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| AB01311 | 340 | ای ثابت بر پیمان جناب آقا میرزا عبدالحسین علیه بهاءالله در نهایت روح و ریحان وارد و مدتی در ارض مقدسه | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! His honour Áqá Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn, upon him be the glory of God, arrived in utmost joy and fragrance and dwelt for a time in the Holy Land [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-02-26 | Business; financial; property matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB03852 | 190 | طوبی لمن یدخل البستان و یذکر الله ربه الرحمن یا حزب المظلوم اذا بلغتم بابه و قولوا السمات المعطره | Blessed is he who entereth the garden and remembereth God, his Lord, the All-Merciful. O party of the Wronged One! When ye attain unto His gate, recite ye the fragrant verses [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-27 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB07185 | 110 | ای احبای الهی و اماء رحمن از الطاف حضرت بهاء الله شما را ثبوت و رسوخ بر | O ye believers of God and the maidservants of the Merciful! From the Graces | BRL_DAK#0341, ZSM.1914-10 | DAS.1914-10-19, SW_v05#13 p.201, SW_v05#14 p.217, SW_v08#16 p.215, PN_1914 p107 | 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; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB08318 | 100 | ای یار باوفا دو طغراء نامه شما رسید و هر پیمانه سرشار از باده وفا بود لهذا سبب سرور | O faithful friend! Your two letters were received, both overflowing chalices of the wine of fidelity | ZSM.1915-11-18, KHH1.247 (1.345) | KHHE.363 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB09287 | 80 | ای ثابت بر پیمان چون مفصل مرقوم نمودن ممکن نیست مختصر مرقوم میگردد الحمد لله | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Since it is not possible to write in detail, I shall write briefly. Praise be to God [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-29 | Consolation and comfort | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10241 | 70 | نعیما لک یا صالح، قد اتخذت الیوم لنفسک فی جوار رحمة ربک معاماً علیاً و ذلیاً جلیاً | Blessed art thou, O Salih! Today hast thou chosen for thyself, in the precincts of thy Lord's mercy, a lofty and resplendent station [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-27 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession | - | - | |||||||||
| AB10818 | 50 | ای احبای الهی امة الله لوا مدتی در هندوستان بنشر رائحة طیبه محبت الله مشغول بود | To the beloved of God in America--On them be glory and bounty! The maidservant of God, Lua | NJB_v06#12 p.093, ZSM.1915-08-29 | SW_v06#12 p.092 | Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB11567 | Cablegram | 20 | حیفا میرزا محسن افندی الحمدالله وصلنا امس الی طبریا فی صون حمایته الله عباس | Haifa. Mirza Mohsen Effendi. Praise be to God, we arrived yesterday in Tiberias under His divine protection. 'Abbas [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-21 | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11572 | Cablegram | 10 | اسلوا الکروسه سریعاً مرادنا ان نذهب الی العدسیه و ترجع الی حیفا عباس | Send the carriage swiftly; we intend to proceed to 'Addasiyyih and return to Haifa. 'Abbas [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-09-22 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0087 | Words spoken on 1915-06-17 in Haifa | 1310 | وقتی که جمال مبارک در بغداد بودند میرزا محیط مشهور شیخی آمد به دارالسلام | When the Blessed Beauty was in Baghdad, Mirza Muhit, the famous Shaykhi, arrived in that city for the purpose of visiting Kazimayn. | BRL_DAK#0719, AHDA.077-078X, ZSM.1915-06-17 | STAB#082x | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0117 | Words spoken on 1915-07-18 in Haifa | 1150 | اگر کسی برود به تخت جمشید می بیند چطور خانه ها بسته می شود. هیچ عمارتی نیست که خراب نشود | If someone goes to Takht Jamshíd [Persepolis], he will see how homes are shut. There is no building that has not been destroyed | RHQM2.1048-1051 (499-502) (305-307), ZSM.1915-07-18 | RKS.151-157 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0131 | Words spoken on 1915-10-30 in Haifa | 1090 | هر مؤمن صادق و ثابت در صون حمایت جمال مبارک است. ایمان و ایقان یک رائحهٴ طیبه ای دارد، واقعاً نمی شود | Every faithful and steadfast believer abideth secure beneath the sheltering protection of the Blessed Beauty. True faith and certitude possesseth a sweet and heavenly fragrance that cannot be concealed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-30 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0141 | Words to reporter from the San Francisco Examiner, spoken on 1912-10-03 | 1050 | اقلیم امریکا اقلیم معموری است. اسباب تربیت موجود است. مدارس عالیه دارد و تلامذه تربیت می شوند و تحصیل می کنند | The continent of America is most progressive. The means of instructions are prepared.... Divine civilization is a symposium of the perfections... We do not look upon the dresses of women | NJB_v14#05 p.160, ZSM.1915-09-26 | DAS.1913-07-23, SW_v04#12 p.206-207, SW_v07#07 p.054, SW_v07#15 p.134, ABIE.099, VLAB.032x, BLO_PN#007 | Equality of men and women; Freedom of thought and action; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0142 | Words spoken on 1915-10-31 in Akka | 1050 | این سفر امریکا خیلی زحمت داد چند سال طول کشید هر روز در یک جائی در حرکت بودیم، لکن تأییدات | This journey to America entailed manifold hardships and extended over several years. Each day found us in a different place, yet divine confirmations [3.5s] | NJB_v14#10 p.320, ZSM.1915-10-31 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of example; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0144 | Words spoken on 1915-09-28 in Haifa | 1050 | لشگر تا در میدان حرب نباشد معلوم نیست که چقدر پادشاه به آن مهربانی و محبت دارد. عساکری که در اوطانشان هستند | Until an army enters the field of battle, the extent of the sovereign's loving-kindness and affection toward it remaineth unknown. Those soldiers who abide in their homelands [3.5s] | NJB_v14#02 p.063, ZSM.1915-09-28 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of example; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0229 | Words spoken on 1915-09-10 in Haifa | 860 | امسال سال امتحان و افتنان است از هر جهت. در قرآن می فرماید:" أم حسبتم ان تدخلوا الجنة و لا یأتیکم | This year is a year of tests and trials from every direction. In the Qur'án He saith: "Did ye suppose ye should enter Paradise ere there come unto you..." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-10 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0258 | Words spoken on 1915-09-20 in Haifa | 800 | ایادی امر الله علیهم نفحات الرحمن که در ایام مبارک بودند اکثرشان بافق اعلی صعود کردند | The Hands of the Cause of God, upon whom be wafted the fragrances of the All-Merciful, who lived in those blessed days, have, for the most part, ascended unto the All-Highest Horizon [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-20 | Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0263 | Words spoken on 1915-09-06 in Haifa | 790 | انسان باید به همه چیز معتاد باشد و از سردی و گرمی و خوشی و حزن عالم بچشد و از سیری و گرسنگی رو برنگرداند | Man must become accustomed unto all things, and taste of the cold and heat and joy and sorrow of the world, and turn not away from fullness nor from hunger [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-06 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Effort; striving; Knowledge of self; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0269 | Words spoken on 1916-06-06 in Haifa | 780 | اگر یک سیلی به تو بزنم به عالم دیگر پرواز می کنی. به این مناسبت ذکر اجراء حدود الهیه شد که چقدر تأثیر دارد | Shouldst thou receive from Me but a single blow, thou wouldst take flight unto the other world. Thus hath mention been made of the execution of divine ordinances, and how potent is their influence [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-06 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0273 | Words spoken on 1916-02-16 in Haifa | 770 | اگر نفی جمال مبارک نبود این بشارات تحقق نمی یافت ولی عظمت امر در این است که اعدا مسبب این ارتقاع شدند | Had it not been for the deniers of the Blessed Beauty, these glad-tidings would not have been fulfilled; yet the greatness of the Cause lieth in this, that the adversaries became themselves the cause of its exaltation [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-02-16 | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0301 | Words spoken on 1915-09-13 in Haifa | 730 | این محاربات که حضرات می کنند مثل امواج است. مثلاً موجی میرود روی موج دیگر، ولی عاقبت همهٴ این امواج ها | These conflicts that people wage are like unto waves. Lo, one wave mounteth upon another, yet ultimately all these waves [3.5s] | NJB_v11#05 p.096, NJB_v14#07 p.223, ZSM.1915-09-13 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0345 | Words spoken on 1916-03-09 in Haifa | 680 | امروز روز بسیار مبارکی است. متبرک و متمین است. طلوع انوار صبح هدی است. مبدأ و منشأ امر الهی است | This Day is a most blessed Day, sanctified and assured. It is the dawning of the effulgent rays of the Morn of Guidance. It is the Source and Fountainhead of God's Cause [3.5s] | PYB#210 p.16-17x, ZSM.1916-03-09 | Apocalyptic imagery; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0352 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-06-20 | 670 | جمال مبارک روحی لاحبائه الفداء دو سفر به بغداد و کربلا فرمودند. یک سفر بعد از شهادت حضرت اعلی | The Blessed Beauty - may my spirit be offered up for His loved ones - undertook two journeys to Baghdad and Karbila. One journey was after the martyrdom of the Exalted One [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-20 | Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0353 | Words spoken on 1915-10-02 in Haifa | 670 | حرب خیلی شدید شده است، چه از جهت شرق، چه از جهت غرب روسیه، چه از جهت عراق | The conflict hath grown exceedingly fierce, whether from the eastern regions, whether from the western parts of Russia, or whether from Iraq [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-02 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0357 | Words spoken on 1915-09-23 in Haifa | 660 | اسباب وقتی که منقطع می شود، بهتر است [زیرا] انسان تشبث به اسباب الهی می کند. بشفای الهی باید [تقید] داشته باشد | When earthly means are cut off, it is better thus, for man doth then take recourse unto divine means. He must hold fast unto the divine healing [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-23 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Oneness; unity of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0417 | Words spoken on 1916-08-20 in Nazareth | 600 | انشاء الله این شمس راحت و آسایش به زودی از افق این جهان طلوع خواهد نمود و مردم در مهد آسایش و سرور خواهند آرمید | God willing, this Sun of comfort and tranquility shall ere long rise above the horizon of this world, and humanity shall repose upon the cradle of ease and gladness [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-20 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0440 | Words spoken on 1915-08-04 in Haifa | 580 | اگر در ظل روحانیات باشد آنوقت ترقی می کند والا ایامی چند نمی گذرد هباءً منبثاً می شود. نتیجه نمی بخشد | If one dwelleth beneath the shade of spiritual things, then shall one advance; else shall not many days pass ere it becometh as scattered dust, yielding no fruit [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-04 | Call to action; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0443 | Words spoken on 1915-10-29 in Akka | 580 | شاه کاووس مرد متکبری بود. سیاوش از او مقبول تر است. کاووس دختر پادشاه یمن را گرفت و او را خیلی دوست داشت | King Kavous was a man of pride and arrogance. Siyavash was more favored than he. Kavoús took to wife the daughter of the King of Yemen, and cherished her with exceeding love [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-29 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Justice and wrath of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0458 | Words spoken on 1915-08-11 in Haifa | 570 | موسم عید است و ما نومید از دیدار یار عالمی در عیش و نوش و ما بچشم اشکبار | It is the season of festivities, yet We remain bereft of the vision of Our Beloved; whilst the world exulteth in pleasure and delight, Our eyes are filled with tears [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-11 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0463 | Words spoken on 1916-04-16 in Bahji | 560 | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Shrine of | بعد از من معرکه می شود. خدا اسباب فراهم آورده که من باشم و نباشم تا احباب در اطراف بر ایشان فتوری حاصل نشود | After my departure there will be a short time of quiet in the Baha'i Cause. Then the flame of love and activity... bury me between Haifa and Akka in the sands there, for it is the pathway of the loved ones and pilgrims. Build nothing over it [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-04-16 | SW_v14#06 p.181x | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Christ; Christianity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Growth of the Cause; Law of burial and cremation; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | ||||||
| ABU0479 | Words spoken on 1916-03-31 in Bahji | 550 | اوهام این فقراء خیلی است. مثلاً گمان می کند که اگر روی این قالی بنشیند دیگر لذتی اعظم از این نمی شود | Great is the delusion of these poor ones. For instance, they imagine that should they recline upon this carpet, no greater pleasure could there be than this [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-03-31 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0519 | Words spoken on 1915-08-04 in Haifa | 520 | حالا یک روزنامه می خواندم از جهت جامعه بحث می کرد. نمی توانست خوب تعبیر کند اما مقصد این بود که جامعه | Just now I was perusing a journal which discoursed upon the theme of society. Though it could not well express its intent, yet its purpose was that society [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-04 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Purpose of religion in the world (personal and social); Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0534 | Words spoken on 1915-10-08 in Haifa | 510 | والله یؤتی النصر لمن یشاء. در اینگونه محاربات غالبی نیست در میان، فی الحقیقه کل مغلوبند. این دو کشتی | By God, He granteth victory unto whomsoever He willeth. In conflicts such as these there can be no victor; in truth, all are vanquished. These two armies [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-08 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0551 | Words spoken on 1916-08-10 in Haifa | 500 | روح در عالم تجرد از بدن مستغنی است. دارای جمیع شئون است. به نفسه بدون احتیاج بدن می بیند، می شنود | The spirit, in its realm of abstraction, is wholly independent of the body. It possesseth all attributes and, of itself, without need of the body, doth see and hear [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-10 | Existence; immortality of the human soul; Immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0561 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 490 | خیلی مطول بود و چهار سال طول کشید. هم چنین بیان اینکه کشتی ها و راه آهن و تراموای مسافرت را آسان کرده | Most prolonged was it, extending over a span of four years. Similarly did the advent of vessels, railways and tramways render travel with facility [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | Development of capacity and readiness; Education of children; moral education; The power of words; of speech; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0576 | Words spoken on 1915-07-07 in Haifa | 480 | جمال مبارک از بغداد تشریف برده بودند و هیچ خبری نبود. احبابی نبود مگر در کاظمین از اعراب | The Blessed Beauty had departed from Baghdad, and no tidings were at hand. There were no loved ones save for some Arabs in Kazamayn [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-07 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0578 | Words spoken on 1915-10-20 in Akka | 480 | طفل باهوشی است. اطفال از کوچکی پیدا است که باهوشند یا نه. در مازندران برادری داشتیم میرزا علی محمد، فوت شد | He is a gifted child. From their earliest years children reveal whether they are gifted or not. In Mazandaran We had a brother, Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad, who hath passed away [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-20 | Business; financial; property matters; Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0593 | Words spoken on 1915-09-09 in Haifa | 470 | در سفر امریکا همیشه ذکر و فکر من روضهٴ مبارکه بود و این شعر سعدی را می خواندمآخر ای کعبهٴ مقصود کجا افتادی | Throughout my journey in America, my thoughts and remembrance ever dwelt upon the Sacred Shrine, and I would recite these words of Sa'di: "O Ka'bih of my heart's desire, where art thou situated?" [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-09 | Humor; jokes; Rational arguments; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0597 | Words spoken on 1916-04-07 in Bahji | 470 | وقتی که حضرت اعلی در خطر عظیم بودند انظار همه متوجه به جمال مبارک بود. لهذا آقا میرزا عبدالکریم قزوینی | When His Holiness the Exalted One was in grave peril, all eyes were fixed upon the Blessed Beauty. Therefore Áqá Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Karím-i-Qazvíní [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-04-07 | Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0617 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-23 | 460 | بسیار خوش رفتار بود. از روزی که باین امر اقبال کرد خدمت کرد تا نفس اخیر، یعنی فی الحقیقه دقیقه ای فتور نداشت | His holiness [Muhammad Taqi] Afnan was a man of delightful character and sociability. He came to Baghdad when we lived there and visited the Blessed Perfection. | ZSM.1915-06-23 | DAS.1915-06-24 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0635 | Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa | 450 | حکمتهای بالغهٴ الهی است که این اسباب را فراهم می آورد. تا طوفان زمستان نباشد، سکون بهاری حاصل نمی شود | It is among the consummate wisdom of God that He hath brought forth these means, for without the tempests of winter, the tranquility of spring shall not be attained [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-25 | Continual renewal of creation; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0643 | Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa | 450 | وقتی که ما را به حیفا آوردند به یک اطاق کوچکی بردند. بعد در قایق بادی کوچکی به عکا بردند | When they brought Us unto Haifa, they led Us unto a small chamber. Thereafter did they convey Us in a small vessel unto 'Akká [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-25 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0662 | Words spoken on 1915-09-22 in Haifa | 440 | خوبی جسمانی چه ثمر دارد. اگر در خدمت امرالله و تذکر و تنبه بگذرد صحت اهمیت دارد والا اگر این نباشد چه اهمیت دارد | Of what benefit is physical wellbeing? Should health be expended in service to God's Cause and in remembrance and vigilance, then verily it is of consequence; otherwise, if this be not so, of what import is it? [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-22 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Love of God; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0663 | Words spoken on 1915-07-15 in Haifa | 440 | در اروپا بمناسبتی ذکر می کردم که آنچه را جمیع ناس نهایت آمال و آرزویشان است و دستشان بآن نمی رسد | While I was in Europe, on a certain occasion, I made mention that whatsoever all souls hold as their highest hopes and aspirations, yet their hands fail to attain thereunto [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-15 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; The animal kingdom | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0675 | Words spoken on 1916-07-13 in Haifa | 430 | این کتاب [مفاوضات] از برای غربیان نوشته شده نه از برای علماء. از برای علماء فرائد خوب است. این کتاب از برای فرنگیها نوشته شده | This Book [Some Answered Questions] hath been written for the peoples of the West, and not for the divines [of the East]. For the divines, the Fara'id is most fitting. This Book hath been penned for those of European lands [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-13 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Divine philosophy and natural philosophy; East and West; communication between East and West; Empty learning; false spirituality; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; High station of learning; Man's distinction from the animal; Power of the mind over nature; Relativity of religious truth; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0771 | Words spoken on 1916-05-15 in Haifa | 380 | این تو را گول می زند. چطور باغ را به او می سپاری. مثل اینست که گوشت را بدست گربه بسپاری | This doth beguile thee. How canst thou entrust the garden unto him? 'Tis as though thou wouldst commit the meat unto the care of the cat [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-15 | Four pillars; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Humor; jokes; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Praise of Western values; culture; Shaykhis; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0774 | Words spoken on 1915-11-25 in Haifa | 380 | در دور حضرت مسیح خیلی اذیت به مسیحیان می شد. دوازده مرتبه قتل عام شد. در فرانسه لویزی | In the Dispensation of Christ, grievous persecution was visited upon the Christians; twelve times were they subjected to mass martyrdom [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-25 | Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0796 | Words spoken on 1916-07-07 in Haifa | 370 | جنود ملکوت الهی در کار است. لشگر بر دو قسم است، یک لشگر در ساخلو و یک لشگر در میدان | The celestial hosts of God are at work. The army is divided into two hosts - one host stationed in the garrison and one host in the field [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-07 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0798 | Words spoken on 1915-09-02 in Haifa | 370 | در نیویورک یک روزی به یک کلیسائی دعوت کرده بودند. یکی از خوانین هند به نیویورک آمده و تغییر لباس کرده بود | In the city of New York, upon a certain day, an invitation was extended to a church. One of the nobles of India had journeyed unto that city and had altered his raiment [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-02 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0830 | Words spoken on 1916-08-16 in Bahji | 360 | فیض الهی عام است فیوضات رحمانیه متتابعاً بر جمیع کائنات نازل می شود ولی هر کائنی به حسب قابلیت و استعداد | Divine bounty is universal; the outpourings of divine mercy descend successively upon all created things, yet each creature receiveth according to its capacity and worthiness [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-16 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal; Education and the development of capacity; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Maintainance of degrees in society; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0831 | Words spoken on 1915-09-24 in Haifa | 360 | مشکلی و آسانی اکثرش بفکر است. مثلاً حالا از برای ما وقتی فکر بکنیم که در صحرای بادیة العرب توی آن شنزارها | Hardship and ease depend mostly upon thought. For example, when we now imagine ourselves amidst the desert sands of the Arabian wilderness [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-24 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Stories; anecdotes; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0832 | Words spoken on 1915-08-05 in Haifa | 360 | هوای اینجا بسیار خوب است. صفای اینجا بسیار خوب است. در جوار مقام اعلی محل راحتی است | The air in this place is most excellent. The purity herein is surpassing fair. In the vicinity of the Most Exalted Shrine lieth a place of repose [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-05 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0857 | Words spoken on 1915-09-29 in Haifa | 350 | بعضی نفوسند که خلق جدید می شوند. مثل اینکه هیچ آن آدم نیست. در نهایت شدت و غضب بود، بی نهایت حلیم می شود | There are certain souls who become created anew. It is as though they are no longer that same person. One who was at the extremity of severity and wrath becometh infinitely gentle [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-29 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Second birth; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0859 | Words spoken on 1915-10-05 in Haifa | 350 | حضرت مسیح روحی له الفداء قبل از شهادتشان می فرمودند که سنگهائی که ابداً معتنی به نیستند، بظاهر به هیچ کاری نمی خورند | Christ - may my spirit be a sacrifice unto Him - proclaimed, ere His martyrdom, that the stones which are utterly neglected and, to all outward seeming, are of no use whatsoever [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-05 | Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0860 | Words spoken on 1916-07-09 in Haifa | 350 | خواندن کتب خوب است بر اطلاعات می افزاید اهمیت در این است که علوم و فنون از قلوب انسان نبعان کند. اینهمه علوم و فنون که پیدا شده از این است که از قلوب نبعان | Verily, the reading of books is praiseworthy and increaseth knowledge. Of paramount importance is that sciences and arts should spring forth from the hearts of men. All these sciences and arts that have appeared have emanated from the hearts [3.5s] | SFI14.327-328, ZSM.1916-07-09 | Contemplation; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; 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 | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0865 | Words spoken on 1916-07-12 in Haifa | 350 | هر چند اساس معین است مثل اساس حضرت مسیح اما اگر کسی در میان نصاری سیر کند می بیند که | Though the foundation is established, even as was the foundation laid by Jesus Christ, yet should one journey amidst the Christians, one beholdeth that [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-12 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Reincarnation; Theosophy | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0880 | Words spoken on 1915-07-27 in Haifa | 340 | اغنیا رحم بر فقرا نمی کنند، خودشان هم معذب هستند. اگر رحم می کردند، ??م خود راحت بودند هم فقرا | The affluent show no mercy unto the poor, and they themselves are tormented. Were they to show compassion, both they themselves and the poor would find repose [3.5s] | NJB_v15#03 p.088, ZSM.1915-07-27 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0883 | Words spoken on 1916-02-01 in Haifa | 340 | به نجف می رفت و چون میرزا حسن عمو داماد او بودند و آشنائی هم بود، جمال مبارک حضرت عبدالبهآء را با آقای کلیم | He was journeying to Najaf, and inasmuch as Mirza Hasan-i-'Ammu was his son-in-law and there existed familiarity between them, he took with him the Blessed Beauty, the Most Great Branch, and the honorable Kalim [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-02-01 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0884 | Words spoken on 1916-05-25 in Haifa | 340 | در ایام حضرت رسول نعمان نامی بود بسیار شوخ و معیت نامی سیاه چهره. حضرت امیر به محاربهٴ با یکی از قبائل فرمود | In the days of His Holiness the Prophet, there was one named Nu'man, most jovial in spirit, and with him a dark-visaged companion named Ma'iyyat. His Holiness the Prince commanded them to wage battle against one of the tribes [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-25 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Justice and wrath of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0885 | Words spoken on 1916-07-10 in Haifa | 340 | در این ایام احباب این صفحات باید به خدمت یکدیگر قیام کنند. مردم گمان می کنند که نعمای جسمانی | In these days, must the beloved friends in these regions arise to serve one another. The people imagine that physical bounties [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-10 | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0919 | Words spoken on 1915-10-04 in Haifa | 330 | دیشب در عالم رؤیا جناب ملا علی اکبر را می دیدم. هیکلشان جسیم بود ولکن در عالم رویا می بینم جسیم تر و فربه تر | Last night in the realm of dreams did I behold His honor Mulla Ali-Akbar. Though of stately frame was he, yet in the world of vision did I perceive him even more imposing and corpulent [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-04 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Eulogies; reminiscences; Hands of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0947 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-30 | 320 | این طیور را ببینید چقدر راحتند، هیچ فکری، هیچ غمی، هیچ غصه ئی ندارند. احبای الهی که خالص و مخلص هستند | Behold these birds, how tranquil they are, free from every thought, every sorrow, every grief. Such are the loved ones of God who are pure and sincere [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-30 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0951 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 320 | پنجاه نفر در یک طرفة العین کشته شده اند ولی نمی دانند از برای چه گرگر می روند. جناب شیخ علی اکبر قوچانی | In the twinkling of an eye, fifty souls have been slain, yet they know not why they wail and lament [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0954 | Words spoken on 1915-11-13 in Haifa | 320 | حضرت مسیح اینها را نصیحت می کند بصلح و سکون. می فرماید: شمشیر را غلاف کن، این دول | His Holiness Christ counseleth these peoples unto peace and tranquility. He saith: "Sheathe thy sword, O nations..." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-13 | Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator; Suffering; rejection of Christ; War and peace; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0955 | Words spoken on 1915-11-25 in Haifa | 320 | للذاهبین الاولین من القرون لنا بصائر . در اسلاف نظر کنیم، در روش آنها، در نجاح و فلاح و موفقیت دنیویه آنها | PYB#218 p.18-20x, ZSM.1915-11-25 | STAB#040, STAB#045 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0987 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-23 | 310 | پیش عقلا و اصحاب افکار و ارباب معارف مسلم است که عالم انسانی در پراکنده گی یعنی تفرق سبب خذلانشان است | Before the minds of them that are endowed with understanding, and the possessors of thought, and the lords of knowledge, it is evident that the dispersion and disunity of the human world is the cause of their abasement [3.5s] | NJB_v14#11 p.352, ZSM.1916-09-23 | Nationalism; love of country; Need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible; Race unity; racial issues; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal language | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1032 | Words spoken on 1915-08-22 in Haifa | 300 | جمیع اموری که واقع می شود، مبنی بر حکمت الهی است. هیچ حرکت و سکونی نیست که مبنی بر | All matters that come to pass are founded upon divine wisdom. No movement or stillness existeth except that it resteth upon [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-22 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1074 | Words spoken on 1915-09-07 in Haifa | 290 | امیدواریم که در آلمان آتش محبت الله شعله زند، بجهت آنکه اهل آلمان، مردمان با استقامتی هستند. متلون المزاج | We cherish the hope that in Germany the fire of the love of God may blaze forth, inasmuch as the German people are possessed of steadfastness and are not fickle in disposition [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-07 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1080 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 290 | در وقتی که ظلمت نادانی افق شرق را تاریک کرده بود در چنین وقتی حضرت بهاء الله ظاهر شد. نورش در شرق | At such time as the darkness of ignorance had enshrouded the horizon of the East, in such an hour did Bahá'u'lláh appear. His light in the East [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Equality of men and women; Harmony of science and religion; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Religion as source of love and unity; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal education; Universal language; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1081 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 290 | شخصی از او از [شخص] کاملی پرسید، او هم اشاره به شخصی در نیشابور کرد. حسب الاشاره از حال شخص مذکور | A certain one inquired of him concerning a perfect one, whereupon he made mention of a person in Nishábúr. According to that which was indicated regarding the state of the aforementioned person [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1119 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 280 | اولاً اینکه این بجهت نسبت است. مثلاً نقطه[ای از] خاک منسوب بحق شد، این مطاف جمیع نفوس واقع شد | First, know that this is by virtue of its connection. For example, when a particle of dust became associated with Truth, it became the point of circumambulation for all souls [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | Manifestation of God as mirror; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1133 | Words spoken on 1915-09-12 in Haifa | 280 | من دعا می کنم و برای خلق گشایش می طلبم اما خلق خودشان سبب تنگی می شوند. مثل اینست که | I prithee and do seek relief for all creation, yet the people themselves become the cause of their own constraint. It is as though [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-12 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1162 | Words spoken on 1915-10-23 in Bahji | 270 | ایشان در یک محلی با آقا میرزا جواد خراسانی و میرزا آقا جان تشریف داشتند و اینکه آقا میرزا جواد خیلی تندخو | They were present in a certain place with Áqá Mírzá Javád-i-Khurásání and Mírzá Áqá Ján, and verily Áqá Mírzá Javád was most irascible [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-23 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1163 | Words spoken on 1915-07-19 in Haifa | 270 | باید انسان بکوشد که ایام را بنهایت سرور و روح و ریحان بگذراند و این جز بنفحات الله و اعلاء کلمة الله میسر نشود | Man must strive to pass his days in the utmost joy, delight and fragrance, and this cannot be achieved save through the sweet-scented breezes of God and the exaltation of His Word [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-19 | Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1170 | Words spoken on 1916-08-17 in Haifa | 270 | قوانین طبیعت در مجرائی جاری است، هیچ کائنی نیست که بتواند ذره تجاوز از قانون طبیعی نماید. [انسان] به قانون طبیعت | The laws of nature flow in their ordained course, and no created thing can transgress by even an atom's weight from the natural law [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-17 | Man's distinction from the animal; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of the mind over nature | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1215 | Words spoken on 1915-11-10 in Bahji | 260 | من کار لازمی دارم در عکا می روم و برمی گردم، شماها باشید. سوار الاغ شده تشریف بردند. نزدیک ظهر اسفندیار | Lo, I have pressing work in 'Akká, and shall go forth and return; remain ye here. Thus did He mount upon the donkey and depart. It was nigh unto noon [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-10 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1250 | Conversation with Hans Springer, Haifa, 1914-06-30 | 250 | آیا تو همیشه روی زمین سفر مینمائی در فکر آن نیستی که سفری بآسمان کنی | Thou art welcome. Where didst thou come from?... Dost thou travel always on the surface of the earth? | ZSM.1914-06-30 | DAS.1914-06-30, SW_v07#03 p.020-022, SW_v07#18 p.178, PN_unsorted p024 | Christ; Christianity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Universal language | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1262 | Words spoken on 1915-07-04 in Haifa | 250 | در نیویورک کاردینالی بود و اعلان می کرد که این دشمن مسیح است، آمده که دین مسیح را محو کند | I heard that here they have had a great religious procession with much pomp and ceremony: a procession the likes of which was not seen before. | ZSM.1915-07-04, KHH1.327-328 (1.455-457) | KHHE.463-465 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Christian clergy; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1306 | Words spoken on 1915-07-14 in Haifa | 240 | خوب گفته. اروپا از اینجهت ترقی کرده زیرا کارشان متفرق نیست. مثلاً ساعت سازی، یکی فقط عقربه می سازد | Blessed are they who say: Europe hath advanced on this account - that their labors are not scattered. Consider how in the craft of watchmaking, one fashioneth but the hands alone [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-14 | Excellence; distinction; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1308 | Words spoken on 1915-10-03 in Haifa | 240 | ما تسلیمیم، اگر انسان تسلیم نباشد آن وقت گیر امتحانات می افتد. لنبلونکم بشئ من الخوف و الجوع و نقص | We are submissive. Should man fail to submit, he will verily fall into the trials and tribulations. We shall surely try you with something of fear and hunger and loss [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-03 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1310 | Words spoken on 1916-06-07 in Haifa | 240 | معلوم است بعضی الوان هستند که مفرح قلب است و سبب ترقی احساسات، مثلاً رنگ سبز سبب سکون | Be thou assured that certain colors exist which gladden the heart and conduce to the elevation of feelings; as, for example, the hue of green which bringeth tranquility [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-07 | Power of imagination; thought; right intention; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism of color and light; The mind's power of discovery | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1358 | Words spoken on 1916-05-05 in Akka | 230 | انسان باید قدر بداند و همیشه شاکر باشد. میرزا آقا جان صابون ساز بود در کاشان مؤمن شد | Man should know his worth and ever be thankful. Mirza Aqa Jan was a soap-maker who attained to faith in Kashan [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-05 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1362 | Words spoken on 1916-05-02 in Bahji | 230 | بعضی برآنند تحقق اشیاء و ترکیب کائنات و تحلیل منبعث از تفاعل است و بجهت این احتیاج به مدبر حقیقی ندارند | Some assert that the realization of all things, the composition of created beings, and their dissolution proceedeth from interaction, and for this cause they stand in no need of a True Ordainer [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-02 | Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Law of cause and effect; Proofs for the existence of God; Relationship of the soul to the body | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1365 | Words spoken on 1915-07-19 in Haifa | 230 | جمیع بشر حاضر خوردن هستند، اگر بخواهند یک حبه را خلق کنند نتوانند. همه زحمت انسان را خدا می کشد | All mankind partaketh of sustenance, yet were they to endeavor to create but a single grain, they would prove powerless. God beareth all the burdens of man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-19 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Hospitality; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1367 | Words spoken at Bahji, 1916-05-03 | 230 | در بغداد زين العالدين خاني بود از نجباي ايران به فلاکت افتاده بود | In Baghdad there was a man of Persian nobility who had fallen on hard times. | PYB#210 p.18, ZSM.1916-05-03 | STAB#013 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1380 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 230 | همه اش هباءً منبثاً مأمن لی بیتاً عند عرش عظمتک فی ملکوت فردانیتک. معتمد الدوله اصفهان، منوچهر خان | All else is scattered dust. Grant me a shelter near the throne of Thy grandeur in the kingdom of Thy oneness [3.5s]... ...Mu'tamidu'd-Dawlih of Isfahan, Manuchihr Khan, owned many buildings. He had many villages in the vicinity of Tehran. | AHDA.595-596x, ZSM.1915-08-06 | STAB#134x | Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1426 | Words spoken on 1916-03-16 in Haifa | 220 | امروز خیلی صدمه خوردم و عرق کرده بودم و سرمای شدیدی خوردم. ما نمی خواهیم پاپی مردم بشویم ولی اینطور | This day have I suffered grievously, perspiring and stricken with a most severe cold. Though We desire not to intrude upon the people, yet thus [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-03-16 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Justice and wrath of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1427 | Words spoken on 1915-07-29 in Haifa | 220 | اهالی اروپا چقدر در این مسئله دقت دارند و اگر این نبود حیات و زندگی از برای آنها بسیار صعب بود | O peoples of Europe! How vigilant are ye in this matter, and were it not for this, life and existence would have proven most arduous unto you [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-29 | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1442 | Words spoken on 1915-09-19 in Haifa | 220 | در عکا بیست و پنج سال که جمال مبارک تشریف داشتند هیچ ناخوشی وبا نشد. در جمیع بریة الشام چهار مرتبه | In 'Akká during the five and twenty years when the Blessed Beauty resided therein, no cholera epidemic ever occurred, whilst throughout the whole of Syria it broke forth four times [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-19 | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1445 | Words spoken on 1916-07-29 in Haifa | 220 | مبدأ این از اسلام است، شفاخانه می گفتند. حضرات اروپائیها آمدند اینجا، لویز سابع رفت در فرانسه تأسیس نمود | The origin of this was from Islam, where it was known as a house of healing. The Europeans came hither, and Louis the Seventh established it in France [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-29 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1452 | Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-12 | 220 | یک ترتیبی از برای تربیت اطفال در ذهن من هست که هنوز اسبابش فراهم نشده که آن را مجری دارم | When people invite me alone to their houses I ask them to prepare only one dish... I have carried in my mind for some time an educational system | ZSM.1914-12-12 | LOG#0483x, DAS.1914-12-12, SW_v13#07 p.171-173, SW_v14#01 p.006 | Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1488 | Words spoken on 1915-10-01 in Haifa | 210 | اگر این کلیه ، کلیهٴ بهائیه بود خوب بود. تلامذهٴ مکملی از آن بیرون می آمدند. حالا امیدمان چنان است | If this were the College of Bahá, it would be well indeed. Complete and perfected disciples would issue forth therefrom. Now such is our hope [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-01 | Education of children; moral education; Knowledge; recognition of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1492 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-07-19 | 210 | خیر، هیچ مشتبه نمی شود، غرض بمیان میآید. همه حضرات که راجع شده اند می دانستند که میرزا محمد علی مخالفت | Nay, there remaineth no obscurity, for the intention hath been made manifest. All those who were involved were well aware that Mirza Muhammad Ali opposed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-10 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1494 | Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1915-06-24 | 210 | شامل هر دو است مثل بنی اسرائیل و بنی حشام و بنی امیه و بنی یافث و بنی سام و بنی عباس ، این اصطلاح شرق است | It encompasseth them both, even as the Children of Israel, the Children of Hashim, the Children of Umayyah, the Children of Japheth, the Children of Shem, and the Children of Abbas - this is the designation of the East [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-24 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; Role and station of women; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1501 | Words spoken on 1915-07-28 in Haifa | 210 | وقتی که جمال مبارک در کردستان تشریف داشتند آقا محمد کریم فرستاد اهل و عیالش را به بغداد آوردند | When the Blessed Beauty sojourned in Kurdistan, He caused Aqa Muhammad Karim to send forth his family and dependents, that they should repair unto Baghdad [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-28 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1536 | Words spoken on 1916-05-06 in Julis | 200 | بعد از حرکت جمال مبارک از بغداد سید مهدی خیلی بی حکمتی نمود. رضوان در محرم واقع شده بود. در دهم عاشورا عید گرفت | After the departure of the Blessed Beauty from Baghdad, Siyyid Mahdi acted with great unwisdom. The Ridvan festival had occurred in Muharram. On the tenth day, 'Ashura, he held a celebration [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-06 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1541 | Words spoken on 1915-09-11 in Haifa | 200 | چقدر خوب است که ایام انسان در سبیل الهی بگذرد. جمیع اوقاتش، جمیع افکارش در سبیل الهی صرف شود | How excellent it is that the days of man should pass in the path of God, that all his moments and all his thoughts should be expended in the Divine path [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-11 | Imam Husayn; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Words vs deeds; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1605 | Words spoken on 1915-07-13 in Haifa | 190 | حیات اشیاء بآب است بجهت این آیات الهی و فیوضات ربانی بآب تشبیه شده "و انزلنا من السماء ماء وصارت اودیة | The life of all things dependeth upon water, and for this reason have the divine verses and heavenly bounties been likened unto water, "And We sent down from heaven water, and the valleys flowed..." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-13 | Differences in human capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1621 | Words spoken on 1916-08-09 in Haifa | 190 | یک حدیثی است که جمیع بر آن متفق هستند که فقهاء ذلک الزمان اشر فقهإ تحت ظل السماء | There is a tradition upon which all are in agreement, that the divines of that time shall be the most iniquitous divines beneath the shadow of the heavens [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-09 | Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1659 | Words spoken on 1915-10-22 in Bahji | 180 | احبای الهی باید سعی کنند که بندهٴ جمال مبارک باشند تا مشاربالبنان باشند و در امور دنیویه اهمیت ندهند زیرا می گذرد | The beloved of God must strive to be servants of the Blessed Beauty, that they may be exemplars pointed to with fingers of acclaim, and must attach no importance to worldly affairs, for verily these shall pass away [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-22 | Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Contention and conflict; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Thankfulness; gratitude; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1662 | Words spoken on 1915-08-10 in Haifa | 180 | ایمان مثل شمع روشن می ماند و قلب انسان مثل زجاجه و جسم انسان مثل مشکوة. آن مصباح و این زجاجه | Faith is even as a resplendent lamp, the human heart as a crystal, and man's body as a niche. This lamp and this crystal… [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-10 | Degrees of faith; certitude; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1664 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-24 | 180 | بسا نفوس به این فکر افتادند و به کلی محو شدند. خلافت فاطمیه دویست سال زحمت کشید بی نتیجه | How many souls have fallen into this thought and been utterly effaced! The Fatimid Caliphate strove for two hundred years, yet all was in vain [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-09-24 | Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1667 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 180 | بهائی در هر شهری که باشد باید بافعال مشهور آفاق شود. بهائی بودن بعمل است نه بقول. اینست که می فرماید | The Bahá'í, in whatsoever city he may abide, must needs become renowned throughout all horizons by his deeds. The state of being a Bahá'í is attained through action, not through words. This is what He hath decreed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Words vs deeds | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1668 | Words spoken on 1915-10-31 in Akka | 180 | چقدر از بزرگان نصاری از میان رفتند ولی هنوز صدای زنگ این کلیسا بلند است و اکثر اینها چقدر شرور بودند | How many great ones among the Christians have passed away, yet still doth ring forth the bell of this church; and how sinful were most among them! [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-31 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1670 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 180 | چه خوب یادگاری گذاشته و در جمیع عوالم الهی مذکور است حتی در عالم لاهوت. ملاحظه کنید که حضرت موسی | How excellent is the memorial left behind, mentioned in all the divine worlds, even unto the realm of Láhút. Consider ye how Moses [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power of the Manifestation of God; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1671 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-27 | 180 | چون انسان به خیرات و مبرات پردازد، عیون برکت و فزونی به جوش و خروش آید و از آسمان و زمین فراوانی رخ بگشاید | When man engageth himself in deeds of goodness and charity, the fountains of bounty and abundance shall surge forth, and from heaven and earth shall plenteous blessings be unveiled [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-27 | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1672 | Words spoken on 1915-07-04 in Haifa | 180 | حاجی هاشم را جمال مبارک بنفس خود تبلیغ فرمودند. دامادی داشت آقا خلیل دولت آبادی | The Blessed Beauty Himself taught and guided Haji Hashim. He had a son-in-law, Aqa Khalil-i-Dawlatabadi [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-04 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1685 | Words spoken on 1915-08-26 in Haifa | 180 | مِن بعد خیلی معرکه می شود. ملوک ارض کوزه های گل بر سرشان از مقام اعلی یک سر مناجات کنان به روضهٴ مبارکه | Ere long shall there come to pass mighty upheavals. The kings of the earth, with earthen vessels upon their heads, shall, with suppliant voices raised in prayer, hasten together from the Most Exalted Station unto the Sacred Court [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-26 | Predictions and prophecies; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1736 | Words spoken on 1915-07-25 in Haifa | 170 | اسباب اینطور فراهم آمده که مجالس و معاشر حضرات تلامذه باشم. حکم غیبیه است که معلوم نیست | The circumstances have been thus ordained that I should associate and commune with the disciples. It is a divine decree whose purpose remaineth hidden [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-25 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1752 | Words spoken on 1915-09-23 in Haifa | 170 | گرسنگی صدمه است از برای انسان، غذا دافع آن است، نه اینکه لذتی است در غذا. تشنگی صدمه است از برای انسان | Hunger is an affliction unto man, and food doth ward it off; not that there be pleasure in food. Thirst is an affliction unto man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-23 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1753 | Words spoken on 1915-10-21 in Akka | 170 | من جمله اینکه مناظر آنجا اصطناعی و مناظر اینجا خلقی است. اگر آن تجملات در اینجا بود آن وقت معلوم می شد | Among these matters lies the truth that those vistas are artificial whilst these scenes are divine creations. Were such splendors to be found herein, then verily would it become evident [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-21 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1821 | Words spoken on 1915-11-10 in Bahji | 160 | انسان باید همیشه شعله را بنشاند. چون که این عالم همه اش شعله است، عالم نزاع و جدال است. نزاع میانه | Man must ever strive to quench the flame, for verily this world is naught but flame - a realm of conflict and contention [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-10 | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Contention and conflict; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1831 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 160 | حالا که عالم مغشوش است تا ببینیم بعد از این طوفان چه می شود، انشاء الله خوب می شود. این دول بدون اینکه مشکلات | Now when the world is in tumult and confusion, We shall behold what shall come to pass after this tempest; God willing, it shall be well [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; War and peace; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1833 | Words spoken on 1916-05-30 in Haifa | 160 | حضرت اعلی می فرماید که هر قدر اهل عروج به معارج عرفان صعود کنند بالأخره راجع می شوند به انفس خود | The Exalted One declareth: Howsoever loftily the people of ascent may soar unto the heights of divine knowledge, in the end must they return unto their own selves [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-30 | Knowledge of self; Manifestation of God as mirror; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1834 | Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa | 160 | حضرت می فرمایند این آیات از فطرت من نازل می شود، از جبرئیل نیست. همیشه مخابرهٴ معنوی بود، مخابرهٴ مستمره بود | He saith: These verses are revealed from Mine own nature, not from Gabriel. Ever was it a spiritual communion, an unceasing communication [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-08 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1836 | Words spoken on 1915-09-08 in Haifa | 160 | خیلی مردم در مخمصه هستند. نور ایمان هم که نیست تا سبب صبر و تحمل شود. انسان وقتی که قلبش مطمئن به ایمان است | Verily, multitudes of men are encompassed by tribulation. The light of faith doth not shine forth that it might become the cause of patience and forbearance. When the heart of man is assured through faith [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-08 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1838 | Words to Tirandaz, spoken on 1914-10-29 | 160 | در بغداد کارپرداز ایران بقدری عداوت داشت که وقتی که ذکر جمال مبارک می شد چشمهایش تغییر می کرد. من طفل بودم از من پرسید تیر می اندازی | Is this wee bit of an animal your donkey? Your name has just brought to my mind a story of my childhood. At the time of our arrival in Bagdad | ZSM.1914-10-29 | DAS.1914-10-29 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1847 | Words spoken on 1915-10-26 in Bahji | 160 | مقصد از سوزاندن چراغ نه برای روضه است، بل برای نفوسی که وارد می شوند است که به آن واسطه ذکر کنند والا خود روضه مقدس است | The purpose of kindling the lamp is not for the shrine itself, but rather for such souls as enter therein, that through this means they may be moved to remembrance; for in truth the shrine itself is sanctified [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-26 | Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Shrines and Holy places | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1850 | Words spoken on 1916-02-14 in Haifa | 160 | وقتی در عکا هفتاد نفر از ارتودکس ها را حکومت گرفت که جزیه بدهند، ولی چون فقیر بودند عاجز ماندند | When in 'Akká seventy souls from among the Orthodox were required by the government to pay the poll-tax, yet, being poor, they remained helpless [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-02-14 | Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1912 | Words spoken on 1915-07-29 in Haifa | 150 | از عکا تا حیفا همه معمور می شود. همه اش باغ و بوستان و بنا خواهد شد. باغهای بسیار خوب می شود | The area between Haifa and Acre will be developed; it will be filled with buildings | ZSM.1915-07-29 | DWN_v3#08 p.074 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||
| ABU1921 | Words spoken on 1916-07-12 in Haifa | 150 | مسائل تاریخی تورات از حضرت موسی نیست، از عزراء است. احکامش از موسی است و برهان بر | The matters of history in the Torah are not from Moses, but from Ezra. Its laws are from Moses, and the proof lieth in [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-07-12 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prophecy and fulfillment; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1971 | Words spoken on 1916-05-09 in Haifa | 140 | این مقامی است مقام افاضه و آن تبلیغ امرالله و نشر نفحات الله و اعلاء کلمة الله و ترویج تعالیم است. این من الحق الی الخلق است | This is the station of outpouring, and it is the propagation of the Cause of God, the diffusion of the fragrances of God, the exaltation of the Word of God, and the promotion of His teachings. This floweth from the Truth unto creation [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-09 | Manifestation of God as sun; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1973 | Words spoken on 1915-07-14 in Haifa | 140 | اینها به امریکا رفتند و نطق خوب می کردند و دو فنون هم بودند. انگلیزی را خوب می دانستند. معذلک هیچ کاری | These souls journeyed unto America and delivered goodly addresses, being possessed of dual arts. They were well-versed in the English tongue. Nevertheless, no fruit was borne [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-14 | Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1986 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 140 | فرمایشی که میرزا ابوالفضل کرده به بیان ثابت می شود. در احسن القصص که کتاب اول حضرت اعلی است | That which Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl hath uttered is proven through the exposition in the Aḥsanu'l-Qiṣaṣ, which is the first Book of His Holiness the Exalted One [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-06 | Declaration; advent of the Bab; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU1988 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-09-26 | 140 | معلم نمی تواند کامل بکند. معلم نمی تواند شمع عالم انسانی بکند. البته طفلی که تربیت نشده باشد ولو بتواند بخواند بهتر از نفسی است | The teacher cannot perfect. The teacher cannot make one the candle of the human world. Verily, an untutored child who can yet read is better than a soul [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-09-26 | Bringing forth results; fruit; Education of children; moral education; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2041 | Words spoken on 1915-07-15 in Haifa | 130 | این بیچاره ها را بیخود از اینجا بیرون کردند، اقلاً دخترها را تربیت می کردند. هر چند متعصب هستند و متصل به بچه ها نماز | These helpless ones were unjustly banished from hence; would that they had at least educated the daughters. Though they be fanatical and ever constraining the children to prayer [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-15 | Contention and conflict; Education of children; moral education; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2046 | Words spoken on 1915-09-16 in Haifa | 130 | بگو ببینم چه می کنی. امروز چه کرده ئی. حضرت اعلی می فرمایند که انسان باید هر روز اعمال خود را بسنجد | Say: Let Me behold what thou doest. What hast thou accomplished this day? The Exalted One declareth that man must, day by day, take account of his deeds [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-16 | Bringing oneself to account each day; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2048 | Words spoken on 1915-08-27 in Haifa | 130 | چقدر خوب است که انسان تشنه باشد و العطش العطش گویان به هر طرف بدود و چنین فنجان آبی برایش میسر شود | How excellent it is that man should be athirst, and, crying out "thirst, O thirst!", should run in every direction until such a cup of water be vouchsafed unto him [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-27 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2050 | Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa | 130 | خوب جائی است از برای طبابت و شهرت می کند. حاجی فرج الله بود کحال که هیچ نمی دانست و هزاران چشم | A goodly place it is for the healing arts and renowned it hath become. Haji Farajullah was an oculist who knew naught, yet thousands of eyes [he treated] [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-08 | Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2051 | Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-26 | 130 | در آنجا [ماردین] بودیم، روزی که حرکت کردیم شخصی آمد و داد و فریاد می زد که من دیشب باطمینان | When We were there [in Mardin], on the day We set forth upon Our journey, a certain man came, crying aloud that he had in truth beheld the night before [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-26 | Power of the Manifestation of God; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2055 | Words spoken on 1915-08-02 in Haifa | 130 | راحتی از این جنگ، نعمت بزرگی است ولی آنها اصرار کردند که تا ما سرباز نشویم با مسلمانان مساوی نشویم | Relief from this conflict is a great blessing, but they insisted that until we become soldiers we shall not be equal with the Muslims [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-02 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Gambling and games of chance; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Personal instructions; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2132 | Words spoken on 1915-08-19 in Haifa | 120 | انشاء الله می شوند، لیس علی الله بعزیز. آنکه به میرزا ابوالفضل داد، [به] اینها هم می دهد. میرزا ابوالفضل لسان اجنبی نمی دانست، اینها می دانند | God willing, this shall come to pass, for naught is difficult for God. He Who bestowed this gift upon Mirza Abu'l-Fadl shall likewise bestow it upon these souls. Though Mirza Abu'l-Fadl knew not foreign tongues, these do possess such knowledge [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-19 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Effort; striving; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2139 | Words spoken on 1915-11-02 in Haifa | 120 | اینها برای اینست که معلوم شود که جز به ایمان و ایقان ممکن نیست تمدن حاصل شود. ممکن نیست از برای انسان | These things are revealed that it may become evident that civilization cannot be achieved save through faith and certitude. It is not possible for man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-02 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2146 | Words spoken on 1915-10-23 in Bahji | 120 | تاریخ درستی در اسلام نوشته نشد. بهترین تاریخ آن ابی الفدا است، هر چند مختصر است. مقصد از تاریخ آن است | Verily, no true history hath been penned in Islam. The most excellent among its chronicles is that of Abu'l-Fida, though it be but brief. Know thou that the purpose of history is [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-23 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Muhammad; Islam; Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2151 | Words spoken on 1915-08-03 in Haifa | 120 | چقدر خوب بود که یک مشرق الاذکار و یک مدرسه جهانی در این کوه تأسیس می شد. مردم نمی دانند که مدرسه بهائی | How excellent would it be that a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár and a universal school should be established upon this mountain! The people know not that the Bahá'í school [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-03 | Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2157 | Words spoken on 1915-08-07 in Haifa | 120 | دیشب خوابم نبرد. در غلام گردش نشسته بودم فکر می کردم. می دیدم که خدا چه موهبتی در حق ما کرده | Sleep did not visit me last night. I sat in contemplation within the garden's enclosure, reflecting upon how God had bestowed such bountiful favor upon us [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-07 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Shrines and Holy places; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2162 | Words spoken on 1915-07-01 in Haifa | 120 | ضعف جسم باندک اسبابی زائل می شود. چند روزی در هوای خوب و غذای خوب زائل می شود، لکن ضعف روح مشکل است | Physical weakness is banished by modest means. It vanisheth after a few days through wholesome air and nourishing food, but the weakness of the spirit is a matter most difficult [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-01 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2219 | Words spoken on 1915-09-21 in Haifa | 110 | بفرمایش حضرت روح که می فرماید "الجسد یحزن والروح یستبشر منهم " جسمم خسته شده است از این سفر | In accordance with the utterance of His Holiness the Spirit Who declareth: "The body grieveth while the spirit rejoiceth in them" - My body hath grown weary from this journey [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-21 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2234 | Words spoken on 1915-07-23 in Haifa | 110 | سیاسیون عالم برآنند که چیزی که سبب ترقیات مادی و عقلی است حرب است. ولی خودشان عربان بادیه را حقیر | The politicians of the world maintain that war is the cause of material and intellectual progress [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-23 | War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2247 | Words spoken on 1915-08-15 in Haifa | 110 | نفوس را باید از نفوس بارده و نفوس سرد محافظه کرد. اگر محافظه کنی، سالم می ماند و الا بکلی ناخوش می ماند | Souls must be safeguarded from cold and frigid souls. If thou guardest them thus, they shall remain sound; else shall they be utterly afflicted [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-15 | Education of children; moral education; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2248 | Words spoken on 1915-07-27 in Haifa | 110 | نفوس کشته می شوند ولی بی نتیجه. چقدر سلاطین کشته می شوند ولی هیچ ذکری از آنها نیست، ولی یک نفر که در سبیل الهی | Lives are sacrificed, yet to no avail. How many monarchs are slain, and no remembrance remaineth of them; yet a single soul who in the path of God [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-27 | Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2316 | Words spoken on 1915-09-18 in Haifa | 100 | انسان وقتی که راضی است بهر چیز راضی است. وقتی که راضی نیست ولو بسلطنت هم باشد راضی | Man, when he is content, is content with all things. When he is not content, even should he possess sovereignty, he remaineth unsatisfied [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-18 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2321 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-10-31 | 100 | بجمال افندی لوحی داده فرموده بودند بچندین شهر میروی و ازبیراهه بقم میروی و این مکتوب را بهر واسطه شده | I gave a Tablet to Jamal Effendi and instructed that traveling through certain cities and following an unfrequented route he should reach Qum and to deliver the Tablet to the Sadr A‘zam | ZSM.1914-10-31, KHH1.130 (1.179-180) | KHHE.194-195 | Petitions to authorities | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2345 | Words spoken on 1915-08-07 in Haifa | 100 | نفس وقتی که بر انسان مسلط می شود هر بلائی بسر انسان می آورد. یک ساعت بخیال ریاست می اندازد | At the moment when the self gaineth dominion over man, it visiteth upon him every affliction. For the space of an hour it casteth him into thoughts of supremacy [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-07 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2346 | Words spoken on 1915-07-13 in Haifa | 100 | نماز خیلی سهولت دارد بجهت اینکه کبیر و صغیر و وسطی هست. مصطفی رمزی پاشا می گفت من می خواهم | Prayer possesseth great facility, inasmuch as it may be performed in its greater, lesser and intermediate forms [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-13 | Law of obligatory prayer; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2347 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 100 | ولکن بعضی نفوس مثل عناکب می مانند، هر چه پرده اش را بدری باز فوراً می بافد. حضرت اعلی روحی فداه | But certain souls are like unto spiders: howsoever thou rendest their veil, they do straightway weave it anew [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-06 | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Veiling [hijab] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2443 | Words spoken on 1915-07-23 in Haifa | 90 | چه قدر خوب است مذاکرات، چقدر سبب سرور انسان است، نشئه می دهد بانسان، هر صحبتی از برای انسان وقتی که طول بکشد | How wondrous are these communions, how greatly do they bring joy unto man, imparting rapture unto the soul. Every discourse, when it is protracted, doth verily for man [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-23 | Harmony of science and religion; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Study; deepening | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2444 | Words spoken on 1916-06-04 in Haifa | 90 | حرب خوب است که شکست نداشته باشد. آن حرب احبای الهی است. اگر بر سریر سلطنت نشینند غالبند | Praiseworthy is that warfare which knoweth no defeat, and such is the warfare of the loved ones of God. Should they ascend unto the throne of sovereignty, verily they shall prove victorious [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-04 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2446 | Words spoken on 1915-07-02 in Haifa | 90 | حضرت رسول می فرماید رحمة الله شیبة شابت فی الاسلام. حالا نفحات الله علی شعر ابیض فی عبودیة البهاء | The Prophet - may peace be upon Him - hath declared: "Divine mercy descendeth upon grey hairs that have grown hoary in Islam." Now doth the fragrant breeze of God waft over white hair grown in servitude unto Bahá [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-02 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2458 | Words spoken on 1915-11-20 in Haifa | 90 | شرایع الهی و ادیان الهی اجزاخانهٴ الهی است. دوای هر دردی در آن موجود است. یک طبیب حاذق می خواهد | The divine laws and celestial religions are as the Divine Dispensary, wherein existeth the remedy for every malady. A skilled physician is needed [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-11-20 | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Religion as reality; definitions of religion | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2470 | Words spoken on 1915-10-27 in Akka | 90 | من چهل و پنج سال در عکا بودم. کسی نبود که بگرید و من با او نگریم و یا اینکه بقدر امکان معاونت ننمایم | I was in 'Akká for forty and five years. There was none who wept but I wept with them, nor any who sought assistance but I rendered whatsoever aid lay within my power [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-27 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2545 | Words spoken on 1915-10-17 in Haifa | 80 | اصل تورات عهد قدیم است و آن عهد قدیم اشاره بود از این عهد جدید که عهد ظهور تجلی رب است به جمیع صفات و کمال | The essence of the Torah was the Ancient Covenant, and that Ancient Covenant was but an allusion to this New Covenant, which is the Covenant of the manifestation of the Lord's revelation in all His attributes and perfection [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-17 | Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2546 | Words spoken on 1915-08-06 in Haifa | 80 | الفت از برای انسان هر مشکلی را آسان می کند. این فلاح ها حال به این مشکلی، زندگانی به این سختی، برای اینها | Friendship doth make easy for man every difficulty. These farmers now, with such hardship, with life so arduous, for them [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-06 | Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2555 | Words spoken on 1915-09-19 in Haifa | 80 | این جنگ خیلی طول کشید و بمناسبت حکایت قلعه شیخ طبرسی را فرمودند که:" در قلعهٴ طبرسی صد و ده نفر بودند | This war was greatly prolonged, and concerning the narrative of the fortress, they spoke of Shaykh Tabarsi, saying: "In the fortress of Tabarsi there were one hundred and ten souls." [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-19 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2569 | Words to some students, spoken on 1915-06-29 | 80 | تعالیم جمال مبارک نوعی کرده است که احبای الهی از جمیع من علی الأرض ممتازند. اینها از برکت نصایح و تعالیم جمال مبارک | The teachings of the Blessed Beauty have made the loved ones of God distinguished above all who dwell upon the earth. This is through the blessing of the counsels and teachings of the Blessed Beauty [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-29 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2585 | Words spoken on 1915-09-11 in Haifa | 80 | شما ملاحظه نمائید که این ازلیها تا بحال جز ضرر و فساد و خرابی و انقلاب چه ثمری از برای ایران و ایرانیان داشتند | Consider ye how these followers of Azal have, until this day, yielded naught but harm and corruption, ruin and upheaval as their fruits for Iran and its people [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-11 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2587 | Words spoken on 1915-07-31 in Haifa | 80 | قتلگاه کربلا و نجف را با خاک یکسان کردند، بعد شخم زدند. قریب هشتاد سال شخم می زدند و زراعت می کردند | They razed the holy sites of Karbila and Najaf to the ground, and thereafter did they plough the earth. For nigh upon fourscore years did they till and cultivate that soil [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-31 | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2592 | Words spoken on 1915-10-19 in Akka | 80 | مرکز نقض سعی می کند که سبب شهادت من بشود. از برای او چه خواهد شد. این نهایت آمال و آرزوی من است | The Center of Violation striveth to compass my martyrdom. What shall befall him? This is the utmost aim and desire of mine own self [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-19 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2712 | Words spoken on 1915-09-01 in Haifa | 70 | اهالی خیلی در صدمه هستند زیرا همه اولادهایشان را به سربازی برده اند. چون صدای اشعار [را] از بالا بشنوند | The people are sorely afflicted, for their sons have been taken into military service. When they hear the verses from above [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-09-01 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2713 | Words spoken on 1916-05-19 in Haifa | 70 | این اصطلاح شیخ مرحوم است. ابیض مقام مشیت است، به هر لونی بخواهی در می آید. لون احمر مقام قضا است | This is the terminology of the late Shaykh [Shaykh Ahmad]. White is the station of the Will, for it transforms into whatsoever colour thou dost desire. The colour red/crimson is the station of Decree/Fate | MUH2.0980, ZSM.1916-05-19 | BLO_PT#216.028 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Seven stages of creation; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU2721 | Words spoken on 1915-08-14 in Haifa | 70 | باید نفوس بروح و ریحان خاضع و خاشع شوند. از احبای الهی کمالاتی ببینند، روش و سلوکی ببینند که مجبور | It behooveth souls to become submissive and humble with utmost joy and fragrance. From the loved ones of God must they behold such perfections, such conduct and behavior, that they become compelled [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-14 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2742 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 70 | سی و شش نفر بر تخت خلافت نشستند و همه مقید بنام و نشان و از هیچ کدام نام و نشانی نمانده ولی بهلول | Six and thirty souls ascended unto the throne of dominion, and though each was bound to name and sign, of none remaineth now a name or trace save Bahlúl [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Episodes from the early history of Islam; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2844 | Words spoken on 1914-12-16 in Abu Sinan | 60 | در هر دوری سه شخص بوده است: در دور موسی، موسی و نار و مکلم طور... باصطلاح فلاسفه | In every Dispensation there have been three persons: In the Dispensation of Moses, there was Moses, and the Fire, and the Speaker on Sinai... in the terminology of the philosophers [3.5s] | ZSM.1914-12-16 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; The cross and the trinity | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2859 | Words spoken on 1915-08-23 in Haifa | 60 | می خواهم بیایم بالا در مسافرخانه و یک برغل پلوی برای حضرات بپزم. جمال مبارک مرا خادم احباء قرار داده | I wish to ascend to the pilgrim house and cook pilaf for the friends. The Blessed Beauty hath appointed me a servant of the beloved ones [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-23 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2965 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-30 | 50 | ادراکات بر دو قسم است، قسمی مبنی بر حواس خمسه و قسمی مبنی بر قوای معقوله. قوای حساسه آلتی است از برای عقل | Perceptions are of two kinds: the one founded upon the five senses, and the other founded upon the rational faculties. The powers of sensation are but instruments for the mind [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-30 | Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2977 | Instructions for Baha'is in the United States, 1916-06-25 | 50 | ای دوستان حقیقی، ای اهل توحید، جناب محمود خان یار موافقست و بر ایمان ثابت و راسخ به جهت تحصیل علوم | O true friends! O people of divine unity! His honor Mahmud Khan is a faithful companion, steadfast and firm in faith for the acquisition of knowledge [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-06-25 | Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU2990 | Words spoken on 1916-05-01 in Bahji | 50 | جمال مبارک یک وقت فرمودند من نه سال است یک برگ سبز ندیده ام. حال الحمدالله احباء در بهترین نقطهٴ این ارض | The Blessed Beauty once declared: "For nine years have I not beheld a single verdant leaf." Now, praise be to God, the loved ones dwell in the most beauteous spot of this earth [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-05-01 | Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3004 | Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa | 50 | طهارت و نظافت از لوازم ایمان است. انسان وقتی که لباسش نظیف است، لطیف است، روحانیت پیدا می کند | Cleanliness and purity are among the requisites of faith. When man's garments are clean, his soul becometh refined and a spiritual condition is made manifest [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-24 | Cleanliness and refinement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3116 | Words spoken on 1915-08-08 in Haifa | 40 | اگر در ژاپون [امر] دربگیرد بسیار خوب می شود. آنها استعدادش را دارند، بعکس چینی ها. اهالی چین هیچ استعداد ندارند | Should the Cause take root in Japan, it would be most wondrous. They possess the capacity for it, unlike the Chinese. The people of China have no capacity whatsoever [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-08-08 | Power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3140 | Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-06-22 | 40 | دیشب خواب دیدم که روی شتری سوارم و این شتر مرا اذیت می کرد. از گردن او پیاده شدم. بعد این شتر پیراهن مرا دندان گرفته و بزمین می مالید و گمان می کرد من در پیراهن هستم و حال آنکه من ایستاده تماشا می کردم | Last night I dreamt I was riding on a dromedary, going fast through a desert. The animal became wild and beyond my control. | ZSM.1915-06-22 | DAS.1915-06-22 | Accounts of dreams and visions; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| ABU3147 | Words spoken on 1915-06-19 in Haifa | 40 | کلمات مکنونه بعد از سفر سلیمانیه نازل شد. رشح عما در سنهٴ شصت و هفت نازل شد. شهرت جمال مبارک به بهاء الله آنوقت شد. هیکلی که حضرت اعلی نوشته اند در شصت و هفت بود در آخر ایام حضرت اعلی | The Hidden Words were revealed after the sojourn in Sulaymaniyyih. The Most Great Effusion was revealed in the year sixty and seven. The Blessed Beauty became renowned as Bahá'u'lláh at that time. The Temple which the Exalted One had penned was in sixty and seven, in the latter days of His ministry [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-06-19 | Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3151 | Words spoken on 1915-10-17 in Haifa | 40 | مقصود از امتداد زمانی است یعنی قوانین و احکام این دوره اگر هم چند هزار سال بگیرد بدون شک در عالم ظهور جلوه خواهد نمود | The purpose of temporal extension signifieth that the laws and ordinances of this Dispensation shall, without doubt, be made manifest in the realm of creation, even should it endure for thousands of years [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-17 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3152 | Words spoken on 1915-10-14 in Haifa | 40 | مکتوبی از توپوکیان قنسول ایران در امریکا رسیده است. نوشته است که علی قلی خان به وی ابلاغ کرده | A missive hath been received from Topakian, Consul of Iran in America. He hath written that 'Ali-Quli Khan communicated unto him [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-10-14 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3285 | Words spoken at German hostel in Tiberias, 1916-08-28 | 30 | اینها قلبشان از رحمت الهی مأیوس است لابدند که خود را به یک چیزی تسلی دهند، اینست که به فسق و فجور مشغول می شوند | These souls, whose hearts are bereft of divine mercy, have no recourse but to console themselves through some means; thus do they engage in deeds of wickedness and transgression [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-08-28 | Humor; jokes; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3290 | Words spoken on 1915-04-18 in Haifa | 30 | بیت العدل مقام تشریع دارد و آنچه منصوص نیست تشریع نماید و تنفیذی نیست . در ایالات مختلفه انتخابات می شود و بیت عدل تشکیل شود و مرکز را بصلاح دید خود معین خواهند کرد | The House of Justice possesseth legislative authority, and that which hath not been expressly revealed may be legislated by it, and is not revocable. Elections shall be held in diverse provinces, and the House of Justice shall be established, and they shall determine the center thereof according to their own wisdom [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-04-18 | Elections; House of Justice | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3303 | Words spoken on 1914-12-16 in Julis | 30 | رؤیا بر سه قسم است رؤیای صادقه، رؤیای تعبیریه و اضغاث و احلام. اول عین واقع، دوم چون مخلوط با خطورات قلبیه می شود محتاج تعبیر است، اما اضغاث و احلام اوهام است | Visions are of three kinds: true visions, interpretive visions, and confused dreams. The first is reality itself, the second, being mingled with the heart's promptings, requireth interpretation, while confused dreams are but vain imaginings [3.5s] | ZSM.1914-12-16 | Meaning; importance of dreams and visions | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU3310 | Words spoken on 1915-07-21 in Haifa | 30 | مردم بر سنگهائی که حواریین برآن نشسته بودند سجده می کردند و این از اثر نسبت الی الله و از قوهٴ بقای حقیقت آنها است که حتی جلوسشان بر سنگ این تأثیر را دارد | The people prostrated themselves before the stones whereon the apostles had been seated, and this proceedeth from their connection with God and from the potency of their enduring reality, such that even their mere act of sitting upon a stone hath produced such an effect [3.5s] | ZSM.1915-07-21 | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Power of faith; power of the spirit | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03367 | 270 | Translation List | طوبی لمن یدخل البستان و یذکر الله ربه الرحمن یا حزب المظلوم اذا بلغتم بابه | Blessed is the one who entereth the garden and maketh mention of God, his Lord, the All-Merciful. O followers of this Wronged One! When ye reach the door thereof, halt and say | BLIB_Or15714.094, | BRL_DA#348, ZSM.1915-10-27 | ADMS#315 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - |
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