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| AB00162
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890
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Persian
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Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá
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Consumption of meat; vegetarianism; diet; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Present and future expansion of arts and sciences; of technology
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| AB00817
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430
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mixed
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Trustworthiness
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Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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| AB04320
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170
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Methods of teaching the Cause; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Review of publications
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| AB06680
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120
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Persian
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Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The
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Education of children; moral education; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Moderation; frugality; simplicity
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| AB07534
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110
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Persian
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Business; financial; property matters; Education of children; moral education; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual communication; connections of the heart; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Work as worship
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| AB10882
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50
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mixed
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Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Conduct in finance and business; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation
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| AB11157
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40
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mixed
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Moderation; frugality; simplicity
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| AB11411
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30
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Persian
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Shrines and Holy places
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| ABU0326
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Words to Anna Kunz, spoken on 1921-03-28
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710
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Educational curricula; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Rational arguments; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Soul; spirit after death; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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| ABU0339
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Words spoken on 1913-11-23 in Ramleh
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690
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Eulogies; reminiscences; Humor; jokes; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes
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| ABU0361
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Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902
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660
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Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Selfishness; self-love; egotism; self-indulgence; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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| ABU0558
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Words to pilgrims in June 1906
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500
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Declaration; advent of the Bab; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts
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| ABU0886
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Words to Horace Holley, spoken on 1913-05-11
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340
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Persian
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Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913
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Martyrs and martyrdom; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transcending the material condition; Word of God sanctified from time and place
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| ABU0907
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Words to a group of believers, 1906-05-23
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340
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Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| ABU0985
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Words to a mother, spoken on 1913-05-15
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310
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Persian
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Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913
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Education of children; moral education; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization
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| ABU1189
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Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-10
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270
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Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times
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| ABU1397
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Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-23
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230
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Call to acquire knowledge; sciences; Critique of Western values; culture; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline
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| ABU1452
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Words spoken at House of Abbud in Akka, 1914-12-12
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220
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Persian
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Educational curricula; Education of children; moral education; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Service to others; to the Cause of God
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| ABU1578
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Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-01-11
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200
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Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Conduct in finance and business; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Stories; anecdotes
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| ABU1676
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Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-03-29
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180
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Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty
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| ABU1682
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Words spoken on 1913-11-06 in Ramleh
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180
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Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Moderation; frugality; simplicity
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| ABU1728
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Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-10
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180
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Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Love of God; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Stories; anecdotes
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| ABU1752
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Words spoken on 1915-09-23 in Haifa
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170
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Persian
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Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Thankfulness; gratitude
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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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| ABU1920
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Words spoken on 1913-09-21 in Ramleh
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150
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Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Critique of Western values; culture; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Praise of Eastern values; culture
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| ABU1996
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Words to someone who asked for money, spoken on 1913-05-31
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140
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Persian
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Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Self-improvement; self-perfection; discipline; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| ABU2063
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Words spoken on 1913-06-07 in Paris
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130
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Persian
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Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913
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Adam; Adam and Eve; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Principle of balance; moderation; equilibrium
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| ABU2085
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Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-12
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130
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Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| ABU2187
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Words spoken ca. 1900
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120
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Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| ABU2408
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Words spoken on 1913-10-25 in Ramleh
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100
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Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty
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| ABU2420
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Words spoken on 1913-07-17 in Ismailia
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100
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Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities
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| ABU2552
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Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-05-30
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80
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Education and the development of capacity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Transcending the material condition; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures
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| ABU3003
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Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-06-24
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50
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Persian
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Mahmúd's Diary
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Disregarding bodily comfort; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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| ABU3005
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50
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Persian
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Equality of men and women; Moderation; frugality; simplicity
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| ABU3354
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Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-10
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30
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Gambling and games of chance; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Moderation; frugality; simplicity
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| BH00001
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Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book)
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10520
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Arabic
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools
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Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)
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The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promulgation of the ‘Most Great Law’; formally ordaining the institution of the House of Justice; prescribing the obligatory prayers; designating the time and period of fasting; formulating laws surrounding marriage and inheritance; ordaining the institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (houses of worship); establishing the Nineteen Day Feasts; abolishing the institution of priesthood; and specifying punishments for murder, arson, adultery, and theft. Apart from these laws, He reminds his followers of the twin duties of recognition and obedience; exhorts them to fellowship with the adherents of all religions; warns them to guard against fanaticism, sedition, pride, dispute, and contention; enjoins on them cleanliness, truthfulness, chastity, hospitality, fidelity, courtesy, forbearance, justice, and fairness; and counsels them to be ‘even as the fingers of one hand and the limbs of one body’.
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Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Call to action; Cleanliness and refinement; Confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of burial and cremation; Law of fasting; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Monasticism; asceticism; Murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; Parents and children; youth; families; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unchastity and adultery; Words vs deeds; Work as worship
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| BH03974
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310
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mixed
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Justice and wrath of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Wisdom [hikmat]
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| BH04622
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200
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mixed
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Hypocrisy; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]
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| BH11217
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40
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mixed
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Eulogies; reminiscences; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BH11696
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1030
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mixed
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Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| BHU0002
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Words spoken in the house of Aqay-i-Kalim to Nabil-i-A'zam 2
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1100
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Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Composure; tranquillity; serenity; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life
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