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title
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words
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language
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found in
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found in
tags
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abstract
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subjects
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| AB10793
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360
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Idolatry; Marriage as means of spiritual progress
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| ABU0089
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Interview with a prominent Rabbi, New York, ca. Apr. 1912
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1300
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Interview Between a Prominent Rabbi and 'Abdu'l-Bahá
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Christ; Christianity; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Human reality created in the image of God; Idolatry; Literal interpretation; Manifestation of God as mirror; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity in diversity
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| ABU0408
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Words spoken at Haifa Pilgrim House, 1920-10-29
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610
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Education of children; moral education; Idolatry; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Shrines and Holy places; Stories; anecdotes
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| ABU0493
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The Fourth Principle—The Acceptance of the Relation between Religion and Science: Words spoken on 1911-11-12 in Paris
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540
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Persian
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Paris Talks
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Changing and unchanging parts of religion; Differences in human capacity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Harmony of science and religion; Idolatry; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Unity in diversity
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| ABU0532
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Words spoken on 1911-11-27 in Paris
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510
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Persian
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Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks
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Blind imitation [taqlid]; Harmony of science and religion; Idolatry; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rational arguments
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| ABU0637
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Words spoken at House of the Master in Haifa, 1919-08-04
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450
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Idolatry; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| ABU1052
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Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-10
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300
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Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Idolatry; Manifestation of God as mediator; Mary Magdalene; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Resurrection of Christ; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| ABU1784
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Words to M. R. Shirazi, spoken on 1914-04-07
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170
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Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Idolatry; Photographs and recordings; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha
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| ABU1823
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Words to some friends, spoken on 1914-11-22
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160
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Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Idolatry; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha
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| ABU2067
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Words spoken ca. Jan. 1909
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130
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Persian
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Christ; Christianity; Christian doctrine and practice; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idolatry; Suffering; rejection of Christ
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| ABU2215
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Words to some first-time visitors, spoken on 1912-06-26
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110
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Persian
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Mahmúd's Diary
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Christian doctrine and practice; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Idolatry; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Suffering; rejection of Christ
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| ABU2308
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Words spoken on 1913-07-04 in Port Said
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110
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Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idolatry; Stories; anecdotes
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| ABU2576
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Words to the Master's entourage, spoken on 1912-03-27
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80
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Persian
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Mahmúd's Diary
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Buddhism and Hinduism; religions of the East; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Idolatry; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God
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| BB00002
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Qayyumu'l-Asma' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph)
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112000
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Arabic
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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
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Qayyumul-Asma (book)
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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
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| BH00343
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Suriy-i-Fadl
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1920
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Arabic
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Suriy-i-Fadl
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Exhorts the recipient to be bold in conveying Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to the followers of the Báb and to sharply challenge those who have repudiated the former’s claim, asking them to consider the infinite grace of God in revealing again the divine verses.
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Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH00435
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1620
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mixed
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Belief and denial; Call to action; Idolatry; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BH00592
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1290
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mixed
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; High station of the true believer; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH00803
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Suriy-i-Fath 2
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1000
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mixed
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Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Idolatry; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan
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| BH00857
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960
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mixed
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Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Idolatry; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution
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| BH01326
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640
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Arabic
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Idolatry; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BH01508
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570
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Arabic
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Attainment to faith in the twinkling of an eye; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Idolatry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH01520
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570
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Arabic
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH01725
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Suriy-i-Javad
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510
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Arabic
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Recalls the idol worshippers of ages past and condemns their blind imitation, equates their words and deeds with those of the Bábís, and affirms that most of the people today are similarly worshipping false idols and that when they are gone it will be as if they had never existed, but that none of this will hinder the divine Sun from shining.
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Blind imitation [taqlid]; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idolatry; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH01915
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460
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Arabic
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Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BH02047
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430
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Arabic
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Thankfulness; gratitude; Twin duties of recognition and obedience
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| BH02220
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400
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mixed
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Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idolatry; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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| BH02388
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370
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Arabic
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Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH02391
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370
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Arabic
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Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BH02425
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370
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mixed
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Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Idolatry; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH02861
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310
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Arabic
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH02955
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300
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Arabic
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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| BH03186
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280
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Arabic
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Call to action; Chastisement and requital; High station of the true believer; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Satan; the Evil One; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BH03195
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280
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Arabic
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Idolatry; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Satan; the Evil One; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| BH03646
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250
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Arabic
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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| BH03887
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240
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Arabic
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Idle fancies; lust and passion; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH04043
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230
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Arabic
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Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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| BH04079
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230
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Arabic
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Idolatry; Praise and encouragement
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| BH04080
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230
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Arabic
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Importance of prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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| BH04162
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220
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Arabic
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Idolatry; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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| BH04426
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210
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Arabic
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Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Word of God and human limitations
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| BH04442
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210
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mixed
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Idolatry; Living waters; water of life; Methods of teaching the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wisdom [hikmat]
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| BH04519
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210
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Arabic
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Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Idolatry; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH04946
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190
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mixed
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Idolatry; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH05177
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Firdaws al-Baqa’
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190
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Arabic
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Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Idolatry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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| BH05206
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190
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Arabic
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Consolation and comfort; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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| BH05759
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170
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Arabic
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Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| BH05832
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170
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Arabic
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Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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| BH05874
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170
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Arabic
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Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Suffering and imprisonment
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| BH06171
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160
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Arabic
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Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Idolatry; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment
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| BH06208
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160
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Arabic
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Belief and denial; Blind imitation [taqlid]; Chastisement and requital; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment
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| BH06543
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150
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Arabic
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals
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| BH06703
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150
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Arabic
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Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Satan; the Evil One
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| BH06959
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140
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Arabic
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Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement
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| BH06983
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140
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mixed
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|
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment
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| BH07187
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140
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Arabic
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Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Idolatry; Love of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times
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| BH07223
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140
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Arabic
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Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God
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| BH07417
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140
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Arabic
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|
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Idolatry; Knowledge; recognition of God; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God
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| BH07616
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130
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Arabic
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|
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Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Idolatry; Suffering and imprisonment
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| BH07648
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|
130
|
Arabic
|
|
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Consolation and comfort; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering
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| BH07756
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130
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Arabic
|
|
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Exhortations and counsels; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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| BH08088
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120
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Arabic
|
|
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Idolatry; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH08476
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120
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Arabic
|
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Call to action; Consolation and comfort; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BH08706
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110
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mixed
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Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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| BH08738
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110
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mixed
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Idolatry; Knowledge; recognition of God; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause
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| BH08981
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110
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Arabic
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|
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Idolatry; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God and human limitations
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| BH09322
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100
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Arabic
|
|
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Idolatry; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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| BH09554
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100
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Arabic
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Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Idolatry; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Word of God and human limitations
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| BH09603
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100
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Arabic
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Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment
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| BH10259
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80
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Arabic
|
|
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Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment
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| BH11667
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110
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Arabic
|
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Call to action; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH11678
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230
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Arabic
|
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Idolatry; Love as fire; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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| BH11755
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250
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Arabic
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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| BH11798
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150
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Arabic
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idolatry; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Unity; oneness of humanity
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