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| AB00002 | Tadhkiratu'l-Vafa (Memorials of the Faithful) | 42100 | Memorials of the Faithful | Memorials of the Faithful (book) | در نجف اشرف در دائره شیخ مرتضی انصاری مجتهد شهیر شخصی بی نظیر بود | There was, in the city of Najaf, among the disciples of the widely known mujtahid | MFP, IQN.174x, IQN.193x, MSBH1.496x, MSBH8.141-146x, OOL.C026 | MF, STAB#003, STAB#010, STAB#029, STAB#085, STAB#088, STAB#101, STAB#132, STAB#135 | Smith & Dragoman, R. Peterson [track 7] | Accounts of dreams and visions; Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Hands of the Cause; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; High station of learning; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love as fire; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Methods of teaching the Cause; Mount Carmel; Pain of love; love as veil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shaykhis; Shrines and Holy places; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | * | * | MMAH.283 | |||
| AB00005 | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses) | 10300 | Lawh-i-Hizar Bayti (Tablet of the Thousand Verses, two tablets) | ای رب تری هجوم الامم و جولتها و غرور الملل و صولتها علی عبدک الفرید الوحید | O Lord! Thou beholdest the assault of the nations and their violent commotion, and the pride of the peoples and their fierce onslaught against this lone and solitary servant [3.5s] | INBA87:520, INBA52:548b | MMK4#189 p.259, AYT.428x, HHA.084-088x, KHSH14.000x, RHQM1.170-176 (215x) (127-131x), ADH2_1#38 p.055x, MSHR3.098x, MSHR4.295x, MJMJ2.030bx, MJMJ2.034x, MJMJ2.072bx, MMG2#018 p.017x, MMG2#241 p.271x, MMG2#248 p.279x, OOL.C012a | A. Haghighi | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Imam 'Ali; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate | * | - | MMAH.237 | ||||
| AB00016 | Lawh-i-Lahih (Tablet to the Hague) | 4540 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace, The Hague (Lawh-i-Hague); Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague) | ای اول اشخاص خیرخواه محترم عالم انسانی نامه های شما که درین مدت حرب ارسال | O ye esteemed ones who are pioneers among the well-wishers of the world | BRL_HAGP1, MKT3.101, MNMK#112 p.210, MMK1#227 p.285x, AKHA_134BE #13 p.495x, AVK3.401.05x, AVK3.409.08x, AVK4.324ax, AVK4.324bx, AVK4.326x, AVK4.331ax, AVK4.334bx, DWNP_v2#12 p.095-99x, HDQI.211, ANDA#16 p.06x, KHAB.034 (043), OOL.C014 | BRL_HAG1, SWAB#227x, BWF.284-296, LOG#1075x, BSC.410 #745, FWU.028x, SW_v11#08 p.123-127+129-134, DWN_v2#05 p.005x, ABCC.438-439x, BLO_PT#192, BLO_PT#193 | Call to action; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as source of love and unity; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | * | * | MMAH.271 | ||||
| AB00027 | 1080 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای یاران رحمانی من در حالتیکه دریای امتحان پرموج گشته و موج بلایا باوج رسیده | O my spiritual loved ones! At a time when an ocean of trials and tribulations was surging up and flinging its waves to the heavens | MKT4.123, MNMK#094 p.172, MMK1#200 p.234, MILAN.138, KHSH10.03x, YHA1.098 (1.199), NJB_v01#14 p.001x | SWAB#200, TAB.035-038, BWF.356-357x | N. Best & A. Vedovi, D. & R. Saberi | Compassion; kindness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| AB00033 | 1760 | مراسله آنجناب واصل و بر وقوعات و هذیان مفتریان اطلاع حاصل گردید از اینگونه | Thy letter was received, and the doings and ravings of the calumniators described therein have been noted [4o] | INBA59:254 | BRL_DAK#0725, MKT5.118, MSHR3.097x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Petitions to authorities; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00042 | 1590 | یا من فدی روحه و فواده و ذاته و کینونته و ماله و علیه فی سبیل جمال اشرقت | O thou who hast sacrificed thy spirit and heart, thy being and essence, thy substance and all thou possessest in the path of the resplendent Beauty [3.5s] | MMK5#133 p.103 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of obligatory prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00044 | 1550 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای حزب الله نامه ای بامضای شما عموما واصل گردید عبارت در نهایت ملاحت و بلاغت | O ye Cohorts of God! A letter which was signed by you in general was received... Today in the world of existence, each community is wandering in a wilderness... Be ye kind to the human world and be ye compassionate to the race of man... O Thou Provider! Thou hast breathed over the friends in the West... Well is it with you, as you have followed the Law of God and arisen to observe the Fast during these blessed days | MKT3.157, MNMK#092 p.166, MMK1#035 p.066, DWNP_v5#05 p.005x, DWNP_v5#12 p.002-004, DWNP_v6#08 p.001-002x, DUR1.173x, MJMJ1.100x, MMG2#049 p.049x, MMG2#370 p.412x, MJH.043bx, KHH2.165 (2.304)x | SWAB#035, BRL_IOPF#2.26x, BPRY.181-182x, TAB.040-048, BWF.400-401x, ADJ.025-026x, COF.030bx, GPB.254x, BSC.488 #939x, SW_v01#14 p.003x, SW_v06#14 p.112x | jeph.ilosopher, S. Peyman, K. Porray | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB00052 | 1450 | Light of the World | ای بنده حق در دورهای سابق آثار قدرت الهیه و حقیت امر هر چند واضح و باهر بود | O servant of the one true God! In cycles gone by, although the signs of God’s power and the truth of His Cause were clear and manifest, yet to outward seeming the divine tests were severe | INBA17:070 | NURA#73, MMK4#175 p.207, RHQM1.200-202 (249x) (148-150x), MAS5.289-292x | LOTW#73 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||
| AB00054 | 1430 | مولای مولای تقدس ذاتک عن درک العقول و الافهام و تنزهت هویتک عن الظنون | O my Lord, my Lord! Sanctified is Thine Essence above the comprehension of minds and understandings, and exalted is Thine Identity above all conjecture and fancy [3.5s] | MKT4.174, MILAN.106, AMK.021-024, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023bx | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00056 | 1420 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء چندیست که از بعضی بلاد یک آهنگ دلربا بگوش جان نرسیده | O ye the cherished loved ones of Abdu'l-Baha! It is a long time now since my inward ear hath heard any sweet melodies out of certain regions | MNMK#123 p.235, MMK1#188 p.210, ASAT4.356x, BSHI.111-116 | SWAB#188, TAB.375-382 | S. Toloui-Wallace | Ottoman commissions of investigation; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| AB00060 | 1380 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضمون بسیار عجیب زیرا این شبهات تازه اشتهار | O one who is firm in the Covenant! Your letter has arrived. Its contents are very strange, for these doubts are not newly widespread… As to the differences among human beings | BRL_DAK#0659, MKT1.374, MKT9.077, MNMK#145 p.265, AKHA_105BE #11 p.02, PYM.305, MJTB.032, VAA.082-086, MJDF.040 | COC#0587x, KSHK#30 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00062 | Some Answered Questions #082 The Unity of Existence | 1340 | Answered Questions, Some | بدانکه این مسألهٴ وحدة الوجود قدیم است تخصیص بثیاسفه و صوفیه ندارد | Know that the idea of the unity of existence is ancient and is not restricted to the Theosophists and the Sufis alone. | MFD#82, OOL.C022.82 | SAQ#82 | God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | ||||||
| AB00066 | 1260 | O ye who are attracted toward the Kingdom and have drunk the Wine, the nature of which is cool and exhilarating! In these days that the Bestowals of the Kingdom of Abha | DAS.1914-06-20 | Call to action; Methods of teaching the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00071 | 1230 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون حزن شدید حاصل گردید زیرا دلالت بر | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived, and from its contents profound sorrow was produced, for it indicated [3.5s] | MKT3.146, PYB#160 p.15x, MJMJ2.016bx, MMG2#165 p.188x | Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for peace and unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00075 | 1210 | ای منجذبه ملکوت الله نامه مفصل رسید از قرائتش نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا دلیل | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy detailed letter was received.... Evil spirits are deprived of eternal life…. That the Most Great Name exerciseth influence over both physical and spiritual matters is sure and certain | BRL_DAK#0225, MKT3.184, AVK2.230.01x, DWNP_v6#03 p.001-003x, YHA1.015x | COC#1025x, LOG#0925x, LOG#1732x, LOG#1762x, SW_v02#15 p.005-007+016, SW_v08#18 p.236, SW_v14#07 p.210, DLA.077, BLO_PN#026 | Demons and evil spirits; Love of God; Rejection of Muhammad; Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00089 | 1150 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما اشرقت انوار الفلاح و النجاح و تبلج صباح | Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for causing the lights of success and prosperity to shine, and the dawn to break forth in splendor [3.5s] | MMK6#396, YMM.402x | Chastisement and requital; Literal interpretation; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00092 | 1140 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی مکتوب آنجناب واصل و مضمون واضح گشت از فضل حق امید جدید | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident. Through the grace of God, fresh hope has been awakened [3.5s]... ...Thou didst write as to the question of spiritual discoveries. The spirit of man is a circumambient power | INBA89:273 | MKT3.402, MNMK#149 p.277x, MMK1#145 p.166x, AVK2.248.11x | SWAB#145x, BSC.492 #946x, PN_1906 p097 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the mind over nature; Soul; spirit after death; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB00093 | 1140 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | امروز ربّ الجنود حامی میثاق است و قوای ملکوت محافظ میثاق و نفوس آسمانی خادم میثاق و فرشته‌های ملکوتی | O ye two blessed souls! Your letter was received. Praise be to God… Today, the Lord of Hosts is the defender of the Covenant | MNMK#127 p.243x, MMK1#192 p.221x, MAS9.150x, BSMR.039, HMQ.085 | SWAB#192x, SW_v11#14 p.240-243 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00106 | 1070 | نامه مفصل شما که بتاریخ غره محرم بود رسید از قرائتش تاثرات قلبیه حاصل گردید | Your detailed letter, which was dated the first of Muharram, was received, and its perusal stirred the heart with deep emotion [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0546, MKT3.154, TAH.242x, DUR4.501, MAS5.277, MAS9.135, MSHR5.206x, NNY.065-068 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00114 | 1010 | ای مونس سفر من هر چند جواب نامه مرقوم و ارسال گردید ولی حال دوباره از شدت محبت | O companion of my travels! … The great Qa’im-Maqam has said, “The body of the mulla is the object of God’s ridicule,” | INBA84:371 | RRT.127x, SFI18.279ax | LOIR20.175ax | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00118 | 990 | الهی الهی انت البصیر بحالی و السمیع لندائی و الطبیب لدائی و الدواء لشفائی لک الحمد | My God, my God! Thou art the One Who beholdeth my condition, Who hearkeneth unto my call, Who art the Physician for my malady and the Remedy for my healing. Unto Thee be all praise [3.5s] | INBA17:058, INBA59:091x | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00120 | 990 | ای یاران باوفای جمال مبارک هر چند مصائبی که در نیریز بر یاران عزیز وارد رستخیز بود | O ye faithful companions of the Blessed Beauty! Although the tribulations which befell the dear friends in Nayríz are recent | LMA2.413-417, MSHR4.321-322x, MSHR5.319x, NANU_AB#33, MLK.089, TAN.137-139, NYMG.177 | NYR#123 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00138 | 940 | ای میر وفا در عالم وجود صفتی بهتر و خوشتر و شیرینتر از وفا نیست این منقبت از | O faithful one! In all the world of existence there is no attribute more excellent, more pleasing and sweeter than faithfulness. This virtue [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0709, AKHB.258x, YARP2.567 p.402 | Critique of Western values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00149 | 920 | الهی الهی ترانی خائضا فی غمار البلاء و غریقا فی بحار الباساء و الضراء هدفا للنصال مطعونا | My God, my God! Thou beholdest me plunged in an ocean of tribulation, drowned in the seas of hardship and suffering, a target for arrows, pierced through [3.5s] | INBA87:372, INBA52:381 | MMK5#011 p.005, ASAT4.298, QT108.145-146 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00150 | 920 | ای حضرت امین علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه خدمات آنجناب در آستان الهی چه در ایام ظهور | O thou Trusted One! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His praise! Thy services at the Divine Threshold, in the days of His Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA88:214, INBA89:036 | MMK4#144 p.150, RHQM1.616 (750bx) (460x), MAS5.222x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00156 | 910 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ترانی یا الهی خاضعا خاشعا متصدعا بما امرت من عندک متذللا الی ملکوتک مضطربا من | Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in lowliness, humbling myself before Thy commandments, submitting to Thy sovereignty | MNMK#134 p.249, MMK1#190 p.218, MJMJ2.090x, MMG2#402 p.448x | SWAB#190, BPRY.201-203x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Power of prayer; Prayer for sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00157 | 900 | الهی الهی تشاهد حالی و تنظر بلائی و تسمع نداای و ضجیجی و زفرات اجیج نیران | O my God, my God! Thou beholdest my condition, and witnesseth my tribulations, and hearkeneth unto my call and my lamentation, and the sighs of my burning heart [3.5s] | INBA21:186 (237) | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00158 | Lawh-i-Tanazu'-i Baqa | 900 | Tablet on the Struggle for Survival (Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá); Universal Education | Lawh-i-Tanázu'-i Baqá (Tablet on the Struggle for Survival) | ای انجمن محترم عالم انسانی از این نیت خیریه و علویت مقاصد که دارید باید مورد شکرانیت | O honored society [for the advancement] of humanity! All mankind should be grateful on account of your noble purpose and lofty intentions…. One day I was standing by a creek and observed that a swarm of small locusts | BRL_DAK#0585, MKT4.018, KHF.066, KHTB3.035 | BLO_PT#163, STAB#099x | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Nationalism; love of country; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||
| AB00159 | 900 | ای یار مهربان آوارگان نامه نامى که اثر کلک عنبرین بود | O thou affectionate friend of the wanderers! A letter hath arrived, a missive traced by a musk-scented pen [3.5s] | MKT2.186 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00164 | 890 | یا من ادخره الله لخدمه امره و اعلاء کلمته آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید قرائت | O thou whom God hath reserved for the service of His Cause and the exaltation of His Word! That which thou hadst written was read [3.5s] | MMK2#039 p.029 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00171 | 870 | Trustworthiness | ای جنود حیات شرق و غرب پرستش نجوم آفله نمایند و عبادت آفاق مظلمه از اس اساس | O Army of Life! East and West have joined to worship stars of faded splendor and have turned in prayer unto darkened horizons.... The essential purpose of Faith and Belief is to ennoble the inner being of man with the outpourings of grace from on high.... He is a true Baha'i who strives by day and by night | BRL_DAK#0788, COMP_TRUSTP#65x, MKT4.050, AVK3.005, MMG2#013 p.011x, YMM.067 | BRL_TRUST#64x, COC#0784x, COC#2076x, LOG#0245x, SW_v16#06 p.053x, DWN_v4#08-9 p.113-114x, DWN_v5#06 p.002-003x, BW_v01p012 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Creation of the world; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00186 | 830 | الهی تسمع زفیر ناری و صریخ فوادی و حنین روحی و انین قلبی و تاوهی و تلهفی | O my God! Thou hearest the fire that blazeth within me, and the cry of my heart, and the lamentation of my spirit, and the sighing of my soul, and mine anguish and longing [3.5s] | INBA59:095 | BRL_DAK#0569, MKT1.201, KHSH13.043, TISH.280-283, MSBH1.489 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for martyrs; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00190 | 830 | ایها الفرع الکریم من السدرة المبارکه آنچه مرقوم نموده | O noble Branch sprung from the Blessed Tree! That which thou hadst written [3.5s] | INBA13:277 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for purity; chastity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00194 | 830 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد و لک الشکر علی ما انعمت و آتیت و والیت و اعطیت | Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thanks be unto Thee O my Beloved!... O ye friends of God! The joy and happiness of the people of faithfulness | BRL_DAK#0587, MKT1.288, AMK.073-076, AMK.079-082, HHA.109x, RHQM2.0700 (090x) (056-057x), LMA2.409, MAS5.186, MJMJ2.050, MMG2#085 p.093, YHA1.341x, YHA1.348x, YHA1.380x (2.689), MLK.087, QT108.045x, NYMG.142x?, NYMG.175x | SW_v01#03 p.001-004, SW_v08#18 p.235-236, NYR#124x and 202, BSTW#031, BSTW#373 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00195 | 820 | Scholarship; Light of the World | الهی الهی تسمع ضجیجی و صریخی و انینی و حنینی فی جنح اللیالی و تری ذلی | O God, my God! Thou hearest my sighs and bitter wailing, my cry and the voice of my lamentation...The Revelation of the Bab may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiac - the sign Aries… Pure souls, such as Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, upon him be the Glory of God, spend their nights and days in demonstrating the truth of the Revelation | BRL_DAK#0950, NURA#40, MMK4#080 p.087 | BRL_SCHOLAR#30x, GPB.099-100x, WOB.127x, WOB.167-168x, COC#2219x, LOTW#40 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00198 | 820 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای فرع رفیع سدره مبارکه جناب آقا سید میرزا چون در اینجا تشریف داشتند | O thou exalted bough of the divine Lote-Tree! ...When thou art disdained and rejected by the wicked doers be not cast down | INBA55:395 | BRL_DAK#1203, MNMK#133 p.246, MMK1#195 p.227, MAS5.105 | SWAB#195 | Alex, Asha, Renya, and Alia, B. Weber | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||
| AB00201 | 820 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل کنت بارء الوجود بادع الاکوان بدیع الانسان متجلیا | Glorified art Thou, O my God! From time immemorial Thou hast been the Creator of existence, the Originator of all beings, the Fashioner of humankind, resplendent in Thy manifestation [3.5s] | AMK.101-105 | Call to action; High station of the true believer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00203 | 810 | Universal House of Justice, The | ای منادی پیمان ایامی میگذرد که در مخابره و مکاتبه فتور حاصل سبب اینست که آتش | O Herald of the Covenant! Days have passed wherein there occurred a pause in correspondence and communication. The cause of this is that the fire [3.5s]... ...At whatever time all the beloved of God in each country appoint their delegates, and these in turn elect their representatives, and these representatives elect a body, that body shall be regarded as the Supreme Baytu'l-'Adl… The Bab, the Exalted One, is the Morn of Truth, the splendor of Whose light shineth throughout all regions | BRL_CUHJP#17x, BRL_CUHJP#57x, MKT3.498, AKHA_119BE #08 p.jx, AKHA_116BE #10 p.336x, AVK4.296x, YHA1.100 (1.203) | BRL_CUHJ#17x, BRL_CUHJ#57x, BADM.084x, GPB.057x2x, WOB.127x, COC#0763x, LOG#1058x | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||
| AB00212 | 800 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انی اتوجه الیک بوجه ناظر الی ملکوت رحمانیتک و قلب خافق | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I turn my face unto Thee with a countenance fixed upon the Kingdom of Thy mercy and a throbbing heart [3.5s] | INBA16:141 | BRL_DAK#0515, PYK.288 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00213 | 800 | یا من اشتعل من نار محبه الله و هاجر من الله الی الله وفقنی الله و ایاک علی | O thou who art set ablaze with the fire of the love of God and who hast migrated from God unto God! May God make both thee and me steadfast [3.5s] | MMK6#036 | Fire and light; fire and water; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00225 | 770 | ای منادی پیمان نامه مفصل رسید مضمون مورث روح و ریحان بود و اخبار دلیل بر | O herald of the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was received and its contents brought forth spirit and sweet fragrance, whilst its tidings gave evidence of [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0173, MKT4.091, AKHA_133BE #09 p.202, AMK.117-120, MSBH7.078-082, YIA.279-281 | Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00230 | 770 | رب و رجائی و ملجای و منائی و مهربی و ملاذی و مامنی و معاذی انی ابتهل الیک | O Lord, my Hope, my Refuge, my Desire, my Sanctuary, my Shelter, my Haven, and my protecting Guardian! Verily, I turn in earnest supplication unto Thee [4o] | BRL_DAK#0473, TSHA3.579 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00233 | 770 | یا من یسمع یناحی و صیاحی و نوحی و حنینی الیه فی جنح اللیالی و صباحی و اسحاری | O Thou Who hearest my lamentation and my cry, my weeping and my yearning toward Thee in the depths of night, at daybreak and in the morning hours [3.5s]... ...You wrote that the renovation of the House [of the Bab] might produce a great tumult. Indeed, the illustrious Áqa Mírza Aqay-i-Afnan, upon him be the Glory of God | INBA87:287, INBA52:291 | MMK6#549x, MSHR3.052x | AFNAN.178-180x | Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB00238 | 760 | ...Mr. Mountfort Mills, Mrs. Alice Breed... displayed selfless effort... Mrs. Rohanna Bogislav and her daughter, Elfrida Martin, sang such a melody | BSTW#086x | Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00244 | 750 | حمدا لمن نشر رایاته و اظهر ایاته و اعلن کلماته و اوضح بیناته قد شرح الصدور | Praise be unto Him Who hath unfurled His banners, manifested His signs, proclaimed His words, and made clear His evidences! He hath, verily, gladdened the hearts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0568, MKT1.155, MNMK#024 p.104, MJMJ2.025x, MMG2#321 p.359x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00249 | 740 | ای منادی ملکوت دو نامه از شما رسید یکی قدیم و دیگری جدید | O thou herald of the Kingdom! I received thy two letters, an old one and | YMM.209x | LOG#1635x, SW_v02#07 p.011-013 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Necessary and possible being; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Theosophy; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00253 | 740 | رب و رجائی و حرزی و ملاذی لک الحمد بما خلقت نفوسا رحمانیه و قلوبا نورانیه | O Lord, my hope, my stronghold, and my refuge! Praise be unto Thee for having brought into being souls endowed with divine compassion and hearts illumined with celestial light [3.5s] | INBA85:349 | MSHR5.263x, YMM.050 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Growth of the Cause; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00261 | 720 | ای اسیر سبیل الهی تفاصیل واقعه مولمه و حوادث مزعجه یعنی فاجعه اردبیل و مشقت | O captive in the Divine Path! The details of the grievous occurrence and distressing events - namely, the tragedy of Ardabil and its hardships [3.5s] | INBA88:223 | ANDA#35 p.24, MSHR5.198x, MSHR5.376x, MUH1.0049 | Call to action; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00263 | 720 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه ای که بتاریخ ششم اپریل ۱۹۰۶ مرقوم نموده بودی رسید از | O thou dear handmaid of God! Thy letter dated 6 April 1906 hath been received. Thou hast written that Mrs. ... hath regained her health. | ASAT2.179-180x, MAS2.064-067 | BRL_ATE#036, BLO_PT#153 | Education of children; moral education; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | |||||||
| AB00265 | Lawh-i-Khurasan | 720 | Lawh-i-Khurasan | ایا نفحات الله هبی معطره و ایا نسمه الله مری مطیبه و اقصدی وادی الرحمن نادی | O zephyr of God blow forth with fragrance! O breeze of God waft by sweetly scented! Hasten to the valley of the Merciful | INBA59:088, INBA88:029 | MKT1.141, MNMK#016 p.088, MILAN.156, HDQI.201, ANDA#07 p.04, OOL.C013 | SW_v09#12 p.130-131+133 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | |||||
| AB00269 | 720 | دوست محترم من نامه شما رسید از آن روابط روحانی که منبعث از جان و وجدان بود | O esteemed friend! Your letter was received, and from those spiritual bonds which sprang from the soul and conscience [3.5s]... ...During this journey it has become manifest and evident to me that the Western world has made extraordinary progress... In the world of nature the greatest dominant note is the struggle for existence--the result of which is the survival of the fittest...Praise be to God that the Sun of Reality has shone forth with the utmost brilliancy from the eastern horizon.... Spiritual education consists in the inculcation of the ideals of divine morality | MNMK#115 p.222, MJDF.080, KHF.054, KHAB.031? (040), KHTB3.030, NJB_v04#02 p.001 | SW_v07#15 p.133-134x, SW_v08#01 p.015x, SW_v08#08 p.101-102x, SW_v11#01 p.010-011x, BNE.156x | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness; unity of religion; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00271 | 720 | Light of the World | یا سلیل الرجل الحبیب نامه شما در اسکندریه رسید مدتی بود خبری نبود لهذا ورود این نمیقه | O thou scion of a cherished friend! Thy letter was received in Alexandria. It was long since there had been any news, and so it brought gladness and joy | NURA#33, MMK4#056 p.063, BSDR.511 | LOTW#33 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB00285 | 700 | Mahmúd's Diary; Translation List | ای سهیم و شریک عبدالبهاء در عبودیت آستان بها شب است در کالیفورنیا شهر اوکلند | O thou who art partner and co-sharer with ‘Abdu'l-Baha in servitude to the Threshold of Baha! It is evening and these wandering birds are nestled in the home | KHSH08.010, KHSH08.052, ANDA#33 p.19, MSHR5.259-260x, MJDF.104, NJB_v04#07 p.001, BDA1.315.07 | MHMD1.333, ECN.544, ADMS#178 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Nineteen-Day Feast; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB00305 | 680 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | انّ الظّهورات فی الأدوار السّابقة کان لکلّ واحد منهم شأن فی الوجود و رتبة فی نشأة الأنسان | ...Verily, each one of the Manifestations in former ages possessed a certain station in existence and a certain rank in human development [3.5s]... ...Were it not for tests genuine gold could not be distinguished from the counterfeit.... In cycles gone by, each one of the Manifestations of God hath had His own rank in the world of existence... Intellect and the faculty of comprehension are God's gifts | MNMK#063 p.142x, MMK1#027 p.054x | SWAB#027x, COC#1790x, SW_v08#19 p.238-239x, SW_v14#02 p.041-042x, SW_v14#12 p.353x, BSTW#438 | Mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit; Role and station of women; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00306 | 680 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy numerous and successive | SW_v10#06 p.107-108, BSTW#264, BSTW#265 | Contention and conflict; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Naming of children; of individuals; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Race unity; racial issues; Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00311 | 670 | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه از قبل و بعد مرقوم نموده بودید با وجود عدم مجال تمام | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! That which thou didst write, both before and after, despite lack of opportunity [3.5s] | MMK5#222 p.170 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00313 | 670 | ای منادی پیمان نامه آنحضرت وصول یافت از جهتی مورث احزان شدید گردید و آن فریاد | O herald of the Covenant! The letter from his honor was received. From one aspect it brought exceeding sorrow and lamentation [3.5s] | AMK.107-110, PYK.262 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Growth of the Cause; Law of Huququ'llah; Martyrs and martyrdom; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00314 | 670 | Fire and Light; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یزدان مهربان از افق انقطاع نفوسی را مشرق و لائح فرمودی که مانند مه تابان | O Thou kind Lord! From the horizon of detachment Thou hast manifested souls that, even as the shining moon... You must so hoist the banner of nothingness | MMK2#378 p.269, NANU_AB#04x | BRL_FIRE_AB#04x, BPRY.251-252x, PN_1906 p093x | Miles, Denzil & Ephrim | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||
| AB00321 | 660 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیب مفصله مطالعه گردید آنچه در همدان مجری داشتید خدمتی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy detailed letters were studied. That which thou didst carry out in Hamadan constituteth a service [3.5s] | MSHR4.302x, MSHR5.174-176 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00325 | 660 | ای یاران من و یاوران من بانگ بانگ عبودیت است و جلوه جلوه رقیت آستان مقدس کل | O my friends and helpers! The call is the call of servitude, and the manifestation is the manifestation of thraldom at the sacred Threshold of all [3.5s]... ...Erelong will your brethren from Europe and America journey to Persia. There they will promote to an unprecedented degree the interests of art and industry | INBA13:092, INBA72:026, INBA88:227 | BRL_DAK#0527, AVK4.452.05x, NJB_v01#19a p.007x | BADM.173ax | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB00334 | 650 | ای شخص ربانی پرهمت نامه شما رسید کلامی از برای مجلس فقرا از من خواسته بودید | O divine soul of high endeavor! Your letter has reached me, wherein you requested from me a discourse for the gathering of the poor [3.5s]... ...O my beloved companions! The people of the world are divided into two classes. One class are the rich (capitalists)…. His Holiness Baha'o'llah spent many days in the utmost poverty. | NJB_v05#06 p.005 | DAS.1914-03-26, SW_v08#13 p.161x | Christ; Christianity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00351 | 630 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The | ای ابناء ملکوت نامه شما رسید در وقتیکه حال صعب و عسیر بود و وصول نامه مشکل و مستحیل | O ye sons of the Kingdom! At a time when conditions were most difficult and oppressive and the reception of letters hard and impracticable… In the future, God willing, there will be erected throughout all the regions | BRL_DAK#0714, COMP_MASHRIQP#15x | BRL_MASHRIQ#15x, TAB.435-438, BWF.414-415x, BSTW#078 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB00361 | 630 | ای یاران رحمانی حضرت اسم الله مکتوبی مرقوم و مرسول نمودند و ذکر آن یاران الهی | O ye companions of the All-Merciful! His honor Ismu'llah hath penned and dispatched a letter making mention of those divine friends [3.5s] | MKT9.242, MMK6#193, FRH.108-110 | Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00368 | 620 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و از سفر خوار و سمنان و سنگسر و ساران و گیلان محال | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, with news of thy journey through Khavar, Semnan, Sangsar, Saran and Gilan [3.5s] | MSBH3.499-501 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Call to action; Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00371 | 620 | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء دو طغرا نامه شما پی در پی رسید مضمون یکی تفصیل لایحه مزوره | O beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Two of your letters arrived in quick succession. The contents of one detailed the false document [3.5s] | INBA85:525 | MMK5#155 p.120, AVK3.136.01x, AVK3.279.02x | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00372 | 620 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou bearer of the Glad Tidings of the Kingdom of God! Your letter written four months ago was received. It contained the good news of the assemblage | TAB.420-423, LOG#0800x | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00376 | 620 | ای نفوس مبارکه نامه شما رسید و بر تفاصیل اطلاع حاصل گردید الحمد لله بکمال قوت | O ye blessed souls! Your letter was received. I became informed with its details. Praise be to God that you have arisen to serve the Cause of God... The fundamental object is the promulgation of the Cause of God and the exaltation of the word of God. This is the power that will become effective in the very heart of the world... O thou world of humanity! Awake! Awake! | NJB_v05#16 p.006 | DAS.1914-08-04x | Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00384 | 610 | اللهم یا ربی الرحمن انت الکریم و انت المنان انی اتضرع الیک باللسان و الجنان | O God, my Lord, the All-Merciful! Thou art the Gracious, Thou art the Bestower. With tongue and heart I implore Thee [3.5s] | INBA85:357 | BRL_DAK#0769, MKT8.246x, AKHA_134BE #07 p.272x, AKHA_106BE #09 p.04x, YMM.038 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for protection; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00385 | 610 | الهی الهی انی اتوسل بذیل کبریائک و اتعلق باهداب ردآء بهائک و اتضرع الیک | O my God, my God! I beseech Thee by the hem of Thy grandeur and cling to the fringes of the garment of Thy splendor, and I supplicate Thee [3.5s] | INBA89:222 | MMK3#129 p.090x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00387 | 610 | ای ثابت بر پیمان از شدت بلایا و محن و مصائب شدیده در نهایت ضعف بدن مختصر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! From the intensity of tribulations, trials and grievous afflictions, the body is in utmost weakness [3.5s] | MMK5#023 p.016 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00394 | Lawh-i-Mahfil-i-Shawr? | 610 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای یاران رحمانی من در این ایام خبری پر روح و ریحان از آنسامان رسید که الحمد لله | O ye spiritual friends! In these days, most soul-uplifting tidings have reached from that region, for which praise be to God [3.5s]... ...the first condition is absolute love and harmony amongst the members of the assembly. | MKT3.505, MMK1#045 p.084x, MILAN.153, AKHA_134BE #14 p.548, AVK3.409.04x, AVK4.311x, MMG2#373 p.416x, HYB.094, YARD.054x | SWAB#045x, BADM.022-023x, COC#0176x, COC#1372x, COC#1373x | Consultation; Non-participation in politics; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | * | - | ||||||
| AB00397 | 610 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ایها المختارون فیملکوت الابهی شکر کنید رب الجنود را که از آسمان غیب راکبا | O ye who are the chosen ones of the Abha Kingdom! Praise ye the Lord of Hosts for He, riding upon the clouds, hath come down to this world... O Thou loving Provider! These souls have hearkened | MKT3.092, MNMK#097 p.178, MMK1#017 p.033, BCH.175, MJMJ2.016ax, MMG2#025 p.026x | SWAB#017, BPRY.093x, BBBD.446-449 | JYSEP Goodna, Bass Adjustment | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||
| AB00407 | 600 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و مضمون مشحون باحساسات روحانیه بود و مبشر بان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and its contents were replete with spiritual sentiments and heralded glad tidings [3.5s] | SFI01.059, MSHR1.081x, YMM.195x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00409 | 600 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دو حقیقت جو نامه شما رسید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل گشت مکاتیبیکه از پیش | O ye two seekers after truth! Your letter was received and its contents noted. As for the letters ye had previously sent, not all were received | MNMK#150 p.279, MMK1#163 p.187 | SWAB#163, LOG#0692x, SW_v02#05 p.003-004, SW_v14#01 p.036-037 | Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00429 | 590 | ای حضرت حکیم شریک و سهیم من و در عبودیت آستان مقدس قرین و صدیق من صعود حضرت | O esteemed and wise one, my partner and companion, and in servitude at the Sacred Threshold, my comrade and confidant, the ascension [3.5s] | QT105.1.324, YQAZ.140-141 | Humor; jokes; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00435 | 590 | ای یاران باوفای جمال ابهی در این غوغا و ضوضا که بیخردان برپا نمودند در مشکلات | O faithful friends of the Abha Beauty! In this tumult and clamor that the witless ones have raised amidst tribulations [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0046, MKT9.226, MMK6#132, SFI18.015-016 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00436 | 590 | ای یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء و اماء رحمن در ایندم که در بوستانی مانند باغ ارم با | O true companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! In this moment, when within a garden like unto the Paradise of Eram [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0750, MKT7.226, AMK.135-138, AMK.145-148 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00442 | 590 | چوق سودیکم یارانم حضرت کبریانن الطاف جلیله سنه مظهریتنزی هر زمان جان و یورکدن | O my dearly-loved companions! In every moment, with heart and soul, ye are the recipients of the sublime favors of the Lord of Grandeur [3.5s] | TSAY.241-243 | Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00445 | 590 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی تحت مخالب سباع کاسره و براثن ذاب ضاریه و هجوم | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou beholdest me beneath the claws of ravenous beasts and the talons of fierce wolves [3.5s] | INBA13:100 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Prayer for protection; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00466 | 570 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Announce greeting on my behalf to the two young Japanese and say: “His Imperial Majesty, the Mikado, became the cause of the material progress of Japan. | TAB.565, JWTA.024-025 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00469 | 570 | ای ثابت بر پیمان یکی از نامها که ارسال نموده بودید بواسطه آقا میرزا مهدی علیه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! One of the letters which thou didst send hath been received through Áqá Mírzá Mahdí [3.5s] | AYBY.446 #184 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00480 | 570 | یا من ادخره الله لحفظ المیثاق بانک بانک میثاقست و نور شعله اشراق شمع روشن است | O thou whom God hath treasured for the preservation of the Covenant! Thou art indeed the guardian of the Covenant, and a light whose flame doth shine with luminous radiance like unto a bright lamp [3.5s] | INBA13:009, INBA85:416 | BRL_DAK#0177, MMK6#487, YIA.353-354 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00481 | 570 | O thou who art a new grown tree on the meadow of Truth! Thy letter dated October 14, 1920 has been received. | JWTA.033-036, SW_v12#02 p.040-041 | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Newspapers and the media; publications; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00483 | 560 | اللهم یا الهی و مهربی و معاذی و ملاذی تری عبادک المبتهلین الی ملکوت احدیتک | O my God, my Lord, my Refuge, and my Shelter! Thou beholdest Thy servants who are turning with devotion unto the Kingdom of Thy Oneness [3.5s] | TABN.266 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00489 | 560 | Fire and Light | ای بازماندگان شهدای سبیل الهی نامه های شما رسید با وجود عدم فرصت آنی بدقت | O remnants of the martyrs in the path of God! Your letters have been received and despite the lack of a moment's spare time | NANU_AB#06 | BRL_FIRE_AB#05 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB00491 | 560 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه بتاریخ ١١ شوال وصول یافت مجلس ضیافتی که تشکیل شد و انجمن | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the 11th of Shawwal hath been received. The feast that was arranged, and the gathering [3.5s] | INBA84:368 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00493 | 560 | ای دختر عزیز ملکوتی من نامه بیست و پنجم مارچ از مانت پلرین رسید از مضمون | O thou my dear heavenly daughter, The epistle dated Mach 25th from Mont Pelerin was received. From the contents the utmost joy was obtained | BRL_DAK#0116 | BBBD.171x, LBLT.109ax, LBLT.111x, LBLT.113x, LBLT.119x, LBLT.125x | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00499 | 560 | ترانی یا الهی مبتهلا الی ملکوت رحمانیتک متضرعا الی جبروت وحدانیتک مهتزا من | Thou seest me, O my God, supplicating before Thy merciful Kingdom, humbly beseeching at the threshold of Thy divine Unity, trembling with [3.5s] | INBA88:135b | AYBY.343 #025 | Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00502 | 550 | Light of the World | اللهم یا الهی تری ان سلیل محمود قد اخذته الرجفه و الفجاه من کل عدو عنود و ضاق | O Lord, my God! Thou seest how the son of Mahmúd hath been seized with trembling and dismay, at the hand of hostile enemies | NURA#22, MMK4#026 p.024x, MSHR5.213-214 | LOTW#22 | Past, present and future of Iran; Prayer for protection; Prayer for teaching; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00511 | 550 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای عزیز محترم نظر عنایت شاملست و لحاظ رحمانیت کامل همیشه مظهر الطاف بودی و | O thou honored friend! Verily the sight of providence is far reaching and the divine glance is perfect. Thou hast always been a recipient of favors | BRL_DAK#0112 | BRL_ATE#042x, TAB.335-338, BWF.372-372x | Law of obligatory prayer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Role and station of women; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00514 | 550 | ای یاران رحمانی و دوستان حقیقی مدتی بود که از آنسامان خطه مبارکه زنجان رائحه مشک | O ye spiritual companions and true friends! For some time from that blessed land of Zanjan the fragrant musk-scent [3.5s] | MMK3#287 p.209, MSBH5.131x | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00515 | 550 | ای یاران عزیز مهربان بلسان قلم هر قدر تحریر و تقریر مراتب اشتیاق نمایم از | O dearly beloved and kindly friends! However much I may strive, with the tongue of the pen, to express the measure of my longing [3.5s] | MKT8.193 | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00516 | 550 | ای یاران نورانی جناب میرزا الیاس زائر خواهش تحریر نامه فرمودند و مرا مهلت و | O luminous friends! Jinab-i-Mirza Ilyas, the pilgrim, requested that an epistle be written, yet time and respite were not granted unto me [3.5s] | MKT3.434, KHMT.050x, KHMT.094-095, KASH.432x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00529 | 540 | اننی یا الهی وجهت وجهی الی ملکوت تقدیسک و جبروت تنزیهک بقلب خاضع و جناح منکسر | O my God! I have turned my face to the Kingdom of Thy sanctification and the Dominion of Thy transcendent glory, with a submissive heart and broken wing [3.5s] | MKT9.013, MJMJ3.051, MMG2#338 p.374, FRH.084-085 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00532 | 540 | ای ثابت بر میثاق از احتراق بنار فراق ناله و فغان منما زیرا همواره در وثاقید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Raise not thy voice in lamentation and grief at the fire of separation, for thou art ever secure in the stronghold [3.5s] | INBA89:115 | AVK3.037.07x | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00535 | 540 | Fire and Light | ای ستمدیدگان سبیل الهی ظلم و اعتساف مردم بی انصاف همیشه بر اولیای الهی واقع | O ye who have been wronged in the path of God! The loved ones of the Almighty have always been exposed to the dire oppression and tyranny | INBA89:093 | AKHA_105BE #10 p.02, AKHA_127BE #10 p.a, AHB.129BE #05-06 p.077x, MJMJ2.009x, MMG2#126 p.144x, NANU_AB#25, QUM.262-263 | BRL_FIRE_AB#10x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB00541 | 540 | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه مکاتیب متعدده واصل و بر مضامین اطلاع | Praise be to God that His Majesty the King exerts the utmost patience, and with justice and equity wards off tyranny and favoritism. In a similar manner, the pillars of the monarchy and the ministers of the government | INBA87:284, INBA52:289 | YHA1.126x, QT108.043x | GEN.194x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB00544 | 530 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy detailed letters were received | SW_v10#17 p.317-318 | Race unity; racial issues; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00548 | 530 | Translation List | ای ناظم محزون دلخون آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی معلوم گردید و بنهایت دقت قرائت شد... و امّا در خصوص چشم زخمی یعنی اصابة العین | O thou grief-stricken and heavy-hearted Nazim! That which thou didst write became known and was read with utmost care [3.5s]... ...Thou hadst written about the malevolent glare, which is to say afflictions that proceed from the eye . . . to ask whether or not “the evil eye” can exert an effect | BRL_DAK#0745, ANDA#81 p.06x, MAS2.027x, YBN.013-015, GHA.454x | ADMS#151x | Consolation and comfort; Demons and evil spirits; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00554 | 530 | ایها الزائر للبقعه المبارکه اعلم ان سائق التوفیق و قائد التایید قد دعاک و | O thou visitor to the blessed tabernacle! Verily the Messenger of Confirmation and the Commander of Assistance invited thee and brought thee safely to this radiant Holy Land. | INBA89:106 | DAS.1913-08-24, ABIE.227, BLO_PN#007 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Predictions and prophecies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00555 | 530 | ترانی یا الهی مکبا بوجهی علی التراب صعقا من تجلی الانوار مندهشا من مشاهده | O my God! Thou beholdest me prostrate upon the dust, struck down by the effulgence of Thy lights, and bewildered by the vision thereof [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0777, MKT1.256, YHA1.378x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00567 | 520 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای فائز بحقیقت آن نور الهی که در اصحاح دوازدهم یوحنا مذکور امیدوارم که | O thou who hast attained to the truth of that divine Light which is mentioned in the twelfth chapter of the Gospel according to John! | BRL_DAK#0952, VUJUD.121.01x | TAB.206-209, BWF.376-376x, COC#1042x, LOG#0377x, BSC.483 #923-924x, BNE.114-115x, VUJUDE.158x | Alchemy; the elixir; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Law of pilgrimage; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB00579 | 510 | ای اسیر سبیل الهی شکر کن حضرت حی قدیر را که در این کور عظیم مومن بنور مبین | O thou who art captive in the path of God! Give thanks to the Ever-Living, the All-Powerful, that in this Most Great Dispensation thou art a believer in the manifest Light [3.5s] | MSHR4.335-336 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00580 | 510 | ای امین حقیقی مکتوب شما ملاحظه گردید و مضمون مفهوم شد یاران الهی در آن سامان | O true trustee, your letter was examined and its contents were understood. The divine friends in those regions [3.5s] | AVK3.251-254, AMIN.110-113, AMIN.176-179 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00586 | 510 | O thou godlike maidservant of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Its contents were conducive to the happiness of this depressed one. Thank thou God | DAS.1914-11-06, DAS.1914-10-31 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00587 | 500 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای متوجه بملکوت الهی نامه مفصل ملاحظه گردید با وجود عدم فرصت و مهلت نظر بشدت | O thou who art turning to the divine Kingdom! The lengthy epistle was considered…. ... make of the Feasts occasions of joy and fellowship reminiscent of the feasts that our forebears used to hold in connection with their commemoration of the Lord's Supper... Thou hast asked regarding the naming of children | BRL_DAK#0828, AVK3.062.13x, DRM.011bx, MAS2.078-079x | TAB.148-150, BWF.411-412x, COC#0928x, LOG#0462x, LOG#0946x | Education of children; moral education; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Naming of children; of individuals; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00595 | 510 | Bahá'í World Faith | …Thou hast written concerning the meetings and the gathering places of the believers of God. Such assemblies and congregations will greatly aid | BWF.407-408x, LOG#0797x, PN_1906 p095x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00605 | 500 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل شما رسید و قرائت گردید مضمون نامه که جمعی از محرکین | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was received and read. The contents of the letter, which certain agitators [3.5s] | MMK6#022 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00606 | 500 | ای حبیب قلوب مهاجران سه پاکت آنجناب واحدا بعد واحد از سماء حب و وفاق و صدق و | O beloved of the hearts of the emigrants! Three missives from your honoured self have, one after another, descended from the heaven of love and concord and sincerity [3.5s] | MSHR4.344-345 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00616 | 500 | ای ورقات مطهره محترمه مقربه درگاه کبریا خوشا خوشا که محافل روحانی ترتیب | Blessed, blessed are ye for ye have arranged spiritual meetings and engaged in propounding divine proofs and evidences | COMP_WOMENP#099, MKT7.134b, DUR1.043x, YIA.416-417, QIRT.03, QIRT.14x | BRL_WOMEN#099, COC#2190 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Role and station of women; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00623 | 500 | مکاتیب آنجناب ملاحظه گردید و ناله های شدید که در هویت کلمات مندرج و مندمج | Your letters were perused, and the intense lamentations embedded and interwoven within the words were noted [3.5s] | AYBY.346 #027 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00626 | 500 | O thou heavenly youth! O thou herald of the Kingdom of God! Thy letter was received | SW_v09#14 p.155+164 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Newspapers and the media; publications; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00627 | 490 | Fire and Light | ای اسیران مظلومان علمای آنسامان دست تطاول گشودند و از فرعون ذی الاوتاد و قوم | O ye wronged captives! The divines in that land have put forth the hand of aggression and have surpassed in cruelty the Pharaohs | NANU_AB#42 | BRL_FIRE_AB#16 | Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB00628 | 490 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Thou hast manifested cheerfulness and gladness on account of the news of my happiness. | TAB.216-218 | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00638 | 490 | ای شهید مجید سلیل آن شخص جلیل نامه شما رسید ولی از کثرت اشتغال باختصار جواب | O distinguished martyr, descendant of that glorious personage! Your letter was received, but due to the press of manifold occupations, I reply briefly [3.5s]... ...You should give serious concern to the matter of teaching, and think of ways of imparting the Message to prominent people, for once such person have given their allegiance to the Faith | PYK.267, AMIN.197ax, AMIN.206x | COC#1824x | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00642 | 490 | ای یاران مهربان من عبدالبهاء از حسرت شما غریق دریای احزان و آلام و اسیر زنجیر | O my kind friends! 'Abdu'l-Bahá is drowned in an ocean of sorrows and pain, captive in chains, in his longing for you [3.5s] | MKT4.140, AMK.031-033, YHA1.098x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for pilgrims; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00643 | 490 | O thou merciful youth who art the son of that glorious man! Verily, thy | SW_v10#13 p.249-250 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00647 | 490 | لک الحمد یا الهی بما انزلت الماء الطهور و سقیت به اراض هامده خامده خاویه قبل | To Thee be praise, O my God, for Thou hast sent down the pure water and with it hast watered the barren, lifeless, desolate lands of old [3.5s] | AYBY.370 #056 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00650 | 480 | از ایه مبارکه ان یا رایس قد تجلینا علیک مره فی جبل تینا و مره فی زیتاء و فی | Regarding the blessed verse: 'O Chief! Verily We have manifested Ourself unto thee once upon the Mount of Sinai, and again upon the Mount of Olives, and in...' [4o] | INBA85:448 | MMK6#609, BSHI.029-031 | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00652 | 480 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá'; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات رسید و مضمون مفهوم گردید دلیل تبتل و تضرع بود و برهان | O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents much appreciated… Obligatory prayers and supplications are the very water of life… Ye have asked about the significance of the expression “sacrificial lover” | MMK2#076 p.060, MMK2#134 p.101 | BRL_ATE#189x, BRL_IOPF#2.18x, BLO_PT#081.76 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fanaticism and hatred; Importance of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB00653 | 480 | Bahá'í World Faith | در خصوص آيه انجيل مرقوم نموده بودی که از قرائن واضح ميشود که در يوم ظهور مسيح جميع نفوس استماع | ...Thou hast written of a verse in the Gospels, asking if at the time of Christ all souls did hear His call | MMK3#138 p.096x | BWF.364-364x, SW_v16#10 p.669x | Belief and denial; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Many are called but few are chosen; Power of prayer; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00658 | 480 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved and benevolent daughter of the Kingdom The letter which thou hast written was received. I read it with the utmost love | TAB.224-226 | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00661 | 480 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thou hast written regarding the death of thy mother. Praise be to God, she hath attained to the desire | TAB.591-593x, BWF.370-370x, BWF.396-396x, BSC.463 #859x, BSC.491 #944x, BSTW#075 | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00662 | 480 | ...Know thou that hardship and privation shall increase day by day, and the people shall thereby be afflicted. The doors of joy and happiness shall be closed on all sides | LOG#0438x, SW_v12#08 p.148x, BSTW#446x, BSTW#504ax | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00667 | 480 | ای منجذبین میثاق الیوم جمیع آفاق در خواب و شما بیدار کل مدهوش و شما هشیار همه | O ye who are attracted to the Covenant! Today all horizons lie in slumber, while ye are wakeful; all are bewildered, yet ye are clear-sighted [3.5s] | INBA21:084 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00672 | 480 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی تلوت تحریرک الجدید و انشرحت بمضمونها اللطیف | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy excellent letter and was dilated through its excellent contents. | BRL_DAK#0736, MMK6#618 | TAB.289-291 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00675 | 480 | مکتوب آنجناب واصل گشت گویا نسیم صبای جان بود که از سبای حب محبوب عالمیان مرور | Your epistle was received, and it was as the morning breeze wafting from Sheba with the love of the Beloved of all the worlds [3.5s] | MMK6#342 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00679 | 480 | یا من ارجوالله ان یجیره فی صون حمایته و ینجده بجیوش عونه و عنایته انه خلف صدق | O thou whom I beseech God to shelter within the fortress of His protection, and to succour with the hosts of His aid and gracious care, verily he is a true successor [3.5s] | PYK.240 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00686 | 470 | اللهم یا محیی النفوس بانفاس طیب عبقت من حدائق القدس فی بحبوحه الفردوس انی الوذ | O God, Who quickeneth souls with the pure and perfumed breaths wafting from the sacred gardens in the midst of Paradise, I take refuge [3.5s] | TABN.342 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00707 | 470 | ای مونس قلوب مشتاقین لله الحمد که نفحه مشکین که از مهب خامه عنبرین سطوع یافته | O Companion of the yearning hearts! Praise be to God that the musk-laden breeze hath wafted from the amber-scented pen [3.5s] | MMK6#191, ANDA#55 p.22 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00711 | 470 | ایها السهیم لعبدالبهاء فی عبودیه الرب الکبریاء نامه مفصل آنحضرت وصول یافت و از | O thou who art partner with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in servitude to the Lord of Glory! Thy detailed letter was received, and from [3.5s] | MSHR4.342-344, MSBH3.466 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00714 | 470 | حمدا لمن انزل من السماء ماء ثجاجا فاهتزت و ربت کل ارض هامده و انبتت من کل | Praise be unto Him Who hath sent down from the heavens abundant rain, whereupon every dormant land did quiver and swell, bringing forth from all [3.5s] | MMK3#206 p.148x, NANU_AB#30x, ABDA.324-325 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00725 | 460 | الهی الهی ترانی کیف تهلل وجهی و ابتهج قلبی و انشرح صدری لما تلوت اسماء احبائک | O my God! O my God! Thou hast beheld how my face shone with cheerfulness, my heart was rejoiced and my breast dilated...O ye friends of God! Engage in love as much as you can and be gentle to every outsider; suffer from enemies and behave with patience; see the asleep as the awakened | MKT3.252 | CHU.069b, TCI#2 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00736 | 460 | ای سرمست جام عنایت فی الحقیقه آنچه گله نمااید حتی اگر شکایت فرمااید حق با | O thou who art inebriated with the wine of divine favor! In truth, whatsoever grievance thou mayest express, and even shouldst thou voice complaint, justice resteth with thee [3.5s] | MKT8.103b, MJMJ3.032x, MMG2#117 p.128x, YQAZ.210-211x | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00737 | 460 | O thou honorable person! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God it indicated that in Budapest a radiant assembly is organized! | DAS.1913-11-15 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Nationalism; love of country; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00738 | 460 | Light of the World | ای فرع لطیف شجره مبارکه مکاتیب متعدده واصل و معانی روحانیش حلاوت مذاق رحمانی | O tender twig of the blessed Tree! Thy numerous letters have been received, and their spiritual meanings were honey-sweet upon the palate of the soul | BRL_DAK#0036, NURA#30, MMK4#041 p.045 | LOTW#30 | Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00745 | 460 | ایتها المقبله الی الله انی اخذت تحریرک المورخ بثالث فی سنه الف و تسعماته و | O thou who art turned towards God! I have received thy letter dated the third day of the year nineteen hundred [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0808, MKT1.195, MNMK#027 p.109 | Love of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teachings as spirit of the age; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00746 | 460 | ...There is no wonder when a soul advances to God, but (there is) when he remains firm | SW_v14#09 p.275x, BSTW#440 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00747 | Some Answered Questions #058 The Extent and Limitation of Human Perception | 460 | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که ادراکات مختلف است ادنی رتبهء ادراکات احساسات حیوانیست | Know that comprehension varies. Its lowest degree consists in the senses of the animal realm | MFD#58, OOL.C022.58 | SAQ#58 | Physical limitations of the Manifestation of God; Power of the mind over nature; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||
| AB00750 | 460 | یا من قدر للذین استشهدوا فی سبیله مقامات عالیه و درجات سامیه یغتبطهم فهیا المخلصون | O Thou Who hast ordained for those who suffered martyrdom in Thy path exalted stations and sublime degrees whereat the sincere ones rejoice [3.5s] | HHA.285-287, MUH3.347-348 | Call to action; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00756 | 450 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter, which thou hast written to his honor Mirza . . ., was considered. Be thou happy! | TAB.344-346 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00772 | 450 | ای یاران روحانی من آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید جمیع تضرع و ابتهال بود | O my spiritual friends! That which ye had written was perused, and it was all supplication and entreaty [3.5s] | MMG2#154 p.173x, NJB_v01#16 p.001-002 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love of God; Power of prayer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00773 | 450 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء الحمد لله در سبیل الهی جام بلا نوشیدید و سم جفا چشیدید و از | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be unto God that ye have quaffed the cup of tribulation in the path of the Almighty and tasted the poison of injustice and from [3.5s] | INBA85:166 | MKT8.233, MAS5.265x, NANU_AB#62 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00774 | 450 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه مبارکی که دلالت بر انتخاب محفل روحانی مینمود | O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! A blessed letter hath been received from you, telling of the election of a Spiritual Assembly... O Thou Lord of the Kingdom! Though our bodies be gathered here together, yet our spellbound hearts | MMK1#037 p.074 | SWAB#037, BPRY.301-302x, TAB.023-026, BWF.403-404x, BWF.414-414x | The Bird & The Butterfly | East and West; communication between East and West; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| AB00779 | Some Answered Questions #076 The Justice and Mercy of God | 450 | Answered Questions, Some | بدان که عدل اعطای کل ذی حق حقه است مثلاً شخصی اجیر | Know that justice consists in rendering each his due…. But if he who has been struck | MFD#76, OOL.C022.76 | SAQ#76 | C. Oja | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Justice and mercy; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Reward and punishment | - | - | |||||
| AB00786 | 440 | الحمد لله الذی تجلی بنور جماله و کشف الغطاء عن وجه عزه جلاله و اشرق بنور | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself through the light of His beauty, lifted the veil from the countenance of His might and majesty, and hath shone forth with radiance [3.5s] | INBA13:382, INBA72:069, INBA59:154 | Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00793 | 440 | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید فورا جواب مرقوم میگردد تا تلافی مافات شود ای جناب | O servant of God, thy letter was received and forthwith is a reply being penned, that past delays may be remedied, O esteemed one [3.5s] | INBA17:006 | MKT9.045, ANDA#57 p.04, MAS2.086-087x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00808 | 440 | ای یار روحانی بواسطه جناب آقا میرزا احمد سهراب نامه شما رسید و از مضمون | O spiritual friend! Through Jináb-i-Mírzá Ahmad Sohrab thy letter was received, and from its contents [3.5s] | NJB_v03#01 p.004-005 | Agriculture; Excellence; distinction; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Non-participation in politics; Promotion of commerce and industry; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00809 | 440 | ای یاران روحانی جناب زائر سمی حضرت مقصود آقا حسین دفتر اسماای بعد از مراجعت | O spiritual friends! The honored pilgrim, namesake of the Desired One, Áqá Ḥusayn, upon his return [3.5s] | INBA55:173 | Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00812 | 440 | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه مدتیست این خامه بان حضرت نامه ننگاشته | O exalted branch of the divine Tree! For some time this pen hath not written a letter unto thee [3.5s]... ...Thou hadst written regarding the house that was the dwelling of the illustrious branch of the sacred Tree, the martyred uncle, Áqa Siyyid ʿAlí—may My spirit be a sacrifice unto him | INBA87:411b, INBA52:424 | GEN.257x, AFNAN.194-195x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00818 | 430 | الهی الهی انی اناجیک و انا غریق بحار الاسی و طریح تراب الجوی من شده الرزایا | O my God, my God! I commune with Thee while immersed in oceans of grief and cast upon the dust of anguish through the severity of tribulations [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0858, MKT3.318, YIA.375-376 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00825 | 430 | ای دو بنده صادق حق آنچه بجناب سید مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید این صدمات در | O ye two sincere servants of the True One! That which ye had written to his honour the Siyyid hath been perused. These afflictions [3.5s] | MSHR4.150-151 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00830 | 430 | Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' | ای عاشقان جمال ابهی اهل مجاز چون تعلق خاطری باب و رنگ در عالم خاک یابند از | O ye lovers of the Abha Beauty! When souls become attracted to the variegated colours and physical beauty of this contingent existence | MMK2#072 p.056 | BLO_PT#081.72x | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB00831 | 430 | ای عائله محترمه الحمد لله آنخانه واده مومن بخداوند یگانه اند و در سبیل الهی | O esteemed family! Praise be to God that this household stands firm in their faith in the one true God and remains steadfast in the path of the Almighty [4o] | MMK6#346 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00833 | 430 | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Two of your letters were received, one after the other; the first dated Oct. 22, 1918 | BSTW#222 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity of governments; political unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00837 | 430 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art calling in the Name of God and heralding unto the Kingdom of God! Verily I considered the contents of thy recent letter | TAB.267-269, BSC.455 #835, SW_v08#14 p.186x | Mary Magdalene; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00843 | 430 | یار مهربان من رقیمه کریمه فریده غراء بود و خریده نوراء زیرا مضمون مشحون | O loving friend! The honored epistle was a rare and luminous gem, for its contents were replete [3.5s] | MMK2#282 p.202 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Non-participation in politics; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00854 | 420 | الهی و سیدی و مولائی فالیک اجزع و افزع فی کل حالی و اتوسل الیک بکلمتک التی | O my God, my Lord and my Master! Unto Thee do I flee in distress, and in Thee do I seek refuge in every state. I implore Thee by Thy Word which [3.5s] | INBA21:110, INBA84:309 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00855 | Some Answered Questions #005 Moses | 420 | Answered Questions, Some | اما حضرت موسی مدت مدیده در صحرا چوپانی میکرد و بظاهر شخصی بود | Moses was for a long time a shepherd in the wilderness. To outward seeming | MFD#05, OOL.C022.05 | SAQ#05 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God as educator; Moses; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB00862 | 420 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای شمع روشن نامه شما رسید و از مضمون فرح روحانی حاصل گردید زیرا مضمون مشحون | O thou ignited candle! Thy letter was received. Its contents imparted spiritual gladness... When man's soul is rarefied and cleansed, spiritual links are established, and from these bonds | MMK1#070 p.104x | SWAB#070x, SW_v14#07 p.210x, PN_1919 p013x | Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB00867 | 420 | ای منادی پیمان نامه که بتاریخ ۲۳ ربیع الاخر ۱۳۳۷ بافنان آقا میرزا محسن مرقوم | O herald of the Covenant! Thy letter dated 23 Rabi'u'th-Thani 1337, addressed to the Afnán Áqá Mírzá Muḥsin [3.5s] | MKT3.269 | Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00868 | 420 | ای یاران این آواره حضرت یزدان شاهد و گواهست که در دل و جان آنی فراغت از یاد | O ye companions of this wanderer! The Lord of Hosts beareth witness that in heart and soul not for a moment am I forgetful of your remembrance [3.5s] | MMK3#065 p.041x | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00872 | 420 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها الشعله الحبیه الملتهبه بنار محبه الله انی قرئت کتابک الوارد من عندک و | O thou yearning flame, thou who art afire with the love of God! I have read thy letter, and its contents | MNMK#032 p.116, MMK1#141 p.159, NJB_v05#14 p.002-003 | SWAB#141, TAB.087-089 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Judas; Predictions and prophecies; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00875 | 420 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | يا احبّاء اللّه اذا اشتدّت الارياح و هطلت الامطار و دمدمت الرّعود و لمع البرق و نزلت الصّواعق و اشتدّت | O ye who are attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read your letters which uttered your steadfastness in the Cause of God | MMK3#197 p.140x | TAB.012-014, BWF.395-396x, BSC.473 #892x, SW_v08#01 p.002x | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB00881 | 420 | یا من ثبت و نبت و تاید بفضل من الله مکاتیب متعدده آنجناب واصل و از مضمون جمیع | O thou who art firm, steadfast and confirmed through God's grace! Many letters from thee have reached us, and from their contents [3.5s] | MSHR4.185-186 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Noah; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00884 | 410 | اللهم یا مقدر القدر المقدور و متیح المنایا لکل شاک و شکور و جاذب الارواح الی | O God, Ordainer of destined fate, Dispenser of mortality unto the grateful and ungrafetul alike, Attractor of souls [3.5s] | KHAF.148 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00887 | 410 | الهی و ملاذی و کهف صونی و عونی فی شدائدی و بلائی انی أبسط الیک | O my God and my Refuge! My safe and sure Stronghold, and my Stay in my afflictions and trials! To Thee I raise | MKT1.265, MJMJ2.032, MMG2#019 p.018 | BP1926.009-011 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Prayer for unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00889 | 410 | ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت الله نامه مبارکی که ارسال نموده بودید رسید مضمون تاسیس محفل | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom of God! The blessed letter that ye have forwarded was received. Its contents indicate | NJB_v01#09 p.001-002 | TEW.017-018 | Consultation; Importance of community building; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00894 | 410 | ای بندگان خالص جمال ابهی نفس مقدس آقا میرزا علی چون صعود بملکوت تقدیس نمود | O faithful servants of the Most Glorious Beauty! The hallowed soul of Áqá Mírzá 'Alí hath ascended unto the sanctified Kingdom [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0862, MSHR4.101-102 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for unity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00896 | 410 | ای بنده صادق خدا نامه شما رسید و بر مضامین کما هی حقها در نهایت دقت اطلاع | O sincere servant of God! Thy letter was received, and its contents were perused with the utmost care [3.5s] | MMK3#268 p.191, MSHR1.038x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00899 | 410 | ای ثابت راسخ بر عهد و میثاق آنچه مسطور بود ملحوظ گشت و هر چه مرقوم بود منظور | O thou steadfast and firm in the Covenant and Testament! That which was written hath been noted, and whatsoever was recorded hath been considered [3.5s] | MMK5#213 p.164, NANU_AB#35x, YIA.381x | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00903 | 410 | O friends of God! Your letter was received through Mrs. Stannard... A profession, a trade, farming, these are worshipping God. | SW_v10#12 p.226, SW_v14#06 p.168, PN_various p019, BSTW#179, BSTW#242 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00907 | 410 | O thou who art attracted to the Word of God and herald of the Kingdom of God! | SW_v11#16 p.275, TDD.013-014 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00908 | 410 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ...As to [what thou hast heard concerning] the child born from Russian parentage, this is pure imagination. Yea, certain persons | TAB.647-648 | Predictions and prophecies; Role and station of women; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00909 | 410 | ای ورقه مبارکه فی الحقیقه مورد صدماتی گردیدی و مبتلا بافاتی شدی که در تاریخ | O blessed Leaf! Thou hast indeed become the object of afflictions and been subjected to trials which in history [3.5s] | MMK6#361, TABN.270 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00910 | 410 | ای یادگار آن سرور ابرار چون بان یار روحانی نامه نگارم بیاد آن مظهر رحمانی افتم | O remnant of that exalted leader of the righteous! As I pen these words to that spiritual friend, I am reminded of that Manifestation of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA17:156 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00911 | 410 | ای یاران الهی عصراست و جمیع امم و ملل در حبس و حصر مگر آزاده گان الهی و احرار | O divine friends! It is the twilight hour, and all peoples and nations have fallen prey to bondage and confinement, save those who are God's free souls and His liberated ones [3.5s] | MMK2#057 p.044, HDQI.187, ANDA#10 p.07 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00913 | 630 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء جناب فروغی مکتوبی ارسال نمود و ذکر اسماء آن یاران دل و جان | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! His honour Furúghí hath sent a letter mentioning the names of those beloved friends of heart and soul [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0753, MMK2#290 p.210x, AMK.125-125bx, GHA.227x | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Consultation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00915 | 410 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای یاران نورانی و اماء رحمن چون ظلمات نادانی و غفلت از عالم یزدانی و احتجاب | O ye illumined loved ones and ye handmaids of the Merciful! At a time when the sombre night of ignorance, of neglect of the divine world | MNMK#096 p.176, MMK1#016 p.031, AKHA_122BE #06 p.b, NJB_v01#13 p.001 | SWAB#016, TAB.502-504, BWF.352-353x, TOR.205-208, BSTW#145 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Growth of the Cause; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB00925 | 410 | The letter which thou hadst written on December 16, 1918, was received | SW_v10#07 p.137-138 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00928 | 410 | وقت آنست که در اين ميدان گوی سبقت و پيشی را از مردان شهير آفاق بربائی نطق فصيح بگشائی | The time hath come for thee to seize, in this arena, the orb of precedence and excellence from the renowned men of all regions, and to give utterance to eloquent speech [3.5s] | MMK2#273 p.196x | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00932 | 400 | اللهم یا فاتح مدائن القلوب بنفحات القدس فی الیوم المشهود و هادی الامم الی | O God! O Thou Who openest the cities of hearts through the sanctified breaths on the Promised Day, and guidest the peoples unto [3.5s] | MKT8.003, MJMJ3.006, MMG2#087 p.097 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00949 | 400 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای دختر ملکوت نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مختصر مرقوم میگردد جسد انسانی | O thou who art the daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter has been received... The body of man, which has been formed gradually... The city of San Diego was like a lifeless body.... O Thou kind Lord! Graciously bestow a pair of heavenly wings | BRL_DAK#0214, MKT3.386, AVK4.204.05x, HUV2.009x | BRL_CHILD#22x, BPRY.252-253x, LOG#0669x, BSC.446 #814x, SW_v11#19 p.317-318, MAB.012-013x, BLO_PT#052.36 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Law of burial and cremation; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; 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 | - | - | |||||||
| AB00958 | 400 | O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of God! I have considered thy letter, and have answered the letters thou hast sent. Praise be to God! | BSTW#440 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00959 | 400 | ای ورقه متضرعه الی الله در این عالم نساای بی حد و بیحساب خارج از حد و شمار | O leaf supplicating unto God! In this world women are limitless and beyond reckoning, surpassing all count and measure [3.5s] | MKT7.153, MSHR4.304x, NANU_AB#44 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00963 | 400 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | مشرق الأذکار هر چند بظاهر بنيان جسمانيست ولی تأثير روحانی دارد و سبب الفت قلوب و اجتماع نفوس گردد | His honor… presented the map of the land… Although to outward seeming the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar is a material structure, yet it hath a spiritual effect | MMK1#060 p.093x | SWAB#060x, SW_v05#05 p.068+73x, SW_v06#07 p.052x, SW_v06#17 p.135x, SW_v07#07 p.057x, BW_v01p060 | Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building; Power of prayer; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00972 | 400 | یا من ثبت علی العهد و المیثاق الیوم نعتی اعظم از این و ستایشی ابدع از این نه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant and Testament! Today there existeth no greater praise than this, nor any more wondrous commendation [3.5s] | INBA55:405 | PYK.256 | Call to action; Contention and conflict; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Hands of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00983 | 390 | ای احبای الهی ای یاران رحمانی در این سنه امتحانات الهی احاطه نموده شرق و غرب | O ye believers of God, and the friends of the Merciful! By the blowing of the furious gales of trials and ordeal the people, like unto the leaves of the trees, are falling to the ground | MKT9.017 | DAS.1914-10-24? | Nationalism; love of country; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00989 | 390 | ای امین عبدالبهاء این واضح و مشهود است که در هیچوقت از خود خیالی نداشته ای و | O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, it is clear and evident that at no time hast thou harbored any thought of self [3.5s] | INBA16:170 | Consolation and comfort; Past, present and future of Iran; Personal instructions; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01004 | 380 | ربی ربی قد اتقدت نیران الاشتیاق فی قلوب اهل الوفاق شوقا للقائک… ای زهراء بهراء خداوند عالمیان میفرماید که از شروط محبت الله وقوع در امتحان | O my Lord, my Lord! The flames of yearning have been kindled within the hearts of the people of concord in their longing to attain Thy presence... O resplendent and radiant one, the Lord of all worlds declareth that among the conditions of the love of God is to fall into trials [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0328, MMK3#224 p.163x | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01005 | 390 | ای سرمست پیمانه پیمان نامه مفصل آن ثابت عهد و راسخ میثاق واصل گردید از ورود | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! The detailed letter from that steadfast one, firm in the Testament, hath been received [3.5s] | AYBY.454 #199x, TRZ1.305b | Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01023 | 390 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ایتها العصبه المویده بجنود من ملکوت الابهی طوبی لکم بما اجتمعتم فی ظل کلمه | O ye co-workers who are supported by armies from the realm of the All-Glorious! Blessed are ye, for ye have come together... O God, my God! We are servants of Thine that have turned with devotion to Thy Holy Face | INBA88:382, INBA89:127 | MNMK#030 p.113, MMK1#042 p.082, NSR_1978.120x, NSR_1993.133x, MMJA.021 | SWAB#042, BPRY.300-301x, TAB.001-003, BWF.404-406x, BADM.020-021x, COC#1371x, SW_v01#04 p.007-0008x | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||
| AB01051 | 380 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای بنده جمال ابهی نامه مفصل شما با نامه امة الله روحانیه خانم واصل گردید دلیل | O thou servant of the Beauty of ABHA! Your long letter and the letter written by the maidservant of God came to hand... O thou Janabi Khan! Exhort thou all the believers | BRL_DAK#1024 | TAB.662-663, PN_1906 p091x, MAB.092x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB01055 | 380 | O thou my dear son! Thy letter, dated July 3, 1913, was received. Its contents... This covenant is the Covenant of His Holiness Baha'o'llah. Now its importance is not known befittingly | SW_v04#14 p.240-241, SW_v06#12 p.096, SW_v08#16 p.214, SW_v08#14 p.186 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01056 | 380 | ای ثابت بر پیمان رزایا و محن و بلایاء سر و علن در این سنین اخیره جمیع عالمرا احاطه | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Tribulations, trials and afflictions, both manifest and hidden, have, in these latter years, encompassed the whole world [3.5s] | MKT3.328 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01061 | 380 | ای ثابت بر پیمان و راسخ بر عهد نامه مفصل شما که بجناب آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and steadfast in the Testament, thy detailed letter which thou didst address to Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1020, MKT5.169b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01071 | 380 | ای سمندر نار موقده الهیه از مقتضیات سمندری و لوازم طیری ناری احتراقست و هیچ | O Salamander of the divine ignited flame! It is of the very requirements of being a salamander, and among the essential qualities of a fiery bird, to be consumed by flame, and naught else [3.5s] | AYBY.331 #014 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01074 | 380 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was excellent and its contents were perfect and complete. Happy is thy condition | TAB.297-299 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual springtime; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01075 | 380 | ای منجذب نفحات الله شد مدتی که با تو گفت و شنیدی نکرده ام این را نیز حکمتی | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! For some time I have not conversed with thee. In this too there is wisdom [3.5s] | INBA13:235 | MMK6#414 | Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01077 | 380 | ای یار قدیم و دوست دیرین الحمد لله بفضل و موهبت جمال ابهی از اقلیم اروپا | O ancient companion and longstanding friend! Praise be unto God, through the grace and bounty of the Abhá Beauty, from the clime of Europe [3.5s] | YHA2.1001-1002x, MJDF.113, NJB_v04#15 p.003x | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01079 | 380 | Translation List | ای یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء هر چند شما در آنسامان و عبدالبهاء در این زندان... ای یاران روحانی من زحمات و مشقتتان | ...The power of the Greatest Name hath gathered together dispersed and scattered people in a heavenly assemblage and made each of them like unto a lighted candle | MKT1.426, BSHN.140.480.07x, BSHN.144.473cx, NANU_AB#32x, YBN.166 | ADMS#214x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB01081 | 380 | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء الیوم اهم امور تبلیغ امرالله و نشر نفحات الله است | O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Today the most vital of all matters is the teaching of God's Cause and the diffusion of His divine fragrances [3.5s] | INBA16:223 | MMK2#229 p.163, AVK3.485.18, AYBY.453 #198x, TRZ1.304b, MAS5.079 | East and West; communication between East and West; Pioneering; travel teaching; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01086 | 380 | O thou who art rejoiced at the Glad Tidings of God! I have received thy recent letter, and I am, thereby, informed of thy pleasure in the Good Pleasure | BSTW#003 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Personal instructions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01087 | 380 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God and enkindled with the Fire wherein Moses, the Speaker, found Guidance! May it be salutary to thee | TAB.286-288 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01094 | 380 | مکاتیب منعدده شما رسید و از شدت طوفان بلا در جواب تاخیر افتاد مختصر اینست که | Your numerous letters were received, and due to the severity of the tempest of trials there was a delay in reply. In brief, it is this [3.5s] | PYK.251 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01096 | 380 | یا امه الله المنجذبهه بنفحات الله قد وصلتنی نمیقتک الغراء و اجیبک بهذا الفریده الاسماء | O handmaiden of God, who art attracted by the divine fragrances! Thy radiant letter hath reached me, and I respond to thee with this uniquely titled missive [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0978, MKT3.229, ADH2.120x, ADH2_4#01 p.152x, MMG2#420 p.467x | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer for healing; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01105 | 370 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای اماء رحمن محفل رحمانی که در آن مدینه نورانی تاسیس نمودید بسیار بجا و مجری | O handmaids of the Lord! The spiritual assemblage that ye established in that illumined city is most propitious…. | MKT7.014, MMK1#095 p.121, AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.d, AVK3.334.16x, AVK3.335.11x, TRBB.073, MJTB.097x | SWAB#095, LOG#0511x | MANA | Education of children; moral education; Role and station of women; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||
| AB01108 | 370 | ای بشیرالهی مکاتیب شما رسید و از پریشانی فکر شما بجهت انقلاب بقعه مبارکه حیرت | O divine herald! Thy letters were received, and astonishment was felt at the perturbation of thy thoughts concerning the upheaval at the Holy Shrine [3.5s] | MMK5#142 p.110, BSHI.037-038 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01113 | 370 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از بشارت ثبوت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou didst address to his honour Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh was perused. From the glad tidings of steadfastness [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1017, KHML.297-302 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01118 | 370 | ای حشمت عبدالبهاء نامه مفصل شما ملاحظه گردید نهایت سرور از سعی مشکور شما حاصل | O might of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Your detailed letter was examined, yielding utmost joy from your praiseworthy endeavors [3.5s] | AMK.288-290, RAHA.233x | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Equality of men and women; Growth of the Cause; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Religion as source of love and unity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01119 | 370 | O thou kind and beloved daughter! The letter dated November 2nd was duly received. As its contents indicated faith, assurance... ...My spiritual and material Physician is His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh. His Graces and Bestowals are sufficient for me. | DAS.1913-11-20x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Personal instructions; Review of publications; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01121 | 370 | ای دوست با وفا نامه مفصل رسید و مضامین سبب تسلی خاطر گردید آرزوی آن داشتی که | O faithful friend! The detailed letter was received and its contents brought solace to the heart. Thou didst cherish the wish that [3.5s] | MMK5#005 p.002 | Importance of community building; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01124 | 370 | ای سلاله و دودمان حضرت خلیل جلیل آن نور مبین حضرت ابراهیم دعا در حق ذریه خویش | O progeny and lineage of His Holiness the glorious Khalil, that Manifest Light, His Holiness Abraham, Who prayed on behalf of His descendants [3.5s] | INBA88:295, INBA89:049 | MKT4.073, MILAN.070, KASH.103 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Predictions and prophecies; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01128 | 370 | ای ناظر بجمال ابهی از خدا بخواه که در این زمان امتحان که اریاح افتتان از جمیع | O thou who gazest upon the Beauty of the Most Glorious! Beseech God that in this time of trial, when the winds of tests blow from all [3.5s] | MMK6#564 | Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01136 | 370 | ای یاران روحانی جناب حاجی آقا محمد بنهایت قوت بر نصرت و معاونت شما قیام نموده | O spiritual friends! His honour Haji Aqa Muhammad hath arisen with the utmost strength to support and assist you [3.5s] | INBA85:227 | MMK6#393 | Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01145 | Some Answered Questions #063 The Progress of All Things Within their Own Degree | 370 | Bahá'í World Faith; Answered Questions, Some | بدان که شیء موجود در مقامی توقف ننماید یعنی جمیع اشیاء متحرک است | Know that nothing that exists remains in a state of repose—that is, all things are in motion. | MFD#63, OOL.C022.63 | SAQ#63, BWF.330-331 | Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Law of transformation and change; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||
| AB01147 | 370 | رب یا قیوم الارض و السموات و مسخر الممکنات و المحیط بکل الموجودات تری عبادک | O Lord, Sustainer of earth and heaven, Subduer of all contingent things, Who encompasseth all created beings, Thou beholdest Thy servants [3.5s] | INBA13:085 | MKT1.411 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01175 | 360 | ای بنده با وفای جمال ابهی هر چند اینعبد واقف مشقت و بلایای آنجناب بود و مطلع | O faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty! Though this servant was well aware of thy tribulations and afflictions, and fully apprised [3.5s] | MMK3#222 p.161 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01179 | 360 | ای ثابت بر پیمان تحریر اخیر ملاحظه گردید بشارت قیام و استقامت احباء الله داشت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy recent letter was perused, and it brought glad tidings of the steadfastness and uprising of the loved ones of God [3.5s] | MSBH4.480-481x, MUH3.331-332, YQAZ.136bx | Hospitality; Humor; jokes; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01183 | 360 | Light of the World | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه دوازدهم ذی القعده ۳۳۷ رسید اما نامه سابق نرسید مرقوم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter of 12 Dhi’l-Qa‘dih 1337 was received, but the earlier one hath not arrived | NURA#29, MKT9.101b, MMK3#153 p.106x, MMK4#038 p.043x, MAS2.083x | LOTW#29 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||
| AB01188 | 360 | ای دختر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید امیدوارم که در ماه نومبر در لندره باشم در باب | ...Regarding the “Golden Key”: To those whom thou canst trust and in whom thou mayest confide, say the following: We showed the utmost kindness to Professor Browne | BRL_DAK#0118 | LBLT.116-119x | Exhortations and counsels; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01194 | 360 | Translation List | ای سرگشته کوی الهی ترا که گفت که در زمره آواره گان آای و در انجمن دلداده گان | O thou wanderer enamored of God! Who bade thee join the company of the homeless and enter the assemblage of the heart-surrendered | INBA55:161, INBA88:331 | MSHR4.151-152 | ADMS#344 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| AB01196 | 360 | ای طبیب روحانی نالهای جانسوز بسمع آوارگان رسید و در قلوب تاثیر شدید نمود آنچه | O Divine Physician, soul-consuming lamentations have reached the ears of the wanderers and have exercised a profound influence upon their hearts [3.5s] | MMK3#033 p.021, MSHR1.016x, YIA.383-384 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01198 | 360 | ای مبتلای در سبیل الهی بلایای آنجناب در سبیل رحمن چون دریای بی پایان موجها | O thou who art sore afflicted in the path of God! The tribulations that beset thee in the pathway of the All-Merciful are as waves upon an endless sea [3.5s] | NANU_AB#41 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01203 | 360 | ای مهتز از نسیم گلشن عنایت بامداد است و دوستان الهی در این انجمن حاضر و | O thou who art stirred by the breeze from the rose-garden of divine favors! It is the morn, and the friends of God are present in this assembly [3.5s] | AYBY.342 #023, KHSH09.000, MMG2#161 p.182x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01204 | 360 | ای نفوس مبارکه الحمد لله ببرکت هدایت مظاهر الطاف حضرت احدیت و مطالع انوار کوکب | O blessed souls! Praise be to God that, through the blessings of the guidance of the Manifestations of divine favors of the All-Glorious, and the Daysprings of the lights of the Star [3.5s] | MMK3#079 p.052x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01206 | 360 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | حضرت مستر ويلسن رئيس چهارده مبادی انتشار دادند که اکثر آن در تعاليم بهآء اللّه موجود | O thou green leaf of the Tree of Life! Thy letter was received and from | MMK1#232 p.302x | SWAB#232x, SW_v10#13 p.245 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01207 | 360 | ای یاران الهی الحمد لله موفقید و موید و قائمید بخدمت امرالله و عبودیت حضرت | O divine friends! Praise be to God that ye are confirmed, assisted and steadfast in service to the Cause of God and in servitude unto His Threshold [3.5s] | TAH.329 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01210 | 360 | ای یاران حقیقی این زندانی بشارت جشن و سرور شما در ایام عید رسید نهایت وجد و | O true friends! Unto this Prisoner came the glad-tidings of your festivities and rejoicing during the days of the Feast, reaching the utmost heights of joy [3.5s] | MKT8.183b, MKT9.236 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01211 | 360 | ای یاران و اماء جمال ابهی مدینه قزوین از بدایت طلوع صبح مبین بانوار عرفان و | O friends and handmaidens of the Abhá Beauty! The city of Qazvin, from the dawn of the luminous morn, was illumined with the lights of divine recognition and [3.5s] | MKT7.124ax, AYBY.392 #080 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Importance of community building; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01215 | 360 | تری یا الهی العواصف قاصفه للظهور و القواصف قاصمه للاصلاب و الازور رب قد ضاقت | O my God! Thou seest the tempests assailing with violence, and the storms breaking the very backbones. O Lord! The straits have grown dire [3.5s] | INBA16:002 | KHSK.046 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01232 | 350 | ای بنده الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه آنچه واقع شده | O servant of God, what thou didst write was noted. Verily, that which hath come to pass [3.5s] | ABDA.240-241 | Justice and mercy; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01248 | 350 | Convey this message to each and all the believers in New York: Any person who comes to America | SW_v06#12 p.096, BSTW#073e | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01253 | 350 | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای دوستان حضرت رحمن و ای طیور فردوس ایقان و ای سراجهای محفل امکان و ای اشجار | O ye that are enamoured of the divine Beauty! O ye that are enraptured by the true Beloved! In this day when the fierce gales of tests | INBA13:125 | BRL_CONF2018P#20x, MMK2#012 p.007, MMG2#174 p.201x | BRL_CONF2018#20x | Love of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB01264 | 350 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای منادی پیمان آنچه که بجناب میرزا احمد مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از ریاض | O summoner to the Covenant! I have perused what thou hadst written to Mírza Aḥmad. I inhaled a sweet fragrance from the gardens of its meanings… In the Dispensation of Abraham, by “immolation” was meant attainment to the station of sacrifice, not butchery and the shedding of blood. | BRL_DAK#0794, MKT2.328 | BRL_ATE#070, ADMS#078 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01270 | 350 | ای یاران الهی باید سروری وجدان?? و فرحی ربانی و طربی سبحانی و نغمه ای صمدانی | O divine friends! Ye must attain unto spiritual joy, heavenly delight, celestial rapture, and a melody divine [3.5s] | YBN.073-074 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01274 | 350 | ای یاران دیرین الهی آن بلده رعنا از بدایت سطوع نور هدی بنار محبت الله بر | O ye ancient friends of God! That beauteous city hath, from the dawn of guidance, been set ablaze with the fire of the love of God [3.5s] | TABN.036b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01284 | 350 | درویش جهان سوخت از این نغمه جانسوز الهی وقت آنست کنی زنده از این ناله زار ای | O denizen of the spiritual realms, the world-weary dervish is consumed by this soul-stirring divine melody. The time hath come for thee to bring to life through this plaintive cry [3.5s] | HDQI.252, ANDA#25 p.04, MSHR3.231 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01285 | 350 | ای دوستان حقیقی در آیهٴ مبارکه میفرماید انّ الّذین قالوا ربّنا اللّه ثمّ استقاموا تتنزّل علیهم الملائکه | O ye true friends! In the blessed verse He saith: "As to those who say 'Our Lord is God' and then stand steadfast, the angels descend upon them." [3.5s] | MMK3#159 p.111x | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01288 | 350 | قال الله تعالی رب المشرقین و رب المغربین الی آخر الایه یا ایها الناظر الی الجمال الأنور | God, exalted is He, saith: "Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests," unto the end of the verse. O thou who gazest upon the Most Luminous Beauty [3.5s] | INBA55:188, INBA59:161, UMich962.132-133, UMich991.081-083 | BRL_DAK#1012, MKT1.243 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Manifestation of God as sun; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01293 | 350 | O thou revered one! Verily, I always remember thee, and forget thee not; I invoke God to ordain for thee good in this world and in the Kingdom | BSTW#033 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Power of prayer; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01295 | 350 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my spiritual friends! What you have written is perused, all of which was an entreaty | TAB.645-647 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01297 | 340 | ای ابناء آن اب راحم چون نمرود عنود و قوم آشور آن سرور وجود و جمال محبور را از وطن | O children of that compassionate Father! Even as the obdurate Nimrod and the people of Assyria banished that Lord of being and Beauty resplendent from His native land [3.5s] | INBA88:350 | ASAT1.046-047x, SFI17.017-018 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01298 | 340 | ای احبای الهی الحمد لله احبای همدان همه دانند و مستقیم و ثابت بر امر حضرت | O ye beloved of God! Praise be to God that the loved ones of Hamadan are all knowing and steadfast, firm in the Cause of His Holiness [3.5s] | PYB#216 p.28, TAH.229, NANU_AB#43 | Call to action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01300 | 340 | ای اسیر سبیل الهی و ای طیر آشیان معنوی اگر چه از مصائب وارده و بلیات متتابعه | O thou who art captive in the path of God and bird of the spiritual nest! Though from the afflictions which have befallen and the successive tribulations [3.5s] | MMK6#024 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01315 | 340 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از تفاصیل اطلاع حاصل گردید همیشه تاثرات قلب | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and its contents were noted. Ever do the feelings of the heart [3.5s] | MKT5.015, AHB.130BE #11-12 p.13, MJMJ2.018x, MMG2#053 p.054x | Business; financial; property matters; Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for unity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01340 | 340 | ای نهال بیهمال بوستان الهی حضرت ابوی با کمال شوق و شادمانی طی مسافت نمود و | O thou peerless sapling of the divine garden! The revered Father traversed the distance with the utmost eagerness and joy [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0362, AYBY.404 #111, TRZ1.183, MSHR3.317x, MUH1.0284 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humor; jokes; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01346 | 340 | ای یاران باوفای من نامه ای که مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه شد از معانی سرور | O my faithful friends! The letter you had penned was perused with joy [3.5s] | MKT3.471b, MKT9.231, MJMJ2.017x, MMG2#291 p.323 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01350 | 340 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء حمد خدا را که بخدمت قیام دارید و شب و روز بجان و دل | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be to God that ye have arisen to serve, and by night and day, with heart and soul [3.5s] | SFI06.014, PZHN v1#2 p.15 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Words vs deeds | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01351 | 340 | ای یاران عزیز این عبد در ایه مبارکه قرآن میفرماید ام حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنه و | O dearly beloved friends! This servant reflecteth upon the blessed verse of the Qur'án which declareth: "Did ye imagine that ye would enter Paradise..." [3.5s] | MMK6#038x, NANU_AB#34 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01354 | 340 | ای یاران یزدانی لاهیجان جان و هیجان داشت شعله نورانی زد آتش عشق برافروخت | O divine friends! Lahijan was full of spirit and fervor, sending forth a radiant flame and igniting the fire of love [3.5s] | MMK3#213 p.153 | Love of God; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01361 | 340 | پاک جانا فی الحقیقه ثابت بر پیمانی و بنده باوفای آستان یزدان صدمات بیشمار | O pure soul! In truth thou art steadfast in the Covenant and a faithful servant at the Threshold of the Lord amidst countless afflictions [3.5s] | AYBY.367 #051, PYB#201 p.17, KHSH09.008, TRZ1.188 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01372 | 330 | الهی الهی قد اشتدت زوابع الامتحان و قویت اریاح الافتتان علی جمیع الارجاء و | O my God, O my God! The tempests of trials have fiercely intensified, and the winds of sedition have grown mighty throughout all regions [3.5s] | MMK6#584 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01376 | 330 | Light of the World | ای آوارگان عبدالبهاء آواره اید آزرده اید بی سر و سامانید زیرا خانه و | O ye homeless ones of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! Ye are homeless and afflicted; ye are displaced and dispossessed of all | NURA#48, MMK4#046 p.050, NANU_AB#52 | LOTW#48 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01377 | 330 | ای آوارگان کوی دوست آندلبر آفاق چون در انجمن اهل وفاق اشراق نمود آغاز رازی کرد | O ye exiles in the path of the Friend! When that Beloved of all horizons shone forth in the gathering of the faithful ones, He began to unveil a mystery [3.5s] | MMK2#037 p.025 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01380 | 330 | ای بنده جانفشان جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید رب اید عبدک | O self-sacrificing servant of the Abha Beauty! That which thou hadst written was perused. May the Lord aid His servant [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0363, AHB.125BE #09-10 p.286, YQAZ.642 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01396 | 330 | ای دو مومن موقن اموری در اینجهان فانی ظهور و بروز نماید که بظاهر سبب هیجان | O ye two assured believers! Affairs shall arise and become manifest in this mortal world which outwardly cause agitation [3.5s] | BSHN.140.116, BSHN.144.116, MHT2.140 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01399 | 330 | ای دوستان ثابتان عبدالبهاء چندیست که بشارتی از آنجهات نرسید راه مقطوع بود و | O steadfast friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! For some time now, no glad tidings have reached Us from those regions, as the path hath been cut off [3.5s] | MKT5.082 | Prayer for tests and difficulties; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01404 | 330 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای شعله محبت الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی سبب سرور گردید زیرا آنمکتوب مانند | O thou flame of God's love! What thou hast written hath brought great joy, for thy letter was as a garden from which roses of inner meanings | MKT2.269, MMK1#155 p.177, AVK1.093x | SWAB#155, TAB.722-723, BWF.371-372x, BSC.469 #877x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01411 | 330 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای کنیز مهربان الهی فی الحقیقه سزاوار خدمت ملکوتی و لایق کنیزی بارگاه رب | O thou kind maidservant of God! Truly, I say, thou art worthy of the service in the Kingdom and art meriting to be a maidservant | MKT7.121 | TAB.245-246 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB01412 | 330 | ای مست جام کلام الهی عریضه شما واصل و مضمون قلوب را محزون نمود و آه و فغان از | O thou who art intoxicated with the chalice of divine utterance! Thy letter was received, and its contents brought sorrow to hearts and caused sighs and lamentation [3.5s] | INBA55:116 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01417 | 330 | ای ناطق بثنای حضرت یزدان در موسم زمستان آنچه طغیان طوفان شدیدتر و باران | O thou who dost extol the praise of the Lord of Lords in the season of winter, when the tempest rages with fury and the rain falls in torrents [3.5s] | MKT8.157b, MNMK#132 p.245, AKHA_137BE #06 p.82, AKHA_134BE #09 p.350, AHB.112BE #01 p.02, PYB#006-007 p.02, ANDA#32 p.26, MAS5.086, NANU_AB#45 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01419 | 330 | ای نفوس ثابت راسخ نامه شما رسید برهان انجذاب بود و دلیل ثبوت و اطمینان | O ye steadfast and immovable souls! Your letter was received, serving as a testament to attraction and a proof of constancy and certitude [3.5s] | MKT5.039, NJB_v12#01 p.032 | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Methods of teaching the Cause; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Religion as source of love and unity; Supreme tribunal; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01422 | 330 | ای یادگار دو شهید مجید فی الحقیقه در ایام زندگانی دمی نیاسودی سر و سامان | AKHT2.049, AHB.121BE #11-12 p.401, LMA2.420, MSHR1.055x, MLK.107, NYMG.192 | NYR#127 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01424 | 330 | ای یار قدیم و همدم و ندیم عبدالبهاء نامه رسید در این روزها مصمم حرکت امریکا | O ancient companion and intimate confidant of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letter hath arrived, and in these days I am resolved to journey unto America [3.5s] | INBA85:387 | BRL_DAK#0176, MKT4.144, MMK5#056 p.052, YHA1.132x, YHA1.132x (1.270), YIA.335 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01426 | 400 | ای یاران الهی بعد از عصر است و روزه رمضان کسالت و رخاوت و سستی آورده با وجود | O ye divine friends! Though it is eventide and the fast of Ramadan hath brought weariness and lassitude [3.5s] | MMK3#190 p.133x, TISH.261-262 | Call to action; Martyrdom of the Bab; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01440 | 330 | ایها الثابت المستقیم طوعا لک بما ثبت قدماک علی حب مولاک و انبتت حدیقه قلبک | O thou who art firm and steadfast! Blessed art thou, for thou hast planted thy feet firmly in the love of thy Lord, and made the garden of thy heart to flourish [3.5s] | MMK3#189 p.132 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Importance of prayer; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01445 | 330 | پاک یزدانا جمعیم پریشان تو بیگانه ایم خویشان تو افسرده ایم شعله برافروز | O Pure God! We are gathered yet scattered; we are estranged though we are Thy kin; we are dejected - kindle Thou the flame [3.5s] | INBA13:355, INBA75:009, Majlis210461.125-126 | MKT1.414, MNMK#085 p.153, MILAN.215, BCH.095, DUR2.026, ADH2.040, ADH2_1#21 p.035, MJMJ1.035, MMG2#157 p.176, MJH.003 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01453 | 330 | یا من یجاهد بروحه و لسانه و قلمه فی نشر نفحات الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید | O thou who strivest with thy spirit, tongue and pen to spread the divine fragrances! That which thou didst write [3.5s] | TSS.207 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01457 | 320 | الحمد لله الذی تجلی و کشف الغطاء و هتک الستار بغلبه الاسرار و فاض بالانوار و | Praise be to God, Who hath manifested Himself and rent asunder the veils, Who hath drawn aside the curtain through the power of His mysteries and shed forth His luminous rays [3.5s] | INBA13:342, INBA59:302 | MJMJ2.044bx, MMG2#160 p.181x | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01458 | 320 | الهی الهی ان عبدک هذا المتذلل المنکسر الی ملکوت الابهی قد اقبل بصمیم قلبه الی | O my God, my God! This humble and contrite servant hath turned with his inmost heart toward the Kingdom of Abha [3.5s] | IQN.067-069 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01462 | 320 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Family Life | ای امه الله المنجذبه از جشن عید نوروز مسرور شدم ملاحظه نما که این انجمن | O thou attracted maidservant of God! The celebration of the Feast of Naw-Rúz made me glad…. Surely, all must today be called to love, to unity and to kindness | BRL_DAK#0384, COMP_FAMP#12x | BRL_ATE#136, BRL_FAM#12x, TAB.323-325 | Being a source of light; guidance; Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01467 | 320 | Light of the World | ای بشیرالهی نامه تو چون دیوان محامد و نعوت جمال مبارک بود نهایت فرح و سرور | O Bashír-i-Ilahí! Thy letter was like unto a treasury of poems in glorification and praise of the Blessed Beauty. It hath imparted the utmost joy and gladness | INBA85:086 | NURA#16, MMK4#016 p.015, AHB.121BE #10 p.333, AHB.131BE #1-2 p.44, BSHI.038-039, BSHI.161-162 | LOTW#16 | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||
| AB01476 | 320 | ای بهرام سپهر عرفان هر چند مکاتبه مستمر نه و مخابره متواصل نیست ولی حمد خدا | O Bahram, luminary in the heaven of divine knowledge! Though our correspondence hath not been continuous, nor our communication unceasing, yet praised be God [3.5s] | INBA59:246 | ALPA.031, BSHN.140.379, BSHN.144.374, MHT1b.228, YBN.036-037, YARP2.039 p.087, RMT.196-197 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Effort; striving; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01479 | 320 | ای ثابت بر پیمان از خبر شهادت حضرت صادق بارق قلوب سوزان و دیده ها گریان گشت و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The news of the martyrdom of Jinab-i-Sadiq hath set hearts ablaze and caused eyes to weep [3.5s] | MKT9.087, NANU_AB#10 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01491 | 320 | ای دو برادر چون فرقدان درخشنده و تابان نور حقیقی در عالم خلق پرتو محبت الله | O ye two brothers! Like unto the Twin Stars ye shine forth and radiate, the light of Truth casting its rays of divine love throughout the world of creation [3.5s] | BSHN.140.273, BSHN.144.273, MHT1b.197, QUM.256 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01495 | 320 | ای شخص ربانی از ساحت اقدس ملقب بکهل روحانی شدی و هر انسانی در این سن در نهایت | O spiritual being! From the Most Holy Court thou hast been designated as the spiritual sage, and every soul at this age [3.5s] | MSHR4.339-340 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01510 | 320 | O ye friends of God! The innate desire of this humble servant is to write to each one of those blessed souls a manifest book … | BRL_DAK#1220 | DAS.1914-10-25 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01511 | 320 | ای یاران دلجوی خوشخوی مه روی خوشبوی من جناب حاجی نیاز بوصول مصر زبان باوصاف | O ye beloved companions of gentle disposition, fair countenance and sweet fragrance! His honour Haji Niyaz hath arrived in Egypt [3.5s] | MKT2.325, AKHA_133BE #17 p.557x, MJMJ1.098x, MMG2#449 p.496x, MJH.042x, YARP2.171 p.176, YARP2.155 p.166 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01517 | 320 | ایها الرجل الرشید انی رتلت ایات شکرک لله بما ایدک بجنود النصر من الملا | O thou sagacious soul! I have intoned verses of thanksgiving unto God for having aided thee with the hosts of victory from on high [3.5s] | INBA17:143 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01518 | 320 | ایها السلیل المجید لذلک الرجل الجلیل انی رتلت ایات خضوعک و خشوعک لله و اسئل | O noble descendant of that illustrious man! I have intoned the verses of thy submission and humility before God, and I beseech [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1217, MKT3.294 | Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01523 | 320 | حمدا لمن انار افق الوجود بنور السجود للرب الودود | Praise be unto Him Who hath illumined the horizon of existence with the light of prostration before the Lord, the All-Loving [3.5s] | MSHR2.252-253x | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01530 | 320 | یا سلیل ذلک الرجل الجلیل قد وصل تحریرکم المورخ ۲۹ تشرین اول سنه ۱۹۲۰ و کل | O scion of that glorious man! Your letter dated 29 October 1920 hath arrived, and all [3.5s] | NJB_v11#17 p.295-296 | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01531 | 320 | یا من امتحن عبدالبهاء هل یلیق لمثلک ان یمتحن عبدا خاضعا خاشعا لله لا والله بل | O thou who hast put Abdu’l-Baha to the test! Is it seemly for one like thyself to test a lowly and submissive servant of the Lord? | INBA59:212 | BRL_DAK#1033, MKT2.192, MILAN.193, YHA2.931 | ABCC.051, BTO#14 | Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Stories; anecdotes; Testing God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01533 | 320 | یا من سعی فی سبیل الله فی الحقیقه آن سفر آنجناب بسمت شیروان و ایروان در نهایت | O thou who hast striven in the path of God! In truth thy journey towards Shirván and Ireván was in the utmost [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1032, MKT2.255 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01534 | 320 | یاران مهربانا چندی پیش نامه ای در نهایت اشتیاق تحریر و ارسال گردید حال نیز | O dearly beloved friends! Some time ago a letter filled with utmost longing was penned and dispatched, and now likewise [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0925, MKT3.275, AKHA_128BE #16 p.a, DWNP_v6#01 p.003-004 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity; Wealth inequality and its moderation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01546 | 310 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | دوستان را محفلی باید و مجمعی شاید که در آن مجامع و محافل | ...It befitteth the friends to hold a gathering, a meeting, where they shall glorify God and fix their hearts upon Him | INBA13:338, INBA59:298b, INBA88:254b, INBA89:187 | MMK1#055 p.091x, AVK4.148.03x, AVK3.142.10x | SWAB#055x | Acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||
| AB01553 | 310 | ای بنت عزیز ملکوت نامه ۹ آپریل ۱۹۱۰ رسید مضمون دلیل بر انجذاب قلوب و انشراح | O cherished daughter of the Kingdom, Thy letter of April 9th, 1910 hath arrived, and its contents attest to the attraction and joy | BRL_DAK#1078 | MAX.268 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01565 | 310 | ای ثابت بر پیمان همانست که مرقوم نموده بودی که یوم ظهور از جهتی فیض موفور | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! It is even as thou didst write, that the Day of Manifestation is, from one perspective, an abundant grace [3.5s] | MKT3.152, AKHA_106BE #10 p.03, AKHT2.511, SHYM.057, KHH2.221 (2.405) | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01570 | 310 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان نامه شما رسید ولی عبدالبهاء دقیقه ای آرام ندارد از جهتی | O ye who stand firm in the Covenant! Your letter was received, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath not a moment's rest, for from one direction [3.5s] | MKT3.205, AKHA_123BE #05-06 p.b, AVK2.082.16x, AVK3.374.02x, MAS2.023-024x, YHA1.100x (1.204), QT108.076-077 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; House of Justice; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01572 | 310 | ای جمع محفل روحانی ای مقربان درگاه جمال ابهی این چه محفلی است که محض مشورت در | O spiritual assembly, ye who are drawn nigh unto the court of the Abha Beauty! What gathering is this, convened solely for consultation [3.5s] | TAH.280 | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Prayer for governments and rulers; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01575 | 310 | ای دوست حقیقی چندی است که آهنگ جنگ بلند است و شرق و غرب میدان سپاه تیزچنگ | O true friend! For some time now hath the call of war been raised, and East and West have become the battlefield of fierce and formidable hosts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1219, PYB#040 p.02, HDQI.171, ANDA#04 p.03 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01581 | 310 | ای سرمست باده پیمان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید همه بشارات نشر نفحات | O thou who art intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant! That which thou didst write was considered, and all were glad-tidings of the diffusion of divine fragrances [3.5s] | MMK5#218 p.167 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01585 | 310 | Light of the World | ای سلیل عزیز آن مستغرق دریای مغفرت الهی مدتیست مدیده تحریری نشد و تقریری نگشت | O thou beloved scion of him that hath been immersed in the ocean of divine forgiveness! A long time hath passed since I last wrote | NURA#26, MMK4#179 p.222, MMK5#030 p.031 | LOTW#26 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB01588 | 310 | ای سمی کلیم کلمهٴ موسی در لسان عبرانی موشی بود یعنی برداشته از آب... | O thou namesake of Kalim! The word Moses in the Hebrew tongue was "Mosheh," meaning "drawn forth from the water" [3.5s] | MMK5#269 p.206 | Consolation and comfort; Mosaic imagery; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01593 | 310 | O dear maidservant of God! I remember thee in all circumstances and mention thy name in the luminous assembly, asking confirmation | BSTW#352 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01601 | 310 | ای ناظر بملکوت الهی چندیست که از آنصفحات نفحات قدسی بمشام این مشتاقان نرسیده | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of God! For some time now no holy fragrances from those regions have reached the senses of these yearning souls [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0278, MMK2#071 p.054, MMK3#220 p.159 | Effort; striving; Love of God; Relationship of the soul to the body; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The state of enkindlement in teaching; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01604 | 310 | ای یار روحانی در این سنه مبارکه آثار نصرت الهی از جمیع جهات مانند نور سحر در | O spiritual friend! Signs of divine assistance, in this blessed year, are radiating from all horizons, even as the rays of dawn. | MKT8.201, KHAZ.i018+103+164 | KHAZE.018, BLO_PN#025 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Jews; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01611 | 310 | ای یاران حقیقی جناب خان محفلی که آراستند محضری بود که تصویر ملا بالا بود | O true friends! The gathering arranged by his excellency Khan was an assembly wherein the vision of the Most Exalted One was manifest [3.5s] | MSHR4.103-104 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01614 | 310 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye spiritual friends of Abdul-Baha! Your long letter was considered and its contents were a source of happiness. Thank God that ye, western friends | TAB.020-022, BWF.413-413x | Grammar and orthography; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01619 | 310 | ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء چندی بود که خاطر این آواره از بلایای وارده بر | O kind friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! For some time now, this wanderer's heart hath been weighed down by the calamities that have befallen [3.5s] | INBA87:152, INBA52:150 | MKT9.270, MMK2#304 p.221, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.252 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01621 | 310 | ای یاران نازنین عبدالبهاء و کنیزان خدا جناب خدابخش آدرباد و جناب بهمرد بهرام | O cherished friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and handmaidens of God, his honour Khudabakhsh Adarabad and his honour Bahmard Bahram [3.5s] | YARP2.511 p.371 | Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01623 | 310 | O thou who art spreading the fragrances of God! Verily, thy letter was received and I was informed of thy chanting the Verses of God in the spiritual assemblies | SW_v14#11 p.353x | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01631 | Some Answered Questions #066 The Subsistence of the Rational Soul after the Death of the Body | 310 | Answered Questions, Some | بعضی را گمان چنین که جسد جوهر است و قائم بالذات است و روح عرض | Some hold that the body is the substance and that it subsists by itself, and that the spirit is an accident | MFD#66, OOL.C022.66 | SAQ#66 | Relationship of the soul to the body; Soul; spirit after death; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||
| AB01637 | 310 | دوستان حقیقی من جناب امین نامه خویش را بذکر شما مشکین نمود و یاران دولت آباد | My true friends, Jinab-i-Amin perfumed his letter with the mention of you and the friends of Dawlatabad [3.5s] | MMK6#102 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01643 | 310 | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that Julia and her respected husband entered into the religion of God | BLO_PT#052.17a | Suffering; rejection of Christ; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01644 | 310 | یا من ابتلی فی سبیل الله و تاسی بابیه فی اقتدائه باولیاء الله و انقطاعه عما | O thou who hast been afflicted in the path of God and who hast followed the example of thy father in emulating the chosen ones of God and detaching thyself from all else [3.5s] | MMK6#076 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01650 | 310 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | یا ورقات جنه الابهی و اماء الرحمن انی قد تلوت ایات شکرکن لله و ثنائکن علی الله | O leaves of the Most Glorious Paradise and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! I have indeed read your verses of thanksgiving to God and your praise unto the Lord [3.5s]... ...O Maidservants of the All-Merciful! Know, verily, that today is the day for teaching the Cause—the day for spreading abroad the fragrances of God | BRL_DAK#0837 | BRL_ATE#181x, TAB.028-029 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prayer for teaching; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB01661 | 300 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Crisis and Victory; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou child of the Kingdom and firm in the Covenant! Thy letter, through his honor Mirza ..., was received and thy former letters also became acceptable.. In this day the most vital and momentous matter | BRL_CRISIS#13x, TAB.360-362, COC#0270x, BSC.443 #808x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01668 | 300 | ای آوارگان جمال ابهی هر چند از موطن مالوف دور و مهجور گشتید و معذب در دست اهل | O ye wanderers in the path of the All-Glorious Beauty! Though ye are banished and driven far from your cherished homeland, and though ye suffer at the hands of the people [3.5s] | AHB.122BE #05-06 p.000, MSHR4.191, NANU_AB#56 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01671 | 300 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Your letter dated December 1918, was received | SW_v10#04 p.079-080 | Call to action; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01672 | 300 | ای بندگان جمال قدم نامه شما رسید فرصت جواب مفصل نیست مختصر مرقوم میگردد | O ye servants of the Ancient Beauty! Your letter was received. Time permitteth not a detailed reply; therefore a brief answer is herein written [3.5s] | MSHR2.259 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01677 | 300 | ای بنده صادق الهی خادم مقام اعلی پسر پاک گهرت خواهش تحریر این نامه نمود تا | O sincere servant of God, servant of the Most Exalted Shrine, thy pure-hearted son hath besought the writing of this letter [3.5s] | AKHA_107BE #12 p.02, TABN.352 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01681 | 300 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که مرقوم نموده بودی در نهایت روح و ریحان قرائت گشت | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou didst pen was read with the utmost joy and delight [3.5s] | MSHR4.305-306 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01682 | 300 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید فصیح بود و بلیغ و مندرجاتش دلیل بر ثبوت شدید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. It was eloquent and fluent, and its contents testified to thy steadfast faithfulness [3.5s] | MSHR5.284-285 | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01683 | 300 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Its entire contents was the utmost of supplication and invocation | PN_1912 p131 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01684 | 300 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از بیان ثبوت و استقامت نهایت سرور حاصل گشت | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from the expression of thy steadfastness and constancy the utmost joy was obtained [3.5s] | INBA84:322b | Naming of children; of individuals; Shrines and Holy places; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01685 | 300 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و معلوم گردید که ابرار از آزادی این اسیر آنزلف | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and it became known that the righteous ones rejoiced at the freedom of this captive [3.5s] | MMK5#007 p.003 | Pain of love; love as veil; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01688 | 300 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مسطور ملحوظ شد مژده ترقی و انتشار امر در سروستان داده | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was noted, and glad tidings were received of the progress and spread of the Cause in Sarvistan [3.5s] | INBA87:194b, INBA52:196 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01693 | 300 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه نهم سبتمبر ۱۹۰۹ وصول یافت از حوادث واقعه محزون و مگدر | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter of September 9, 1909, was received. The grievous events that have transpired have brought sorrow and distress [3.5s]... ...Thou didst ask as to the transfiguration of Jesus, with Moses and Elias and the Heavenly Father on Mount Tabor, as referred to in the Bible | MNMK#138 p.253x, MNMK#161 p.295x, MMK1#140 p.158x, MMK1#196 p.230x | SWAB#140x; SWAB#196x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||
| AB01695 | 300 | ای ثابت بر عهد و پیمان ورقه ناطقه ملاحظه کرد و مضامین سبب حیرت شد ولی از جهتی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant and Testament! The Speaking Leaf perused thy letter, and its contents caused astonishment, though from one perspective [3.5s] | MMK6#241, ANDA#81 p.42 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Things are known by their opposites; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01702 | 300 | ای حبیب دل و جان شکر کن خدا را که مورد امتحان شدی و در افتتان شدید افتادی | O beloved of heart and soul, render thanks unto God that thou hast been made the subject of tests and fallen into grievous trials [3.5s] | INBA16:207 | MKT5.076, NNY.022-023x, YHA1.075-076 (1.151), QUM.281 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01703 | 300 | ای حبیب روحانی از هبوب اریاح شدیده سراج محبت الله در مشکاه قلوب خواموش مباد | O spiritual beloved! From the blowing of fierce winds, may the lamp of the love of God in the niche of hearts never be extinguished [3.5s] | MMK6#378 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01713 | 300 | ای سلیل شهید جلیل نامه که بتاریخ ۲۷ ربیع الاول سنه ۳۳۸ مرقوم گردیده وصول یافت | O scion of the glorious martyr! Thy letter dated 27 Rabi'u'l-Avval 1338 was received [3.5s] | PZHN v1#2 p.19x | Education of children; moral education; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01718 | 300 | ای عاشقان جمال رحمانی و ای مخموران صهبای روحانی مشامتان از نفحات گلشن الهی | O ye lovers of the Beauty of the All-Merciful, and ye who are intoxicated with the spiritual wine, your senses are filled with the fragrances of the divine rose-garden [3.5s] | INBA21:099c, INBA55:124, INBA88:190 | MKT5.151, AKHA_105BE #12 p.09 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01721 | 300 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou beloved maidservant of God! What thou hast written was considered. It indicated purity of heart and advancement toward God. | TAB.302-304 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01724 | 300 | ای مبتلای سبیل حق نمیدانم بچه زبان و بیان بلایای آنمظلومرا نمایم فی الحقیقه | O thou who art sore-afflicted in the path of Truth! I know not in what tongue or utterance to recount the tribulations of that Wronged One. In truth [3.5s] | MSHR3.351-352 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01725 | 300 | ای مبلغ حقیقی و هادی صمیمی و دلیل جلیل سبیل امر الله در سفر بطهران نهایت زحمت و | O true promoter of the Faith, sincere guide, and glorious proof in the path of the Cause of God! In thy journey to Tehran thou didst endure the utmost hardship [3.5s] | MKT3.267, KHSH13.054x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for protection; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01739 | 300 | ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمانی نونهال باغ الهی جناب اسماعیل قربانی با این زندانی همدم | O loved ones of God and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! The tender sapling of the divine garden, Jinab-i-Isma'il Qurbani, hath become a companion to this prisoner [3.5s] | AHB.121BE #04 p.124 | Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01741 | 300 | ای یاران رحمانی و دوستان عبدالبهاء الحمد لله در ملکوت ابهی مقبولید و در ملا اعلی | O compassionate friends and companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be to God, ye are accepted in the Kingdom of Abhá and in the Concourse on High [3.5s] | AHB.125BE #09-10 p.282, AYBY.350 #032, YQAZ.572-573x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01743 | 300 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء در این دور الهی و عصر ربانی اساس اصلی و مقصد حقیقی وحدت | O ye friends of Abdul Baha! In this Divine Dispensation and lordly Cycle the fundamental principle and the supreme object is the establishment of the oneness of the world of humanity | MKT3.510, AKHA_134BE #18 p.694, AKHA_125BE #03 p.j, TAH.298, ADH2.089x, ADH2_2#14 p.118x, MMG2#044 p.044x | DAS.1913-09-16, ABIE.322, BLO_PN#007 | A. Akhavan | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Prayer for unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01753 | 300 | ای ياران الهی محزون مباشيد مغموم مگرديد دلخون مشويد آزرده مگرديد | O ye beloved of God! Be not sorrowful, be not downcast, be not grieved in heart, be not distressed [3.5s] | MMK6#537x | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01765 | 300 | یا من ادخره الله لنشر المیثاق چند مکتوب آنجناب رسید و از احزان وارده بر شما | O thou whom God hath reserved for the promulgation of the Covenant! Several letters from thee have reached Me, telling of the sorrows that have befallen thee [3.5s] | MSHR4.347 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01766 | 300 | یا من استبشر ببشارات الله قد تبلج صبح الهدی و لکن العمی لفی احتجاب عظیم قد | O thou who art gladdened by the tidings of God! The dawn of guidance hath indeed broken forth, yet the blind remain wrapped in thick veils [3.5s] | MMK5#123 p.096 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01770 | 300 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Faith and assurance are like unto trees of the orchards, and praiseworthy deeds and actions are like unto the fruits thereof. A lamp is in need of the illuminating light | DAS.1913-12-28x, BSTW#288 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Kindliness; humility; self-effacement in teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01771 | 300 | ...Be thou not grieved and sad because of the ordeals and tests heaped upon thee. | DAS.1914-08-16x | Consolation and comfort; Justice and wrath of God; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01773 | 300 | O ye Beloved Friends of Abdul-Baha! Today the most important affair is delivering the Cause of God | SW_v01#11 p.001-002 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01777 | 290 | اللهم یا الهی و سندی و مقصودی انک لتعلم فرط تعلقی و شده حبی و عظیم غرامی و | O my God, my Support and my Ultimate Aim! Thou verily knowest the excess of my attachment, the intensity of my love, and the magnitude of my ardent devotion [3.5s] | INBA13:351, INBA59:310 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01786 | 290 | ای احبای جمال رحمن جمعی حاضر و حضرت زین المقربین نیز ناظر و از خارج بعضی در | O beloved ones of the Beauty of the All-Merciful! A company is gathered here, and His Holiness Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín is present as witness, whilst some from without are also attending [3.5s] | INBA13:358 | MMG2#146 p.164x | Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01787 | 290 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | O ye members of the radiant Assembly! Praise be to God that the lights of the Sun of Reality show forth from the horizon of Urbana… When saying the Obligatory Prayer, one must turn towards the Holy Reality of Bahá’u’lláh, that Reality which encompasseth all things | BRL_IOPF#2.20x, DAS.1914-07-30 | Importance of prayer; Manifestation of God as educator; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01792 | 290 | ای انجمن رحمانی از قرار مسموع محفلی آراستید و اجتماعی خواستید تا بخدمت کلمه | O Assembly of the Merciful God! According to the arrangement brought to (My) notice, you have established an organization | BRL_DAK#0045, SFI07.018b, VUJUD.013-014x | VUJUDE.019x | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01793 | 290 | Translation List | ای اهل ملکوت نامه ای که بعد از جشن نوروز مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید فرح و سرور | O ye people of the Kingdom! The letter ye have written after the feast of Naw-Ruz | BRL_DAK#1237, MKT8.010, AKHA_135BE #03 p.46, PYB#256 p.04 | SW_v08#19 p.242x, BSTW#450, ADMS#048 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB01801 | 290 | ای بنده قدیم جمال قدم روحی لاحبائه الفدا آنچه مرقوم نمودید ملحوظ شد و هرچه | O ancient servant of the Ancient Beauty, may my spirit be offered up for His loved ones! That which thou didst write was noted, and whatsoever [3.5s] | MMK4#044 p.048 | Love of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01810 | 290 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما ملاحظه شد از خبر ترتیب محافل و ترتیل ایات و ترنیم | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was perused, and with joy was received the news of the organization of gatherings, the chanting of verses, and the raising of melodies [3.5s] | YBN.012 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01811 | 290 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه نامی و نمیقه روحانی واصل گردید خواندم و شکرانه بر زبان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy distinguished letter and spiritual missive was received. I read it, and words of thanksgiving rose to my tongue [3.5s] | MMK6#163 | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Poems and quotation from poetry; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suicide; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01821 | 290 | ای دوستان ثابتان بر عهد و پیمان صد بشارت که قوه جندیه ملکوت ابهی و سپاه و | O ye friends who stand firm in the Covenant and Testament! A hundredfold glad tidings that the hosts of the Abhá Kingdom and the legions [3.5s] | INBA13:053b, INBA13:242, INBA59:223b | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01823 | 290 | ای روحانی من نورانی من ربانی من هر چند محن جسمانی مانند باران آسمانی متتابعست | O My spiritual one, My luminous one, My heavenly one! Though bodily afflictions rain down unceasingly like the showers of heaven [3.5s] | MKT8.096b | Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01825 | 290 | ای زائر کوی دوست مکتوب مرسل ملاحظه گردید و مضامینش معلوم گردید حمد جمالقدم را | O pilgrim of the Friend's abode! Thy dispatched letter was considered, and its contents became known. Praise be unto the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | LMA2.453-454 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01830 | 290 | ای متوجه بدیار الهی آنچه بجناب سید جواد مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه شد چون مدل | O thou who turnest thy gaze towards the divine realm! What thou didst write to his honour Siyyid Javad hath been perused [3.5s] | MKT5.025 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01833 | 290 | ای منادی پیمان هر چند مانند باد صبا بادیه پیماای و سرگشته در کوه و صحرا ولی | O Herald of the Covenant! Though like the morning breeze thou art a wanderer through the desert and bewildered in mountain and plain, yet [3.5s] | MMK6#119, MSHR4.040-041 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01842 | 290 | ای ورقه منجذبه مکتوب مفصلی که بجناب آقا سید اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه | O enraptured leaf! The detailed letter thou didst write to his honour Áqá Siyyid Asadu'lláh hath been perused [3.5s] | MUH3.282 | Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01845 | 290 | ای یار قدیم آنچه بجناب حیدر قبل علی مرقوم نموده بودید معلوم و مفهوم شد و | O ancient friend! That which thou didst write unto Haydar-Qiblih-'Alí became known and understood [3.5s] | MKT5.197 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01849 | 290 | ای یاران باوفا آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید از معانی انجذابات روحانی | O faithful friends! What ye had penned hath been perused, manifesting spiritual attractions [3.5s] | BSHN.140.271, BSHN.144.271, MHT1b.204, MHT2.097, QUM.152-153, QUM.187 | Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01856 | 290 | O ye dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! The letter which ye had written to the Central | SW_v11#10 p.161-162 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01861 | 290 | ایها السمندر المتوقد من نار الموقده علی اعلی الطور فی الشجره المبارکه الثابته | O thou salamander, set ablaze by the fire kindled upon the most exalted Mount in the Blessed Tree immovable [3.5s] | AYBY.363 #046 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01870 | 290 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Your three reports, together with the public announcement, were received. Praise be to God! all the contents indicated firmness, spirituality and goodness.... Souls are like unto mirrors | TAB.019-020, BWF.367-367x, BSC.473 #893x, CUPAB.011-012x, BSTW#305x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01873 | 290 | Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth thou hast been thrown amidst dire ordeals | BSTW#188 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Effort; striving; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01884 | 290 | O thou who art a servant at the Threshold of God! Thy letter has been received. From its flowers of significance | SW_v12#13 p.218-219+210 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Existence; immortality of the human soul; High station of the arts and sciences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01885 | 290 | O ye kind friends and the beloved maidservants of His Holiness the Incomparable One! The letter that you have written on the anniversary day of the Declaration of the First Point | DAS.1914-08-11 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01888 | 280 | الهی الهی انت تعلم منی قلبی و بغیه روحی و غایه آمالی و تری ضعفی و عجزی و | O my God, my God! Thou knowest the depths of my heart, the yearning of my spirit and my highest aspirations, and Thou beholdest my weakness and my powerlessness [3.5s] | MLK.175-177, NJB_v04#08 p.004 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01891 | 280 | ای اماء جمال ابهی ملاحظه نمااید که شما را بچه عنوانی خطاب مینمایم و کنیزان | O handmaidens of the Most Glorious Beauty! Consider with what title I address you and as what handmaidens I call upon you [3.5s] | MKT7.255, MMK2#350 p.252, AHB.112BE #02-03 p.02, QIRT.17bx | Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01892 | 280 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye maidservants of His Majesty, the Lord—daughters and sons of the Kingdom! The meeting of the Lord's Supper | TAB.675-676 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01898 | 280 | ای بنت ملکوت نامه تو رسید و مضامین معلوم بود لکن تکرار مفهوم گردید اگر امریک | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents became evident. If America attains to the capacity of the Presence of Abdu'l-Baha, I will travel to that country | MMK5#048 p.045 | SW_v02#07 p.013 | Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01904 | 280 | ای بنده جمال ابهی فی الحقیقه در سنه ماضیه احبای نیریز از صهبای بلا جام لبریز | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! In truth, during the past year, the loved ones of Nayríz drained the brimming cup of tribulation [3.5s] | MSHR2.209 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01907 | 280 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای بنده صادق بهاء الله نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید زیرا | O thou truthful servant of Baha'u'llah! Thy letter was received and its contents brought the utmost joy…. O thou spiritual friend! Thou hast asked about the wisdom of obligatory prayer… I supplicate God that day by day thou mayest become more steadfast, so that like unto an impregnable stronghold | BRL_CONF2018P#22x, MMK2#130 p.099 | BRL_IOPF#2.07x, BRL_CONF2018#22x, TAB.683-684, BWF.368-368x, BSC.466 #869x | Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | |||||||
| AB01919 | 280 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما از بغداد رسید الحمد لله در ظل عنایت مسافرت بعراق و | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter from Baghdad hath been received. Praise be unto God, under the shadow of divine favors thou hast journeyed to Iraq [3.5s] | KHMT.070-071, MSHR4.060x, YARP2.161 p.169, PPAR.127, YARD.147-148, QUM.233-234 | Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01921 | 280 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضامین دلیل جلیل بر ثبوت بر امر نور مبین بود | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Its contents were a manifest proof of thy steadfastness in the Cause of the resplendent Light [3.5s] | INBA87:153, INBA52:151 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01922 | 280 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون سرور بی پایان رخ داد زیرا منطوق | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and its contents brought infinite joy, for its expression [3.5s] | MKT9.098 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Prayer for the departed; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01923 | 280 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و سبب سرور و حبور گردید از بلایای وارده بر شما | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived and brought joy and gladness. Concerning the tribulations that have befallen thee [3.5s] | AKHA_122BE #11-12 p.h | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01925 | 280 | ای ثابت بر میثاق نسیم فرحبخش روحانی که از ریاض قلب آنحبیب رحمانی بهبوب آمده | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The spiritually refreshing breeze, wafted from the gardens of the heart of that heavenly Beloved, hath reached [3.5s] | MSHR4.104-105 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01926 | 280 | ...Give ye great weight to the Nineteen Day gatherings, so that on these occasions the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful may |
COC#0923x, SW_v06#17 p.143x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01930 | 280 | ای خالص مخلص در دین الله بلایا و محن و آلام آنجناب در سبیل الله فی الحقیقه | O thou who art pure and sincere in the Faith of God! Verily, the trials, tribulations and sufferings which thou hast endured in the path of God [3.5s] | MSHR3.084 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01931 | 280 | ای خدای باوفا این احباء و اصفیا سپاه حیاتند و جنود نجات افواج روحانیند و امواج | O Faithful God! These beloved and pure ones are the hosts of life and the legions of salvation, spiritual armies and waves [3.5s] | MJH.053, YBN.061 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01934 | 280 | ای دو بنده باوفای جانفشان جمال ابهی نامه رسید و از قرائتش سروری جدید حاصل | O ye two faithful servants who have sacrificed your lives for the Abhá Beauty! Your letter was received, and from its perusal a fresh joy was obtained [3.5s] | INBA84:405 | MKT9.146, MMK6#337 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Relationship between government and people; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01935 | 280 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای دو شمع محفل یاران کاتب در محفل روحانیان باید مانند شمع درخشنده باشد زیرا | O ye two candles of the Meeting of the Friends! The secretary in the meeting of the spiritual ones must be shining as a candle... Although in the future thousands of Mashriqu’l-Adhkars will be erected | BRL_DAK#0786 | BRL_ATE#203x, GPB.351x, SW_v05#05 p.065 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB01936 | 280 | ای دو فداای جمال مبارک حقا که در درگاه احدیت قابلید و فائق خادمید و موافق | O ye two who are devoted to the Blessed Beauty! Truly, at the Threshold of Divine Oneness ye are accepted and are distinguished servants, harmonious [3.5s] | MKT6.148 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01948 | 280 | اين ايّام در جميع بلدان ايران به سبب نصائح عبدالبهآء جميع احبّا در مهد امن و امان آرميده | In these days, throughout all the regions of Persia, by reason of the counsels of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, all the beloved ones are reposing in the cradle of peace and security [3.5s] | MMK6#269x | Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01955 | 280 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید حمد کن خدا را که در آتش | O beloved maidservant of God. What thou hast written was perused. Thank God, that thy face hath become shining | BRL_DAK#1097 | MAX.229 | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01959 | 280 | ای مشتعل بنار محبه الله اشعار بلیغی که از حنجر روحانی صادر در محضر اینعبد | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! The eloquent verses that issued forth from the spiritual throat were presented in the presence of this servant [3.5s] | MMK2#309 p.226, AKHA_123BE #03 p.j, BSHN.140.157x, BSHN.144.157x, MHT2.076x, NANU_AB#47x, RSR.045-046 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01963 | 280 | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of God! Thy letter written Aug. 3 1920 gas been received. Praise be unto God, the friends at Los Angeles | BSTW#029 | Education of children; moral education; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01964 | 280 | O thou confidant and kind friend of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letter was received. It became the cause of exceeding joy and happiness that praise be to God | DAS.1914-08-13?x | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01973 | 280 | ای یاران این عبد در حالتیکه از شدت صدمات در آتش سوزانم و شدت احتراق استخوانرا | O friends of this servant! In this state, wherein I am consumed in a burning fire by reason of grievous afflictions, and the intensity of this conflagration hath penetrated unto my very bones [3.5s] | MMK2#287 p.208 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Pain of love; love as veil; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01977 | 280 | ای یاران روحانی در جهان محافل بسیار تشکیل شده محافل سیاسی محافل تجاری محافل | O spiritual friends! Many gatherings have been formed throughout the world—political assemblies, commercial assemblies, assemblies [3.5s] | INBA87:383, INBA52:393 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01978 | 280 | Fire and Light | ای یاران روحانی و دوستان رحمانی در هر عهد مومن بسیار ولی ممتحن کمیاب حمد کنید | O spiritual friends and loved ones of the All-Merciful! In every Age believers are many but the tested are few. | NANU_AB#60, YBN.164-165 | BRL_FIRE_AB#18 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness and remoteness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB01981 | 280 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء نامه ای که بمتصاعد الی الله جناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The letter which ye had addressed to the late Mr. Manshadí [3.5s] | MKT8.189 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01983 | 280 | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء اشارت اتحاد و اتفاق یاران اسراایلی و فرقانی سبب بشارت | O dearly beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The sign of unity and concord among the friends of Israel and the Furqán hath brought glad-tidings [3.5s] | YBN.072 | Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01986 | 280 | ای یاران و اماء رحمن جناب میر عبدالکریم مسافه بعید طی نمود تا باقلیم نباء | O friends and handmaids of the All-Merciful! His honor Mir 'Abdu'l-Karim hath traversed a vast distance to reach the realm of divine tidings [3.5s] | INBA87:251b, INBA52:256 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01991 | 280 | O thou who art tested with calamities and ordeals! Verily, I became exceedingly saddened for thy sadness | SW_v10#19 p.341 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01992 | 280 | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy latest letter and great love welled forth unto thee | SW_v08#19 p.239, DLA.088, BLO_PN#026 | Christ; Christianity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB01993 | 280 | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت نمیقتک البدیعه المعانی و الانشاء و حمدت الله | O thou who art attracted to the fragrances of God! Verily I read thy well-composed letter containing wondrous meanings | BRL_DAK#0847 | SW_v07#12 p.015-016, MAX.215-216 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB01996 | 280 | ایها الفاضل النبیل و العالم الجلیل ان هذه النشاه الاولی خلقها الله معرضا لتوارد الحوادث | O noble and discerning one, illustrious and learned scholar! This primary existence hath been created by God subject to successive events [3.5s] | INBA17:196 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB01999 | 280 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List | پاک یزدانا خاک ایران را از آغاز مشکبیز فرمودی و شورانگیز و دانش خیز و گوهرریز | O Thou sanctified Lord! From its earliest days, Thou didst make the soil of Persia to be musk scented and soul stirring, gem laden and knowledge bearing | INBA89:026, NLAI_BH_AB.010b | BRL_DAK#0713, MKT1.438, MKT2.082, MILAN.051, AKHA_130BE #13 p.a, AMK.085-086, AMK.159-160, ALPA.014b, DWNP_v3#06 p.041-042, DWNP_v3#11 p.019, PYM.117-119, BCH.027, KHSH12.008, DUR1.152, ADH2_1#49 p.074, MJMJ1.067, MMG2#446 p.490, MJH.024, YARP2.017 p.074, PPAR.055, DLS.168, RMT.208-209 | BRL_ATE#170, ADMS#065i28x | Ahdieh | Education of children; moral education; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Past, present and future of Iran; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||
| AB02003 | 280 | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا عبدک المنبثق من ظهر من آمن بک و بایاتک و المنشعب من | Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant, sprung from the loins of one who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and branched forth from [3.5s] | INBA84:329 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02013 | 280 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of Truth! The letter which thou hast written to ... was received | TAB.546-548 | Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02024 | 270 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | اللهم یا معین الضعفاء و مغیث الفقراء و مجیر المضطر اذا دعا انی ابسط اکف | O Lord my God! O Thou Helper of the feeble, Succourer of the poor and Deliverer of the helpless who turn unto Thee! With utmost lowliness | BRL_DAK#1189, PYB#040 p.04, ANDA#06 p.42, ABDA.330 | BPRY.293-296 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB02035 | 270 | الهی تری توحدی و تحزنی و تحسری و تلهفی و تنهدی فی هذه البیداء من حرمانی | O my God! Thou beholdest my solitude, my sorrow, my anguish, my longing, and my sighing in this wilderness of my deprivation [3.5s] | INBA21:042, INBA88:121b | BRL_DAK#0533, MKT2.221, ADH2.098, ADH2_2#18 p.125, MMG2#352 p.393 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Nearness and remoteness; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02039 | 270 | ای احبای جمال الهی در هر عهد و عصر که شمس حقیقت از افق تقدیس طلوع فرمود و | O ye beloved of the Divine Beauty! In every age and cycle, when the Sun of Truth rose above the horizon of sanctity [3.5s] | INBA17:095 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02043 | 270 | ای آوارگان راه حق جهانیانرا آاین دیرین چنین است که دشمن راستیند و بدخواه حق | O ye wanderers in the path of Truth! The ancient custom of humanity hath ever been to oppose righteousness and bear ill-will unto truth [3.5s] | MKT8.009, BSHN.140.161, BSHN.144.161, MSHR3.180x, MHT2.084b, NANU_AB#54 | Consolation and comfort; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02048 | 270 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بندگان صادقان جمال قدم در هر کوری و دوری ضیافت مقبول و محبوب و تمدید | O ye loyal servants of the Ancient Beauty! In every cycle and dispensation, the feast hath been favored and loved | MMK1#048 p.087, AKHA_133BE #18 p.611, GHA.157 | SWAB#048 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB02055 | 270 | ای بنده جمال ابهی چندیست از بابت نقاهت مزاج و ضعف بدن از تحریر و تقریر | O servant of the Abha Beauty! For some time now, owing to the frailty of health and weakness of body, I have been unable to write and speak [3.5s] | YIK.087-088 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02060 | 270 | ای ثابت بر پیمان دو نامه آنجناب وارد مضامین دلیل بر استقامت و تمکین بود الیوم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Two letters from thee have been received, the contents of which testify to thy steadfastness and submission [3.5s] | MMK6#352, MSHR3.361 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Freedom of thought and action; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02065 | 270 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب منشادی نگاشته بودی ملاحظه گردید مژده روح و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write to Jináb-i-Manshádí was perused. Glad tidings of the spirit [3.5s] | MMK5#156 p.121 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02066 | 270 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بحضرت حیدر قبل علی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از شدت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter which thou hadst written to his honour Haydar-'Alí was noted. From the [3.5s] | INBA84:340 | AADA.144-145x | Consolation and comfort; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02069 | 270 | ای ثابت بر عهد اریاح امتحانست که از هر جهت در هیجانست و گردباد افتتانست که | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The winds of tests blow turbulently from every direction, and the whirlwind of trials is [3.5s] | MMK5#223 p.172 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02084 | 270 | ای دوست حقیقی یاران رحمانی حاضر و جمیع وساطت نگارش این نامه مینمایند این عبد | O true friend! The divine companions are present, and all are interceding for the writing of this letter. This servant [3.5s] | TAH.309b | Power of prayer; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02085 | 270 | ای دوستان عبدالبهاء اهل جفا دست تطاول گشودند و ظلم و ستم نمودند فریاد و | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The people of tyranny have stretched forth the hand of oppression and perpetrated cruel and unjust deeds; outcries and [3.5s] | NANU_AB#63 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02089 | 270 | ای سمی حضرت ذبیح ایا لقب خویش را فراموش نمودی سمی جلیل جام جانفشانی نوش نمود | O namesake of His Holiness the Sacrifice! Hast thou forgotten thine own title? That glorious namesake quaffed the cup of martyrdom [3.5s] | INBA84:292 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02092 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou seeker of the Kingdom! Thy letter written on the 20th of July was received. Its contents became evident. Thou hast written concerning Baltimore | TAB.461-462 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02097 | 270 | O Thou dear maidservant of God! Your letter was received and its contents became known. Have no care because of the blame of enemies | MAB.009-010x | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02099 | 270 | O thou propagator of the Religion of God! A few days ago an epistle was written... Now the believers must engage their time in teaching the Cause... O thou servant of His Holiness Baha'u'llah! Inform all the believers that a number of calumnious articles will be written in those parts | DAS.1914-08-04, SW_v05#09 p.138, SW_v09#14 p.161x, BSTW#175, BSTW#461 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02100 | 270 | ای مفتون حقیقت نامه شما تاریخ 1921 رسید انسانی که طالب حقیقت است | O enchanted seeker of truth! Thy letter dated 1921 hath been received. A soul that seeketh after truth [3.5s] | MKT3.396, ANDA#16 p.95, MSBH9.369-370 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Harmony of science and religion; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Oneness; unity of religion; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02102 | 460 | ای منادی پیمان از عدم فرصت جواب نامه مختصر مرقوم می گردد مجلس درس تبلیغ نهایت | O Herald of the Covenant! Due to lack of time, a brief reply is being penned to thy letter. The class for the teaching of the Cause hath attained [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0807, MSHR3.180x | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Justice and mercy; Non-participation in politics; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02109 | 270 | در اين طوفان اختلاف و فساد و هيجان اهل عناد و فتور حکومت و اغتشاش مملکت تالان و تاراج شديد و مشقّات عظيمه | In this tempest of discord and corruption, amidst the agitation of hostile souls, the decline of government and confusion in the realm, when pillage and plunder run rampant, and grievous trials abound [3.5s] | MMK3#194 p.137x | Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02110 | 270 | ای منصور مظفر سپاه ملاء اعلی مصفوف است و جنود ملکوت ابهی چون صفوف الوف و | O victorious Mansur! The hosts of the Supreme Concourse stand arrayed, and the legions of the Abhá Kingdom are marshalled in countless ranks [3.5s] | INBA88:167 | MSHR1.036x | Call to action; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The concourse on high; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02113 | 270 | ای مومن ممتحن احوالاتی که مرقوم نموده بودید این امتحانات الهیه است و امتحان | O tried believer! The circumstances thou didst recount are divine tests, and trials [3.5s] | MMK6#025 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02116 | 270 | ای نفوس مبارکه نامه شما رسید و بشارت عظمی داشت که محفل روحانی تاسیس رحمانی | O blessed souls! Your letter was received and bore greatest glad-tidings that a Spiritual Assembly hath been divinely established [3.5s] | MKT3.343 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Education of children; moral education; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02123 | 270 | ای یار عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه ات رسید و اشعار بلیغ قرائت گردید حق سخن داده بودی | O dearly beloved friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Thy letter hath arrived and thy eloquent verses were perused. Thou hast spoken truly [3.5s] | PYB#119 p.05 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02127 | 270 | ای یاران الهی جناب آقا محمد تبریزی نهایت ستایش را از شما نموده که این یاران | O divine friends! His honor Aqa Muhammad-i-Tabrizi hath offered utmost praise of you, these friends [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1230, MSHR3.300 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02134 | 270 | ای یاران روحانی هر سه در این انجمن رحمانی مذکورید و مشهور ناد علی تازه بناد | O spiritual friends! All three of you are remembered and renowned in this gathering of the All-Merciful. Raise the call of "'Ali!" [3.5s] | MSHR3.120 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02135 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای یاران عبدالبهاء از پیش خبر جذب و وله و وجد و طرب شما رسید و مکتوبی مخصوص ارسال | O ye friends of Abdul-Baha! The glad-tidings of your attraction and enkindlement, ecstasy and exhilaration, hath reached us before and a special Tablet | PYB#116 p.01, NJB_v01#12 p.001 | TAB.558-559 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB02140 | 270 | ای یاران و اماء رحمن الحمد لله ابواب رحمت کبری بر وجوه باز است و طیور جنت | O friends and maidservants of the All-Merciful! Praise be to God that the gates of His supreme mercy are flung wide open before your faces, and the birds of Paradise [3.5s] | MMK6#160, HDQI.181, ANDA#08 p.04, MSHR2.333 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02141 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye dear friends and maidservants of God! A good fragrance is coming from the rose-garden of Kenosha and a pleasing breeze is blowing | TAB.146-147, BSTW#068 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02145 | 270 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou pure soul who hath turned with a submissive heart to the Kingdom of God! Turn thy face to the Assembly of the Covenant | TAB.527-529 | Fire and light; fire and water; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02156 | 270 | رب رب ان هولاء عباد مکرمون مخلصون لک فی جمیع الشئون قد ثبتت اقدامهم و استضائت | O Lord, O Lord! These are Thy honored servants, sincere unto Thee in all affairs. Their steps have been made firm, and they have been illumined [3.5s] | MKT8.211b, AKHA_105BE #05 p.02 | Consolation and comfort; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02168 | 270 | یا من سجن فی سبیل الله خوشا بحال تو که در سبیل الهی در زیر غل و زنجیر درآمدی | O thou who art imprisoned in the path of God! Blessed art thou that thou hast been cast into chains and fetters in His divine path [3.5s] | INBA72:076 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02176 | 260 | اللهم اشرح صدور عبادک المخلصین بنفحات التایید و احی قلوبهم بروح التقدیس و نور | O Lord! Expand the breasts of Thy sincere servants with the breathings of Thy confirmation, and quicken their hearts with the spirit of holiness and light [3.5s] | INBA87:596, INBA52:635b | MMG2#385 p.431 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02183 | 260 | امتحانات هر امرى بقدر عظمت آن امر است چون تا بحال چنین میثاقى صریح بقلم اعلى وقوع نیافته | The trials faced by each Cause are commensurate with the greatness of that Cause, for never before hath such an explicit Covenant been penned by the Supreme Pen [3.5s] | AKHA_117BE #05-06 p.b, AKHA_126BE #03 p.b | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Judas; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02192 | 260 | Translation List | ای اسیر غل و زنجیر فی سبیل الله در سحرگاهان که قلب فارغ و جان شائق و لسان | O thou who art bound with chains and fetters in the path of God! In the hours of dawn, when one’s heart is unburdened and one’s soul yearning | BRL_DAK#0144, MMK2#296 p.215, MSBH10.241a, YIA.227 | ADMS#352 | Generosity [kirama]; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB02203 | 260 | ای بهاج پر ابتهاج دیروز که روز پنجم جمادی الاولی یوم بعثت حضرت اعلی بود در | O radiant joy of joys! Yesterday, which was the fifth day of Jamádí'l-Avval, the Day of the Declaration of His Holiness the Báb, in [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.129-131 | MKT5.227 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02210 | 260 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید از | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write to Jináb-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí hath been perused [3.5s] | MMK6#084, ABDA.343x | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02211 | 260 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ شد ما از تو | O steadfast one in the Covenant! The letter which thou hadst addressed to Jinab-i-Manshadi was noted. We from thee [3.5s] | INBA85:211 | MSHR3.190, MSHR4.337-338 | Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Poems and quotation from poetry; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02214 | 260 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بتاریخ ۱۹ ذی القعده ۱۳۳۹ بود رسید الحمد لله معانی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter dated 19 Dhi'l-Qa'dih 1339 hath been received. Praise be to God, the contents [3.5s]... ...It behoveth us one and all to recite day and night both the Persian and Arabic Hidden Words, to pray fervently and supplicate tearfully that we may be enabled to conduct ourselves | MMK6#416, MAS5.199x, YBN.202-203, YMM.344x | COC#0395x | Goodly deeds; actions; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02216 | 260 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل جلیل بر استقامت در سبیل الهی بود | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God, it was a glorious proof of thy steadfastness in the divine path [3.5s] | INBA87:200, INBA52:201 | MMK6#101 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02217 | 260 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما که بتاریخ نهم رمضان بود رسید فی الحقیقه در سبیل | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter dated the ninth of Ramadan was received. In truth, in the path [3.5s] | MMK5#145 p.113, MSHR5.321 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02223 | 260 | ...The founding of these spiritual meetings is purely for the purpose of teaching; but, as the Mashriqu'l Azkar is not yet founded | SW_v13#10 p.276x | Contention and conflict; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02224 | 260 | ای ثابتان بر عهد و میثاق حضرت فاضل وارد و متضرع و مبتهل بنهایت صدق و خلوص ستایش | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! His honour the learned one hath arrived, and with utmost sincerity and purity doth offer humble supplications and entreaties [3.5s] | HDQI.240, ANDA#50 p.04 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02225 | 260 | ای جلیل جمیل الاخلاق خوشا بحال تو که سرمست جام میثاقی خوشا بحال تو که آتش | O noble one, beauteous in character, how blessed art thou, who art inebriated with the wine of the Covenant! Blessed art thou, for the fire [3.5s] | MKT5.074b, AHB.134BE #09-10 p.34 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02230 | 260 | ای خیرخواه عالم انسانی نامه فصیح و بلیغ شما رسید و بکمال سرور قرائت گردید و همچنین | O thou who art the well-wisher of humanity - felicitations! Your epistle concerning | PYB#159 p.33 | SW_v10#17 p.315-316, BSTW#243 | Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Supreme tribunal; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02238 | 260 | ای دوست عزیز من نامه شما را بنهایت دقت قرائت نمودم و از قسم شما نهایت بشاشت | O dearly beloved friend, I have perused thy letter with the utmost care and was filled with utmost joy [3.5s] | INBA87:245, INBA52:249 | MMK3#203 p.145x | Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02246 | 260 | ای سرگشته صحرای محبت الله آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملحوظ گردید و معانیش قلب را | O thou wanderer in the desert of God's love! That which thou didst write was noted, and its meanings moved the heart [3.5s] | INBA84:430 | ADH2_1#28 p.138x, MMG2#099 p.113x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02249 | 260 | ای شمعهای شبستان محبت الله الحمد لله ابواب فضل مفتوح و صدور اهل فتوح بایات | O ye candles in the nighttime sanctuary of God's love! Praise be unto God, the gates of bounty stand open, and the breasts of those with insight are adorned with signs [3.5s] | INBA85:142 | MKT8.229, MKT6.151b, TSS.177 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02255 | 260 | ای عزیزان نازنین عبدالبهاء الان در نهایت خستگی و سستی بنامه نظاره نمودم ذکر | O cherished and beloved friends! 'Abdu'l-Bahá, though utterly weary and exhausted, hath perused the letter [3.5s] | PYB#230 p.50, MSHR2.146 | Humor; jokes; Love of God; Poems and quotation from poetry; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02257 | 260 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O dear servant of God! The tests of God are surrounding you from all directions and many afflictions have occurred; but thanks be to God | TAB.263-264, BWF.363-364x | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02262 | 260 | ای منادی الهی فاشکر الله ربک الرحمن الرحیم بما وفقک علی السیر فی الارض و | O divine herald, render thanks unto God, thy Lord, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate, inasmuch as He hath aided thee to journey through the earth [3.5s] | MKT3.494b | Call to action; Pioneering; travel teaching; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for pioneers and travel teachers; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02284 | 260 | ای یاران من ای دوستان من هر چند بلایاء و محن عبدالبهاء بقسمی اشتداد یافته که | O my companions, O my friends, though the trials and tribulations besetting 'Abdu'l-Bahá have intensified to such a degree that [3.5s] | INBA13:044b | Love of God; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02287 | 260 | ای یاران مهربان من نامه ای که پس از ورود دو شمع منور میرزا طراز و میرزا | O kind friends of mine, the letter which [arrived] following the advent of those two luminous souls, Mírzá Ṭiráz and Mírzá [3.5s] | MSHR3.197x, AADA.130-131x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Praise and encouragement; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02289 | 260 | ای یاران و دوستان من در ایام رضوان جشنی برپا نمودید و بزمی آراستید که آهنگ | O my companions and friends! During the days of Riḍván, you held a celebration and arranged a feast where melodies [3.5s] | MKT8.208b | Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02290 | 260 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward God! The letter of that divine maidservant was received and contents were apprehended. | TAB.251-252, BWF.388-389x, BSTW#052yx, BSTW#073gx | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02293 | 260 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک البدیع و ادرکت منه معنی بلیغ و | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, I read thy interesting letter, understood from it an excellent meaning and pray to God | BRL_DAK#1150 | TAB.265-266 | Consolation and comfort; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB02295 | 260 | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره المبارکه قد تلوت کتابک الذی بکت العیون حین اطلاعی | O noble branch of the blessed Lote-Tree, I have perused thy letter, which moved the eyes to tears as I gazed upon it [3.5s] | INBA87:291, INBA52:295 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02300 | 260 | ایها الفروع من السدره الرحمانیه دو نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل جلیل بر ثبوت و | O ye branches of the Divine Lote-Tree of the All-Merciful! Two letters from you were received which, praise be to God, were a mighty proof of steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA87:354, INBA52:363 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02309 | 260 | یا امه البهاء چندیست در مخابره فتور واقع این از کثرت بلایا و مشغولیت ذهن حاصل | O handmaid of Bahá! For some time there hath been a lapse in correspondence. This hath come about through the multitude of afflictions and the preoccupation of mind [3.5s] | MMK5#101 p.081 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02310 | 260 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | یا امه الله المهتزه کقضیب رطیب بنسیم محبه الله انی قرئت تحریرک الدال علی فرط | O handmaid of God, who tremblest even as a fresh and tender branch in the winds of the love of God! I have read thy letter... These spiritual assemblies are aided | MNMK#044 p.129, MMK1#038 p.076 | SWAB#038, TAB.089-091, GPB.332x2x, COC#1358x, LOG#0010x, LOG#2072x, BSC.476 #903-904x | Honiara Baha'i Youth | Equality of men and women; House of Justice; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||
| AB02312 | 260 | یا من اناجیه فی جنح اللیالی و هو المناجی للناجی و ابتهلت الیه فی خلوات | O Thou Whom I invoke in the depths of night, Who art the Confidant of him who doth commune, and unto Whom I turn in fervent prayer in solitude [3.5s] | INBA13:176, INBA59:175 | AYBY.349 #031, KNJ.013l | Prayer for protection; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02320 | 250 | اللهم یا الهی هذا عبد ابتهل الی ملکوتک و اجتهد فی ملکک و بذل روحه و جهده و | O God, my God! This servant hath supplicated unto Thy Kingdom, striven within Thy dominion, and offered up his soul and his endeavours [3.5s] | INBA21:001, INBA21:218b (177b) | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02321 | 250 | اللهم یا کاشف الاسرار و المطلع بسرائر الاحرار و الواقف بضمائر الابرار و ما حق | O God, Unveiler of mysteries, Who art cognizant of the secrets of the free, Who standeth witness to the inmost thoughts of the righteous and all that is true [3.5s] | INBA59:093 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02324 | 250 | الهی الهی قد طار طیر الولاء باجنحه الوفاء من اوکار الفناء الی حدائق قدسک و | O my God, O my God! The bird of devotion hath soared with the wings of fidelity from the nests of mortality unto Thy sanctified gardens [3.5s] | PYK.301 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02331 | 250 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای ابناء ملکوت نامه ایکه نگاشته بودید هر چند مختصر و مفید بود ولی کتابی مبین و دلیل | O ye children of the Kingdom! The letter that ye have written, although short and significant, was a manifest book | BRL_DAK#0829 | TAB.689-690, BWF.403-403x | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB02339 | 250 | ای اسرای الهی چنان بخاطر نگذرد که آنی ان اسیران سبیل الهی نسیان و فراموش شده | O ye divine captives! Let it not pass through your minds, even for a moment, that those prisoners in the pathway of God have been forgotten or forsaken [3.5s] | MMK5#259 p.200 | Consolation and comfort; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02343 | 350 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای امه الله در تواریخ شرقیه مذکور است که سقراط بفلسطین و سوریه سفر کرد و در | O thou handmaid of God! It is recorded in eastern histories that Socrates journeyed to Palestine and Syria and there | BRL_DAK#0223, MMK1#025 p.052x, MMK1#152 p.174x | SWAB#025x, LOG#0693x | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB02345 | 250 | ای امین نازنین مکتوبی که بجناب افنان مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید و از خبر | O cherished trustee, the letter thou didst pen to his honour the Afnán hath been perused, and from [3.5s] | YBN.041a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02347 | 250 | ای بنده الهی صدمات شدیده دیدی و مشقات عظیمه کشیدی حمد کن خدا را که لائق و | O servant of God! Grievous blows hast thou sustained and mighty tribulations hast thou endured. Render thou praise unto God that thou art found worthy [3.5s] | INBA87:232, INBA52:237 | MKT8.018b, HDQI.183, ANDA#10 p.05, MSHR2.210x | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02353 | 250 | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک تحاریر متعدده شما ملاحظه گشت الحمد لله دلیل بر روح و | O sincere servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy numerous letters were perused. Praise be to God, they bear witness to the spirit [3.5s] | MMK6#598, MSHR1.066x | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02354 | 250 | ای بنده صادق میثاق چندی پیش از این مکتوبی ارسال گشت تا بحال خبر وصول نرسید | O faithful servant of the Covenant! A letter was dispatched some time ago, yet no word of its receipt hath thus far been received [3.5s] | MKT6.134, MUH3.284 | Growth of the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02357 | 250 | ای پروردگار این دوستانت را در بوستان عنایت و گلستان موهبت در کنار جویبار | O Lord! These, Thy friends, in the garden of Thy bounty and the rose-garden of Thy bestowal, beside the flowing stream [3.5s] | INBA13:232, INBA17:052, INBA75:050 | BRL_DAK#1124, MKT2.219, MILAN.214, AKHA_128BE #03 p.a, DWNP_v5#11 p.007, DUR2.111, DUR1.302, ADH2_1#46 p.069, MJMJ1.054, MMG2#367 p.409, MJH.014 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02358 | 250 | Meetings, Bahá'í | ای ثابت بر پیمان ایمان و ایقان مانند شجر بوستانست و اعمال و افعال ممدوحه در | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Faith and certitude are as trees in a garden, and praiseworthy deeds and actions are [3.5s]... ...At these meetings, there should be no extraneous conversation whatever. Rather, the assemblage should confine itself to reading and reciting the Holy Words | BLIB_Or.08117.075, | MKT2.271, AVK3.092.17x, AVK3.144.08x, AVK3.491.08x | BRL_MEET.AB#20x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Degrees of faith; certitude; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||
| AB02361 | 250 | ای ثابت بر پیمان تحاریر متعدده واصل و معانی در نهایت حلاوت روحانی از خبر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Numerous letters were received, and their meanings were endued with the utmost spiritual sweetness [3.5s] | MMK6#158 | Being a source of light; guidance; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02364 | 250 | ای ثابت بر پیمان در صریح قرآن میفرماید من قتل مظلوما لقد جعلنا لولیه سلطانا | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! In the clear text of the Qur'án it is proclaimed: "Whosoever is wrongfully slain, We have indeed granted authority unto his heir" [3.5s] | MMK6#253, ANDA#84 p.67, MSHR2.251 | Justice and wrath of God; Relationship between government and people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02367 | 250 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و حزن و اندوه شما سبب تاثر قلوب گردید زیرا مرا | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and thy sorrow and grief have deeply affected all hearts, for [3.5s] | INBA79.043 | MSHR4.329-330 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02370 | 250 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مشکین که بحضرت حیدر قبل علی مرقوم نموده بودی در باغ | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The perfumed letter which thou didst write to His Holiness Haydar-'Alí in the garden [3.5s] | MMK6#177 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02386 | 250 | ای دو مومن ممتحن نامه وصول یافت و فی الحقیقه احبای آرتوز و احبای کول و احبای | O ye two tested believers! Your letter was received, and verily the friends of Artois and the friends of Cologne and the friends [3.5s] | MSHR4.141 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02390 | 250 | ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی الحمد لله بعون و عنایت الهیه مرحله های بعیده طی نمودی و | O pilgrim to the threshold of the Most Exalted One! Praise be to God that, through divine assistance and grace, thou hast traversed distant paths [3.5s] | MKT3.369 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02394 | 250 | ای ضیف الذاکرین دوره سیف گذشت و صیام صیف از میان رفت حالا وقت الاکرام علی | O guest of those who remember! The season of the sword hath passed, and the summer's fasts are gone. Now is the time for honor to prevail [3.5s] | MKT5.092 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02407 | 250 | ای منادی پیمان نامه ۶ شعبان واصل و از مضمون سرور کامل حاصل گردید زیرا دلیل | O herald of the Covenant! The letter of the sixth of Sha'bán was received, and from its contents complete joy was attained, for it was [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0149, MMK6#617, YIA.276 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02412 | 250 | ای ناشر میثاق سپاه ملکوت ابهی و جنود جبروت اعلی متتابع از عالم بالا در هجوم | O thou disseminator of the Covenant! The hosts of the Abhá Kingdom and the legions of the Supreme Dominion are descending successively from the realms above in a mighty rush [3.5s] | INBA55:457, INBA72:054, INBA88:375 | MMK6#134 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02422 | 250 | ای یار عزیز من نامه شما رسید و از مضمون نهایت سرور حاصل گردید فی الحقیقه مرا | O dearly cherished friend! Your letter was received and from its contents the utmost joy was obtained. Verily [3.5s] | MMK5#041 p.040 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02431 | 250 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye spiritual friends of this prisoner! According to what is heard and is evident, you have arranged an assembly in the utmost beauty | TAB.632-633 | Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02435 | 250 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء چندیست که از آن دوستان باوفا بحسب ظاهر شعله ای بعتبه مقدسه | O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! For some time past no flame from those faithful friends hath outwardly appeared at the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | MKT9.255b | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Music and singing; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02440 | 250 | ای یاران مهربان هر چند در کشور خاورید و ما در بوم روم و زمین باختر ولی در بزم یگانگی | O kind friends! Though ye dwell in the lands of the East and we abide in the realm of Rome and the regions of the West, yet in the feast of oneness [3.5s] | INBA59:248, INBA88:345 | PYB#137 p.04, HDQI.258, ANDA#29 p.05, ANDA#69 p.08, YARP2.252 p.220 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02445 | 250 | O thou who art advancing into the Kingdom of God! Verily, I read thy eloquent letter... Know verily that Abdu'l-Baha has spiritual speech, heavenly conversations | SW_v14#07 p.210x, CUPAB.014-015x, BSTW#171 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02446 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily, this mundane world is as the mirage of the desert | TAB.660-661, BSC.426 #769 | Being a source of light; guidance; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02454 | 250 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ایها المختارون ایها الثابتون ایها المنادون ایها المخلصون انی اشکر ربی الاعلی | O ye who are chosen! O ye who are firm! O ye who are calling! O ye who are sincere! Verily, I praise my supreme Lord for choosing you | INBA89:244 | BRL_DAK#0402 | BRL_ATE#139, TAB.018-019 | Call to action; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||
| AB02457 | 250 | The meeting thou hast called at Mr. Bowen's and hast lectured therein was a spiritual gathering | BSTW#364 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02459 | 250 | جناب انین و حنین قلب و لسان آن مشتعل بنار محبت الله بساحت اقدس در افق اعلی و | The esteemed Anín and Hanín of heart and tongue, enkindled with the fire of the love of God, reached the Most Holy Court in the Supreme Horizon [3.5s] | INBA55:122 | MMK6#289 | Chastisement and requital; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02470 | 250 | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله قد اقبل الشهر الصیام بجیوشه الجراره و جنوده الکراره | O thou who art enraptured by the breaths of God! The month of fasting hath advanced with its formidable hosts and valiant legions [3.5s] | MMK6#615 | Apocalyptic imagery; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Entry by troops; Imagery in the Qur'an; Law of fasting; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02471 | 250 | یا من تحمل البلایاء و الرزایاء فی سبیل الله و اشتدت اریاح الامتحان علیه فی | O thou who hast borne trials and tribulations in the path of God, and upon whom the winds of tests have blown with intensity [3.5s] | MMK4#106 p.116 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02479 | 250 | Thou must be firm and unshakable in thy purpose, and never, never let any outward | DAS.1913-08-19, SW_v04#12 p.208+210, ABIE.208, PN_1913 p005, MAB.016, VLAB.127x, BLO_PN#007 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02481 | 250 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth, thou hast been thrown amid dire ordeals... The wisdom of all these tribulations that poured successively | TAB.654-656, BSC.486 #934x | Call to action; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02486 | 240 | اللهم ان سید الموحدین و سند المخلصین سمی سید الساجدین زین العابدین الذی آمن | O Lord! Verily, the Chief of the Monotheists and the Support of the Pure-hearted bears the name of the Master of the Devout, the Ornament of the Worshippers, who hath believed [3.5s] | ASAT2.142, IQN.100 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02490 | 240 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my God! O my God! Praise be unto Thee! for Thou hast created me of the most excellent fabric, in the most honored form | TAB.614-615, BSC.430 #780, VTRM.028-029 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02496 | 240 | ای ابناء ملکوت الله نامه شما رسید دلیل بر ایمان و ایقان و عرفان و ثبوت و بر | O ye children of the Kingdom of God! Your letter was received and attesteth to your faith, certitude, knowledge and steadfastness [3.5s] | NJB_v01#11 p.001 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02497 | 240 | ای احبای الهی جناب رستم دستان لسان بستایش شما گشود که احبای یزد آن | O ye beloved of God! His honour Rustam-Dastán hath loosed his tongue in praise of you, that the friends in Yazd [3.5s] | YARP2.370 p.293 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02506 | 240 | Crisis and Victory | ای بنت ملکوت نامه ای که شامل وقایع سنه ماضیه بود ملاحظه گردید فی الحقیقه | O daughter of the Kingdom! The letter containing the events of the past year was indeed perused [3.5s]... ...Soon will the Western regions become as radiant as the horizons of the East, and the Sun of Truth shine forth with a refulgence that will cause the darkness of error to fade away and vanish | BRL_DAK#0623 | BRL_CRISIS#49x, COC#0306x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB02515 | 240 | ای بنده ثابت راسخ جمال قدم در جمیع اوقات بذکر ان یار قدیم و حبیب ندیم مشغولیم | O steadfast and unwavering servant of the Ancient Beauty! At all times are we occupied with the remembrance of that Ancient Friend and intimate Companion [3.5s] | MKT5.141b | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02528 | 240 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy third report was received and its contents imparted the utmost exhilaration. The 19 days Feast was the Lord's Supper | DAS.1913-08-30, ABIE.257, BLO_PN#007 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Newspapers and the media; publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02531 | 240 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب امین مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید این نامه | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou didst write to Jináb-i-Amín was noted. This letter [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1002, MKT3.431, MMK4#039 p.044 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Justice and wrath of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02539 | 240 | ای ثابت بر پیمان ورق مسطور منظور گردید و رق منشور مطالعه شد نغمه مرغ سحرگاهی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The written page was noted, and the written leaf was perused—the melody of the dawn-bird [3.5s] | TSS.160b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02547 | 240 | ای خادم احبای الهی هر چند مدتی بود که بخدمت یاران پرداختی و در عبودیت حق علم | O servant of the beloved of God! Though for a time thou didst occupy thyself with service to the friends and didst raise the standard of servitude unto the True One [3.5s] | INBA17:244 | MMK3#195 p.139 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02548 | 240 | ای خاندان مبارک آنخانواده از بدو طلوع صبح حقیقت منجذب نور مبین گشتند و توجه | O blessed household! From the very dawn of the Morn of Truth ye were attracted to the manifest light and turned [3.5s] | AYBY.395 #087 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02556 | 240 | ای دوستان حضرت یزدان جناب مشهدی یوسف در آستان مقدس یوسف مصر ملکوت جمال ابهی | O friends of the Lord God! His honor Mashhadí Yúsuf hath attained unto the sacred threshold—that Joseph of the Egypt of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA13:056, INBA89:191 | Law of pilgrimage; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02558 | 240 | ای دوستان خالص حضرت یزدان جمال قدم و اسم اعظم روحی لاحبائه الفدا بجمیع اسماء | O ye sincere friends of the Lord of Hosts! The Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name—may my spirit be sacrificed for His loved ones—by all His names [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1205, SFI09.017b | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02562 | 240 | ای ساغر پرنوش آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی در تفصیل صعود بلبل گلشن عرش یعنی خدابخش | O thou brimming chalice! That which was conveyed unto the honored Áqá Siyyid Taqí concerning the ascension of the nightingale of the celestial rose-garden, namely Khudábakhsh [3.5s] | YARP2.197 p.188 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02563 | 240 | ای ستمدیدگان راه یزدان عوانان دست تطاول گشودند و ستمکاران قوت بازو نمودند | O ye who are oppressed in the path of God! The tyrannical oppressors have stretched forth the hand of aggression, and the cruel ones have displayed the might of their arms [3.5s] | MMK2#284 p.205 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcending the material condition | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02564 | 240 | ای سلاله آن جلیل عظیم هر چند اموال بغارت دادید و خانه بتالان و تاراج ولی | O progeny of that mighty and exalted one! Though your possessions were given over to plunder and your home to pillage and ravage, yet [3.5s] | MMK2#312 p.228, TAH.274 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02568 | 240 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای صاحب دل بینا هر چند بصر جسمانی مفقود ولی الحمد لله بصیرت قلب موجود دل | O thou possessor of a seeing heart! Although, materially speaking, thou art destitute of the physical sight | MKT3.099, MMK1#018 p.035 | SWAB#018, JWTA.031-032, SW_v10#02 p.017-018 | Call to action; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||
| AB02570 | 240 | ای عبد جمال قدم منظوم چون لئالی منثور منظور گشت فصیح و بلیغ بود و بدیع و لطیف | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! Thy verses, like scattered pearls, were beheld with favor; eloquent and persuasive were they, novel and graceful [3.5s] | MKT8.126c, AKHA_103BE #09-10 p.02 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02576 | 240 | Bahá'í World Faith | O thou beloved maidservant of God! Thy letter dated October 4, 1918 | BWF.386-387x, SW_v10#03 p.043 | Non-participation in politics; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02579 | 240 | ای متحمل بلایا و مشقات و رزایا در سبیل جمال ابهی روحی لاحبائه الذین ذاقوا... ایام در گذر است و حیات بی تحمل | O thou who bearest tribulations, afflictions and trials in the path of the Most Glorious Beauty—may my spirit and the spirits of those who have tasted [His sweetness be a sacrifice unto Him]... Days pass swiftly, and life without patience [3.5s] | MKT6.042, BSHN.140.475.05x, BSHN.144.468ax, TISH.572-573, MSHR4.342, NANU_AB#48 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Purpose; goal of creation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02604 | 240 | ای یاران باوفای جمال ابهی هر چند جمیع دوستان در میدان عرفان سمند الهام براندند | O faithful friends of the Abhá Beauty! Though all the friends have urged forward their steeds of inspiration in the field of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA85:221 | MKT8.238, AKHA_129BE #13 p.a, BSHN.140.141, BSHN.144.141, MHT2.096 | High station of the true believer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02608 | 240 | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء شمس حقیقت در هر دوری چون از مشرق احدیت اشراق نمود از | O ye dear friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! When in every Dispensation the Sun of Truth did shine forth from the Dayspring of Oneness [3.5s] | INBA89:202 | BRL_DAK#1125 | Importance of community building; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02611 | 240 | ای یاران معنوی و احبای حقیقی یوم یوم انجذاب است و روز روز اشراق | O spiritual friends and true loved ones! The day is the day of attraction, and this is the morn of effulgence [3.5s] | INBA84:429 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02618 | Some Answered Questions #079 The Reality of the World of Being | 240 | Answered Questions, Some | طائفهء سوفسطائیه بر آنند که موجودات عبارت از اوهامات است هر موجود وهم محض است | The sophists hold that all existence is illusory, indeed, that each and every being is an absolute illusion | MFD#79, OOL.C022.79 | SAQ#79 | Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Life and death; Material world a reflection of the spiritual | - | - | ||||||
| AB02623 | 240 | یا ابن من غشی رمسه الانوار الساطعه من ملکوت الابهی نامه شما بمجرد وصول تلغراف | O thou son of him whose resting-place is enveloped by the radiant lights of the Abhá Kingdom, thy letter was received immediately upon arrival of the telegram [3.5s] | PYK.278 | Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02631 | 240 | With regard to the assembly, there must be spiritual consultation therein; discourses | DAS.1914-06-07, SW_v09#10 p.110 | Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02634 | 230 | اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد و لک الشکر بما بعثت من بین عبادک صفوتا طابت سرائرهم | O my God! Unto Thee be praise and thanksgiving for having raised up from among Thy servants ones pure in heart, whose inner natures are sanctified [3.5s] | INBA21:089 | MKT1.183, AHDW.046 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02635 | 230 | اللهم یا موید المخلصین علی اعلاء کلمه الله بین العالمین و القیام علی خدمه | O Lord, Who dost sustain the sincere ones in exalting the Word of God amongst the peoples and in arising to serve [3.5s] | AMK.093-093, TSS.178 | Consultation; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Education of children; moral education; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02638 | 230 | الهی قد اجتمعوا فی هذا المجمع الحافل احبائک طلبا لفیضک الشامل و تجلی انوار | O my God! Thy loved ones have gathered in this resplendent assembly, seeking Thy all-encompassing grace and the radiance of Thy light [3.5s] | INBA59:217 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of pilgrimage; Love of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02645 | 230 | O ye believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful! All your epistles were duly received. From its contents it became evident | DAS.1915-01-05 | Love of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02648 | 230 | ای افنان الهی مکتوبی که بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گشت از | O divine Afnan! The letter thou didst address to Jinab-i-Áqá Siyyid Taqí was perused [3.5s]... ...On the day of the martyrdom of the Bab, may My life be a sacrifice to His dust, circumambulate the sanctified Haram [the House of the Bab] on My behalf and, with the greatest reverence and fervor | INBA87:326, INBA52:332 | GEN.342-343x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrdom of the Bab; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02652 | 230 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای امه الله نامه ات رسید خبر تشکیل انجمن در آن بلد مرقوم نموده بودید نظر بقلت | O handmaid of God! Thy letter hath been received, bringing its news that an Assembly hath been established in that city. Look ye not upon the fewness of thy numbers | MMK1#039 p.078 | SWAB#039, TAB.508-509, BWF.409-410x, BSTW#353 | Angels; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB02655 | 230 | ای آوارگان حق محزون مباشید دلخون مگردید افسرده ننشینید پژمرده نگردید هرچند | O ye wanderers in the path of Truth! Be not dismayed, let not your hearts be grieved; sit not in despondency, nor be withered in spirit, though [3.5s] | NANU_AB#55 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02656 | 230 | ای آوارگان سبیل الهی هر چند صدمه در نیریز شدید بود و بلایا غیث هاطل و جام لبریز | O wanders on the path of God, Although the trials in Nayriz were extremely harsh | LMA2.418, MLK.102, TAN.139-140, NYMG.188 | NYR#125 | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02658 | 230 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بندگان حق و کنیزان الهی همچو گمان منمااید که دقیقه ای فراموش گردید همواره | O servants of God and handmaids of the Lord! Think not that ye are forgotten for even a moment. ‘Abdu’l-Baha maketh mention of you at all times | BRL_DAK#0715, NJB_v01#14 p.001 | BRL_ATE#173, TAB.593-594, BSTW#069, BSTW#077 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Manifestation of God as educator; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB02661 | 230 | ای بنده آستان حق نامه شما رسید ولی از عدم فرصت مجبور بر اختصار جوابم و معذورم | O servant of the Threshold of Truth! Thy letter was received, but owing to lack of time I am constrained to give but a brief reply, and must beg thy pardon [3.5s] | INBA87:190, INBA52:191b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02664 | 230 | ای بنده بهاء تحریر اخیر مورخ به شانزدهم جمادی الثانی ۲۴ واصل گردید از تلاوت | O servant of Bahá! Thy recent letter, dated the sixteenth of Jamádíyu'th-Thání '24, hath been received. From its perusal [3.5s] | MSBH3.540 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02665 | 230 | ای بنده بهاء سرهاست که در پای آندلبر یکتا افتاده و جانهاست که در سبیل آنمعشوق | O servant of Bahá! Heads have fallen at the feet of that peerless Beloved, and souls have been sacrificed in the path of that adored One [3.5s] | INBA89:218b | AKHA_134BE #05 p.a, AVK3.190, BSHN.140.305, BSHN.144.303, RHQM1.220 (276) (166-166x), MHT1a.124, MHT1b.082 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02670 | 230 | ای بنده درگاه یزدان نامه ای که بحضرت جواد مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید نامه | O servant of the divine threshold! The letter which thou hadst addressed to His Holiness Javád hath been perused [3.5s] | YARP2.515 p.373 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02672 | 230 | ای بیسر و سامان مدتی است که از شما خبری نرسیده و حال آنکه قرار چنین بود که در | O thou who art bereft of means and resources! For some time no word hath been received from thee, although it was agreed that [3.5s] | MKT8.043c | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02677 | 230 | ای ثابت بر پیمان غزل فصیح بلیغ قرائت شد و سلاست و بلاغت بیمنتهی داشت از خدا | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The eloquent and graceful ode was recited, and possessed infinite fluency and eloquence [3.5s] | INBA85:151b | MKT8.230 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02681 | 230 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب آقا میرزا حیدر علی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه | O thou firm in the Covenant! Thy letter addressed to his honor Mirza Hayder Aly | TZH8.0244, HHA.276, MSBH2.408 | SW_v06#07 p.051-052 | Call to action; Martyrs and martyrdom; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02682 | 230 | Man of Courage, The | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه بدیع معانی ملاحظه گردید نغمه بلبل وفا بود و یا گلبانگ | O you who are firm in the Covenant! Your letter, wondrous and replete with inner meaning, was perused | AHB.130BE #09-10 p.37, MSHR3.197 | BLO_courage.35-36 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB02705 | 230 | ای خاندان آن مقرب درگاه کبریاء حضرت صادق پدر موافق بجناب مشکین نامه ای مرقوم | O family of that near one to the threshold of grandeur! His Holiness Sadiq, the faithful father, hath addressed a letter to Jinab-i-Mishkin [3.5s] | DUR4.494 | Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02710 | 230 | O ye two dear maidservants of God! Your letter dated December 4th | SW_v10#07 p.144, BSTW#425 | House of Justice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02712 | 230 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دو نفس مومن موقن نامه رسید الحمد لله خبرهای خوشی داشت کلیفورنیا استعداد | O ye two faithful and assured souls! The letter was received. Praise be to God, it imparted good tidings…. Those souls who during the war have served the poor and have been in the Red Cross Mission work | MMK1#081 p.113x, MMK1#164 p.190x | SWAB#081x, SWAB#164x, SW_v10#19 p.339-340, BSTW#039 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB02715 | 230 | ای دوست قدیم نامه شما رسید و از صدمات شدیده ... از صدمات شديده و امتحانات عظيمه که بر شما وارد گشته نهايت حزن | O ancient friend! Thy letter was received, and from the severe trials and mighty tribulations that have befallen thee, extreme sorrow [3.5s] | MMK3#212 p.152x, MMK5#140 p.109x | Consolation and comfort; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02726 | 230 | ای سلیل آن شخص جلیل نامه اول و ثانی رسید و تفاصیل معلوم و واضح گردید | O offspring of that noble personage! The first and second letters arrived, and their contents became known and clear [3.5s] | MMK6#199 | Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02731 | 230 | ای طالبان حقیقت از الطاف الهی میخواهم که مطلب هر یک از شما که مبتنی بر نیت | O seekers of truth! I beseech the divine favors that the purpose of each one of you which is founded upon intention [3.5s] | MMK6#380 | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02736 | 230 | ای عطار ای جان نثار چندی پیش نامه مشکباری ارسال شد حال جناب سید تقی حاضر و | O 'Attar, thou who dost sacrifice thy soul! A letter redolent with musk was dispatched not long ago. Now the honored Siyyid Taqi is present [3.5s] | MKT9.154, MMK5#127 p.099, YBN.038-039 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02738 | 230 | ای فرع برومند آن حضرت تقدیس مجسم وحید این عصر عظیم حقا که نبوت آن فرید قرن | O noble scion of that sanctified Exemplar, the embodiment of sanctity, the unique one of this mighty Age! Verily, that peerless one of the century [3.5s] | MMK5#260 p.201 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02743 | 230 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی حمد خدا را که در یوم ندا آهنگ ملا اعلی شنیدی و خطاب الست را | O cherished handmaid of God! Praise be to God that in this Day of the Call thou didst hearken unto the melody of the Supreme Concourse and the Voice of "Am I not?" [3.5s] | MKT7.112b, FRH.173 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02749 | 230 | ای مشرق انوار محبت الله اگر چه این مصیبت وارده از رزایای عظیمه و مصائب شدیده | O Dawning-Place of the Lights of God's Love, though this calamity that hath befallen thee is among the greatest of afflictions and most grievous of trials [3.5s] | MMK6#023 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02751 | 230 | ای مظهر امتحانات الله نفوس بشریه در این خاکدان ترابی بر دو قسمند و مقسوم بر | O Manifestation of God's tests, human souls in this dust-heap of earth are of two kinds and divided [3.5s] | INBA85:103 | BSHN.140.319, BSHN.144.317, MHT1a.065, MHT1b.023, MUH2.1120 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02752 | 230 | ای مقبلان و مقبولان درگه کبریا جناب امین مکتوب شما را ارسال نمودند و استدعای | O ye who are favored and accepted at the Threshold of Glory! Jinab-i-Amin hath forwarded your letter and petition [3.5s] | MKT7.240b | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02761 | 230 | O thou who hast faith in God! Thy letter has been forwarded. Treat thy traveling | SW_v12#12 p.200 | Growth of the Cause; Non-participation in politics; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02776 | 230 | ای یار قدیم آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی واضح و معلوم گشت شکایت از مشقت نموده بودید | O ancient friend! That which thou didst write became clear and evident. Thou didst complain of hardship [3.5s] | INBA17:141 | BSHN.140.317, BSHN.144.315, MHT1a.067, MHT1b.025 | Call to action; Law of transformation and change; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02777 | 230 | ای یار قدیم عبدالبهاء مصائب و بلایا در سبیل الهی موهبت نامتناهیست زیرا نتیجه | O ancient friend of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Trials and tribulations in the pathway of God are boundless gifts, for their outcome [3.5s] | BSHN.140.237, BSHN.144.237, MHT2.094 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02781 | 230 | ای یاران الهی جناب آقا موسا و آقا قنبر علی مسافه بعیده و کوه و صحرا و دریا طی | O divine friends! Jinab-i-Aqa Musa and Aqa Qanbar-'Ali have traversed vast distances, mountains, deserts and seas [3.5s] | MKT9.217b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Law of pilgrimage; Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02784 | 230 | ای یاران پارسی نامه شما رسید و از معانی دلنشین نهایت سرور حاصل گردید حمد خدا | O Persian friends! Your letter hath been received, and from its heart-entrancing meanings the utmost joy hath been attained. Praise be unto God [3.5s] | YARP2.224 p.204 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Past, present and future of Iran; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02788 | 230 | ای یاران روشن من بدرگاه دلبر یگانه شکرانه نمودم که انجمن روحانی نورانی گردیده | O my radiant friends! Unto the threshold of the incomparable Beloved do I render thanks, for the spiritual gathering hath become illumined [3.5s] | SFI09.012a | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02792 | 230 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء هر چند انقلاب ایران شدید است و محن و بلایا مستولی بر هر | O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Though the upheaval in Persia is severe and trials and tribulations have overtaken all [3.5s] | MSHR4.345-346 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Non-participation in politics; Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02795 | 230 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای یاران عزیز من نامه شما رسید و مضمون بسیار ملیح و بدیع بود زیرا دلالت بر انتشار | O ye my dear friends! Your letter was received and its contents were wonderful and beautiful for it evinced the spreading of the light of Guidance. | NJB_v01#15 p.001 | TAB.444-445 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB02810 | 230 | ایها الفرع النضیر من السدره الرحمانیه حضرت والد علیه بهاء الله الابهی در یوم | O verdant branch of the divine Lote-Tree! His Holiness the father, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious, on the day [3.5s] | INBA87:324, INBA52:329 | KHAF.225 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of pilgrimage; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02811 | 230 | ایها المنادون باسم الله و الممتلئون حبا بجمال الله و المنجذبون قلبا الی | O ye who call out in the name of God, who are filled with love for the Beauty of God, and whose hearts are drawn unto [3.5s] | MMK6#301 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02812 | 230 | Bahá'í World Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The | ایها المنجذبون ایها الثابتون ایها الغیورون فی خدمت امر الله | O ye who are attracted! O ye who are firm! O ye who are zealous... ...The greatest affair and the most important matter today is to establish a Mashriqu'l-Adhkar | INBA89:243 | BRL_DAK#0403, COMP_MASHRIQP#10x, QT108.165, NJB_v01#19a p.012x | BRL_MASHRIQ#10x, TAB.017-018, BWF.415-415x, SW_v01#11 p.010x, SW_v06#17 p.133-134x, BW_v01p062 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||
| AB02820 | 230 | دوست عزیزم جناب کبریا بو عالم ناسوتیده هر بر درلو بلا یراتمشدر امراض و علل | My dear friend, in this earthly realm the All-Glorious One hath created every manner of tribulation, sickness and affliction [3.5s] | MJT.102 | Consolation and comfort; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02821 | 230 | دوست مکرم مهربان مراسله شما واصل و از مشقات و گرفتاری و ناچاری شما نهایت تاسف | Esteemed and cherished friend, your letter has been received, and I am deeply grieved by your hardships, trials and privations [3.5s] | MMK6#234 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02824 | 230 | ای ياران الهی در اين دم در حديقه رضوان با سائر دوستان مألوفيم و مأنوس معروفيم و محسوس | O ye friends of God! In this moment in the Garden of Ridván We are intimate companions with the other friends, united in fellowship and communion [3.5s] | MMK2#261 p.188x | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02835 | 230 | یا من ادخره الله لخدمه امره صفحه منشور منظور و ملحوظ گشت و بر حقیقت وقایع از | O thou whom God hath reserved for the service of His Cause! Thy page hath been unfolded, observed and regarded, and from the reality of events [3.5s] | PYK.270 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02848 | 230 | O thou my heavenly son! Several letters and cards are received from you and | SW_v09#14 p.164, BSTW#249 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02865 | 220 | ای ياران الهی ، در اين صباح که منادی نجاح از ملکوت ابهی به حيّ علی الفلاح ندا مينمايد عبدالبهاء بذکر آن ياران عزيز مانند | O ye divine friends! In this dawning hour when the Herald of success from the all-glorious Kingdom calleth out "Hasten ye to salvation!", 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in remembrance of those cherished friends [3.5s] | MMK3#193 p.136x, NANU_AB#40x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02868 | 220 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت طیور مبارک شکور همواره پرواز در اوج اعلی خواهند و آرزوی | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Thankful, the birds of the spirit seek only to fly in the high heavens | MMK1#148 p.172 | SWAB#148 | Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB02871 | 220 | ای احبای الهی در ایندم که همدم پیک روحانیم نامه از یکی از احباالله بجناب سید | O friends of God! At this moment, while I commune with the spiritual messenger, a letter hath come from one of the beloved of God addressed to Jinab-i-Siyyid [3.5s] | MMK6#573 | Love of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02872 | 220 | ای اماء رحمن محفل انس را بذکر آندلبر مهربان چنان بیارااید که بزم میثاق گردد و | O handmaidens of the Merciful! Adorn the gathering of fellowship with the remembrance of that tender Beloved in such wise that it may become a feast of the Covenant [3.5s] | MMK2#343 p.247 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02874 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou attracted maidservant of God! Thy letter ... was received and its contents produced happiness and joy, for it evinced affinity and love | TAB.213 | Power of prayer; Review of publications; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02876 | 220 | ای امه الله هر چند مصائب و رزایاء و متاعب و بلایاء از جمیع انحا بر شما استیلا | O handmaiden of God! Though afflictions and calamities, hardships and tribulations have encompassed thee from every side [3.5s] | MKT7.073b, TSHA3.422, BALM.015 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for nearness to God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02884 | 220 | ای بندگان صادق رب الجنود خدماتیکه در اعانه مدرسه تایید نموده و مینمااید | O ye true servants of the Lord of Hosts! The services ye are rendering in support of the Ta'yíd School merit the highest praise. | INBA16:129 | AMK.110-111, TAH.302, TRBB.054 | COC#0620 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||
| AB02890 | 220 | ای بنده آستان جمال مبارک اگرچه چندیست تحریری ارسال نگشت و بیان حسیات محبتی | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Though for some time no letter hath been dispatched expressing sentiments of love [3.5s] | MMK5#124 p.097 | Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for tests and difficulties | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02891 | 220 | ای بنده ثابت مستقیم جمال ابهی حقا که در امرالله مستقیمی و با هر نفس رحمانی | O steadfast and upright servant of the Abha Beauty! Verily thou art firm in the Cause of God and art with every soul divine [3.5s] | NANU_AB#69 | High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02893 | 220 | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکاتیب شما واصل و بر مضمون اطلاع یافتیم از الطاف جمال قدم | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letters have been received and their contents noted. Through the favours of the Ancient Beauty [3.5s] | INBA13:109, INBA88:114 | Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02894 | 220 | ای بنده حق در حالتیکه مصائب و بلا مانند امواج دریا از هر طرف در هجوم با وجود | O servant of Truth! While calamities and tribulations, like unto the waves of the sea, surge from every direction [3.5s] | MMK6#026 | Consolation and comfort; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02911 | 220 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه که بتاریخ ۲ می ۱۹۱۹ مرقوم نموده بودی رسید حمد کن خدا را که در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter thou hadst written on 2 May 1919 was received. Praise thou God that in tests thou art firm | MMK1#089 p.117 | SWAB#089 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB02918 | 220 | ای ثابت عهد راسخ پیمان جناب آقا مهدی الحمد لله مستقیم بر امر الله و متشبث | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant and firm in the Pledge, Jináb-i-Áqá Mahdí! Praise be unto God, thou art unwavering in the Cause of God and firmly attached [3.5s] | INBA21:104b | Empty learning; false spirituality; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02923 | 220 | ای جانفشان سبیل جانان هر چند در بلاد غربت بفرقت اهل و یاران مبتلا گشتی و مشقت | O thou who sacrificest thyself in the path of the Beloved! Though thou art afflicted with separation from kindred and companions in the lands of exile, and art beset with hardship [3.5s] | KHSH13.010 | Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02925 | 220 | ای خداوند بی مانند یاران عبدالبهاء را یاوری کن و گناهکارانرا بزرگواری نما بزم | O peerless Lord! Assist the companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and graciously forgive the sinners [3.5s] | MMG2#335 p.371 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02927 | 220 | O thou beloved spiritual daughter! Thy postal card of August 26, 1916, was received | SW_v09#14 p.165 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02941 | 220 | Fire and Light | ای سرمستان پیمانه پیمان وقت آنست که بادیه هجران بپیمااید تا بسرمنزل جانان | O ye who are inebriated with the draught of His Covenant! It is time to pass beyond the desolate wilds of remoteness | NANU_AB#27 | BRL_FIRE_AB#12 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Music and singing; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB02944 | 220 | ای شخص روحانی حمد کن خدا را که در محفل تایید حاضری و بدرس تبلیغ مشغول دلائل و | O spiritual one! Render thanks unto God that thou art present in the gathering of divine confirmation and art engaged in the lesson of teaching and proofs [3.5s]... ...In this day there is nothing more important than the instruction and study of clear proofs and convincing, heavenly arguments, for therein lie the source of life and the path of salvation | TSS.151 | COC#0389x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB02945 | 220 | ای شعله افروخته محبت الله نامه تو جانسوز بود و آه و فغانت آتش افروز حین | O enkindled flame of the love of God! Thy letter was soul-stirring, and thy sighs and lamentations set aflame the hearts [3.5s] | INBA13:270 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02954 | 220 | Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou maidservant of the Blessed Perfection! Thy letter was received. It was written in Persian. I was very much pleased… I earnestly hope that thou wilt memorize all the Persian poems | BRL_IOA#08x, TAB.212 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02961 | 220 | ای مبتلای صد هزار مشکلات خداوند ترا از طهران آواره بوینه نمود که تلخی غربت | O thou who art beset by a hundred thousand difficulties, God hath made thee a wanderer from Tehran that thou mayest taste the bitterness of exile [3.5s] | MMK3#302 p.224 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02964 | 220 | ای محبت مدار نامه رسید و شکرانه وصول تحاریر معلوم گردید ستایش و نیایش همان | O thou who art dear in love! Thy letter was received and gratitude for its arrival was made known. Praise and prayer remain as before [3.5s] | MSHR1.115x, MSHR3.243x, MSHR4.119x, MSHR4.131x | Business; financial; property matters; Poems and quotation from poetry; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02969 | 220 | ای مشتعل بنار موقده در سدره سیناء و شجره تخرج من طور سیناء تنبت بالدهن و صبغ | O thou who art ablaze with the fire kindled in the Sinai Tree, and with that Tree which springeth forth from Mount Sinai, yielding oil and sacred chrism [3.5s] | MMK6#335x, MSHR3.307x | Call to action; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Mosaic imagery; Petitions to authorities; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02975 | 220 | ای منادی پیمان نامه که بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید رسید سبب روح و ریحان | O herald of the Covenant! The letter thou didst address to Jinab-i-Siyyid Taqi hath been received, bringing joy and delight [3.5s] | AYBY.368 #052, KNJ.013k | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02982 | 220 | ای منجذب نفحات الله چون طیور جنت فردوس در حدائق قدس بنغمات بدیعه بنعوت و محامد | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Like unto the birds of Paradise, in the gardens of holiness raise thy voice in wondrous melodies of praise and glorification [3.5s] | RSR.041 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02983 | 220 | Selections from the Writings of His Holiness 'Abdu'l-Bahá' | سؤال نموده بودی که سبب امراض و بلايا چه چيز است ؟ اسباب متنوّع ، از برای بعضی نفوس امراض و بلايا | ...Thou didst ask a question: what is the cause of illnesses and afflictions? The causes are many and various. For some souls, illnesses and afflictions are as a punishment for deeds perpetrated | MMK3#048 p.030x | BLO_PT#080.48x | Composition and decomposition; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB02985 | 220 | O thou who art guided by the Light of Guidance! Thy letter was received. Its contents were of the utmost beauty and its significances far-reaching. | BSTW#423 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB02990 | 220 | ای نهال جنت ابهی از لطف قدیم و فضل عظیم ذات قدیم امیدوارم که از فیض سحاب | O sapling of the Abhá Paradise! Through His ancient grace and mighty bounty, I hope from the Ancient One that from the downpour of His cloud [3.5s] | AYBY.406 #113, TRZ1.184b, TRZ1.353a | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02992 | 220 | ای یار دیرین نامه مشکین در بهترین دمی رسید خواندم و ثنای یاران بر زبان راندم | O ancient friend! Thy musk-scented letter arrived at the most auspicious moment. I read it and praised the friends with my tongue [3.5s] | YARP2.709 p.471 | Law of burial and cremation; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB02993 | 220 | ای یار ربانی این مطرب از کجاست که برگفت نام دوست نامه شما را جناب آقا میرزا | O divine friend! Whence cometh this minstrel who hath uttered the name of the Friend? Thy letter, O Áqá Mírzá [3.5s] | MKT8.200, MSHR2.148x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Laws of marriage and dowry; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03000 | 220 | ای یاران الهی در هر عصر که علم الهی بلند شد حزب روحانیان در سایه آن رایت جمع | O divine friends! In every age when the banner of divine knowledge hath been raised, the spiritual hosts have gathered beneath its shade [3.5s] | AVK3.260.12 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03002 | 220 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای یاران ای اماء رحمان چه خوش محفلی آراستید حسن خدمت خواستید و بر نشر نفحات | O ye beloved! O ye maidservants of the Merciful! What a wonderful meeting ye have arranged and longed for the beauty of service | MKT7.249 | TAB.441-442, BSC.490 #942x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB03007 | 220 | ای یاران رحمانی نامه شما که تفصیل جشن رضوان و بزم روح و ریحان بود با نهایت | O ye merciful friends! The letter containing the details of the Feast of Ridvan and the banquet of joy and fragrance | MKT9.246, MJMJ3.029x, MMG2#180 p.207x | DAS.1914-09-04 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03008 | 220 | ای یاران روحانی الحمد لله شمع رحمانی در انجمن یزدانی غبطه آفتاب فلک اثیر است | O spiritual friends! Praise be unto God! The candle of the All-Merciful in the divine gathering shineth with such lustre as to be the envy of the sun in the celestial sphere [3.5s] | INBA17:267 | MKT8.186a | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03014 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye brilliant realities! Blessed are ye, for that ye believed in the Lord of Hosts, advanced unto the Kingdom of God, with faces rejoicing... Be not sorrowful on account of the affliction of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá | TAB.406-407, SW_v08#19 p.242x, PN_1901 p087 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03026 | 220 | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه آنچه نگاشتید معلوم و واضح شد حمد خدا را | O thou exalted offshoot of the divine Tree! What thou didst write was received and perused. Render thanks unto God that thou wert commissioned… Although at present the horizon of the world of humanity is darkened with turmoil, its foundation shaken to its core | INBA87:318, INBA52:323 | KHAF.213 | GEN.174, AFNAN.175-176x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB03031 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye who are sincere! O ye who are firm! O ye who are steadfast! Verily, I received a letter from that brilliant body and Spiritual Gathering | TAB.007-008 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03032 | 220 | ایها المخلصون ایها الثابتون ایها المنجذبون اننی اشکر الله بما حفظکم فی صون حمایته | O ye sincere ones, O ye steadfast ones, O ye enraptured souls! I render thanks unto God for having preserved you within the shelter of His protection [3.5s] | MKT3.427 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03033 | 220 | ایها الممتحنون فی محبه الله قال الله تعالی فی القرآن العظیم الم احسب الناس ان | O ye who are tested in the love of God! God, the Most High, hath revealed in the Great Qur'án: "Do men suppose that..." [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1115, MKT3.218, MNMK#049 p.134 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03047 | 220 | قد حی الحیا من الرحمه و الرضوان علی تربتک النوراء و بقعتک البیضاء و جدثک | May the breath of mercy and good-pleasure descend upon thy radiant dust, thy hallowed spot, and thy resting-place [3.5s] | ABDA.318 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03048 | 220 | نامه شما رسید و از مصائبیکه بر شما وارد حزن و الم رخ نمود و سبب تاسف و تحسر | Your letter has been received, and the afflictions which have befallen you have given rise to sorrow and grief [3.5s] | BSHN.140.235, BSHN.144.235, MHT2.093 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03049 | 220 | هو الموسس و المولف بین القلوب لک الحمد یا الهی بما الفت بانفاس عبدک | He is the Founder and the Unifier of hearts! Praise be unto Thee, my Lord, for having united through the breaths of Thy servant [3.5s] | INBA88:218b | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03050 | 220 | واشوقی یا الهی الی باهی جمالک و ضاحی وجهک و شهی وصالک و ظماء قلبی لمعین | O my God! How I yearn for Thy resplendent beauty, Thy radiant face, the sweetness of reunion with Thee, and my heart thirsts for the wellspring [3.5s] | PR20.004 | MKT2.162, ASAT4.395x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03051 | 220 | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | یا احباء الله و ابناء ملکوت الله ان السماء الجدیده قد اتت و ان الارض الجدیده | O ye beloved of God! O ye children of His Kingdom! Verily, verily, the new heaven and the new earth are come. | INBA21:071, INBA55:333, INBA59:085, INBA59:202b, UMich962.115-116, UMich991.053-055 | MKT2.103, MNMK#048 p.133, MMK1#003 p.012, MILAN.055, QT105.1.240, AVK2.188.01x, TZH8.1188, RHQM1.590-591 (720) (442), MJZ.012 | SWAB#003, BWF.350-351, SW_v14#12 p.358 | Angels; Continual renewal of creation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Presence of; reunion with God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB03052 | 220 | یا امه البهاء در مکاتبه اگر چنانچه فتوری حاصل آن نه از قصور است بلکه از مشاغل | O maidservant of Bahá! Should there be any delay in correspondence, it is not due to any shortcoming, but rather to the press of occupations [3.5s] | MKT7.191 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03061 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who hast addressed Abdul-Baha! Verily, I pray my Lord to teach thee a language and writing of the Kingdom which will satisfy thee | TAB.559-560, JWTA.021-022 | Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03064 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art set aglow with the Fire of the Love of God! Verily, I read thy long letter | TAB.519-520 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03065 | 220 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | El-Baha, praise, light, blessing and peace be upon thee, O thou fire of the Love of God | TAB.382-383 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for martyrs; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03071 | 210 | الحمد لله از تاییدات ملکوت الابهی و هجوم جنود ملا اعلی انوار تقدیس شرق و غرب | Praise be to God for the confirmations of the Abhá Kingdom and the onrushing hosts of the Supreme Concourse, as the lights of sanctification shine upon both East and West [3.5s] | MMK6#619 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Growth of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03092 | 210 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای امه الله آنچه نگاشتی مفهوم شد بنهایت تضرع حاجاتی خواستی و جمیع حاجاتت | O handmaiden of God! That which thou didst write was understood. With utmost supplication thou didst make certain requests, and all thy requests [3.5s]... ...Thou desirest forgiveness of sins; thou seekest utmost peace and tranquillity; thou beseechest nearness to the Threshold of Grandeur; thou desirest renunciation of thine own will | BRL_DAK#0803 | BRL_ATE#171x, TAB.135-136, BSC.477 #912x, VLAB.010x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| AB03098 | 210 | ای آواره بادیه محبت الله نامه شما رسید ستایش یاران الهی نموده بودید که در هر | O wanderer in the wilderness of God's love! Thy letter was received, wherein thou didst praise the divine friends who in every [3.5s] | AYBY.391 #079, MSHR3.317, YQAZ.280-281 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03099 | 210 | ای بشیرالهی اگر بدانی که در چه حالتی بیاد تو مشغولم البته زبان بشکرانه الهی | O Divine Herald! If thou couldst but fathom the state in which I am engaged in remembrance of thee, surely thy tongue would be moved to divine thanksgiving [3.5s] | MMK5#154 p.119, BSHI.034-035 | Consolation and comfort; Pain of love; love as veil; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03102 | 210 | O ye servants of God and Maidservants of the Merciful! Thank ye God that the Divine call reached the ear of the spirit... Praise be to God, that the doors of the Kingdom are opened... In the world of existence the meeting is blessed when the white and colored meet together | SW_v12#05 p.103x, SW_v12#05 p.106x, AHV.030-31, BLO_PN#045 | Praise and encouragement; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03115 | 210 | ای بنده صادق آستان جمال مبارک نامه رسید فاتحه عنوان انه من علیمحمد و انه بسم | O sincere servant at the threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter hath arrived, graced with the opening words, "This is from 'Ali-Muhammad, and it is in the name..." [3.5s] | MSHR3.208 | Call to action; Education of children; moral education; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03116 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou servant who art near and dear to the Glorious Threshold! Give thanks to God for having been ushered into His Kingdom | TAB.147-148 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03120 | 210 | ای بیسر و سامان الهی آنچه بحضرت افنان سدره مبارکه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه | O thou homeless one of God! What thou didst write to His Holiness the Afnán of the Sacred Tree hath been noted [3.5s] | ALPA.023b, YARP2.029 p.081 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03133 | 290 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما واصل شد و از مضمون بالام قلب محزون اطلاع حاصل گشت ... بيگانگان هر چند نشانه تير بلايند ولی از هيچ جهت تسلّی خاطر ندارند | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from its contents was learned the sorrow of thy heart. Though strangers be the target of affliction's arrows, they find comfort from no direction [3.5s] | INBA79.038 | MMK3#219 p.158x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03136 | 210 | ای ثابت بر میثاق نطقی راکه بعد از رجوع نمودی و نزد امة البهاء میس بارنی ارسال | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The utterance thou didst deliver after thy return, send it to Miss Barney, the handmaiden of Bahá [3.5s] | MUH3.382-383 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03142 | 210 | ای ثمره شجره مبارکه هر زر و سیمی پیش از محک و امتحان خوشرنگ و لطیف و براق و | O fruit of the blessed Tree! Every gold and silver, ere the touchstone of trial and test, appeareth fair and lustrous and resplendent [3.5s] | MMK3#221 p.160 | Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03146 | 210 | ای خادم جمال مقصود مکاتیب شما رسید و بر کیفیت اطلاع حاصل گردید از حزن شما | O servant of the Beauty of the All-Glorious! Thy letters were received, and their contents made known thy sorrow [3.5s] | MMK5#015 p.009 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03147 | 210 | ای خادم حرم مطلع انوار اسم اعظم در پیش چیزی مرقوم شد و حال نیز این نامه | O thou servant of the Dawning-Place of the lights of the Most Great Name! A letter was penned aforetime, and now this epistle too [3.5s] | INBA55:377, INBA87:166, INBA52:164 | KHAF.191 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03151 | 210 | O thou daughter of the kingdom! Thy letter dated July 15th, 1916, received. Its contents indicated... All the individuals of humanity are farmers. | JWTA.013-014, SW_v08#05 p.055-056+053, BSTW#291 | Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03156 | 210 | ای دوستان الهی و یاران معنوی چشم بافق ابهی بگشااید و توجه بملاء اعلی نمااید | O divine friends and spiritual companions! Open your eyes unto the Most Glorious horizon and turn your gaze to the Supreme Concourse [3.5s] | INBA13:119 | HDQI.275, ANDA#37 p.05 | Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03158 | 210 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای دوستان حقیقی نامه شما رسید و از مضمون روح و ریحان حاصل گردید الحمد لله بزمی | O ye true friends! Your letter hath been received and it brought great joy. God be praised, ye had made ready an entertainment | MMK1#047 p.086 | SWAB#047 | Nineteen-Day Feast; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB03159 | 210 | A Supplement to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای دوستان عزیز عبدالبهاء سه سال است که مانند مرغ بی لانه و آشیانه سرگشته کوه و | O ye friends of Abdul Baha: It is now three years that, like unto a nestless and shelterless bird, I have been wandering through mountains and plains and flying over the wilderness and Sahara. | MMK5#082 p.066, MJDF.111 | DAS.1913-08-08, ABIE.170, BLO_PN#007, BSTW#460, MHMD2s.327bx | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB03165 | 210 | ای سرگشته کوه و صحرا و دریا و گمگشته بادیه محبت الله فی الحقیقه از شما بسیار | O wanderer of mountain, desert and sea, O thou who art lost in the wilderness of the love of God! In truth, We are most concerned for thee [3.5s] | MSHR5.083 | Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03178 | 210 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی تا امتحان بمیان نیاید و محک صدق بکار نرود ذهب آبریز از نحاس | O beloved handmaid of God! Until the test is brought forth and the touchstone of sincerity is applied, pure gold cannot be distinguished from brass [3.5s] | MMK3#223 p.162 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03184 | 210 | ای مبتلای در سبیل الهی ای ملا عاشور غیور این جام در راه خدا جامیست که سرمستش | O thou who hast faced calamity in the path of God, O Mulla ‘Áshúr the zealous! | ANDA#61 p.58, KASH.260 | ADMS#110 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03190 | 210 | ای مرد میدان پیمان حضرت پروردگار چون فیض جلیل ارزان فرمود و سیل عظیم | O man of the arena of the Covenant! As the Lord God hath bestowed His glorious grace and the mighty flood [3.5s] | YBN.077 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03201 | 210 | آن جان پاک بجهان تابناک شتافت و آن ستاره روشن بافق ابدی صعود نمود | That pure soul hath hastened to the luminous realm, and that bright star hath ascended to the everlasting horizon [3.5s] | MMK2#320 p.234x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03205 | 210 | ای ناظم لئالی نعوت الهی پیک مبین و برید ملکوت رب مجید نامه از ملکوت ابهی | O thou who threadest the pearls of divine attributes, O clear messenger and herald of the Kingdom of the Glorious Lord, a letter from the Abhá Realm [3.5s] | INBA17:127 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03212 | 210 | ای هائی من چندیست که از هاای هوای بگوش نرسیده و از گلزار محبتش بوای نیامده | O my Ha'i! For some time no breeze from Thy paradise hath reached mine ear, nor hath any fragrance wafted from the garden of Thy love [3.5s] | MKT9.212, TABN.091 | Courtesy; culture [adab]; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03218 | 210 | ای ورقه موقنه مبتهله زکیه طیبه ثابته فائزه حمد کن جمال قدم و اسم اعظم را که | O leaf of certitude, thou who art suppliant, pure, virtuous, steadfast and triumphant, render thanks unto the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name, that [3.5s] | INBA16:109 | PYK.287 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03219 | 210 | ای ورقه موقنه هر چند مصیبت وارده آتش جانسوز است و تیر جگردوز ولی حکمت قدیمه و | O steadfast leaf! Though the calamity that hath befallen thee is a soul-consuming fire and a heart-piercing arrow, yet the ancient wisdom [3.5s] | BSHN.140.275, BSHN.140.299, BSHN.144.275, ANDA#71 p.33, MSHR3.030, MHT1b.142, MHT1b.196 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03220 | 210 | ای یادگار آن دو بزرگوار الحمد لله که مانند جد عزیز و پدر با فرهنگ و تمیز ثابت | O thou remembrance of those two noble souls! Praise be to God that, like thy cherished grandfather and cultured, discerning father, thou art steadfast [3.5s] | AHB.128BE #12 p.374, MSHR5.268a | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03230 | 210 | ای یاران الهی مجلس را نام محفل انس بگذارید زیرا لفظ شور لزوم ندارد شاید | O friends of God! Name the gathering the "Assembly of Fellowship", for the word "consultation" is not necessary, perchance [3.5s]... ...In the Spiritual Assembly, the discussions must be confined to beneficial matters, that is, the exaltation of the Word of God, the propagation of the divine Teachings, the education of souls | INBA89:194 | BRL_DAK#0723, AVK4.314ax | BRL_NSA#66x | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Education of children; moral education; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB03238 | 210 | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء قسم بجمال حق که ملا اعلی لسان بستایش شما گشوده و | O spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! I swear by the Ancient Beauty that the Supreme Concourse hath loosed its tongue in praise of you [3.5s] | BSHN.140.143, BSHN.144.143, PYB#230 p.50, MHT2.091 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03242 | 210 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء در این دم که قلب و جان در نهایت هیجانست و بشارات ملکوت | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! In this moment when heart and soul are stirred to their depths by the glad-tidings of the Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA84:551 | MJDF.132 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03245 | 210 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء هر چند هدف سهام جفااید الحمد لله مشتاق روی آن میر وفا سرمست | O ye beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Though ye be the target of the arrows of oppression, praised be God, ye are intoxicated with longing for the countenance of that Lord of fidelity [3.5s] | INBA17:025 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03248 | 210 | ای یاران مهربان مهتر سروش بهرام خرمشاهی نامه ای نوشته و از آن یاران دل و | O loving friends! Mihtar Soroush Bahram Khorramshahi hath written a letter concerning those dear companions [3.5s] | YARP2.128 p.147 | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03251 | 210 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای یاران و اماء رحمن باوفا انصاف اینست که در سبیل ملکوت جانفشانید و جز انتشار | O ye faithful friends and maidservants of the Merciful! Verily ye are self-sacrificing… the skillful farmer always hath an abundance of crops and harvests | BRL_DAK#0785, MKT3.082, AKHA_133BE #17 p.560, ANDA#01 p.48 | BRL_ATE#202x, SW_v10#13 p.247-248 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | |||||||
| AB03254 | 210 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art enkindled by the fire of the Love of God! Verily, I was informed of the text of thy letter, wherein thou praisest the firm servant of God | TAB.076 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03265 | 210 | تلغراف شما رسید و بمژده شفای جناب حاجی نهایت روح و ریحان حاصل شد در کتاب مبین | Your telegram arrived, and the glad tidings of the recovery of his honor the Hají brought forth the utmost joy and delight [3.5s] | MMK6#379 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03268 | 210 | جناب حاجی از خدا طلب استقامت نما در کتب و الواح البته ذکر امتحان و افتتانرا | O esteemed Haji, beseech thy Lord for steadfastness. In the sacred Books and Tablets, there is assuredly mention of trials and tribulations [3.5s] | MKT6.191 | Business; financial; property matters; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03276 | 210 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Prayer and Devotional Life; Family Life | اگر چنانچه فی الجمله مراعات پدر و مادر را نیز بنمائی که فی الجمله راضی شوند رضایت منست | Thy last letter was received and its contents brought joy. Thank thou God, for thou art engaged in serving the Word of God… With regard to the Obligatory Prayer, this should be said individually, but it is not dependent on a private spot… If thou wouldst show kindness and consideration to thy parents so that they may feel generally pleased | COMP_FAMP#51x, COMP_PDLP#32x | BRL_ATE#175x, BRL_IOPF#2.22x, BRL_FAM#51x, BRL_PDL#32x, TAB.463-464, COC#0843x, LOG#0767x, LOG#1527x | Law of obligatory prayer; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Parents and children; youth; families; Personal instructions; Review of publications; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB03281 | 210 | و انت یا الهی تعلم حزنی و وجدی و احتراقی و شجنی فی ایامی و لااقدر ان ابث بثی | O my God! Thou knowest well my grief and yearning, my burning anguish and my sorrow in these days, and I am powerless to give voice to my lamentations [3.5s] | INBA21:157 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03283 | 210 | یا ابی الفضائل و معدن حسن الخصائل مدتیست از آنحضرت نه خبری نه سلامی و نه | O Father of virtues and mine of goodly qualities! For some time no word or tidings or greeting hath been received from thy noble presence [3.5s] | PYB#122 p.06, MSHR5.389-390 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Review of publications; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03291 | 210 | یا من امتحن من هو میزان الامتحان حکایت کنند که روزی حضرت امیر علیه السلام بر | O thou who hast tested Him Who is the Balance of all tests! It is related that one day His Holiness the Prince of Believers [3.5s] | MKT8.217 | Imam 'Ali; Miracles and their interpretation; Stories; anecdotes; Testing God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03303 | 210 | ...We only attain to these spiritual stations through the Bounty and Favor of the Blessed Perfection. When I look to myself, I realize that I am an infinitesimal atom. | DAS.1914-06-24 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Manifestation of God as sun; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03318 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that the Friends and Maidservants of the Merciful gathered together | TAB.440-441 | Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03320 | 200 | ای ابناء و بنات ملکوت نامه شما که دریوم نیروز در مجمع یاران مرقوم گردید وصول | O sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter which was written on the Day of Naw-Ruz | BBBD.103-104 | BBBD.105, SW_v01#13 p.014 | Growth of the Cause; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03329 | 200 | O thou attracted maidservant of God! Your letter was received. From its | SW_v02#05 p.006 | Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03337 | 200 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده الهی از بلایا و محنی که بر تو وارد شده مکدر مباش جمیع مصائب و بلایا | O thou servant of God! Do not grieve at the afflictions and calamities that have befallen thee. All calamities and afflictions | MNMK#137 p.252, MMK1#197 p.231 | SWAB#197, SW_v11#16 p.278-280 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB03338 | 200 | ای بنده الهی الیوم جهان فانی میدان تزلزل و اضطرابست و عرصه نقض میثاق اریاح | O servant of God! Today the transient world is an arena of turbulence and agitation, and the domain of the violation of the Covenant is tempestuous [3.5s] | MKT5.010, AKHA_125BE #2 p.j | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03339 | 200 | ای بنده الهی حضرت ایوب در اعظم امتحانات الهی افتاد ولی بصبر و شکیب پرداخت | O servant of God! His Holiness Job fell into the most grievous of divine tests, yet he embraced patience and forbearance [3.5s] | MMK3#215 p.155 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03341 | 340 | ای بنده الهی نامه مشکین واصل و بر مضامین اطلاع حاصل شد تا بحال خبر مداومت... در خصوص اصحاب کهف سؤال نموده بوديد | O servant of God! The musk-scented letter was received and its contents were noted. Until now, news of steadfastness... As to what thou didst ask concerning the Companions of the Cave [3.5s] | INBA85:007 | MMK6#280x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03343 | 200 | O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! Praise be to God, that the events of the Cause | SW_v11#05 p.087 | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03346 | 200 | O thou servant of the sacred Threshold!... During these days the affairs of every soul are in utter confusion and distraction. | DAS.1914-10-21x | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03349 | 200 | ای بنده پاینده آستان حق جمیع خلق آزادگی خواهند و بزرگواری جویند و سروری | O thou steadfast servant of the Divine Threshold! All men seek freedom, aspire unto nobility, and pursue lordship [3.5s] | MKT6.111b | Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03350 | 200 | ای بنده ثابت حق هر چند از غمام بلا باران جفا پی در پی رسید بساط محنت گسترده | O firm servant of God! Even though clouds of tribulations repeatedly poured forth rains of afflictions, the field of suffering was spread, the ensemble of trial was readied | MKT6.112, NANU_AB#71 | RASHT.030 | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03353 | 200 | ای بنده جمال ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید بشارت روح و ریحان احبا | O servant of the Abhá Beauty! What thou didst write was noted. It brought glad-tidings of spiritual delight to the beloved ones [3.5s] | MKT6.114 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03365 | 200 | ای بهرام آسمانی در ره یزدان بلا و جفا مانند باران بر تو ریخت از هر طرف هدف | O celestial Bahram! In the path of the All-Glorious, tribulations and cruelties rained down upon thee from every direction like a deluge [3.5s] | AKHA_087BE #01-02 p.07, ALPA.038, MSBH4.439, NANU_AB#49, YARP2.045 p.092, PPAR.080, RMT.202-203 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03366 | 200 | ای بیسر و سامان من فی الحقیقه در سبیل الهی هر جام بلائی نوشیدی و هر ضر و | O thou who art bereft of all earthly possessions! In truth, in the path of God thou hast quaffed every cup of tribulation and endured every hardship [3.5s] | MSHR5.320a | Consolation and comfort; Poems and quotation from poetry; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03374 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان از قرار معلوم بشیشوان تشریف برده اید و امتداد این سفر حذر از | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! According to what hath been ascertained, thou hast journeyed unto Bishishvan, and the prolongation of this journey [3.5s] | MSBH5.056-057 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03375 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید حمد خدا را که دلالت بر استقامت در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! That which thou didst write was noted, and praise be to God that it indicateth steadfastness in [3.5s] | INBA85:378 | YMM.040 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Growth of the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03376 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان تحریرت تاثیری عجیب داشت زیرا آه و فغان از دست نفس بی امان از | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter had a wondrous effect, for it was filled with sighs and lamentations from the merciless self [3.5s] | INBA79.029 | MMK3#173 p.121 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Knowledge of self; Meditation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03384 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوب شما واصل و از پریشانی امور شما نهایت احزان حاصل شد ولی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and the utmost sorrow was felt on account of the state of disorder in thy affairs [3.5s] | MSHR5.044-045 | Hands of the Cause; Poems and quotation from poetry; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03394 | 200 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Praise be to God that the divine friends in Boston are in the utmost attraction and enkindlement... Regarding the Convention of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Washington... In those public meetings, universal and not particular principles must be discussed | DAS.1914-03-03x, SW_v09#15 p.172x | Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03395 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضمون مشحون بمعانی روحانی بود مرقوم نموده | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Its contents were replete with spiritual meanings [3.5s] | YARP2.160 p.168 | Business; financial; property matters; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Personal instructions; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03396 | 200 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون فوت مرحوم ضیاء معلوم گردید سبب تاسف | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and from its contents the passing of the late Ziya became known, causing profound regret [3.5s] | INBA87:138b, INBA52:135b | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03403 | 200 | ای ثابت بر عهد نامه ات رسید از جشنهای مفصل که بکمال روح و ریحان در ایام رضوان آراسته | O steadfast one in the Covenant! Thy letter hath reached Me, describing the elaborate festivities which were adorned with the utmost joy and fragrance during the Days of Riḍván [3.5s] | INBA17:130 | Equality of men and women; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03404 | 200 | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای ثابت بر محبت الهیه چندیست که نامه ای ننگاشتم ولی در جمیع اوقات عجز و نیاز | O thou who art steadfast in the love of God! It is some time since I wrote a letter | BRL_DAK#0014 | BRL_ATE#015, MAAN#01 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB03407 | 200 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان الحمد لله از الطاف حق راههای مسدود باز شد و دل و جان از | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to God that through His favours the sealed paths have been opened, and hearts and souls are [3.5s] | TABN.033a | Consolation and comfort; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03409 | 200 | ای ثابتان پیمان نامه مزین باسماء شما ملاحظه گردید از تلاوت نامهای مبارک | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Your letter, adorned with your names, was perused, and from the reading of those blessed names [3.5s] | MKT9.072b, TAH.323 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03425 | 200 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou my friend of the Kingdom! Praise be to God, that the city of Boston is stirred | SW_v07#16 p.160, BLO_PT#028d | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03433 | 200 | ای سالک راه حقیقت مشقت دیدی زحمت کشیدی معرض صدمات شدی و مورد شماتت اعدا | O seeker of the path of truth! Thou hast endured hardship and toiled arduously. Thou hast become the target of afflictions and the object of the reproaches of thine enemies [3.5s] | BSHN.140.269, BSHN.144.269, MHT1b.207b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03434 | 200 | ای ستمدیدگان محزون مباشید و مغموم مگردید و جگر خون مشوید دل و جان هر چند هدف | O ye downtrodden ones! Be not sorrowful, neither be ye grieved, and let not your hearts be rent asunder; though heart and soul be made the target [3.5s] | MSHR4.339, KHML.103 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03437 | 200 | ای سرگشته دشت و صحرا در سبیل الهى خوشا بحال تو که باسم حق ندا کنى و بشطر اسم | O wanderer of desert and plain in the path of God! Blessed art thou, who callest upon the Name of Truth and turnest toward the sanctuary of His Name [3.5s] | INBA55:293, Ghazi3072.186a-187 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03439 | 200 | ای سرگشته کوه و بیابان مکتوبت واصل و بر کیفیت مشقت و زحمت و عسرت واقفیم معلوم | O thou who wanderest in mountain and desert! Thy letter hath reached us, and we are fully aware of thy toils, hardships and tribulations [3.5s] | MKT6.023b, MSHR4.328-329 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03445 | 200 | ای سرور آوارگان خداوند مهربان در نص قرآن میفرماید فیهما من کل فاکهه زوجان و | O Joy of the wanderers! The Merciful Lord hath declared in the sacred text of the Qur'án: "In them both are fruits of every kind in pairs" [3.5s] | MMK6#524, MSHR2.250 | Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03446 | 200 | ای سلاله حقیقی روحانی ملکوتی جمال افندی حضرت یونس چون مونس حوت شد در درون | O true spiritual and celestial scion of Jamal Effendi, even as Jonah became the companion of the whale in its depths [3.5s] | DWNP_v6#04 p.008b | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03451 | 200 | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید عوارض جسمانی هر چند سبب حیرانی انسانی است ولی چون | O seeker of truth! Thy letter hath been received. Although physical afflictions cause bewilderment to the human soul, yet [3.5s] | MMK3#163 p.114, YMM.427 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03452 | 200 | ای طالب حقیقت نامه شما رسید و انجذابات قلبیه معلوم گردید فی الحقیقه مجذوب | O thou who seekest the truth! Thy letter was received and the emotions of thy heart were known. Verily thou hast been attracted | MMK2#208 p.148 | BSTW#298 | Justice and mercy; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03455 | 200 | ای عزیز طالعی عجیب داری فکر ما چنان بود که در بقعه مبارکه اقامت نماای و ایامی | O beloved one, strange indeed is thy destiny! Our thought had been that thou wouldst abide for a time in the Blessed Shrine [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0948, MMK6#041, MSHR4.297-298 | Consolation and comfort; Parents and children; youth; families; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03460 | 200 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی از میهمانی مرقوم نموده بودی ضیافت بسیار محبوب زیرا سبب | O cherished handmaiden of God! Thou didst write about the gathering. Such a feast is most beloved, for it causeth [3.5s] | MMK5#009 p.004 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; True liberty; freedom | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03463 | 200 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | O thou revered maidservant of Bahá'u'lláh! Your detailed letter was received. Praise be to God that it was an indication of thy firmness | BLO_PT#028f | Business; financial; property matters; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03465 | 200 | ای کنیزان عزیزان حق الحمد لله در راه هدی جام لبریزی نوشیدید نوش جان باد این | O beloved handmaidens of God! Praise be unto Him that ye have quaffed a brimming cup in the path of guidance. May it bring you joy [3.5s] | MKT7.105 | Praise and encouragement; Role and station of women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03476 | 200 | ای مظلومه سبیل الهی آنچه ناله و فغان نماای و جزع و فزع کنی و زبان بشکوه گشاای | O thou who art wronged in the path of God! No matter how much thou mayest wail and lament, and give voice to thy grief and distress [3.5s] | MMK2#342 p.247, TABN.107 | Consolation and comfort; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03479 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. From its contents it became known that thou hast turned thy face | TAB.522-523 | Call to action; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03485 | 200 | ای منتسبین درگاه الهی هر چند احبای مازگون بقانون و زاکون الهی باید در هردم | O ye who are linked to the threshold of the Almighty! Although the beloved ones of Mazgun must, according to divine law and ordinance, at every moment [3.5s] | MKT8.146 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03486 | 200 | ای منجذب بنفحات الله الحمد لله منتصری و منتظر منتصری بجنود ملاء اعلی و منتظری | O thou who art attracted by the fragrances of God! Praise be to God, thou art victorious and expectant. Thou art victorious through the hosts of the Concourse on High, and art expectant [3.5s] | INBA17:040 | AKHA_133BE #03 p.a, BSHN.140.293, BSHN.144.293, MHT1b.155 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03500 | 200 | ای ورقه مطهره آنچه نگاشتی ملاحظه گردید تقریر بدیع بود و تحریر لطیف مرا مقصد | O pure leaf! That which thou hast written hath been noted. The composition was wondrous and the writing was most graceful [3.5s] | MKT7.165b | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03501 | 200 | ای ورقه منجذبه نامه شما رسید مختصر جواب مرقوم میگردد زیرا ابدا فرصت نیست | O leaf drawn to the Divine, thy letter was received and a brief reply is herewith written, for there is no time at all [3.5s] | MKT6.168 | Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03504 | 200 | ای یار باوفا آنچه نگاشتی معلوم و مفهوم گشت الحمد لله که دوستان الهی در محل | O faithful friend! What thou didst write became known and understood. Praise be to God that the friends of God in that place [3.5s] | TAH.287 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03509 | 200 | ای یار نازنین من آنچه مرقوم نمودید مفهوم شد شکایت از ضیق معیشت و کثرت دیون و | O My cherished friend! What thou didst write was understood. Thou hast complained of straitened circumstances and the burden of debts [3.5s] | MMK6#554, AKHA_137BE #04 p.53, MAS5.039, MSHR4.331-332 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03526 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God! By God the Truth, verily the angels of the Supreme Assembly pray for thee every morn and eve | TAB.281-282 | Angels; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03528 | 200 | O thou who art cheered in soul by the fragrances of God! Verily I read thy words of thanksgiving | BSTW#046 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03535 | 200 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها المخلصون ایها الثابتون علی میثاق الله فی هذا العصر الجدید انی اشکر الله | O ye who are sincere! O ye who are firm in the Covenant of God in this new cycle! Verily I praise God for the He confirmed you in the service | BRL_DAK#0620 | TAB.011-012 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB03539 | 200 | O ye who are attracted to the Kingdom of Abha! Verily, I have read your | SW_v08#16 p.216 | Being a source of light; guidance; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03540 | 200 | ایها المومنون ایها المخلصون ان عبدالبهاء یناجی ربه فی جنح اللیالی و یدعوه | O ye faithful ones, O ye sincere ones! 'Abdu'l-Bahá communes with his Lord in the depths of night and supplicates unto Him [3.5s] | MNMK#052 p.136, AVK4.314bx, ABB.103 | Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03544 | 200 | جناب امین مبالغی که از پیش ارسال نموده بودی اخبار بوصول شد و همچنین چهارصد | Jinab-i-Amin: The sums which you had previously forwarded have been acknowledged as received, and likewise the four hundred [3.5s] | INBA16:172 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Proclamation to Christians; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03548 | 200 | ربی ربی ترانی مرتجف الاعضاء مترعرع الارکان متزعزع الاجزاء لحزنی من المصائب | O my Lord, O my Lord! Thou seest me trembling in my every limb, my pillars shaken, my members quaking, in my grief from tribulations [3.5s] | MKT6.196 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Prayer for the departed; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03554 | 200 | قد کشف الحجاب و رفع النقاب و اتاء علی السحاب... ای یار موافق | The veil hath been lifted, and the covering removed, and He hath come upon the clouds... O thou harmonious friend [3.5s] | MSHR5.265x | Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03559 | 200 | یا ابی الفضائل رساله ای که آنحضرت در رد من رد علی الله مرقوم نموده بودند | O Father of Virtues, the epistle that Your Honor composed in refutation of him who, in rejecting Him, rejected God [3.5s] | KHH2.187 (2.344) | Review of publications; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03570 | 200 | یا من توجه الی ملکوت التقدیس مکتوب مرسول مضمونش معلوم فی الحقیقه در این سنوات | O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Kingdom of Sanctity! Thy letter was received and its contents noted. In truth, during these years [3.5s] | MSHR5.052 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03584 | 200 | O ye real friends! In every country and city of the world innumerable meetings are organized. | DAS.1913-11-04 | Goodly deeds; actions; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03587 | 200 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art anticipating the appearance of the Gift of God! Verily, I read thy letter... Know thou, verily, there are many veils in which the Truth is enveloped | TAB.071-072, BSC.475 #902x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03589 | 200 | Early History of the Bahá'í Community in Boston, Massachusetts | ...Thy letter contained most cheering good news and indicated the oneness of spiritual state that exists | DAS.1914-04-17x, BLO_PT#028p, BSTW#097 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03596 | 190 | الحمد لله الذی اشرق نوره و ثبت ظهوره و لاحت نجومه و صالت جنوده و خفقت رایاته | Praise be unto God, Who hath made His light to shine forth, established His Manifestation, caused His stars to appear, marshalled His hosts, and unfurled His banners [3.5s] | INBA89:186 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03599 | 190 | الهی الهی انت تعلم اسراری و افکاری و تطلع بسرائری و ضمائری و تعلم باننی احب | O my God, my God! Thou knowest my secrets and my thoughts, and art acquainted with my hidden ways and inmost being, and art aware that I love [3.5s] | INBA21:092 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03606 | 190 | الهی الهی هولاء عباد اخترتهم لمحبتک و اجتبیتهم لمعرفتک و انتخبتهم لعبودیته | O my God, O my God! These are servants whom Thou hast chosen for Thy love, whom Thou hast selected for Thy knowledge, and whom Thou hast singled out for Thy servitude [3.5s] | LMA2.442 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03616 | 190 | ای امه الله مکتوبت ملاحظه گردید و بر مضمون اطلاع حاصل شد از امتحان و افتتان | O handmaid of God! Thy letter was perused, and its contents were noted, concerning trials and tribulations [3.5s] | MKT5.058 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03618 | 190 | ای انجمن مقدس و جنود آسمانی هر دم که مقاصد عالیه و علویت همت شما بخاطر اید | O holy assembly and celestial hosts! Whenever Thy lofty purposes and nobility of aspiration come to mind [3.5s] | MKT4.022, ANDA#43-44 p.91, NJB_v02#14-16 p.005 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03619 | 190 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye shining Assembly! The meeting that you organized hath attracted the divine gaze and the subject of your conversation was the divine commemoration. | TAB.253-254 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03620 | 190 | ای اهل وفا هر چند اهل جفا دست تطاول گشودند و لانه و آشیانه یاران ویران نمودند | O ye faithful ones! Though the oppressors have stretched forth the hand of tyranny and laid waste the nests and dwellings of the friends [3.5s] | NANU_AB#64 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03630 | 190 | ای بنده آستان الهی نامه شما رسید چندی پیش نامه ای مرقوم گردید حال نظر | O servant at the Divine Threshold! Thy letter was received. Some time ago a letter was written, and now [3.5s] | MMK6#311 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03638 | 190 | ای بنده حق آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نمودی ملاحظه گردید مضمون خوشی داشت | O servant of the True One! That which thou didst write to the honoured Áqá Siyyid Taqí was perused, and its contents were pleasing [3.5s] | NANU_AB#22 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03644 | 190 | ای بنده دیرین یزدانی چه نویسم که در این گوشه تنهاای مونس و انیسم چشم اشکبار و | O ancient servant of the Divine One, what can I pen when in this solitary corner, O my solace and companion, mine eyes are filled with tears [3.5s] | INBA75:039 | ADH2_1#44 p.066x, MJMJ1.088x, MMG2#145 p.162x, MJH.035 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for unity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03645 | 270 | Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The | ای بنده صادق جمال ابهی شکر کن خدا را که بفیوضات نامتناهیه جمال کبریا هدایت | O faithful servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! Render thanks unto God that through the infinite bounties of the Supreme Beauty thou hast been guided [3.5s]... ...The Mashriqu’l-Adhkar is the lodestone of divine confirmations. The Mashriqu’l-Adhkar is the mighty foundation of the Lord | BRL_DAK#1231, COMP_MASHRIQP#31x, AVK4.149.10x, YIA.321 | BRL_MASHRIQ#31x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB03646 | 190 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنده صادق حق گفتند از وقایع و حوادث کونی قدری ملول و محزونی و کمی مغموم | O sincere servant of the True One! I hear thou art grieved and distressed at the happenings | INBA13:198b | MNMK#136 p.252, MMK1#229 p.299 | SWAB#229, SW_v14#01 p.018, BP1926.024-025 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB03647 | 190 | ای بنده منقطع جمال ابهی مرقوم نموده بودی که در اطراف خضراء در نهایت فقر و | O severed servant of the Abhá Beauty! Thou hadst written that in the environs of the verdant lands thou wert in utmost poverty [3.5s] | MMK2#220 p.157 | Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03648 | 190 | ای بهائیان نورانیان تهنئت روز نوروز فیروز سبب سرور و شادمانی شب و روز گردید | O luminous Bahá'ís! The felicitation of auspicious Naw-Rúz hath become the cause of joy and gladness both night and day [3.5s] | BLIB_Or.08117.051, | MKT3.452, PYB#172 p.04, DAUD.23 | East and West; communication between East and West; Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03656 | 190 | ای ثابت بر پیمان این عبد از قبل شمع محبت الله جناب منشادی جواب مینگارد اخبار | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! This servant writeth this reply on behalf of the candle of God's love, Jináb-i-Manshádí, concerning the tidings [3.5s] | INBA84:334 | AMK.066-066, MSHR4.100 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Importance of community building; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03660 | 190 | ای ثابت بر پیمان خوشا بحال تو که بخدمت امرالله قائمی خوشا بحال تو که ثابت بر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Happy art thou for thou hast arisen to serve the Cause and art steadfast in the Covenant. | INBA89:082 | BRL_DAK#0101, BRL_MON#07x, MMK2#001 p.001, AHB.109BE #02 p.02, DUR3.197x, ANDA#17 p.40x, MJMJ3.079bx, MMG2#150 p.168x | BRL_POAB#07x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB03665 | 190 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید مضمون در نهایت حلاوت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was noted, and its contents were found to be most sweet [3.5s] | ALPA.035b, YARP2.042 p.090, RMT.200-201 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03667 | 190 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ات رسید در حق آنشخص محبوس همتی نمودی بلکه انشاء الله | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received. Thou hast exerted a great effort | MMK1#082 p.113x | SWAB#082x, SW_v10#12 p.231 | Consolation and comfort; Non-participation in politics; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB03673 | 190 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و مضامین معلوم گردید حمد کن خدا را که در سبیل | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived and its contents were noted. Praise thou God that in the path [3.5s] | INBA87:176b, INBA52:177 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03682 | 190 | ای ثابت بر میثاق سواد مکتوب ابراهیم افندی رسید تلغراف دکتر نیز واصل در میان | O thou steadfast in the Covenant! The letter from Ibrahim Effendi hath been received, and likewise the telegram from the Doctor hath arrived [3.5s] | MMK6#157 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Business; financial; property matters; Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03691 | 190 | ای حبیب روحانی حمد خدا را که رزق قلوب مخلصین را صبر و شکیباای مقرر فرموده و | O spiritual beloved! Praise be to God, for He hath ordained patience and endurance as the provision for the hearts of the sincere [3.5s] | MSHR4.296 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03692 | 310 | Meetings, Bahá'í | ای خانم محترمه نامه شما رسید ولی چون در سفر بودیم از شهری بشهری فرستاده شد تا | ...O thou revered lady! Thou must raise aloft the banner of Baha’u’llah in London and become so aflame with the fire of the love of God as to rouse and stir every listless soul | BRL_DAK#0117 | BRL_MEET.AB#13x, LBLT.116x, LBLT.119x | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB03696 | 190 | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter full of significances imparted spiritual joy | SW_v09#13 p.143-144 | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03701 | 190 | ای دو مجاهد فی الله هیچ نفسی را سزاوار نه که عبدالبهاء را آزمایش نماید زیرا | O ye two strivers in the path of God! No soul is deserving to put 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the test, for [3.5s] | MMK6#500 | Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03703 | 190 | ای دو نجم باهر افق محبت الله خبر جشن روحانی و بزم رحمانی سبب سرور و حبور نفوس | O ye twin brilliant stars in the horizon of the love of God! The tidings of that spiritual celebration and heavenly feast have brought joy and gladness to all souls [3.5s] | PYB#201 p.18, KNJ.034c | Music and singing; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03705 | 190 | ای دو یار محترم هر چند احبای سرچاه در سبیل دلبر مهربان و آن مه تابان صدمات و | O ye two honored friends! Though the loved ones at Sarchah have endured tribulations in the path of the compassionate Beloved One and that resplendent Moon [3.5s] | MKT5.084b | Consolation and comfort; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03709 | 190 | ای دوستان رحمن و یاران یزدان جهان جولان گاه سواران حقیقت است و میدان رزم جنود | O friends of the All-Merciful and companions of God! The world is the riding-ground of the horsemen of truth and the battlefield of hosts [3.5s] | INBA13:072, INBA85:162 | MKT8.232, AKHA_130BE #01 p.a | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03712 | 190 | ای رب هذا عبد حضر بین یدی عبادک و طلب الحضور فی محفل الذی هیاه لاحبائک لیقیهم | O Lord! This servant hath presented himself before Thy servants and hath sought admission to that gathering which Thou hast ordained for Thy loved ones [3.5s] | INBA55:282 | Love of God; Prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03716 | 190 | ای سرحلقه عاشقان نظر بحکمت اسم و رسم مرقوم نگردید مقصود آنست که بدانی | O thou who art the chief among lovers! In accordance with wisdom, no name or title hath been written. The purpose is that thou shouldst know [3.5s] | MKT9.137, FRH.098 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03733 | 190 | ای فاضل کامل تحریر آنجناب رسید و مضمون از پیش معلوم بود حق با شماست چنین است | O accomplished and consummate one! Thy letter hath been received, and its contents were known beforehand. The truth lieth with thee; thus it is [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#1109, BSHN.140.331, BSHN.144.329, MHT1b.213 | Consolation and comfort; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03734 | 190 | ای فائزه ای راضیه از قرار معلوم محقق و مثبوت گردید که در نزول بلا و شدت اذیت | O Fa'izih! O Radiyyih! It hath become manifestly evident and firmly established that in the descent of trials and the intensity of tribulations [3.5s] | MKT6.154b, AKHT1.234-235, TZH8.0489, AMIN.102-105 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03737 | 190 | ای کنیز الهی هر نفسی از اینجهان فانی رهاای یابد باید که جشن و سرور گرفت نه آه | O handmaid of God! When any soul findeth release from this mortal world, it behooveth all to celebrate and rejoice, not to sigh in grief [3.5s] | MMK3#009 p.004 | Consolation and comfort; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03742 | 190 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای کنیزان جمال ابهی نامه شما رسید و از قرائت آن سطور سرور موفور حاصل گشت | O handmaids of the beauty of Abha! Your letter hath come, and its perusal brought great joy. Praised be God, the women believers | MKT7.104, MMK1#094 p.120, AKHA_087BE #05 p.04, PYB#227 p.04, TRBB.071, MJTB.084, NJB_v02#06-07 p.012 | SWAB#094 | Chastity and purity; Education of children; moral education; Excellence; distinction; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||
| AB03748 | 190 | ای مبلغ امرالله نامه شما از وادقان رسید نهایت سرور حاصل گردید الحمد لله احبای | O herald of the Cause of God! Your letter from Vadqan was received and brought the utmost joy. Praise be unto God, the beloved ones [3.5s] | MKT6.109 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03756 | 190 | ای معرض مصائب و رزایاء اگر چنانچه گردباد مصائب غبار احزان بر اینه قلب و وجدان | O thou who art exposed to trials and tribulations! Should the whirlwind of calamities cast the dust of grief upon the mirror of thy heart and conscience [3.5s] | MSHR3.243 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03765 | 190 | ای منجذب عوالم معانی در این ایام که اریاح افتتان از جمیع جهات آفاقرا احاطه نموده است | O thou who art attracted to the realms of inner significance! In these days when the winds of tests and trials have encompassed all the horizons [3.5s] | INBA88:274 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03768 | 190 | ای مهتدی بنور هدی اولیای الهی هر یک در این جهان فانی جام بلائی نوشیدند و سم | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Each one of the chosen ones of God, in this mortal world, hath quaffed a cup of tribulation and tasted poison [3.5s] | MMK2#308 p.225 | Consolation and comfort; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03771 | 190 | ای موقنان ای مقبلان نامه شما ملاحظه گشت و بر حال حزین غمگین شدیم ولی امید | O ye faithful ones, O ye who have advanced towards God! Your letter was perused, and We were saddened at your grievous state. Yet there is hope [3.5s] | MMK3#291 p.214 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03772 | 190 | ای مومن ممتحن نامت غلامعلی بود چون مورد امتحان گشتی و مانند زر خالص در بوته | O tested believer! Though thy name was Ghulam-'Ali, when subjected to trials thou didst emerge like pure gold in the crucible [3.5s] | MSHR2.211 | Idle fancies; lust and passion; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03774 | 190 | ای ناشر نفحات الله میدانم در این سفر در زحمت و مشقتی ولی چون نظر بنتیجه و اثر | O thou diffuser of the divine fragrances! I know that in this journey thou art encompassed by hardship and difficulty, but when thou considerest the outcome and effect [3.5s] | MMK6#037 | Effort; striving; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03779 | 190 | ای نفوس مبارکه محافل در هر دیار موجود و آشکار ولی نام این محفل آرزوی اهل دل | O ye blessed souls! Many assemblies are formed and organized in this world… Assembly means the diffusion of the fragrances of God. | INBA85:169a | SW_v08#10 p.096-097x, BSTW#228x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03780 | 190 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای نفوس مبارکه هر چند شما در امتحان شدیدی افتاده اید زیرا بعضی بمنتهای قوت | O ye blessed souls! Although ye are undergoing crucial tests in view of the repeated and assiduous attempts of some people to shake the faith of the friends in Los Angeles | MKT3.080, MNMK#129 p.244, MMK1#184 p.204 | SWAB#184, COC#1926x, LOG#0594x, SW_v10#14 p.264-265, BSTW#234, ACOA.062-063 | Contention and conflict; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB03787 | 190 | ای ورقه طیبه مطمئنه راضیه مرضیه آن امة الله در سبیل الهی بهر مصیبتی گرفتار شد | O pure and tranquil leaf, content and well-pleasing, that handmaid of God was afflicted with every tribulation in the path of the Lord [3.5s] | MKT7.149 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03791 | 190 | ای یار دیرین از فتور من در تحریر آه و انین نمودی حق با شماست جای شکوه و | O ancient friend! Thou didst lament my laxity in writing. Thou art indeed justified in thy complaint [3.5s] | MSHR3.245 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03792 | 190 | ای یار دیرین عبدالبهاء آنچه بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O ancient companion of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! That which thou hadst written to Jináb-i-Siyyid Taqí was perused [3.5s] | MMK3#260 p.185 | Belief and denial; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03801 | 190 | O ye friends of God! At this moment, while the sun of the elemental world is setting behind the western horizon | DAS.1913-10-12 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03804 | 190 | ای یاران این زندانی مصائب متتابعه بر شما وارد و مشقات عظیمه حاصل و مظلومیت | O friends! Successive tribulations have befallen you, and grievous hardships and oppression have been your portion [3.5s] | MKT9.225, NANU_AB#67 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03828 | 190 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت تحریرک الذی ینادی بحبک لله و انجذابک الی | O thou who art enamoured of the breaths of God! I have read thy letter, which cried out with thy love for God | MNMK#055 p.138, MMK1#198 p.232 | SWAB#198, TAB.311-312 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | |||||||
| AB03829 | 190 | ایتها المنجذبه بنفحات الله انی قرئت نمیقتک الجدیده المورخ ۳۰ اکتوبر سنه ۱۹۰۲ | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! Verily I read thy recent letter, dated October 30, 1902, and noted its contents... As to thy question regarding the 'Minor Resurrection' and the first creation | YMM.357x | DLA.091x, MAB.007, BLO_PN#026x | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03836 | 190 | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره الرحمانیه چند روز قبل رقیمه ارسال گردید و مراتب | O exalted branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Some days ago a letter was dispatched, wherein [3.5s] | INBA87:308, INBA52:313 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03846 | 190 | رب و رجائی و مجیری و مغیثی و مامنی و ملاذی ان هولاء عباد قد سمعوا الندآء | O Lord, my Hope, my Protector, my Succorer, my Shelter, and my Refuge! Behold, these servants have hearkened to the Call [3.5s] | MJMJ2.099, MMG2#344 p.382 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03849 | 190 | ای ياران اين مسجون شب و روز با رخی افروخته و جان و دلی سوخته | O friends! This prisoner, with radiant countenance and with heart and soul aflame, burneth night and day [3.5s] | MMK2#258 p.185x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Power of prayer; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03851 | 190 | طالب حقیقتا جمهور ناس بزبان مفتون حقیقتند و مخمور باده محبت ولی چون میدان | O seeker of truth! Verily, the multitudes are enchanted by the tongue of truth and intoxicated with the wine of love. Yet when [3.5s] | MMK2#036 p.024 | Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Condition of search; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03860 | 190 | یا امه البهاء اگر بدانی که چه عنایتی از حق بتو شده و مورد چه الطافی البته بال | O maidservant of Bahá! If thou knewest what bounties have been bestowed upon thee from God and what favors have encompassed thee, verily wouldst thou [3.5s] | MMK5#153 p.119 | Exhortations and counsels; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03872 | 190 | یا من استانس بنار محبت الله واشوقا لوجه استضاء به ملکوت الارض و السموات | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of God's love, and yearning for that Face whereby the Kingdom of earth and heaven hath been illumined [3.5s] | INBA55:207 | ADH2_1#29 p.047x, MMG2#233 p.261x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Imam Husayn; Love of God; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for forgiveness; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03888 | 190 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God! I have read thy recent letter and noted... This day is not a day of seclusion and solitude | TAB.520-521, BSC.460 #849x, BSTW#301 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03907 | 180 | O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! It is some time since news has | SW_v02#05 p.005, SW_v05#07 p.098 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB03915 | 180 | ای اماء رحمن در این اوان که نار امتحان در ممالک ایران برافروخته و آتش ظلم و | O handmaids of the All-Merciful! In this hour when the fire of tests and trials hath been kindled throughout the realms of Persia, and the flame of tyranny and [3.5s] | INBA89:236 | HDQI.199, ANDA#07 p.09 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03917 | 180 | ای امه البهاء دمبدم بیاد توام و از حق میطلبم که ایت تقدیس گردی و سبب روحانیت | O handmaid of Bahá! At every moment my thoughts turn to thee, and I beseech the Lord that thou mayest become sanctified and a source of spirituality [3.5s] | MKT7.023b | Call to action; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03922 | 180 | ای انجمن نورانی ارض صاد مدتی بود روزبروز ازدیاد استعداد می یافت تا انگه این | O radiant assemblage of the land of Ṣád! For a time, your capacity was steadily increasing, until [3.5s] | MKT9.037a | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03924 | 180 | ای آواره دیار الهی از حضور در مجمع قسوس اخبار نموده بودید آن نفوس مشکلست که | O thou wanderer in the divine realms! Thou hadst mentioned thy presence in the congregation of priests. It is difficult for such souls to [3.5s] | YIK.084-084 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03927 | 180 | ای بشیرالهی جناب کریم چون عزم رحیل نمود با صوتی نحیف استدعای نگارش نامه کرد و | O Divine Herald! When the honored Karim resolved to depart, in a feeble voice he besought that a letter be written [3.5s] | MKT8.014b, BSHI.035-036 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Poems and quotation from poetry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03928 | 180 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای بنت ملکوت نامه ات بتاریخ ۵ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ رسید و خبر پرمسرتی داشت که احبای | O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter dated 5 December 1918 was received. It contained the good news that the friends of God | MMK1#013 p.026 | SWAB#013 | Being a source of light; guidance; Oneness; unity of religion; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB03933 | 180 | ای بندگان مقرب درگاه جمال مبارک شکر کنید خدا را که در موطن حضرت اعلی روحی له | O ye near servants at the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty, render thanks unto God that ye are in the native land of His Holiness the Exalted One, may my spirit be sacrificed for Him [3.5s] | INBA87:368b, INBA52:378 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03942 | 180 | ای بنده حق ثابت بر عهد خوشا بحال تو که مومن بطلعت اعلی و موقن بجمال ابهی روحی | O servant of Truth, steadfast in the Covenant! Blessed art thou, for thou hast believed in the Exalted One and art assured of the Most Glorious Beauty [3.5s] | MKT5.012b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03949 | 180 | اين ايّام ارياح امتحان در نهايت هيجانست ، نفوسی مانند نور مبين از افق يقين طالع و لائح و در نهايت ثبات | In these days the winds of tests are blowing with the utmost intensity, while certain souls, even as the manifest light, are rising and shining forth from the horizon of certitude with supreme steadfastness [3.5s] | MMK3#196 p.139x | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03951 | 180 | ای بنده صادق جمال قدم و رفیق موافق این لاشیء عدم اگر بدانی چه قدر بیاد توام | O thou sincere servant of the Ancient Beauty and harmonious companion! If thou but knewest how constantly this mere nothing, this utter nothingness, remembereth thee [3.5s] | MUH3.203a | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03953 | 180 | ای بنم پک سودیکم احباب روحانی و جان و یورکله فوق العاده تعلق ایلدیکیم یارانم و | O my dearly-loved spiritual friends and companions of my heart and soul, for whom I cherish the most profound attachment [3.5s] | INBA89:053 | MJT.115 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03954 | 180 | ای بنم یارلر و یاورلرم خلوص محض و محبت صرفه دن عبارت اولان نامه لری جان و | O my companions and helpers! Your letters, which are naught but pure sincerity and sheer affection, have reached my soul [3.5s] | TSAY.236-237, MJT.027 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03957 | 180 | ای پسر ملکوتی من نامه تو رسید گلستانی بود که روائح طیبه محبت الله از آن منتشر | O thou my heavenly son: Thy letter was received. It was a rose-garden from which the sweet fragrances of the love of God were inhaled. | AHB.127BE #01-02 p.030, PTFP.000 | DAS.1914-01-27, PTF.232-233 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03966 | 180 | ای ثابت بر پیمان محررات شما رسید و مژده اتمام صندوق سبب سرور شدید گشت الحمد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and the glad-tidings of the completion of the treasury brought intense joy. Praise be to God [3.5s] | MLK.048, QT108.044, HNU.358 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03976 | 180 | ای ثابت بر پیمان همواره در نظری و در محضری و اگر چه در حضری دائما در سفری | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Ever art thou before My sight and in My presence, and though thou dwellest at home, thou art perpetually journeying [3.5s] | MKT8.053a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03982 | 180 | ای ثابتان بر عهد تبریک عید سعید مولد حضرت اعلی رسید دلیل بر آن بود که آن | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! The congratulations on the joyful birthday of Hazrat-i-Aala (the Declaration of the Bab) shows that these dear friends and handmaidens of the Merciful held a gathering | BLIB_Or.08687.022b, , BLIB_Or.08117.012, | BBBD.130 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Music and singing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03984 | 180 | ای ثمره شجره مقدسه آنچه از قلم روحانی در صفحه وجدانی مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه | O fruit of the sacred tree! I observed that which thy spiritual pen had written upon the tablet of conscience [3.5s] | MMK6#538 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04000 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای دو زائر تربت مقدسه خبر وصول بپاریس محفوظا و مصونا رسید و سبب فرح و سرور | O ye two pilgrims of the Holy Shrine! The news of your safe arrival in Paris was received | BRL_DAK#0212 | BRL_ATE#056, TAB.319-320 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Effort; striving; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB04001 | 180 | ای دو شمع روشن محبت الله در بین جمع محفل روحانی برافروزید و باتش عشق بسوزید و | O ye twin shining candles of the love of God! Kindle ye the flame in the gathering of the spiritual assembly and burn with the fire of divine love [3.5s] | MMK2#285 p.206, HDQI.254, ANDA#26 p.04, ABDA.378 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04009 | 180 | شب و روز بکوشید تا عَلَم میثاق چنانکه باید و شاید در آن آفاق موج زند زیرا الیوم بقوّهٴ میثاق نفوس باهتزاز آیند | O thou real friend! Thy letter was received. Thou hast written concerning Dr. Leon H. Harvey, 4th Unitarian Church.... ...The believers must respect and love Doctor Harvey, because he has invited them in such a willing, spontaneous way to his church. | NJB_v05#14 p.003x | DAS.1914-07-17, DAS.1914-06-18x | Importance of community building; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04016 | 180 | ای دوستان قدیم ندیم هر چند ندیمی مشروط باجتماع در یک بقعه و اقلیم بلکه منوط | O ancient friends and companions! Though companionship is not confined to gathering in a single spot and clime, but rather dependeth [3.5s] | MMK6#406 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04018 | 180 | ای رفیق روحانی مکتوب آنجناب واصل و مضمون لطائف شمولش واضح گشت حمد خدا را که | O spiritual friend! Thy letter was received, and its subtle and comprehensive contents became clear. Praise be unto God that [3.5s] | MSHR2.260-261x | Love of God; Petitions to authorities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04031 | 180 | ای طالب حقیقت روزی حضرت امیر المومنین علیه السلام بر بالای بام بود شخصی ناکام | O seeker of truth! One day His Holiness the Prince of Believers—peace be upon Him—was upon a rooftop when a hapless soul [3.5s] | MMK6#175, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.282, MJDF.070, NJB_v05#07 p.003 | Challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God; Mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04039 | 180 | ای فرع تر و تازه سدره الهیه آنچه بقلم رعناء بر ورقه بیضاء نگاشته بودید از | O fresh and verdant branch of the divine Lote-Tree! That which thou didst inscribe with graceful pen upon the white page [3.5s] | MSHR4.229 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Poems and quotation from poetry; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04040 | 180 | ای فرقدان دو کوکب نورانی سماء محبت الله در کل حین تضرع و ابتهال بملکوت جمال | O ye twin luminous stars in the heaven of the love of God, at all times supplicate and entreat the Kingdom of Beauty [3.5s] | INBA84:312 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04043 | 180 | ای کنیز عزیز الهی صبحست و روح را بشارتی و قلب را لطافتی و وجود را طراوتی با | O beloved handmaid of God! It is morn, and the spirit hath glad tidings, and the heart a gentle grace, and being itself a fresh vigor [3.5s] | MMK3#211 p.152 | Being a source of light; guidance; Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Things are known by their opposites | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04055 | 180 | آنچه ناله و فغان نمائی و شکوه فرمائی در موقع و محلّست ولی از جهت ديگر ملاحظه فرما که اوليای الهی را نشئه | Although thou dost raise thy lamentations and cries of grief, and though thou dost voice thy complaints, these are meet and fitting; yet from another perspective consider thou that the chosen ones of God [3.5s] | MMK3#191 p.135x | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04058 | 180 | ای مستبشر ببشارات الله و مطمئن بفضل و موهبت سلطان احدیت ذکرت در سجن اعظم در انجمن | O thou who art gladdened by the glad-tidings of God and assured of the grace and bounty of the Sovereign of Oneness! Thy mention was made in the Most Great Prison in the gathering [3.5s] | INBA88:276 | MMK2#265 p.191 | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04065 | 180 | ای معلمه اطفال ملکوت بخدمتی قیام نموده ای که اگر بجمیع معلمین آفاق افتخار کنی | O thou teacher of the children of the kingdom! Thou hast arisen to perform a service which would justly entitle thee to vaunt thyself over all the teachers on earth | TRBB.051 | COC#0616x, LOG#0489x, DAS.1913-10-24, SW_v09#08 p.089 | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04070 | 180 | ای مفتون عهد و پیمان جناب امین در ستایش آن ثابت میثاق لسان فصیح گشوده و بیانی | O thou who art captivated by the Covenant and Testament! His honor Amín, with eloquent tongue, hath opened forth in praise of that steadfast one in the Covenant [3.5s] | AMK.105-106, YIK.483-484 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of Huququ'llah; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04071 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art advanced toward the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents created joy, for it showed thy faith and assurance. | TAB.504-505, LOG#0539x | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04074 | 180 | ای منادی پیمان الحمد لله بانچه مرقوم شد و تعلیماتیکه داده گشت موفق شدی و | O Herald of the Covenant! Praise be to God that thou hast succeeded in all that was recorded and in the teachings that were imparted [3.5s] | INBA16:127 | PYB#251 p.000?, PYK.261, QIRT.13bx | Role and station of women; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04083 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای منجذب بملکوت زینت و آرایش لسان بمحامد و نعوت حضرت یزدان است علی الخصوص | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom! The decoration and adornment of the tongue consists in praising and thanksgiving to the Lord Almighty | BRL_DAK#0622 | TAB.689 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Education of children; moral education; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| AB04092 | 180 | ای مهتدی بنور هدی در سبیل محبوب ابهی هر چه جفا کشی دلیل بر وفاست و آنچه اذیت | O thou who art illumined by the light of guidance! In the path of the Most Glorious Beloved, every persecution thou endurest is proof of faithfulness, and whatsoever affliction [3.5s] | MMK6#131, NANU_AB#61 | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04100 | 180 | ای نفوس مبارکه نامه شما رسید نامه نبود نافه مشک غزالان بر وحدت بود زیرا رائحه | O blessed souls! Your letter was received. It was not a letter - it was a vessel of musk from the gazelles of oneness, for its fragrance [3.5s] | INBA87:019b, INBA52:019b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04112 | 180 | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای یار باوفا همچو گمان مفرما که از یادت آنی فارغم لا والله هر دم با کمال وفا | The consummate wisdom of God, however, is manifold and not every soul is apprised of its mysteries | BRL_DAK#0269, BRL_CONF2018P#23x, MMK2#166 p.123 | BRL_CONF2018#23x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB04115 | 180 | ای یار روحانی نامه شما رسید از عدم فرصت بنهایت اختصار جواب مرقوم میگردد نامه | O spiritual friend! Your letter was received. Due to lack of time, the response is being written with utmost brevity [3.5s] | INBA87:005, INBA52:005 | MSHR2.300x | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Poems and quotation from poetry; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04117 | 180 | ای یار قدیم گویند که هر بلائی عمومی گردد خصوصی را حکم نماند و مدار تسلی شود | O ancient friend! It is said that when a calamity becometh universal, particular instances lose their distinction and this bringeth solace [3.5s] | YARP2.548 p.390 | Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04120 | 180 | O ye friends of God and the maidservants of the Merciful! The Congratulations for the Day of the Declaration of the Báb | DAS.1914-07-17 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04124 | 180 | ای یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء شدائد و بلا و اذیت و جفا و ظلم و ستم اعدا هرچند | O true friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Though the hardships and trials, the persecution and oppression, the tyranny and cruelty of the enemies [3.5s] | MKT9.237, BSHN.140.167, BSHN.144.167, MHT2.095 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The power of example | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04131 | 180 | ای محبوب دلها ياران ثابت را بنواز و آئينهء قلوب را از ما سوی ممتاز فرما | O Beloved of hearts! Cherish Thou the steadfast friends and make the mirror of hearts distinguished from all else besides Thee [3.5s] | MMG2#297 p.329x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04136 | 180 | ای یاران مهربان عبدالبهاء اگر بدانید که بچه حالتی و بچه جذب و فرحی و بچه سرور | O kind friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Were ye to know in what state, with what attraction and gladness, and with what joy [3.5s] | MMK2#294 p.214 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04142 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the love of God! Verily I read thy recent letter*** and I praised God for His glorious mercy and His blessings | TAB.269-270, BSTW#354 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04149 | 180 | ای دو بندهٴ صادق جمال مبارک هرچند در سبیل محبوب مصائب و متاعب موفوره دیدید | O ye two faithful servants of the Blessed Beauty! Though in the path of the Beloved ye have suffered manifold afflictions and tribulations [3.5s] | NANU_AB#66x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04154 | 180 | ایها الفرع الجلیل من السدره الربانیه در بعضی از الواح الهی از قلم اعلی این | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree! In certain divine Tablets from the Most Exalted Pen, this [3.5s] | MMK6#488 | High station of the true believer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04160 | 180 | ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله انی رتلت ایات الشکر لله بما ایدک علی احیاء النفوس و | O thou who art attracted by the divine fragrances! I have chanted verses of thanksgiving unto God for having aided thee to quicken souls [3.5s] | INBA17:155 | MKT4.107, MSBH6.026-027 | Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04163 | 180 | ياران نورانی من در اين ليل ظلمانی از هاتف پنهانی ندائی بسمع روحانی رسيد | O My luminous friends! In this darksome night, from the unseen Herald a call reached the spiritual ears [3.5s] | MMK2#246 p.177x, ANDA#33 p.15x | Call to action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04170 | 180 | رب رب ان عبدک هذا ملا علی بابا الصغیر کان جلیلا فی عبودیتک و کبیرا فی عبادتک | O Lord, O Lord! This servant of Thine, Mulla Ali Baba Saghir, was exalted in his servitude unto Thee and great in his worship of Thee [3.5s] | IQN.070-071 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04174 | 180 | سبحانک اللهم یا مجیر المضطرین و سمیر المشتاقین و نصیر المتوکلین و ملجاء | Glorified art Thou, O my God, Protector of the distressed, Companion of the yearning ones, Helper of those who place their trust in Thee, and Refuge [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.181-183 | ABDA.019-020 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04183 | 180 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | یا امه الله نامه شما که بتاریخ ۹ دیسمبر ۱۹۱۸ بود رسید و از مضمون اطلاع حاصل | O maidservant of God! Thy letter dated 9 December 1918 was received. Its contents were noted. Never lose thy trust in God. | MMK1#178 p.200 | SWAB#178 | T. Ellis, S. Kouchekzadeh | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| AB04190 | 180 | یا من استبشر ببشارات الله و استمطر من سحاب رحمه الله و استضاء من نور انتشر من صبح | O thou who hast rejoiced in the glad-tidings of God, and hast sought the downpour from the clouds of His mercy, and hast been illumined by the light that hath shone forth from the dawn [3.5s] | INBA84:443, INBA59:240, INBA88:170a | Being a source of light; guidance; Power of prayer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04195 | 180 | یا من ایدک الله بجنود من الملا الاعلی دستخط شریف و مضامین لطیف روح و ریحان | O thou whom God hath reinforced with hosts from the Supreme Concourse! Thy noble letter and its delicate themes were as soul and fragrance [3.5s] | MAS9.013 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Review of publications; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04197 | 180 | یا من توجه الی الله اشکر ربک الرحمن بما مرت علیک نسمه الاسحار من ریاض | O thou who hast turned towards God! Give thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Merciful, that the morning breeze hath wafted over thee from the gardens [3.5s] | MKT1.174 | Imam 'Ali; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04200 | 180 | یا من ثبت علی المیثاق انی رتلت ایات شکرک لله بما هداک و جعلک ناظرا الی الافق | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! I have chanted the verses of thy thanksgiving unto God, inasmuch as He hath guided thee and made thee a witness to the horizon [3.5s] | INBA84:542b | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04223 | 180 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O my Lord! O my Lord! Verily, I am one of Thy maidservants, supplicating humbly | TAB.615-616, VTRM.029-030 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04224 | 180 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye Beloved Friends of Abdul-Baha! The news of your spiritual assembly reached this Illumined Spot and the heart of this yearning one | TAB.666-667, BSC.472 #889x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04229 | 170 | اللهم یا الهی ترانی کلیل اللسان عن بیان المواهب التی خصصت بها اصفیائک و | O my God! Thou seest me with a tongue too weary to extol the gifts Thou hast bestowed upon Thy chosen ones [3.5s] | INBA87:618, INBA52:660 | BRL_DAK#0332, MKT5.211, MNMK#000 p.003 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04233 | 170 | اللهم یا فالق الاصباح و محیی الارواح فی اجداث الاشباح و منعش القلوب من اقداح | O God, Thou Who cleavest the dawn asunder, Who revivest the spirits within their sepulchral shadows, and Who refreshest hearts from chalices [3.5s] | INBA13:341, INBA59:301 | MJMJ3.007, MMG2#172 p.198 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for unity; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04234 | 480 | Translation List | اللهم یا مقدر الامور و الشئون فی ملکه بقوله کن فیکون و یا من قدر البلاء... ای یاران عبدالبهآء نفوس مقدّسی از احبّآء با سرور | O friends of ʻAbdu’l-Baha! With boundless joy, sanctified souls from among the believers hastened to the field of sacrifice | INBA85:051 | BSHN.140.285x, BSHN.144.285x, MHT1a.184x, MHT1b.176x, NANU_AB#29x | ADMS#091 | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| AB04235 | 170 | الهی الهی انت تعلم تعلق فوادی و حب قلبی باحبائک و کیف اناجیک فی جنح اللیالی | O my God, my God! Thou knowest the attachment of my heart and the love of my soul for Thy loved ones, and how I commune with Thee in the dark hours of night [3.5s] | BSHN.140.151, BSHN.144.151, MHT2.131 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for the departed; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04236 | 220 | إلهی إلهی ترانی مستجيراً بکهفک المنيع و ملتجئاً بملاذک... ای يار مهربان و مونس دل و جان آن آشنا را از بيگانگان حفظ و حمايت | My God, my God! Thou seest me taking shelter beneath Thy mighty sanctuary and seeking refuge in Thy safekeeping... O Thou kind Friend and Solace of heart and soul, protect and preserve that familiar one from strangers [3.5s] | MJMJ2.097x, MMG2#279 p.311x, MMG2#349 p.390x, FRH.188-189 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04245 | 170 | O thou my son of the Kingdom! Your letter dated December 20th was duly received. Praise be to God it was an indication to firmness and steadfastness | DAS.1914-02-15 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04248 | 170 | ای احبای دل و جان عبدالبهاء در امواج دریای بلا بطوفان اعظم مبتلا هجوم اعدای | O beloved friends of heart and soul, 'Abdu'l-Bahá is engulfed in waves of tribulation amidst the mightiest of tempests, while enemies assail [3.5s] | MMK5#117 p.092 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power of prayer; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04261 | 170 | O ye brothers and sisters of Abdu'l-Baha! Your letter was received. | SW_v01#06 p.003 | Angels; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of prayer; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04278 | 170 | Fire and Light | ای بنده بهاء از بلایای وارده بدرگاه احدیت شکرانه نما زیرا مصیبت در سبیل حضرت | O servant of Baha! It behoveth thee to render thanks unto the Threshold of the Lord of Oneness | MKT8.020, AKHA_135BE #04 p.69, BSHN.140.147, BSHN.144.147, MHT2.124b, NANU_AB#51 | BRL_FIRE_AB#17 | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB04282 | 170 | ای بنده جمال ابهی از غربت شکایت نماای و از کربت و مشقت ناله و فغان فرماای حق | O servant of the Blessed Beauty! Make thou no complaint of exile, neither raise thy voice in lamentation and grief over hardship and tribulation [3.5s] | MKT8.024a | Consolation and comfort; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04284 | 170 | ای بنده جمال ابهی شکایت از اذیت و مشقت نموده بودید که احباب ایران دائما در | O servant of the Abha Beauty! Thou didst complain of the trials and tribulations that the friends in Iran continually [3.5s] | MMK4#042 p.047 | Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04285 | 170 | ای بنده جمال ابهی مکتوبی که از پاریس مرقوم نموده بودید رسید | O servant of the Most Glorious Beauty! Thy letter that thou didst write from Paris was received [3.5s] | MSHR5.369x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04289 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای بنده حق مکتوبت رسید محفلی که در کمال اتحاد در شب جمعه در منزل مس تمپسون | O thou servant of the True One! Thy letter was received. The meeting ... which was arranged with the utmost union in the studio | BRL_DAK#0680 | TAB.553 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | |||||||
| AB04300 | 170 | ای بنده صادق جمال قدم جناب آقا عزیزالله در بقعه مبارکه بیاد شما افتاد و ذکر | O faithful servant of the Ancient Beauty! At the Holy Shrine, Jináb-i-Áqá 'Azízu'lláh remembered you and made mention [3.5s] | MKT9.064a | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04302 | 170 | ای بنده ممتحن الهی آنچه باقا میرزا اسدالله مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید فی | O thou tested servant of God! What thou hadst written to Aqa Mirza Asadu'llah hath been perused [3.5s] | MSHR2.153, MSHR2.261 | Consolation and comfort; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Love of God; Mystical themes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04318 | 170 | ای ثابت بر پیمان قصیده غراء ملاحظه گردید فی الجمله تصلیح و تعدیل شد و ارسال شد | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The brilliant ode was perused, amended to some extent and dispatched [3.5s] | INBA72:057, INBA88:323, INBA89:058 | MSHR2.258 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Humor; jokes; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04327 | 170 | ای یار مهربان از کثرت مصائب و بلا فتور میار بلکه بر فرح و سرور بیفزا حمد خدا را که به فضل | O loving friend! Let not the multitude of tribulations and afflictions cause thee to falter, but rather increase thou thy joy and gladness. Praise be to God that through His grace [3.5s] | NANU_AB#36x | Call to action; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04331 | 170 | ای ثابت پیمان نامه شما رسید شرح اذیت بیگانگان باشنایان و تعرض محرومان بمحرمان | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, describing the persecution by strangers against friends, and the attacks of the deprived upon the trusted ones [3.5s] | MMK2#305 p.222 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04333 | 170 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان الحمد لله محفلی آراسته دارید و بخدمت کلمه الله و احبای الهی در نهایت | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Praise be to God, ye have an assembly well-ordered and adorned, and are engaged in service to the Word of God and the beloved ones of the Lord [3.5s] | BSHN.140.145, BSHN.144.145, MHT2.121b | Bringing forth results; fruit; Praise and encouragement; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04335 | 170 | ای ثابتان بر پیمان راپورت سالیانه که ارسال نموده اید قرائت گردید الحمد لله آن | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! The annual report that ye sent hath been read. Praise be unto God [3.5s] | INBA16:235 | Consultation; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04339 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye firm ones in the Covenant! The report of [your meeting] was noted. All the arrangements of the meeting are suitable and acceptable. | TAB.015-016, TAB.000:i | Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04340 | 170 | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter dated November 26th, 1918, was received with the divine assistance. | SW_v12#01 p.027-028 | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04341 | 170 | ای ثمره شجره توحید شکر کن حضرت احدیت را که از دام امتحان رستی و از اشد افتتان | O fruit of the tree of divine unity, render thanks unto the Lord of Oneness, for thou hast been delivered from the snare of trials and from the most grievous tribulations [3.5s] | MMK5#258 p.200 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04364 | 170 | ای دو بنده درگاه الهی هر چند بجسم در محضر روحانیان حاضر نیستید و در محفل | O ye two servants of the divine Threshold! Though in body ye are not present in the gathering of the spiritually-minded [3.5s] | INBA13:275b | MKT8.082a, MUH3.394-395 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04367 | 170 | ای دو ثابت نابت هر چند بلایا و محن از برای بشر عذاب گرانست ولی چون جام لبریز | O ye steadfast and immovable ones! Though trials and tribulations be a grievous torment for mankind, yet when the cup is brimming over [3.5s] | MKT8.084b, MSBH5.058-059 | Call to action; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Universal education | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04369 | 170 | O ye two eloquent, impassioned and artistic poets! Thank ye God that ye are spending your time | DAS.1914-10-13 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04371 | 170 | ای دو یار مهربان من نجف آباد الحمد لله بها آباد است از بدایت طلوع صبح احدیت آن | O my two kind friends of Najafabad! Praise be to God, it hath been made a Bahá-abode since the dawning of the morn of oneness [3.5s] | TABN.033b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04378 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye friends of God and daughters of the Kingdom! The letter you have written was considered. It caused abundant spirit and fragrance. | TAB.353 | Call to action; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04386 | 170 | ای روشن برکات آسمانی بر تو باد الحمد لله از پستان محبت الله شیرخواری و در آغوش | O Roshan! May heavenly blessings rest upon thee. Praise be to God that thou art nursed at the breast | DRM.003b, LABC.004 | LABC.005 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04388 | 170 | ای زائر مطاف ملا اعلی شکر کن حضرت قیوم را که بچنین بخششی موفق و موید شدی که | O thou who circlest the Most Exalted Concourse, render thanks unto the Self-Subsisting Lord, that thou hast been granted and confirmed with such a bounty that [3.5s] | INBA87:059, INBA52:058 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04400 | 170 | ای سمی ذبیح جانفشانی کار تست و شتافتن بقربانگاه عشق سزاوار تو تا مظهر و | O thou namesake of the Sacrifice! Self-sacrifice is thy task, and to hasten unto the altar of love befitteth thee, that thou mayest become the manifestation [3.5s] | MMK2#295 p.215, PYB#224 p.03 | Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Pain of love; love as veil; Prayer for sacrifice; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04408 | 170 | ای شمع نیریز شورانگیز شو و شکرریز و مشکبیز و مانند جام لبریز سبب نشئه و سرور | O Candle of Nayriz! Be thou stirred with passion, shower forth sweetness and musk-fragrance, and like unto a brimming chalice, be thou the cause of joy and exhilaration [3.5s] | MMK5#121 p.095, MSHR3.247 | Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04426 | 170 | ای کنیز عزیز خدا فی الحقیقه بهر بلائی مبتلا شدی و بیوفایان نهایت جفا روا | O cherished handmaid of God! In truth thou hast been afflicted with every tribulation, and the faithless have shown thee the utmost cruelty [3.5s] | MSHR2.259 | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04434 | 170 | ای مخموران باده میثاق در عالم وجود و تاسیسات ملیه و ترویج تعالیم الهی و تربیت | O ye who are intoxicated with the wine of the Covenant in the realm of existence, ye builders of national institutions and promoters of divine teachings and education [3.5s] | MMK6#281 | Education of children; moral education; Effort; striving; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04438 | 170 | ای مظلومان سبیل الهی انصاف چنین است که در محبت نور مبین بظلم شدید گرفتار شدید | O ye who are oppressed in the Path of God! Such is justice - that in your love for the Manifest Light ye have been caught in grievous oppression [3.5s] | MMK2#318 p.232 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04446 | 170 | ای منادی ملکوت نامه رسید شکر کن خدا را که دیده روشن نمودی و دیدهای دیگرانرا | O Herald of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. Render thou thanks unto God that thou hast enlightened thine own eyes and the eyes of others [3.5s] | AHB.133BE #11-12 p.62 | Entry by troops; Growth of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04451 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of Holiness! The Light of Reality gave sight unto thine eye, the Call of God gave hearing unto thine ear | TAB.132-133 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04464 | 170 | ای ناطق بثنای حق و متمسک بعهد و پیمان الهی چندیست که از گلزار اسرارت نسیمی | O thou who speakest in praise of God and holdest fast to His Covenant and Testament, for some time no breeze hath wafted from thy rose-garden of mysteries [3.5s] | INBA72:111, INBA88:134 | MKT6.049 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04485 | 170 | ای ورقه مبارکه شجره سیناء شکر کن خدا را که در ظل ممدود داخل شدی و در تحت لواء | O blessed leaf of the Sinai Tree, render thanks unto God that thou hast entered beneath His sheltering shade and come under the banner [3.5s] | INBA87:345a, INBA52:353 | Education of children; moral education; Importance of prayer; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04491 | 170 | ای یار دلنشین من و دوست نازنین من مدتی است که از سعایت مفتریان بگوشه عزلت خزیده | O my winsome friend and cherished companion! It hath been some time since, due to the calumnies of slanderers, I have withdrawn into seclusion [3.5s] | BSHI.118, PYB#208 p.04 | Consolation and comfort; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Humor; jokes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04493 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou my dear friend! I am now viewing the flowers in the little garden and remembering thy rose-like face. This material rose | TAB.458 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04497 | 170 | ای یاران جمال ابهی روحی لکم الفدا چون باین نام شیرین آغاز نمایم کامم شکرین | O friends of the Abha Beauty, may my spirit be a sacrifice for you! When I begin with this sweet name, my palate is filled with sweetness [3.5s] | INBA13:193 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04499 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye real friends of Abdul-Baha! From the gathering of those illuminated faces and flowers of the rose-garden (of God) in Camp Mineola | TAB.428-429 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04500 | 170 | ای یاران رحمانی چند روز پیش نامه بمحفل روحانی و احبای الهی مرقوم گردید و هنوز | O friends of the All-Merciful! A few days ago a letter was written to the Spiritual Assembly and the divine friends, and still [3.5s] | MKT9.241b | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04501 | 170 | ای یاران رحمانی عبدالبهاء الحمد لله بفضل بی منتهی محفلی تازه برپا نمودید انجمن | O ye spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Praise be to God, through His infinite bounty ye have established a new gathering [3.5s] | MMK2#188 p.136 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04504 | 170 | امروز علم وحدت ميثاق بلند است و ارتباط قلوب محکم تا توانيد از اسرار عهد و ميثاق بيان کنيد | Today the standard of the oneness of the Covenant is raised aloft and the hearts are firmly bound together. To the extent ye are able, proclaim the mysteries of the Testament and Covenant [3.5s] | MMK3#288 p.212x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04506 | 170 | ای جمال قدیم و ربّ کریم یاران پرفورانند و دوستان عاکف آستان کلّ توجّه بکوی تو دارند و آرزوی | O Ancient Beauty and Gracious Lord! The friends are aflame with fervor, and Thy loved ones are devoted at the threshold. All turn their faces toward Thy path with yearning [3.5s] | AKHA_134BE #08 p.308, ANDA#86 p.32x, MJMJ2.101x, MMG2#170 p.196x, MMG2#316 p.354x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04523 | 170 | ایها الافنون المنشعب من الشجره المبارکه اثر کلک آن روح مجرد حکایت از کل شیء | O ye branches sprung from the Blessed Tree! The pen strokes of that abstracted Spirit tell of all things [3.5s] | MSHR1.089x, MSHR2.335x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04534 | 170 | ایها الفرع اللطیف من السدرة المبارکة چندیست که مکتوب | O tender branch of the blessed Tree! For some time now Thy letter [3.5s] | INBA13:283 | Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04539 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O Spiritual Assembly! Everything produces an impression in existence and results in the course of ages. The (earthly) assemblies | TAB.069, BSTW#372 | Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04551 | 170 | از تغيير و تبديل در مأمورين سفارت عظمی مرقوم نموده بوديد. اميد است که سروران جديد در تمشيت | You wrote concerning changes and replacements among the officers of the supreme embassy. It is hoped that these new leaders in their conduct [3.5s] | MMK6#462x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04552 | 170 | دی شیخ با چراغ همی گشت گرد شهر کز دیو و دد ملولم انسانم آرزوست یک دست جام | The Shaykh, with lamp in hand, roamed the city's expanse, lamenting the company of demons and beasts, yearning for the fellowship of man [3.5s] | MSHR3.282 | Poems and quotation from poetry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04556 | 170 | اگر نظر بحالت اين بنده حقّ گردد در سبيل الهی قعر چاه اوج ماه است زندان ايوان است | Should one gaze upon the state of this servant of Truth, then verily in the pathway of God the depths of the pit are as the moon's zenith, and prison is a palace [3.5s] | MMK3#216 p.156x | Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04557 | 170 | شمع روشن است و انجمن روحانیان گلزار و گلشن نفحات قدس منتشر است و نسائم حدآئق | The lamp is ablaze, and the assembly of the spiritual ones is a rose garden in full bloom. The holy fragrances are diffused, and the breezes of paradise waft [3.5s] | INBA13:402, INBA55:234, INBA59:151, INBA88:053 | MMK2#050 p.039, AHB.120BE #07 p.000, SFI17.016 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; High station of the true believer; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04561 | 170 | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | از اجتماع احبّا مرقوم نموده بوديد که در نهايت روح و ريحانست البتّه چنين است زيرا در مجامع روحانيان | From what thou didst write concerning the gathering of the loved ones which was filled with the utmost joy and fragrance, this assuredly is so, for in spiritual gatherings [3.5s]... ...Ye have written as to the meetings of the friends, and how filled they are with peace and joy. Of course this is so… Thou hast written about the Fast. This is a most weighty matter and thou shouldst exert thine utmost in its observance | MMK1#054 p.090x, AADA.158-159x | SWAB#054x, BRL_IOPF#2.25x | Luna, Anais & Marie, C. Haskell | Law of fasting; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||
| AB04564 | 170 | یا ابا الفتوح هنیئا لک هذا الصبوح هر چند فتح ملوک خونریزی مملوکست لکن فتح اهل | O Aba'l-Futúh! Blessed art thou in this dawn. Although the conquests of kings involve the shedding of their subjects' blood, yet the victories of the people [3.5s] | INBA87:420, INBA52:433 | MMK6#491 | Interpretation of dreams and visions; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04568 | 170 | یا امه الله المقربه الورقه النورانیه حضرت عندلیب در اعیاد الهیه قصائدی تنظیم | O thou esteemed handmaid of God, thou radiant leaf! The honored 'Andalíb hath composed verses during the divine festivities [3.5s] | INBA87:583, INBA52:620 | Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04578 | 170 | یا من اضاء وجهه بنور المیثاق قد حسن ما اجریتم الملا الاعلی و صدق ما نطقتم به | O thou whose countenance is illumined with the light of the Covenant! How excellent is that which ye have accomplished in the Concourse on High, and how true is that whereof ye have spoken [3.5s] | MKT2.237 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04584 | 170 | یا من تمسک بالعروه الوثقی آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید ملاحظه گردید نفحه خوشی از | O thou who holdest fast to the Most Firm Handle! That which thou didst write was noted, and a sweet fragrance wafted from [3.5s] | INBA13:007 | MKT5.201 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04586 | 170 | یا من ثبت علی عهد الله و میثاقه العظیم آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید معلوم و مفهوم | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant of God and His mighty Testament! That which thou didst write was noted and understood [3.5s] | INBA17:191 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04606 | 170 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Supplicate God that thou mayest be confirmed to what is worthy | TAB.276-277 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04607 | 170 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou wonderful leaf of the Tree of the Love of God! All that thou hast written... Engage thou in commemorating God... Take some honey, recite Ya Baha-ul-Baha, and eat a little thereof for several days | TAB.185-186, BSC.483 #923x | Power of prayer; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04633 | 160 | ای احبای الهی و کنیزان عزیز حق عبدالبهاء را نهایت اشتیاق بملاقات ولی مجبور بمراجعت | O ye friends of God and the beloved maidservants of the True One! 'Abdu'l-Baha has the utmost longing to meet you | ANDA#43-44 p.85, NJB_v02#14-16 p.005 | SW_v02#16 p.008 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04637 | 160 | ای اللهک ایکی سوگلی دوستلری سزک هر نقدر مشقتنز چوقالدی و درلو درلو مصیبت تکرر | O ye two beloved friends of God! Though your hardships have multiplied and diverse tribulations have recurred [3.5s] | TSAY.494 | Consolation and comfort; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04638 | 160 | ای اماء جمال قدم هر چند در کور فرقان طائفه نساء جنس ضعیف شمرده شدند و در حقوق | O handmaids of the Ancient Beauty! Though in the Dispensation of the Qur'án womankind was accounted weak and was denied certain rights [3.5s] | INBA13:058 | MMK6#098, YBN.044 | Equality of men and women; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04650 | 160 | ای آوارگان سبیل الهی از وطن مالوف بسبب طغیان هر ستمکار عسوف دور و مهجور شدید | O ye wanderers in the path of God! From your cherished homeland ye have been banished and made remote through the tyranny of every cruel oppressor [3.5s] | PYB#072-073 p.02, HDQI.168b, ANDA#18 p.05, ANDA#45 p.06, NANU_AB#53 | Consolation and comfort; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04651 | 160 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای آوارگان سبیل حق سر و سامان آسودگی و آزادگی هر چند کام دل و راحت جانست ولی | O ye homeless and wanderers in the Path of God! Prosperity, contentment, and freedom | MKT9.037b, MMK1#222 p.269, AKHA_102BE #04 p.04, HDQI.180, DUR1.211, ANDA#08 p.06, NFQ.016, YFY.082 | SWAB#222, LOG#1934x, SW_v14#03 p.087 | K. Porray | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB04653 | 340 | ای بسا اماء که در سبیل الهی گوی سبقت و پیشی را از رجال در میدان ثبوت و رسوخ | How often have maidservants in the path of God outstripped and surpassed the men in the arena of constancy and steadfastness [3.5s] | MSHR2.325x, MSHR5.322b, MSHR5.322b, YIA.415-416 | Consolation and comfort; High station of the true believer; Mary Magdalene; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04658 | 160 | ای بنت ملکوت نامه رسید معانی منبعث از قلبی پاک بود و جانی تابناک شکر کن خدا | O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received. The meanings emanated from a pure heart and a luminous soul. Render thanks unto God [3.5s] | MMK5#152 p.118 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04659 | 160 | O daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter was received and its contents imparted | SW_v08#16 p.219 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04690 | 160 | ای بنده درگاه حضرت احدیت الان دوستان رحمانی و یاران روحانی که از آنصفحات عزم | O servant of the threshold of the One God! Now the heavenly friends and spiritual companions who from those regions [3.5s] | INBA13:264 | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04692 | 160 | ای بنده رب الجنود نامه مرسول وصول یافت | O servant of the Lord of Hosts! Thy letter was received [3.5s] | MAS2.040-041x, YMM.154x, YMM.278x, YMM.278x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Free will and predestination; fate; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04693 | 160 | عرصه بر ياران در جميع اقاليم تنگ است و هر بی نام و ننگ سرکش و بی پالهنک ديگر معلوم است | Straitened indeed is the field for the friends throughout all regions, and every shameless and unbridled one, devoid of honor, hath now become manifest [3.5s] | MMK3#205 p.147x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04702 | 160 | ای بیسر و سامان من فی الحقیقه کوه و صحرا طی نمودی و از ایران بمدینه الله | O thou who art destitute and bereft! In truth thou hast traversed mountain and desert, and from Iran hast journeyed unto the City of God [3.5s] | INBA17:181 | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04714 | 160 | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه بجناب آقا سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید آفرین | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! That which thou hadst written unto the esteemed Áqá Siyyid Taqí was perused. Well done [3.5s] | AYBY.408 #117, TRZ1.178b | Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04716 | 450 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Meetings, Bahá'í; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای ثابت بر پیمان در خصوص میهمانی بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی این میهمانی | O thou steadfast in the Covenant! Thou hast written to Jinab-i-Manshadí concerning the Feast... Thou hast written regarding Buddha and Confucius… Let the beloved of God gather together and associate most lovingly | BRL_DAK#0880, AKHA_133BE #18 p.612, AVK3.139x | BRL_ATE#179x, BRL_MEET.AB#26x, TAB.468-470, COC#0918x, LOG#0808x, BSC.459 #845x, SW_v02#06 p.006 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB04717 | 160 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مدتی بود که منتظر ورود نامه و پیام بودیم تا آنکه در این ایام | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! For some time We were awaiting the arrival of a letter and message, until these days [3.5s] | MKT8.054 | Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04719 | 160 | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکتوبی که از خراسان بجناب سید تقی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The letter which thou didst write from Khurasan to Jinab-i-Siyyid Taqi was noted [3.5s] | MUH2.1115 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04720 | 160 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه اخیر رسید و معانی سبب مزید روح و ریحان گردید الحمد لله | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy recent letter was received, and its meanings brought forth added spirit and delight. Praise be to God [3.5s] | INBA84:418 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04734 | 160 | ای خادم محفل ملاقات نامه شما رسید چنان معلوم میشود که در شیراز فوج و موج است | O servant of the gathering! Thy letter was received. It appeareth that there is tumult and commotion in Shiraz [3.5s] | INBA87:385a, INBA52:394 | Past, present and future of Iran; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04738 | 160 | ای خسته تیر جفا در سبیل الهی جمال قدیم در پنجه ستم هر لایم و زنیم گرفتار گشت | O thou who art weary, pierced by the arrow of persecution in the path of God! The Ancient Beauty hath been made captive in the clutches of tyranny of every base oppressor [3.5s] | MKT8.080a | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04744 | 160 | Translation List | ای دردمند بی مانند هر چند در بستر بیماری گرفتاری و در بیمارستان بلایاء اسیر | O thou who art in pain yet without peer! Afflicted in the sickbed though thou be, captive to a myriad sorrows and troubles | BSHN.140.153, BSHN.144.153, MSHR1.098, MSHR4.338-339, MHT2.119 | ADMS#088 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||
| AB04754 | 160 | ای دو کنیز محترم حق چه قدر خوشبخت و نیک اختر بودید که در محبت شهریار سریر | O ye two honored handmaidens of God! How blessed and fortunate were ye in your love for the Sovereign of the Throne [3.5s] | MSBH5.057-058 | Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04758 | 160 | O ye two respected souls! At this moment Abdu'l-Baha is remembering those two pure spirits | DAS.1914-07-25 | Praise and encouragement; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04767 | 160 | ای دوستان یزدان عصر است و جنود نصر متتابع الورود از ملکوت ابهی بیحد و حصر این | O friends of God! This is the age, and the hosts of victory are descending, wave upon wave, from the Abhá Kingdom without bound or limit [3.5s] | MKT6.027 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Effort; striving; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04773 | 160 | ای سرگشته صحرای محبت الله گروه مکروه طاغیان بکمال ظلم و عدوان هجوم نمودند و | O thou who art bewildered in the wilderness of God's love! A detestable band of tyrants, with the utmost oppression and aggression, hath made an assault [3.5s] | MMK3#209 p.151 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04774 | 160 | ای سلاله ابراهیمی الحق از دودمان آن بزرگواری و از سلاله آن مهر تابان رائحه | O descendant of Abraham! In truth, thou art of that illustrious lineage, a descendant of that resplendent Sun. | KHAZ.i017+058 | KHAZE.017, BLO_PN#025 | Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04791 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who seekest for the Will of God! Give thanks to God that thou entered the divine Kingdom and knowest the heavenly Lord of Hosts! | TAB.409 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Scarcity of receptive souls | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04817 | 160 | ای متوجه بملکوت ابهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ببصر اشتیاق ملاحظه شد و بکوش هوش | O thou who art turned towards the Abhá Kingdom! That which thou didst inscribe was beheld with the eye of yearning, and with attentive ears [3.5s] | INBA17:011 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04829 | 160 | O thou who art yearning after the Kingdom of God! Thy detailed letter was received. At present I am living on the shore | DAS.1914-05-26 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Love of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04843 | 160 | O thou who are favored in the Threshold of the Almighty! Your letter was | SW_v01#06 p.004 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB04858 | 160 | Translation List | ای منجذبه بنفحات الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art attracted to the divine fragrances! That which thou hadst written was perused . . . Thou hadst written an explanation of “the seven days.” | YMM.233x, VUJUD.136-137x | VUJUDE.207-208x, ADMS#145x | Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB04866 | 160 | ای مهتدی بنور هدی هر چند در آن ولا ضوضاای بلند شد و عربده و غوغاای گشت بسیار | O thou who art guided by the light of guidance! Although in that land a great clamour arose and tumult and uproar waxed intense [3.5s] | MMK2#293 p.213 | Growth of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Kingdom of God [Malakut] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04873 | 160 | ای ناظر بملکوت الهی در هر دمی از ملکوت ابهی یمی از فیوضات فائض و در هر ساعتی | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of God! In every breath an ocean of bounties doth flow from the Abhá Kingdom, and in every hour [3.5s] | MMK4#111 p.121 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04881 | 160 | ای ورقه مبتهله شکر کن خدا را که هزاران فرسنگ مسافت طی نمودی تا بسرمنزل مقصود | O leaf that hath turned in supplication! Render thanks unto God that thou hast traversed thousands of leagues to reach thy desired destination [3.5s] | VAA.217-218 | Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04887 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای یار حقیقی من نامه های متعدد مورخ بچهارم ربیع الاول ۱۳۲۵ رسید ولی از کثرت | O my true friend! Numerous letters dated the fourth of Rabi'u'l-Avval 1325 were received, but due to the multitude [3.5s]... ...Announce of my behalf respectful greeting to the maidservant of God, Madam..., and say: Praise be to God! That thy house hath become the nest and shelter | MSHR2.030x | TAB.623x | Business; financial; property matters; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||
| AB04896 | 160 | ای یاران حقیقی حمد کنید که در یوم اشراق مظاهر اشفاق نیر آفاق گشتید و بشرف | O true friends, render thanks that in the Day when the Sun of the horizons shed forth its rays of compassion, ye became [the manifestations thereof] and were honored [3.5s] | INBA17:237 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04898 | 160 | ای یاران دیرین و دوستان ثابت مستقیم حضرت اسفندیار شهد شهادت را در راه | O ye ancient companions and firm, steadfast friends! His Honour Isfandiyár hath tasted the honeyed cup of martyrdom in the path [3.5s] | INBA13:257b | MKT1.466, ALPA.013, ALPA.061b, YARP2.015 p.072, RMT.214-215 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04901 | 160 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء اخبار همدان سبب روح و ریحان گشت الحمد لله آن یاران باوفا از | O ye beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The tidings from Hamadán have become a source of joy and delight. Praise be unto God that those faithful friends [3.5s] | MKT9.252 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual assemblies; administrative matters; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04907 | 350 | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء و اماء الرحمن هر چند نائره امتحان بعنان آسمان رسیده | O beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Though the flame of trials hath reached unto the heavens [3.5s] | MSHR3.237x, AMIN.074-076 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04915 | 160 | ای یاران و اماء رحمن حمد خدا را که در نهایت الفت و محبت اجتماع نمودید و در | O Friends and Maidservants of the Merciful! Thanks be to God, that you have been gathered together and celebrated the day of the birthday of the Bab with much joy and amity | MKT3.471a, BBBD.125-126 | COC#0924x, BBBD.127-128, SW_v02#17 p.006 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Nineteen-Day Feast; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04932 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou Secretary of the meanings emanated from the hearts of the people of the Kingdom. Verily, I have read thine eloquent letter | TAB.081 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04933 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O thou who art longing for the Orb of Horizons! Verily, I read thine eloquent, accurate and wonderful letter | TAB.080 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Fewness of numbers not regarded in teaching the Cause; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04942 | 160 | پروردگارا ملجا و پناها در آن بندر یاران مهرپرور یک مجلس انس آراستند و بنفحات | O Lord, my Refuge and my Shelter! In that haven the loving friends have arranged a gathering of fellowship, and through the sweet fragrances [3.5s] | MJDF.134 | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04943 | 160 | جمال ذوالجلالک نقص و زوالی اولمدیغی گبی عاشق باوفا و آشفته پرصفانک فتور و | The beauty of Thy transcendent glory is untouched by imperfection or decline, and the fidelity of Thy devoted and ardent lover remains unsullied by weariness [3.5s] | INBA21:098a | MJT.084 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04972 | 160 | یا امه الله نامه که بحضرت ورقه العلیاء مرقوم نموده بودی ملاحظه شد در مسئله | O handmaid of God! The letter which thou didst address to the Most Exalted Leaf hath been perused. As to the matter [3.5s] | AYBY.438 #167 | Role and station of women; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Veiling [hijab] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB04976 | 160 | یا من اجتهد بروحه و ذاته و کینونته فی نشر نفحات الله احسنت احسنت بما استقمت | O thou who hast striven with thy spirit, thy being and thine essence to diffuse the fragrances of God! Well done! Well done! for thou hast stood firm [3.5s] | INBA87:614, INBA52:656 | MKT5.214 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB04978 | 160 | یا من استسقی من وابل العطاء اگرچه از پیش جواب ارسال شد ولی باز نگاشته میشود | O thou who hast implored the downpour of bounties! Though an answer was previously dispatched, yet again do I write [3.5s] | INBA84:514a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05002 | 160 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | Thy letters were received. Although thou hast complained on account of not receiving answers | TAB.498-499x | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05004 | Words to Baha'is of Stuttgart (via Lady Blomfield) | 160 | Rejoice! Rejoice! Because of the Glad-tidings! You have attained to the light of the Kingdom. The glory of the Sun of Truth | BBBD.138-139, SW_v02#17 p.008 | Call to action; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05013 | 150 | اللهم یا موید المخلصین بجنود من الملکوت الابهی و موفق الثابتین علی عهدک بقبیل | O God, Who dost aid the sincere ones with hosts from the Most Glorious Kingdom, and grant success unto them that stand firm in Thy Covenant, through celestial legions [3.5s] | INBA88:146 | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for healing; Prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05030 | 150 | الهی هذا عبدک المنجذب بنفحات الایات المشتعل بالنار الموقده فی سدره الکلمات | O my God! This is Thy servant, who hath been enraptured by the fragrances of Thy verses and set ablaze with the fire kindled in the Tree of Thy words [3.5s] | INBA59:132a, INBA88:172a | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05036 | 150 | ای احبای رحمن و منجذبان جمال یزدان بحر بلایا از جمیع جهات بر شما هیجان و نهر | O beloved ones of the All-Merciful and ye who are attracted to the Beauty of the All-Glorious! The sea of tribulations surgeth upon you from every direction [3.5s] | Ghazi3072.183-185 | AKHA_129BE #15 p.a, BSHN.140.460, BSHN.144.454, MHT1b.218, NANU_AB#58 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The concourse on high | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05059 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | O ye two merciful assemblies! Praise be to God! that through the outpouring of guidance, India is rapidly becoming a Rose-garden of Abha | TAB.634-635, BSTW#079 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05060 | 150 | O thou illumined man! The days that I spent with thee in Stuttgart I shall never forget | BBBD.249-250, DAS.1913-08-12, ABIE.182, BLO_PN#007 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05061 | 150 | ای آیت باهره کبری شکر کن خدا را که مانند علم بین جنود میثاق سر برافراختی و | O resplendent and mighty sign! Render thanks unto God that thou hast raised thyself like a banner amidst the hosts of the Covenant [3.5s] | AYBY.361 #042 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05070 | 150 | ای بنده الهی شکر کن خدا را که در راه او آواره گشتی بیچاره شدی سرگشته و | O servant of God! Render thanks unto God that thou hast become a wanderer in His path, hast been made destitute, and art bewildered and astray [3.5s] | AKHA_119BE #09-10 p.d | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05073 | 150 | ای بنده الهی مراسله آنجناب ملاحظه گشت فی الحقیقه عسرت سبب کدورت شده و جفای | O servant of God, thy letter was perused. In truth hardship hath become the cause of distress, and the cruelty [3.5s] | INBA89:183 | PYB#273-274 p.03 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05075 | 150 | ای بنده الهی نامه شما رسید و از قرائتش اطلاع بر مضمون حاصل گردید محافل بسیار | O servant of God! Your letter was received, and from its perusal its contents became known [3.5s] | INBA87:120, INBA52:119a | Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05077 | 150 | ای بنده آستان الهی سالهای چند بود که مخابره منقطع بود و سبب انقطاع اینحرب | O servant of the Divine Threshold! For several years, our correspondence had been interrupted, and the cause of this discontinuation was this war [3.5s] | YARP2.410 p.314 | Consolation and comfort; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05083 | 150 | ای بنده آستان مقدس این مکاتیبی که میفرستی جمیعا سبب روح و ریحانست زیرا | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! These letters which thou sendest are, verily, a source of spiritual joy and delight, for [3.5s] | MUH3.321ax, YARP2.459 p.342 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05086 | 150 | ای بنده بهاء بعد از عصراست و خسته گی از گرمی هوا و کثرت تحریر اوراق | O servant of Bahá! It is now the afternoon hour, and weariness from the heat of the day and the abundance of writing hath overtaken me [3.5s] | INBA88:369a, INBA89:118b | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05091 | 150 | ای بنده جمال قدم در این ساعت که مرکز میثاق در نهایت اشتیاق خامه برداشته و | O servant of the Ancient Beauty! In this hour when the Center of the Covenant, with utmost longing, hath taken up His pen [3.5s] | INBA13:032 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05098 | 150 | ای بنده درگاه کبریا جناب مرتضی مراجعت بانصفحات مینمایند و ارمغانی از عبدالبهاء | O servant of the celestial Threshold! His honor Murtaza returneth to those regions, bearing a gift from 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | INBA87:255a, INBA52:258 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05111 | 150 | ای پروردگار دستوران بدمنش مظهر بخشش ماستر خدابخش را بظلم و جفا شهید نمودند و | O Lord! The malicious priests, through tyranny and cruelty, have martyred Master Khudabakhsh, who was a manifestation of bounty [3.5s] | MSBH10.134, MUH3.213, YARP2.260 p.226, PPAR.089 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05131 | 150 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ای که بجناب محمد تقی بنده صادق جمال مبارک مرقوم نموده | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! The letter which thou didst address to Muhammad-Taqí, that faithful servant of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | AADA.144 | Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05139 | 240 | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل آنجناب ملاحظه گردید هر چند از عنوان حصول احزان شد | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was perused, and although its contents brought sadness [3.5s]... ...You had written about the Day of Declaration of His Holiness the Exalted One – may My soul be a sacrifice unto Him, which is mentioned in Questions and Answers. | BRL_DAK#0059, AVK4.015.03x, MAS2.085x, GHA.426bx | RKS.149x | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Martyrdom of the Bab; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05142 | 150 | ای ثابت بر پیمان هر چند بلا و محن و رزایا بیحد و شمار بر شما وارد ولی چون در | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though trials and tribulations and afflictions beyond measure have descended upon thee, yet since [3.5s] | MMK2#292 p.212 | Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05167 | 150 | Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای خدا تو شاهدی و گواهی که در دل و جان آرزوای ندارم جز آنکه برضایت موفق گردم | Thou knowest, O God, and art my witness that I have no desire in my heart save to attain Thy good pleasure | BRL_DAK#0221, MMK2#004 p.002, MMG2#401 p.447 | BPRY.203-204 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB05185 | 150 | ای دو حمامه همدم و همراز الحمد لله در گلشن الهی پرواز نمودید و بملکوت راز پی | O ye two companion doves, united in heart and spirit! All praise be to God that ye have soared in the divine garden and winged your way to the Kingdom of mysteries [3.5s]... ...Praise be to God that you are soaring in the Divine rose-garden, have found your way to the Kingdom of Mysteries and have become the recipients of the Favors of His Highness the Incomparable One! | INBA87:260b, INBA52:264 | NJB_v04#12 p.005 | DAS.1913-08-20, ABIE.211, BLO_PN#007 | Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB05188 | 150 | O ye two faithful and assured souls! Praise be to God, your son, George | SW_v11#10 p.159+163 | Love of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05193 | 150 | Consultation | ای دوستان الهی جناب آقا سید اسدالله نامه ارسال داشته و ستایش و توصیف و تعریف زیاد از | O ye friends of God! His honor Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah hath sent a letter conveying abundant praise, commendation and tribute regarding [3.5s]... ...The question of consultation is of the utmost importance, and is one of the most potent instruments conducive to the tranquillity | INBA21:197 (247a) | BRL_DAK#1243, AVK3.411.08x, AVK3.413.10x, GHA.228 | BRL_CONSULT#13x, COC#0179x | Consultation; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Unity; oneness of humanity; Work as worship | - | - | ||||||
| AB05194 | 150 | ای دوستان الهی در این ایام که افتتان و امتحان لوح فتنه جمیع آفاق را احاطه نموده است | O divine friends! In these days when trials and tests have encompassed the tablet of tribulation throughout all regions [3.5s] | INBA85:208, INBA88:173 | MMK6#539, RHQM1.206 (262) (157x) | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05199 | 150 | Fire and Light | ای راضی بقضا حمد کن خدا را که بچنین مقامی فائزی سبیل رضا پیمودی و بقدر و قضا | O thou who art resigned to His irrevocable Decree! Render thanks unto God for having attained so sublime a station. | NANU_AB#26 | BRL_FIRE_AB#11 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB05200 | 150 | ای راضی بقضای الهی مصائب و رزایاء هر چند مصاعب و بلایاست لکن اگر تفکر و تدبر | O thou who art resigned to the divine decree! Though calamities and afflictions be grievous trials and dire tests, yet if thou shouldst ponder and reflect [3.5s] | INBA17:053 | BSHN.140.325, BSHN.140.465, BSHN.144.323, MHT1a.095, MHT1b.163 | Consolation and comfort; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05201 | 150 | Translation List | ای رایس عزیز اهل فنون بر آنند که هیچ ماده مانند سیاله برقیه در کره ارض سریع | O dear leader! Scientists believe there to be no substance upon the earth that moveth with the swiftness of the electric current. Its power is intense | MKT8.095c | ADMS#270 | Love of God; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB05206 | 150 | Translation List | ای زائر خوش الحان یاد باد ایامی که چون جوق طیور مجتمع بودیم و آن مرغ خوش | O sweetly singing pilgrim! Let remembrance be paid to the days when we were gathered like unto a flock of birds | INBA17:015 | YQAZ.064 | ADMS#273 | Music and singing; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||
| AB05218 | 150 | ای سمندر نار موقده میثاق مکتوب آنجناب ملاحظه گردید وقایع و حوادث وارده بر | O Salamander aflame in the Fire of the Covenant! Thy letter was perused, and the events and happenings that befell were noted [3.5s] | AYBY.362 #044 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05244 | 150 | ای کنیز الهی چه قدر نیک بخت بودی که ندای الهی شنیدی و آهنگ ملکوت ابهی استماع | O handmaiden of God, how fortunate thou art to have hearkened unto the divine call and to have heard the melody of the Abhá Kingdom [3.5s] | MMK2#100 p.077 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05248 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای کنیز عزیز الهی نامه تو رسید حمد کن خدا را که ندای ملکوت شنیدی و بیدار گشتی | O thou dear maidservant of God! Thy letter was received. Praise God! for thou didst hear the call of the Kingdom, wast awakened | BRL_DAK#0686 | TAB.631, BSTW#066 | Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB05254 | 150 | فی الحقيقه در راه حقّ بنهايت مشقّت و بلايا گرفتار شدی و صدمه زياد خوردی مال و منال بتاراج و تالان دادی | In truth, thou hast been caught up in utmost hardship and tribulation in the path of God, and hast suffered grievous injuries. Thy wealth and possessions were given over to plunder and pillage [3.5s] | MMK3#208 p.150x | Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05262 | 150 | ای محمود درگاه سلطان غیب و شهود در این کور اعظم مقام محمود ثبوت و رسوخ و | O Mahmud! At the threshold of the Sovereign of the unseen and the seen, in this Most Great Dispensation, the praised station is that of steadfastness and constancy [3.5s] | MMK6#592 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05278 | 150 | ای منادی الهی نامه رسید از بلایا و محن و رزایای وارده بر عبدالبهاء آه و انین | O Divine Herald! A letter hath arrived detailing the calamities, trials and tribulations besetting 'Abdu'l-Bahá, causing sighs and lamentations [3.5s] | MMK6#230x, MUH3.319-320x | Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05299 | 150 | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای مهتدی بنور هدی حمد کن خدا را که تو را بنور حقیقت دلالت نمود و بدخول در | O thou who hast sought illumination from the light of guidance! Praise thou God that He hath directed thee to the light of truth | MMK1#066 p.099 | SWAB#066, SW_v10#02 p.031-032, BSTW#225 | Being a source of light; guidance; Personal instructions; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| AB05314 | 150 | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی جمال قدم ابوابی بر وجوه احبابش گشوده و آثار موهبتی از | O thou who gazest upon the Most Glorious Kingdom! The Ancient Beauty hath opened portals before the faces of His loved ones, and tokens of His bounty have [3.5s] | MKT8.160b | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05315 | 150 | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی در سبیل حق هر بلائی را صفا بین و هر جفاایرا وفا بین و هر | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! In the path of God, see in every tribulation a blessing in disguise, and in every cruelty behold true faithfulness [3.5s] | INBA84:248 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05330 | 150 | ای هزار گلزار الهی همیشه منظور نظر عنایت رحمانیه بوده ای و مشمول الطاف | O thou who art as a thousand divine rose-gardens, ever hast thou been the object of merciful favors and encompassed by loving-kindness [3.5s] | INBA87:586, INBA52:624 | MKT5.204 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Music and singing; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05333 | 150 | ای ورقات نورانیه نامه شما رسید الحمد لله دلیل بر نورانیت و روحانیت آن اماء رحمن بود | O radiant leaves! Your letter hath arrived and, praise be to God, it was evidence of the illumination and spirituality of those handmaidens of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | MKT7.137, KHSH09.138, YQAZ.578, QIRT.07bx | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal language | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05339 | 150 | ای ورقه مقدسه نورانیه فی الحقیقه در سبیل الهی در هر زمان مطلع بلایا بودی و | O sacred and luminous leaf! In truth, at every moment thou hast been the dawning-place of trials in the path of God [3.5s] | DUR1.374, NNY.215 | Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05347 | 150 | ای یادگار آن منجذب الی الله اگر آن مرغ گلشن عرفان بگلبن جاودان پرواز نمود حمد | O thou remnant of that soul who was attracted to God! Though that bird of the garden of divine knowledge hath winged its flight unto the eternal rosebush, praise [3.5s] | MSHR2.282 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05351 | 150 | امر باين عظيمی و انتشار و تزايد احباب در هر ديار لابدّ بر آنست که بعضی وقايع حادث شود | In a Cause of such magnitude, and with the spread and multiplication of the friends in every land, certain events must needs come to pass [3.5s] | MMK3#027 p.017x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05357 | 150 | ای یار عزیز دلگیر مباش غمگین مشو محزون مگرد مغموم منشین نظر عنایت خفی الالطاف | O dearly beloved friend! Be not disheartened, neither yield to sorrow; let not despondency overtake thee, nor sit thou in grief. Fix thine eyes upon His hidden favours [3.5s] | INBA84:390 | Consolation and comfort; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05360 | 150 | ای یار مهربان خدماتت در آستان حضرت بیچون مقرون بقبول گردید زیرا بخدمت | O kind friend! Thy services at the threshold of the Incomparable Lord have been graciously accepted, for in service [3.5s] | MKT6.186 | Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05364 | 150 | ای یاران الهی دست تضرع و نیاز بساحت قدس خداوند بی انباز بلند کنید و مناجات | O Thou incomparable God! We are Thy humble servants, and Thou art the All-Glorious. We are sinners | BRL_DAK#0093, BRL_MON#024, MKT5.043, LMA2.432, MJMJ2.019x, MMG2#149 p.167x | BRL_POAB#24 | S. Tirandaz | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for protection; Prayer for tests and difficulties | - | - | |||||||
| AB05372 | 150 | Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones | ای یاران عبدالبهاء ضوضاء ملل و غوغای امم در یوم ظهور اسم اعظم محتوم و مسلمست | O ye friends of ‘Abdu’l‑Baha! The tumult of the nations and the clamour of their peoples are certain and inevitable in the Day of the Manifestation of the Most Great Name | BRL_CONF2018P#21, MMK2#203 p.145 | BRL_CONF2018#21 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| AB05373 | 150 | ای یاران عبدالبهاء نغماتی که از حنجر روحانی آن یاران الهی صادر قلوب مشتاقانرا | O ye friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The melodies that issue forth from the spiritual throats of those divine companions cause the hearts of the yearning ones [3.5s] | MMK3#293 p.215 | Love of God; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05374 | 150 | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء دو نفس مبارک از بندگان جمال ابهی بزیارت عتبه مقدسه | O dearly beloved friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, two blessed souls from among the servants of the Abhá Beauty have journeyed to the Sacred Threshold [3.5s] | TABN.349a | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05376 | 150 | ای یاران معنوی حال که قریب عصر است و مشاغل بیش از حد و حصر جناب میرزا طراز با | O spiritual friends! Now that the eventide draweth nigh and occupations have exceeded all bounds, His Honour Mírzá Táráz [3.5s] | AYBY.348 #029, TRZ1.151, YQAZ.532a | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05382 | 310 | ای دلبر آفاق و ای معشوق هر بندهٴ مشتاق این نفوس به فضل و موهبتت نفیسند و این اشخاص از اهل اخلاص | O Beloved of the horizons and Goal of every longing servant! These souls are precious through Thy grace and bounty, and these persons are among the sincere ones [3.5s] | INBA75:073x, NLAI_BH_AB.012x | TABN.343, ADH2_1#50 p.077x, MJMJ1.070x, MMG2#168 p.193x, MJH.025x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05402 | 150 | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Translation List | ربّی و رجائی لک الحمد علی ما انزلت علینا هذه المائدة الرّوحانیّة ... ربّ و رجائی لک الشّکر علی هذه النّعمآء | ...Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord and my Hope, for what Thou hast sent down upon us—this spiritual sustenance | AVK4.069.08x, AVK4.070x, MAS9.074x, MJMJ2.106x, MJMJ2.107ax, MMG2#442 p.486x, MMG2#443 p.487x, NSR_1978.136x, NSR_1978.135ax, NSR_1993.149x, NSR_1993.147bx | TAB.167-168x, BSC.427 #772x, RBB.120ax, RBB.120bx, ADMS#011x, ADMS#012x | Growth of the Cause; Knowledge; recognition of God; Prayer to be recited at table; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB05405 | 150 | ایها المصابان بمصیبه کبری و رزیه عظمی ان امتحان الله لشدید و افتتان الله | O ye who are afflicted with grievous calamity and dire catastrophe! Verily, God's test is severe and His trial [3.5s] | ANDA#71 p.33 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05407 | 150 | ایها الموم??ون ان لله ان یمتحن عباده و لیس للعبد ان یمتحن عبداً مخلصاً لله | O ye believers! Verily, it is for God to test His servants, and it behooveth not any servant to put to the test one who is faithful to God [3.5s] | UMich962.129-130, UMich991.080 | MKT2.318, YHA1.013x | Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB05410 | 150 | پروردگارا گودرز پارسی خفته بود بیدار شد بیهوش بود هوشیار گشت شهسوار لشکر | O Lord! Gudarz the Parsi lay sleeping but was awakened; was unconscious but gained consciousness. He became a valiant commander of the hosts [3.5s] | YARP2.648 p.441, YQAZ.312 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05411 | 150 | جنابحاجی در وقتیکه از بغداد در نهایت اضطراب تلغراف زدی که شخص محترم گرفتار | O esteemed Haji! When thou didst dispatch a telegram from Baghdad in the utmost perturbation, stating that a respected person had been seized [3.5s] | INBA17:231 | Consolation and comfort; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05416 | 150 | دوست عزیز مهربان نامه نامی وارد و مضمون تسلی خاطر گشت فی الحقیقه در چنین وقتی | Dear and cherished friend! Thy noble letter was received and its contents brought solace to my heart. Verily, at such a time [3.5s] | MSHR4.346-347 | Consolation and comfort; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05421 | 150 | Translation List | همچنين جناب پروفسر برکت‌اللّه هندی را از قبل من نهايت اشتياق ابلاغ دار... در خصوص تحصیل لسان فارسی مرقوم نموده بودید فی‌الحقیقه... فی الحقيقه ترجمه بسيار مشکل است | ...Thou hadst written about studying Persian. In truth, this is very necessary. If it would be possible for Professor Barakatu’llah to make an effort and teach some people the Persian language… Truly translation is very difficult | MMK6#532x, ANDA#79 p.05x, MAS9.147x | ADMS#203dx | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Race unity; racial issues; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | |||||||
| AB05425 | 150 | نامه آنحضرت مورخ به ۲۲ ربیع الاول سنه ۳۲۵ واصل گردید و بر اوراق مرسله در طی | The letter of Your Holiness, dated the 22nd of Rabi'u'l-Avval 325, hath been received, and upon the pages enclosed therein [3.5s] | MSHR1.038x, MSHR1.083x, MSHR1.099x, MSHR4.149x | Love as fire; Pain of love; love as veil; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05435 | 150 | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Family Life | یا امه الله انی استبشرت بمضمون کتابک بما دل علی اقبالک الی ملکوت ربک الجلیل... ای رب أيّدني على التّقى واحفظني من الهوى | O maidservant of God! I rejoiced to read thy letter, for it indicated thy progress unto the Kingdom of thy Glorious Lord… I beseech God to graciously make of thy home a centre | BRL_DAK#0690, COMP_FAMP#85x, BRL_SWOP#019x, TSHA3.441x | BRL_FAM#85x, BRL_SWO#019x, TAB.068-069, COC#0842x, LOG#0831x | A. Bryan, S. Jaberi, almunajat.com [item 9] | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| AB05450 | 150 | یا من انتسب الی الشجره المقدسه نامه رسید و از معانی کلمات تبتل بملکوت رب ایات | O thou who art associated with the Sacred Tree! Thy letter hath arrived, and from the meanings of the words thou hast turned to the Kingdom of the Lord of Signs [3.5s] | INBA87:365, INBA52:374b | Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Naming of children; of individuals; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05469 | 150 | O thou persecuted handmaiden of God! Although rich women may be brought up in utmost ease | SW_v14#05 p.137-138 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05479 | 150 | O thou servant of the Divine Threshold! In this year mankind is afflicted with terrific tests. | DAS.1914-09-04 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05484 | 150 | O People! O People! The Sun of Reality has dawned from the horizon of the world... The teachings of His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh declare the oneness of the human world... | SW_v19#04 p.101x, LAT.005 | Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Living waters; water of life; Race unity; racial issues; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity; Universal education; Universal language | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05485 | 150 | ...Although up to this time I have not written thee, yet spiritual communion united the hearts and ideal correspondence was uninterrupted. | DAS.1914-07-13x | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; The concourse on high; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05503 | 140 | الهی الهی هولاء عبادک الاتقیاء و ارقائک الاصفیاء عبده عتبتک المقدسه الرحمانیه | O my God, O my God! These are Thy pious servants and pure bondsmen who have turned to Thy sacred and merciful Threshold [3.5s] | MJMJ2.093b, MMG2#142 p.160, YIK.414 | Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05506 | 140 | ای یاران عبدالبهآء هر دم از جهان پنهان خطاب الست را بلی‌ئی و یاران مخلصین را جام بلائی عاشقان بها | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! At every moment from the hidden realm there cometh the Call of "Am I not?", and unto His faithful friends a chalice of tribulation [3.5s] | NANU_AB#65x | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05514 | 140 | اوّل من آمن به حضرت نقطه اولی روحی له الفدآء حضرت ملّا حسين بشرويه‌ای جناب باب‌البابست | The first to believe in His Holiness the Primal Point - may my spirit be sacrificed for Him - was His Holiness Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushrú'í, entitled Bábu'l-Báb [3.5s] | MMK6#595x | Letters of the Living; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05519 | 140 | ای امه الرب الورقه الطیبه النوراء هر چند این مصیبت چنان شدید بود که جبل حدید | O maidservant of the Lord, O pure and radiant leaf! Though this calamity was so grievous that a mountain of iron [3.5s] | NNY.060-061 | Consolation and comfort; Education of children; moral education; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05523 | 140 | ای امه الله جناب سید ابوطالب الحمد لله تا بود جند غالب بود یعنی بجنود هوی در | O handmaid of God, Jinab-i-Siyyid Abu-Talib! Praise be unto God that ever His hosts are triumphant, that is, over the legions of desire [3.5s] | MKT6.180b | Eulogies; reminiscences; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB05529 | 140 | O thou heavenly personage! Thy greeting and salutation received. I reality thou art kind. Sorrow and pains are like unto rust and dust | DAS.1914-08-02 | Being a source of light; guidance; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB05532 | 140 | ای آزردگان سبیل حضرت یزدان آنچه در راه خدا بر سر اید هیکل وجود انسانرا | O ye who are sorely tried in the path of the Almighty! That which befalleth the human frame in the path of God [3.5s] | INBA85:137b | BSHN.140.420, BSHN.144.414, MHT1b.179, MHT2.129b, KASH.353 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - |
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