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| AB00029
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Some Answered Questions #009 Baha’u’llah
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2110
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Persian
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Answered Questions, Some
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Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Past, present and future of Iran; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution
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| AB01065
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Words spoken ca. Jul. 1914
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380
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Persian
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrdom of the Bab; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
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| AB01592
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310
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Persian
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Christ; Christianity; Growth of the Cause; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals
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| ABU0037
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Public address given on 1912-07-05
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1790
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Persian
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The
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Blind imitation [taqlid]; Chastisement and requital; Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment
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| ABU0046
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Address at weekly meeting, 15 Rue de Greuze in Paris, 1913-02-14
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1600
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Miracles and their interpretation; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Teachings as spirit of the age; Universal peace; world unity
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| ABU0065
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Baha’u’llah: Words spoken on 1911-11-07 in Paris
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1430
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Persian
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Paris Talks
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Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment
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| ABU0159
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Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-04-19
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1010
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Critique of Western values; culture; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Martyrdom of the Bab; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God
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| ABU0164
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Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-06-03
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1000
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment
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| ABU0198
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Words spoken ca. 1916 in Abu Sinan
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910
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Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; Manifestation of God as educator; Power of the Manifestation of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment
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| ABU0207
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900
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Christ; Christianity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Teachings as spirit of the age; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds
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| ABU0211
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Words to Latimer, Esslemont, Randall et al, spoken on 1919-11-24
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890
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Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment
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| ABU0223
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Public address given on 1912-04-18
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870
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Persian
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary
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Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih; Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Early years; early ministry of Baha'u'llah; Human reality created in the image of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace
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| ABU0247
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Words to Juliet Thompson et al, spoken on 1909-07-11
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830
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Constitutional revolution in Iran; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Suffering and imprisonment
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| ABU0275
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Public address given on 1912-04-14
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770
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Persian
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Promulgation of Universal Peace, The; Mahmúd's Diary
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Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity
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| ABU0378
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Words to E.J. Rosenberg et al, spoken around Feb. 1901
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640
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Christian rejection of Baha'u'llah and the Baha'i Faith; Growth of the Cause; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Universal peace; world unity
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| ABU0402
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Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-09
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620
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Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment
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| ABU0513
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Words to Fugeta et al, spoken on 1920-01-07
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530
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Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Banishment to; life in Adrianople; Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God
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| ABU1385
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Words to Will and Wendell Dodge, spoken on 1901-11-20
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230
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Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Judas; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Saint Peter and Saint Paul
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| ABU1415
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Words spoken on 1912-05-10 in Washington
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230
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Justice and wrath of God; Predictions and prophecies; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| ABU2369
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Words to Ida Finch and Fanny and Alma Knobloch, spoken on 1908-11-08
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100
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Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment
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| ABU2454
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Words to Nuru'd-Din Mumtazi et al in May 1920
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90
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Persian
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Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment
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| ABU3765
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Words to John D. Barry
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390
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Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Growth of the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity
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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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| BB00224
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Epistle to Muhammad Shah 1
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900
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Arabic
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Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah
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Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BB00229
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Tablet to Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid
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900
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Arabic
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Epistle of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad 'the Báb' to Sultan Abdulmecid
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Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BB00241
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Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 1
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820
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Arabic
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Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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| BB00262
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Epistle to Muhammad Shah 4
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750
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Arabic
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Selections from the Writings of the Báb
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Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Words vs deeds
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| BB00439
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Letter to Mulla Hasan Gawhar
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320
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Arabic
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Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥasan Gawhar
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Chastisement and requital; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment
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| BH00007
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Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)
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20670
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Arabic
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The
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Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)
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The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in which Bahá’u’lláh as the embodiment of the promised new Temple is called forth by the Holy Spirit and symbolically raised up limb by limb, with the mission of each part being assigned and sent forth into the world in fulfilment of the prophecy of the Old Testament (Zechariah 6:12). In its final form, it includes His epistles to Pope Pius IX, Emperor Napoleon III, Czar Alexander II, Queen Victoria, and Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh.
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Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The power of example; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| BH00021
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Suriy-i-Muluk
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8150
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Arabic
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Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Days of Remembrance
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Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings)
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His most momentous proclamatory work, though not yet divulging the totality of His messianic claim, in which He counsels and chastises, in turn, the entire company of the kings of the earth, the kings of Christendom, the French Ambassador in Constantinople, the ministers of the Ottoman Sultan, the inhabitants of Istanbul, the Sultan himself, the Persian Ambassador to the Sultan, the people of Persia, the divines and wise men of Constantinople, and the philosophers of the world.
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Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment
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| BH00038
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Lawh-i-Sultan
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6890
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mixed
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts
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Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah)
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Bahá’u’lláh’s lengthiest tablet to any monarch, delivered in person to the Shah at the cost of the messenger’s life, urging the Shah to judge His cause fairly; disavowing any designs on worldly power; detailing the injustices He and His followers had suffered over the course of successive banishments; calling the clergy to account for their role in His rejection; and, citing the rejection of Jesus and Muhammad by the people of their day, urging the Shah to consider the possibility of the appearance of a new Manifestation of God in this day.
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Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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| BH00195
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Ridvanu'l-'Adl (the Garden of Justice)
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2910
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Arabic
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Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice; Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh
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Lawh-i-Ridvanul-Adl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice)
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Extols the virtue of justice, assigning it a sacred origin and purpose in the world; calls upon the kings and rulers, the people of the world, and the Bábís to be its exponents; asserts that its essence is embodied in the laws of God; and prophesies the day when the ‘standard of oppression’ will be rolled up and the ‘banner of justice’ will be unfurled throughout the earth.
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Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God
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| BH00207
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2790
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mixed
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Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Call to action; Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| BH00259
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Lawh-i-Napoleon II
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2460
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Arabic
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts
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Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III)
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Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the one promised by Christ; bids the monks to come forth from their seclusion; prophesies that his ‘kingdom shall be thrown into confusion’ and his empire ‘shall pass from [his] hands’ for ‘casting behind [his] back’ the first epistle from Bahá’u’lláh; recounts the sufferings of Bahá’u’lláh in His successive exiles; counsels the Emperor to watch over his subjects with justice; and instructs him, and the people of the world in general, to teach the Cause of God through the power of utterance, to be trustworthy, and to conceal the sins of others.
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Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
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| BH00340
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1940
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mixed
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Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
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| BH00347
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Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)
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1900
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Arabic
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts
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Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)
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Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time’; warns of the ‘veils of human learning’ that threaten to obscure this truth; calls on the monks to come forth from their seclusion; summons the people of all religions to hasten unto the most great Ocean; asserts the power of His revelation to overcome all opposition; bids the Pope to abandon his worldly riches and adornments; and proclaims to the Christians that John the Baptist has reappeared in the person of the Báb while the promised Father foretold by Isaiah and the Comforter promised by Christ has appeared in the person of Bahá’u’lláh.
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity
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| BH00420
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1670
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mixed
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech
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| BH00497
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1480
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mixed
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Call to action; Contention and conflict; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity
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| BH00517
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1430
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mixed
|
|
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Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering
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| BH00532
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Suriy-i-Ismuna'l-Mursil
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1410
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Arabic
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A meditation on the name of God, ‘the Sender’, and its various present and future manifestations in the world, from the Messengers of God, to individuals such as couriers who may be unaware of their role in propagating the divine message, to the Bábí and Bahá’í kings of the future, to the newly designated ‘people of Bahá’—His own followers, upon whom lies the responsibility of delivering the message to others.
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Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH00576
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1300
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mixed
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Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
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|
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Consultation; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat]
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| BH00662
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Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria)
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1150
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Arabic
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts
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Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria)
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Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for forbidding the trading in slaves and for entrusting ‘the reins of counsel into the hands of the representatives of the people’; calls the elected representatives of the people in every land to take counsel together for the sake of mankind; ordains that ‘the mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith’; and instructs the kings of the earth to cease burdening their subjects with their own wanton expenditures, to be reconciled among themselves, and to enforce a common peace by joining forces against any who would take up arms against another.
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Prayer for governments and rulers; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity
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| BH00739
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Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud)
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1060
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Arabic
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Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The
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Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Clouds)
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Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and Napoleon III, extolling the prophetic significance of the Holy Land and His banishment there, and exhorting His followers to proclaim His message with wisdom, deeds, and upright conduct, describing them as those who would pass through a valley of pure gold ‘aloof as a cloud’.
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Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
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| BH00937
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880
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Persian
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Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment
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| BH01042
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Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Czar Alexander II)
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800
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Arabic
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Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts
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Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II)
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States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for offering, through one of his ministers, aid to Bahá’u’lláh while in the dungeon of Tehran; calls on him to arise to become a champion of the Cause of God; declares that Bahá’u’lláh is the one ‘Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned’; and warns of the ephemerality of earthly possessions.
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Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
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| BH01989
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440
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mixed
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Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Personal instructions; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment
|
| BH02068
|
|
430
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ
|
| BH02708
|
|
330
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals
|
| BH02833
|
|
310
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment
|
| BH02870
|
|
310
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
|
| BH03052
|
|
290
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach
|
| BH03274
|
|
280
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
| BH03584
|
|
260
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
|
| BH03977
|
|
230
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Personal instructions; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God
|
| BH04290
|
|
220
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
|
| BH04576
|
|
210
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment
|
| BH05230
|
|
190
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment
|
| BH05285
|
|
180
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times
|
| BH05392
|
|
180
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of
|
| BH06227
|
|
160
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Chastisement and requital; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Universal peace; world unity
|
| BH06387
|
|
160
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Blind imitation [taqlid]; Effort; striving; Love of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness
|
| BH06543
|
|
150
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idolatry; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals
|
| BH06917
|
|
140
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Words vs deeds
|
| BH07167
|
|
140
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals
|
| BH07178
|
|
140
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Word of God and human limitations
|
| BH07863
|
|
130
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Knowledge; recognition of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world
|
| BH08184
|
|
120
|
mixed
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment
|
| BH08682
|
|
110
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment
|
| BH08944
|
|
110
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment
|
| BH10905
|
|
330
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for prosperity; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness
|
| BH10983
|
|
60
|
|
|
|
|
Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Purpose; goal of creation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity
|
| BH11630
|
|
220
|
Arabic
|
|
|
|
Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment
|
| BHU0002
|
Words spoken in the house of Aqay-i-Kalim to Nabil-i-A'zam 2
|
1100
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
| BHU0020
|
|
140
|
|
|
|
|
Petitions to authorities; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment
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