حق تو رب الجنود مبذول داشته | O noble Markar, consider what bounty and grace the Lord of Hosts hath bestowed upon thee [3.5s] | AHB.126BE #03-04 p.90 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08833 | 90 | Persian | ای مبتهل الی الله ناله و انابه بدرگاه خداوند بیمانند نمودی وبسمع ساکنان ملاء | O thou who supplicatest unto God! Thou hast raised thy plaintive cry and turned in humble entreaty unto the peerless Lord, and it hath reached the ears of the denizens of the Concourse on High [3.5s] | INBA88:205a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08834 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art spreading the Cause of God! I hope thou wilt become as a rising light and obtain spiritual health—and spiritual health | TAB.305-306 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; High station of the true believer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08835 | 90 | mixed | ای متفکر و متذکر حمد خدا را که در ظل سدره احدیت وارد گشتی و در خباء مجد رب | O thou who art thoughtful and mindful! Praise be to God that thou hast entered beneath the shade of the Tree of Oneness and dwellest in the pavilion of thy Lord's glory [3.5s] | AADA.151 | Effort; striving; Goodly deeds; actions; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08836 | 90 | Persian | ای متمسک بذیل کبریاء جناب آقا محمد علی چندی بود که باین ارض مقدس وارد و | O thou who holdest fast to the hem of the exalted grandeur! Some time hath passed since Jináb-i-Áqá Muhammad-'Alí arrived in this sacred land [3.5s] | INBA89:047c | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08837 | 90 | Persian | ای متوجه الی الله جمال مبارک عنایت عظیمی در حق احبای مخلصین داشتند بقسمیکه | O thou who art turned unto God! The Blessed Beauty did bestow a mighty bounty upon His sincere loved ones, in such wise that [3.5s] | PYB#184 p.04 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08838 | 90 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | Close thine eyes to all things else, and open them to the realm of the All-Glorious | ای متوجه الی الله چشم از جمیع ماسوی بربند و بملکوت ابهی برگشا آنچه خواهی از | O thou who art turning thy face towards God! Close thine eyes to all things else, and open them to the realm of the All-Glorious. Ask whatsoever thou wishest of Him alone | MMK1#022 p.049, AKHA_105BE #06 p.03, KHMT.193, DUR1.415, MJMJ1.085, MMG2#037 p.038, MJH.033b, MMJA.006, YQAZ.212b, YQAZ.433 | SWAB#022 | S. Tirandaz, E. Mahony, N. Ma'ani, L. Slott | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||
| AB08839 | 90 | Persian | ای متوجه بحضرت ملکوت چه مبارک اسمی داری و چه پاک نام و سمتی این مطرب از کجاست | O thou who art turned toward the Kingdom, how blessed is thy name and how pure thy title! Whence cometh this melody [3.5s] | AYBY.389 #074 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08840 | 90 | Persian | ای متوجه بملکوت ابهی آنچه مرقوم نمودی ملحوظ نظر گردید همه تبتل و ابتهال بود و | O thou who art turned toward the Abha Kingdom! That which thou hast written hath been noted; all was supplication and entreaty [3.5s] | LMA2.448 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08841 | 90 | mixed | پروردگارا آمرزگارا جمعی هستيم پريشان تو هستيم هر چند بيگانه ايم | O Lord, O Forgiving One! We are a scattered band; we are Thine, though we be strangers [3.5s] | MMG2#303 p.338x | Ahdieh | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for assistance; intercession | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08842 | 90 | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. It indicated, praise be to God, that in the matter of advancing toward the Kingdom of God | JWTA.017-018 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08843 | 90 | mixed | ای محترق از آتش جهان افروز قریب غروبست و شمس رو بافول محل روشن نه و این عبد از | O thou who art enkindled by the world-illuminating fire! The sun is nigh unto setting, and its orb inclineth toward the western horizon. No light remaineth, and this servant [3.5s] | MMK5#131 p.102 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08844 | 90 | mixed | ای محفل مقدس جناب شیخ الرایس بعضی اوقات در منبر بکنایه و اشاره و تلویح تبلیغ | O sanctified assembly! Shaykh al-Ra'is doth at times, from the pulpit, teach through intimation, allusion and indirect reference [3.5s] | INBA16:211 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08845 | 90 | mixed | ای محمود محمود در درگاه احدیت ممدوح و محمودی و در آستان حضرت رحمانیت محبوب و | O Mahmud! In the presence of the Almighty, thou art both praised and praiseworthy, and at the threshold of the All-Merciful, thou art beloved and cherished [3.5s] | INBA87:057b, INBA52:056b | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; High station of the true believer; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08846 | 90 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای محنت زده در سبیل میثاق صدمات و زحمات در سبیل رب الایات البینات عنایاتست و | O thou who hast been sore afflicted on the pathway of the Covenant! Anguish and torment, when suffered on the pathway of the Lord | INBA85:430b | MNMK#142 p.254, MMK1#191 p.220, MSHR4.331 | SWAB#191 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB08847 | 90 | Persian | ای مدیران نجم باختر نامه شما رسید و همت شما معلوم گردید امیدوارم که روز بروز | O ye Editors of the Star of the West! Your letter was received an your | NJB_v02#03 p.001 | SW_v02#02 p.008 | Growth of the Cause; Newspapers and the media; publications; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08848 | 90 | Persian | ای مستبشر ببشارات الله نسیم لطیفى چون بر جسم ضعیفى مرور نماید نشاط وانبساط | O thou who art gladdened by the glad-tidings of God! When a gentle breeze passeth over a frail form, it bestoweth gladness and delight [3.5s] | INBA13:213a | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08849 | 90 | mixed | ای مستشرق از شمس هدایت کبری حضرت موسی از شجره خضراء شعله ناری مشاهده نمود و | O thou who art seeking enlightenment from the Supreme Sun of Guidance! Moses beheld, from the verdant Tree, a flame of fire [3.5s] | MMK4#133 p.136 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Moses; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08850 | 90 | Persian | ای مستضی بانوار هدایت این جهان عالم امکانست و ظلمت و نقص از خصائص آن این | O thou who art illumined by the lights of guidance! This world is the realm of contingent beings, and darkness and imperfection are among its characteristics [3.5s] | INBA55:306a | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08851 | 90 | Persian | ای مستغرق در بحر عرفان جمال ذوالجلال در هیکل مکرم کشف نقاب فرمود و | O thou who art immersed in the ocean of mystic knowledge! The Beauty of the All-Glorious hath unveiled Himself in His hallowed Temple and [3.5s] | INBA13:269 | Manifestation of God as sun; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08852 | 90 | Persian | ای مستنیر از سراج هدی از پیش مکتوبی ارسال نمودید حال نیز محرری وارد از | O thou who art illumined by the lamp of guidance! Thou didst previously dispatch an epistle, and now again a letter hath arrived [3.5s] | MSHR2.228 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08853 | 90 | Persian | ای مستوقد نار محبت الله این آتش اگر چه پر شعله و سوز است ولی عالم افروز است | O kindled flame of the love of God! Though this fire be fierce and consuming, yet it illumineth the world [3.5s] | MMK2#093 p.071 | Love as fire; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08854 | 90 | Persian | ای مسجون راه حق سجن همیشه مسکن یاران بوده و مامن دوستان لهذا زنجیر سجن یوسفی | O prisoner in the path of Truth! Prison hath ever been the dwelling-place of the faithful and the shelter of His loved ones. Therefore the chains of imprisonment are even as those of Joseph [3.5s] | MMK3#217 p.157 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08855 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتاق جمال ابهی جمال جسمانی پرتو آب و رنگیست که بر خاک و سنگ افتاده و چون | O thou who art yearning for the Abhá Beauty! Physical beauty is but a reflection of water and colour cast upon dust and stone [3.5s] | MMK3#276 p.200, AMK.180-180b | Beauty; grace; aesthetics | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08856 | 90 | mixed | ای مشتاق جمال ذوالجلال شملتک اعین الرحمانیه بلحظات العنایه در جمیع صحائف الهیه | O thou who art yearning for the Countenance of the All-Glorious! The eyes of the All-Merciful, with glances of loving-kindness, have encompassed thee in all the divine scriptures [3.5s] | INBA55:158, INBA84:507a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08857 | 90 | mixed | ای مشتاق جمال ذی الجلال علیک بهاء الله و جوده و فضله فی جمیع الشئون الحمد | O thou who art enamored of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Upon thee be the glory of God, His bounty and His grace in all things [3.5s] | INBA16:139 | AKHA_130BE #02 p.a | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08858 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتاق جمال نیر آفاق چندی پیش مکتوبی ارسال گشت و حال نیز نامه بخامه اشتیاق | O thou who art eager to behold the Beauty of the Day-Star of the horizons! Some time ago a letter was dispatched, and now again a missive floweth from the pen of longing [3.5s] | MKT8.137 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08859 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتاق مشاهده جمال باقی تا توانی در سبیل الهی چابک و چالاک شو و از اعدا بی | O thou who yearnest to behold the eternal Beauty! So far as thou art able, be thou swift and nimble in the path of God, and be not perturbed by the foes [3.5s] | INBA84:239a | Attaining the life of the spirit; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08860 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتاق نیر آفاق غم مخور کریه مکن مویه منما ناله مفرما نوحه مجو انشاء الله | O thou who yearnest for the Luminary of the horizons! Grieve not, weep not, wail not, neither raise thy voice in lamentation, nor seek to mourn, God willing [3.5s] | INBA84:527 | BSHN.140.176, BSHN.140.253, BSHN.144.176, BSHN.144.253, MHT2.102 | Consolation and comfort; Nearness and remoteness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08861 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتعل بذکر الهی نمیقه که بجناب ناظر مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید فی | O thou who art enkindled with the mention of God! The letter thou didst address to his honour the Observer hath been perused [3.5s] | INBA84:427 | MKT8.138b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08862 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله جان پاک باید که نثار سبیل الهی گردد و دل مقدس از آب و | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! The pure soul must be sacrificed in God's pathway, and the sanctified heart [3.5s] | MKT8.139b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08863 | 90 | mixed | ای مشتعل بنار موقده در سدره انسانیه تا چند در این خاکدان ترابی نفوس انسانی | O thou who art enkindled with the fire ignited in the Tree of Humanity! How long wilt thou tarry in this earthen realm of human souls [3.5s] | BSHN.140.400, BSHN.144.395, MHT1a.125, MHT1b.083 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08864 | 90 | mixed | ای مشتعل بنار موقده ربانیه در قیامت کبری و طامه عظمی و حشر اعظم هر نفسیکه بر | O thou who art enkindled with the divine kindled Fire! In the Great Resurrection, the overwhelming Catastrophe, and the supreme Gathering, every soul that [3.5s] | MMK6#610 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08865 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتعل ب??ار موقده ربانیه هر چند در این جهان ترابی عرصه بسی تنگ است و شهسواران میدان و علمناه ... | O thou who art set ablaze with the divine and burning Fire! Though in this dusty world the arena is exceedingly narrow, and the horsemen of the field [3.5s] | INBA84:508a | MSHR2.099 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08866 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتعل بنار هدایت حبذا حال نفوسیکه چون شعله نورانی سبب روشناای قلوب انسانی | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of guidance! Blessed are the souls who, like a radiant flame, become the cause of illumining human hearts [3.5s] | MMK2#216 p.155 | Being a source of living waters in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08867 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتعل بنار هدی بادیه حرمان پیمودی و بسر منزل ایقان و کعبه عرفان رسیدی از | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of guidance! Through the wilderness of deprivation thou hast journeyed, and to the abode of certitude and the Ka'bih of understanding thou hast attained [3.5s] | INBA21:147d | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08868 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتغل بخدمت امرالله شکر پاک یزدانرا که بچنین فضل و موهبتی موید گشتی و | O thou who art engaged in the service of the Cause of God! Render thanks unto the pure and holy Lord that thou hast been confirmed in such grace and heavenly bounty [3.5s] | MKT5.153 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Predictions and prophecies; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08869 | 90 | Persian | ای مشکین الهی شکایت از شدت فراق نمودی حکایت از حدت احتراق آتش اشتیاق این شدت | O divine musk! Thou hast voiced thy complaint of the intensity of separation, recounting the burning ardour of the fire of longing in all its vehemence [3.5s] | MSHR5.379x | Business; financial; property matters; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of pilgrimage; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08870 | 90 | mixed | ای مظهر لسان صدق علیا علیک فیوضات بهاء الله فی مبدئک و مثواک در جمیع احوال | O manifestation of the exalted tongue of truth! Upon thee be the outpourings of Bahá'u'lláh, in thy beginning and thy resting-place, in all conditions [3.5s] | INBA87:017b, INBA52:017b | MMK6#436 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08871 | 90 | Persian | ای معمار بنیان روحانی زیرا قلوب مسافرین را معمور و آبادان نمودی و دلهای یاران | O architect of the spiritual edifice! For thou hast made prosperous and flourishing the hearts of the wayfarers and the hearts of the friends [3.5s] | INBA84:539 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08872 | 90 | Persian | ای مفتون اسم اعظم ایمان و ایقانت بنیر آفاق و ثبوت و رسوخت بعهد و میثاق در | O thou who art enraptured by the Most Great Name! Thy faith and certitude shine forth unto the horizons, and thy steadfastness and firmness in the Covenant and Testament are manifest [3.5s] | YBN.039b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08873 | 90 | Persian | ای مفتون جمال بها اگر بدانی که نظر عنایت حق در حق تو بچه درجه است البته از | O thou who art enraptured by the Beauty of Bahá! Didst thou but know to what degree the glance of God's loving-kindness is directed toward thee, verily thou wouldst [3.5s] | TAH.239b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08874 | 90 | O thou wooer of the love of God! For a long time I have desired to correspond | SW_v11#10 p.166 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08875 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art marching unto God! Thy letter was read. Its contents indicated thy devotion to the Horizon of the Living God | TAB.138-139 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08876 | 90 | Persian | ای مقبل الی الله حضرت ایوب تحمل امراض و علل و مشقت عظمی نمود تا در چشمه شفا | O thou who turnest towards God! His Holiness Job endured illnesses, ailments and mighty tribulations until in the fountain of healing [3.5s] | MMK6#440 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08877 | 90 | Persian | ای مقبل الی الله هر چند مدتیست که خبری از تو نرسیده ولی من در کل اوقات در | O thou who turnest thy face towards God! Though for some time no word hath come from thee, yet at all times [3.5s] | MKT8.144a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08878 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of Abha! Be thankful that thou art inebriated with the cup of the love of God | TAB.446 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08879 | 90 | Persian | ای مقبل و مقبول درگاه احدیت هیکل انسانیرا برازنده ترین قبا | O thou who art favored and accepted at the Court of the One! The human temple is adorned with the most beauteous raiment [3.5s] | INBA89:010a | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08880 | 90 | Persian | ای مقبلان ای مقبولا درگاه الهی در ظل کلمة توحید در آئید | O ye favored ones, O ye who are accepted at the divine threshold, enter ye beneath the sheltering shadow of the Word of Unity [3.5s] | INBA13:222b | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08881 | 90 | Persian | ای مقرب درگاه کبریاء این تراب اغبر را برائحه مشک و عنبر معطر نما یعنی بنفحات | O thou who art nigh unto the Celestial Throne! Make thou this dust-laden earth to be perfumed with the fragrance of musk and ambergris through the wafting breaths [3.5s] | MMK2#151 p.113 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08882 | 90 | Persian | ای ملحوظ نظر عنایت حضرت احدیت شمعی برافروز که پرتوش از ملا ادنی تا ملکوت ابهی | O thou who art the object of the loving-kindness of the Most Great Unity! Kindle thou a light whose radiance shall extend from the lowest realm unto the Kingdom of Abhá [3.5s] | MMK2#164 p.122 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08883 | 90 | mixed | ای ملحوظ نظر لحظات عین عنایت شامل و عواطف حضرت احدیت حاصل قل لک الحمد یا الهی | O thou who art regarded by the glances of the Eye of Divine Favor, encompassed by the tender mercies of the Most Great Unity, say: All praise be unto Thee, O my God [3.5s] | MKT5.028a | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08884 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O heavenly one! The maidservant of God . . . . hath praised thee! I hope thou wilt acquire great proficiency in writing literature | TAB.501-502 | Excellence; distinction; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08887 | 90 | Persian | ای منادی ندای حی علی الفلاح نما زیرا ابواب ملکوت مفتوحست و انوار لاهوت فائض | O thou who proclaimest the call of "Hasten to success," lift up thy voice, for the gates of the Kingdom are flung open and the lights of the Divine Realm are streaming forth [3.5s] | MKT9.184 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08888 | 90 | Persian | ای منجذب ملکوت الله ایامی که در خانه تو بودم نهایت مهربانی از تو دیدم فراموش | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! During the days I spent in thy home I was the recipient of thine utmost kindness | BRL_DAK#0114 | LBLT.107ax | Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08889 | 90 | mixed | ای منجذب میثاق نیر ملا ابهی چون شاهد انجمن بالا شد ولوله در ارکان عالم افتاد | O thou who art attracted to the Covenant! When the Light of the Most Glorious ascended to the Supreme Concourse, tumult shook the pillars of the world [3.5s] | MKT8.150a, BSHI.107-108, NSS.160a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08890 | 90 | O thou who art attracted with the Love of God! Thy letter was like the mirror in which were reflected the pictures of Divine Confirmations. | DAS.1913-09-12, ABIE.310, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08891 | 90 | mixed | باری سؤال از کلمات مکنونهٴ عربی که میفرماید لو تشاهد بعینی نموده بودی انسان چون بمقام فنا رسد | Concerning thy question regarding the Hidden Words in Arabic wherein He saith: "Couldst thou but see with Mine eye..." - when man attaineth unto the station of effacement [3.5s] | PYB#026 p.04x, YMM.377x | Differences in human capacity; Metallurgical metaphors; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08892 | 90 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter has been received together with the picture | SW_v12#12 p.202 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08893 | 90 | mixed | ای منیر اگر توانی با جبینی مبین در افق این اقلیم طالع و ساطع گردی گوی سبقت و | O Munir! Shouldst thou be able to arise with a luminous brow and shine forth from the horizon of this realm, thou shalt seize the sphere of precedence [3.5s] | AYBY.441 #173 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08894 | 90 | Persian | ای مهتدی بنور هدی دو دست شکرانه بدرگاه خداوند یگانه بلند نما و ستایش نما که | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Raise thou both hands in thanksgiving unto the threshold of the one true God, and render praise, for [3.5s] | INBA87:168a, INBA52:166b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08895 | 90 | Persian | ای مهتدی بنور هدی هر چند مرا مجال مفقود با وجود این بذکر تو مشغول شدم تا وجد و | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Though opportunity eludes me, yet am I engaged in thy remembrance with joy [3.5s] | INBA87:111a, INBA52:110a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08896 | 90 | Persian | ای مهربان گویند که کیقباد در عاقبت عمر بنیان تنزیه و تقدیس نهاد و از عالمیان | O Compassionate One! It is recounted that Kayqubad, in the closing days of his life, laid the foundation of purity and sanctification, and withdrew from all mankind [3.5s] | PYB#268 p.04, YARP2.543 p.386 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08897 | 90 | Persian | ای مهماندار غربای راه خدا خوشا بحال تو که میزبان اسراء رحمن شدی و بخدمت بی سر | O thou who art the host of the strangers in the path of God! Blessed art thou, for thou hast become the refuge of the captives of the All-Merciful and hast rendered selfless service [3.5s] | INBA17:078 | Hospitality; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08898 | 90 | Persian | ای موسی جان حضرت کلیم ندای رب رحیم را از نار موقده در شجره اخضر استماع نمود | O thou dear Moses! His Holiness the Interlocutor heard the call of the Merciful Lord from the burning fire within the verdant tree [3.5s] | MSHR5.146 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Moses; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08899 | 90 | Persian | ای موسی من چوپان انسان شو و در کوه طور و کوی پرنور مشاهده تجلی سلطان ظهور نما | O Moses! Be thou a shepherd of humanity, and upon Mount Sinai and the luminous realm, witness the revelation of the Sovereign of Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA89:218a | MKT9.192 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08900 | 90 | Persian | ای موسی من چوپان شده ای در طور بیا ترک گله کن یا خود کله کن مکتوب مفصل شما | O Moses! Thou hast become a shepherd. Come thou to Sinai: either abandon thy flock or don the shepherd's cap. Thy detailed letter [3.5s] | MSHR2.129x | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08901 | 90 | mixed | ای موقن بایات الله از خدا بخواه که در درگاه احدیتش خادم گردی و در ساحت حقیقت | O thou who art assured in the signs of God, beseech Him that thou mayest become a servant at His Threshold of Oneness and in the Court of Truth [3.5s] | MMK2#275 p.198 | Love as fire; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08902 | 90 | Persian | ای موقنان حضرت احدیت چنان اشراق و تجلی فرمود که امکان را ایئنه لامکان فرمود | O ye who are assured of the Divine Unity! Such radiance and effulgence hath He vouchsafed that He hath transformed contingent existence into a mirror of the realm of the infinite [3.5s] | INBA84:423b | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08903 | 90 | Persian | ای مومن بالله نامه ات رسید و قرائت گردید مولود جدید مبارک باد دعا کن و مناجات | O thou believer in God! Thy letter was received and read. Blessed be the newborn babe! Pray thou and supplicate [3.5s] | PYB#219 p.06 | Naming of children; of individuals; Prayer for children and youth | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08904 | 90 | mixed | ای مومن بایات الله امروز اعظم آمال و اشرف اعمال که مغناطیس مواهب ملکوت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant of God! Today the highest aspiration and most noble of deeds is that which acts as a magnet for the bestowals of the Kingdom [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0962, MMK6#055, SFI12.023 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08905 | 90 | mixed | ای مومن بیوم ظهور و شعله طور پدر را لقب نور بود و مشرب انجذاب بجمال ظهور از | O thou who art steadfast in the Day of Manifestation and Flame of the Mount! Thy father bore the name of Light, and his path was one of attraction to the Beauty of the Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA17:189 | KHMI.082 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08906 | 90 | mixed | ای مومن موقن بایات الله مکاتیب متعدده شما واصل و شکایت از قلت مراسلات غیر | O thou steadfast believer in the verses of God! Thy numerous letters have been received, and thy complaint regarding the paucity of correspondence from others hath been noted [3.5s] | MSHR3.247-248x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08907 | 90 | Persian | ای مومنان ایمان چون سراج وهاجست و چون در زجاج قلب برافروزد پرتوش بر ارکان زند | O ye believers! Faith is even as a resplendent lamp which, when enkindled within the crystal glass of the heart, casteth its radiance upon the pillars [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0038, AKHA_129BE #07 p.a, SFI15.020 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Love as fire; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08908 | 90 | Persian | ای مومنه بالله در سن صغر بمحبت جلیل اکبر موفق شدی بشارات الهیه شنیدی و دیده | O thou believer in God! In thine early youth thou wert enabled to attain the sublime love of the Most Great One. Thou didst hearken unto divine glad-tidings and behold them [3.5s] | MKT6.164a, MSHR5.243, HUV1.029 | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08909 | 90 | O thou old believer! Thou art one of the old believers and hast served the Cause of God most faithfully. I shall not forget thee. | DAS.1914-02-21 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08910 | 90 | Persian | ای نابت از سدره مبارکه چون بشرف انتساب فائزی باید بصفت کمال در کل مراتب ممتاز | O fruit of the blessed Tree! Since thou hast attained the honor of this noble lineage, thou must needs be distinguished by the attributes of perfection in all degrees [3.5s] | INBA87:363b, INBA52:372b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08911 | 90 | Persian | ای ناطق بثنای الهی لسانرا ذکری و عقول را فکری لازم لکن اذکار و افکار مختلف و | O thou who speaketh in praise of the Divine, the tongue must needs occupy itself with remembrance and minds must engage in contemplation, yet varied and diverse are the remembrances and thoughts [3.5s] | INBA87:180b, INBA52:181b | Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08912 | 90 | Persian | ای ناطق بثنای محبوب معنوی صلای بیداری از ملکوت ابهی میرسد که ای خفتگان فراش | O thou who speaketh in praise of the spiritual Beloved! From the Abhá Kingdom there cometh a call to awakening: O ye that slumber upon the couch [3.5s] | MKT9.201, HDQI.178a, ANDA#06 p.07, ANDA#63 p.06 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08913 | 90 | Persian | ای ناطق بذکر الهی در این اوان که اریاح افتتان آفاق امکانرا احاطه نموده است | O thou who speaketh in remembrance of God! In this hour when the winds of test and trial have encompassed the horizons of contingent being [3.5s] | MMK5#256 p.199 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08914 | 90 | mixed | ای ناطق بذکر الهی گویند انسان ناطقست یعنی مدرک حقائق کلیه و واقف اسرار معانی | O thou who speakest in remembrance of God! They say that man is endowed with speech, meaning he perceiveth universal truths and comprehendeth the mysteries of inner meanings [3.5s] | INBA87:227b, INBA52:231b | MMK2#129 p.098 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08915 | 90 | mixed | ای ناطق بذکر الهی ملا رومی در غزلیات خویش میگوید و در مثنوی حکایت مینماید که | O thou who speaketh in remembrance of God! Rumi in his odes doth say, and in his Mathnavi doth relate that [3.5s] | INBA84:424a | MSHR4.399 | Chastisement and requital; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08916 | 90 | mixed | Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude, The Importance of; Prayer and Devotional Life | ای ناطق بذکر حق ذکر الهی چون باران و شبنم است که کل و ریاحین را طراوت بخشد و | Remembrance of God is like the rain and dew which bestow freshness and grace on flowers and hyacinths | BRL_DAK#0245, COMP_PDLP#23x, MMK2#132 p.100 | BRL_PMDA#23x, BRL_PDL#23x, COC#1745 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08917 | 90 | mixed | ای ناظر الی الله در ظل سدره منتهی ماوی و در گلزار جنت ماوی جای و مسکن نما از | O thou who gazest upon God! Take thy habitation beneath the shade of the Divine Lote-Tree, and make thy dwelling and abode in the rose-garden of Paradise [3.5s] | AYBY.396 #088, TRZ1.084a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08918 | 90 | mixed | ای ناظر الی الله صبح نورانی چون از افق رحمانی طلوع نمود بینایان بجانفشانی | O thou who gazest toward God! When the luminous morn dawned from the horizon of the All-Merciful, those endowed with vision arose in self-sacrifice [3.5s] | INBA89:024 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08919 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی اگر از فیوضات ملکوت ابهی حظ اوفری خواهی و اگر از اشعه | O thou who gazest upon the Abhá Kingdom! If thou seekest an abundant portion from the outpourings of the Abhá Kingdom, and if from the rays [3.5s] | MMK2#217 p.156, AHB.126BE #07-08 p.18 | Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08920 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی تا بحال مکاتیب متعدده ارسال گشت و رشحی از بحور حب که در | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abha! Thus far have numerous epistles been sent, bearing a droplet from the oceans of love that [3.5s] | PYK.312 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08921 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی چون در حقائق اشیا نگری جمیع را از تجلیات اسماء و صفات | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abha! When thou beholdest the realities of all things, thou shalt see them as manifestations of the Names and Attributes [3.5s] | MKT9.203b, MMK3#019 p.012 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08922 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظر بملکوت الهی در سبیل محبت پروردگار زیرک و چالاک شو تا بقدمی افلاک را | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of God! In the pathway of the love of thy Lord, be thou alert and nimble, that with but a single step thou mayest traverse the celestial spheres [3.5s] | MKT8.161b | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08923 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظر بمنظر اعلی در این چند روزه حیات دنیا خود را بالایش و آرزوی آسایش | O thou who gazest upon the Most Exalted Horizon! In these few days of earthly life, burden not thyself with cares and longings for comfort [3.5s] | INBA17:079 | MMK2#109 p.085, AKHA_133BE #16 p.a, AKHA_131BE #15 p.a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08924 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظهر بمنظر انور هر نفسی را درعالم وجود توجهی و مقصودی | O thou who gazest upon the most luminous vision! Every soul in the realm of existence hath an orientation and a purpose [3.5s] | INBA84:466 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Meditation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08925 | 90 | Persian | ای نفوس مبارک امه الله مسس الا کوپر از کالیفورنیا مکرر مینگارد که عکس مواقع | O blessed souls! The handmaid of God, Mrs. Ella Cooper, from California repeatedly writeth that the photograph of the sites [3.5s] | INBA16:231 | Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08926 | 90 | Persian | ای نفوس مبارکه کاشان مدتی پریشان بود الحمد لله حال پرتو افشانست اشعه ساطعه شمس | O blessed souls of Kashan! For a time ye were scattered, but praise be to God, now the radiance shineth forth and the effulgent rays of the Sun are diffused [3.5s] | INBA85:058b | KHMT.061-062, KASH.241b | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08927 | 90 | Persian | ای نفوس مطمئنه جناب زائر رجوع بوطن مالوف مینماید و از برای شما ارمغانی میطلبد | O assured souls! The distinguished visitor returneth to his familiar homeland and seeketh for you a gift [3.5s] | YARP2.537 p.384 | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08928 | 90 | Persian | ای نهال باغ محبت الله نامه رسید و مضمون سبب سرور گردید از درگاه جمال ابهی | O thou sapling of the garden of the love of God! Thy letter was received and its contents brought joy at the threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0041, SFI19.019b | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08929 | 90 | Persian | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله زبان شکرانه بافق ابهی بگشا که ترا در سن طفولیت نور | O thou sapling which hast grown in the garden of the love of God! Unloose thy tongue in thanksgiving to the Kingdom of glory | DRM.009b, HUV1.038 | BRL_CHILD#34, TAB.068 | Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; High station of the arts and sciences; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08930 | 90 | Persian | ای نهال بوستان محبت الله شکر کن حضرت احدیت را که در جویبار محبت الله روایدی | O sapling of the garden of God's love! Give thanks unto the Divine Unity that thou hast grown beside the stream of God's love [3.5s] | MKT6.034, HUV1.032 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08931 | 90 | mixed | ای نهال تازه بوستان الهی هر چند بظاهر تا بحال نامه بتو ننگاشته ام ولی جمال مبارک | O fresh sapling of the divine garden! Though until now I have not outwardly written thee a letter, yet the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0928, MMK6#368, TISH.124 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08932 | 90 | Persian | ای نهال گلشن محبت الله پدر مهربان خواهش نگارش این نامه نمود تا قلم عبدالبهاء | O thou sapling of God's rose-garden of love, thy loving father requested that the pen of 'Abdu'l-Bahá pen this letter [3.5s] | INBA84:522a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08933 | 90 | Persian | ای نوش پرهوش پدر خوشخو چون بتو مهربانست و با برادرانت خوش رفتار و نیکو کردار | O thou wise and sweet-natured one! Thy father is kind unto thee and showeth goodly conduct towards thy brothers [3.5s] | MUH3.375, YARP2.221 p.203 | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08934 | 90 | Persian | ای نوش جانها در بزم محبت الله چنان ساغر عرفان بخندان و مینای راز ونیاز بگریان | O joy of souls at the feast of God's love! Make the cup of mystic knowledge to smile and the goblet of intimate prayer to weep [3.5s] | MMK3#266 p.191, YARP2.218 p.201, PPAR.174 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08935 | 90 | Persian | ای نوش دم نوشانوش باده هوش است و هنگام جوش و خروش گوش بعالم بالا ده تا سرود | O joyous imbiber of the celestial wine! This is the time of wisdom and spiritual fervor; incline thine ear to the realms above, that thou mayest hear the melody [3.5s] | YARP2.211 p.198 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08936 | 90 | Persian | ای نوکل ریاض محبت الله در هر دم در یاد و خاطری و فی الحقیقه بجان و دل در محضر | O newly-risen stars in the garden of God's love! At every moment art thou remembered and present in thought, and verily, with heart and soul, art thou in my presence [3.5s] | MKT8.166b | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08937 | 90 | Persian | ای هزار بوستان ذکر الهی الحمد لله که عالم ارواح و قلوب بپرتو انوار نیر اعظم | O thou myriad garden of divine remembrance! Praise be to God that the realm of spirits and hearts is illumined by the rays of the Most Great Luminary [3.5s] | INBA87:056, INBA52:055b | MMK2#017 p.011, AHB.131BE #07-08 p.54 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08938 | 90 | Persian | ای همدم دل و جان چه قدر مسرورم که تو در آنجاای هر دم بیادت افتم بقسمی روح و | O companion of heart and soul! How joyous am I that thou art there, for every moment my thoughts turn to thee, lifting my spirit [3.5s] | INBA84:357 | KHSH08.052 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08939 | 90 | Persian | ای همنام همیشه مسرور و شادکام باشی ولی این نام را معنی و ظهوری باید و حقیقت و | O thou who bearest a kindred name, mayest thou be ever joyous and blissful. Yet this name must needs possess meaning and manifestation [3.5s] | MKT6.179 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08940 | 90 | Persian | ای واقف در مواقف عبودیت از مقتضای عبودیت خلوص نیت و فنا و محویت است یعنی در | O thou who standeth in the stations of servitude! The requirements of servitude are sincerity of intention, self-effacement and utter evanescence. That is [3.5s] | MKT8.167b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08941 | 90 | Persian | ای وجدانت سلیم و قلبت رحیم الحمد لله گلشن محبت الله از ریزش بارش جهان بالا در | O thou whose conscience is sound and whose heart is compassionate! Praise be unto God, for the garden of divine love is refreshed by the showers from the realms above [3.5s] | MKT9.209, CPF.282 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08942 | 90 | mixed | ای وحید فرید نامه شما رسید وصول جواب اول مرقوم بود ولی وصول جواب ثانی غیر | O unique and peerless one! Thy letter was received. The arrival of the reply to the first was mentioned, but not the arrival of the second reply [3.5s] | INBA17:149 | Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08943 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه ثابته در نشر میثاق بکوش و اماء الرحمن را بظل شجره انیسا دلالت کن ایات | O steadfast leaf! Strive in the propagation of the Covenant, and guide the handmaidens of the Most Merciful beneath the shade of the mystic Tree [3.5s] | MKT6.051a | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08944 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه رحمانیه پدر بزرگوار سراج انوار بود و مقرب درگاه پروردگار بخدمت قائم | O leaf of the All-Merciful! Thy noble father was a lamp of resplendent light and one near to the threshold of his Lord, steadfast in service [3.5s] | INBA84:465 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08945 | 90 | Persian | شکر کن خدا را که حضرت فاضل مبلّغ کامل است و موفّق بخدمت جمال مبارک | Give thanks unto God that His eminence Fádil is a consummate teacher, confirmed in service to the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | AVK1.000.16x, MSBH7.135x | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Personal instructions; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08946 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه زکیه جد بزرگوارت از صف نعال بفضل و موهبت ذوالجلال بصدر جلال شتافت و از | O pure leaf! Thy revered forefather hath, through the grace and bounty of the All-Glorious, hastened from the ranks of mortality to the seat of glory [3.5s] | INBA13:221b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08947 | 90 | O thou leaf of the tree of Life! Your letter has been received. Because | SW_v11#10 p.166 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08948 | 90 | Turkish | ای ورقه طیبه حضرت احدیته لسان شکرانه ایله حمد و ستایش لائق و سزاوار که نساء | O pure leaf of the Divine Unity! With the tongue of thanksgiving must praise and glorification be offered unto Him, for worthy and befitting it is that women [3.5s] | MJT.020 | Belief and denial; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08949 | 90 | mixed | ای ورقه طیبه زکیه اگر بالطاف جمال قدم در حق اماء رحمن پی بری ازشدت بشارت و | O pure and sanctified leaf! Shouldst thou become aware, through the bounties of the Ancient Beauty, of His favors unto the handmaidens of the All-Merciful, such would be the intensity of thy joy [3.5s] | INBA17:100 | MKT7.146a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08950 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه طیبه مطمئنه در چنین عهدی که اریاح امتحان جهانرا احاطه نموده و طوفان | O pure and assured leaf! In this age when the winds of tests and trials have encompassed the world and tempests [3.5s] | MKT7.148 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08951 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه شکر کن خدا را که از سلاله طاهره ای و از ثدی محبت الله نوشیدی | O thou sacred leaf ! Render thanks unto God that thou belongest to the sanctified Tree, hast drunk from the breast of divine love | INBA84:502 | KHAF.097, MATA.047-048 | GEN.353 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08952 | 90 | mixed | ای ورقه مبتهله مطمئنه شکر کن حی قدیمرا که در ظل جمال مبین وارد گشتی و از کاس | O supplicating and assured leaf! Give thanks unto the Ancient and Ever-Living One, that thou hast entered beneath the shade of the Manifest Beauty and hast drunk from the cup [3.5s] | INBA16:123 | MKT7.152b, PYK.294 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08953 | 90 | Persian | Translation List | ای ورقه مطمئنه از فوت پسر مکدر مباش و اشک مریز محزون مگرد مغموم مشو زیرا آن | O well-assured leaf! Grieve not the death of thy son. Shed thou no tears—sorrow not, neither be thou sad | BSHN.140.347, BSHN.140.363, BSHN.144.345, BSHN.144.361, MHT1b.020a, MHT1b.206 | ADMS#161 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08954 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه منجذبه اقتران جدید سبب سرور شدید گردید و این جشن و سور از برای کل وجد | O thou attracted leaf! The new union hath been the cause of intense joy, and this feast and celebration hath brought delight to all [3.5s] | MKT7.177b | Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08955 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه موقنه از روزی که مراجعت نمودی تا بحال همیشه منظور بودی و دائما مذکور | O steadfast leaf! From the day thou didst return until now, thou hast ever been before Mine eyes and continually remembered [3.5s] | MMK5#230 p.179 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08956 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه موقنه مطمئنه مرضیه در ملکوت ابهی ذکرت ورد لسان اهل وفا و در جبروت | O leaf assured, steadfast and well-pleasing! In the Abhá Kingdom thy remembrance floweth from the tongues of the faithful, and in the realm of might [3.5s] | MKT9.211a | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08957 | 90 | mixed | ای ورقه مومنه الطاف جمال قدم در این کور در حق اماء الرحمن عظیم است عظیم | O believing leaf! The favors of the Ancient Beauty in this Dispensation toward the handmaidens of the Merciful are great, great indeed [3.5s] | MKT7.177a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08958 | 90 | mixed | ای ورقه مومنه مطمئنه از این مصیبت عظمی و بلیه کبری که در سبیل حضرت کبریا بر | O faithful and serene leaf! In the face of this supreme ordeal and dire calamity that hath befallen in the path of the All-Glorious [3.5s] | MSHR1.104x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08959 | 90 | Persian | ای یادگار آن کامکار آن فرشته خو و ماه رو و مشکبو آهنگ کوی دوست نمود | O remnant of that victorious one - that angel-natured, moon-faced and musk-scented soul - who set forth towards the path of the Beloved [3.5s] | INBA72:168b | BRL_DAK#0430, AYBY.433 #154 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Exhortations and counsels; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08960 | 90 | Persian | ای یادگار آن متصاعد الی الله در این ایام که نیران امتحان و آتش افتتان شعله | O thou remnant of him who ascended unto God! In these days when the fires of tests and the flames of trials blaze forth [3.5s] | MMK5#250 p.196 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08961 | 90 | Persian | ای یار حق پرست کلمه حق در افواه ناس متداول ولی کل از آن غافل لفظی بر زبان | O lover of Truth! The Word of Truth is current on the lips of men, yet all are heedless thereof, a mere utterance upon the tongue [3.5s] | MKT8.199a, ANDA#58 p.05 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08962 | 90 | Persian | ای یار حقیقی عبدالبهاء عزیز روحانی آقا سید ناصر بارض مقصود وارد و بطواف تربت | O true companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Dear spiritual Áqá Siyyid Náṣir hath arrived in the Holy Land and circumambulated the sacred shrine [3.5s] | INBA16:004 | Consolation and comfort; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08963 | 90 | Persian | ای یار دیرین از گلشن جانت بوی مشکین میوزد و خوشی و شادمانی بخشد گویند پاک | O ancient friend! From the rose-garden of thy soul wafteth a musky fragrance that bestoweth joy and gladness [3.5s] | YARP2.732 p.484 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08964 | 90 | Persian | ای یار دیرین نامه مشکین را مضمون شکرین و دلنشین و دلیل بر استفاضه از نور مبین | O ancient friend! Thy musk-scented letter with its sweet and heart-stirring contents beareth witness to thine illumination from the manifest Light [3.5s] | YARP2.552 p.393 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08965 | 90 | Persian | ای یار شورانگیز الحمد لله از باده محبت الله جام لبریزی و مشام بنفحات جنت ابهی | O thou stirring friend! Praise be to God, thou art brimming with the wine of the love of God, and thy senses are perfumed with the fragrances of the Abhá Paradise [3.5s] | INBA87:052a, INBA52:051 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08966 | 90 | Persian | ای یار عزیز من شکر خدا را که بخدمت آستان مقدس موفقی و در نهایت حسن نیت و | O dearly beloved friend! Thanks be to God that thou art enabled to serve at His sacred Threshold with utmost sincerity [3.5s] | MUH3.299b | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08967 | 90 | Persian | ای یار قدیم و مونس و ندیم ایام ملاقات در خاطر است و آنحبیب همواره موجود و | O ancient companion and intimate friend! The days of our meeting linger in memory, and that beloved one remaineth ever-present [3.5s] | YARP2.452 p.338 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Personal instructions; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08968 | 90 | mixed | ای یار قلبی خوشا بحال نفوسیکه در ظل کلمه وحدانیت از کاس میثاق نوشیدند و از | O beloved of my heart! Blessed are the souls who, beneath the canopy of the Word of Unity, have quaffed from the chalice of the Covenant [3.5s] | MMK2#192 p.139 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08969 | 90 | mixed | ای یار مهربان از کثرت مشاغل مجبور بر اختصارم بیقین بدان که اشتیاق عبدالبهاء | O kind friend! Due to the multitude of occupations I am compelled to be brief. Be thou well assured of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's yearning [3.5s] | INBA87:593b, INBA52:632a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08970 | 90 | Persian | ای یار مهربان الحمد لله که باسم رضاای و بدل راضی بقضا مقام رضا از اعظم | O kind friend! Praise be to God that thou art known by the name of contentment and thy heart is resigned to His decree. The station of contentment is among the most exalted [3.5s] | RAHA.246 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08971 | 90 | Persian | ای یار مهربان جناب آقا علی اکبر را ذوق بخشش حاصل و باب کرم مفتوح ولی از کیسه | O kind friend! Verily hath Áqá 'Alí-Akbar been endowed with the joy of bestowing, and the gates of bounty have been flung open before him, yet from the purse [3.5s] | MKT9.281a | Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08972 | 90 | Persian | ای یار مهربان نامه تو رسید نگارش بوی گلشن پارسی بود و جوی جویبار راستی | O kind friend! Thy letter was received. Its composition was fragrant with the perfume of the Persian rose-garden and the flowing of the stream [3.5s] | YARP2.223 p.204 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08973 | 90 | O thou kind friend! Thy letter of safe arrival to India was duly received. Undoubtedly thou wilt become the cause | MSBH10.062 | DAS.1914-09-07 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08974 | 90 | Persian | ای یاران الهى این مشتاق روى دوستانرا آرزو چنانست که بهر یک از | O Divine friends! This yearning one's desire to behold the countenances of the friends is such that for each one [3.5s] | INBA21:149a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08975 | 90 | Persian | ای یاران بانک بانک میثاق است و نغمه نغمه وفاق بر اهل اشراق افق وجود روشن است | O ye friends! Hark! The Call of the Covenant resoundeth, and the melody of unity ringeth out. Unto the people of illumination, the horizon of being is bright and clear [3.5s] | MKT8.183a | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08976 | 90 | mixed | ای یاران ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و چون حضرت منشادی علیه بهاء الله الابهی از | O ye steadfast friends in the Covenant! Your letter hath arrived, and as his honour Manshádí, upon him rest the Glory of God, the Most Glorious [3.5s] | ANDA#82 p.38x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08977 | 90 | mixed | ای یاران رحمانی عبدالبهاء گمان مفرمااید که این دل تعلق بگلی جز روی یاران دارد | O divine companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Think not that this heart hath any attachment to aught save the countenance of the friends [3.5s] | AYBY.365 #047b, YQAZ.533 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08978 | 90 | Persian | ای یاران عبدالبهاء علویت انسان در ادراک معانی کلیه است و قدرت در تحمل در | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The nobility of man lieth in his comprehension of universal meanings, and power in endurance [3.5s] | RAHA.280b | Personal instructions; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08979 | 90 | O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! Now I am at the Holy Tomb. The vase which | SW_v12#12 p.202 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08980 | 90 | Persian | ای پروردگار اين عالم ظلمانی را جهان انوار فرما و مظاهر شيطانی را ابرار | O Lord! Transform this darksome world into a realm of light, and these manifestations of Satan into righteous souls [3.5s] | MJMJ3.067x, MMG2#240 p.270x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08981 | 90 | mixed | هر نفسی بملکوت ابهی توجّه نماید و منقطعاً عمّا سوی اللّه سیر و سلوک فرماید | Whosoever turneth his face toward the Most Glorious Kingdom and, detached from all else save God, walketh the spiritual path [3.5s] | AVK4.025.02x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08982 | 90 | Persian | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء هرگاه ملاحظه نمااید که بانتخاب عمومی محفل روحانی را | O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Whensoever ye observe that through universal suffrage the Spiritual Assembly is [3.5s] | INBA16:221 | Consultation; Elections; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08983 | 90 | Persian | ای یاران مهربان من مهربان آذر بجهت جمیع شماها نامه مخصوص طلبیده ولی افسوس که | O my kind friends! The loving Azar hath asked for a special letter on behalf of you all, but alas [3.5s] | YARP2.636 p.436 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for assistance; intercession | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08984 | 90 | mixed | ای یاران و اماء رحمن جناب آقا غلامعلی نامه نگاشته ... لهذا به نگارش این مختصر نامه | O friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! His honour Áqá Ghulám-'Alí hath written a letter... therefore do I pen this brief missive [3.5s] | YMM.437x | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08985 | 90 | Persian | ای یزدان بی انباز نیاز آریم و نماز که این بندگانرا براز خویش دمساز نما و از | O peerless God! We offer unto Thee our supplications and prayers. Make Thou these servants the confidants of Thy mysteries, and from [3.5s] | MKT6.187, MJMJ2.112, MMG2#108 p.121 | Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08986 | 90 | Arabic | ایتها الریحانه المخضره النابته فی جنه التقدیس قد تعطر مشام اهل البهاء | O thou verdant myrtle planted in the Paradise of Sanctity! The smelling of the people of Baha is assuredly perfumed through the pure fragrance | DRM.010d | LABC.012 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for parents; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08987 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou flower perfumed by the Breaths of the Love of God! Verily, I read thy written letter and have supplicated unto God to receive thee in His Kingdom | TAB.052 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08988 | 90 | Arabic | ایتها الصغیره فی السن الکبیره بالمواهب لانک خلقت من نفوس آمنت بالله و آیاته | O thou who art small in age yet great in endowments, for thou hast been created from souls who have believed in God and His signs [3.5s] | DRM.021b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08989 | 90 | Arabic | ایتها المبتهله الروحانیه و المتضرعه الی ملکوت الرحمانیه فالبسی ثیاب التقدیس و | O thou spiritual supplicant, who doth implore the Kingdom of the All-Merciful! Don thou the raiment of sanctity [3.5s] | INBA59:182b | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08990 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turning toward the Kingdom of God! I have read thy letter of eloquent composition. I beg of God to make thee fluent in tongue | TAB.629 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08991 | 90 | Arabic | ایتها المحترمه اشکری الله بما ایدک علی الاقبال علی کلمه الله و الاشتعال بالنار | O esteemed one, render thanks unto God for having sustained thee in turning to the Word of God and being enkindled with the fire [3.5s] | INBA59:185a | MJZ.033 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08992 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art rejoiced at the Kingdom of God! The letter indicating thy great wish to be a maidservant of the Cause of God | TAB.220 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08993 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art set aglow with the Fire of the Love of God! Thy letter reached me and I noted its beautiful contents. I ask God to augment thy faith | TAB.189-190 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08994 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art baptized by the Spirit of the Love of God! Be rejoiced with this great bounty and gladdened by this mighty gift! | TAB.414 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08995 | 90 | Arabic | امّا الّذين حرّموا علی نفسهم المائدة الرّوحانيّة و نفحات روح اللّه اولئک اموات غير احياء فليس لهم البقاء | As to them who have debarred themselves from the spiritual repast and the breathing of the Spirit of God - these are dead and not living, and for them there is no permanence [3.5s] | MMK3#043 p.027x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; High station of the true believer; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Soul; spirit after death; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08996 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art marching onward to God! I have read thy beautiful letter which contained delicate meanings | TAB.077 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08997 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward God! Verily, I received thy letter, which showed that thou hast turned unto the Kingdom of God | TAB.227 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08998 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art turning unto God! Thy letter was an inheritance of joy and happiness unto me, for its significance was a supplication | TAB.084-085 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08999 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art tested with a great calamity! Be not grieved nor troubled because of the loss which hath befallen thee | TAB.085-086 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09000 | 90 | Arabic | ایتها المنتسبه الی عبد فاز باعظم منیته من الفضل و الاحسان یا امه الله استبشری | O thou who art related to the Servant who hath attained his supreme wish through grace and bounty! Rejoice, O handmaiden of God [3.5s] | DRM.021c | Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09001 | 90 | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy letter and thanked God for thy joy and happiness | MAX.215 | Prayer for married couples; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09002 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose breast is dilated by the Fragrances of God! Verily thy letter reached me and I prayed God to confirm thee in guiding the people | TAB.408-409 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09003 | 90 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المهتزه بنفحات الله انی مانسیتک و لاانساک و اتضرع الی مولای و مولاک | O thou who art made happy be the Fragrances of God! Verily, I have not forgotten thee and will never forget thee. I supplicate my Lord | BRL_DAK#0625 | TAB.110 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09004 | 90 | Arabic | ایتها الورده الموانقه المفتحه فی ریاض محبه الله قد اتی الربیع و فاض الغمام الرفیع | O thou blossom unfolded in the gardens of God's love! Spring hath come, and the lofty clouds have poured forth their bounties [3.5s] | MKT2.314a | Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09005 | 90 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها الرضیع من ثدی ملکوت الله و الربیب فی حضن هدایه الله انی ارجو الله سبحانه و | O thou who art nurtured from the breasts of the Kingdom of God, who wert brought up in the lap of the Guidance of God! | DRM.007b | TAB.155-156, LABC.008, BSTW#276o | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Love of God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09006 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou lamp glowing with the fire of the Love of God! Know that the garden drew near and the paradise hath been adorned with the sweet-basils | TAB.620 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09007 | 90 | Arabic | ایها السراج النورانی اعظم السرج السراج الکهرباای مع ذلک لایضی ء الا مسافه | O luminous lamp! The greatest of all lamps is the electric light, and yet it illumineth but a limited space [3.5s] | INBA59:198b, UMich962.116b, UMich991.055-056 | MJZ.018 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09008 | 90 | O thou spiritual young man and merciful youth! Verily, thy father and mother have both of them traversed the seas | BSTW#276n | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Law of pilgrimage; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09009 | 90 | Arabic | ایها الشاب النورانی انی بملا السرور قرئت رقیمک الروحانی و کررت ترتیل عبارته | O luminous youth! With utmost joy have I read thy spiritual letter, and repeatedly have I recited its expressions [3.5s] | MNMK#073 p.146 | Call to action; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09010 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is overflowing with the love of God! Verily, I received thy beautiful letter and praised God for kindling the fire of His Love | TAB.174 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09011 | 90 | Arabic | ایها العبد المتوجه بقلبه الی الله استبشر بما ایدک الله و احیاک بنفحات ریاض | O thou servant who turneth thy heart toward God! Rejoice in that which God hath confirmed thee with, and be thou quickened by the fragrances of the gardens [3.5s] | INBA59:202a | MJZ.042 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09012 | 90 | mixed | ایها الفرع المحترم من السدره الرحمانیه آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree, that which thou hadst written was noted [3.5s] | INBA87:282a, INBA52:286 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09013 | 90 | mixed | ایها الفرع المنشعب من السدره المبارکه نور الله بصرک بالفیوضات المقدسه المنزله من | O thou branch sprung from the Blessed Tree! May God illumine thy sight with holy effusions sent down from [3.5s] | INBA87:320b, INBA52:325b | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09014 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art arisen for the service of the Cause of God! I received thy recent letter and rejoiced in spirit at its interesting contents | TAB.334 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09015 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou cup overflowing with the Wine of the Love of God! Know, verily, that the doors of the Kingdom are being opened to the East and West. | TAB.410 | Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09016 | 90 | Arabic | ایها المتذکر المتفکر دع الافکار و اترک الاذکار و توجه الی الانوار الساطع | O thou who art mindful and reflective! Cast aside all thoughts and abandon all remembrance, and turn thee toward the resplendent lights [3.5s] | INBA84:444, INBA59:111a, INBA88:165b | MMK6#324 | Apocalyptic imagery; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09017 | 90 | Arabic | ایها المتوجه الی الملکوت الابهی تالله الحق ان قبائل الملا الاعلی یصلین علی | O thou who art turned towards the Most Glorious Kingdom! By God, verily the tribes of the Supreme Concourse pray for thee [3.5s] | INBA85:264b, INBA59:110a, INBA89:043a | MMK6#121 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09018 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast turned towards the Lights of the Verily, I greet thee from this White Place, the bright, blessed Holy Land, and say | TAB.242 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09019 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto God! Thank God for that He taught thee the word of guidance, illuminated thy heart by the light of the Kingdom | TAB.413 | Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09020 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted unto the Beauty of ABHA! Verily I call thee, from this Spot, with a speech whereby the spirit is breathed into hearts and bodies | TAB.174, SW_v14#07 p.210x | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09021 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Bounty of El-ABHA! Verily, I have read thine excellent message, which announced thy praise to thy Supreme Lord | TAB.188-189 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09022 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy new letter and was informed of its meanings, which proved thy lowliness | TAB.122-123 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09023 | 90 | Persian | آنچه از هویت قلب و منابع وجدان نبعان نموده بود معلوم و مفهوم شد و انین و حنین | That which hath emanated from thine inmost heart and the wellsprings of thy conscience hath become manifest and understood, and the sighs and lamentations [3.5s] | MSHR4.264, ABDA.044a | Love of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09025 | 90 | Persian | پروردگارا این جانهای پاک از عرصه خاک بجهان افلاک شتافتند بگناه خویش مقرند و | O Lord! These pure souls have hastened from the realm of dust unto the world of the celestial spheres. They acknowledge their sins [3.5s] | YARP2.484 p.359 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09026 | 90 | Persian | پروردگارا این جانهای پاک سوی تو شتافتند و از جوی تو نوشیدند و آرزوی روی تو | O Lord! These pure souls have hastened unto Thee, have drunk from Thy stream, and yearn for Thy countenance [3.5s] | MKT6.188a, ALPA.008b, BSHN.140.367, BSHN.144.365, MHT1b.020b, YARP2.009 p.069 | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09027 | 90 | Persian | جناب اسد خدا چند نامه از شما رسید و این نامه ثانیست که ارسال میگردد عدم وقت و | O Jinab-i-Asadu'llah! Several letters from thee have been received, and this is the second letter being sent in reply. Owing to lack of time [3.5s] | INBA17:217 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09028 | 90 | Persian | جناب آقا سید اسدالله البته تفاصیل مجامع عظمی و کنائس کبری را حضرات مرقوم | O Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah! Assuredly, the distinguished ones have written concerning the details of the great assemblies and mighty churches [3.5s] | INBA17:204 | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09029 | 90 | Persian | جناب آقا میرزا حسین حضرات سیسان بنهایت اشتیاق آرزوی روی شما را مینمایند البته | Jinab-i-Aqa Mirza Husayn: the friends in Sísan, with utmost longing, yearn for the sight of your countenance [3.5s] | INBA89:052a | TISH.496 | Importance of community building; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09030 | 90 | mixed | جناب حاجی میرزا حسین جواب مکتوب نظر بموانع معلوم تاخیر افتاد معذور دارید | O Jináb-i-Ḥájí Mírzá Ḥusayn! The reply to thy letter hath been delayed owing to certain known impediments; pray excuse [me] [3.5s] | INBA17:236 | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09031 | 90 | mixed | جناب شیخ علیک ۹ الله و فضله و جوده و احسانه رجای این مشتاقان از درگاه احدیت | O esteemed Shaykh! Upon thee be God's peace, and His grace, bounty and beneficence. The hope of these yearning souls at the Threshold of Divine Unity [3.5s] | AYBY.452 #193, SAM.395 | Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09032 | 90 | Since I intend to return home, therefore, I do not write in detail. Praised be God that we are all safe and secure in the shelter of divine care | LTDT.113x, LTDT.325 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09033 | 90 | ...One must obey the command of God and submit to medical opinion. Thou hast undertaken this journey to comply with His command and not for the sake of healing | COC#1024x, LOG#0960x | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09034 | 90 | Persian | خداوندا بیمانندا ماه بانو آهنگ مینوی تو نمود پر بگشاد پرواز نمود و رستم و | O Lord, O peerless One! Mah-Banu hath made melody unto Thy celestial realm, spread wide her wings, and taken flight [3.5s] | YARP2.675 p.455 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09035 | 90 | Persian | دو روز است که با امة الله المتقربه المحترمه مسس کوپر در خانه مستر پول در نهایت روح و | For two days I have been with the revered handmaiden of God, Mrs. Cooper, at the home of Mr. Poole, in a state of utmost spirituality [3.5s] | NJB_v02#14-16 p.013 | Growth of the Cause; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09036 | 90 | mixed | رب اشف بصر عبدک و نور بصیرته بمشاهده ایات قدسک و اسمعه من الحان طیور التسبیح | O Lord! Heal the sight of Thy servant and illumine his vision that he may behold the signs of Thy holiness, and cause him to hear the melodies of the birds of glorification [3.5s] | INBA21:034 | Personal instructions; Prayer for healing | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09037 | 90 | Arabic | رب اقطع حبل تعلقی عن کل شیء و قدسنی عن کل شیء و جردنی عن کل شیء و اخلص | O Lord! Sever the cord of my attachment from all things, sanctify me from all things, strip me bare of all things, and make me pure [3.5s] | MKT6.195b, MNMK#083 p.152, MJMJ3.086a, MMG2#035 p.036 | S. Akhavan | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for detachment; Prayer for nearness to God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09038 | 90 | Arabic | رب و رجائی انی اتضرع الی ملکوت رحمانیتک ان تغفر لعبدک المتصاعد الیک المتذلل | O Lord and my Hope! I humbly beseech Thy Kingdom of mercy to forgive Thy servant who, in utter lowliness, hath ascended unto Thee [3.5s] | BSHN.140.249, BSHN.144.249, MHT2.111 | unknown | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09039 | 90 | Arabic | رب و رجائی انی اتوسل الی ملکوت غیبک الابهی و جبروت عظمتک الظاهره فی علانیه | O Lord and my Hope! I implore the Kingdom of Thine invisible glory and the Dominion of Thy manifest grandeur [3.5s] | INBA17:034 | MJMJ3.093a, MMG2#343 p.381 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09040 | 90 | Persian | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ربی ربی کودکم خوردسال از پستان عنایت شیر ده و در آغوش محبتت پرورش بخش و در | O my Lord! O my Lord! I am a child of tender years. Nourish me from the breast of Thy mercy | BRL_DAK#1190, DRM.018b, ADH2.127, ADH2_5#03 p.160, MJMJ1.106, MMG2#438 p.482, MJH.046b, HUV1.015 | BRL_CHILD#08, BPRY.029-030, TAB.595, SW_v09#10 p.114, LABC.016, BSTW#071 | T. Ellis, G.H. Miller, Ine | Prayer for children and youth; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB09041 | 90 | Praised be Thou O Lord my God! This is one of the leaves of the Tree of Thy Oneness and a fruit of the Tree of Thy Singleness | LTDT.272 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09042 | 90 | Turkish | سودیکم دوستم پرتو صباح هدایت افق حقیقتدن بارقه نثار هدایت اولنجه ضمیر منیر | O My dear friend! When the rays of the Morn of Guidance shed their effulgence from the horizon of truth, the luminous mind [3.5s] | MJT.118 | Being a source of light; guidance; Love as fire; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09043 | 90 | Turkish | سوگلی یار مهربانم مکتوبنی کمال مسرت ایله اوقودم گوکلم خوشنود اولدی زیرا | My beloved and cherished friend, I read thy letter with the utmost joy and my heart was gladdened, for [3.5s] | MJT.111 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09044 | 90 | Persian | صدر اعظم میرزا آقا خان وقتیکه ایران را در تحت استیلا داشت | The Prime Minister, Mírzá Áqá Khán, when he held dominion over Persia [3.5s] | IQN.234 | Exhortations and counsels; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09045 | 90 | Turkish | طوغدی گون آفاق عالم مشرق انواردر صبحه دوندی شام فرقت نوبت دیداردر لوحه دلدن | The sun hath risen, the horizons of the world are radiant with light, and the night of separation hath turned to dawn, for the moment of reunion is at hand [3.5s] | INBA88:311a | Living waters; water of life; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09046 | 90 | Arabic | علیک بهاء الله و علیک سلام الله یا من آمن بالله و آیاته و صدق بکلماته و تشبث بذیل | Upon thee be the glory of God and upon thee be the peace of God, O thou who hast believed in God and His signs, and hast testified to His words, and hast clung to His hem [3.5s] | TISH.209, ANDA#67-68 p.122 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09047 | 90 | ...when I came to ‘Akká, it was prescribed for me to go to the sea every day and this was not possible in Yarkih. Moreover, I had a lot of work | LTDT.327x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09048 | 90 | Arabic | قد انتشرت نفحات رب السبوح القدوس فی ارض النفوس و تفحت اجنحه الطاوس فی هواء | The sweet savors of the Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Holy, have wafted over the realm of souls, and the wings of the peacock have unfolded in the air [3.5s] | INBA59:079 | MKT2.233 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09049 | 90 | Turkish | کیم که بو درگاهده دربان اولور کشور جان و دله سلطان اولور مور ضعیف اولسه بیله | He who becometh the doorkeeper at this divine threshold, though he be but a feeble ant, shall be made sovereign ruler over the realm of heart and soul [3.5s] | INBA13:405, INBA55:239, INBA59:153b, INBA88:056a | Martyrs and martyrdom; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09050 | 90 | Persian | مکاتیب شما رسید الحمد لله در جمیع موارد موید و موفق بوده و خواهید بود از خدا | Your letters arrived and, praise be to God, in all matters you have been, and shall ever remain, confirmed and successful [3.5s] | INBA89:197 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Review of publications; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09051 | 90 | Persian | مکاتیب شما رسید سفره ها را بفرستید برات میرزا اسحق خان قبوضاتش از پیش ارسال گشت برات قائممقامی | Your letters arrived. Send the cheques. The draft of Mírzá Isḥáq Khán - his receipts were previously dispatched - as well as the draft of Qá'im-Maqámí [3.5s] | INBA17:216 | Business; financial; property matters; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09052 | 90 | Your letter dated November 13, 1918, was received. Praise be to God | SW_v10#01 p.003 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09053 | 90 | Arabic | مولای مولای انی اتذلل الی سدره الوهیتک و سریر سلطنه ربوبیتک و عرش رحمانیتک ان | O my Lord, my Lord! I humble myself before the Lote-Tree of Thy Divinity, the Throne of Thy Sovereign Lordship, and the Seat of Thy All-Merciful Dominion [3.5s] | INBA88:150b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09054 | 90 | Persian | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | نامه ات رسید و سبب سرور گردید تا بحال خدمت بملکوت الهی نمودی و موفق گردیدی | Thy letter was received. It became conducive to happiness. Up to the present thou hast been serving in the Kingdom of God and hast been assisted. | MKT7.002a | TAB.226 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09055 | 90 | Persian | نامه شما رسید ذکر مطلوب خویش را نموده بودی که هزار و پانصد تومان سند در دست | Your letter was received. You had mentioned your desired matter concerning a bond of one thousand five hundred tumans in hand [3.5s] | INBA87:205a, INBA52:207a | Business; financial; property matters; Courtesy; culture [adab] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09056 | 90 | Persian | نامه شما رسید ولی از قرائت خود شما میدانید این دل و جان چه حالتی پیدا کرد | Your letter was received, and from its perusal you yourself know what condition it produced in this heart and soul [3.5s] | YARP2.448 p.336 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09057 | 90 | Arabic | هل سمع الندآء قد تزلزلت ارکان الملا الاولی لما ارتفع الندآء من الملا الاعلی | Lo, have the ears not hearkened to the Call? The pillars of the Concourse of old were shaken when the Call was raised from the Supreme Concourse [3.5s] | INBA87:417b, INBA52:430a | Apocalyptic imagery; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09058 | 90 | Arabic | یا ابن الملکوت ان المائده الالهیه التی عباره عن المعرفه الربانیه قد نزلت عن ملکوت | O son of the Kingdom! Verily the divine table, which signifieth heavenly knowledge, hath descended from the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA59:199a, UMich962.114a, UMich991.052 | MJZ.022 | Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Many are called but few are chosen; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09059 | 90 | mixed | یا امه احتملت کل بلیه فی سبیل الله الطاف خاصه و موهبت مختصه حضرت احدیت را در | O handmaid who hast borne every tribulation in the path of God! The special favours and unique bounties of His Divine Oneness [3.5s] | TABN.202 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09060 | 90 | O Amata’l-Bahá! The subject of Mírzá Badí‘u’lláh hath become extraordinarily strange | LTDT.337 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Ottoman commissions of investigation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09061 | 90 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | یا امه الله استبشری بخطابی و جوابی قد طهرک الله عن المعاصی عندما اغرقک فی بحر | O thou maidservant of God! Glad-tidings unto thee because of my address and answer to thee! God hath purified thee from iniquities | BRL_DAK#0618 | TAB.266-267 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09062 | 90 | Persian | یا امه الله المقربه این دو پسر مانند دو گوهر درخشنده خدا بتو داده شکر کن خدا | O thou near handmaid of God! These two sons are even as two shining gems that God hath given thee; render thanks unto God [3.5s] | KHSK.052 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09063 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O maidservant of God! Verily, the Lord of Hosts calleth thee from the absence of existence (or non-existence) and sayeth | TAB.415 | Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09064 | 90 | Turkish | یا امه الله تحریرنزی آلدم اوقودم ممنون اولدم مضامینی رنگین ایدی و معانیسی | O maidservant of God! I received thy letter and read it with gratitude. Its contents were colorful and its meanings [3.5s] | MJT.121 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09065 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! It is incumbent upon thee to turn thyself wholly to the kingdom of God | TAB.233-234 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09066 | 90 | O maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written something about Mr. Remey. | JWTA.011-012 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09067 | 90 | Persian | یا امیمه الله چه خوش بخت بودی و بلند طالع که از نسل وجودی موجود شدی که بحیات | O Amímih of God! How fortunate wert thou, and how exalted thy destiny, that thou didst come into being from the lineage of one who [3.5s] | MKT7.229b | Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09068 | 90 | Arabic | یا جبریل الامین الحبیب این بشارتک و این اشارتک این اطفاء نیران الخلیل و این | O Gabriel, the trusted and beloved! Where are thy glad-tidings, and where thy tokens? Where is the quenching of the fires of the Friend of God, and where [3.5s] | INBA59:111b | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09069 | 90 | Arabic | یا صغیره السن و عظیمه المواهب انی رتلت مناجاتک الی الله و استبشرت بمعانیها | O thou who art young in years yet rich in talents! I chanted thy supplication unto God and was gladdened by its meanings [3.5s] | DRM.009e | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09070 | 90 | Persian | یا عبدالحسین ای همنام من با حضرات رفقای محترم به بیروت بشتاب و بتمام قوت و | O 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn, O my namesake! With the honored friends hasten thou to Beirut with all thy strength [3.5s] | INBA84:344 | Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09071 | 90 | Arabic | یا على ان الله قدر لاحبائه مقامات فى جمیع المراتب و الشئون و دعاه | O Ali! Verily God hath ordained for His loved ones stations in all ranks and conditions, and hath summoned them [3.5s] | INBA21:139c | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09072 | 90 | Arabic | یا من استبشر بنور المیثاق قد استشرق المستشرقون انوار الهدی من حقایق المیثاق و استضاء الافاق | O thou who art gladdened by the light of the Covenant! The orientalists have drawn forth the lights of guidance from the realities of the Covenant, and the horizons have been illumined [3.5s] | LMA2.450 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09073 | 90 | Arabic | یا من اشتعل بالنار الموقده فی سدرة السیناء قد تنفس صبح الهدی و توقد نار | O thou who art ablaze with the fire kindled in the Tree of Sinai! The dawn of guidance hath verily breathed forth, and the fire hath been kindled [3.5s] | INBA88:177b | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09074 | 90 | Arabic | یا من اشتعل بالنار الموقده فی سدره السیناء قد فضضنا ختام عطر الارواح فتعطر | O thou who art enkindled with the fire that blazeth in the Tree of Sinai! We have broken the seal of that fragrance which perfumeth all spirits [3.5s] | INBA21:064, INBA59:103a | Knowledge; recognition of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09075 | 90 | mixed | یا من اشتعل بنار محبت الله قد تشعشع و تلئلا ابهی جوهره فی اکلیل و جلیل | O thou who art ablaze with the fire of the love of God! Verily hath His most resplendent essence shone forth and gleamed with radiance in supreme glory [3.5s] | LMA2.424 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09076 | 90 | Arabic | یا من اصطبح من صهباء المیثاق فاستشرق الانوار من مرکز الاسرار و اتبع خطوات | O thou who hast drunk at dawn from the crimson wine of the Covenant, whence the lights have shone forth from the Centre of Mysteries, and who hast followed in the footsteps [3.5s] | DUR3.376 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09077 | 90 | Arabic | یا من انتشا من سلاف محبه الله قد انتشرت اجنحه الطاوس فی قطب الفردوس و نعب | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of God's love! The wings of the peacock have spread in the realm of Paradise, and a cry hath resounded [3.5s] | INBA59:134a | MKT2.234a | Chastisement and requital; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09078 | 90 | Arabic | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله قد طلع و اشرق و لاح و وضح و تنفس صبح مواهب ربک الرحمن | O thou who art enraptured by the fragrances of God! The morn of thy Lord's bountiful gifts hath dawned and shone forth, become manifest and shed abroad its radiance [3.5s] | INBA59:106 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09079 | 90 | Persian | یا من انقطع عما سوی الله از قرار نامه که مرقوم نموده بودید معلوم میگردد که مجبور | O thou who hast severed thyself from all save God! From the letter which thou didst pen, it becometh evident [3.5s] | INBA88:180b | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09080 | 90 | Arabic | یا من انقطع عن الوجوه الا وجه الله دع الوری و تمسک بالعروه الوثقی التی | O thou who hast severed thyself from all faces save the Face of God, abandon the multitudes and hold fast unto the Most Firm Handle [3.5s] | INBA21:195b (245b) | MMK6#237 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09081 | 90 | Persian | یا من بذل الروح فی خدمه امرالله الحمد لله خدماتت در درگاه جمال ابهی مقبول و | O thou who hast sacrificed thy spirit in service to the Cause of God! Praise be unto God, thy services at the threshold of the Abhá Beauty are acceptable [3.5s] | INBA79.018 | MMK2#272 p.196 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09082 | 90 | Arabic | یا من تعلق باهداب رداء الکبریاء سبح و قدس و هلل باسم ربک الحی القدیم و قل | O thou who clingest to the hem of the robe of Glory! Glorify, sanctify, and praise in the name of thy Lord, the Ever-Living, the Ancient, and say [3.5s] | INBA87:175b, INBA52:175b | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09083 | 90 | Arabic | یا من تعلق باهداب میثاق الله اعلم ان عهد الذی اخذه الله فی ظل شجره انیسا هو | O thou who clingest to the hem of God's Covenant! Know thou that the Covenant which God established beneath the shade of the Tree is most intimate [3.5s] | INBA89:033 | MMK6#056, RHQM2.0632b (011) (008bx) | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09084 | 90 | Persian | یا من تمسک بذیل الکبریاء از شدت احزان و آلام | O thou who clingest to the hem of grandeur, through the intensity of sorrows and afflictions [3.5s] | MMK5#206 p.157, MSHR3.366 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Poems and quotation from poetry; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09085 | 90 | Arabic | یا من تمسک بذیل الکبریاء طوبی لنفس استنشق رائحه الوفاء من حدیقه الکبریاء و | O thou who clingest to the hem of glory! Blessed is the soul that hath inhaled the fragrance of faithfulness from the garden of grandeur [3.5s] | INBA88:184 | BSHN.140.256, BSHN.144.256, MHT2.164 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09086 | 90 | Arabic | یا من توجه الی ملکوت الابهی بشری لکل ثابت طوبی لکل راسخ لعمر الحق ان حوریات | O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Kingdom of the Most Glorious! Glad tidings to every steadfast one, blessed is every firm and resolute soul! By the life of the True One, verily the houris [3.5s] | MKT8.224a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09087 | 90 | mixed | یا من توجه الی ملکوت الله احسنت ثم احسنت بما انجذبت بنفحات عبقت من ریاض میثاق | O thou who hast turned thy face to the Kingdom of God! Well done, well done, that thou hast been drawn by the fragrant breathings wafting from the gardens of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA88:148 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09089 | 90 | Arabic | یا من خدم ملکوت الله طوبی لک بما انجذبت بنفحات الله بشری لک بما اشتعلت بنار محبه الله | O thou who hast served the Kingdom of God! Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thou hast been attracted by the sweet fragrances of God; glad tidings be unto thee, inasmuch as thou hast been set ablaze with the fire of the love of God [3.5s] | INBA59:201a | MJZ.031 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09090 | 90 | mixed | یا من صدق بکلمات الله جوهر صدق راستی شئونیست منبعث از حقیقت اشیاء مطابق واقع | O thou who hast truly believed in the Words of God! The essence of truthfulness and sincerity is a condition emanating from the reality of things in conformity with what exists [3.5s] | INBA87:047a, INBA52:047a | AKHB.107 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09091 | 90 | Persian | یا من طاف حول مطاف الملا الاعلی الحمد لله صحرا و بادیه پیمودی تا پیمانه پیمان | O thou who hast circled round the celestial Sanctuary of the Concourse on High! Praise be to God that thou didst traverse desert and wilderness until thou didst attain unto the chalice of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA17:178 | MKT8.226a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09092 | 90 | Persian | یا من کشف الغطاء بقوه رب العطاء حمد حضرت بیچون را که براه هدی رهنمون گشتی و | O thou who hast lifted the veil through the power of the Lord of Bounty! Praise be unto the Peerless Lord, that thou hast been guided to the path of guidance [3.5s] | MKT6.206b | Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09093 | 90 | Arabic | یا مولای الحنون ادخلنی فی فلکک المشحون و علمنی سرک المکنون و دلنی علی اصداف | O my tender Lord! Cause me to enter Thy laden Ark, teach me Thy hidden mystery, and guide me unto the pearls [3.5s] | INBA59:174b | Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09094 | 90 | Turkish | یار عزیزا نورانیت مجسمه آسمانی رحمانیت مشخصه سبحانی یه انسان انجق علویت فطرت | O beloved friend! Thou embodied light celestial, manifest expression of divine mercy, heavenly being of innate nobility [3.5s] | INBA85:025a | MJT.038 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB09095 | 90 | Persian | یزدان مهربانا آن کنیز شورانگیز را روز رستخیز برانگیختی و باده شادمانی در کام | O compassionate Providence! Thou hast raised up that enchanting handmaiden on the Day of Resurrection and poured the wine of gladness into her soul [3.5s] | YARP2.255 p.222 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB09096 | 90 | O ye wooers of the Beloved of regions! The true Beloved like unto the Joseph of Canaan, unveiled his face | DAS.1913-11-01 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09097 | 90 | O Thou Kind God! These travellers over mountains and deserts and these wanderers over land and sea | DAS.1913-02-27 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09098 | 90 | ...This Cause is proclaimed through eloquent, sincere addresses. We must unloose the tongue, spread the fragrances of God | SW_v13#10 p.276x | Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09099 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant of God! What thou hast written was perused. Be thou rejoiced on account of | TAB.546 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09100 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art conscious! At last thou didst learn of the path of salvation... The powers of the sympathetic nerve | TAB.309, BSC.455 #836 | Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09102 | 90 | ...To the one who hath hearkened to God's good tidings and hath proclaimed His bountiful favours! | MAX.082-083 | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09103 | 90 | O ye my soldiers of the Kingdom! Be ye valiant and fearless! Day by day add to your spiritual victories | COC#1685x, LOG#1935x, SW_v13#05 p.113 | A.R. Cundall | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09104 | 90 | ...Thou hast inquired regarding the teachings and instructions of BAHA'O'LLAH! Thou must instruct the people of the world in the Love of God | SW_v02#06 p.005 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09105 | 90 | ...If you question regarding the trials and difficulties of Abdu'l-Baha - that is a sea boundless | SW_v12#16 p.254x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09107 | 90 | ...Through the protection and help of the Blessed Perfection - may my life be a sacrifice to his beloved ones! - you must conduct and deport yourselves | SW_v14#08 p.225 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09108 | 90 | ...Whatever contribution you may send to the school of Tarbiat is in the estimation of Abdul Baha, most acceptable. In this we observe the aim of God | DAS.1913-08-14, ABIE.189, BLO_PN#007 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09109 | 90 | ...Consider how Abdul Baha forgot every material thought and mention and turned his face toward the countries and empires, cities and villages | DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.203, BLO_PN#007 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09110 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...Perchance, God willing, ye may be helped and confirmed to arise and serve in a befitting and worthy manner, and be assisted to do that which is required | BSC.495 #956 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09111 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Word of God! Verily, I read thy letter which contained new significances | TAB.050 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09112 | 90 | ...The more difficulties one sees in the world the more perfect one becomes. The more you plough and dig the ground | SW_v14#02 p.041, PN_unsorted p046, BSTW#380 | A. Grammer | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09113 | 90 | ...You have written regarding the Assembly of Women. Undoubtedly, show ye great effort in this matter | SW_v01#09 p.010-011 | Call to action; Equality of men and women; Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09114 | 90 | ...The quintessence of the matter is this: With the greatest effort one must arise to spread the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh | DAS.1913-10-14 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09115 | 90 | Victory is of two kinds: material and spiritual. Material victory is not so important but spiritual victory is conducive to the life of the world of humanity. | DAS.1914-10-26x | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09116 | 90 | ...Today, at the Threshold of His Holiness, Baha'u'llah, there is nobody more favored | SW_v12#10 p.170 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09117 | 90 | ...The Divine confirmations have in every way prepared for you the means of development. | SW_v01#08 p.016x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies; Promotion of commerce and industry | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09118 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures | ...The beloved of God must be the cause of spreading the Heavenly Love. They must impart spiritual concord | BSC.438 #795 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09119 | 90 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou whose heart is soaring in the sky of the love of God! Praise be unto Him | TAB.078, BSC.427 #770 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09120 | 90 | ...Treat ye the sinners, thy tyrants and the bloodthirsty enemies as the faithful friends | SW_v08#11 p.139 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09121 | 90 | ...Thou hast written concerning the meetings and gathering-places of the believers of God. Such assemblies | SW_v02#06 p.005 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Study; deepening; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09123 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye seekers of Truth! Your letter was received and a sweet fragrance was inhaled | TAB.550-551 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Life and death; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09124 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing unto God! Praise God that He guided thee to the Path of His Kingdom | TAB.128-129 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09125 | 90 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art always calling on God! Thank thou God for He hath guided thee | TAB.516-517 | Human reality created in the image of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB09126 | 90 | ...Regarding thy extreme sorrow, thy sadness and thy great regret for My imprisonment, there is no harm therein... My catastrophes will increase hereafter | PN_1901 p088 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB10956 | 90 | mixed | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | حکم مفروض و امر واجب آنست که از قلم اعلی صادر و یا بقرار بیت العدل عمومی حاصل گردد... و اما اوراد و اذکار بعد از هر نماز هر کس خواهد مناجاتهای | ...Ordinances which are obligatory and decrees that are binding are those that have issued forth from the Supreme Pen or are issued by a decision of the Universal House of Justice | AVK4.025.08x, AVK4.305x, DWNP_v2#08 p.072x | BRL_IOPF#2.24x | House of Justice; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Prayer for governments and rulers; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11781 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده صادق الهی خدمت یاران کنی و سروری دو جهان یابی و عبودیت آستان کنی | O faithful servant of God! Service to the friends brings you lordship in both worlds, and servitude at His Threshold [3.5s] | YIA.311 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11782 | 90 | Persian | ای منادی ملکوت شکر کن خدا را که در این سفر با منادی ملکوت رحمان حضرت مستر هریس | O herald of the Kingdom! Render thanks unto God that in this journey thou art accompanying that herald of the Kingdom of the All-Merciful, Mr. Harris [3.5s] | YIA.235 | Hands of the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11783 | 90 | Persian | یا من ایده الله علی خدمه کلمته المطاعه بواسطه جناب تفتی نامه ای بخط خویش | O thou whom God hath aided to serve His binding Word! Through Jinab-i-Tafti I received thy letter penned by thine own hand [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0209, YIA.360 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11784 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده معشوق حقیقی آن جمال نورانی ابهی جناب محمود نهایت ستایش را از آن وجود | O thou servant of the true Beloved, that luminous Beauty of Abhá, most honoured Mahmúd! Boundless praise be unto that being [3.5s] | FRH.089b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11785 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان غزل بلیغ فصیح ملاحظه گردید اشعار مانند آب روان بود و ابیات فائق | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy sublime and eloquent ode was received. The verses flowed like running water, and the lines were surpassing [3.5s] | FRH.263a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Music and singing; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11786 | 90 | Persian | ای سرمست جام میثاق وقت اشراق نور تعالیم الهی است و هنگام جلوه فیض رحمانی | O thou who art inebriated with the wine of the Covenant! This is the dawn of the Divine Teachings and the time for the manifestation of heavenly bounties [3.5s] | SFI21.017 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11787 | 90 | mixed | ای شاه خلیل وارث حقیقی آن میر جلیل باش و سبب شفای هر قلب علیل | O Shah Khalil! Be thou the true heir of that noble prince and become the cause of healing for every ailing heart [3.5s] | FRH.204 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11788 | 90 | Persian | ای شخص لطیف جلیل دو روز پیش نامه بشما نگاشته شد ولی جناب امین مکتوبش الان | O refined and illustrious personage! I had written a Tablet to you just two days ago | SFI18.280b | LOIR20.177 | Humor; jokes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11789 | 90 | Persian | ای مهاجر مع الحق اگر بدانی این مقام چه قدر بلند و ارجمند است البته گریبان را | O thou who hast migrated in the path of Truth! If thou didst but know how exalted and glorious is this station, verily thou wouldst rend thy garment [3.5s] | YFY.081a | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11790 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظم محترم اشعار فصیح بلیغ قرائت گردید فی الحقیقه در نهایت طلاقت و حلاوت و | O esteemed poet! Thine eloquent and expressive verses were perused; verily they were of utmost fluency and sweetness [3.5s] | FRH.269 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11805 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید از تفصیل یحیاایها اطلاع حاصل گردید سبب جمیع اینها اختلاف احباست | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents regarding the Azalis became known. The root cause of all these matters is the discord among the friends [3.5s] | KSFH3.077x | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11842 | 90 | mixed | حضرت اعلی روحی له الفدآء بکلّی قواعد لغت را فسخ فرموده لسان عرب را آزاد فرمودند این است که جمیع آثار حضرت | ...The Bab, may my spirit be a sacrifice for Him, completely abrogated the rules of that tongue. He freed the language of the Arabs | KHSH01.067x | ADMS#155x | Grammar and orthography; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11974 | 90 | Persian | ای سرگشته بادیه محبت الله دست عجز و نیاز بملکوت ابهی دراز کن و آغاز نماز و | O wanderer in the desert of the love of God! Stretch forth thy hands in supplication to the Abhá Kingdom and begin thy prayer [3.5s]... ...O my eternal Beloved and my adored Friend! How long shall I remain bereft of Thy presence | BRL_DAK#0084, BRL_MON#004x | BRL_POAB#04x | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11975 | 90 | Persian | Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith | ای بلبل باغ الهی نغمه سراای سبب سرور و شادمانی عالم انسانی است | O nightingale of the rose-garden of God! Singing melodies will bring animation and happiness to the world of humanity | BRL_DAK#0414 | BRL_IOA#10 | Music and singing; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11976 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء خوشا خوشا که به نور مبین توجه نمودی و از عین الیقین نوشیدی و حق | O servant of Baha! How joyous, how blessed art thou, that thou hast turned thyself unto the manifest Light, hast drunk from the fountainhead of certitude, and attained unto truth [3.5s] | TISH.308b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11977 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق قدر این پدر بزرگوار را بدان که تو را بمعین حیوان دلالت کرد و بسر | O servant of God! Know thou the worth of this noble father who guided thee to the living waters and led thee to the truth [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0285 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11978 | 90 | Persian | ای پسر پدر جان پدر بزرگوار روی تابانش در افق مرحمت پروردگار درخشنده و تابان | O cherished son! Thy distinguished father's radiant countenance shineth resplendent in the horizon of the Lord's tender mercy [3.5s] | TISH.403 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11979 | 90 | Turkish | ای عزیز روحانی نامه نامیلرینک مضمونی حقائق و معانی ایله مشحون ایدی حمد اولسون | O spiritual loved one! The contents of thy precious letter were replete with truths and significances. Praise be to God [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0248 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11980 | 90 | Persian | ای مرغ چمن باهنگی بغزلخوانی آغاز ترانه نما که سکان انجمن بالا در اهتزاز | O songbird of the garden! With melodious tones commence thine anthem, for the denizens of the exalted Concourse are astir [3.5s] | INBA79.015 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11981 | 90 | Persian | ای ناظر الی الله در ایندم که بیاد تو همدمم قلم در جولان است و جان در روح و ریحان | O thou who hast fixed thy gaze upon God! In this moment, as I commune with thoughts of thee, my pen is in swift motion and my soul is immersed in delight and felicity [3.5s] | TISH.288a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11982 | 90 | Persian | Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The | ای یار حقیقی عبدالبهاء منتهای آمال و آرزوی شماء انشاء و بناء مشرق الاذکار بود | O thou true friend of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! Thy most ardent wish was for the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar to be reared and established | BRL_DAK#0401, COMP_MASHRIQP#34 | BRL_MASHRIQ#34 | Excellence; distinction; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11983 | 90 | Turkish | سوگلی یارانم جناب حقه شکر ایدرم زیرا اول قریه ده نور حقیقت پارلادی شمس هدایت | O beloved friends! I render thanks unto the Lord for, in that village, the light of truth hath shed its radiant beams and the Sun of guidance hath shone forth [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0321 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11984 | 90 | mixed | عزیزا تحریر تسریر ایلدی حضره بدرک غیابی موقت در عون و عنایت حق موبد در عین | O thou dear one! Thou hast written with joy. The absence of thy father is but temporary, while the aid and bounty of God is eternal and constant [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0250 | Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Personal instructions; Poems and quotation from poetry; Silence; fewness of words; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11985 | 90 | Persian | مکتوب شما واصل و تصاویری که ارسال فرموده بودید واصل گردید مگر صد و چهل عدد | Thy letter was received, as were the photographs that thou hadst sent, save one hundred and forty [3.5s] | INBA79.037a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11986 | 90 | Persian | نامه شما رسید از تاسیس محفل روحانی در طبرستان مرقوم نموده بودید بسیار سبب سرور | Thy letter was received. Thou hadst written about the establishment of the Spiritual Assembly in Tabaristan, which brought exceeding joy [3.5s] | INBA79.062a | Exhortations and counsels; Hands of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11987 | 90 | Persian | یا من انجذب من روح المیثاق جناب خان در این محضر حاضر و لسان ستایش از آن حبیب | O thou who art attracted by the Spirit of the Covenant! His honor Khan is present in this gathering and the tongue of praise extolleth that beloved one [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0268 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12024 | 90 | Meetings, Bahá'í | Thy letter was received. Thou hast written in regard to the Sunday meeting, saying that it is established in the utmost of love. | BRL_MEET.AB#15x | Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12061 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه مبارکه سدره رحمانیه امه البهاء منیره مژده آن داد که از فضل و مواهب حق | O blessed leaf of the divine tree! Amatu'l-Baha Munírih gave the tidings that through God's grace and bounties [3.5s] | MATA.049 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Naming of children; of individuals; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12066 | 90 | mixed | ای سرگشته رسواای حمد کن حضرت دوست را که به عشق آن دلبر آفاق جامه دریدی و رسوای عالم | O bewildered and abased one! Praise be to the Lord, that through love for that Beloved of all horizons, thou hast rent thy garment and become notorious throughout the world [3.5s] | YQAZ.121 | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12067 | 90 | Persian | الحمد لله دمی نیاسائی و نفسی راحت ننمائی و همواره در سبیل حق آواره | Praise be to God, Thou takest no rest, nor findest repose, but ever wanderest in the pathway of Truth [3.5s] | YQAZ.122ax | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12576 | 90 | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Love from the depth of your heart and soul the beloved servant of God, Miss Alma Knobloch, and be grateful and appreciative toward her | BBBD.048 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12577 | 90 | O thou who hast turned toward God! Be joyful for God's grace, hope for all goodness, and anticipate help, protection, favor, and kindness from God | BBBD.066 | Prayer for prosperity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12578 | 90 | O thou who art attracted by the light of truth! I received your letter. Its content testifies that the handmaiden of God has been attracted by the truth, ignited by the fire of God's love | BBBD.118 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12579 | 90 | Persian | ای اهل ملکوت الحمد لله بعون و عنایت بهاء الله بپاریس رسیدیم و این سفر بپاریس | O ye people of the Kingdom! Praise be to God that through the Favor and bounty of Baha'u'llah I have reached Paris. This trip to Paris was just for your sake. | BBBD.198x | BBBD.198 | Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12580 | 90 | Arabic | لک العطاء یا ربی الاعلی علی کل عبد سلک سبیل الهدی و خاض غمار الوفاء و قام علی | Gracious art Thou, O my exalted Lord, to every servant who treads the path of guidance, immerses himself in the stream of fidelity, and rises to exalt Your word | BBBD.208 | BBBD.209 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12581 | 90 | O daughter of the Kingdom! The day we were your guests and you brought together those Baha'i children with their radiant faces | BBBD.213 | Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12582 | 90 | Persian | ای دختر عزیز من نامه تو رسید فی الحقیقه بابناء و بنات ملکوت مهربانی در حق | O thou my beloved daughter! Thy letter was received. Truly I say thou art kind to the sons and daughters of the Kingdom. Thou hast interceded in behalf of Mirza 'Ali Akbar | BBBD.278 | BBBD.279 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12583 | 90 | Persian | ای گل گلشن محبت الله ایامی که در استوتگارت بودم کل بسیار معطری بودی فی | O rose in the flower-garden of the love of God! During the days I was in Stuttgart, thou wert a very fragrant rose | BBBD.359 | BBBD.360 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12584 | 90 | O thou who hast been tested! Although thy dear husband drank the cup of martyrdom and gave his life on the battlefield, be not sorrowful and sad | BBBD.407 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12585 | 90 | Persian | ای دو نفس مبارک از قرار مسموع در فلباخ محفلی بیاراستید و جمعی از دوستان حاضر | O ye two blessed souls! As I hear ye have established a meeting in Fellbach and a group of friends attend it. | BBBD.408 | BBBD.409 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12586 | 90 | Arabic | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله قد وصلنی مکتوبک البدیع المبشر بصحه الاحباء و | O thou who art attracted to the breezes of God! I received your dear letter, which informs me that all the friends are in very good health | BBBD.426 | BBBD.427 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12587 | 90 | Persian | ای ابن ملکوت دو کارت از شما رسید الحمد لله هر دو دلالت بر خلوص نیت و همت و | O son of the Kingdom! Two cards from thee were received. Praise be to God, both were indicative of sincerity of thought, high mindedness and enthusiasm | BBBD.488 | BBBD.489 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12588 | 90 | Persian | ای دو مفتون حقیقت نامه رسید بملکوت وجود پرستش نمودم و آرزوی عون و عنایت | O ye two ones who are enchanted in reality! Letter received. I prayed to the kingdom of existence, and invoked for (God's) assistance | BBBD.546-547 | BBBD.547 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12589 | 90 | Persian | ای مشتعل بنار محبت الله نامه تو رسید الحمد لله سرور روحانی داشتی و فرح ربانی | O thou who art ignited by the fire of divine love! Your letter has arrived. Praise be to God, you feel divine joy and heavenly happiness | BBBD.555 | BBBD.556 | Nearness and remoteness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12590 | 90 | O beloved maidservant of God, Praise be to God, for His grace surrounds you, and through it, you have attained the highest guidance. | BBBD.599 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12591 | 90 | O ye two lamps which are kindled with the fire of the Love of God! Your letter was received. Ye should be highly rejoiced and obliged to Mr. Herrigel, Mr. and Mrs. Bosch | BBBD.600 | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12592 | 90 | Persian | ای منجذبه بملکوت الله نامه ات ملاحظه گردید و دختر عزیزت حضور یافت فی الحقیقه | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter has been perused and thy dear daughter has arrived. In reality this daughter | BBBD.615-616 | BBBD.617 | Being a source of light; guidance | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12593 | 90 | Persian | ای امین عبدالبهاء عنصر ترابی هیکل وفا جوهر صفا بنده بها در تحت حجاب تراب متواری | O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! O thou element of dust, embodiment of faithfulness, essence of purity, and servant of Bahá, who lieth concealed beneath the veil of earth [3.5s] | AMIN.186-187 | Business; financial; property matters; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12594 | 90 | Persian | ای امین عبدالبهاء نامه‌ها که خواسته بودی مرقوم گردید و ارسال شد از عنایت حصرت احدیت | O trusted one of Abdu'l-Baha! The letters which thou didst request have been written and dispatched through the bounty of His Divine Oneness [3.5s] | AMIN.120-121 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12595 | 90 | Persian | جناب امین آقا میرزا علیمحمد چون سلیل حضرت علی قبل اکبر علیه بهاء الله است | Jinab-i-Amin: As Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad is descended from his honor 'Ali-Qabl-i-Akbar, upon him be the Glory of God [3.5s] | AMIN.093-094 | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12596 | 90 | Persian | مبالغی که تا بحال ارسال گشته چه از طهران و چه از عشق آباد رسید مطمئن باش | Rest assured that all sums hitherto dispatched, whether from Tehran or from 'Ishqabad, have been received [3.5s] | AMIN.108-109 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12597 | 90 | Persian | ای شمع محفل عرفان چند روز پیش نوشته نگاشته شد و حال چون مغلول اغلال و سلاسل | O thou candle in the gathering of divine knowledge! Though a letter was written a few days ago, now, as though bound in chains and fetters [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0917 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12598 | 90 | Persian | ایها الفرع البدیع من السدره المبارکه بجناب آقا میرزا محمود فروغی نهایت رعایت | O distinguished branch of the Blessed Tree! Show utmost consideration to Jinab-i-Aqa Mirza Mahmud Furughi [3.5s] | INBA85:291 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12599 | 90 | mixed | ایها الفرع المجید من السدره المبارکه مراعات بقیه حضرت ورقاء حدیقه ملکوت ابهی | O illustrious offshoot of the blessed tree! Care for the remnant of his holiness Varqá in the garden of the most glorious Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA85:300 | Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12600 | 90 | Persian | یا من توجه الی ملکوت التقدیس بال و پری بگشا و بگلشن توحید پرواز کن چشم بصیرت | O thou who hast turned thy face to the Kingdom of holiness! Spread thy wings and soar unto the rose garden of divine oneness with the eye of insight [3.5s] | INBA85:109 | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12601 | 90 | Persian | ای بندگان حق پدر مهربان در آستان یزدان بیاد شما افتاد و بذکر شما پرداخت | O ye servants of God! Your affectionate father, at the Threshold of the Lord, hath remembered you and engaged in your mention [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.164-165 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12602 | 90 | Arabic | یا رب الجنود و مربی الوجود و موجد کل موجود اترامی فی سده رحمانیتک علی التراب | O Lord of Hosts, Educator of existence, and Creator of all beings! I implore Thee, casting myself upon the dust at the threshold of Thy mercy [3.5s] | INBA85:175c | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12603 | 90 | Persian | ای ورقه مشتعله اگر در کرمان و طهران عمری بسر بردی ولی فی الحقیقه در دیار الهی | O thou enkindled leaf! Though thou hast spent a lifetime in Kirman and Tihran, in truth thou dwellest in the realms of the divine [3.5s] | INBA85:057a | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12604 | 90 | Arabic | الهی الهی انت الذی خضعت الاعناق لعظمتک و کبریائک و خشعت الاصوات لهیمنتک | My God, my God! Thou art He before Whose majesty and grandeur all necks have bowed low, and before Whose dominion all voices have been hushed in reverence [3.5s] | BSHI.032a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12605 | 90 | Persian | ای بشیرالهی نامه شما رسید از حوادث شیراز تعجب کل حاصل گردید که این چه بدبختی | O Bashir-Ilahi! Thy letter was received, and from the events in Shiraz all were struck with astonishment at such grievous misfortune [3.5s] | BSHI.040 | Chastisement and requital; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12606 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده جمال حقیقی الان در شهر مالدن امریک به ذکر آن یار مهربان پرداختم شب و روز | O thou servant of the True Beauty! At this moment in the city of Malden, America, I am engaged in the remembrance of that kind friend, day and night [3.5s] | INBA85:442 | BSHI.059 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12607 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده مقرب درگاه کبریا آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou servant near to the Divine Threshold! That which thou didst address to Jinab-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí was noted [3.5s] | BSHI.066 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12608 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان جناب سروش الحمدلله متوجه الی الله و منجذب به نفحات الله و ثابت | O thou who art firm in the Covenant, Jinab-i-Surush! Praise be to God that thou art turned unto Him, art attracted by His sweet fragrances, and art steadfast [3.5s] | BSHI.070 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12609 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق تحریر لطیف مرقوم به اقا سید تقی ملاحظه گردید چون نسیم جنت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy graceful letter addressed to Aqa Siyyid Taqi was perused; like unto the breeze of Paradise [3.5s] | BSHI.095 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12610 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت در عهد و پیمان از سفر امریک و فرنگ به سمت افریک شتافتم و حال در پورت سعید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! From my journey through America and Europe, I hastened toward Africa, and now I am in Port Said [3.5s] | INBA85:457a | BSHI.095-096 | Growth of the Cause; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB12611 | 90 | mixed | ای واسطه سرور و بشارت قلوب دوستان رحمانی این خدمتی که به ان قائمی فی الحقیقه | O thou who art the means of joy and gladness to the hearts of the friends of the All-Merciful! This service to which thou art devoted is, in truth [3.5s] | BSHI.116-117 | Prayer for teaching; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12612 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده رب جنود آن خداوند ودود هر ضعیف را توانا کند و هر فقیریرا توانگر | O servant of the Lord of Hosts! That loving God makes mighty every powerless one and enriches every destitute soul [3.5s] | INBA85:018b | Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12613 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان بلبل گلشنی و مرغ چمنستان حقیقت خوب آهنگی داری مانند نهنگ | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thou art a nightingale of the rose garden and a bird of the meadows of Truth. Thou hast a sweet melody like unto [3.5s] | INBA85:018a | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12614 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق فی الحقیقه آنچه مدح و ستایش زایدالوصف از حضرت موید نمودی محققست | O servant of God! In truth, the abundant praise and glorification that thou hast expressed regarding his honor Mu'ayyad is verily confirmed [3.5s] | INBA85:333 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12615 | 90 | Persian | یار موافقا آنچه در عالم رویا استماع نمودی خطاب ببعضی از ایرانیان بود و اما شما | O thou faithful friend! That which thou didst hear in the realm of dreams was addressed to certain Persians. As for thee [3.5s] | INBA85:042a | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12616 | 90 | Persian | ای یار باذل جناب مازل شکر کن خدا را که از لهستان به ایران سفر نمودی و در آن سامان | O thou generous friend! Render thanks unto God that thou hast journeyed from Poland to Iran and in that realm [3.5s] | QUM.132 | Love of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12617 | 90 | Persian | ای یار حقیقی این صحرا وسیع و این دریا هر چند عمیق بود ولی تو عاقبت طی نمودی | O true friend! Though this desert was vast and this ocean was deep, yet thou didst ultimately traverse them [3.5s] | INBA85:120b | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12618 | 90 | Arabic | الهی الهی ان جواد ازداد شوقا الی لقائک و توقا الی جوار رحمتک حتی طار باجنحه | O my God, my God! Verily, the yearning of Javad for Thy presence and his ardent longing for the realm of Thy mercy increased until he soared aloft on wings [3.5s] | INBA85:155b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12619 | 90 | Persian | ای یار روحانی الحمد لله بنفس رحمانی زنده شدی و از مشکاه نورانی اقتباس اشعه | O spiritual friend! Praise be to God, thou hast been quickened by the breath of the Merciful and hast acquired illumination from the resplendent lamp of His light [3.5s] | INBA85:095a | Condition of search | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12620 | 90 | Persian | ای بنده حق حقا که سزاوار عبودیت پروردگاری و با قلبی پاک متوجه به ملکوت تابناک | O servant of the True One! Truly thou art worthy of servitude to thy Lord, and with a pure heart thou art turned toward the resplendent Kingdom [3.5s] | QUM.272 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12621 | 90 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملحوظ گشت هر چند بیاد تو بودم ولی بیشتر | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! That which thou didst write was noted. Though I was ever mindful of thee, yet even more so [3.5s] | INBA85:135b | Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12622 | 90 | Persian | ای بندگان الهی نامه اخیر رسید از عون و عنایت حضرت احدیت امیدم چنانست | O ye servants of God! Your recent letter hath been received, and through the grace and bounty of the One True Lord my hope is thus [3.5s] | KASH.251 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12623 | 90 | Persian | ای یار عزیز البته نامه ها رسیده حال چون یار و ندیم و مونس جان و دل عبدالبهاء | O cherished friend! Assuredly the letters have arrived, and now, as thou art the companion, confidant and heart's consolation of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA85:538a | Consolation and comfort; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12624 | 90 | Persian | ای یادگار آن فدائی قربانگاه عشق جناب آقا محمد حسن حاضر و ذکر شما گذشت | O cherished memory of that devoted soul who sacrificed himself upon the altar of love! Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad-Hasan was present and mention was made of you [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.157 | Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12625 | 90 | Persian | ای موقن بایات الله حمد کن حی قیومی را که بنور هدی که مشرق گشت از ملکوت ابهی | O thou who art firm in the signs of God! Glorify the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting One, Who hath caused the light of guidance to dawn from the Kingdom of Glory [3.5s] | INBA85:178a | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12626 | 90 | O ye two birds in the Kingdom! Thank God that you have built a nest and a home in the garden of great bounties | BBBD.373-374 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12627 | 90 | O ye two heavenly souls! I received your engagement announcement. I turned my face to the Holy Threshold of God and prayed that this marital bond be interwoven with prosperity | BBBD.566 | Prayer for married couples | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB12787 | 90 | Arabic | الهی الهی هذه امیمتک المومنه بجمالک الموقنه بایاتک قد قصدت عتبه رحمانیتک و | O my God, my God! This is Thy maidservant who hath believed in Thy Beauty and is assured of Thy signs. She hath turned toward the threshold of Thy mercy and [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1104 | Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12791 | 90 | Persian | ای فاضل کامل شیراز مجمع اهل راز بود و مصدر عجز و نیاز نفوس مبارکی از آن کشور | O accomplished sage! Shiraz was once the gathering place of mystics and the source of humility and supplication. Blessed souls arose from that land [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1108 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB12819 | 90 | Persian | ای مقربان درگاه احدیت نامه شما رسید و از بلایای وارده احزان بسیار رخ داد | O ye who are nigh to the Threshold of God! Your letter was received, and the tribulations that have befallen you brought great sorrow | ADMS#340 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB12842 | 90 | Persian | ای کنیز خدا همسر مهرپرور الحمد لله بظل شجره مبارکه درآمد و از خورشید آسمانی و | O maidservant of God! Praise be unto God that thy loving husband hath entered beneath the shade of the Blessed Tree | BRL_SWOP#010 | BRL_SWO#010 | Prayer for married couples | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||||
| ABU3705 | 90 | The good news that I had promised is this: the sacred remains of the Exalted Báb have safely left the soil of Iran and just arrived in the Ottoman land. They are now completely out of danger | AFNAN.135-136 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Prophecy and fulfillment; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB09024 | Some Answered Questions #075 Two Kinds of Torment | 90 | Persian | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که عذاب بر دو قسم است عذاب لطیف و عذاب غلیظ | Know that there are two kinds of torment: subtle and palpable. | MFD#75, OOL.C022.75 | SAQ#75 | Chastisement and requital; Nearness and remoteness | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3113 | Words spoken at dinner hosted by a Rajput prince in London, 1913-01-19 | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | چون احبّای فارسی در بمبئی خبر شدند یکی از آنها که کیخسرو نام داشت با کمال شوق برخاست | When the Parsi believers of Bombay learned of Mr Sprague's illness, one of them--a man named Kay-Khusraw--arose with the utmost alacrity | BDA2.095 | DAS.1913-01-18n, MHMD2.115, ABCC.371, STAB#137 | One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3707 | Words spoken at Hotel Marquardt in Stuttgart, 1913-04-02 | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | من دیشب خیلی مسرُور بودم زیرا میدیدم در قلوب شما نار محبّت اللّٰه شعلهور است و نفثات روح القدس | I was very happy last night because I saw that your hearts are ablaze with the fire of the love of God… Those in attendance were baptized with the divine spirit and the fire of the love of God | BDA2.212-213 | MHMD2.274 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual baptism; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| ABU3708 | Words spoken in Vienna on 1913-04-19 | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | محبّت شما سبب آمدن من باینجا شد من برای دیدن شما آمدم نه برای سیر و سیاحت | Your love is the reason I have come here. I have come to see you, not to go on leisurely excursions | BDA2.246 | MHMD2.320 | Being a source of light; guidance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3706 | Words spoken on 1912-12-15 in Liverpool | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | از روز حرکت از حیفا تا حال هر روزی تأییدات ملکوت بیشتر احاطه نمود | From the day I left Haifa to the present time, the confirmations of the Kingdom have encompassed me more and more with every passing day | BDA2.023-024 | MHMD2.027 | Critique of Western values; culture; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; East and West; communication between East and West; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3119 | Words spoken on 1913-03-15 in Paris | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | این امور اهمیت ندارد و قابل جواب نه امری که بنیان آن اوهن از بیوت عنکبوتست | This matter [of Shu'a'u'llah's attacks] is of no importance and is unworthy of a response… In spite of all the love and support I have him, Mirza Badi'u'llah caused a fresh adversity with every passing day | BDA2.182 | MHMD2.231-232 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3709 | Words spoken on 1913-06-11 in Paris | 90 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | وظیفهٴ دیانت دیگر است و وظیفهٴ ماموریّت و عضویّت دیگر البتّه باید وزیر یا سرباز بادآء | The responsibility of religion is one thing, while the responsibilities entailed by one's obligation to and membership in that office is another | BDA2.346 | MHMD2.459-460 | Obedience to and respect for government authority; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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] | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU3655 | Words spoken on 1919-08-15 | 90 | Persian | حاجی کریم خان ردیه بر امر نوشت و برداشت رفت به طهران که تقدیم شاه کند و خلعت و انعام گیرد | Hajji Karim Khan penned a refutation of the Cause and, having composed it, departed for Tehran that he might present it unto the Shah and receive robes of honor and rewards [3.5s] | NSS.236b | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3656 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 90 | Persian | بلی زیرا بموجب دستور مبارک عمل نکرده اند در مجمع اتفاق ملل فقط چند دولت | Yes, since they have disobeyed the blessed instructions [of Baha'u'llah]. Only a few countries have representatives in the League of Nations, whereas the representatives must be appointed and ratified by the nation | ISA.012 | ISAE.1919-12-30 | Power of faith; power of the spirit; Predictions and prophecies; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3657 | Words spoken on 1919-12-30 | 90 | Persian | رسمیت در یک مملکت بخصوص که بهائیان در آن جمع شوند نمی شود در هر جا | Recognition will not occur in a specific country where the Baha'ís should gather. In every land, the friends will progress and the Cause of God will be recognized without warfare or conflict. Christianity in France was emancipated in this manner. | ISA.002-003 | ISAE.1919-12-30 | Christ; Christianity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Growth of the Cause; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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] | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| ABU3764 | Words to John D. Barry | 90 | Society is like the army. There must be degrees. There must be officers and there must be soldiers. | Agriculture; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Maintainance of degrees in society; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||
| 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] | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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] | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB07846 | 100 | Persian | اطفال سبق خوان را درس عشق الهی ده و تعلیم تعالیم آسمانی | Teach the lesson of divine love to the schoolchildren, and instruct them in the heavenly teachings [3.5s] | MJTB.079x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Education of children; moral education | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07849 | 100 | mixed | اللهم یا الهی قدس قلوب احبتک عن الاشتغال بغیرک و طهر نفوس اصفیائک عن الشئون | O my God! Sanctify the hearts of Thy loved ones from occupation with aught else save Thee, and purify the souls of Thy chosen ones from all concerns [3.5s] | INBA55:394 | BRL_DAK#1202 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07850 | 100 | Arabic | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | اللهم یا غافر الذنوب و یا کاشف الکروب و یا عفو و یا غفور انی ابسط الیک اکف | O my God, O Forgiver of sins and Dispeller of afflictions! O Thou Who art the Pardoner, the Merciful! I raise my suppliant hands to Thee | BRL_DAK#1187, BSHN.140.188, BSHN.144.188, MHT2.145a | BPRY.043-044 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07851 | 100 | Arabic | الهی الهی اسئلک بتائیداتک الغیبیه و توفیقاتک الصمدانیه و فیوضاتک الرحمانیه ان | O my God, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy hidden confirmations, Thy divine bounties, and Thy merciful outpourings [3.5s] | MKT2.312 | Petitions to authorities; Prayer for governments and rulers; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07852 | 100 | Arabic | الهی الهی انت الذی غرست شجره رحمانیتک فی فردوس فردانیتک و سقیتها من معین | O my God, my God! Thou art He Who hath planted the Tree of Thy loving-kindness in the Paradise of Thy oneness and watered it from the spring [3.5s] | INBA87:364c, INBA52:374a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07853 | 100 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بندگان آستان مقدّس جنود ملأ اعلی در اوج علا صف بسته و مهيّا و منتظر | ...O ye servants of the Sacred Threshold! The triumphant Hosts of the Celestial Concourse | MMK1#208 p.254x, RRT.019x | SWAB#208x, BADM.042-043x, SW_v14#03 p.086x | QuiqueSaba | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB07854 | 100 | Arabic | الهی الهی تری المخلصین خائضین فی بحار الاشتیاق منجذبین الی نیر الافاق و | O my God, my God! Thou beholdest the pure-hearted plunging into the seas of longing, drawn unto the Luminary of the horizons [3.5s] | MJMJ3.021, MMG2#007 p.007 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07855 | 100 | Arabic | الهی الهی تری تلهب زفراتی و تحلب عبراتی و تطلع باجیج احتراقی و تسمع ضجیج | O my God, my God! Thou seest the ardour of my sighs, the streaming of my tears, the blazing of my burning heart, and hearest the tumult [3.5s] | INBA55:093, INBA59:137 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07856 | 100 | Arabic | الهی الهی قد تضرع عبد من عبادک الی عبد من عبادک و ابتهل نفس من احبائک الی | O my God, O my God! Verily, a servant from among Thy servants hath implored another servant from among Thy servants, and a soul from amidst Thy loved ones hath earnestly besought [3.5s] | INBA21:097a | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07857 | 100 | Arabic | الهی الهی هذا عبدک الذی انشرح صدره بنفحات قدسک و انجذب فواده بالایات | O my God, O my God! This is Thy servant whose breast hath been dilated by the sweet fragrances of Thy holiness and whose heart hath been drawn unto the signs [3.5s] | MJMJ3.027b, MMG2#242 p.272 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07858 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God! O my God! This is thy servant who hast turned his face toward Thee, hast put his trust in thee, hast believed in thee | TAB.617, VTRM.031 | Prayer for pilgrims; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07859 | 100 | O my God! These are the five leaves of the tree of Thy clemency and the five servants of the sacred threshold of Thy oneness. | MAX.177 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for women | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07860 | 100 | mixed | الیوم اعظم امور ثبوت و رسوخ بر امرالله است جمال قدم احبای الهی را از برای | Today, the most paramount of matters is steadfastness and firmness in the Cause of God. The Ancient Beauty hath enjoined upon the loved ones of God [3.5s] | INBA55:148 | AYBY.327 #007 | Call to action; House of Justice; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07861 | 100 | Arabic | اناجیک یا الهی و انت المناجی لکل راجی من ملکوت الاسرار و ادعوک ان تغیث امتک | I commune with Thee, O my God, and Thou art the One to whom every supplicant turneth from the Kingdom of mysteries, and I beseech Thee to succor Thy handmaiden [3.5s] | BSHN.140.196, BSHN.144.196, MHT2.135 | Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07862 | 100 | Arabic | انزهک یا الهی عن کل نعت و ثناٌ و اقدسک یا مولائی عن کل وصف فی عالم | O my God, I exalt Thee above all praise and glorification, and I sanctify Thee, O my Master, above every description in the world [3.5s] | INBA89:045a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07863 | 100 | O thou son of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that like unto a torch thou hast been | SW_v10#09 p.185, BSTW#447 | Being a source of light; guidance; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07864 | 100 | Persian | ای ابوذر دور میثاق ابوذر کور سابق در کمال صدق از بین اهل فسق مبعوث شد و تبری | O Abu-Dharr of the Day of the Covenant! The Abu-Dharr of old, with consummate sincerity, arose from amidst the people of iniquity [3.5s] | INBA89:030a | MKT6.010a | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07865 | 100 | Persian | ای احبای الهی جناب آقا میرزا جلیل در نشر نفحات الله سعی بلیغ و جهد عظیم | O beloved of God! Jinab-i-Aqa Mirza Jalil hath exerted mighty effort and strenuous exertion in diffusing the divine fragrances [3.5s] | INBA88:226a | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07866 | 100 | Persian | ای اخوان صفا و اختران چون ثریا محبت الله پر تو شمس حقیقت است | O brethren of purity and stars like unto the Pleiades! The love of God is the radiance of the Sun of Truth [3.5s] | MSBH4.009 | Being a source of light; guidance; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07867 | 100 | Persian | ای اسفندیار خدا یار تو است و حضرت یزدان یاور مهربان تو از فضل و بخشش او دمزن | O Isfandiyar! God is thy helper, and the Lord is thy compassionate protector. Breathe thou of His grace and bounty [3.5s] | YARP2.205 p.195 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07868 | 100 | O ye children of the Kingdom, Your letters whose contents were conducive of great happiness were received. Praise be to God that you are studying | DAS.1914-07-25 | Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07869 | 100 | mixed | ای افنان سدره منتهی چندیست که بهیچوجه خبری از شما نرسیده و روشنی از افقتان | O Afnan of the Divine Lote-Tree! For some time no tidings from you have reached us, nor any radiance from your horizon [3.5s] | INBA87:214, INBA52:217b | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07870 | 100 | mixed | ای اماء رحمن الحمد لله درگاه احدیت را کنیزان عزیزانید و آستان مقدس را | O handmaidens of the Merciful! Praise be to God, ye are cherished handmaids at the threshold of His oneness and before His sacred court [3.5s] | MKT7.008a | High station of the true believer; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07871 | 100 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای اماء رحمن در این قرن رب عظیم آفتاب علیین نور حقیقت در شدت اشراقست و شمس در | O ye handmaids of the Lord! In this century -- the century of the Almighty Lord -- the Day-Star of the Realms above, the Light of Truth | MKT7.000, MMK1#032 p.064 | SWAB#032, SW_v14#03 p.087 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07872 | 100 | Persian | ای امه البهاء این عنوان مفخرت ورقات رحمانیه است در ملکوت ابها لهذا ترا باین | O handmaid of Bahá! This title is the glory of the leaves of the All-Merciful in the Abhá Kingdom. Therefore unto thee [3.5s] | MKT7.023a | Call to action; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07873 | 100 | Persian | ای امه البهاء جناب میرزا طراز چون شمع طراز در انجمن روحانیان رخ بر افروخت و | O handmaiden of Baha! His honor Mirza Taraz, like an adorned candle, lit up his countenance in the assemblage of spiritual ones [3.5s] | AYBY.398 #094, TRZ1.150b | Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07874 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله افق عالم بانوار عنایت اسم اعظم روشن و از فیض ملکوت جمال قدم جمیع | O handmaid of God! The horizon of the world is illumined with the lights of the bounty of the Most Great Name, and from the grace of the Kingdom of the Ancient Beauty all [3.5s] | INBA17:184 | MKT7.031b | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07875 | 100 | mixed | ای امه الله اگر بظاهر بشرف لقا فائز نشدی و بین یدی حاضر نگشتی ولی مورد عنایت | O handmaid of God! Though outwardly thou hast not attained the honor of meeting face to face and hast not entered into His presence, yet thou art the recipient of bounty [3.5s] | INBA17:062 | Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07876 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله المنجذبه جناب امین حاضر و این عبد بها را اخطار مینماید که امه | O maidservant of God who art attracted to Him! Jinab-i-Amin is present, and this servant of Baha doth remind thee that [3.5s] | MKT6.068, MUH3.281-282 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07877 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله ای کنیز بهاء حضرت شهید ابن شهید ذکر شما را در ذریعه خویش نمودند | O handmaid of God, O maidservant of Bahá, His Holiness the martyr, son of the martyr, hath made mention of thee in his letter [3.5s] | INBA16:112 | PYK.296 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07878 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله تعریفی زایدالوصف از شما مینمایند که الحمد لله قبسه نار محبت اللهست | O handmaid of God! They offer praise of thee beyond all description, for, praised be God, thou art a spark from the fire of the love of God [3.5s] | PYK.291 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07879 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله جناب آقا محمد حسن الحمد لله محفوظا مصونا بملجا اعظم رسیدند و در | O handmaid of God! Jináb-i-Áqá Muhammad-Hasan hath, praise be to God, reached the Most Great Refuge, safeguarded and protected, and [3.5s] | INBA87:035a, INBA52:035a | MKT7.211 | Consolation and comfort; Law of pilgrimage | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07880 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله چون تجلی نور بر ذروه طور گشت ابصار اهل قبور مشاهده نور ننمود بلکه | O handmaid of God! When the light shone forth upon the summit of Sinai, the eyes of those who dwelt in the graves perceived it not; rather [3.5s] | PYK.298 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07881 | 100 | Persian | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای امه الله دبستان تعلیم روحانی باز کن و ادیب دارالتعلیم رحمانی شو و اطفال را | O thou handmaid of God! Do thou establish a heavenly school and be thou a teacher in that house of learning. Educate the children in the things of God | BRL_DAK#0549, TRBB.048 | BRL_ATE#163, COC#0610 | Education of children; moral education; Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07882 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله در این کور بدیع که جمال قدیم و نور مبین روحی لاحبائه الفداء از مطلع | O handmaid of God! In this wondrous dispensation in which the Ancient Beauty and the Manifest Light | COMP_WOMENP#009, MKT7.050b | BRL_WOMEN#009, COC#2100 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Role and station of women | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07883 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله رقیمه خواندم و از حزنت متاثر ماندم در نظری و بی خطری و ملحوظ نظر | O handmaid of God! I read thy letter and was deeply moved by thy sorrow. Thou art remembered and under His watchful care, ever before His sight [3.5s] | MKT7.056b | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07884 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله شکر کن خدا را که بمحبت جمال ابهی رخ برافروختی و باده معرفت نوشیدی | O handmaid of God! Give thanks unto God that thou hast illumined thy countenance with the love of the Most Glorious Beauty and hast drunk the wine of divine knowledge [3.5s] | MKT7.059b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07885 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله صد هزار ملکه های عالم آرزوی آن را داشته که از لسان بنده از بندگان | O handmaid of God! A hundred thousand queens of the world have yearned for the privilege to speak through the tongue of one of His servants [3.5s] | MKT7.062b | High station of the true believer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07886 | 100 | mixed | ای امه الله علیک بهاء الله شکر کن حی قدیم را بر شاطی بحر عظیم وارد شدی و در | O handmaid of God! Upon thee be the glory of God! Give thanks unto the Ancient, the Ever-Living, that thou hast attained unto the shores of the mighty sea and [3.5s] | INBA16:117 | MKT7.063, PYK.305 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07887 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله فیض ملکوت از حدود و قیود ناسوت منزه و مبراست و از شئون جهان چون | O maidservant of God! The effulgence of the Kingdom is sanctified and exalted above the limitations and constraints of the mortal world, and is free from the conditions and circumstances of this earthly realm [3.5s] | INBA85:083 | BRL_DAK#0791, MKT7.064a | Equality of men and women; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07888 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله قرین عزیز بارض مقدس حاضر گشت و بزیارت تربت مبارکه مشرف گردید در | O handmaid of God! Thy cherished companion hath attained the sacred land and been blessed with visiting the holy shrine [3.5s] | INBA87:391, INBA52:402 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07889 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله هر چند بجسم در این آستان حاضر نشدی ولی بروح انشاء الله در جمیع | O handmaid of God! Though thou wert not present in body at this sacred Threshold, yet in spirit, God willing, thou art present in all [3.5s] | INBA85:345a | MKT7.072 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07890 | 100 | mixed | ای امه الله همیشه در این ساحت مذکور بوده و هستی مطمئن باش زیرا بخدمت جناب | O handmaid of God! Thou hast ever been, and art still, remembered in this sacred court. Be thou assured, for in service to His Excellency [3.5s] | MKT7.075a | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07891 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله و بنت امته در این کور که شمس حقیقت از برج اسد بر آفاق عالم اشراق | O handmaid of God and daughter of His maidservant! In this Dispensation, when the Sun of Truth from the sign of Leo hath shed its radiance upon the horizons of the world [3.5s] | HDQI.290 | Call to action; Role and station of women | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07892 | 100 | Persian | ای امه الله ورقه زکیه لحاظ عین الله الناظره شامل آن ورقه مطمئنه است و الطاف | O maidservant of God, O pure leaf! The gaze of God's all-seeing Eye encompasseth that assured leaf, and His favors [3.5s] | INBA16:106 | MKT7.069, PYK.305 | High station of the true believer | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07893 | 100 | Persian | ای امین عبدالبهاء آفرین از ملا اعلی بشنو زیرا در خدمت باستان مقدس صادق و در | O thou trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Hear thou the praise from on high, for in service at the sacred threshold thou art faithful and [3.5s] | INBA16:153 | MKT9.033, AMK.106-106a | Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07894 | 100 | Persian | ای امین عبدالبهاء نامه های متعدد شما وصول یافت و با وجود قلت فرصت بنهایت وقت | O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy numerous letters were received and, despite the paucity of time, with utmost care [3.5s] | INBA16:155 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07895 | 100 | Persian | ای امین من میدانی که حضرت اسم الله الاصدق علیه بهاء الله الابهی چه قدر جان فشان بود | O trusted one! Thou knowest how devoted and self-sacrificing was His Holiness the Most Truthful Name of God, upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God [3.5s] | INBA16:148 | PYK.337, AMIN.199a | Business; financial; property matters; Eulogies; reminiscences; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07896 | 100 | Persian | پروردگارا مور ضعيفم و پشهء نحيف بال و پری شکسته دارم و پائی از دوری باديهء حسرت خسته | O Lord! I am a feeble ant, and a weak gnat with broken wings, and feet grown weary from wandering the wilderness of longing [3.5s] | DUR1.531x, ADH2_1#27 p.137x, MMG2#308 p.345x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07897 | 100 | Persian | ای آشنا آشناای بجان است نه بمکان بیناای بدلست نه بعضو آب و گل خوشی بپرتو روشن | O thou familiar friend! Thou art known to the soul, not to any place; thou art perceived by the heart, not by elements of water and clay. Be thou gladdened by the luminous rays [3.5s] | ALPA.045b, YARP2.053 p.098 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07898 | 100 | Persian | ای آواره بادیه محبت الله هر چند در پس صد هزار کوه و دشت و صحرا افتاده با وجود | O thou who wanderest in the wilderness of the love of God! Though thou art beyond a hundred thousand mountains, plains and deserts [3.5s] | PYK.231 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07899 | 100 | mixed | ای آیت جود سلطان وجود الطافی که باستحقاق باشد که اعطاء کل ذی حق حقه است در | O Sign of Bounty, Sovereign of existence! Such favours as are justly due, wherein each rightful one receiveth his portion [3.5s] | INBA88:121a | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and mercy | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07900 | 100 | Persian | ای آیت محبت الله اگر بدانی که این قلب الان در چه حالت و هیجانست پیرهن چاک | O sign of the love of God! If thou didst but know in what state and rapture this heart now finds itself, it would rend its garment in ecstasy [3.5s] | MKT8.012b | Call to action; Love as fire | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07901 | 100 | Persian | ای باز هوای محبت الله وقت پرواز است و کشف راز است و هنگام عجز و نیاز است تا | O thou falcon of the love of God! The time for soaring hath come, and for the unveiling of mysteries, and the hour of utter need and supplication [3.5s] | MMK2#250 p.180, AKHA_131BE #02 p.a, AHB.125BE #02-03 p.302 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07902 | 100 | Persian | Fire and Light | ای بازماندگان آن انوار لامعه ای اطفال آن هیاکل مقدسه ای یادگارهای آن حقائق | O remnants of those effulgent lights! O children of those tabernacles of holiness! O remembrances of those resplendent spirits! | NANU_AB#14, BALM.110 | BRL_FIRE_AB#07 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07903 | 100 | Persian | ای بازماندگان آن زین روحانی آنمرغ چمن عرفان از قفس امکان اگرچه پرواز نمود | O ye remnants of that spiritual adornment! Though that bird of the mystic garden hath winged its flight from the cage of contingent existence [3.5s] | TABN.198b | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07904 | 100 | Persian | ای بامس مهربان یزدان در بخشایش گشوده و بر جهان آفرینش بذل و بخشش میفرماید | O Thou Who art compassionate in the name of God, His door of forgiveness is opened wide and He bestoweth bounty and grace upon the world of creation [3.5s] | YARP2.246 p.218 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07905 | 100 | Persian | ای بدیع وقت آنست که قمیص بدعی در بر نماای و خلعتی جدیدی در تن کنی و تاج | O Badi', the time has come for thee to don a fresh garment and array thyself in new raiment and [crown] [3.5s] | TSHA3.368 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07906 | 100 | mixed | ای بشیر عبدالبهاء محزون مباش زیرا مفتون جمال ابهائی با وجود انگه چنان یار مهربانی | O Bashír of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Be not sorrowful, for thou art enraptured by the Abhá Beauty, and possessed of such a loving companion [3.5s] | BSHI.049, MSHR2.130 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07907 | 100 | mixed | ای بصار ای هزار هزارآواز گلزار محبت الله همچو گمان منما که دقیقه ای فراموش | O thou who art a thousand thousand melodies in the garden of God's love! Think not that for a moment thou art forgotten [3.5s] | MUH3.023b | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07908 | 100 | mixed | ای بقیه اصحاب جمال مبین در حصن حصین آن مخمور باده محبت الله یادگار آن نفوس | O remnant of the companions of the Most Manifest Beauty, who abide within that impregnable stronghold, ye who are intoxicated with the wine of God's love, remembrance of those souls [3.5s] | TSHA2.170 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07909 | 100 | Persian | ای بندگان ایزد دانا نامه شما بواسطه آقا جمشید وصول یافت امیدوارم که مقاصد | O ye servants of the All-Knowing God! Your letter was received through Áqá Jamshíd. I am hopeful that your aims [3.5s] | YARP2.559 p.397 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07910 | 100 | Persian | ای بندگان عزیز و کنیزان شورانگیز ایزد پاک ستایش پروردگار را که در این روز | O cherished servants and enraptured handmaidens of the pure God, praise be unto the Lord that on this day [3.5s] | YARP2.546.1 p.388 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07911 | 100 | mixed | ای بندگان و کنیزان الهی هزاران سال و ماه بود که پاکان منتظر اشراق شمس حقیقت | O ye servants and handmaidens of God! For thousands of years and months the pure ones waited for the dawning of the Sun of Truth [3.5s] | YARP2.187 p.184 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07912 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از ثدی عنایت شیر هدایت نوشیدی و در آغوش آن مادر مهرپرور تربیت | O servant of God! Thou hast drunk from the breast of providence the milk of guidance, and been nurtured in the embrace of that loving mother [3.5s] | INBA17:247 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07913 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از خدا بخواه که در این کور اعظم فرج قلوب احبای الهی گردی و سبب | O servant of God! Beseech thou the Lord that thou mayest, in this Most Great Cycle, become a source of joy to the hearts of the loved ones of God, and the cause [3.5s] | AHB.111BE #07 p.02 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07914 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی از مضمون نامه ات فرح و مسرت حاصل زیرا دلالت بر نور هدایت مینمود | O servant of God! The contents of thy letter brought joy and gladness, for they indicated the light of guidance [3.5s] | YBN.055a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07915 | 100 | Persian | ای یزدان مهربان یارانت بی سر و سامانند و دوستانت اسیر در دست عوانان از هر طرف تیر و سنانی | O Merciful Lord! Thy loved ones are homeless and scattered, and Thy friends are captive in the hands of the oppressors, from every side assailed by arrow and spear [3.5s] | HDQI.168ax, ANDA#02 p.04x, MJMJ3.109x, MMG2#405 p.451x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07916 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الان جمعی از دوستان حاضر و مسافرین ارض قاف حضرت حکیم الهی و | O thou servant of God! At this moment a group of friends and travelers from the land of Qaf, including the Divine Sage, are present [3.5s] | PYK.252 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07917 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی الشکر لله که منتسب شخصی هستی که بخدمت ساحت اقدس مشهور و بخدامی | O servant of God! Thanks be unto God that thou art associated with one who is renowned for service at the Most Holy Threshold and for servitude [3.5s] | INBA17:017 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07918 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی تا توانی در هدایت خلق کوش و سقایت بوستان حق نما ید عنایت در | O servant of God! Strive with all thy might to guide humanity and water the garden of the Lord [3.5s] | INBA87:076a, INBA52:075a | MMK2#231 p.166, AKHA_133BE #18 p.a, RRT.032 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07919 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی جناب شهزاده غلامحسین بی شین و مین بنده ربانی در نامه خود ستایش | O servant of God, Prince Gholam-Hossein, free from all worldly attachments, in thy letter thou hast offered praise [3.5s] | INBA87:032b, INBA52:032b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07920 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده الهی در قرآن عسی ان یبعثک مقاما محمودا میفرماید و این مقام محمود را | O servant of God! In the Qur'án it is said: "It may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a praised station," and this praised station is [3.5s] | MMK6#262 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07921 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی در مقابل تقادیر ربانی جز تسلیم و رضا چاره ای نه تدبیر اگر موافق | O servant of God! In the face of divine decrees there is no recourse save submission and contentment, be they in accordance with one's wishes or not [3.5s] | MMK2#170 p.125 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07922 | 100 | Persian | Light of the World | ای بنده الهی طهران وطن آن دلبر مهربانست و منشا آن نور لامکان تو نیز در آن | O servant of God! Ṭihran is the homeland of the compassionate Beloved and the abode of that Light of the realms of the Placeless | NURA#15, MMK4#015 p.014 | LOTW#15 | Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07923 | 100 | Persian | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ای بنده الهی فیض نامتناهی در هر صبحگاهی گواهی بر تضرع و ابتهال عبدالبهاء | O thou servant of God! Each morn God's infinite grace confirmeth the ardent and tearful invocations of ‘Abdu'l-Baha. | MMK2#133 p.101 | BRL_IOPF#2.10x | Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07924 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی مکتوب شما رسید مضمون مفهوم شد در خصوص مکتوب از جناب زین بعموی | O servant of God! Thy letter hath arrived and its contents were understood. Concerning the letter from Jináb-i-Zayn to thy paternal uncle [3.5s] | INBA17:098 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07925 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی نامه های پیش نرسید ولی نامه اخیر که بتاریخ ۷ می ۱۹۱۹ بود رسید | O thou servant of God! The previous letters did not arrive, but the recent letter dated May 7, 1919, hath reached me [3.5s] | INBA17:131 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07926 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر چند از تبریزی ولی امید چنین است که ملکوتی عزیز باشی و از | O thou servant of God! Though thou art of Tabriz, yet it is hoped that thou mayest be a cherished denizen of the celestial Kingdom and amongst the [3.5s] | AKHA_124BE #15 p.j | Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07927 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده الهی هر ضریر که در امرالله بصیر است چشمش روشن است و دیده او بینا حضرت | O servant of God! Every blind one who hath insight into the Cause of God, his eyes are illumined and his vision clear [3.5s] | INBA13:225a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07928 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان الهی شمس حقیقت را موطن اصلی مازندران و منبت قدیمی اقلیم طبرستان | O servant of the Divine Threshold! The Sun of Truth findeth its original home in Mazandaran and its ancient origin in the clime of Tabaristan [3.5s] | MMK4#004 p.002 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07929 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان ایزد دانا خوشنود و خورسند باش که مظهر لطف خداوندی و صحرای عشق | O servant at the threshold of the All-Knowing Lord, be thou content and well-pleased, for thou art a manifestation of divine grace and a desert of love [3.5s] | PPAR.194 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07930 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان بها مکتوبی که از مراغه مرقوم نموده بودید رسید و نفحه جدیده وزید | O servant of the Threshold of Bahá! The letter thou didst pen from Maragheh was received, and a fresh fragrance was wafted [3.5s] | INBA72:164 | MKT8.016b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07931 | 100 | Persian | ای حي توانا پناه گنه کاری و بخشنده و آمرزگار ما غرق خطائيم و تو دريای عطا | O Mighty Living One, Shelter of the sinful, Bestower of bounty and All-Forgiving! We are drowned in error while Thou art the Ocean of bounty [3.5s] | MMG2#250 p.281x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07932 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده آستان جمال قدم این عنوان اعظم بهترین عنوانی و این نام نامی خوشترین | O servant of the Threshold of the Ancient Beauty! This most exalted title is the noblest of all titles, and this distinguished name the sweetest of all [3.5s] | MKT9.041a | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07933 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت احدیت عریضه واصل و ملاحظه گردید عریضه نبود حدیقه انیقه بود | O thou servant at the Threshold of the One God! Thy letter was received and perused. It was not a mere petition, but rather a garden of surpassing beauty [3.5s] | INBA87:444, INBA52:459 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07934 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت دوست چه نویسم و چه نگارم که هویت قلب سکون یابد و حرارت و | O servant at the threshold of the Beloved! What shall I write, what shall I pen, that may bring repose to the essence of the heart and cool its fervor [3.5s] | INBA84:280a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07935 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت دوست شمس حقیقت چون از افق فیض اقدس اشراق فرمود | O servant of the threshold of the Friend, when the Sun of Reality shed its radiance from the horizon of the Most Holy Bounty [3.5s] | INBA21:012b | Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07936 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان حضرت مقصود نامه شما که بتاریخ ۱۳ رجب ۱۳۳۸ مورخ رسید مرقوم | O servant of the Threshold of the Desired One, your letter dated 13 Rajab 1338 was received [3.5s] | YARP2.458 p.342 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07937 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید که الحمد لله | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received and its contents brought the utmost joy, for which praise be unto God [3.5s] | INBA84:510a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07938 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه شما رسید و از وقایع اطلاع حاصل گردید احباء باید در | O servant of the sacred Threshold! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted. The friends must [3.5s] | INBA17:126 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07939 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده باوفای جمال ابهی شکر کن خدا را که بفیض هدی رخی چون مه تابان روشن | O faithful servant of the Abhá Beauty! Give thanks unto God that through the bounty of guidance thy countenance shineth even as the radiant moon [3.5s] | DSDS.101 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07940 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء تا تواناای خداوند بیمانند از جهان بیچون و چند ظاهر و آشکار گردد | O servant of Bahá! Insofar as thou art able, let the peerless Lord be made manifest and resplendent from the realm that transcendeth all measure and limitation [3.5s] | AHB.121BE #05 p.152, YARP2.245 p.217 | Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07941 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده بهاء رستم را برادری بود پر ظلم و ستم با دشمنان برادر پیوست و دل بمکر | O servant of Bahá! Rustam had a brother steeped in tyranny and oppression, who allied himself with his brother's enemies and set his heart on deceit [3.5s] | YARP2.287 p.239 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07943 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده ثابت حق نامه که باقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید آقا | O steadfast servant of the Truth! The letter which thou didst address to Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah hath been perused [3.5s] | INBA87:390b, INBA52:401a | Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07944 | 100 | mixed | Light of the World | ای بنده جمال ابهی چون غضنفر الهی از بیشه رحمانی برون شتافت چنان زایر و نعره | O thou servant of the Abha Beauty! When the celestial Lion rushed forth from the forest of the All-Merciful, He let out such a mighty roar that the sly foxes of ignorance | NURA#52, MMK4#110 p.120, IDAB.23 | LOTW#52 | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07945 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی حافظ شیرازی میگوید یوسف گمگشته باز اید بکنعان غم مخور کلبه | O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Ḥáfiẓ of Shíráz says: "The lost Joseph will return to Canaan; grieve not. The humble dwelling..." [3.5s] | MSHR5.444 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07946 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی خوشا بحال تو که منسوب در گاه احدیتی و سلیل آنشخص جلیل اهل | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Blessed art thou, for thou art related to the court of the divine Unity and art descended from that glorious personage [3.5s] | INBA16:197 | DBR.071 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07947 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی ملاحظه فرما که چه قدر خوش بخت و فرزانه بودی که ترا | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! Consider how fortunate and wise thou hast been [3.5s] | AYBY.387 #069, YQAZ.261b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07948 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال ابهی منظومه ملاحظه گردید فصیح و بلیغ بود ولی مطابق آاین | O servant of the Abha Beauty! The poem was perused. It was eloquent and articulate [3.5s] | MMK5#172 p.134 | 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; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07949 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال قدم حضرت ابراهیم هر چند از وطن مالوف بغربت افتاد ولی آن غربت جنه | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Though Abraham was cast out from His cherished homeland into exile, yet that exile became a paradise [3.5s] | MKT9.057a | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07950 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده جمال قدم حمد کن حقرا که موفق بر بیان عبودیت این عبد شدی و باین نعت و | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Praise thou the Lord that thou hast been enabled to give expression to the servitude of this servant [3.5s] | MKT5.143a, MSHR2.147 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07951 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال کبریاء خواجه انصاری گوید الهی اگر یکمرتبه گوای بنده من از عرش | O bondsman of the All-Glorious Beauty! Khwajih Ansari saith: "O God! If but once from the Throne the call 'Thou art My servant' were to be raised..." [3.5s] | MKT9.053 | Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07952 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده جمال مبارک مکتوب مفصل ملاحظه گردید از خبر صعود حضرت منشادی نهایت | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy detailed letter was perused, and from the news of the ascension of his honour Manshádí [3.5s] | ANDA#82 p.37x | Business; financial; property matters; Eulogies; reminiscences | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07953 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت احدیت ناری از محبت الله در دل و جان برافروختی تا جهانی را | O servant of the One True God! Thou hast kindled a fire of the love of God within thy heart and soul that thou mightest set a world aflame [3.5s] | INBA87:212b, INBA52:215 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07954 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حضرت مقصود نامه تو رسید و از شدت محبت با عدم فرصت فورا جواب مرقوم | O servant of the Desired One! Thy letter was received and, despite lack of time, such was the intensity of love that an immediate reply was penned [3.5s] | INBA84:387a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07955 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق ابوذر غفاری شبانی بود پر فغان و زاری ولی نور هدایت یافت و بظل | O servant of God! Abú-Dharr-i-Ghaffárí was but a shepherd, consumed with sorrow and lamentation; yet did he find the light of guidance and attain unto the shelter [3.5s] | MKT6.118a | Call to action; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07956 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق از ابوی شکایت نموده بودید انشاء الله حکایت است چون پدر است آنچه | O servant of the Truth! Thou didst complain about thy father. God willing, this is but a tale, for he is thy father [3.5s] | MMK2#339 p.245, ANDA#32 p.65 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07957 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق از نفحات قدس که از حدائق ملکوت ابهی منتشر مشام روحانیان معطر و از | O servant of the Truth! The holy fragrances that waft from the gardens of the Abhá Kingdom have perfumed the spiritual senses of the faithful [3.5s] | INBA21:182 (233) | YQAZ.054 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07958 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق بعبودیت آستان جمال ابهی چون عبدالبهاء قد بفراز و ببندگیش قیام کن تا | O servant of the True One! Rise up, like unto 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in servitude to the threshold of the Abhá Beauty, and arise to serve Him [3.5s] | INBA87:192a, INBA52:193a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07959 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق صبح است و آفاق امکان بپرتو مهر خاوری روشن و مطالع قلب و جان بشعاع | O servant of Truth! The morn hath broken, and the horizons of contingent being are illumined by the radiance of the Eastern Sun. The dawning-places of heart and soul are aglow with its rays [3.5s] | INBA13:199 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07960 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق عبدالبهاء ناله و فغان ترا استماع نمود و با تو همراز گشت و هم آواز | O servant of God! 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath hearkened unto thy cries and lamentations, and hath become thy confidant and fellow-voice [3.5s] | BSHN.140.194, BSHN.144.194, MHT2.124a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07961 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق نامه شما رسید نافه مشکبار بود که مشام جانرا معطر کرد زیرا دلیل بر | O servant of the True One! Thy letter was received, a musk-laden missive that perfumed the senses of the soul, for it gave evidence of [3.5s] | INBA87:390a, INBA52:400 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07962 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حق همانست که مرقوم نموده ای قوت تبلیغ موهبتی است نه اکتسابی بیان حجت | O servant of God! Even as thou hast written, the power to teach is a gift bestowed from on high, not an acquired trait. It is proof [3.5s] | MKT9.059, MMK2#221 p.158 | Confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause; Disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07963 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده حقیقی حضرت جانان خدماتت در پیشگاه حضرت احدیت مقبول و محبوب و ممدوح و | O true servant of the Beloved, thy services are accepted, cherished and praised at the threshold of His Divine Oneness [3.5s] | INBA72:162 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07964 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده خدا از وطن مالوف آواره شدی و از خویش و پیوند دور و مهجور گردیدی ولی | O servant of God! Thou hast become a wanderer from thy native land and grown distant and detached from kith and kin, yet [3.5s] | YBN.058b | Consolation and comfort; Exhortations and counsels | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07965 | 100 | Persian | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای بنده درگاه الهی شکایت از عدم جواب نامه نموده بودی سبب خستگی راه و شدت تعب | O servant at the divine threshold! You had complained about the lack of a response to your letter. This is attributable to the fatigues of my journey | MKT5.064b, MMK5#084 p.067 | MHMD2s.330ax | Business; financial; property matters; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB07966 | 100 | O thou servant at the Threshold of the Blessed Perfection! Offer thou glorification to the Lord because the radiant morn of the most great Guidance | DAS.1913-08-05, ABIE.159, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07967 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه جمال مبارک مدتى میشود که از شما مکتوبى | O servant at the threshold of the Blessed Beauty, it has been some time since I have received a letter from you [3.5s] | INBA13:317 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07968 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده درگاه حضرت احدیت جمال قدم و اسم اعظم مدت حیات را در اعظم صدمات | O servant at the threshold of the One God, the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name, thou hast spent thy days amidst grievous trials [3.5s] | TABN.115 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07969 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده صادق الهی جناب آقا محمد اسمعیل حاضر و نهایت ستایش را از شما مینماید | O thou faithful servant of God! Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad Isma'il is present and offereth the highest praise of thee [3.5s] | TSAY.203 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07970 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی امیدوارم که روز بروز در مراتب روحانیه ترقی نماای | O thou sincere servant of the Abhá Beauty! I cherish the hope that thou mayest, day by day, advance in spiritual degrees [3.5s] | INBA85:014 | MKT8.035b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07971 | 100 | mixed | ای بنده صادق حضرت رحمن حمایت نفس مومنی نمودی و رعایت شخص جلیلی کردی تا آنکه | O thou faithful servant of the All-Merciful! Thou hast protected a believing soul and shown consideration unto an illustrious personage, until [3.5s] | MKT9.064b | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07972 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده صادق حق آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید بر ایمان و ایقان دلیل واضح بود و چون | O sincere servant of God! That which thou didst write was noted, and it was a clear evidence of thy faith and certitude [3.5s] | INBA84:534b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07973 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده صادق حق عکسی که گرفته بودید واصل گشت و سبب روح و ریحان شد صفحات قلوب | O thou sincere servant of the Truth! The photograph thou hadst taken was received and became the source of spiritual joy and fragrance [3.5s] | INBA89:207a | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07974 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده مقرب درگاه الهی از قرار معلوم ابوی مرحوم جناب آقا محمد رضا از دار دنیا | O thou servant who art near to the Divine Threshold! According to what hath become known, thy late father, Jináb-i-Áqá Muhammad-Ridá, from this earthly world [3.5s] | MMK6#095 | Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07975 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده مقرب درگاه کبریا فضل بیمنتهی نظر نما که ترا باین مورد عنایت وارد و از | O thou who art a servant nigh-brought to the Threshold of the All-Glorious! Behold thou the infinite grace, that thou hast been guided unto this place of bounty and [3.5s] | CPF.278 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07976 | 100 | Persian | ای بنده یزدان پاک جانی و پاک دل زیرا از جهان آب و گل بیزار شدی و بجهان دیگر | O servant of the pure God! Thou art pure in heart and soul, for thou hast become detached from this world of water and clay and hast turned to another realm [3.5s] | ALPA.017, YARP2.020 p.076 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07977 | 100 | Persian | ای بهرام خوش کام جز در ظل فرخ درخت بارور یزدان آرام مجو و جز در انجمن یاران | O Bahram, who art content in spirit, seek repose beneath none other than the blessed, fruit-laden Tree of the Lord, and nowhere else save in the company of His loved ones [3.5s] | AHB.127BE #05-06 p.000, YARP2.220 p.203 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB07978 | 100 | Persian | ای بهرام خوش نام بفرخی این روز فیروز شادکام شو و بهمایونی این مه تابان جهان | O Bahram of goodly name! Be thou joyous on this victorious day, and in the felicity of this radiant moon [3.5s] | YARP2.265 p.230 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07979 | 100 | Persian | ای بهرام شادکام تو در هندوستانی و ما در سورستان و صد بلکه هزار فرسنگ مسافت | O joyous Bahram! Thou art in India whilst We are in Suristan, separated by a hundred, nay, a thousand leagues [3.5s] | YARP2.266 p.230 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07980 | 100 | Persian | ای بی نیاز رشید خداداد را بفریاد رس دولت رشید را بپرتو خورشید روشن کن خورشید | O Thou the Independent One! Come to the aid of God-given Rashid, and illumine the dominion of Rashid with the rays of the sun [3.5s] | YARP2.240 p.214 | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07981 | 100 | O Thou Almighty! O Thou Forgiving Lord! Endear Thou this believing, assured maidservant of God in Thy Kingdom and submerge her | DAS.1914-07-29 | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07982 | 100 | Persian | ای پروردگار ای آمرزگار این خوش بختان جهان خاک را بدرود نمودند و بعالم پاک | O Lord, O Forgiver! These blessed ones have bidden farewell to this earthly world and ascended unto the realm of holiness [3.5s] | YARP2.635 p.435 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07983 | 100 | Persian | ای پروردگار ای بزرگوار کامکار بنده که در عبودیتت پایدار مقرب بارگاه نفسی که | O Lord, O Benevolent and All-Conquering One! This is a servant steadfast in Thy servitude, drawn nigh unto the court of Thy presence, a soul that [3.5s] | MMK5#288 p.215 | Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07984 | 100 | Persian | ای پروردگار ای مهربان این دوستان معتکف آستانند و این یاران از حرارت محبتت | O Lord, O Compassionate One! These friends are devoutly stationed at Thy Threshold, and these companions are enkindled with the fire of Thy love [3.5s] | INBA75:042 | BSHN.140.497, BSHN.144.485, DUR2.087, ADH2.048, ADH2_1#24 p.041, MJMJ1.050, MMG2#195 p.221, MJH.012a, MHT1a.056a, MHT1b.014a | Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07985 | 100 | Persian | ای پروردگار این جانهای پاک شیفته تواند و آشفته تو باتش عشق برافروختند و پرده | O Lord! These pure souls are enamored of Thee and are bewildered by Thee. Through the fire of Thy love have they been set ablaze and have rent asunder the veil [3.5s] | YARP2.189 p.185 | Love as fire; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07986 | 100 | Persian | ای پروردگار آمرزگار رفعت زیرک این طفل کودک سراج محفل بود و مرغ خوش الحان آن | O Lord, All-Forgiving! This sagacious child, Raf'at, was the lamp of the gathering and its sweet-singing bird [3.5s] | INBA16:124 | BSHN.140.107, BSHN.144.107, PYK.306, MHT2.154a | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07987 | 100 | Persian | ای پروردگار بیامرز و ای آمرزگار ببخش ای کردگار دستور جمشید بنده پر امید بود | O Lord, forgive! O Forgiver, bestow Thy pardon! O Creator, Dastur Jamshid was a servant full of hope [3.5s] | YARP2.439 p.331 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07988 | 100 | Persian | ای پروردگار مهربان این حزب مظلومان پریشان تواند و این جمع آشفتگان تو عاشق روی | O Compassionate Lord! These oppressed and forlorn ones are Thy party, and this assembly of bewildered ones are lovers of Thy face [3.5s] | INBA21:160a | MMK5#314 p.226 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07989 | 100 | Persian | ای پروردگار مهرپرور هرمزدیار عفو پدر خواهد و آمرزش مادر هر چند ما گنهکار و | O compassionate Lord! Hurmuzd-Yar seeketh forgiveness for his father and pardon for his mother, though we are sinful [3.5s] | YARP2.282 p.238 | Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07990 | 100 | Persian | ای تیرانداز نفوس بسیار کمان داری نمودند و خدنگ بنشانه انداختند ولی سهام مصیب | O Tirandaz! Many souls have taken up the bow and loosed their arrows at the target, yet thy shafts alone strike true [3.5s] | YARP2.392 p.305 | Praise and encouragement; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07991 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان از عدم مجال مختصر مرقوم می گردد مطمئن بفضل و عنایت حضرت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Due to lack of time, I write but briefly. Be thou confident in the grace and bounty of His blessed Presence [3.5s] | INBA87:212a, INBA52:214b | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07992 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان اشعار آبدار که بمثابه باران بهار بود بر این خاک پاک بارید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy flowing verses, like unto the spring rain, did rain upon this pure soil [3.5s] | TAH.282b | Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07993 | 100 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant. The glad-tidings of he unity of the | SW_v12#12 p.201 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB07994 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان حمد کن خدا را که انجمن تبلیغ تزیین یافته و نفوسی بملکوت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Render praise unto God, for the gathering of teaching hath been adorned, and souls unto the Kingdom [3.5s] | AKHA_133BE #07 p.a | Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07995 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان در جمیع احیان در ظل عنایت جمال قدم بوده و هستید از حق | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! At all times thou hast been, and shalt ever remain, beneath the sheltering care of the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | MKT5.167a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07996 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان شکر کن خدا را که خادم دبستان همدانی و تازه نهالان بوستان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Render thanks unto God that thou art a servant in the school of Hamadán and tendest the fresh saplings of the garden [3.5s] | MKT5.067, ANDA#41-42 p.96 | Education of children; moral education; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07997 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد الحمد لله دلالت بر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted. Praise be to God, it indicated [3.5s] | INBA87:329b, INBA52:336 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB07999 | 100 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه آنجناب که بحضرت متصاعد الی الله جناب منشادی مرقوم نموده | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter addressed to His Holiness, him who hath ascended unto God, the honoured Manshádí, hath been received [3.5s] | ANDA#82 p.37x | Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08000 | 100 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و طلب مغفرت بجهت امة الله والده گردید الهی الهی ان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and forgiveness was sought on behalf of the handmaiden of God, thy mother. O my God, O my God [3.5s] | INBA85:120a | BSHN.140.100x, BSHN.144.100x, MHT2.150b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08001 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما بتاریخ ۱۴ شباط ۱۹۱۹ رسید الحمد لله دلالت بر روحانیت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter dated February 14, 1919, hath been received. Praise be to God, it testifieth to spirituality [3.5s] | YARP2.667 p.449 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08002 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید الحمد لله مفاد آن دلیل بر ازدیاد الفت و محبت و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Praised be God, its contents testified to the growth of fellowship and love [3.5s] | ANDA#81 p.43 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Personal instructions; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08003 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مطمئن بفضل الهی باش و در نهایت سرور و ثبوت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Rest thou assured in God's grace, and be in the utmost joy and steadfastness [3.5s] | MKT5.069a | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of example | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08004 | 100 | ...Some of the loved ones should establish ties of friendship with the notables of the region and manifest towards them the most affectionate regard | COC#1837x | Business; financial; property matters; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08005 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و بر وقایع ایران اطلاع حاصل گردید چون موجب و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and information was obtained regarding the events in Iran [3.5s] | MSHR2.132x | Bringing forth results; fruit; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08006 | 100 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and thy services in the meeting became known. Today whosoever is engaged in the service | DAS.1914-07-13x | Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08007 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و نهایت سرور حاصل گردید الحمد لله یاران الهی در | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and brought the utmost joy. Praise be unto God, the divine friends [3.5s] | INBA87:194a, INBA52:195 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Personal instructions; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08008 | 100 | mixed | نامه شما رسید ولی عبدالبهاء از شدت آلام و محن سفر صحرا و دریا و عدم راحت | Your letter was received, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá, due to the intense sufferings and tribulations of his journeys by land and sea, and the lack of rest [3.5s] | YHA2.1002-1003x, NJB_v04#15 p.004x | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08009 | 100 | ...Thou hast written of that meeting held in the quarter where standeth the city gate of 'Abdu'l-'Azim. Do not call it a meeting. Call it a confluence of holy souls | COC#0931x | Business; financial; property matters; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08010 | 100 | mixed | قبل از بلا بايد نهايت احتياط و احتراز نمود و دقّت در معامله کرد ولی چون قضيّه واقع شد | Before calamity befalleth, one must needs exercise the utmost care and vigilance, and observe diligence in all transactions; but when the matter cometh to pass [3.5s] | MMK3#032 p.021x | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08011 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصلی از جناب ثابت وارد و از مشاکل حاصله تفاصیل مشروحه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! A detailed letter hath arrived from his honour Thábit, containing elaborate particulars of the difficulties encountered [3.5s] | AYBY.443 #179 | Business; financial; property matters; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08012 | 100 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه نامی که بحضرت منشادی نگاشته بودی ملاحظه گردید چون | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! That renowned letter which thou hadst written to his honour Minshádí was perused [3.5s] | ANDA#82 p.38x | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08013 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان نمیقه غراء واصل و بکمال روح و ریحان قرائت گردید مدتیست که | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy luminous missive was received and perused with the utmost joy and fragrance. It hath been some time since [3.5s] | INBA87:511b, INBA52:537 | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08014 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر پیمان یوسف کنعان تا بقعر چاه نیفتاد باوج ماه نرسید و تا گرفتار زندان نگشت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Joseph of Canaan attained not unto the zenith of the moon until he was cast into the depths of the pit, nor did he rise unto the heights until he became a prisoner in bonds [3.5s] | MMK3#202 p.145 | Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08015 | 100 | mixed | ای ثابت بر عهد چندیست که چیزی بشما ننگاشتم ولی اگر صد کاتب موجود گردد از عهده | O steadfast in the Covenant! For some time I have not written aught unto thee, yet were a hundred scribes to be at hand [3.5s] | INBA85:224 | MMK6#614, MAS2.095bx | Attaining the life of the spirit; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08016 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر عهد و راسخ بر پیمان الحمد لله همواره بخدمت پردازی و دام هدایت در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and steadfast in the Testament! Praise be unto God that thou dost ever occupy thyself with service and cast forth the net of guidance [3.5s] | MKT9.109, YIA.309 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08017 | 100 | mixed | ای ثابت بر میثاق آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید معانی بدیعه بود و دلائل | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! That which thou hadst written was perused, and its meanings were wondrous and its evidences [3.5s] | MMK6#196 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08018 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق آنچه مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید نشئه روحانی داشت و نفحه رحمانی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! What thou didst write was noted. It possessed a spiritual exhilaration and a divine fragrance [3.5s] | INBA87:508a, INBA52:533a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08019 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید چون آن | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou didst address to Jináb-i-Manshádí was perused [3.5s] | ANDA#82 p.38x | Eulogies; reminiscences; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08020 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت بر میثاق نامه مشکین چون شهد و انگبین شکر و شیرین بود و مذاق حلاوت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy missive, fragrant with musk, was sweet as honey and nectar, delightful to the taste [3.5s] | KNJ.006b | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08021 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت پیمان نامه شما مدتی بود که واصل شده بود ولی فرصت جواب نبود حال دم صبح | O steadfast one in the Covenant! Thy letter had long since been received, but no opportunity was found to reply. Now, at the break of dawn [3.5s] | MKT5.003 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08022 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت اکنون در مملکت مصر با یاران در نهایت روح و ریحان ایامی بیاد | O steadfast and confirmed one! Now in the land of Egypt, mayest thou pass thy days with the friends in the utmost joy and fragrance [3.5s] | MKT8.068b, MSHR3.075 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08023 | 100 | Persian | ای ثابت نابت الیوم طیور حدائق قدس و حوریات فردوس ملا اعلی و سکان ملکوت ابهی | O thou steadfast and verdant one! Today the birds of the sacred gardens, the houris of the celestial Paradise of the Supreme Concourse, and the dwellers of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA55:393 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08024 | 100 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان آن خاندان الحمد لله در ظل حضرت رحمانند... اما مسئله سرّ التّنکيس لرمز الرّئيس تنکيس دو معنی دارد يکی به معنی عود است و ديگری به معنی سرنگونی | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant of that household! Praise be to God, they abide beneath the shelter of the All-Merciful... As to the mystery of "reversing the symbol of authority," reversal hath two meanings: one signifieth return, and the other, overthrow [3.5s] | MMK4#168 p.192x, NSS.156x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08025 | 100 | Persian | ای ثمره بوستان معرفت الهی اگر بدانی که بچه عنایتی فائزی و بچه موهبتی سرفراز | O fruit of the garden of divine knowledge, if thou but knewest with what grace thou art favored and with what bounty thou art exalted [3.5s] | DUR4.663 | The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08026 | 100 | Persian | ای جاماسب جاماسب را دیده بینا بود و گوش شنوا و دل آگاه داشت و زبان گویا راز | O Jamasp! Verily, Jamasp was endowed with a discerning eye, an attentive ear, an enlightened heart, and an eloquent tongue [3.5s] | YARP2.141 p.158 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08027 | 100 | Persian | ای جذوه حب الله اگر آتش عشق الهی در قلب آفاق شعله شدیدی زند هیئت عالم | O flame of the love of God! Should the fire of divine affection blaze forth with fierce intensity in the heart of the horizons, the structure of the world [3.5s] | HDQI.280, ANDA#40 p.05 | Angels; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08028 | 100 | Persian | ای جمشید جام جم است که در بزم میثاق بدور آمده و پیمانه پیمانست که در انجمن | O Jamshid! The Cup of Jamshíd is that which circleth round at the feast of the Covenant, and the goblet of the Pledge is that which, in the gathering [3.5s] | YARP2.133 p.151 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08029 | 100 | Persian | ای جمشید جام جم در جهان مشهورتر از مهر تابانست ولی کل تابع اوهام ان جام ساغر | O Jamshid! The Cup of Jamshid is more renowned throughout the world than the radiant sun, yet all are in thrall to the illusions of that cup [3.5s] | YARP2.229 p.209 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08030 | 100 | Persian | ای جمشید چون بکشور ایران روی فارسیان را بیدار کن و فریاد نما که ای یاران هزار | O Jamshid, when thou goest to the realm of Iran, awaken the Persian people and cry out: "O ye friends, a thousand..." [3.5s] | YARP2.568 p.405 | Call to action; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08031 | 100 | O ye assembly of the Bahá'ís! Your letter expressed eloquently your ultimate hope and aspiration: for you are resolved to become the spreaders | DAS.1914-05-26 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08032 | 100 | Persian | ای جواد در عالم وجود صفت جود سلطنتی در کمال عظمت میراند و هر حقیقت مکنونرا از | O Javad! In the realm of existence, the attribute of generosity reigns with sovereign majesty, bringing forth every hidden reality [3.5s] | INBA13:203a | MMK5#265 p.203 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08033 | 100 | mixed | ای حامی میثاق از اطراف آذربایجان خبر میدهند که در نشر میثاق نور اشراقی | O steadfast supporter of the Covenant! From the regions of Adhirbayjan cometh news of the radiant spreading of the light of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA88:162a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08034 | 100 | Persian | ای حبیب روحانی این زندانیرا اشتیاق بیش و سوزش و احتراق از فراق افزون و محزون | O spiritual beloved! This Prisoner's yearning increaseth ever more, and His burning anguish and consuming grief, born of separation, grow ever more intense, leaving Him in sorrow [3.5s] | INBA84:342 | MKT9.118, MSHR4.304-305 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08035 | 100 | mixed | ای حبیب عبدالبهاء بلیات و صدماتی که در سابق تحمل نمودید و جام بلایاای که نوش | O beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the tribulations and afflictions thou didst once endure, and the cup of trials thou didst quaff [3.5s] | MSHR1.049-050x | Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08036 | 100 | mixed | ای حبیب قلبی اگرچه هزار فرسنگ کوه و دشت و بیابان میان ما و تو حائل لکن از نفحه | O beloved of my heart! Though a thousand leagues of mountain, plain and desert lie between thee and me as a barrier, yet from the sweet-scented breeze [3.5s] | INBA84:252a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08037 | 100 | mixed | ای حبیب قلوب مشتاقان مکتوب آنجناب مورخه ۷ شعبان وارد و کمال فرح و انبساط حاصل | O beloved of the hearts of the yearning ones, thy missive dated the seventh of Sha'ban was received and brought the utmost gladness and joy [3.5s] | MSHR3.028x | Apocalyptic imagery; Consolation and comfort; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08038 | 100 | Persian | ای حبیب هر چند وقت تنگ است و دل مبتلای صد هزار مشقت در این عالم پر بو و رنگ | O beloved! Though time is straitened and the heart is afflicted with myriad tribulations in this world of color and fragrance [3.5s] | MKT9.119 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08039 | 100 | Turkish | ای حضرت کبریانک مفتون جمال ذوالجلالی نور حقیقت زجاجه احدیت مشکوه واحدیتده | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of the All-Glorious! The light of truth shineth forth through the glass of oneness from the niche of divine unity [3.5s] | MJT.058b | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as mirror; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08040 | 100 | O thou worshipper of truth! Thy letter was received and thy pure intentions | SW_v07#18 p.187 | Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08041 | 100 | Persian | ای حکیم حکمت نور هدی است و طبابت دریاق حب بها تا توانی این معجون رحمانی را | O wise one! Wisdom is the light of guidance, and healing is the antidote of the love of Bahá. As far as thou art able, [dispense] this divine elixir [3.5s] | MKT8.078b | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08042 | 100 | Persian | ای حیران جمال حقیقت شئون و آثار بر دو نوع و دو طور یکی در تحت احکام عالم | O thou who art enthralled by the beauty of Truth! The manifestations and traces thereof are of two kinds and two modes: one under the laws of the world [3.5s] | INBA89:028a | MMK2#074 p.058 | Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08043 | 100 | Persian | ای خادم احبای الهی فخر بر ملوک ارض کن زیرا سلطنت آنانرا استقراری نه اما | O servant of the beloved of God, glory thou over the kings of the earth, for their sovereignty hath no stability [3.5s] | MMK3#068 p.044x | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08044 | 100 | mixed | ای خادم آستان مبارک از قرار مسموع والده شما از اینجهان بجهان نامتناهی شتافت | O thou servant of the Blessed Threshold! Word hath reached Us that thy mother hath hastened from this world to the realm infinite [3.5s] | ANDA#71 p.32x | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08045 | 100 | Persian | ای خادم درگاه محبوب آفاق چندی بود که پاسبان آستان الهی بودی و در درگاه احدیت | O servant of the Threshold of the Beloved of the worlds, for a time thou wast the guardian of the Divine Threshold and at the Court of Divine Unity [3.5s] | INBA87:017a, INBA52:017a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08046 | 100 | Persian | ای خادم قبر مستور آن جدث مقدس و رمس مبارک را محافظه نما و ملاحظه دار چه که | O servant of the concealed sepulcher! Guard thou and watch over that sacred grave and blessed resting-place, for [3.5s] | INBA55:375, INBA87:164b, INBA52:162a | Predictions and prophecies; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08047 | 100 | Persian | ای خاندان مبارک ان نفس مطمئنه پرتو شمس حقیقت بر آن خاندان و دودمان افتاد تا | O blessed family! That soul at peace - the rays of the Sun of Truth have fallen upon that household and lineage [3.5s] | KHSK.076 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08048 | 100 | Persian | ای خداداد داد خدا همه بزرگواری و داناای و بیناای و شنواایست ولی چه فائده که | O Khudadad! The gift of God is all nobility, wisdom, vision and hearing. Yet what benefit [is there that] [3.5s] | MMK3#265 p.190, YARP2.268 p.231 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Manifestation of God as divine physician | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08049 | 100 | Persian | ای خداوند بنده دردمندت از این مستمند خواهش نموده که بدرگاه خداوندیت پرستش | O Lord! Thy suffering servant hath besought this lowly one to render worship at Thy divine threshold [3.5s] | YARP2.295 p.242 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08050 | 100 | Persian | ای خداوند پرعطا صدهزار امیر در کمندت اسیر و هزاران سروران در آستانت پاسبان | O Most Bountiful Lord! A hundred thousand commanders are captives in Thy snare and thousands of sovereigns stand as sentinels at Thy threshold [3.5s] | MMG2#339 p.376 | Prayer for protection | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08051 | 100 | Persian | ای خداوند مهربان این سه کس سزاوار عفو و مغفرتند و لایق عطا و بخشش ای پناه | O kind Lord! These three souls are deserving of pardon and forgiveness, worthy of bounty and grace. O Refuge [3.5s] | YARP2.507 p.369 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08052 | 100 | Persian | ای خداوند مهربان این کنیز آستان در ظل عصمت و عفت یاری مهربان بود و بدل و جان | O compassionate Lord! This handmaiden of Thy Threshold was, beneath the canopy of purity and chastity, a loving friend with heart and soul [3.5s] | INBA89:142b | Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08053 | 100 | O thou kind Lord! Grant to these believing, sincere souls heavenly confirmation! Suffer each one of them to soar | DAS.1914-07-29 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08054 | 100 | Persian | ای خداوند مهربان این یاران را یاوران نما و این دوستان را پرستش آستان بخش روز | O compassionate Lord! Make these companions to be helpers, and bestow upon these friends the grace of worship at Thy sacred threshold [3.5s] | YARP2.641 p.438 | S. Toloui-Wallace | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08055 | 100 | Persian | ای خداوند مهربان سروش بجوش و خروش آمده و طلب آمرزش پدر خود پاک زاد کیقباد را | O compassionate Lord! The celestial messenger hath arisen with fervent ardour, seeking forgiveness for his father, the pure-born Kayqubad [3.5s] | YARP2.201.2 p.193 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for forgiveness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08056 | 100 | Persian | ای خدای یگانه این بنده خویش را طراز دیباج کینونات فرما و این عبد خود را در | O God the One, make this servant of Thine the adornment of the brocade of realities, and this Thy bondsman [3.5s] | AYBY.403 #107, PYB#183 p.31, PYB#183 p.79, TRZ1.000ii, TRZ1.178a, TRZ2.048, MJMJ2.015, MMG2#192 p.218, YQAZ.292 | Humility; meekness; lowliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08057 | 100 | Persian | ای خسرو خوشخو از روزیکه مفارقت حاصل همیشه احساسات محبت متواصل همواره بیاد تو | O Khusraw of gracious nature! From the day of our separation, the feelings of love have been continuously flowing, and thou art ever in my thoughts [3.5s] | YARP2.666 p.449 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08058 | 100 | Persian | Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای خسرو مهربان در پاریس محض خاطر تو بدائره فتوغراف رفتم دو مرتبه خطاب و زیارت | O kind Khusraw! In Paris I went, for thy sake, to a phonographic recording studio. On two occasions were a talk and a chant of the Tablet of Visitation recorded | MSBH10.036b, YARP2.662 p.447, NVJ.116 | DAS.1913-05-21n, MHMD2.645x | Photographs and recordings | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08059 | 100 | Persian | ای خلیل جلیل حمد کن حضرت رب کبریا را که نار نمرود ضلالت و هوی بعنایت مولی | O illustrious Khalíl, praise thou the Lord of transcendent grandeur, for through the grace of the Lord the fire of Nimrod's perversity and caprice [3.5s] | MMK6#312 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08060 | 100 | Persian | ای خلیل خلیل خلیل در لغت تازی دوست حقیقی را گویند لهذا حضرت ابراهیم بان ملقب | O Khalil, Khalil, Khalil! In the Arabic tongue this name denoteth a true friend, and thus was Abraham distinguished by this title [3.5s] | CPF.274, KASH.350 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08061 | 100 | mixed | ای خیاط جامه که بر اندام هیکل عالم موافق و موزون و برازنده است خلعت میثاق است | O tailor! The garment that is befitting and well-proportioned upon the form of the body of the world is the vesture of the Covenant [3.5s] | INBA13:130b, INBA55:431, INBA88:135a | MKT6.123b, ANDA#33 p.13 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08062 | 100 | mixed | ای خیاط حضرت مسیح میفرماید دخول الجمل فی سم الخیاط اسهل من دخول الغنی فی | O tailor! Christ hath declared that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter [3.5s] | MSHR5.303 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08063 | 100 | Persian | ای دبیر شهیر حضرت حی قدیر امیر مدینه تدبیر و انشا را ستایش فرموده این نام و لقب | O renowned Dabír! He Who is the Ever-Living, the Almighty, has lauded the Prince of the City of Statesmanship and Literary Accomplishment | INBA85:320 | TAH.306, SFI18.272-273 | LOIR20.167-168 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08066 | 100 | O thou heavenly daughter! Thy letter was received. I implored and supplicated to the Kingdom of God for whatever is thy utmost desire | BSTW#226 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08067 | 100 | Persian | ای دو برادر پاک گهر عموی مهرپرور چون باین کشور رسید یاد آن دو برادر افتاد و | O ye two noble-hearted brothers! When your loving uncle arrived in this land, he recalled those two brothers [3.5s] | MKT5.079a | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08068 | 100 | mixed | ای دو برادر در آسمان جهان دو پیکر که بتازی جوزا گویند موجود و بسی درخشنده و | O ye two brothers in the firmament of the world, twin stars which in the Arabic tongue are called Gemini, bright and resplendent [3.5s] | MKT6.007 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08069 | 100 | Persian | ای دو برادر مهرپرور حمد کنید خدا را که بجسم و جان برادرید و از یک پدر و مادر | O ye two loving brothers! Render thanks unto God that ye are brothers both in body and soul, born of the same father and mother [3.5s] | MMK2#328 p.239, YARP2.490 p.362 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08070 | 100 | Persian | ای دو بنده و یک کنیز حق ستایش پروردگار را که پاکانید و آزادگان پیروی نیاکان | O two servants and one handmaid of God! Praise be unto the Lord, that ye are pure ones and free souls, following the path of your forebears [3.5s] | YARP2.129 p.148 | Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08071 | 100 | Persian | ای دو ثابت بر پیمان خوشا بحال شما که نصایح و وصایای حضرت زردشت را عمل نمودید | O ye two who are steadfast in the Covenant! Blessed are ye, that ye have acted according to the counsels and exhortations of His Holiness Zoroaster [3.5s] | ALPA.014a, YARP2.016 p.073 | Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08072 | 100 | O ye two servants of the Kingdom of God! Praise be to God, that your services are accepted in the divine threshold and your songs impart joy | SW_v07#10 p.092-093 | Newspapers and the media; publications; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08073 | 100 | Persian | ای دو دختر من نامه شما ها رسید عبارت در نهایت حلاوت بود بمجرد خواندن قلب بی | O my two daughters! Your letters were received, and their expressions were of the utmost sweetness. Upon reading them, my heart [3.5s] | DRM.017a | Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08074 | 100 | Persian | ای دو صنوان شجره محبت الله شما دو شاخ در آن کاخ از | O ye twin branches of the Tree of God's Love! Ye are two boughs of that mansion [3.5s] | INBA13:306a | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08075 | 100 | Persian | ای دو فرزند و برادر مهربان مهربان شکر خدا را که دورانرا نزدیک نمود و | O two beloved sons and kindly brother, render thanks unto God that He hath drawn the distant nigh [3.5s] | YARP2.652 p.442 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08076 | 100 | Persian | ای دو کنیز عزیز خدا نامه شما رسید نهایت شادمانی حاصل گشت ستایش پاک یزدانرا که | O two cherished handmaidens of God! Your letter was received and brought the utmost joy. Praise be unto the pure Lord that [3.5s] | YARP2.531 p.381 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08077 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two kind and beloved maidservants of God! A splendor from the Supper of the Lord was cast upon the table that ye have spread | TAB.534 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08078 | 100 | Persian | ای دو کنیز مقرب حضرت کبریاء هردم بیاد پرده نشینان سرادق رحمان آاید و در ملاء | O ye two handmaidens, who are nigh unto the glorious Threshold! At every moment do thoughts come to mind of those who dwell within the pavilions of the All-Merciful, and in the concourse [3.5s] | INBA17:175 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08079 | 100 | Persian | ای دو نفس مطمئنه در این کور امتحان از آتش افتتان چون ذهب آبریز رخ بتابید و | O ye two souls serene! In this Dispensation of trials, turn ye your countenance from the fire of tribulation like unto pure gold [3.5s] | MMK3#050 p.031 | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08080 | 100 | Persian | ای دو نهال تر و تازه جنت ابهی شکر کنید خدا را که در این باغ الهی نابتید و | O ye two tender plants in the Abha Paradise! Render thanks unto God that ye have sprouted in this heavenly garden. | DRM.009c, HUV2.044 | BRL_CHILD#35, LABC.011 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08081 | 100 | Persian | ای دو ورقهٌ مبارکه چون آن دوورقه از شجرهٌ مبارکه روئیده ورشحات سحاب | O ye two blessed leaves! Even as these two leaves have sprung forth from the sacred Tree, and the dewdrops of the clouds [3.5s] | INBA84:417b | Living waters; water of life; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08082 | 100 | Persian | ای دو یار مهرپرور عبدالبهاء فارسیان فی الحقیقه سبب سرورند و شادمانی موفور هر | O ye two loving companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The Persians are, in truth, the cause of abundant joy and gladness [3.5s] | YARP2.533 p.382 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08083 | 100 | Persian | ای دو یار نازنین الحمد لله بااین شاه بهرام پی بردید و از افسانه های بی پا نجات | O two cherished friends! Praise be to God that through this King Bahram ye have discerned the truth and found deliverance from baseless tales [3.5s] | YARP2.263 p.228 | Praise and encouragement; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08084 | 100 | mixed | هر اذيّت و جفا که در سبيل مير وفا وارد شهد بقاست و موهبت عظمی | Every injury and cruelty sustained in the path of the Most Faithful One is the honey of immortality and a boundless bounty [3.5s] | MMK2#209 p.149x | Chastisement and requital; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08085 | 100 | Persian | ای دوست حقیقی تا چند اهل نقض در وساوسند و تا چند اهل شقاق مخمور خمر نفاق | O true friend! How long shall the people of violation persist in their delusions, and how long shall the people of dissension remain intoxicated with the wine of discord [3.5s] | INBA87:518b, INBA52:546 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08086 | 100 | Persian | ای دوست روحانی عبدالبهاء از قرار مسموع قدری اعتلال مزاج حاصل این خبر وحشت اثر | O spiritual friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! According to what hath been heard, thou hast suffered some illness, which news hath brought distress [3.5s] | PYB#122 p.06 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08087 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear friend! What thou hast written was perused. Thank thou God that the doors of the Kingdom are opened and the way of the Truth | TAB.552 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08088 | 100 | Persian | ای دوست قدیم تبریک عید رسید و سبب روح و ریحان گردید نهایت ممنونیت حاصل شد که | O ancient friend! Thy felicitations for the Festival reached me and brought joy and delight to my spirit. With profound gratitude I received [3.5s] | MSHR5.137b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08089 | 100 | Persian | ای دوست محترم تبریک اول سال که ارسال نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه اشعار | O esteemed friend! Thy greetings for the New Year which thou hadst sent were noted. Indeed, the verses [3.5s] | BLIB_Or.08117.049, | MKT3.464a | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08090 | 100 | O thou my heavenly friend! The letter which was written to you by the Editor | SW_v03#12 p.008 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Newspapers and the media; publications; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08091 | 100 | Persian | ای دوستان الهی هنگام تضرع و ابتهالست و وقت تذلل و انکسار دست عجز و نیاز | O divine friends! This is the time for supplication and entreaty, the hour of humility and contrition, with hands upraised in helplessness and need [3.5s] | INBA13:275a | MMK5#246 p.193, MMG2#106 p.120x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08092 | 100 | Persian | ای دوستان حقیقی در ایندم که نفس رحمانی از ملکوت ابهی مشام عبدالبهاء را معطر | O true friends! In this moment when the breath of the All-Merciful from the Abhá Kingdom hath perfumed the senses of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA87:266b, INBA52:270 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08093 | 100 | mixed | رب و رجائی و غاية آمالی هؤلاء عباد التجئوا الی کهفک المنيع و آووا الی ملاذک | O my Lord, my Hope and ultimate Aspiration! These are servants who have sought shelter in Thy mighty stronghold and have taken refuge in Thy sanctuary [3.5s] | MJMJ3.093bx, MMG2#224 p.251x | Development of capacity and readiness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08094 | 100 | O ye real friends and lovers of the Kingdom of God! In these days the scroll of the | SW_v07#13 p.121 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08095 | 100 | Persian | ای دوستان راستان در هر عهد و عصر که انوار یزدانى | O true friends! In every age and dispensation when the divine lights [3.5s] | INBA13:272 | Praise and encouragement; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08096 | 100 | Persian | ای دوستان کامکار نامه شما از بیروت رسید چون نشان شادمانی و خوشی زندگانی و | O triumphant friends! Your letter from Beirut hath reached us, betokening joy and felicity in your lives [3.5s] | YARP2.547 p.389 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08097 | 100 | mixed | ای دوستان معنوی دیده بملکوت ابهی روحی لاحبائه الفدا باز کنید همه انوار است | O spiritual friends! Open your eyes unto the Abhá Kingdom - may my spirit be a sacrifice for His loved ones - 'tis all light and radiance [3.5s] | LMA2.431, MSHR3.238 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08098 | 100 | Persian | ای دوستان معنوی قلب عبدالبهاء از حرارت محبت احباء چون شعله سوزانست و البته | O spiritual friends! The heart of 'Abdu'l-Bahá burneth with the fire of love for the beloved ones, even as a flaming torch, and verily [3.5s] | MMK6#107 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08099 | 100 | Persian | ای رب هذا عبدک القدیم و خادمک منذ امد مدید قد لزم باب احدیتک و قام لدی عتبة | O Lord! This is Thy ancient servant and long-standing attendant who hath clung to the gate of Thy oneness and stood before Thy threshold [3.5s] | INBA21:018 | Naming of children; of individuals; Prayer for children and youth | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08100 | 100 | Persian | ای ربابه صدهزار شکر نما که در این عهد مبارک قرن جمال قدم عصر اسم اعظم قدم در | O Rubabih, render a hundred thousand thanks that in this blessed Age, the century of the Ancient Beauty, the era of the Most Great Name, thou hast taken thy steps [3.5s] | INBA13:243 | MKT7.099 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08101 | 100 | Persian | ای ربیب حضرت عندلیب از حضرت دوست استدعای شب و روز اینست که دوستان راستان را | O cherished fosterling of His Holiness the Nightingale! From the Beloved, this is the prayer, night and day, that the true friends [3.5s] | INBA55:176, INBA87:575a, INBA52:611a | MMK5#245 p.193 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08102 | 100 | Persian | ای رستم از یزدان پاک نیاز کن که تهمتن آن انجمن گردی و رستم با خود و جوشن شوی | O Rustam! Beseech thou the Most Pure Lord, that thou mayest become the mighty hero of that gathering, and like unto Rustam himself, be clad in valor and armor [3.5s] | YARP2.234 p.211 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08103 | 100 | Persian | ای رستم تهمتن پنجه شیران داشت و نیروی فرشتگان لهذا فتح کشور خاک نمود و | O Rustam, the mighty hero possessed the strength of lions and the power of angels; thus did he conquer the earthly realm [3.5s] | YARP2.149 p.162 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08104 | 100 | mixed | ای روشن دل نور الله وجهک بانوار متلئلا من الملکوت الابهی در سبیل الهی هادی | O illumined heart! May the light of God illumine thy countenance with the resplendent rays of the Abhá Kingdom, guiding thee in His path [3.5s] | INBA84:305a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08105 | 100 | Persian | ای زائر مشکین نفس چند نامه بواسطه شما مرقوم گردید و با وجود عدم فرصت بدون | O musk-scented pilgrim! Several letters have been penned through thy means, and notwithstanding the lack of opportunity, without [3.5s] | MSHR5.159a, YARP2.336 p.275 | Humor; jokes | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08106 | 100 | mixed | ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی خوشا بحال تو که بزیارت روضه مبارکه فائز شدی خوشا بحال | O pilgrim to the sanctuary of the Most Exalted One! Blessed art thou to have attained the sacred and blessed Shrine. How blessed art thou [3.5s] | MKT5.020b, AHB.130BE #11-12 p.11 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08107 | 100 | mixed | ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی نامه شما رسید نامه زوجه حضرت شهید را جواب مرقوم گردید از | O thou who circlest the sanctuary of the Exalted Concourse! Thy letter was received. An answer hath been penned to the letter from the wife of that martyred soul [3.5s] | YMM.331x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Growth of the Cause; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08108 | 100 | Persian | ای زائره مطاف ملا ابهی و مقام اعلی شکر کن خدا را که موفق بان شدی که روی و | O thou who art a pilgrim to the sanctuary of the Most Glorious One and the Most Exalted Station, render thanks unto God that thou hast been enabled to turn [3.5s] | VAA.216-216 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08109 | 100 | Persian | ای زهراء زهره زهراء در افق اعلی هر چند روشنی بخشست ولی این روشنی مظهر صور | O Zahra, radiant Zahra! Though thou shinest forth from the most exalted horizon, yet this radiance is but the manifestation of forms [3.5s] | INBA84:412a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08110 | 100 | Persian | ای زیبنده فرخنده خجسته دل در آستان حضرت دوست کنیز مقبول با تمیزی و فرط | O illustrious, blessed and auspicious soul, handmaiden accepted at the threshold of the Beloved One, thou who art possessed of purity and distinction [3.5s] | AKHT2.002, IQN.239, AHB.123BE #11-12 p.293 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08111 | 100 | Persian | ای سالک راه خدا جمعی شب و روز بخیال خویش سلوک نمودند و بجز شکوک ثمری ندیدند و | O seeker of the path of God! A multitude, both night and day, pursued their own fancies in their spiritual quest, yet reaped naught but doubts [3.5s] | LMA2.447 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08112 | 100 | Persian | ای سالک سبیل هدی هر چند از بقعه مبارکه ببلاد دیگر مسافرت مینمائى ولى از فضل | O thou who treadest the path of guidance! Though thou journeyest from the sacred precincts unto other lands, yet from the bounty [3.5s] | INBA55:280 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08113 | 100 | Persian | ای سرگشته کوی او اسم اعظم و جمال قدم تجلی بر آفاق امم فرمود و از این اشراق | O thou who wanderest in His path! The Most Great Name and the Ancient Beauty hath shed His effulgence upon the horizons of all peoples, and from this dawning light [3.5s] | INBA17:248 | MKT8.102b | Differences in human capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08114 | 100 | Persian | ای سرمستان باده محبت الله از جهان عنصری بیزار باشید و از کاس خوشگوار ساقی | O ye who are intoxicated with the wine of God's love! Be ye detached from the world of matter and drink from the sweet cup of the divine Cup-bearer [3.5s] | MKT9.138b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08115 | 100 | Persian | ای سرهنگ سردار جنود ملا اعلی گرد و قائد جیوش ملکوت ابهی این جنود جیوش حیاتند | O colonel, commander of the celestial hosts and leader of the armies of the Most Glorious Kingdom, these hosts are the armies of life [3.5s] | INBA84:541 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08116 | 100 | mixed | ای سلاله آن روح مجسم پی پدر مهربان گیر و بر قدم آن بنده یزدان مشی نما منقطع | O scion of that embodied spirit! Follow in the footsteps of thy loving father and walk in the path of that servant of God [3.5s] | MMK3#057 p.037 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08117 | 100 | Persian | ای سلاله بنده درگاه بها شکر کنید خدا را که از اصلاب طیبه و ارحام طاهره تولد | O progeny of the servant of the Threshold of Bahá, render thanks unto God that ye are born of pure loins and sanctified wombs [3.5s] | INBA87:516b, INBA52:543 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08118 | 100 | mixed | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل پدر از افق محبت الله بدر انور بود و در گلشن معرفت الله ورد | O scion of that noble personage! Thy father shone forth from the horizon of God's love even as a resplendent moon, and was a rose in the garden of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA84:464a | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08119 | 100 | mixed | ای سمی حضرت اعلی چون باین اسم مبارک تسمیه گشتی باید بهره و نصیبی از فیض او | O thou who art named after His Holiness the Exalted One! Since thou hast been given this blessed name, thou must acquire a portion and share of His grace [3.5s] | INBA87:387a, INBA52:397b | Manifestation of God as sun; Martyrs and martyrdom; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08120 | 100 | mixed | ای سه برادر سه سراج جوان روحانی گویند که نسر طائر آسمانی عبارت از سه کوکب | O three brothers, three spiritual luminous youths! It is said that the soaring celestial eagle consisteth of three stars [3.5s] | MKT8.107a | Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08121 | 100 | mixed | ای سوخته آتش هجران فراق جمال محبوب آفاق قلوب اهل وفاق را سوخته و کبد هر مشتاق | O thou who art consumed by the fire of separation from the Beauty of the Beloved of the horizons, the hearts of the people of unity are burned, as is the liver of every yearning soul [3.5s] | INBA84:490a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08122 | 100 | Persian | ای شاخه تازه باغ الهی نسیم روحبخش میوزد سرسبز و زنده شو شبنم ابر عنایت میرسد | O fresh branch of the divine garden! The life-giving breeze is wafting; become verdant and full of life. The dewdrops from the cloud of grace are falling [3.5s] | INBA84:534a | ANDA#78 p.04 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08123 | 100 | mixed | ای شارب سلسبیل عنایت الهی نور الله جبینک بنضره النعیم بین وجوه العالمین قد تشرف | O thou who drinkest from the Salsabíl of divine favor! May the light of God illumine thy brow with the radiance of bliss amidst the faces of all peoples [3.5s] | INBA87:183b, INBA52:185a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08124 | 100 | Persian | ای شاعر بدیع المعانی اگر مذاق عبدالبهاء را شیرین خواهی نظمی در عبودیتش باستان | O thou poet of unique themes, shouldst thou wish to sweeten the palate of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, compose a verse in His servitude [3.5s] | INBA84:518b | YBN.197-198 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08125 | 100 | mixed | ای شعله نار محبت الله علیک بهاء الله و جوده و عنایته فی کل الشئون اگر بتوانی | O flame of the fire of the love of God! Upon thee be the glory of God, His bounty and His grace in all things [3.5s] | INBA87:036b, INBA52:036b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08126 | 100 | Persian | ای شمع برافروخته از نار محبت الله اریاح شدیده از مهب عدوان بر مشاعل محبت | O candle kindled with the fire of the love of God, fierce winds blow from the direction of enmity upon the beacons of love [3.5s] | MMK2#310 p.227 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08127 | 100 | Persian | ای شمع روشن در محفل یاران هر بامداد که این کوکب خاوری از مطلع ظاهری با رخی | O radiant candle in the assembly of friends! Each morn that this eastern star doth rise from its visible horizon with a face [3.5s] | INBA13:014 | MMK2#264 p.191, AKHA_130BE #18 p.a, AHB.131BE #01-02 p.02 | Call to action; Material world a reflection of the spiritual | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08128 | 100 | mixed | ای شمع روشن محفل محبت الله در این صحرای جانفزای الهی پری بگشا و پروازی بکن و | O radiant candle of the gathering of the love of God! In this soul-refreshing divine wilderness, unfurl thy wings and take flight [3.5s] | AHB.125BE #09-10 p.248 | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08129 | 100 | mixed | ای شمع محبت الله صبح است و پرتو میثاق از آفتاب عهد بر شرق و غرب زده و جهانی | O candle of the love of God! It is dawn, and the effulgence of the Covenant hath cast its rays from the Sun of the Testament upon both East and West, illumining all the world [3.5s] | INBA13:130a, INBA88:149b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08130 | 100 | Persian | ای شهریار تاجداران عالم شب و روز مرادشان کشورگشاای و گیتی ستانی اما چه فائده | O Sovereign of the monarchs of the world! Night and day their desire hath been to conquer lands and seize dominion, but to what end [3.5s] | YARP2.540 p.385 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08131 | 100 | Persian | ای شهریار فریاد برآر که عصر ظهور حضرت بهاء الله جلوه یار است و نافه مشکبار بر | O Shahriyar! Cry at the top of thy voice: The century of the Manifestation of His Holiness Baha'u'llah is the effulgence of the Friend | YARP2.376 p.296 | DAS.1914-10-25 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08132 | 100 | Persian | ای شیدای جمال الهی هر کس را هوسی در سر و آرزوای در دل یکی هوس روی آبدار و | O ardent lover of the Divine Beauty! Each soul harboreth a desire and cherisheth a longing in its heart - one yearneth for a radiant face [3.5s] | AHB.131BE #01-02 p.10, MAS5.287 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08133 | 100 | Persian | ای شیفتگان آندلبر مهربان هر کسی را مرادی و مطلوب باو دادی هر سری را سری و هر | O ye who are enamoured of that loving Friend! To every soul hath He granted its cherished desire, to every head its own [3.5s] | YARP2.569 p.406 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08134 | 100 | Persian | ای صابره ای مقربه ای مطمئنه فی الحقیقه در خدمت آنمقرب درگاه کبریا ید بیضا | O thou steadfast one, O thou who art near unto God, O thou confident soul! In truth, in serving that near one of the Court of Grandeur thou hast shown forth a mighty hand [3.5s] | INBA17:252 | MKT7.101b | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08135 | 100 | Persian | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای صاحب قلب روشن تو مانند مردمک چشم می مانی که معدن نور است زیرا در دلت نور | O thou who hast an illumined heart! Thou art even as the pupil of the eye, the very wellspring of the light, for God's love hath cast its rays | MMK1#076 p.110 | SWAB#076 | Race unity; racial issues; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08136 | 100 | Persian | ای صبور شکور مفارقت قرینه محترمه ات فی الحقیقه جانگداز است و مورث احزان و | O patient and thankful one! The separation from thy honoured consort is indeed heart-rending and giveth rise to grief [3.5s] | YARP2.601 p.420 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08137 | 100 | mixed | ای صدف آن لولو لئلاء در ایه مبارکه فرقان خطابا باحبای رحمن میفرماید لن تنالوا | O shell of that gleaming pearl! In the blessed verse of the Qur'án, addressing the loved ones of the All-Merciful, He saith: "Ye shall never attain..." [3.5s] | MMK6#071, YMM.196 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08138 | 100 | Persian | ای صدف پاک آن دردانه افلاک آن گوهر شاهوار اگر چه از رشته حیات عنصری بدر آمد | O pure shell, thou celestial pearl, thou precious jewel of the empyrean! Though thou hast been withdrawn from the strand of material existence [3.5s] | NANU_AB#19 | Consolation and comfort; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08140 | 100 | Persian | ای ضیغم آجام رحمانی نفوس بمنزله طیورند یک پرنده عقاب اوج عزتست و یک طیر باز | O Lion of the thickets of the All-Merciful! Souls are like unto birds—one is an eagle soaring to the heights of glory, and another a falcon [3.5s] | MKT8.118b | Call to action; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08141 | 100 | mixed | ای طالب تقوای الهی تقوی پرهیزکاری است و در کتاب مجید و العاقبه للمتقین | O seeker of divine piety! Piety is righteousness, and in the glorious Book: "The ultimate end belongeth unto the God-fearing." [3.5s] | MMK6#159 | Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08142 | 100 | mixed | ای طالب تقوای الهی در قرآن و العاقبه للمتقین میفرماید متقی پرهیزکار است مقصد | O seeker of divine piety! In the Qur'án it is declared: "The end belongeth unto the God-fearing." The righteous one is he who is mindful [3.5s] | INBA72:117b, INBA88:119 | MMK6#161, ANDA#60 p.05, MAS5.046 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08143 | 100 | Persian | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای طالب حق اگر عرفان الهی خواهی و شناساای جوای قلب را از غیر خدا فارغ نما و | O thou seeker of the True One! If thou wishest the divine knowledge and recognition | MKT8.119b | TAB.168, BWF.383-384x, BSC.487 #937x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Rational arguments | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08144 | 100 | Persian | ای طالب حقیقت در جهان فرقه ها بسیار هر فرقه مبدای دارد ولکن مبادی شان محدود | O seeker of truth! In this world there are many sects and factions, each with its own source and foundation, yet their principles remain confined and limited [3.5s] | MMK3#113 p.077 | The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08145 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of Truth! I received the photograph of thy shining figure and I looked at it with thorough attention. A tranquility and steadfastness | TAB.483 | Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08146 | 100 | mixed | ای طالب رضای الهی در حدیث است من لم یرض بقضاای فلیطلب ربا سواای رضای بقضا | O seeker of divine good-pleasure! In the Tradition it is recorded: "Whoso is not content with My decree, let him seek another Lord besides Me." Be thou content with His decree [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0300, BSHN.140.386, BSHN.144.381, MAS5.262, MHT1a.113, MHT1b.071 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08147 | 100 | Persian | ای طالب عفو و مغفرت الهی نامه ات رسید توجه بملکوت الهی کن و بکمال خضوع و خشوع | O seeker of divine pardon and forgiveness! Thy letter was received. Turn thou to the Kingdom of God with utmost submissiveness and humility [3.5s] | HDQI.205, ANDA#49 p.05 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08148 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thou hast forwarded thy photograph and it was considered. In thy face a brilliant light is apparent | TAB.244 | Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08149 | 100 | Persian | ای طاهر مطهر منور عبدالبهاء مطمئن باش که آنی ترا فراموش ننمایم و همیشه در | O pure, sanctified and illumined one, be thou confident that I shall not forget thee for a single moment, and forever shall I [3.5s] | MKT8.122a, KHML.271-272 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08150 | 100 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای طبیب حبیب اگر حکیم حاذق ماهری دردمندم درمانی کن علیلم علاج آسانی بنما داغ | O beloved physician! If thou art indeed a skilled and able healer, prescribe a healing medicine | BRL_DAK#0080, MKT9.151b, MMK5#272 p.208 | BRL_ATE#059 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for healing | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08151 | 100 | mixed | ای عاشق جانسوخته جمال رحمانی ایدک ربک علی ابتغاء مرضاته و اعلاء ذکره در سبیل | O thou ardent lover of the Beauty of the All-Merciful! May thy Lord aid thee in seeking His good-pleasure and in exalting His mention in His path [3.5s] | INBA87:170b, INBA52:170a | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08152 | 100 | mixed | ای عاشق جمال ذوالجلال در مراسله این بیت مسطور غیر تسلیم و رضا کو چاره در کف | O ardent lover of the Glorious Beauty! This verse is written in thy letter: "Save for resignation and contentment, what remedy lieth at hand?" [3.5s] | INBA13:166 | MKT8.125b, AKHA_121BE #10 p.d, HDQI.234, ANDA#23 p.06, MSHR3.173 | Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08153 | 100 | Persian | ای عبد صغیر فقیر جمال مبارک اگرچه نهال تازه گلشن محبت حضرت احدیتی لکن از فضل | O thou humble and lowly servant of the Blessed Beauty! Though thou art but a tender sapling in the garden of love of the Lord of Oneness, yet through His grace [3.5s] | HUV1.036 | The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08154 | 100 | Persian | ای عبد منصف جمال مبارک فی الحقیقه مظهر انصافی و دور از اعتساف زیرا شهادت بر | O thou fair-minded servant! The Blessed Beauty is verily the Manifestation of justice and far removed from oppression [3.5s] | INBA89:044b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consultation; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08155 | 100 | Persian | ای عبدالقادر حضرت قادر توانا چون نظری بر عبد ناتوان اندازد معدن قدرت گردد و | O 'Abdu'l-Qádir! When the All-Powerful, Almighty Lord casteth His glance upon a powerless servant, he becometh a mine of strength [3.5s] | INBA13:182 | MMK3#108 p.072 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08156 | 100 | O thou my beloved! Be not unhappy. Let not thy thoughts be scattered. Man under the circumstances of tests must be patient | DAS.1913-02-27, BSTW#015 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08157 | 100 | Persian | ای عزیز نامه مورخ ۱۳ نومبر ۱۹۰۹ وصول یافت ... و اما سوال از عبارتی که در کتاب خطاب | O beloved one! Thy letter dated 13 November 1909 was received... And as to thy question concerning the passage in the Book [3.5s] | YMM.301x | Business; financial; property matters; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08158 | 100 | Persian | ای عطار نافه مشکبار نثار کن تا نفحه اسرار مشام یاران را عنبرافشان کند هر | O Perfumer of the musk-laden fragrance! Scatter thy sweet-scented offering, that the breaths of mysteries may shed their ambergris upon the nostrils of the friends [3.5s] | MMK2#222 p.159 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08159 | 100 | mixed | ای غریق دریای محبت الله علیک فیوضات الملا الابهی و امطار الفضل من الافق الاعلی | O thou who art immersed in the sea of God's love! Upon thee be the outpourings of the Supreme Concourse and the rains of grace from the highest horizon [3.5s] | INBA84:276a | MMK2#081 p.064 | Love as fire; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08160 | 100 | Persian | ای غلام بها غلام باصطلاح لسان فارسی بمعنی بنده است بنده گی حق آزاده گی از دو | O servant of Bahá! The word 'servant' in the Persian tongue signifieth bondsman, and servitude unto God is freedom from duality [3.5s] | AYBY.430 #147 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The state of enkindlement in teaching | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08161 | 100 | Persian | ای غلام بهاء در ظل ظلیل جمال ابهی چنان نشو و نما نما که چون شجره طیبه گردی و | O thou bondsman of Bahá! Beneath the sheltering shade of the All-Glorious Beauty, grow and flourish thou until thou becomest even as a goodly tree [3.5s] | AYBY.428 #142 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08162 | 100 | Persian | ای غلام بهاء غلامی اما تاج عبودیت حضرت رحمانیت بسر داری و بر سریر عزت ابدیه | O bondsman of Bahá! Though thou art a servant, yet upon thy head resteth the crown of servitude to the All-Merciful, and thou art established upon the throne of everlasting glory [3.5s] | AYBY.429 #143 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08163 | 100 | Persian | ای غلام درگاه جمال ابهی طراز نهالهای جنت ابهائی از چه محزون و پراندوهی باز | O thou bondservant at the threshold of the Most Glorious Beauty, thou ornament amidst the saplings of the Abhá Paradise! Wherefore art thou sorrowful and grief-laden [3.5s] | AYBY.405 #112, PYB#183 p.25, TRZ1.184a | Call to action; Consolation and comfort | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08164 | 100 | mixed | ای غلام علی اعلی این غلام مضاف بنام جمال کبریاء علی اعلی و شطر ثانی از اسم | O servant of the Most Exalted! This servant, who is linked to the name of the Supreme Beauty, the Most Exalted, and to the second part [3.5s] | INBA88:248 | AYBY.429 #145 | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08165 | 100 | Persian | ای فرخ فرخنده طالعی داشتی که عاقبت باستان مقدس شتافتی و بدرگاه پاک رو بر خاک | O blessed and favoured one! Auspicious indeed was thy destiny, for thou didst at last hasten to the sacred threshold and bow thy face to the earth [3.5s] | YARP2.734 p.484 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08166 | 100 | Persian | ای فرود ودود حمد خداوند وجود را که تو را اهل شهود فرمود و دستور عنود را محروم | O beloved Farud, praise be unto the Lord of existence, Who hath made thee one of the people of vision, whilst leaving the rebellious deprived [3.5s] | YARP2.151 p.162 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08167 | 100 | Persian | ای قبسه مشتعله ملتهبه بنار محبت سدره ربانیه شکر کن خدا را که از بدو ظهور | O thou flame, ignited and ablaze with the fire of love for the divine Lote-Tree! Give thanks unto God that from the dawning of the Manifestation [3.5s] | MKT7.103a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08168 | 100 | Persian | ای قرین و ضجیع شهید آن روح مجسم و نور مصور ترا از بین اماء رحمن اختیار کرد تا | O companion and consort of the martyr! That embodied spirit and manifest light chose thee from among the handmaidens of the All-Merciful, that [3.5s] | MSHR1.112 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08169 | 100 | Persian | ای قوام الحکما طبیب حقیقی و حکیم معنوی جمال قدم روحی لدریاقه الاعظم الفدا بود | O essence of the wise ones, true Physician and spiritual Sage, the Ancient Beauty - may my spirit be a sacrifice unto His supreme remedy [3.5s] | INBA88:109b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08170 | 100 | Persian | ای کنیز الهی ابواب رحمانی بجهت تو و ام محترمه باز است و دلیل آن که اوقاترا بمناجات | O handmaid of God! The gates of divine mercy are opened before thee and thy revered mother, and the proof of this is that your hours are spent in prayer [3.5s] | TAH.357 | Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08171 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! What thou hast written was perused. It is evident that thou hast all thy life been seeking the Lord of signs | TAB.476 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08172 | 100 | Persian | ای کنیز الهی نامه تو رسید الحمد لله دلالت بر ایمان و ایقان و انجذاب بملکوت | O handmaiden of God! Thy letter hath been received and, praise be to God, it testifieth to thy faith, certitude, and attraction to the Kingdom [3.5s] | ANDA#56 p.06x | Compassion; kindness; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08173 | 100 | Persian | ای کنیز جمال ابهی آنشمع شهدا فیض تجلی از ساحت کبریا گرفت و بشرف حضور در ملکوت | O handmaid of the Most Glorious Beauty! That lamp of the martyrs hath received the grace of effulgence from the realm of the All-Glorious and hath attained unto the honor of presence in the Kingdom [3.5s] | MKT5.098 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08174 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of God! The subject matter of thy letter is known to me. Happy is thy condition, for thou hast loved Jesus always and wept | TAB.328 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08175 | 100 | Persian | ای کنیز خدا در درگاه حق عزیزی که باین فیض جدید رسیدی از دریای الطاف بهره و | O handmaid of God! In the court of the True One thou art cherished, for thou hast attained unto this new bounty and received a portion from the ocean of favors [3.5s] | MKT9.162 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08176 | 100 | O thou maidservant of God! Although in body thou art weak and ill | SW_v09#15 p.173 | Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08177 | 100 | Persian | ای کنیز رب عزیز عزیز مصر از جمال یوسف رحمانی بیخبر بود الحمد لله تو چون زلیخا | O handmaiden of the glorious Lord! The cherished one of Egypt was unaware of the beauty of Joseph, the All-Merciful. Praise be to God, thou art like unto Zulaykhá [3.5s] | MSHR4.134 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08178 | 100 | Persian | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | ای کنیز عزیز الهی تحریر مرسول واصل و بر مضمون اطلاع یافتیم | O cherished handmaiden of God! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted [3.5s]... ...Obligatory prayer causeth the heart to become attentive to the Divine kingdom | YMM.364x | BRL_IOPF#2.11x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08179 | 100 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی خبر مشقت و زحمتی که در راه بر تو وارد شد بسیار سبب حزن | O Handmaiden of God! The news of your trouble and difficulty on the way caused Us great sorrows. In truth the trouble was very hard to bear. | BRL_DAK#0541 | DJT.220, BLO_PN#027 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08180 | 100 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی در درگاه خداوند آگاه نامت یاد میگردد تا جان و دلت مسرور و | O thou cherished handmaid of God! At the threshold of the All-Knowing Lord is thy name remembered, that thy heart and soul may be gladdened [3.5s] | ALPA.024, YARP2.030 p.082 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08181 | 100 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی ستاره را درخشندگی باید و کواکب را فروزندگی شاید الحمد لله تو | O cherished handmaiden of God! A star must needs have brilliance, and celestial orbs must possess radiance. Praise be to God, thou [3.5s] | MKT7.208a | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB08182 | 100 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou dear maidservant of God! The program of the Naw Ruz festival was received and caused utmost joy. Praise be to God that white and colored | BLO_PT#028b | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08183 | 100 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Mr. Arthur Agnew hath greatly praised thee that—praise be to God!—thou art like unto a melodious nightingale | TAB.521-522 | Being a source of light; guidance; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB08184 | 100 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast | SW_v10#01 p.013 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||||
| AB08185 | 100 | Persian | ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه تو رسید بسیار خوش مضمون بود زیرا دلیل بر اشراق نور هدی | O beloved handmaiden of God! Thy letter was received and its contents were most pleasing, for they testified to the dawning of the light of guidance [3.5s] | INBA87:181a, INBA52:182a | MKT7.222c | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||||
| AB08186 | 100 | Persian | Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The | ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه تو رسید عبدالبهاء مرکز میثاق الهی است اما حضرت | O cherished handmaiden of God! Your letter was received. 'Abdu'l-Bahá is the Center of God's Covenant, but His Holiness [3.5s]... ...The Mashriqu’l-Adhkar is a divine edifice in this nether world and a means for attaining the oneness of humanity | BRL_DAK#0418, COMP_MASHRIQP#25x, MMK5#189 p.149 | BRL_MASHRIQ#25x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08187 | 100 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written that in these days the establishment of the meeting has become impossible in that city | SW_v07#16 p.158x | Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - |
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