inventory
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title
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# of words
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language
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found in catalog
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found in tags
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abstract
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subjects
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AB00214
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800
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mixed
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Universal House of Justice, The
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Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for the departed; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude
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AB01011
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390
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mixed
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Development of capacity and readiness; Outward and inward meanings; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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AB01262
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350
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Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha
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Consolation and comfort; Development of capacity and readiness; Eulogies; reminiscences; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Soul; spirit after death
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AB01294
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350
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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AB01359
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Some Answered Questions #032 "Many are Called, but Few are Chosen"
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340
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Persian
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Answered Questions, Some
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Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Many are called but few are chosen; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Progress only takes place within its own degree
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AB01605
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310
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mixed
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Belief and denial; Development of capacity and readiness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities
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AB01899
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280
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Development of capacity and readiness; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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AB02741
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230
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Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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AB02853
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220
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Arabic
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Development of capacity and readiness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God
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AB03207
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210
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Thankfulness; gratitude
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AB03259
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210
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Arabic
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Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement
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AB03416
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200
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Persian
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Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Service to others; to the Cause of God
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AB03421
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200
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Persian
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Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity
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AB03622
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190
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Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha
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Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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AB03633
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190
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Education of children; moral education; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times
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AB03740
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190
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Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha
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Development of capacity and readiness; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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AB03759
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190
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Persian
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Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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AB03800
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190
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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AB03809
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190
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement
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AB04048
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180
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Prayer for specific individuals; groups
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AB04201
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180
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Persian
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity
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AB04219
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180
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Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha
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Blind imitation [taqlid]; Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ
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AB04480
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170
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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AB04609
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Words to Miss Buckton
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170
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Bahá'í Scriptures
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Occult sciences; psychic phenomena
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AB04813
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160
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Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause
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AB05321
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150
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Persian
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Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God
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AB05592
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140
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Persian
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Being a source of light; guidance; Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God as sun; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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AB05718
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140
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love as fire; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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AB05754
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180
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Persian
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcending the material condition
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AB05914
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140
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Arabic
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Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God
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AB06157
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130
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mixed
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Development of capacity and readiness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution
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AB06164
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130
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God
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AB06182
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130
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mixed
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Development of capacity and readiness; High station of the true believer; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul
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AB06245
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130
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Persian
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Definitions of a Baha'i; qualities of a Baha'i; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness
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AB06366
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130
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Persian
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Evanescence and eternality; fana and baqa
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AB06575
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120
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mixed
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Development of capacity and readiness; Poems and quotation from poetry
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AB06611
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120
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; High station of teachers of the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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AB06653
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120
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness
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AB06718
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120
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mixed
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God as sun; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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AB06719
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120
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mixed
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Development of capacity and readiness
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AB06898
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120
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mixed
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Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities
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AB07141
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120
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Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha
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Development of capacity and readiness; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Many are called but few are chosen; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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AB08093
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100
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mixed
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Development of capacity and readiness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God
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AB08680
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90
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mixed
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Degrees of faith; certitude; Development of capacity and readiness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Soul; spirit after death
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AB08782
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90
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Development of capacity and readiness; Power of prayer; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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AB09154
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80
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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AB09861
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70
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance
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AB10060
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70
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Persian
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity
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AB10988
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50
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mixed
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity
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AB11696
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190
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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AB11868
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200
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Arabic
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Consolation and comfort; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies
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AB12153
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350
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment
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AB12264
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210
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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AB12820
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250
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities
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ABU0004
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Public address given on 1912-08-16
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2530
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The
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Development of capacity and readiness; Existence; immortality of the human soul; Love of God; Power of the mind over nature; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures
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ABU0080
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Words spoken on 1919-08-15 in Haifa
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1350
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mixed
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Development of capacity and readiness; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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ABU0095
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Public address given on 1912-05-26
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1250
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Persian
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Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Bahá'í Prayers
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Martyrs and martyrdom; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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ABU0259
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Address to the Baha'is at MacNutt home in New York, 1912-06-16
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800
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Promulgation of Universal Peace, The
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Astrology and numerology; Development of capacity and readiness; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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ABU0561
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Words spoken on 1915-07-24 in Haifa
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490
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Education of children; moral education; The power of words; of speech; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings
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ABU0574
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Words spoken on 1912-10-05 in San Francisco
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490
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Critique of Western values; culture; Development of capacity and readiness; Education and the development of capacity; Manifestation of God as sun; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity
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ABU0710
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Words spoken on 1914-07-11
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410
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Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities
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ABU0716
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Words to Waite, Harrison et al, spoken on 1909-10-12
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410
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Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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ABU0737
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Words to a friend from Scotland, spoken on 1913-05-12
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400
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Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Development of capacity and readiness; East and West; communication between East and West; Knowledge; recognition of God
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ABU0877
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Words to the friends, spoken on 1913-04-06
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350
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Development of capacity and readiness; High station of the true believer; Literal interpretation; Relativity of religious truth; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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ABU0920
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Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-10-28
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330
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Persian
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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ABU0960
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Words spoken in Dec. 1900
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320
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Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Development of capacity and readiness; Man's distinction from the animal; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause
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ABU0988
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Words to Mr And Mrs W. White from Honolulu, spoken on 1912-10-07
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310
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Love of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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ABU1019
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Words to Arthur Agnew et al, spoken on 1907-04-13
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310
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Development of capacity and readiness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity of thought and belief
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ABU1221
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Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902
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260
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Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Need for an educator; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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ABU1239
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Words spoken ca. Oct. 1911
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260
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Development of capacity and readiness; East and West; communication between East and West; Service to others; to the Cause of God
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ABU1241
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Address to the Baha'is at Sanatorium of Dr. Swingle in Cleveland, 1912-05-06
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260
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Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary
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Development of capacity and readiness; Praise of Western values; culture; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization
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ABU1280
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Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902
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250
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Connection between material and spiritual worlds; Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering
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ABU1293
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Words spoken on 1912-10-17 in San Francisco
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250
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Bringing forth results; fruit; Development of capacity and readiness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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ABU1325
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Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-10
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240
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering
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ABU1333
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Words to Lua Getsinger, spoken on 1904-04-27
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240
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Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Diversity an attribute; requirement of existence; Justice and mercy; Knowledge; recognition of God; Many are called but few are chosen; Mary Magdalene; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Suffering; rejection of Christ
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ABU1349
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240
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Development of capacity and readiness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Purpose; goal of creation; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light
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ABU1457
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Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901
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220
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Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Theosophy
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ABU1506
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Words to Wilson, Engelhorn, Stewart, Brittingham, spoken around 1909-10-23
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210
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Development of capacity and readiness; Early Christian persecutions; the Pharisees; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]
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ABU1547
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Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909
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200
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Persian
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Development of capacity and readiness; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; The soul as soil; cultivation of the soul
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ABU1563
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Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-07
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200
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Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
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ABU1627
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Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905
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190
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Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Development of capacity and readiness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God
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ABU1630
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Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-07
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190
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Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Realms of being; three realms; five realms
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ABU1762
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Words spoken in Dec. 1900
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170
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Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Two kinds of knowledge [ilm and irfan]; sight and insight; Word of God and human limitations
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ABU1788
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Address to the friends at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-03-05
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170
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Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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ABU1885
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Words spoken in Feb. 1911
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160
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Development of capacity and readiness; Law of fasting; Mind as intermediary between soul and body; Moderation; frugality; simplicity
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ABU1940
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Words to the Eastern pilgrims, spoken on 1913-06-30
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150
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Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God as divine physician; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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ABU2043
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Words spoken on 1912-12-18 in London to E.G. Browne
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110
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Persian
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Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913
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Critique of Western values; culture; Development of capacity and readiness; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge
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ABU2056
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Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907
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130
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Persian
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Poems and quotation from poetry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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ABU2100
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Words spoken ca. 1900
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130
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Bahá'í Scriptures
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Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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ABU2111
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Words spoken on 1914-05-17 in Tiberias
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130
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Critique of Eastern values; culture; Development of capacity and readiness; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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ABU2176
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Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken around 1904-02-06
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120
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Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge of self; Study; deepening
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ABU2363
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Words to Mr and Mrs Hannen, spoken around 1909-02-22
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100
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Development of capacity and readiness; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Twin Manifestations
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ABU2428
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Words to Mr Lee and Miss Hodgson, spoken on 1913-05-09
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90
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Persian
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Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913
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Development of capacity and readiness; Devotion; sacrifice; consecration in teaching the Cause; Methods of teaching the Cause; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering
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ABU2476
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Words spoken ca. 1900
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90
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Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light
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ABU2618
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Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1913-03-01
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80
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Development of capacity and readiness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Suffering and imprisonment
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ABU2689
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Words to Mrs Sarah Herron et al in Dec. 1900
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80
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Development of capacity and readiness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God
|
ABU2702
|
Words to Ali-Kuli Khan in 'Akka prior to 1902
|
80
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Evolution; human evolution; Law of cause and effect; Wisdom [hikmat]
|
ABU2792
|
Words to Genevieve Coy et al, spoken on 1920-09-08
|
70
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Humor; jokes; Personal instructions
|
ABU2839
|
Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909
|
60
|
Persian
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause
|
ABU2882
|
Words spoken on 1912-12-23 in London
|
60
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities
|
ABU2913
|
Words spoken ca. 1900
|
60
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light
|
ABU2957
|
Words spoken in Akka, 1899-02-26
|
60
|
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions
|
ABU2983
|
Words spoken on 1913-05-12 in Paris
|
50
|
Persian
|
Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ
|
ABU2996
|
Words spoken on 1913-05-14 in Paris
|
50
|
Persian
|
Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Purpose; goal of creation
|
ABU3015
|
Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-07-29
|
50
|
Persian
|
Mahmúd's Diary
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Empty learning; false spirituality; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
|
ABU3088
|
Words spoken in Feb. 1910
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Soul is the essential reality of man; Spirit of faith [ruh-i-'iman]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition
|
ABU3089
|
Words to Mrs. Allen, spoken on 1912-10-21
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]
|
ABU3205
|
Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904
|
40
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Education and the development of capacity; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge
|
ABU3273
|
Words spoken on 1913-01-29 in Paris
|
30
|
Persian
|
Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God
|
ABU3436
|
Words spoken on 1914-06-12 in Tiberias
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Manifestation of God as mirror; Manifestation of God as sun; Symbolism of color and light
|
ABU3480
|
Words spoken on 1912-10-16 in San Francisco
|
20
|
Persian
|
Mahmúd's Diary
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Relativity of religious truth; Wisdom [hikmat]
|
ABU3504
|
Words to Breakwell, Hopper, Brittingham, spoken around 1901-09-04
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Differences in human capacity; Living waters; water of life; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
|
ABU3514
|
Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-08
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Law of cause and effect
|
ABU3604
|
Words spoken on 1911-10-18 in Paris
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Origin of the soul; the soul as emanation
|
BB00002
|
Qayyumu'l-Asma' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph)
|
112000
|
Arabic
|
Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl); Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, The; Gate of the Heart
|
Qayyumul-Asma (book)
|
|
Adam; Adam and Eve; Angels; Apocalyptic imagery; Belief and denial; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Call to action; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Fire and light; fire and water; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; High station of the true believer; Hypocrisy; Idolatry; Imagery in the Qur'an; Imam Husayn; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; John the Baptist; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Language and the structure of reality; Life and death; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mosaic imagery; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Outward and inward meanings; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Satan; the Evil One; Scarcity of receptive souls; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unity; oneness of humanity; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
|
BH00023
|
Tablet to Varqa I
|
8000
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Goodly deeds; actions; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Praise and encouragement; Presence of; reunion with God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wisdom [hikmat]; Words vs deeds
|
BH00066
|
Lawh-i-Salman I
|
5230
|
mixed
|
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi; Commentary on a Verse of Rumi
|
Lawh-i-Salman I (Tablet to Salman I)
|
Laments the opposition of Mírzá Yaḥyá; contrasts the stations of belief and disbelief; considers and rejects various theories of the mystics concerning the relationship between God and creation; asserts that, the Godhead itself being unknowable, the means of access to the knowledge of God is through the channel of His prophets; and interprets a line of Rumi’s Mathnaví to the effect that the light of truth is one but that, cast through the glass of different souls, it takes on different tints and colours, which is both the cause of the denial of the religion of God and the source of conflict upon earth.
|
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God
|
BH00408
|
|
1700
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]
|
BH00680
|
|
1130
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
|
BH00745
|
|
1050
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Methods of teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment
|
BH00817
|
|
1000
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH00993
|
|
830
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Business; financial; property matters; Development of capacity and readiness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement
|
BH01176
|
|
710
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Mystical themes; Pain of love; love as veil; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
|
BH01816
|
|
490
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH01827
|
|
480
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH01943
|
|
460
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Development of capacity and readiness; High station of the true believer; Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat]
|
BH02228
|
|
400
|
Arabic
|
Bahá'í Scriptures
|
|
|
Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH03121
|
|
290
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH03289
|
|
280
|
Arabic
|
Prayers and Meditations
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH03803
|
|
240
|
mixed
|
Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for morning; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
|
BH03808
|
|
240
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity
|
BH04049
|
|
230
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Chastisement and requital; Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
|
BH04285
|
|
220
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Belief and denial; Consolation and comfort; Development of capacity and readiness; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering
|
BH04676
|
|
200
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]
|
BH04701
|
|
200
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]
|
BH05023
|
|
190
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement
|
BH05033
|
|
190
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for service; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment
|
BH05351
|
|
180
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Rejection, opposition and persecution
|
BH05387
|
|
180
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH05407
|
|
180
|
Arabic
|
Prayers and Meditations
|
|
|
Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH05694
|
|
170
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
|
BH06248
|
|
160
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Development of capacity and readiness; Exhortations and counsels; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH06391
|
|
160
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH06443
|
|
150
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment
|
BH06558
|
|
150
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH06762
|
|
150
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Regarding the receptivity of the hearer in teaching the Cause; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]
|
BH06846
|
|
150
|
Persian
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; High station of the true believer; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment
|
BH06853
|
|
150
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Suffering and imprisonment
|
BH06922
|
|
140
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; Scarcity of receptive souls; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH07116
|
|
140
|
Arabic
|
Prayers and Meditations
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Servitude; submission to God; repentance
|
BH07142
|
|
140
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment
|
BH07368
|
|
140
|
Persian
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
|
BH07395
|
|
140
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH07585
|
|
130
|
Persian
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God
|
BH07611
|
|
130
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
|
BH07769
|
|
130
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation
|
BH07773
|
|
130
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God
|
BH08062
|
|
120
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
|
BH08124
|
|
120
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Attaining good pleasure of God; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Development of capacity and readiness; Effort; striving
|
BH08148
|
|
120
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment
|
BH08175
|
|
120
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Belief and denial; Development of capacity and readiness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
|
BH08379
|
|
120
|
Persian
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Exhortations and counsels; High station of the true believer; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas
|
BH08550
|
|
120
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Prayer for protection; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution
|
BH08614
|
|
120
|
Persian
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
BH08710
|
|
110
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God
|
BH08770
|
|
110
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Consolation and comfort; Development of capacity and readiness; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Suffering and imprisonment
|
BH09201
|
|
100
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity
|
BH10134
|
|
90
|
|
Bahá'í Scriptures
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Prayer for unity; Servitude; submission to God; repentance
|
BH10684
|
|
70
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Praise and encouragement
|
BH11054
|
|
50
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power of the Manifestation of God
|
BH11452
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
Development of capacity and readiness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power of the Manifestation of God
|