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Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael absolute freedom; independence of God accounts of dreams and visions acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution acquiescence and resignation; contentment acting according to the exigencies of the day; pragmatism Adam; Adam and Eve agriculture alchemy; the elixir alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium all things are in motion; kinds of motion alteration of the divine will [bada] angels anthropomorphism apocalyptic imagery apostles; early disciples of Christ arcs of ascent and descent Ascension of Baha'u'llah assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick astrology and numerology attaining good pleasure of God attaining the life of the spirit attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha avoidance of Covenant-Breakers Baha'u'llah Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih banishment to; life in 'Akka banishment to; life in Adrianople banishment to; life in Baghdad banishment to; life in Constantinople banishments of Baha'u'llah beauty; grace; aesthetics begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause being a source of light; guidance being a source of living waters in teaching the Cause belief and denial birth control; preventing procreation birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary blind imitation [taqlid] bribery and corruption bringing forth results; fruit bringing oneself to account each day Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East business; financial; property matters call to acquire knowledge; sciences call to action call to unity; prohibition of disunity categories of Prophets (major; minor; village) celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy challenging nature; abstruseness of the Word of God changing and unchanging parts of religion characteristics and conduct of true believers charitable associations; humanitarian activities chastisement and requital chastity and purity Christ; Christianity Christian doctrine and practice Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith church and state in the future civil courts cleanliness and refinement collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings coming-of-age; maturity of mankind compassion; kindness competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence composition and decomposition composure; tranquillity; serenity condition of search conduct in finance and business conference of Badasht confession of sins confidence; courage; faith in teaching the Cause confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause connection between material and spiritual worlds consolation and comfort consorting with all; being kind; loving to all constitutional revolution in Iran consultation consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet contemplation contention and conflict continual renewal of creation corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God courage courtesy; culture [adab] Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers creation of the world creativity in art Crimson Ark; the Ark of God criticism and its limits critique of Eastern values; culture critique of Western values; culture critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism crucifixion; ascension of Christ cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds da'iras and haykals day of rest day of Resurrection; Judgement Declaration of Baha'u'llah Declaration; advent of the Bab defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i degrees of faith; certitude degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence demons and evil spirits destruction of books detachment in teaching the Cause detachment; severance; renunciation; patience development of capacity and readiness devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause differences between the Manifestations; station of distinction differences in human capacity disregarding bodily comfort disregarding individual capacity; weakness disregarding own capacity in teaching the Cause dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith diversity an attribute; requirement of existence diversity of thought and belief divine attributes are within all things; every atom divine emanation is ceaseless; eternal divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity divine philosophy and natural philosophy divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah East and West; communication between East and West education and the development of capacity education of children; moral education educational curricula effort; striving elections elementary matter cannot be annihilated emanation vs. manifestation empty learning; false spirituality encouragement of individual understanding; interpretation entry by troops episodes from the early history of Islam equality of men and women essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others essential vs. actional attributes of God essential; necessary relationships eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah] eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness ether; the phenomenon of light eulogies; reminiscences evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa events in the life and ministry of the Bab evolution; human evolution exalting the Word of God in teaching the Cause excellence; distinction executive government; power of execution exhortations and counsels existence and nonexistence; preexistence existence; immortality of the human soul expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf] false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam fanaticism and hatred fellowship with the wayward and ungodly fewness of numbers not regarded in teaching the Cause fire and light; fire and water firmness in the Covenant forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God four causes four elements four methods of acquiring knowledge four pillars four; five pathways of love free will and predestination; fate freedom of thought and action fulfillment of true potential future of Haifa; of the Holy Land gambling and games of chance generosity [kirama] genuine love and affection in teaching the Cause God as immanent vs. transcendent reality God as personal vs. impersonal reality God's attributes require the existence of objects God's knowledge God's love for His own Essence God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih] goodly deeds; actions grammar and orthography grammatical and other discrepancies in the Sacred Writings Greatest Name greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day greed; envy; covetousness; attachment to the world Greek philosophers; Greek civilization growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity growth of the Cause Hands of the Cause happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow harmony of science and religion He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah health and healing; material and spiritual healing heat and motion heaven and paradise; heaven and hell heedlessness and ignorance of the people Hermes; Balinus high station of learning high station of teachers of the Cause high station of the arts and sciences high station of the true believer higher encompasses the lower historical episodes and the lessons of the past holy and most holy outpouring [fayd-i-aqdas and fayd-i-muqaddas] Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness hospitality House of Justice House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]

human reality created in the image of God human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within humility; meekness; lowliness humor; jokes hypocrisy identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God idle fancies; lust and passion idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others idolatry imagery in the Qur'an Imam 'Ali Imam Husayn immateriality; ineffability of soul; spirit importance of authoritative interpretation importance of community building importance of prayer importance of reading the Sacred Writings impossibility of true worship of God inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal independent investigation of truth; reality infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat] infinity and eternity inmost heart [fu'ad] innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God intelligible vs. perceptible realities interconnectedness of the teachings interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being interpretation of dreams and visions interpretation of words and passages in scripture intuition; inspiration Islamic laws and jurisprudence Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. Jabulqa and Jabarsa John the Baptist Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people Judas justice and mercy justice and wrath of God justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice kindliness; humility; self-effacement in teaching the Cause kindness to and rights of animals knowledge of attributes same as knowledge of God knowledge of self knowledge; recognition of God labor and management; labor relations; profit sharing lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God language and the structure of reality law of burial and cremation law of cause and effect law of divorce law of fasting law of Huququ'llah law of inheritance law of obligatory prayer law of pilgrimage law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name law of transformation and change laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas laws of marriage and dowry Letters of the Living life and death light and darkness limits of language limits of the intellect lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles literal interpretation literature; drama; humanities; the arts living waters; water of life love and unity love as fire love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion love of God love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause loving community spirit in teaching the Cause loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love lying and deceit maintainance of degrees in society man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation man's distinction from the animal Manifestation of God as divine physician Manifestation of God as educator Manifestation of God as gardener; cultivator Manifestation of God as mediator Manifestation of God as mirror Manifestation of God as pen Manifestation of God as recipient of divine revelation; Holy Spirit Manifestation of God as sun Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha Manifestation of God does not act of own volition Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God many are called but few are chosen marriage as means of spiritual progress martyrdom of the Bab martyrs and martyrdom Mary Magdalene material and spiritual existence; two books material world a reflection of the spiritual materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization matter; essence; substance and form meaning; importance of dreams and visions meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) means of establishment of future civilization meditation metallurgical metaphors methods of teaching the Cause microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar] mind as intermediary between soul and body mind as principle emanation; activity of the human spirit mindfulness; concentration; focus miracles and their interpretation mission of the Manifestation of God in the world moderation; frugality; simplicity modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation monasticism; asceticism Mosaic imagery Moses Mount Carmel Muhammad; Islam multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture murder; causing physical harm music and singing mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision mystery of the great reversal mystical themes names and attributes of God naming of children; of individuals nationalism; love of country nature and God's will nearness and remoteness nearness to God necessary and possible being need for an educator need for cooperation; solitary existence not possible newspapers and the media; publications Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr) Nineteen-Day Feast Noah non-participation in politics nonexistence of evil; relativity of good and evil obedience to and respect for government authority obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God occult sciences; psychic phenomena one universal law; attractive power of love oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God oneness; unity of religion order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir] origin of the soul; the soul as emanation original sin Ottoman commissions of investigation outward and inward meanings pain of love; love as veil pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient pantheism parents and children; youth; families parliaments; constitutional government passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence past, present and future of Iran Perfect Man [insan-i-kamil] perfection; imperfection of nature permission for visit; pilgrimage personal instructions petitions to authorities photographs and recordings physical limitations of the Manifestation of God piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa] pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam pioneering; travel teaching plenitude; the pervasiveness of life in the cosmos poems and quotation from poetry power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God power of faith; power of the spirit power of imagination; thought; right intention power of love power of prayer power of the Manifestation of God power of the mind over nature power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant power; influence of a single soul in teaching the Cause praise and encouragement praise of Eastern values; culture praise of Western values; culture prayer for assistance; intercession prayer for children and youth prayer for detachment prayer for evening; night prayer for fasting prayer for firmness in the Covenant prayer for forgiveness prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies prayer for governments and rulers prayer for healing prayer for justice and fairmindedness prayer for married couples prayer for martyrs prayer for morning prayer for nearness to God prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith prayer for parents prayer for peace and unity prayer for pilgrims prayer for pioneers and travel teachers prayer for praise and gratitude prayer for prosperity prayer for protection prayer for purity; chastity prayer for sacrifice prayer for service prayer for specific individuals; groups prayer for spiritual recognition prayer for steadfastness; obedience prayer for strength prayer for teaching prayer for tests and difficulties prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan prayer for the departed prayer for the spiritual progress of others prayer for unity prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause prayer for women

prayer to be recited at table prayers (general or uncategorized) predictions and prophecies preexistence of the Manifestation of God prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction presence of; reunion with God presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge priestcraft Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God primordial Covenant; the day of alast principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium principles of the Faith adopted democratically; not imposed priority over other activities in teaching the Cause procession; appearance of the Word from God proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized) proclamation to Christians proclamation to divines; to religious leaders proclamation to Jews proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals proclamation to Muslims proclamation to people of the Bayan proclamation to the people of the world progress and the continual ascent of material civilization progress only takes place within its own degree progressive revelation; renewal of religion promotion of commerce and industry proofs for the existence of God proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul proofs of the Manifestations of God prophecy and fulfillment pure intentions in teaching the Cause purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity purpose of religion in the world (personal and social) purpose; goal of creation Quddus quotation from or interpretation of the Bible Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation race unity; racial issues radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance rational arguments realm of similitudes ['alam-i-mithal] realms of being; three realms; five realms rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis rebellion and sedition; disobedience recompense; reward for belief; right action regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause reincarnation rejection by the people of the Bayan rejection of Muhammad rejection, opposition and persecution relationship between government and people relationship of the soul to the body relativity and complementary truths relativity of religious truth religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization religion as reality; definitions of religion religion as source of love and unity religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science religious rituals minimized or eliminated rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] resurrection of Christ return of Christ; second coming of Christ return of the Manifestations of God review of publications reward and punishment rights of the eldest son; primogeniture ringstone symbol role and station of women role of the Covenant in preserving unity sacred remains; burial of the Bab sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world saddening another soul Saint Peter and Saint Paul Satan; the Evil One scarcity of receptive souls Seal of the Prophets second birth secret societies self-concealment of the Manifestation of God self-description of God; God's self-remembrance self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence service to others; to the Cause of God serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship Shrines and Holy places silence; fewness of words slavery smoking soul is the essential reality of man soul; spirit after death special knowledge of the Manifestation of God spirit and form in the administration spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman] spiritual assemblies; administrative matters spiritual baptism spiritual communication; connections of the heart spiritual emotions and susceptibilities spiritual foundations of true knowledge spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause spiritual springtime spiritual transformation spiritual warfare; struggle spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men station of the Manifestation of God station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha status of kings; future of monarchy status of material wealth; wealth and poverty steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness stories; anecdotes study; deepening suffering and imprisonment suffering; rejection of Christ suicide superiority; incomparability of the Word of God superstition supreme tribunal symbolism symbolism of color and light Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn] teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause teaching the Cause; call to teach teachings as spirit of the age teleology; goal-directed motion testing God tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering thankfulness; gratitude the Adamic cycle and the Baha'i cycle the animal kingdom the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation the Christian clergy the cloud ['ama] the concourse on high the cross and the trinity the divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God the economic problem and its solution; voluntary giving the ephemeral and the eternal the first and the last; the seen and the hidden the golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others The Holy Spirit the human body the human soul the human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh] the Imamate; the Caliphate the Kingdom of God [Malakut] the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace the lower is unable to comprehend the higher the mind's power of discovery the power of example the power of words; of speech The Primal Will The self-generation of the Primal Will the soul as soil; cultivation of the soul the state of enkindlement in teaching the state of prayer; dynamics of prayer the truth of past religions and sacred scriptures the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im the Word of God; influence and centrality of theft; seizing the properties of others theodicy; the mystery of evil; of suffering Theosophy things are known by their opposites transcendence; unknowability of God transcending the material condition transience; worthlessness of the physical world translation; publication of the Sacred Writings transmutation of the soul by the divine elixir travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha true liberty; freedom trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times twin duties of recognition and obedience twin Manifestations Twin pillars; interpretation and legislation two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God unchastity and adultery uncompounded reality [basitu'l-haqiqah] unity in diversity unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] unity of governments; political unity unity of thought and belief unity; oneness of humanity universal education universal human capacity for spiritual recognition universal language universal peace; world unity universality of the Cause useful occupation; acquisition of a craft; trade; profession veiling [hijab] visitation Tablets walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life war and peace wealth inequality and its moderation wine as symbol of spiritual transformation wisdom [hikmat] Word of God and human limitations Word of God is its own standard Word of God sanctified from time and place Word of God the cause of creation words vs deeds work as worship worldliness vs. other-worldliness youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster

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Jump to: Degrees and Conditions of Existence God and the Realm of the Divine Will The Manifestations of God Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy Soul, Mind, Spirit Knowledge, Language and Symbol Regarding human knowledge: divine philosophy defined; investigation of reality The Word of God; the Logos Language, Symbol and Interpretation Sacred Writings: General themes; disposition of Individual reality and development Spiritual life and practice in relation to self Spiritual life and practice in relation to God Spiritual life and practice in relation to others Collective reality and development Religion and the Covenant Laws and ordinances Prohibitions and admonitions Social teachings The Administrative Order and the Baha'i community Past, Present, and Future Beliefs and Dispensations of the past The Central Figures; events of their ministries Present and future order; crisis and victory

Degrees and Conditions of Existence — quotations A. God and the Realm of the Divine Will — quotations Two levels of God's reality: essence and attributes; ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih — quotations God in His essence — quotations God as transcendent and unknowable reality — quotations The essence of the Divinity is impersonal — quotations God is independent of His creation; good works do not profit Him — quotations God is exempt from time — quotations [see also The Word of God is sanctified from time] — quotations No causal linkage between God and creation — quotations Every conception of God is sheer imagination — quotations self-description of God; God's self-remembrance — quotations [see also The lower is powerless to comprehend the higher] — quotations Positive attributes cannot describe the Essence — quotations God's perfections are affirmed only to deny imperfections — quotations God's attributes are His Own creation — quotations God's essence transcends "oneness", "being", "existence" as we understand them — quotations God's "understanding" and "freedom" are not at the level of the essence — quotations The purpose of worship of God is is self knowledge and transformation — quotations God is not a proper "object" of worship — quotations Attempt to understand the Essence using the categories of existence is an error — quotations No "thinking" or "activity" by the One — quotations Essential attributes are unknowable and inseparable from the Essence — quotations Actional attributes vs. essential attributes — quotations Traditional concepts related to God in His Essence — quotations The "Hidden Treasure" — quotations The "cloud of unknowing" — quotations The "uncompounded reality"; "true indivisible being" — quotations [see also First degree: The Most Holy Outpouring (Fayd-i-Aqdas)] — quotations [see also First pathway of love: God's love for His own Essence] — quotations God in His attributes — quotations God as immanent and personal reality — quotations The personal God is at the level of the Manifestation, not the Essence — quotations God's attributes are the inmost reality of all things: All things are signs of God — quotations [see also The bounty of God pervades all things] — quotations The attributes of God require the existence of beings — quotations God the creator — quotations [see also The divine bounty is ceaseless/eternal] — quotations [see also Spirit requires matter to act] — quotations Knowledge of the attributes is equated with knowledge of God — quotations God's knowledge — quotations God's knowledge is identical with the realities of things — quotations God's knowledge does not require objects — quotations God's knowledge does not include particulars — quotations God's knowledge surrounds all things without causing them to happen — quotations God's knowledge embraces all the doings of men — quotations Two levels in the divine knowledge: essential and actional — quotations God's unity [tawhid] and the unity of His Messengers — quotations Existential oneness and manifestational oneness: Tawhid-i-Wujidi vs. Tawhid-i-Shuhudi — quotations [see also The oneness of the Prophets; station of "pure abstraction and essential unity"; tawhid] — quotations power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God — quotations justice and wrath of God — quotations The eternal archetypes as primordial names and attributes — quotations [see also Second pathway of love: God's love for man] — quotations [see also Second degree: The Holy Outpouring (Fayd-i-Muqaddas)] — quotations [see also The names and attributes of God are revealed in the Manifestations] — quotations Traditional proofs of God's existence — quotations The possibility of a rational proof of the existence of God — quotations [see also Knowledge and learning, rational argument a path to God] — quotations The inadequacy/impossibility of rational proofs of God's existence — quotations [see also Limitations of the mind; of human knowledge] — quotations The cosmological proof (the unmoved mover) — quotations The principle of prior simplicity — quotations [see also The universal law of cause and effect] — quotations The teleological proof (argument from final causes; from design) — quotations Deducing the existence of things from their signs — quotations [see also Proof: No effect without a cause] — quotations Proof from "voluntary composition" — quotations [see also Different kinds of composition: accidental, necessary, voluntary] — quotations The pseudo-ontological proof (proof from existence of opposites) — quotations The Primal Will — quotations The Primal Will/Intellect in relation to God — quotations The Primal Will/Intellect is the first emanation of God — quotations The Primal Will is non-existent compared to God — quotations The self-generation of the Primal Will — quotations Traditional conception of God refers to the Primal Will — quotations The Primal Will and the Realm of Command — quotations The Primal Will identified with the Logos/the Word of God; the source of the Word — quotations The Primal Will/Intellect appears in the Manifestations — quotations [see also The Manifestation as incarnation of the Primal Will / Primal Point / Primal Word] — quotations The Primal Will identified with the First Remembrance — quotations [see also The Manifestation as Remembrance of God] — quotations The Primal Will in the Realm of Creation — quotations The Primal Will is the immediate/efficient cause of creation — quotations Relationship of Primal Will to the world is like that of fire to heat — quotations [see also The Word of Command=Primal Will is the the cause of creation] — quotations Manifestation of the Will of God identical to the manifestation of divine law — quotations The Primal Will is the inner reality of all things/pervades all things — quotations The Primal Will is a universal reality resolved into infinite forms — quotations [see also The bounty of God pervades all things] — quotations [see also God's attributes are the inmost reality of all things: All things are signs of God] — quotations Sign of the Primal Will in the world is the ether (both active force and recipient) — quotations [see also Nature is God's Will] — quotations [see also The Manifestations of God] — quotations The divine emanation — quotations All things emanate from God — quotations [see also The three degrees of divine emanation] — quotations [see also The Primal Will is the inner reality of all things/pervades all things] — quotations [see also The human soul is an emanation from God] — quotations The divine emanation/bounty is a necessary condition of existence — quotations The first principle does not begrudge to give of itself: plenitude — quotations [see also The attributes of God require the existence of beings] — quotations The bounty of God pervades all things — quotations Every atom reflects God's reality/attributes — quotations The divine emanation encompasses visible and invisible reality — quotations The infinite power of the dewdrop/the ray/the breath — quotations [see also The Primal Will is the inner reality of all things/pervades all things] — quotations The divine bestowals encompass believer and denier alike — quotations [see also God's attributes are the inmost reality of all things: All things are signs of God] — quotations The divine bounty is ceaseless/eternal — quotations [see also Revelation has no beginning and no end] — quotations [see also The universe is eternal; has no beginning and no end] — quotations The divine emanation continually re-creates/regenerates all things — quotations [see also Cycles in the spiritual world; the divine springtime] — quotations [see also The arcs of descent and ascent] — quotations Emanation vs. manifestation — quotations Procession/appearance through emanation — quotations Procession/appearance through manifestation: as sun in mirror — quotations Procession/appearance through manifestation: as tree from seed — quotations Limitations/qualifications on the emanation metaphor — quotations The Holy Spirit — quotations The Holy Spirit is the divine bounty/emanation — quotations The Holy Spirit is present everywhere and at all times — quotations Holy Spirit "generated" by the Most Great Spirit — quotations [see also The Word of God identified with the Holy Spirit] — quotations [see also The Primal Will/Intellect is the first emanation of God] — quotations [see also The procession of the Logos/Word from God] — quotations [see also Love is the breath of the Holy Spirit; illumines the hearts] — quotations The Holy Spirit is the mediator between God and the creatures — quotations Holy Spirit compared to the rays of the sun — quotations [see also The Manifestations are the recipients of divine revelation and conveyors of the Holy Spirit] — quotations The Holy Spirit is the fifth and highest degree of spirit — quotations [see also The resolution of spirit into finite degrees and stations] — quotations Humanity's need of the Holy Spirit — quotations The Holy Spirit's effect upon the human soul and upon humanity — quotations The gift of the Holy Spirit; successive descent — quotations The Holy Spirit is the cause of quickening/attaining eternal life — quotations The Holy Spirit bestows spiritual power; influence — quotations The Holy Spirit as source of true knowledge — quotations Love is the breath of the Holy Spirit; illumines the hearts — quotations The Holy Spirit is the cause of unity/brotherhood — quotations [see also The Word of God is the binding force in the world] — quotations The Holy Spirit is the cause of collective progress; education; arts and sciences — quotations The Holy Spirit bestows confirmations in teaching — quotations [see also Teaching and divine confirmations] — quotations The Holy Spirit is the source of physical and spiritual healing — quotations [see also Heals the spiritually sick] — quotations [see also The Word of God transforms/quickens with the spirit of faith; with the living waters] — quotations [see also Entrance to the Kingdom; spiritual transformation] — quotations Various personifications of the Holy Spirit — quotations Personified as a dove — quotations Personified as the Maid of Heaven — quotations B. The Manifestations of God — quotations The exalted spiritual station, sovereignty and authority of the Manifestations — quotations The Manifestation as incarnation of the Primal Will / Primal Point / Primal Word — quotations [see also The Primal Will/Intellect appears in the Manifestations] — quotations [see also The Word of God identified with the Manifestation of God] — quotations The Manifestations are qualitatively different from others — quotations Their dust is just dust: its importance lies in the association — quotations The innateness of the prophethood/knowledge of the Manifestations — quotations The infallibility of the Manifestations — quotations The sinlessness of the Manifestations — quotations Acquired infallibility granted "to sanctified souls" — quotations The reality of Manifestationhood has neither beginning nor end; preexistence — quotations [see also The Word of God is sanctified from time] — quotations The Manifestations are the most perfect among men: unrivaled — quotations The "Perfect Man" — quotations The complete independence of the Manifestations — quotations Their reality surrounds and therefore comprehends all things — quotations The Manifestations are the possessors of extraordinary power/knowledge — quotations The reality of the Manifestation is beyond human comprehension — quotations The Manifestations cannot express all the truth to which they have access — quotations The authority of the Manifestations — quotations The Manifestations have a physical, a human and a divine station — quotations They are educators at three different levels: — quotations They create a social order - material education — quotations They expand the human mind - human education — quotations They are agents of spiritual development and transformation - spiritual education — quotations [see also The Holy Spirit is the cause of quickening/attaining eternal life] — quotations Their high station reflected in the prohibition on representing/dramatizing their persons — quotations The twin stations of unity and distinction in the Manifestations — quotations The oneness of the Prophets; station of "pure abstraction and essential unity"; tawhid — quotations They are each endowed with all the attributes of God — quotations The identity of the Manifestations with God — quotations Identity with God not the identity of essence — quotations Identity with God refers to their complete self-effacement — quotations The "return" of the Prophets understood from the perspective of their unity — quotations [see also God's unity and the unity of His Messengers] — quotations [see also The Manifestations are representatives of the Godhead] — quotations [see also Religion is one in its essence] — quotations Differences between the Prophets; station of "distinction" — quotations Their differences are due to our limitations, not theirs — quotations The two/three types of Prophets — quotations They are subject to human frailties and limitations — quotations They themselves are unable to comprehend God — quotations Station of servitude to God — quotations Foreordained measure of revelation — quotations Varying perspectives in this station are possible — quotations Concealment of own station — quotations [see also The greatness of this Revelation; of this Day] — quotations The Manifestations as source of divine grace — quotations The Manifestations are like the sun in the world of being — quotations The Manifestations are the cause of creation; all others receive life through them — quotations The Manifestations are divine cultivators/gardeners — quotations The Manifestations are divine physicians — quotations The Manifestations are divine educators/teachers — quotations The Manifestation as Tree of Life; the "Sadratu’l-Muntahá" — quotations [see also The Word of God identified with the Manifestation of God] — quotations The Manifestations as mediators of divine grace; of the "divine presence" — quotations The Manifestations are necessary because there can be no direct route to God — quotations The Manifestations are representatives of the Godhead — quotations The Manifestation is the uttermost limit of human understanding of God — quotations The Manifestations are signs of the love of God — quotations [see also The identity of the Manifestations with God] — quotations Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity — quotations The Manifestations are the only route to the knowledge of God — quotations Knowledge of the Manifestations is equivalent to knowledge of God — quotations presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God — quotations The Manifestations alone are able to comprehend the Word of God — quotations The Manifestations are mediators even in the next world — quotations cf: we cannot be sure that this is the only way to contact God — quotations The Manifestations are as mirrors reflecting the divine light — quotations This reflection is nevertheless only a "mere emblem" — quotations [see also The human reality is a mirror for the divine reflection] — quotations [see also The Holy Spirit is the mediator between God and the creatures] — quotations The Manifestations are the recipients of divine revelation and conveyors of the Holy Spirit — quotations Divine revelation is the supreme gift of God — quotations special knowledge of the Manifestation of God — quotations The personal encounter of the Manifestations with the Holy Spirit — quotations The pulsating nature of divine revelation — quotations [see also Various personifications of the Holy Spirit] — quotations The process of divine revelation — quotations The names and attributes of God are revealed in the Manifestations — quotations [see also Knowledge of the Manifestations is equivalent to knowledge of God] — quotations The Manifestations are pure channels; hollow reeds; do not act of their own volition — quotations The Manifestation as Remembrance of God — quotations The Manifestation as the Pen of God — quotations The living waters flow from their pen; their presence — quotations Proofs of the Manifestations — quotations Proofs based on who they are — quotations Their own selves — quotations Their lack of worldly education — quotations Proofs based on what they say and how they say it — quotations Their revelation; their words — quotations Their verses, their Book — quotations Their teachings — quotations Proofs based on what they do and how they do it — quotations Their acting unaided and alone; their deeds — quotations Appearance of a single Soul renews God's Revelation — quotations Successful proclamation from prison a proof — quotations Their proclamations to the kings and rulers — quotations Their constancy and openness in proclaiming their Cause — quotations [see also The suffering and rejection of the Manifestations] — quotations Proofs based on signs and portents attending their appearance — quotations Appearance of a herald — quotations Signs in the visible world; in the heavens; literal fulfillment of prophecy — quotations Fulfilment of prophecy, literally or symbolically; prediction of future events — quotations Oppression: inability of seeking souls to find the truth — quotations Day of Resurrection not visibly different from any other day — quotations Proofs based on their influence in the world; their "fruits" — quotations The transformation/transmutation of the souls — quotations The sacrifice/martyrdom of those who have recognized — quotations The acceptance of illumined religious leaders — quotations Their rejection is itself a proof — quotations Contrast between their message and the people they were raised up from — quotations Non-proofs — quotations Miracles are not a proof — quotations The believers themselves are not a proof — quotations The true criteria with which to judge the truth of the Cause — quotations The suffering and rejection of the Manifestations — quotations Their ways and words, changes they bring about, are contrary to the desires of men — quotations [see also Badá (divine nonfulfillment/alteration)] — quotations Leaders of religion are a cause of the rejection of the people — quotations The people actually cause the leaders of religion to deny — quotations Literal interpretation; misunderstanding of scripture a cause of their rejection — quotations The heedlessness of the people — quotations The veil of names; of vain imaginations — quotations The past is a mirror of the future — quotations The Prophets redeem the world through their sacrifice — quotations Their tests/suffering are meant to educate us — quotations [see also Opposition to the Cause; to the Covenant] — quotations C. Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy — quotations Natural philosophy and divine philosophy — quotations Divine philosophy contrasted with material/natural philosophy — quotations Baha'i natural philosophy is shared with the Sufis — quotations [see also Two kinds of knowledge: mind and heart; 'ilm and 'irfan; sight and insight] — quotations Purpose of divine philosophy: To establish the oneness of humanity — quotations Purpose of divine philosophy: To discover reality and to reflect the light of the spirit — quotations Purpose of divine philosophy: To unfold the intrinsic oneness of phenomena — quotations Purpose of divine philosophy: To prove the existence and immortality of the spirit — quotations Purpose of divine philosophy: To free the soul from the chains of the body — quotations The Baha'i Cause is not a philosophy or a belief system, but a way of life — quotations [see also Religion has a twofold purpose in the world] — quotations [see also The spiritual purpose of human existence (descriptive statements)] — quotations Regarding the three realms of being; overlapping hierarchies — quotations realms of being; three realms; five realms — quotations The three realms: God, Command, creation — quotations Revelation and creation; earth and heaven; book of creation and written Book — quotations The greatest name and the ringstone symbol — quotations The three degrees of divine emanation — quotations First degree: The Most Holy Outpouring (Fayd-i-Aqdas) — quotations Second degree: The Holy Outpouring (Fayd-i-Muqaddas) — quotations Third degree: The Universal Revelation (Tajalliy-i-'Amm) — quotations [see also The divine emanation] — quotations The "Hidden Treasure" tradition: God, love, creation, knowledge — quotations [see also The "Hidden Treasure"] — quotations The four (five) pathways of love — quotations Love defined as attraction to one's own beauty in one of two modes — quotations First pathway of love: God's love for His own Essence — quotations Second pathway of love: God's love for man — quotations Apprehension of God's love for man leads to love of man for man — quotations God's love identical to the divine effulgence — quotations The Logos is God's overflowing love — quotations God's love is the cause of man's creation; of the creation of the universe — quotations The love of God sends the Prophets — quotations Love manifested throughout the kingdoms of existence: the ground of all things — quotations [see also Love is the binding power between the elements] — quotations Manifested in Baha'u'llah's mission for world order — quotations Third pathway of love: Man's love for God — quotations Man's love for/knowledge of God the purpose of creation — quotations [see also Knowledge/recognition/'irfan/love/remembrance of God] — quotations Knowledge of God equated with the love of God — quotations Love as veil — quotations Man's love for man a necessary consequence of this — quotations [see also Love for God (the third station of love)] — quotations Fourth pathway of love: Man's love for man — quotations Love people for the sake of God — quotations Depends on love for God — quotations Fifth pathway of love: Man's love for the light of God within — quotations [see also Four kinds of spiritual wayfarers] — quotations [see also The divine light/love of God is deposited within the reality of man] — quotations [see also Love is the binding power between the elements] — quotations Nasut, Malakut, Jabarut, Lahut, (Hahut) — quotations Hahut - the paradise of Ahadiyyah — quotations Lahut - realm of the Manifestation — quotations Jabarut - the Empyrean Dominion — quotations Jabarut and Malakut — quotations Malakut - the Kingdom of God — quotations [see also Entrance to the Kingdom; spiritual transformation] — quotations [see also 'Alam-i-Mithal (the realm of similitudes) and the barzakh] — quotations Nasut - the mortal world — quotations The arcs of descent and ascent — quotations The procession from and returning to God — quotations The creation of the universe; being, existence, time — quotations Existence from nonexistence — quotations Absolute nonexistence cannot become existence — quotations [see also The relativity of existence and nonexistence, life and death] — quotations The universe could not have created itself — quotations The universe was called into being from nothingness — quotations Creation from nothingness and eternal creation are reconcilable — quotations The universe has a cause outside time — quotations Essential and temporal preexistence — quotations [see also The divine emanation continually re-creates/regenerates all things] — quotations Being and existence; necessary and possible being; preexistence — quotations Existence itself is an attribute of things — quotations Created and uncreated existence/phenomena — quotations The unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] — quotations Two kinds of being: material and spiritual — quotations [see also The relativity of the material and the spiritual] — quotations Realities of the intellect/spirit have no outward existence — quotations Being vs. existence — quotations Genera and categories of existence — quotations Infinity and eternity — quotations The universe is infinite — quotations The universe is eternal; has no beginning and no end — quotations Creation is continual and not a one-time event — quotations [see also The arcs of descent and ascent] — quotations [see also The divine emanation continually re-creates/regenerates all things] — quotations [see also The divine bounty is ceaseless/eternal] — quotations [see also Revelation has no beginning and no end] — quotations [see also The attributes of God require the existence of beings] — quotations [see also The reality of Manifestationhood has neither beginning nor end; preexistence] — quotations Infinity and eternity are inseparable concepts — quotations notes on space and time — quotations purpose; goal of creation — quotations Traditional concepts related to the process of creation — quotations The four causes — quotations The seven stages — quotations Division and rotation — quotations The celestial spheres — quotations Nature and its laws; perfection and imperfection of nature — quotations Nature defined — quotations Nature is God's Will — quotations Nature is an intellectual reality; not sensible itself — quotations Clinging to Nature "as it is in itself" is an error — quotations [see also Nature defined as necessary connections proceeding from the realities of things] — quotations [see also Nature defined as composition and decomposition] — quotations The universal law of Nature; cause and effect; miracles — quotations Nature is subject to one law — quotations [see also Evolutionary teleology; motion is progressive, directed by spiritual "forces"] — quotations Nature is compelled; has no will or reason — quotations All physical things must conform to Nature's laws — quotations The universal law of cause and effect — quotations [see also All things are involved in all things; the chain of being] — quotations [see also The four causes] — quotations Condition of causation is resemblance/relation between cause and effect — quotations The violation/suspension of natural law through miracles — quotations The virgin birth and immaculate conception — quotations The perfection of creation / of Nature — quotations [see also Infinite diversity a requirement/attribute of perfect existence] — quotations The imperfection of Nature, relative to higher degrees — quotations Imperfection, death, and sin — quotations [see also All things need an educator] — quotations Motion, cycles — quotations All things are in motion — quotations The law of transformation and change — quotations [see also Superannuation/abrogation; religious laws change with changing times] — quotations [see also The relativity of stasis and change] — quotations Kinds of motion — quotations Motion towards perfection - the arc of ascent — quotations [see also The arcs of descent and ascent] — quotations [see also Evolutionary teleology; motion is progressive, directed by spiritual "forces"] — quotations Motion around a center — quotations Other kinds of motion — quotations Motion generated by "heat" — quotations Cycles in the physical world; the seasons — quotations [see also Composition and decomposition throughout creation] — quotations Cycles in the spiritual world; the divine springtime — quotations [see also Revelation is progressive, organic, cyclical] — quotations "Matter" and substance — quotations Origin and foundation of matter is spiritual forces — quotations Causal closure of the material — quotations Rational soul the substance through which the body subsists — quotations Complexity evolves from a single matter in the beginning — quotations Elementary matter cannot be annihilated; conservation of existence — quotations [see also Proof: Simple/uncomposed elements are eternal] — quotations [see also The relativity of existence and nonexistence, life and death] — quotations Essence and substance — quotations Knowledge of the essence of a thing is not possible: only through its attributes — quotations The essence of existence is immutable — quotations Universal substance identified with the Divine Breath — quotations Agent and patient: dualities in creation — quotations Kaf (B) and Nun (E); Mashiyyat (Will) and Iradih (Purpose) — quotations The active force and its recipient (fa'il/ayn and munfa'il/ayn) — quotations The lord of the species (rabbu'l-naw') — quotations Substance and form — quotations Male and female; Adam and Eve — quotations things are known by their opposites — quotations The four elements and the four natures — quotations The four humors — quotations Spiritual analogies of the four elements — quotations Fire and water — quotations Ethereal matter — quotations The ether as substrate / primary matter — quotations The ether an intellectual substance; perceived only by the mind — quotations The ether responsible for light — quotations Positive and negative powers/charges — quotations The mineral spirit: attraction/cohesion; the life of the mineral — quotations Alchemy: The transmutation of elements — quotations "Spirit": Progressive unfoldment; kingdoms of existence; hierarchy of spirit — quotations Spirit is the greatest power; pervades all things — quotations Unfoldment and contemplation: the work of the mind — quotations [see also The bounty of God pervades all things] — quotations The resolution of spirit into finite degrees and stations — quotations Differing stations in creation are intrinsic — quotations The kingdoms of existence — quotations [see also The Primal Will is the inner reality of all things/pervades all things] — quotations the animal kingdom — quotations The degrees are finite but the perfections are not — quotations Spirit requires matter to act — quotations The ascent of the atom through the kingdoms of existence — quotations [see also Every atom reflects God's reality/attributes] — quotations [see also Love manifested throughout the kingdoms of existence: the ground of all things] — quotations [see also The law of transformation and change] — quotations [see also Evolution and teleology; plenitude] — quotations Powers and capacities of higher degrees are cumulative — quotations Below the human degree, spirit depends on the composition of the elements — quotations Perfections acquired in one kingdom are only manifested in the kingdom above — quotations The lower is powerless to comprehend the higher — quotations [see also Humanity encompasses the lower kingdoms; is the sum of creation] — quotations Transformation across kingdoms is possible only through bounty — quotations Perfection within a given kingdom the highest goal: its paradise — quotations Transformation across kingdoms is true felicity — quotations [see also The grace/good-pleasure of God] — quotations Composition and decomposition — quotations Composition and decomposition throughout creation — quotations Nature defined as composition and decomposition — quotations Composition/decomposition an inherent feature of existence — quotations [see also Cycles in the physical world; the seasons] — quotations [see also The power of unity in all the degrees of existence] — quotations Infinite diversity a requirement/attribute of perfect existence — quotations Repetition of the same appearance is forbidden — quotations Behind the diversity there is a unity of essence — quotations Different kinds of composition: accidental, necessary, voluntary — quotations [see also Proof from "voluntary composition"] — quotations An artificial composition cannot produce life — quotations Causes of composition and decomposition — quotations All composition must be preceded by a cause — quotations Composition not accidental; a divine creative power — quotations [see also The law of transformation and change] — quotations [see also Love manifested throughout the kingdoms of existence: the ground of all things] — quotations Love is the binding power between the elements — quotations [see also Love manifested throughout the kingdoms of existence: the ground of all things] — quotations [see also Second pathway of love: God's love for man] — quotations Composition, affinity, unity give rise to existence, life — quotations The principle of balance/equilibrium in nature — quotations [see also The importance of balance/moderation] — quotations Composition is life, decomposition is death — quotations Composition is existence, decomposition is nonexistence — quotations [see also The relativity of existence and nonexistence, life and death] — quotations [see also The power of unity in all the degrees of existence] — quotations All compositions must eventually decompose — quotations Decomposition should be gradual to preserve the universal relationships — quotations Evolution and teleology; plenitude — quotations Evolutionary themes in the Baha'i Writings; the gradual development of the physical world — quotations Statements on evolution must be understood in context — quotations Left to science to investigate details of man's appearance — quotations The origin of all material life is one — quotations Physical growth, development and evolution are gradual — quotations The appearance of spirit is also gradual — quotations Species are phenomenal upon the earth — quotations competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence — quotations Evolution and teleology/potentiality; plenitude — quotations Cosmic plenitude: life is pervasive throughout the universe — quotations The universe itself is a living thing — quotations Evolutionary teleology; motion is progressive, directed by spiritual "forces" — quotations [see also Proof from "voluntary composition"] — quotations [see also The law of transformation and change] — quotations Man potentially existed from the beginning — quotations Man's appearance/faith in God is a requirement of nature/purpose of creation — quotations Human evolution — quotations The gradual evolution of the human form; man emerged from the animal kingdom — quotations [see also Two aspects of human reality; the higher and the lower natures in man] — quotations Evolution "ends" with man — quotations Humanity encompasses the lower kingdoms; is the sum of creation — quotations [see also Powers and capacities of higher degrees are cumulative] — quotations [see also The human reality is a "lesser world" (microcosm) containing the "greater world" (macrocosm)] — quotations [see also All the attributes of God are potentially manifested in man] — quotations [see also The "Perfect Man"] — quotations Man was always man, not an animal; "species" are conserved — quotations Comparison to the embryo — quotations Abdu'l-Baha's concept of species Platonic, not biological — quotations [see also Transformation across kingdoms is possible only through bounty] — quotations Vegetable "species" are also conserved — quotations Progress and decline take place only within a species — quotations Humanity is the fruit on the tree of existence — quotations Capacity and its development; the need for an educator — quotations All things need an educator — quotations The human world is in need of education — quotations [see also The development of capacity] — quotations [see also The Manifestations are divine educators/teachers] — quotations Without development man is the lowest of creatures — quotations The root cause of wrongdoing is ignorance — quotations The existence of capacity; differences in capacity — quotations All things reflect the attributes of God according to their capacity — quotations All human beings possess the latent capacity to recognize God — quotations [see also To bring forth those forces latent within the human reality] — quotations [see also The purpose of life - in relation to God] — quotations Individual capacities/stations differ — quotations All have equal rank/station initially — quotations Difference in capacity/rank a requirement of the world; of society — quotations [see also Infinite diversity a requirement/attribute of perfect existence] — quotations Different kinds of human capacity: innate, inherited, acquired — quotations The development of capacity — quotations The educator must be superior to the one educated — quotations Three kinds of education: physical, intellectual, spiritual — quotations [see also They are educators at three different levels:] — quotations Two kinds of spiritual education; subjective and objective faith — quotations Result of material education: arts and sciences, new discoveries — quotations [see also Discovery of the arts and sciences through the power of the mind/intellect] — quotations [see also Effort increases capacity] — quotations Interconnectedness and correspondence; necessary relationships — quotations All things are involved in all things; the chain of being — quotations The intrinsic oneness of all phenomena — quotations Oneness of humanity in spirit; unitive consciousness — quotations Interconnectedness is an attribute of perfection — quotations The universe is fashioned after the human body — quotations Mutual ties are stronger along the arc of ascent — quotations As letters and words — quotations [see also The universal law of cause and effect] — quotations Essential relationships proceeding from the realities of things — quotations Religion defined as necessary connections proceeding from the realities of things — quotations Nature defined as necessary connections proceeding from the realities of things — quotations Fate defined as necessary connections proceeding from the realities of things — quotations Love as vital bond inherent within the realities of things — quotations True laws of society derived from necessary relationships; from reason — quotations [see also The interconnectedness of the Teachings; the Teachings as sphere] — quotations Natural law — quotations The material and spiritual worlds are connected — quotations Example: man and the environment — quotations Example: physical cleanliness, health and healing — quotations Example: the power of prayer — quotations Example: music — quotations [see also Origin and foundation of matter is spiritual forces] — quotations [see also The soul in the body] — quotations The material world is a reflection of the spiritual — quotations The material world is only an imperfect reflection; a shadowy image of the spirtual — quotations The world unveils the book of its own self — quotations Structure of language parallels the structure of creation — quotations The physical world is not mute or inert; it tells out spiritual significances — quotations The symbolic nature of the physical world — quotations The human reality is a "lesser world" (microcosm) containing the "greater world" (macrocosm) — quotations The four states (first, last, seen, hidden) are within the reality of man/Man — quotations [see also Humanity encompasses the lower kingdoms; is the sum of creation] — quotations Relativity — quotations [see also Religious truth is relative] — quotations The relativity of the immanence and transcendence of God — quotations The relativity of subject and object — quotations The relativity of cause and effect — quotations The relativity of monism and dualism — quotations The relativity of the natural and supernatural — quotations The relativity of the material and the spiritual — quotations The relativity of essential and temporal preexistence — quotations The relativity of universal and particular — quotations The relativity of existence and nonexistence, life and death — quotations [see also Composition is existence, decomposition is nonexistence] — quotations The relativity of perfection and imperfection — quotations The relativity of stasis and change — quotations The relativity of good and evil — quotations [see also Imperfection, death, and sin] — quotations The relativity of free will and predestination — quotations The relativity of the forbidden and the permissible — quotations Only route through the extremes is the gaze of the inmost heart — quotations [see also The relativity of knowledge; of spiritual perspective] — quotations D. Soul, Mind, Spirit — quotations Definitions and issues of terminology regarding the human soul, mind and spirit — quotations The three aspects of the human reality: body, mind, spirit/soul/(heart) — quotations [see also Mind is the intermediary between soul and body] — quotations Human spirit = rational soul — quotations Lack of clarity in present translations — quotations "spirit" and "soul" can be meant in more than one sense — quotations There is one single reality, which manifests different powers — quotations Proofs of the existence/immortality of the human soul — quotations The importance of belief in immortality — quotations The possibility of a proof for the soul's existence — quotations Proof: Simple/uncomposed elements are eternal — quotations Animal spirit is not immortal — quotations Proof: Changes to the body do not affect the soul — quotations Proof: The world of dreams — quotations [see also The dream state: spirit acting apart from matter] — quotations Proof: The soul acts/imagines independently of the body — quotations Proof: No effect without a cause — quotations [see also Man's distinction from the animal kingdom; resists nature; has power beyond nature] — quotations [see also The universal law of cause and effect] — quotations Proof: The soul is beyond change and form; can conceive multiple forms simultaneously — quotations Proof: An intellectual reality; has no place — quotations Proof: The part cannot possess what the whole lacks — quotations Proof: Proof from existence of consciousness — quotations Proof: The self-abnegating behavior of the Prophets — quotations Proof from opposites — quotations Essential properties of the soul — quotations The soul/spirit is the essential reality of man — quotations The soul is an intelligible reality; a non-material substance — quotations The essence of the soul cannot be comprehended — quotations [see also Proof: Simple/uncomposed elements are eternal] — quotations The soul's relationship to God — quotations The human soul is an emanation from God — quotations The human soul is the divine self-description; self-remembrance — quotations The divine light/love of God is deposited within the reality of man — quotations Man is made in the image of God - imago dei — quotations The human heart is God's throne; a divine trust — quotations The innate nobility of man — quotations The human reality is a mirror for the divine reflection — quotations The Holy Spirit is reflected in man's heart like the sun in a mirror — quotations All the attributes of God are potentially manifested in man — quotations [see also Every atom reflects God's reality/attributes] — quotations [see also Appearance of the Word is like the image of the sun in a mirror] — quotations The soul in the body; homo duplex — quotations Two aspects of human reality; the higher and the lower natures in man — quotations Not two realities but two tendencies of one reality — quotations The human spirit at the "barzakh": the midpoint of the arcs of ascent and descent — quotations [see also 'Alam-i-Mithal (the realm of similitudes) and the barzakh] — quotations The relationship between soul/spirit and body/matter — quotations The body depends on the soul/mind; the latter is its motive power — quotations The rational soul is the substance upon which the body depends — quotations The soul appears at conception — quotations The spirit surrounds the body — quotations The soul does not literally enter/penetrate the body — quotations The powers of the spirit appear in the body in a gradual manner — quotations The spirit is in the body as the sun shines in a mirror — quotations Soul is to body as fruit is to seed/tree — quotations The body must be sound for the mind to manifest itself with full effect — quotations The physical heart is the link between spirit and matter[?] — quotations The body is like the net and the soul like the ocean — quotations Body as word and spirit as meaning — quotations [see also Mind is the intermediary between soul and body] — quotations The dream state: spirit acting apart from matter — quotations [see also 'Alam-i-Mithal (the realm of similitudes) and the barzakh] — quotations [see also Proof: The world of dreams] — quotations No authority for dreams vs. revealed ordinances — quotations Three kinds of dreams; interpretation of dreams — quotations The wisdom of the soul's connection to the body — quotations The soul must traverse all conditions — quotations Perfections of God must appear in the world — quotations The body is a magnet for the spirit; spirit appears through composition of elements — quotations Two kinds of knowledge: mind and heart; 'ilm and 'irfan; sight and insight — quotations [see also Divine philosophy contrasted with material/natural philosophy] — quotations The human mind/intellect: its station, powers and limitations — quotations Mind is principle emanation/activity of the human spirit — quotations Mind is the intermediary between soul and body — quotations The connection of the mind with the brain — quotations Outward and inward powers; the "common faculty" — quotations The power of the mind: discovers the realities, mysteries of things — quotations power of the mind over nature — quotations Understanding through encompassing — quotations Understanding through reflection — quotations Understanding through similarity/likeness — quotations Understanding through simile and metaphor — quotations Discovery of the arts and sciences through the power of the mind/intellect — quotations Thoughts are a boundless sea — quotations The mind must be focused on a single point to achieve results — quotations Examination of premises key to investigation of a subject — quotations Example: Astronomy — quotations The high station of knowledge and learning; of arts, crafts and sciences — quotations Exhortations to acquire knowledge and the sciences — quotations Knowledge and learning, rational argument a path to God — quotations Philosophy a sound branch of learning — quotations The learned; requirements of the spiritually learned — quotations Linked to prohibition on alcohol and drugs — quotations The role of experts — quotations [see also The Holy Spirit is the cause of collective progress; education; arts and sciences] — quotations Limitations of the mind; of reason; of human knowledge — quotations Knowledge as veil — quotations True recognition transcends rational proof; human learning — quotations Book learning must be joined to the love of God — quotations [see also The acquisition of knowledge should have a spiritual foundation] — quotations Intuitive powers are also fallible — quotations Man-made arts and sciences are not the true standard — quotations The mind needs assistance from a higher power to make discoveries — quotations Useless theologizing; knowledge that begins and ends in words — quotations Purely materialistic description inadequate — quotations Classical structures of logic inadequate — quotations [see also Knowledge of the essence of a thing is not possible: only through its attributes] — quotations [see also God as transcendent and unknowable reality] — quotations Free will and fate — quotations Man's distinction from the animal kingdom; resists nature; has power beyond nature — quotations [see also Proof: No effect without a cause] — quotations Man has free will — quotations Fate and predestination — quotations Defined as interconnectedness — quotations All things are a result of God's will — quotations The foreknowledge of God does not cause the realization of a thing — quotations Nothing is accidental — quotations Decreed vs. conditional fate — quotations Man is compelled in certain things — quotations Whatever comes to pass benefits the faithful — quotations Apparent conflict between free will and fate is due to the limitations of reason — quotations The "middle way"; fate and free will as warp and weft — quotations The soul after death — quotations Impossible to comprehend the nature of life after death — quotations The importance of the moment of death — quotations The continuing influence of the soul after death — quotations A perpetual and unchanging world — quotations No gender in the next world — quotations Free will after death — quotations Judgement before God; being asked of one's doings — quotations The chastisement/punishment of God — quotations One's spiritual punishment is self-inflicted — quotations The souls of the deniers — quotations Mercy and chastisement of God exist in all the worlds of God — quotations Eternal existence, but not eternal life — quotations Respect for the body after death — quotations Death as cause of joy — quotations [see also The procession from and returning to God] — quotations Status of parents, kin — quotations The hereafter as idea to be transcended — quotations Perspectives on the afterlife — quotations Knowledge, Language and Symbol — quotations A. Regarding human knowledge: divine philosophy defined; the investigation of reality — quotations The independent investigation of reality — quotations [see also Limitations of the mind; of human knowledge] — quotations [see also Knowledge and learning, rational argument a path to God] — quotations [see also Justice, fairmindedness] — quotations [see also The condition of search/striving] — quotations The harmony of science/reason and religion/revelation — quotations Religion is founded in reality — quotations Reconciliation will require new understanding of both science and religion — quotations [see also Religion defined as necessary connections proceeding from the realities of things] — quotations Science as source of spirituality — quotations Revelation as source/stimulus of knowledge, philosophy — quotations The acquisition of knowledge should have a spiritual foundation — quotations The standard of true knowledge is not the standard of the world — quotations [see also Their own selves] — quotations The Greek philosophers and the Jewish sages — quotations The importance of the study of Islam; Islam as stimulus to European civilization — quotations Hermes and Balinus; the Corpus Hermeticum — quotations [see also Their reality surrounds and therefore comprehends all things] — quotations The four (five) methods of acquiring knowledge — quotations Combining principles of research with love for the Faith — quotations [see also Limitations of the mind; of human knowledge] — quotations The method of "dialectic" - identifying the underlying forms — quotations The relativity of knowledge; of spiritual perspective — quotations [see also Relativity] — quotations The interconnectedness of the Teachings; the Teachings as sphere — quotations [see also All things are involved in all things; the chain of being] — quotations B. The Word of God; the Logos — quotations The Word of God in relation to God — quotations The procession of the Logos/Word from God — quotations The Word is the first bestowal of God; the dewdrop from the ocean — quotations The Word/Logos is the breath of God — quotations The Word/Logos is God's overflowing love — quotations The Word of God and the Realm of Command — quotations [see also The Primal Will identified with the Logos/the Word of God; the source of the Word] — quotations The Word of God identified with the Holy Spirit — quotations The Word of God identified with the Manifestation of God — quotations Christ as Word of God; letter and word — quotations The Word of God is exalted above creation — quotations The Word of God is sanctified from time — quotations [see also God is exempt from time] — quotations [see also The reality of Manifestationhood has neither beginning nor end; preexistence] — quotations The Word of Command=Primal Will is the the cause of creation — quotations [see also The Primal Will is the immediate/efficient cause of creation] — quotations Appearance of the Word is like the image of the sun in a mirror — quotations The Word of God in the Realm of Creation — quotations The perfection/completeness of the revealed Word in every Dispensation — quotations The Word of God is abstruse; exalted above ordinary comprehension — quotations Comprehension of the Word of God not a function of human learning — quotations Interplay of form and meaning: da'iras and haykals — quotations The Word of God must be interpreted symbolically/metaphorically/in parables — quotations [see also Literal interpretation; misunderstanding of scripture a cause of their rejection] — quotations symbolism: angels — quotations symbolism: colors — quotations symbolism: nine-, five-pointed star — quotations symbolism: satan — quotations The Word as its own veil; veils of light — quotations [see also Limitations of the mind; of human knowledge] — quotations Grammatical discrepancies in — quotations Science of letters; abjad reckoning — quotations The Word of God is the repository of truths, mysteries — quotations Exoteric and esoteric aspects of the Word of God — quotations The Word of God contains inexhaustible meanings — quotations The inability of words to convey all truth; words not the final truth — quotations The Word of God cannot be compared to the words of men — quotations The Word of God as potent force; revolutionizes the world — quotations The Word encompasses/comprehends/pervades all things — quotations [see also The Primal Will is the inner reality of all things/pervades all things] — quotations The Word of God is effective in both spirit and body — quotations Heals the spiritually sick — quotations [see also The Holy Spirit is the source of physical and spiritual healing] — quotations Effect of the Word is like the penetration of spirit in the body — quotations The Word of God is the cause of progress in the world — quotations [see also The Holy Spirit is the cause of collective progress; education; arts and sciences] — quotations The Word of God is the agent of separation and unification — quotations The Word of God transforms/quickens with the spirit of faith; with the living waters — quotations [see also The Holy Spirit is the cause of quickening/attaining eternal life] — quotations [see also Entrance to the Kingdom; spiritual transformation] — quotations The Word of God is the binding force in the world — quotations [see also The Holy Spirit is the cause of unity/brotherhood] — quotations [see also To promote peace and unity; the betterment of the world: the need for unity] — quotations The corruption and misinterpretation of the Word of God — quotations C. Language, Symbol and Interpretation — quotations grammar and orthography — quotations importance of authoritative interpretation — quotations encouragement of individual understanding; interpretation — quotations interpretation of words and passages in scripture — quotations accounts of dreams and visions — quotations interpretation of dreams and visions — quotations symbolism — quotations Crimson Ark; the Ark of God — quotations ringstone symbol — quotations four pillars — quotations apocalyptic imagery — quotations metallurgical metaphors — quotations Jabulqa and Jabarsa — quotations mystery of the great reversal — quotations spiritual warfare/struggle — quotations heaven and paradise; heaven and hell — quotations the concourse on high — quotations belief and denial — quotations nearness and remoteness — quotations light and darkness — quotations the ephemeral and the eternal — quotations worldliness vs. other-worldliness — quotations life and death — quotations D. Sacred Writings: General themes; disposition of — quotations Revelation is sent down in various styles, modes — quotations praise and encouragement — quotations exhortations and counsels — quotations predictions and prophecies — quotations humor; jokes — quotations stories; anecdotes — quotations poems and quotation from poetry — quotations suffering and imprisonment — quotations consolation and comfort — quotations expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness — quotations eulogies; reminiscences — quotations visitation Tablets — quotations naming of children; of individuals — quotations photographs and recordings — quotations petitions to authorities — quotations personal instructions — quotations permission for visit; pilgrimage — quotations da'iras and haykals — quotations acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution — quotations proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized) — quotations proclamation to divines; to religious leaders — quotations proclamation to Jews — quotations proclamation to Muslims — quotations proclamation to Christians — quotations proclamation to people of the Bayan — quotations proclamation to the people of the world — quotations proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals — quotations preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings — quotations authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings — quotations collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings — quotations translation/publication of the Sacred Writings — quotations The Sacred Texts are intended for all — quotations Individual reality and development — quotations A. Spiritual life and practice in relation to self — quotations The purpose of life - in relation to one's self — quotations Knowing one's true self — quotations [see also The divine light/love of God is deposited within the reality of man] — quotations [see also Knowledge of self] — quotations Becoming spiritually transformed — quotations To prepare for the next life — quotations Progressing to a higher condition beyond the material — quotations Attaining true life; the life of faith; living in the spirit — quotations Development of consciousness — quotations Acquiring virtues; sublimation of character — quotations Fulfilling one's inner potential — quotations vs. happiness — quotations Only one passage through life needed to accomplish this purpose — quotations attainment of form; for the soul form = virtue — quotations [see also Humanity's need of the Holy Spirit] — quotations [see also The purpose of religion in relation to the individual: transformation] — quotations [see also Knowledge of self] — quotations The life of virtue in relation to one's self (virtues of the path) — quotations The condition of search/striving — quotations Effort increases capacity — quotations Open doors and the guidance of God — quotations Striving for excellence, perfection, distinction — quotations Four kinds of spiritual wayfarers — quotations [see also Knowledge of self] — quotations [see also Knowledge of the Manifestations is equivalent to knowledge of God] — quotations [see also Third pathway of love: Man's love for God] — quotations [see also Attainment to the throne of the inmost heart (fu'ad)] — quotations [see also The independent investigation of reality] — quotations Purity of heart; sincerity of intention — quotations Worshiping without fear of fire or hope of paradise — quotations Repentance — quotations Purity of heart through spiritual baptism — quotations A chaste and holy life — quotations Knowledge of self — quotations [see also The divine light/love of God is deposited within the reality of man] — quotations [see also The purpose of life - in relation to one's self] — quotations Detachment/severance/self-renunciation/patience — quotations Detachment from the things of the next world, from reward/punishment — quotations The ephemerality and intrinsic worthlessness of the material world — quotations [see also Fana/annihilation] — quotations Denial of desire — quotations Sacrifice of self — quotations Practical limits of self-sacrifice; self-defence — quotations courage — quotations Prayer, meditation, fasting, study — quotations [see also Prayer] — quotations Meditation, contemplation — quotations [see also Obligatory prayer] — quotations [see also Fasting] — quotations Study/deepening; engagement with the Word — quotations [see also Exhortations to acquire knowledge and the sciences] — quotations importance of reading the Sacred Writings — quotations [see also Goodly deeds/actions (vs. words), individually and collectively] — quotations Bringing oneself to account each day; mindfulness — quotations development of capacity and readiness — quotations disregarding individual capacity; weakness — quotations Happiness; joyfulness — quotations Humorous statements — quotations Three keys to happiness — quotations The countenance — quotations Cleanliness and refinement — quotations beauty; grace; aesthetics — quotations Refinement connected to bringing a thing to its paradise — quotations Choice of clothing and cut of beard — quotations silence; fewness of words — quotations composure; tranquillity; serenity — quotations disregarding bodily comfort — quotations excellence; distinction — quotations self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline — quotations power of imagination; thought; right intention — quotations acquiescence and resignation; contentment — quotations The Spirit of Faith defined: the bounty of God — quotations Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities — quotations The spirit (of faith) illumines the soul (=human spirit) — quotations Faith as defined by action — quotations Entrance to the Kingdom; spiritual transformation — quotations Spiritual transformation is the passage from self- to other-centeredness — quotations Attainment in the twinkling of an eye — quotations The city of certitude; stages of certitude — quotations The gnat into the eagle — quotations Traditional stages of the soul; degrees of spiritual ascent — quotations Imagery of transformation: The three baptisms — quotations Symbol of baptism no longer needed in this Cycle — quotations Imagery of transformation: The second birth; spiritual rebirth — quotations Spiritual birth not without difficulties — quotations Imagery of transformation: The soul as soil and the analogy of cultivation — quotations Imagery of transformation: Transmutation of souls through the divine Elixir — quotations The rarity/scarcity of true spiritual transformation — quotations A change in essence or an awakening from sleep? — quotations [see also The Word of God transforms/quickens with the spirit of faith; with the living waters] — quotations The life of the Kingdom — quotations The exalted station of the true believer — quotations Heroes and saints — quotations The Kingdom of God is not a place; it is within this world; a single world — quotations Paradise defined as the good pleasure/presence of God — quotations The rewards of this life and the afterlife — quotations Spiritual life not a goal but a process — quotations No tests and trials in the world of the Kingdom — quotations Spiritual advancement has inherent limits — quotations The delicacy of inner vision — quotations The choice sealed wine — quotations Attainment to the throne of the inmost heart (fu'ad) — quotations Fana/annihilation — quotations [see also Sacrifice of self] — quotations 'Alam-i-Mithal (the realm of similitudes) and the barzakh — quotations The living waters of everlasting life: water as life — quotations Beyond the world of the intellect — quotations Renunion with the Good — quotations [see also Malakút – the Kingdom of God] — quotations [see also The Holy Spirit's effect upon the human soul and upon humanity] — quotations The mysteries and their discovery — quotations Broadened spiritual perception; ability to discern truth from error — quotations Perceives with both outer and inner senses — quotations Awareness of the station of others — quotations Active pursuit of mystical experiences discouraged — quotations Forbidden to disclose the mysteries to the unready — quotations The "mysterious" as source of both religion and science — quotations mystical themes — quotations [see also Religion has a mystical foundation] — quotations B. Spiritual life and practice in relation to God — quotations The purpose of life - in relation to God — quotations Knowledge/recognition/'irfan/love/remembrance of God — quotations Knowledge of God is the beginning of all things — quotations [see also The acquisition of knowledge should have a spiritual foundation] — quotations [see also The twofold obligation of recognition and obedience] — quotations Attainment to the divine presence; reunion with God — quotations Becoming the recipient of divine bounties; the grace of the Holy Spirit — quotations Knowing God and reflecting His glory a twofold distinction — quotations [see also The twofold obligation of recognition and obedience] — quotations [see also God's love is the cause of man's creation] — quotations [see also Love for God (the third station of love)] — quotations The life of virtue in relation to God (theocentric virtues) — quotations The twofold obligation of recognition and obedience — quotations Knowledge (irfán) of God / Recognition of the Manifestation — quotations [see also Knowledge of God is the beginning of all things] — quotations Obedience/submission to God; to the Laws of God — quotations The precedence of knowledge/recognition over obedience/deeds — quotations Spiritual capacity/receptivity — quotations One's own limited capacity should not be be regarded — quotations [see also Individual capacities/stations differ] — quotations [see also Effort increases capacity] — quotations Capacity and worthiness are identical to grace — quotations The grace/good-pleasure of God — quotations Many are called but few are chosen — quotations Divine grace bestows capacity — quotations The living waters of mercy and grace — quotations The power of divine assistance — quotations [see also Humanity's need of the Holy Spirit] — quotations [see also Divine grace bestows capacity] — quotations [see also The Spirit of Faith defined: the bounty of God] — quotations [see also Teaching and divine confirmations] — quotations Piety, righteousness, fear of God (taqwa) — quotations Love for God (the third station of love) — quotations The fire of love — quotations Love includes all other attributes — quotations Love is greater than knowledge/wisdom — quotations Love is greater than peace/unity — quotations [see also Third pathway of love: Man's love for God] — quotations Humility and meekness before God (and others) — quotations Submission to the will of God; radiant acquiescence — quotations [see also Obedience/submission to God; to the Laws of God] — quotations [see also Spirit of kindliness and humility; self-effacement] — quotations Steadfastness/perseverance/trust/reliance/hope/faithfulness — quotations [see also The importance of steadfastness and obedience to the Covenant] — quotations Asking/knocking — quotations Tests and trials of God; suffering; the wisdom of divine tests — quotations Badá (divine nonfulfillment/alteration) — quotations Tests as means of distinguishing the pure in heart — quotations The mystery of evil, of suffering: theodicy — quotations [see also Their ways and words, changes they bring about, are contrary to the desires of men] — quotations No soul is tested beyond its power — quotations Thankfulness to God under all conditions — quotations trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times — quotations Prayer — quotations prayer for assistance; intercession — quotations prayer for children and youth — quotations prayer for detachment — quotations prayer for evening; night — quotations prayer for fasting — quotations prayer for firmness in the Covenant — quotations prayer for forgiveness — quotations prayer for gatherings; meetings; assemblies — quotations prayer for governments and rulers — quotations prayer for healing — quotations prayer for justice and fairmindedness — quotations prayer for married couples — quotations prayer for martyrs — quotations prayer for morning — quotations prayer for nearness to God — quotations prayer for opponents; enemies of the Faith — quotations prayer for parents — quotations prayer for peace and unity — quotations prayer for pilgrims — quotations prayer for pioneers and travel teachers — quotations prayer for praise and gratitude — quotations prayer for prosperity — quotations prayer for protection — quotations prayer for purity; chastity — quotations prayer for sacrifice — quotations prayer for service — quotations prayer for specific individuals; groups — quotations prayer for spiritual recognition — quotations prayer for steadfastness; obedience — quotations prayer for strength — quotations prayer for teaching — quotations prayer for tests and difficulties — quotations prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan — quotations prayer for the departed — quotations prayer for unity — quotations prayer for women — quotations prayer to be recited at table — quotations prayers (general or uncategorized) — quotations Who to turn in prayer — quotations We should not pray for things but to align our will with God's — quotations Prayers can only be answered through action; prayer as action — quotations rendering assistance to God/victory [nusrat] — quotations nearness to God — quotations C. Spiritual life and practice in relation to others — quotations The purpose of life - in relation to others — quotations Carrying forward an ever-advancing civilization — quotations Serving the Cause of God — quotations Living in unity — quotations Being a source of light/guidance in the world — quotations Bringing forth fruit — quotations [see also The purpose of religion in relation to society: unity through justice] — quotations The life of virtue in relation to others (worldly virtues) — quotations Solitary existence not possible for man; cooperation needed — quotations The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor — quotations Act towards others as God has acted — quotations Consorting with all; being a wellwisher of all; kindness to all — quotations Exceptions: the tyrant, the deceiver, the thief — quotations spiritual communication; connections of the heart — quotations Loving one's enemies; returning hatred for love; regarding none as strangers — quotations Concealing the sins of others; forgiveness — quotations Tolerance, forbearance — quotations compassion; kindness — quotations generosity [kirama] — quotations Being adorned with divine virtues; upright character and praiseworthy deeds — quotations The "foundation of all virtue" — quotations Being recognized by one's bearing and conduct as a believer — quotations Courtesy — quotations Goodly deeds/actions (vs. words), individually and collectively — quotations Abandoning frivolous conduct — quotations Acceptability of deeds depends on knowledge and love of God, right intention — quotations Acceptability of deeds depends upon the good pleasure of God — quotations Honesty, truthfulness, trustworthiness, sincerity — quotations Service to others, to the Cause, to humanity — quotations Assistance to the poor and the orphan; generosity; charity — quotations Visiting the sick — quotations Striving for others; making a mighty effort; ceaseless labor — quotations Defending the Faith — quotations hospitality — quotations Acting for the betterment of the world; useful work; active engagement in society — quotations Having a trade/profession; engaging in useful work — quotations Not a quixotic effort of attacking society's evils one by one — quotations Teaching the Cause; being a giver of light — quotations The importance and reponsibility of teaching — quotations Anyone can potentially teach — quotations The high station of teachers — quotations [see also The exalted station of the true believer] — quotations Teaching should be the focus of the individual — quotations Exalting the Word of God — quotations Irrelevance of numbers; the power of a single individual — quotations Urgency of teaching in light of world turmoil — quotations Purpose of teaching: to transform the world — quotations Considerations regarding the teacher — quotations The teacher must teach one's self first — quotations knowledge secondary to devotion — quotations The teacher must be enkindled; reborn — quotations The teacher should be a like a reed for the Holy Spirit — quotations The teacher should be a source of living waters — quotations The teacher should have pure intentions — quotations The teacher should possess genuine love and affection — quotations The teacher should have zeal and fervor; dominating passion — quotations loyalty and devotion; sacrifice; consecration — quotations The teacher must possess a praiseworthy character — quotations [see also Being adorned with divine virtues; upright character and praiseworthy deeds] — quotations Spirit of kindliness and humility; self-effacement — quotations The teacher should have confidence, courage; faith — quotations The teacher should be detached; unrestrained — quotations The teacher should disregard his own incapacity — quotations [see also One's own limited capacity should not be be regarded] — quotations fewness of numbers not regarded in teaching the Cause — quotations Deeds should match the words, beliefs — quotations Words should match the deeds — quotations Importance of loving community spirit — quotations [see also virtues of the path] — quotations the power of words; of speech — quotations Considerations regarding the method — quotations Role of the individual is crucial — quotations Wisdom and utterance; the power of utterance in teaching — quotations A moderate approach; wisdom — quotations Following the example of 'Abdu'l-Baha — quotations Setting forth reasoned proofs — quotations Avoiding controversy and argument — quotations Must be flexible; avoid rigidity of method — quotations Should adopt a systematic approach — quotations Using the revealed Word; sowing the word in the hearts — quotations Focus should be on one or a few persons — quotations Teaching by example — quotations [see also Possessing a praiseworthy character] — quotations Superiority of the fireside method — quotations The role of music and the arts — quotations Proclamation vs. teaching — quotations Praying to be guided to ready souls — quotations Teaching and travelling; pioneering — quotations Revisiting areas; follow-up — quotations Coordinating individual efforts with the institutions — quotations Deputizing another to teach — quotations Door to door distribution of pamphlets undignified — quotations Proselytizing forbidden — quotations Considerations regarding the one being taught — quotations Must eliminate estrangement first — quotations Must teach only those who are ready — quotations scarcity of receptive souls — quotations The importance of reaching people of capacity — quotations All are welcome — quotations The majority is not ready — quotations Imparting the Word according to capacity and need — quotations Apparent lack of receptivity not necessarily a barrier — quotations Confirming the new believer — quotations Gradual introduction to laws; to the community of believers — quotations Teaching and the promise of divine confirmations — quotations [see also The Holy Spirit bestows confirmations in teaching] — quotations Fellowship with the righteous; spiritual gatherings — quotations Avoiding the wayward and ungodly — quotations Conversation should be spiritualized — quotations [see also The Nineteen-day Feast] — quotations fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf] — quotations Marriage as means of spiritual progress — quotations [see also Marriage and family life] — quotations Kindness to animals — quotations [see also Fourth pathway of love: Man's love for man] — quotations Collective reality and development — quotations A. Religion and the Covenant — quotations Religion is one in its essence — quotations Cannot call one superior to another — quotations The changeless Faith; transcending sectarian organizations — quotations This Faith embraces all others — quotations This Faith reconciles; widens the basis of past religions — quotations Truth is found everywhere — quotations An attitude toward divinity — quotations [see also The oneness of the Prophets; station of "pure abstraction and essential unity"; tawhid] — quotations Religion has a changing part and a changeless part — quotations The changeless part — quotations Not possible to rigidly classify the fundamentals — quotations Religious truth is relative — quotations Revelation is progressive, organic, cyclical — quotations Measure of revelation is proportional to capacity/requirements of the day — quotations Differences between religions are due to varying types of minds — quotations Superannuation/abrogation; religious laws change with changing times — quotations Succession of prophets through the descendants of Abraham — quotations Former religions are affirmed; their divine origin upheld — quotations Progressive unfoldment of claims within a Dispensation — quotations The Manifestation, if slain, can be replaced by another — quotations [see also Future divine revelations] — quotations [see also Cycles in the spiritual world; the divine springtime] — quotations Revelation has no beginning and no end — quotations The Prophets of old were sent to the cities of all nations — quotations [see also The divine bounty is ceaseless/eternal] — quotations [see also Man potentially existed from the beginning] — quotations Religion has a mystical foundation — quotations The core of religious faith is the mystical feeling uniting us with God — quotations The foundation of religion is love — quotations Does not belong to the physical world: Spirit unalloyed — quotations The law of God as choice wine; living waters; keys of mercy — quotations Religion not a set of beliefs but a means of transforming character — quotations The mystic path is to the Prophet (and not directly to God) — quotations There are no "esoteric teachings" in the Faith — quotations Religion is not just for the mystically inclined — quotations [see also The mysteries and their discovery] — quotations Religion has a twofold purpose in the world — quotations The purpose of religion in relation to the individual: transformation — quotations To draw us closer to God; teach us the knowledge of God — quotations To illumine/transform/refine/spiritualize the souls — quotations To foster human virtues — quotations To bring forth those forces latent within the human reality — quotations To enable us to reflect and transmit the light of the Spirit — quotations [see also The purpose of life - in relation to one's self] — quotations The purpose of religion in relation to society: unity through justice — quotations To promote peace and unity; the betterment of the world: the need for unity — quotations Religion the greatest tool to establish virtue, justice and unity — quotations Unity paramount; the ultimate solution to all other problems — quotations The power of unity in all the degrees of existence — quotations If religion is the cause of disunity then irreligion is preferable — quotations Unity of conscience a prerequisite to peace — quotations Unity brings the confirmations of the Holy Spirit — quotations To secure general happiness, welfare of material civilization — quotations To secure justice for all — quotations Purpose of justice is the appearance of unity — quotations To regenerate/quicken/revive humanity — quotations To promote an ever-advancing civilization; divine civilization — quotations To call into being a new race of men — quotations [see also A new race of men] — quotations To establish the basis of morality — quotations To convey the Word of God; the Cause of God — quotations [see also The purpose of life - in relation to other people] — quotations religion as source/stimulus of knowledge and science — quotations [see also The Word of God is the binding force in the world] — quotations The Covenant; faiths and beliefs of the past — quotations The Greater and Lesser Covenants; major and minor Plans — quotations The Covenant is the dynamic force in the world — quotations The Covenant directs and canalizes the forces of the Revelation — quotations The greatness/uniqueness of this Covenant — quotations The inviolability of the Covenant — quotations Explicitness of succession of authority its distinguishing feature — quotations The importance of firmness, steadfastness and obedience to the Covenant — quotations [see also Obedience/submission] — quotations The Covenant preserves the unity of the Faith — quotations Will and Testament as child of the Covenant — quotations Covenant-breaking and its consequences — quotations avoidance of Covenant-Breakers — quotations B. Laws and ordinances — quotations Prayer and fasting — quotations Obligatory prayer — quotations Fasting — quotations Marriage — quotations Consent of both parties and their parents — quotations Monogamy vs bigamy — quotations Misc. laws: age limit, annulment, betrothal, dowry, consanguinity — quotations Birth control and abortion — quotations law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name — quotations Divorce — quotations Inheritance — quotations Misc. laws and ordinances — quotations Pilgrimage — quotations Huququ'llah — quotations Age of maturity — quotations Endowments — quotations Burial of the dead — quotations Hunting — quotations The writing of a will/testament — quotations Zakat/tithes/alms tax — quotations The day of rest — quotations C. Prohibitions and admonitions — quotations Bigamy — quotations blind imitation [taqlid] — quotations hypocrisy — quotations Bribery, corruption, fraud — quotations Burning/destruction of books — quotations Contention and conflict; disunity — quotations anthropomorphism — quotations idolatry — quotations superstition — quotations astrology and numerology — quotations demons and evil spirits — quotations original sin — quotations pantheism — quotations occult sciences; psychic phenomena — quotations reincarnation — quotations fanaticism and hatred — quotations holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God — quotations Hatred of the light — quotations Injustice/tyranny — quotations Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction — quotations Secret societies, membership in — quotations Slavery — quotations Selfishness/self-love/egotism/self-indulgence — quotations Greed, envy, covetousness, passion/desire, attachment to the world — quotations Pride — quotations testing God — quotations Idle talk/backbiting/speaking ill of others — quotations Laying claim to inner knowledge — quotations Murder; causing physical harm — quotations Use of pulpits — quotations False spirituality; insincerity in matters of faith — quotations false claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations — quotations Suicide — quotations Theft; seizing the properties of others — quotations saddening another soul — quotations Lying — quotations Lust — quotations Gambling, games of chance — quotations Carrying arms unless essential — quotations Alcohol and drugs; opium — quotations Smoking; tobacco (discouraged) — quotations Adultery — quotations Pederasty; homosexual acts — quotations Confession of sins — quotations Monasticism; asceticism — quotations Priestcraft — quotations Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth — quotations Congregational prayer — quotations Dissimulation of one's faith [taqiyyih] — quotations religious rituals minimized or eliminated — quotations D. Social teachings — quotations Lists of principles; the "12 principles" — quotations call to unity; prohibition of disunity — quotations race unity; racial issues — quotations Justice; reward and punishment — quotations [see also To secure justice for all] — quotations Punishment as motivation — quotations True liberty, freedom — quotations The equality of men and women — quotations Prerequisite to abolition of war — quotations role and station of women — quotations Universal language — quotations Merits of Persian and Arabic — quotations Universal education; education of children — quotations High station of teaching children — quotations Children's schools — quotations Must include moral/spiritual education — quotations Punishment should be verbal, never corporal — quotations Teaching children prayers and verses — quotations Crimes to be reduced in the future through education — quotations [see also The human world is in need of education] — quotations [see also Exhortations to acquire knowledge and the sciences] — quotations Future economy; spiritual solution to the economic problem — quotations The status of wealth and possessions — quotations Elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty — quotations Complete and forced equality not desirable — quotations Intervention of government in labor-management disputes is justified — quotations conduct in finance and business — quotations Future economy based on voluntary sharing — quotations promotion of commerce and industry — quotations charitable associations; humanitarian activities — quotations Details to be determined as the need arises — quotations Debts and interest on loans — quotations Community storehouse and profit sharing — quotations Importance of agriculture — quotations Present and future expansion of the arts and sciences — quotations The synthesis/correlation of knowledge — quotations True religion is the promoter of truth, science, civilization — quotations [see also Revelation as source/stimulus of knowledge, philosophy] — quotations Knowledge of the transmutation of elements — quotations educational curricula — quotations parents and children; families — quotations rights of the eldest son; primogeniture — quotations work as worship — quotations creativity in art — quotations Role of newspapers, the press — quotations justice and mercy — quotations Human rights protected; rights of minorities preserved — quotations Preservation of diversity; intersectionalism and politics of identity — quotations consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet — quotations E. The Administrative Order and the Baha'i community — quotations The twin pillars of the Administrative Order; interpretation vs. legislation — quotations The elected branch, the "rulers"; the House of Justice — quotations The Universal House of Justice — quotations Election of the House of Justice — quotations Authority and infallibility of the Universal House of Justice — quotations Purpose of infallibility is preservation of unity — quotations Possibility of ruling contrary to spirit of the Cause — quotations Infallibility attributed more generally to the Administrative Order — quotations Sphere of authority: laws not mentioned in the book — quotations Cannot define its own sphere of legislation — quotations Power to repeal own legislation — quotations Responsibilities of — quotations A legislative, not executive body — quotations Service of women on — quotations National Spiritual Assemblies — quotations Regional Councils — quotations Local Spiritual Assemblies/Houses of Justice — quotations Purpose and duties of Local Assemblies — quotations Importance of horizontal communication between Assemblies — quotations The appointed branch, the "learned"; the Guardianship — quotations The Guardianship — quotations Appointment by 'Abdu'l-Baha — quotations Infallibility of the Guardian — quotations Provision for future Guardians — quotations Future Guardians cannot abrogate previous interpretation — quotations Limited status of letters to individuals — quotations Provisional nature of guidance — quotations The Guardian not a perfect exemplar — quotations Huququllah offered through the Guardian — quotations The principle of inseparability and the absence of a living Guardian — quotations Status of translations by the Guardian — quotations The Hands of the Cause — quotations International Teaching Centre, Counsellors and Auxiliary Boards — quotations The three ages of the Faith and the unfolding Divine Plan — quotations The ages of the Faith: heroic, formative, golden — quotations Universal participation needed — quotations Two essential movements — quotations Balancing expansion and consolidation — quotations Entry by troops and its preconditions — quotations Future growth and evolution of the administrative order — quotations The invincibility of the Cause in the face of opposition — quotations Purpose and processes of the Administrative Order; community functioning — quotations Administrative Order the nucleus and pattern of future World Order — quotations Threefold purpose: continuity, unity, integrity/flexibility — quotations Twofold purpose: expansion and consolidation — quotations Consultation — quotations Requisites of consultation — quotations Consultation the source of inspiration — quotations Should support decisions in unity, even if wrong — quotations Reflects shift away from individual authority — quotations The conduct and character of Baha'i elections — quotations No nominations or canvassing in Baha'i elections — quotations Prayerful atmosphere — quotations The need for the electors to be informed — quotations Conventions — quotations Qualifications of members of Assemblies — quotations The individual and the community; freedom and authority; criticism — quotations the individual, the community, and the institutions — quotations The importance of freedom of thought, expression, and action — quotations [see also The Independent Investigation of Reality] — quotations Closely connected to the principles of consultation — quotations Freedom of personal interpretation and conscious upheld — quotations Obedience through love, not coersion — quotations Unity in diversity of action needed — quotations Individual freedom and development; encouraging initiative — quotations There is room for all in the Cause — quotations Latitude and limits in the expression of criticism — quotations Balance/cooperation between institutions and individuals — quotations Requires true Baha'i spirit to balance — quotations The principle of obedience to the institutions — quotations Administrators must be humble; avoid dictatorial authority — quotations Non-involvement in political matters; partisan politics — quotations Guidance regarding voting — quotations Rebellion against authority a characteristic of the present age — quotations Prepublication review — quotations Intellectual pride to be avoided — quotations Administrators must work to win confidence of community members — quotations No "liberals" and "conservatives" in the Cause — quotations Reponse to community failings should be to lead by personal example — quotations Formation of constituencies is antithetical to the spirit of the Cause — quotations The system is perfect but the human instruments are not — quotations Growing pains will be overcome — quotations Affiliation with like-minded groups — quotations [see also Role of the individual is crucial] — quotations The Faith should be in the forefront of progressive movements — quotations Spirit and form: the need for and limits of organization — quotations The need for organization — quotations The spirit of the Cause must be embodied in a visible order — quotations Systematic action — quotations Institutions are a crystallization of the forces of Revelation — quotations Requirements and boundaries of Baha'i membership; enrolments — quotations Cannot separate the Cause from the administration — quotations Centralization of authority (vs. decentralization) — quotations The limits of organization; of outward forms — quotations Can remain member of other societies — quotations Over-occupation with rules stifles the spirit; grey areas to remain — quotations The importance of fluidity/flexibility — quotations Administrative machinery a means, not an end — quotations Any agency capable of misuse — quotations The teachings are the organization of the Kingdom — quotations Unity in diversity vs. unity in uniformity — quotations Community progress measured by love and unity, functioning administration — quotations Spirit more important than structure, numbers — quotations Baha'i identity not dependent on fixed patterns — quotations The importance of balance/moderation — quotations In economic policies — quotations [see also The principle of balance/equilibrium in nature] — quotations The rhythms of community life — quotations Importance and dimensions of community building — quotations The Nineteen-Day Feast — quotations The global Plan and core activities — quotations Training institutes; study circles — quotations Participation in Ruhi not a requirement — quotations Devotional gatherings — quotations Children's classes — quotations Junior youth — quotations The role and importance of youth — quotations Family life — quotations [see also Universal education; education of children] — quotations Respect for parents — quotations Health and healing — quotations consulting competent physicians — quotations role of balance/equilibrium — quotations [see also The principle of balance/equilibrium in nature] — quotations The institution of the House of Worship (Mashriqu'l-Adhkar) — quotations dependencies — quotations The Haziratu'l-Quds — quotations The fund — quotations Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar — quotations Shrines and Holy places — quotations Social and economic development projects — quotations Deepenings and firesides — quotations Summer schools — quotations Past, Present, and Future — quotations A. Beliefs and Dispensations of the past — quotations History and its unreliability — quotations Hermes; Balinus — quotations Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East — quotations Zoroastrianism; Mahabad and Zoroaster — quotations Judaism — quotations Moses — quotations Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people — quotations Abraham/Isaac/Ishmael — quotations Adam; Adam and Eve — quotations Noah — quotations Mosaic imagery — quotations Christianity — quotations John the Baptist — quotations Christ; Christianity — quotations Christian doctrine and practice — quotations Superannuation and need for renewal — quotations quotation from or interpretation of the Bible — quotations birth of Christ; purity/virginity of Mary — quotations suffering; rejection of Christ — quotations crucifixion; ascension of Christ — quotations resurrection of Christ — quotations return of Christ; second coming of Christ — quotations Judas — quotations Mary Magdalene — quotations Saint Peter and Saint Paul — quotations the cross and the trinity — quotations the Christian clergy — quotations early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees — quotations apostles; early disciples of Christ — quotations Christian rejection of Baha’u’llah and the Baha'i Faith — quotations Islam — quotations Muhammad; Islam — quotations family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam — quotations rejection of Muhammad — quotations episodes from the early history of Islam — quotations Qur’an and Hadith quotation and interpretation — quotations Islamic laws and jurisprudence — quotations Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. — quotations veiling [hijab] — quotations pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam — quotations Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr) — quotations imagery in the Qur'an — quotations Imam 'Ali — quotations Imam Husayn — quotations the Imamate; the Caliphate — quotations the Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im — quotations Seal of the Prophets — quotations Sunnis and Shi'is — quotations Shaykhis — quotations Theosophy — quotations B. The Central Figures; events of their ministries — quotations The Bab — quotations the Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab — quotations Revelation of the Bab was a preparation for Baha'u'llah — quotations events in the life and ministry of the Bab — quotations Declaration; advent of the Bab — quotations Letters of the Living — quotations Quddus — quotations Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn] — quotations conference of Badasht — quotations martyrdom of the Bab — quotations sacred remains; burial of the Bab — quotations the Bayan, its laws and their abrogation — quotations Baha'u'llah — quotations early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah — quotations incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal — quotations banishments of Baha'u'llah — quotations Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih — quotations banishment to; life in Baghdad — quotations Declaration of Baha'u'llah — quotations banishment to; life in Constantinople — quotations banishment to; life in Adrianople — quotations rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis — quotations rejection by the people of the Bayan — quotations banishment to; life in 'Akka — quotations Mount Carmel — quotations Ascension of Baha'u'llah — quotations 'Abdu'l-Baha — quotations youth and pre-ministry of Abdu'l-Baha — quotations Appointment and station of Abdu'l-Baha — quotations Infallibility of Abdu'l-Baha — quotations autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha — quotations constitutional revolution in Iran — quotations Ottoman commissions of investigation — quotations travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha — quotations travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha — quotations C. Present and future order; crisis and victory — quotations The greatness of this Revelation; of this Day — quotations The spirit of the age; a new life infused into all things — quotations This revelation unprecedented; revolutionary; highest stage of life on this planet — quotations This Faith fulfills the promises of past religions — quotations [see also Fulfilment of prophecy, literally or symbolically; prediction of future events] — quotations Twin Manifestations a sign of the greatness of this Revelation — quotations Cannot estimate its merit now — quotations The path to world civilization; greater and lesser peace — quotations East and West; communication between East and West — quotations praise of Western values; culture — quotations praise of Eastern values; culture — quotations critique of Eastern values; culture — quotations critique of Western values; culture — quotations Elements in the path to adoption of world civilization — quotations Not possible to predict in detail — quotations Adoption will be gradual; by degrees — quotations Social teachings already largely adopted — quotations The decline of old religious institutions — quotations Wave of secularism will clear the way — quotations The Cause will be adopted as a practical measure — quotations Adoption cannot be purely practical; must be based on principle — quotations Adopted democratically; through deliberation; not imposed — quotations Stages of obscurity, repression, etc. — quotations Peace inevitable, but realization can be delayed through inaction — quotations corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas — quotations Forces of integration and disintegration; crisis and victory — quotations Future convulsions; war; calamities; the "Day of Judgement"; immediate future dark — quotations New Order disturbs the world's equilibrium; old order to be rolled up — quotations The possible severing of the part for the sake of the whole — quotations Opposition to the Cause; to the Covenant — quotations [see also The suffering and rejection of the Manifestations] — quotations Period of turbulent adolescence — quotations No time to lose — quotations The goal is far off — quotations Should continue to live normal lives — quotations Deferred destiny and the possibility of failure — quotations Humanity's capacity to recognize has waned; further veils, immaturity — quotations [see also The heedlessness of the people] — quotations The Lesser Peace — quotations Reduction of armaments — quotations World Parliament — quotations Military action possibly a feature of this stage — quotations Will lead to the spiritualization of the masses — quotations The Most Great Peace, oneness of mankind; world unity; golden age — quotations [see also To promote peace and unity; the betterment of the world: the need for unity] — quotations [see also Unity in diversity vs. unity in uniformity] — quotations The coming of age of mankind; attainment of collective maturity — quotations Unfolding stages/circles of unity — quotations The wellbeing of mankind depends on its unity — quotations Unity an expression of God's love — quotations Most Great Peace the practical consequence of spiritualization of mankind — quotations Peace among nations based on peace between individuals — quotations The world civilization — quotations Organizational features of future world order: the future government of humanity — quotations Uniqueness: Not to be identified with existing systems; a new social form — quotations Church and state in the future — quotations Critiques of capitalism, communism, socialism — quotations The future world superstate and its components — quotations International executive — quotations World Legislature — quotations Supreme Tribunal — quotations To be merged into the Universal House of Justice — quotations Headed by the Universal House of Justice — quotations Relationship between government and people should be like honey and milk — quotations World Commonwealth — quotations Representative government endorsed — quotations civil courts — quotations Keys to future government: capable and sincere leaders, engaged populace — quotations Kingship: continuance of; position and responsibility of kings — quotations Obedience to authority; to just kings — quotations Executive, legislative, judicial — quotations Limits of nationalism; of the nation-state — quotations The spiritualization of humanity — quotations Material civilization alone insufficient — quotations Secular morality insufficient; only religion can ensure civilized behavior — quotations Material and spiritual civilization will progress hand in hand — quotations Progressive manifestation of the effulgences of divinity — quotations Promise of victory; spirituality will triumph — quotations A "new race of men" — quotations A new way of life; reconstructed society; new culture — quotations Future explication of the Baha'i teachings; scholarship — quotations The Kingdom of God on earth — quotations past, present and future of Iran — quotations future of Haifa; of the Holy Land — quotations Future divine revelations — quotations No new divine revelation for at least one thousand years — quotations Revelation after Baha'u'llah; the Baha'i cycle — quotations

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