INDEX
'Abdu'l-Bah‡
addresses (talks) of, 189.7
aids Spiritual Assemblies, 38.5, 46.1, 66.2
America, hopes to visit, 68.9, 69.2
associates with souls of friends, 66.2
Bah‡'u'll‡h assists, 195.8
believers remembered, loved by, 155.5, 207.1
Center of Covenant.
See Covenant
inhales fragrance of love of God, 53.1
last wish of, 225.32
persecutions and sufferings of, 233.18
are joy, 37.9, 190.5-10, 198.5, 199.4-5, 234.2
caused by M’rz‡ Muhammad-'Al’ (Center of Sedition; half-brother of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡), 188.1-9
political conferences not attended by, 226.1
promulgates Faith, 233.16
receives message in world of spirit, 7.1
refer problems to, for solutions, 163.8
station of, 26.4, 225.31
well-wisher of all governments, 225.30
writings of
answers are like rain, 155.1
poems, 191.3, 206.9, 218.1-2, 221.5
Abh‡
Beauty, 29.4, 42.3, 156.8, 200.11, 206.7, 206.12, 207.7
gardens, 195.2
Horizon, 5.1
Kingdom, 12.2, 17.1, 19.13
armies of, 195.8, 219.6
Paradise, 8.1, 8.6, 17.6, 28.2, 42.1, 193.12, 195.6, 199.3, 200.9
Realm, 8.2, 8.4, 17.4, 19.1, 200.11, 207.9, 219.4
zodiac of, 19.3
Abraham, 25.3, 191.3, 222.2
Abu'l-Fadl, M’rz‡, 160.3
Achor, Valley of, 139.9
Acts.
See Deeds
Adam, 25.2, 220.2
Adversity.
See Tests and Trials
Adoption.
See Orphans
Africa, 195.2, 206.7
Afn‡n (B‡b's kindred), 195.9
Age, present.
See Bah‡'u'll‡h, dispensation of
Agriculture, 126.1
'Akk‡ (Most Great Prison), 4.19, 5.2
Valley of Achor is, 139.9
visitors to, 163.11
Alcohol, use of, 129.12, 129.13
All things made new, 3.2, 205.3
Alpha and Omega, 3.3
America, 195.12
'Abdu'l-Bah‡ hopes to visit, 68.9, 69.2
Bah‡'’s of, restless, 187.1
California, 164.1, 169.2
Los Angeles, 184.1, 185.1
San Francisco, 39.5 and n.
Chase, Thornton (first American believer), 164.2
Chicago.
See Chicago
choir of holiness, 206.7
Cleveland, 186.1
lener from 422 believers, 200.3 and n.
Montana, 178.3
Pacific coast, 160.4
teaching in, 70.3
Wilson, Woodrow, 71.2, 232.1
Angels, 2.8, 5.3, 168.2, 218.3, 225.14, 225.27
angelic company, 3.1
Israfil, 8.4 and n.
meaning of, 39.3, 142.5
Animals, 134.3, 134.10, 225.10-12, 225.14
animal kingdom (world), 2.15, 21.2, 30.2, 137.2, 163.2-3, 163.6, 180.1
human beings distinguished from, 118.1
hunting of, 137.1
kindness to, 138.2-5
power of selectivity of food by, 134.10
Animosity.
See Hatred
An’s‡ (Tree of Life), 195.3
Anthems.
See Melodies
Apostles of Christ, 29.8, 142.3, 142.6, 145.7, 185.4, 196.2
Ark
of peace, 9.3
of salvation, 2.7, 29.11
Arts, the, 4.21, 73.5
study of, 72.2, 109.1
as worship, 26.1
Assemblies.
See Spiritual Assemblies
Astrology, 139.3.
See also Zodiac
Atoms, 19.8-9, 29.2
Attributes.
See Character and conduct
B‡b (Herald, Point), 4.11, 29.8-9 and n., 145.7 and n., 195.3, 195.4
persecutions and sufferings of, 35.10, 207.16
Backbiting, 193.8.
See also Character and conduct; Faultfinding
Bah‡'’ Era.
See Bah‡'u'll‡h, dispensation of
Bah‡'’ Faith (Cause of God), 1.6, 31.10-11, 227.26, 233.18-19
administration (organization) of, 69.1.
See also Spiritual Assemblies; Universal House of Justice
attacks on, 193.3-5, 194.1, 233.7-19
help spread Cause, 195.2-3
century of God.
See Century
civilization and, 225.1-32, 227.22.
See also Civilization
fasting, 35.2
Huqœqu'll‡h, 9.4 and n.
protection of, 2.15, 194.1
by Bah‡'u'll‡h, 195.8
purpose of.
See Bah‡'u'll‡h, purpose of
spread of, 186.5, 195.2-3, 233.10
souls will be raised, 203.1-2, 204.1-3
victory, 193.11, 195.8, 208.1, 219.6, 230.2
will encompass earth, 19.13, 40.3, 231.5
See also Bah‡'u'll‡h, teachings of; Feast; Kingdom of God; Revelation of Bah‡'u'll‡h; Teaching
Bah‡'’ Schools
Green Acre, 13.1
See also Education
Bah‡'’ Temples.
See Mashriqu'l-Adhk‡r
Bah‡'’s (believers, beloved, servants, etc.), 6.1-3, 28.1-2, 35.3-4, 148.2-3, 218.8-9
American.
See America
are (must be) candles, roses, stars, etc.
of God, 8.10, 17.3, 59.3, 68.14, 199.6, 206.11, 210.1-3, 219.4, 233.3
armies and warriors, spiritual, 207.2-3, 208.1
assistance to and protection of, 5.3, 8.4-5, 19.13, 35.7, 68.5-6, 157.4, 195.8, 207.1, 218.3-4
gnat into an eagle, 8.4
prayers for, 2.6-9, 188.19-23, 190.1-4, 193.14-15, 206.3-5, 218.10-18, 233.17, 235.1-3
at banquet
See God, Banquet of
character and conduct.
See Character and conduct
chosen by God, 17.1-2
discord among, 193.5-10.
See also Covenant
everlasting life.
See Immortality
handmaids, maidservants, 38.1-3
are leaves, 28.1
outshine empresses, 8.6, 93.1-2
should found Assemblies, 38.5
station of, 142.9
unity of, 36.1-2
See also Women
love among, 31.1-2, 201.2
meetings of.
See Feast
must arise, strive, teach, 7.3, 17.4-5, 35.9, 67.3, 68.4, 193.12, 195.4-7, 200.9-11, 207.9, 210.3-5, 230.1-2, 236.4
must not be barriers, 207.9
obey teachings, 2.19, 17.3, 64.3
persecutions and sufferings, 2.14-15, 19.4, 196.1-3
in Turkey, 35.13
See also Tests and trials
Persian, are trustworthy, 225.28-29
praise of, by 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, Company on high, 182.1, 236.4
prayer for, 17.9
recognition of Bah‡'u'll‡h by.
See Bah‡'u'll‡h
service.
See Service
souls who will arise, 203.1-2, 204.1-3
spiritual gardeners of world, 224.1
spiritual physicians.
See Health and healing
station of, 3.3-4, 64.2, 156.8, 207.5
steadfastness.
See Steadfasiness
teaching of Faith.
See Teaching
unity of.
See Unity
well-wishers of mankind, 13.2
writings should be read by, 17.3. 29.11, 160.3
Bah‡'u'll‡h
advent (dawn) of, 1.1, 2.12, 3.1-4.22, 15.4, 16.1-4, 19.1-3, 73.4, 205.2, 225.9, 227.5
like thief, 168.1
ascension (death) of, 5.1-4
effect of, 31.9
beauty of, endures forever, 175.1
bounty of.
See Bounty and grace
Christ prophesies, 145.3
Christ's return in, 29.8, 143.1-4, 168.1
Covenant of.
See Covenant
dispensation (era, age, cycle) of, 4.2, 4.21, 16.5, 32.2, 33.1-8, 35.6, 73.6, 160.6, 193.12, 230.1
all things made new, 3.2, 205.3
perfections to be manifest in, 35.6
thousand years, 33.1-8, 225.31
dream about, 153.5
miracles of, 4.20
persecutions and sufferings of, 4.17, 35.10, 206.12, 207.7-8, 222.2
maligned by writers of press, 19.4
power of, 195.8, 206.7
prophecies fulfilled by, 4.1-9, 145.7
prophecies of, 233.15
Napoleon III, 4.18 and n.
next Manifestation, 33.1-8
war, 202.6
purpose of, 1.1, 2.16, 15.4, 163.10, 206.9, 206.12
unity, oneness, 7.4, 193.5, 207.5-8, 221.7
recognition of, 2.12-13, 8.1-2, 14.1, 16.1-4, 221.10
by child, 121.2
by handmaids, 8.6
rejection of, 2.12, 16.1-2
few receive grace of God, 221.2
like rejection of Christ, 19.4-6
See also Non-believers
revelation of.
See Revelation of Bah‡'u'll‡h
signs of, 4.10-21
station of, 3.3, 27.1, 145.3
encompasses previous Manifestations, 31.3-4, 31.6-7
Mirror, 19.10
Promised One of all religions, 65.2
Universal Manifestation, 33.3-4, 225.31
teachings of, 8.3, 70.4, 71.1, 202.7- 14, 225.27, 227.6-31
are remedy, 29.4, 29.11
are staff of gold, 142.7-8
love, 31.15
titles of, 19.3
Abh‡ Beauty, 10.2
Light of the world, 16.4
Prince of Peace, 201.1
Sun of Truth, 1.1, 14.2, 17.1, 201.1
Tree of Life, 28.1
Universal Educator, 163.10
tobacco, use of, 129.8
Writings of
Bish‡r‡t (Glad Tidings), 17.3, 29.11, 37.10
Hidden Words, 17.3, 123.1, 181.1-3
importance of reading, 17.3, 29.11, 160.3
Ishr‡q‡t, 17.3, 29.11, 37.10
Kalim‡t-i-Firdaws’yyih (Words of Paradise), 17.3, 29.11, 37.10
Kit‡b-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book), 5.3-4, 29.11, 129.8, 186.2-4
revealed with rapidity, 4.14
Tablet of Holy Mariner, 233.15
Tablets to kings, 4.18, 202.6
Tajall’yy‡t, 17.3, 29.11, 37.10
Tar‡z‡t, 17.3, 29.11, 37.10
translation, 31.13, 37.10, 160.3
Beecher, Mother, 36.1
Behavior.
See Conduct
Believers.
See Bah‡'’s
Bible
Job, 145.6
New and Old Testaments, 189.1
Prophecies and quotations from
camel through eye of needle, 163.9
Christ coming in clouds, 143.3
Father is in Son, 19.11-12
living bread, 28.3
Manifestation comes as thief, 168.1
many are called, 2.13
many things to tell you, 29.5
Tree of life, 28.1
woman in wilderness, 145.7
Revelation of Saint John, 3.2, 142.2, 142.4, 145.7
twelve, significance of, 142.2-6
Birds, 2.12, 29.2
broken-winged, 195.8
of clay, 21.5
crow, 188.9
dove, 2.14, 169.3
eagle, 8.4, 67.3
falcons, believers are like, 210.2
of Heaven, 158.8
larks, 195.4, 206.6
of mind, 2.2
of night, 2.14
nightingale, 2.12, 2.14, 6.3, 54.2, 107.1, 183.1, 188.9, 195.2, 195.4, 206.6, 233.3
parrots of India, 195.2
ravens, 2.14, 188.9, 233.8
sparrow into falcon, 8.4
of spirit, 148.1, 218.5
teacher is like, 211.1
vulture, 184.2
Blacks, 75.1, 76.2-3.
See also Prejudice
Blessings, 16.4
Blindness.
See Sight
Body, human, 134.4, 225.24
composition of, 134.4, 143.1
connection of parts like universe, 21.6
world of, 48.2, 161.1
Books revered because of words, 149.2
Bounty and grace, 2.10, 2.20, 36.5-6
of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 7.5, 153.3
could prove barren, 2.17
bestowals of Heaven, 8.1
clouds of, 2.6, 19.2
of God, 9.2, 129.3, 178.1
few share in, 221.2
shaped by vessel, 139.5
jewel of, 1.4
non-believers share, 206.10
Breakwell, Thomas, 158.1-15
Bugle, 4.3
California, 39.5 and n., 77.1, 164.1-2, 184.1, 185.1
Candles of unity.
See Unity
Capital punishment.
See Crime and Criminals
Carnegie, Andrew, 79.1
Cause of God.
See Bah‡'’ Faith
Celestial Preserver, 233.9
Center of Sedition.
See Muhammad 'Al’, M’rz‡
Century(ies)
each has central theme, 77.1
illumined (of God; of light), 15.6, 32.1-2, 77.1, 193.12
this mightiest of, 96.1
Certitude
plains of, 210.1
teach to children, 95.2
Character and conduct, 1.3-7, 2.15-20, 10.2, 13.1, 35.5, 47.4, 53.2, 54.2, 146.1, 174.4-5, 206.9-11, 206.13, 225.30, 229.1-2, 236.4-6
attain perfections (be godlike), 102.3, 123.3, 180.1, 193.12
children must learn good, 94.2, 101.1, 108.1, 110.2, 111.4-7, 122.1, 123.2
cleanliness and purity, 129.1-14, 194.4
excellence of, 129.14
exercise great care, 194.1
faultfinding, 144.1-7, 193.8
close eyes to deficiencies, 174.5, 206.10
friendship and love to all, 1.3-4, 7.4-5, 8.7-8, 9.3, 10.2, 16.5, 35.8, 35.11, 41.3, 206.10-11, 206.13, 221.11-12
good, must be taught, 111.1-8
graves of sensual desires, 17.7
happiness depends on, 100.2
improvement of, 2.16, 70.4
kindness, 1.7, 200.8
cannot be shown to liars, thieves, 138.1
to animals, 138.2-5
manners, 2.16
morality
and civilization, 225.1-8
degeneration of, 100.2
like Paul, 189.5
See also Bah‡'’s; Deeds; Detachment; Love; Materialism; Spirituality; Steadtastness; Thoughts; Unity
Charity.
See Poor
Chase, Thornton (first American believer), 164.2-3
Chicago, 41.1-2.
See also Mashriqu'l-Adhk‡r
Children, 94.1-125.2
Bah‡'’, should excel, 119.1-2
character and conduct of, 94.2, 108.1, 110.1-2, 122.1
girls, education of, 94.2, 95.1
green branches, 110.3, 111.7
humans are as, 7.5
importance of, 88.1
maturity of judgment of, 121.1
mothers of.
See women
nightingales endowed with speech, 107.1
parents must counsel, 108.1
potentially light or darkness of world, 103.5
punishment of, 95.2
son, real. 117.1
spiritual training of, 95.2, 99.1, 103.1-2, 106.1-2, 107.1, 115.2-3, 122.1, 123.1-3, 124.1
Sunday school, 124.1, 125.1-2
will become trees, 113.3
China, 35.8n., 65.3
Christ (Jesus), 31.4-5, 31.10, 143.1-3, 146.2, 146.4-5, 146.7, 231.3
Apostles of, 29.8, 142.3, 142.6, 145.7, 185.4, 196.2
Bah‡'u'll‡h independent of, 145.3
bread of, 28.3
Cause of, furthered by New and Old Tescamenis, 189.1
essence of Word, 29.8
events during life, 25.4, 147.1
"father is in Son," 19.11
martyrdom, effect of, 31.9, 222.2
purpose of, 15.4
recognition of, 6.2
rejection of, 20.1-3, 146.4
by Pharisees, 6.2, 19.5-6, 146.7
return of, 29.8, 143.1-3
like thief, 168.1
signs of, allegorical, 20.2
and teeth of dead dog, 144.3-5
transfiguration of, 140.1
Christian Commonwealth, address to, 220.1-5
Christianity
in England, 31.2
spread of, 31.10, 231.3
true Christians, 15.2
Citadel, 4.2
Civilization, 224.1-225.32
Century of Light.
See Century
future of, 206.7-8, 224.1
Garden of Eden, 34.4, 220.1
See also Earth, transformation of; Peace
interdependency of world, 15.6
material, versus divine, 105.3, 227.32
sad state of, 68.3, 180.1, 218.8, 218.11-12, 236.5
countries are arsenals, 225.7
world is at war, 1.5
See also Earth, descriptions of; Materialism
true, established by love, 12.1
Cleanliness, 129.1-14
Cleveland, 186.1
Cloud of Mercy, 2.10
Colored.
See Blacks
Communism.
See Left, Movement of
Co-ordinator, 21.8
Concourse
celestial, 3.1
on High, 5.3, 8.1, 17.1, 203.1
armies of, 193.11
Supreme, 2.7
Conduct.
See Character and conduct
Conflicts.
See Strife; War
Constancy.
See Steadfastness
Constellations, twelve, 142.2
Consultation.
See Spiritual Assemblies
Contingent World.
See Creation
Convention, National, 93.3
Covenant, 67.1-3, 181.2, 182.1-192.1, 206.6, 206.15, 229.1-2
all beneath banner of, 7.1
Candle of, 2.14
Center of ('Abdu'l-Bah‡), 183.3, 185.5, 186.2-5, 187.2-3
Eternal, 2.12
firmness (faithfulness) in, 9.3, 10.2, 35.5, 185.1-5, 188.10, 195.8-9, 203.1-2
forces of universe serve, 192.1
intoxicating cup of, 195.3
League of, 42.3
power of, 67.2, 183.1, 189.1-2
refuge in Cave of, 42.1
selfish motives of violators, 187.3
tests to, and breakers of, 185.1-5, 186.1, 186.6
attackers ruined, 206.15
Center of Sedition (M’rz‡ Muhammad-'Al’), 188.1-9
selfish motives of violators, 187.3
Craftsmen, 127.2
Creation, 225.18
all things
goodness of, 159.2-3
interdependency of, 21.9. 137.2-4, 139.3
made new, 3.1, 4.9, 205.3
reveal God, 19.8-9, 21.4, 29.2
animal world.
See Animals
contingent world, 2.12, 21.2
elements, mingling of, 15.5
existence
levels of, 21.2-14, 30.1-3
tablet of, 29.2
love is supreme force, 12.1
mineral world, 30.2, 137.2-4
nature, 25.2, 227.22
men captives of, 82.1, 180.1, 223.1
unity necessary for, 15.5
universe, 21.8
forces of, serve Covenant, 192.1
scroll of, 19.8, 29.2
vegetable world, 30.2, 137.2-4
visible world, 2.12
Crier, 4.3
Crime and criminals, 227.21
education prevents, 105.2-3, 111.1-2
kindness to, 138.1
murder, 152.1
prevention of opium use, 129.11
prisoners, 82.1-83.1
Cycle
of Blessed Beaury, 33.4
of Glory, 4.2
Dawn.
See Revelation of Bah‡'u'll‡h
Day(s)
every day accounted as one year, 33.4, 145.7
of Grace, 153.3
of ingathering of all mankind, 207.2
Judgment, 4.2
of Justice, 153.3
of Resurrection, 19.3, 153.3
summit of all, 4.21
Deafness.
See Hearing
Death, physical
communication with dead, 139.3
life after.
See Immortality
prayer for departed, 165.1-3
Death and sleep, spiritual, 2.12, 3.2, 160.6, 168.1, 236.5
arising (awakening) from, 1.6, 2.10, 2.16, 4.6, 8.4, 73.7, 146.1, 203.1, 206.6, 210.3, 219.5
graves of sensual desires, 17.7
slumber of unknowing, 17.1
tombs of bodies, 4.3
See also Non-believers
Deeds (acts, fruit), 146.1, 146.4, 174.5, 210.6
everlasting life through service, 81.1
reward of, 156.10
Destiny.
See Predestination
Detachment, 2.7
angels sever ties with world, 39.3
long for non-exisrence, 36.4-5
oblivious of world, 161.2
prayer for, 146.9-11
severance, 64.2
stay clear of world's concerns, 2.20
See also Materialism; Self
Director, 21.8
Disasters.
See Tests and trials
Discovery
human mind has power of, 163.2
spirit unravels secrets, 145.1-2
Disease.
See Health and healing
Dispensation of Bah‡.
See Bah‡'u'll‡h, dispensation of
Dissension.
See Strife
Diversity, unity in, 225.19-26.
See also Unity
Doctors.
See Health and healing
Dove.
See Birds
Dream(s), 70.5, 153.5
Drop(s)
of one ocean, 221.11
turn inio sea, 67.3, 68.5, 207.4
Drugs.
See Alcohol; Opium; Tobacco
Ear.
See Hearing
Earth
all areas interdependent, 15.6
descriptions of
diseased human being, 200.6
grown dark, 205.1
jail-house of hatred, 188.15
like body of man, 161.1
mirage, 157.2
mud hut, 35.9
narrow place of shadows, 17.5
nether world (realm), 2.19, 15.4, 39.3
prison of treachery, 188.15
rubbish-heap, 1.7
shadow of Kingdom, 50.2
world of non-existence, 35.8
fragrance of, 41.4
fruit of, is man, 88.1
material world.
See Materialism
response to Bah‡'u'll‡h, 2.12
transformation of, 1.6, 3.1, 35.4, 68.10, 188.15, 193.12
Abh‡ Paradise, 17.6, 200.9
envy of heaven, 2.12
Garden of Eden, 34.4, 220.1
mirror, 2.19, 35.4, 102.1, 188.16
palace of delights, 221.12
renewed, 23.5
See also Civilization
Earthworms, 148.1
East, 16.1, 17.6, 29.6, 218.2
lit up, 17.1, 206.7
unity with West, 200.7
Economics, 71.1, 227.15
freedom from struggle for exisience, 227.20
sharing of wealth, 79.2-3, 227.19
Education, 71.1, 94.2-126.1
arts and sciences, 109.1, 126.1
Bah‡'’ children should excel, 119.1-2
Bah‡'u'll‡h is Universal Educator, 163.10
character training difficult after puberty, 111.7
crime prevented by, 105.2-3, 111.2
father, duty of, 101.1
of girls, 95.1
goal of, is service, 120.1-2
intelligence levels innate, 104.2
of mothers, 113.1
mothers important as educators, 95.1, 95.2, 96.2, 113.1-2, 114.1
obligatory, 97.1-101.1, 227.23
of orphans, 112.1
parents must counsel children, 108.1
schools, 110.1, 111.4-6
Sunday school, 124.1, 125.1
speechmaking, 108.2
spiritual aspecrs of, 72.1, 95.1, 99.1, 100.1, 102.1, 103.1-2, 106.1-107.1, 115.2-3, 122.1, 123.2-3
morals and conduct, 110.2
Spiritual Assemblies responsible for, 97.2, 113.2
teachers
difficult to succeed as, 106.2
Manifestations are, 102.1
spiritual doctors, 103.2
Embryo.
See Womb
Emmanuel, 29.8-9
Enemies of Cause.
See Non-believers
England
Bah‡'’s of, 219.2-3
Breakwell, Thomas, 158.1-15
Envy, 141.3
Equality.
See Women
Esperanto, 228.4-5
Esslemont, J. E., 62.1
Essence of Essences, 24.3-4
Eternity.
See Infinity
Europe, 206.7
Evil
character, 111.1
Evil One, 45.1
promptings of human heart, 206.9
Satan, 220.2
satanic wickedness, 15.4
Existence.
See Creation
Extra-sensory perception
association of souls, 66.2
See also Dreams; Mediums
Eye.
See Sight
Faith.
See Spirituality
Faithfulness.
See Steadfastness
Falcons.
See Birds
Fame.
See Materialism
Fast, the, 35.2
Fate, 167.1
Faultfinding, 144.2-6, 193.8
close eyes to deficiencies, 174.5, 206.10
Feast, 47.1-57.1
attendance, 178.2
meetings filled with peace and joy, 54.1
prayer for, 68.10-11
purpose of, 48.2
Ridv‡n letter from 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, 73.4-7
spiritual and material, 48.2
Fellowship.
See Unity
Fetus.
See Womb
Firesides.
See Meetings
Fish, thirsty, 2.10
Florence, Mrs., 146.7
Flowering bed of grace, 2.10
Flowers
hyacinths of certitude, 206.1
narcissus of Najd, 206.14
of one garden, 221.11
rosebeds of spirit, 8.2
windflowers, sacred, 206.2
See also Fragrance; Gardens
Food.
See Nutrition
Ford, Miss, 146.4
Forgiveness.
See Sin
Fragrance(s), 149.2, 157.4, 206.1
ambergris, 206.7
breaths of holiness, 155.7
divine, 116.1, 204.2
of earth, 41.4
jasmine, 210.3
love of God, 53.1
musk, 2.13, 35.8, 36.4, 189.5, 200.9, 206.7, 218.2, 220.4
offensive odor of violation, 189.6
realm of God, 2.1
scents from Sheba of spirit, 206.6
sweet savors (scents), 8.2, 207.9
teachings of God, 8.3
universal love, 7.3
winds of Abh‡ paradise, 8.1
France.
See Paris
Free Will, 167.1
Freedom, 15.7, 227.20, 227.27
Friendship.
See Unity
Fruit(s)
deeds.
See Deeds
of life, 8.6, 190.10
of one bough (tree), 1.2, 13.1, 221.4
of oneness, 207.8
Fund.
See Huqœqu'll‡h
Future.
See Civilization; Prophecies; Time
Garden(s), 8.10, 206.7
Abh‡, 195.2
of Eden, 34.4, 220.1-2
flower-garden of guidance, 233.3
flowers and herbs of one, 221.11
of God, 2.18, 4.6, 6.3, 193.12
of God's love, 113.3
of hearts, 204.2
of heaven, 17.5
of holiness, 19.1
rosebeds of faith, 218.8
of saved, 210.3
Gatherings.
See Meetings
Gazelle, 2.14
Gentle, 7.6
Germany, 154.2
Getsinger, Mrs. Lua, 134.1
Girls.
See Children
Glory
crowns of, 6.2, 7.5
cycle of, 4.2
Pavilion of, 5.3
Gnat into an eagle, 8.4, 67.3
God, 21.2-11, 24.2-5, 157.3-4
all things made new by, 3.2
angels.
See Angels
banquet of, 2.13, 28.2, 37.4, 157.2, 163.9, 206.6
blessings of, 1.7, 17.5, 178.1
bounty of.
See Bounty and grace
breaths of, 156.1
breezes of, 7.1
Commandments of, not limited to one group, 7.4
Covenant of.
See Covenant
does what pleases, 22.1
existence of, 30.1
proofs and signs of, 3.4, 17.5, 19.6, 19.8, 21.12-15, 24.3, 29.2
gardens of.
See Gardens
gifts of, 19.2
grace of.
See Bounty and grace
guidance of.
See Guidance
hem of, 2.15
Holy Spirit, 2.15, 23.8, 29.2, 55.1, 56.1, 68.3, 68.5, 139.8
assistance of, necessary, 139.2
bestowals of, 153.4
unravels mysteries, 145.2
incomprehensible (unknowable), 2.2-3, 21.4, 24.2-5, 30.1
Kingdom of.
See Kingdom
law of, woman is symbol of, 145.7
love of.
See Love
man is image of, 118.1
mercy, 2.6, 2.20
nearness to, 2.1, 155.6
oneness of, 29.2, 207.8
declared by Abraham and Socrates, 25.1-3
past, present and future all same to, 181.2
perfections of, 29.10
praise and thanks to, 2.13, 54.2, 56.1-57.1, 59.3, 148.3, 150.3, 153.1-2, 206.1-2
inadequate, 68.6
prayers of, 2.1-5, 206.3-5, 236.1-3
protection by, 2.10, 2.15
purpose.
See Bah‡'u'll‡h, purpose of
realms (worlds) of.
See Worlds of God
song of, will stir world, 54.2
sun as metaphor for, 19.9-10, 21.12, 35.11
tests.
See Tests and trials
trust in, 22.1
will of
contentment with, 9.3
submission to, 22.1, 38.2
word of.
See Bah‡'’ Faith; Word of God
God of strength, 35.18
Goodall, Helen, 160.4
Goodness of all degrees of being, 159.3
Gospel.
See Bible
Gossip.
See Backbiting
Government, 53.2, 225.2, 225.7
loyalty to, 225.28-30, 236.6
Supreme Tribunal, 202.11, 227.31
Grace.
See Bounty and grace
Greece, 25.1-2
Green Acre, 13.1
Guidance, 2.13, 19.15, 66.1
divine, 1.7, 12.3, 208.1
flower-garden of, 233.3
lamps of, are out, 218.12
stars of, 18.2, 19.1
Happiness
founded on spiritual behavior, 100.2
joy, 7.1, 16.1
Hatred, 200.8
dark night of, 1.5
ravens of, 2.14
Health and healing
illness (disease)
disequilibrium of elements causes, 134.4-10
hard to bear, 132.1
medical remedies, 133.2
prayers help, 139.7
sin can cause, 134.1-2
spiritual, 133.2
medical doctors
advice of, must be followed, 135.1-136.1
can also heal spiritually, 130.1-131.1
must investigate foods as cure, 134.6-11
must themselves consult doctors, 135.1
spiritual healing, 8.3-4, 17.7, 27.1, 35.8, 133.1, 154.4, 218.9, 219.5
for diseased world, 200.6
Manifestations are skilled Physicians of every soul. 29.4
teachers of children must be like doctors, 103.2
from teachings of God, 8.3
Hearing, spiritual
deaf, 2.12
made to hear, 2.10, 146.1, 203.1, 219.5
ear, 8.1, 15.2
Heart(s), 162.2
cheering of other people's, 52.3, 174.6
evil promptings of human, 206.9
mirror, 70.5, 118.1, 219.4
pure, 8.1, 174.2
seeing, 18.1
solid as rock, 2.7
Heaven
bestowals of, 8.1
brought nigh, 4.7
gardens of, 17.5, 154.2
new, 3.1
rose-tree of, 2.12
spring winds of, 2.12
of Universal Light, 10.2
waters of, 2.10
wine of, 2.12
Heavenly Loving Lord, 233.9
Heedless.
See Non-believers
Helen (mother of Constantine), 231.3
Hell, flames of, 4.7
Hidden Words, 17.3, 123.1, 181.1-3
Hippocrates, 25.5
History
each century has central theme, 77.1
Jewish histories, 25.4
Holy Land (Land of Desire), 62.1, 188.11
promises about, fulfilled, 195.2-3
Holy Spirit.
See God
Homelessness, 222.1
Hope, 8.3, 8.5
Hour, 4.5
Houses of Worship.
See Mashriqu'l-Adhk‡r
Humanity.
See Mankind
Hunting of animals, 137.1-3
Huqœqu'll‡h, 9.4 and n.
Husbands.
See Marriage
Ignorant.
See Non-believers
Illness.
See Health and healing
Im‡ms, 145.7
Immortality, 1.3, 1.6, 3.2, 23.5, 25.1, 31.9, 156.8-10, 169.1-171.3
of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 5.1-4
of Breakwell, Thomas, 158.1-5
death like transfer of confined shrub, 169.2
death of a child, 171.1-3
deeds, reward of, 156.10
destruction promotes progress, 137.4
entry into Kingdom, 6.1
eternity.
See Infinity
everlasting life, 195.8
attainable while on earth, 173.1
through faith, 68.7-8, 159.1
through service, 81.1
next world, 145.2-4, 163.2-6, 165.4, 171.1
betrothed hastened 10, 153.7
eternal gardens of Heaven, 17.5
goodly home, 14.3
hidden from sight, 6.12
invisible realm, 116.1
within this world, 163.6
prayer for departed, 165.1-3
reincarnation, 156.2-10
soul.
See Soul
wellspring of life, 17.4
world is like womb, 145.4, 149.4, 156.10
Independent investigation of truth, 14.1, 71.1, 202.8, 227.7
India, 195.2
Infinity
endless universe, 21.6
eternal bliss, 39.2
eternal food, 36.6
Realm of the Limitless, 5.4
Invention.
See Discovery
Invisible of Invisibles, 24.3
êr‡n.
See Persia
Isl‡m, Im‡ms of, 145.7
Israel.
See Holy Land
Isr‡fil, 8.4 and n.
Japan, 65.3
Jerusalem, 142.4-5
new, 3.1, 29.7, 29.10
Jesus.
See Christ
Jews
Jewish history not all-inclusive, 25.4
rejection of Christ, 20.1-3, 146.4
forgot Covenant, 181.2
Torah.
See Torah
Job.
See Bible
John, Saint, 6.2, 142.2-6, 191.3
Revelation of, 3.2, 142.2, 142.4, 145.7
Josephus, 25.4
Journalists (writers of press), 19.4
Joy, 7.1, 16.1
Judas Iscariot, 141.3, 185.4
Judgment Day.
See Day
Justice, 138.1, 225.12, 227.24
Day of, 153.3
Kindness, 1.7, 200.8
cannot be shown criminals, 138.1
to animals, 138.2-5
Kingdom (of God), 16.1, 161.1-2, 176.1-2, 179.1, 230.1-3, 231.2-5
earth is shadow of, 150.2
ecstasy at recognition of, 29.2
entry inro, 6.1
gates open, 28.2
hidden from neglectful, 156.12
is real world, 150.2
Kingdom of Bah‡, 29.1
Kingdom of Splendors, 24.1
service to.
See Service.
See also Concourse; Heaven; Paradise
Kings and rulers
Bah‡'u'll‡h's Tablets to, 4.18, 202.6
handmaids outshine queens, 8.6, 93.1-2
politics shunned by Bah‡'’s, 53.2
Kit‡b-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book), 5.3-4, 29.11, 129.8, 186.2-4
Knowledge and wisdom, 29.2, 70.4
acquisition of.
See Education
inner, 91.1
love of God essential to, 154.3
Spiritual Assemblies are lights of, 38.5
thought.
See Thought
Language
Esperanto, 228.4-5
universal, 15.7, 227.17
League of Nations, 227.31
Learning.
See Education; Knowledge and wisdom
Leaves
daughters of Kingdom are, 28.1
of one branch, 1.2, 13.1, 221.4
Left, Movement of, 202.14
Letters, 29.8-9
Life, everlasting.
See Immortality
Light, Century of.
See Century of light
Los Angeles, 77.1, 184.1, 185.1
Love, 12.1-3, 31.15, 34.5, 166.1, 200.8
among Bah‡'’s, 31.12, 201.2
of God, 151.1, 174.2-4, 177.1
army of, 206.9
God's love, 7.1, 7.5, 12.3, 16.1, 35.7, 155.1
is light, 1.7, 12.1
wine of, 90.3
See also Unity
Magnetism, 166.1
Maid of Heaven, 3.1
Maidservants.
See Bah‡'’s
Manifestations of God, 21.12, 23.3, 26.2-3, 29.4, 31.3-9
are mirrors, 19.10, 30.3
covenants of, 181.2
divine physicians, 29.4
next one (after Bah‡'u'll‡h), 33.1-6
prayers granted by, 139.4
progressive revelation.
See Religion
Promised One awaited by all religions, 65.2
purpose of, 15.4, 31.8
reveal divine realities, 145.2
stars of guidance, 19.1
Stations of
physical and spiritual, 26.2
represent human development, 27.1
teachers of mankind, 102.1
teachings of.
See Religion
universal Manifestation, 33.3-4, 225.31
Words and Letters, 29.8-9
Mankind, 30.1-3, 34.2, 60.6
adulthood (maturity), 16.5, 27.1, 225.9
animals differ from, 118.1
bird of clay, 21.5
as child, 7.5, 16.5
civilization.
See Civilization
equality of men and women, 38.3, 70.4, 227.18
future of.
See Civilizarion
gardener needed for world of, 224.1
God's image, 118.1
hearts of, may reflect Sun, 219.4
inner quietude of, 29.10
inner reality of, 103.4
is fruit of world, 88.1
is as a tree, 1.2-3
is Universal Reality, 19.10
Manifestations represent siages of, 27.1
materialism of.
See Materialism
non-believers.
See Non-believers
oneness of.
See Unity
prisoners of nature, 82.1, 180.1, 223.1
service to, 34.1, 120.2, 180.1
sheep of God, 17.4
some are ignorant, 13.1
spiritualization of, 1.1, 227.22
must be led to God, 200.7
state of,
See Civilization
summoned, 1.6
writings are necessary for, 29.11
Marriage, 64.3, 84.2-92.3
children important to, 88.1
choice of spouse, 85.1
companionship in, 92.1
union of body and spirit, 84.3-4, 86.2
husband
may be helped by wife, 39.5, 91.2
prayer for, 90.1-4
prayer for, 87.3-4
wife may be transformed, 89.2
Martyrdom, 16.1, 35.10, 181.3, 188.12
Bah‡'u'll‡h yearns for, 198.5
detachment from self, 36.5
spiritual significance of, 35.10
See also Tests and trials
Mary Magdalene, 68.8, 93.2
Mashriqu'l-Adhk‡r, 55.1, 59.1-62.1, 63.4-11, 64.1
American (Wilmette, Illinois), 63.4, 187.4
hair sacrificed for, 62.1, 63.4-7, 63.9-10
place for, in every hamlet, 59.2
services connected with, 64.1
spiritual effect of, 60.1
Material world, 68.10, 150.1-2
Materialism, 68.3, 180.1, 197.1, 223.1, 224.1
dangers of, without spirituality, 225.1-8, 227.22
fleeting fame, 68.7
only beauty of True One endures, 175.1
spirituality will defeat, 160.6
uselessness of, 148.1, 170.1, 175.1, 188.13, 194.2, 218.6
everything impermanent, 231.2
Maxwell, May (nŽe May Ellis Bolles), 70.3
Meanings.
See Mysteries
Medicine.
See Health and healing
Mediums, 139.3
Meetings, 18.2, 54.1, 59.2
attendance at, 178.2
prayer for, 68.10-11
singing at, 74.2
See also Spiritual Assemblies; Feast
Melodies (music, songs, etc.), 2.18, 129.4, 169.3
anthems of the spirit, 2.18
anthems of unity, 2.12, 233.2
choir of holiness, 206.7
of Concourse on High, 8.4, 17.1
music is food for soul, 74.1
in praise of Beloved, 6.3
singing at gatherings, 74.2
song of God, 54.2
song of Kingdom, 1.6, 154.1
songsters that carol, 190.3
verses of oneness are being sung, 193.1
Mercy
cloud of, 2.10
Kingdom of God founded on, 138.1
of God, 2.6, 2.20
Mineral world, 30.2, 137.2
Money.
See Wealth
Montana, Phillsburg, 178.3
Moon
of Bah‡'u'll‡h's arts and skills, 4.15
rising, of Bah‡'u'll‡h's times, 4.21
symbol of Turkish empire, 145.7
Morality.
See Character and conduct
Morning.
See Revelation of Bah‡'u'll‡h
Moses, 23.3, 195.2, 222.2
Covenant of, 181.2
rod of, and enchanters, 206.15 and n.
staff of wood, 142.7
twelve leaders of tribes, 142.3
Most Holy Book.
See Kit‡b-i-Aqdas
Most Secret of Secrets, 24.4
Mothers.
See Women
Mount Sinai.
See Sinai
Muhammad, 63.8, 222.2
staff of iron, 142.7
twelve points of holiness, 142.3
Muhammad-'Al’, M’rz‡ (Center of Sedition; half-brother of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡), 188.1-9
Murder.
See Crime and criminals
Music and musicians, 74.1-2.
See also Melodies
Musk.
See Fragrance
Mysteries (hidden meanings)
divine, 15.1
excluded will understand, 221.3, 221.7
hidden, may be revealed, 1.7
inner, 19.6, 24.1, 155.1
buds of, 206.6
may be learned by children, 107.1
of the Kingdom, 16.1
laid bare, 206.1
revealed by love, 12.1
of universe, 137.2-5
Najd, narcissus of, 206.14
Napoleon III, 4.18 and n.
Nationalism, 227.12-13
Nature.
See Creation
Negroes.
See Blacks
New York, 41.1
Newness (renewal).
See Resurrection
Newspapers.
See Writers of the press
Nightingale.
See Birds
Non-believers
'Abdu'l-Bah‡ hopes unmindful may perceive sweet savors, 8.2
blind and heedless, 2.12, 8.2, 8.3, 16.1-3, 160.6, 221.2-3
deniers drink from sea of God's besmwals, 206.10
drunken stupor of, 4.1
faithless, 233.11-12, 233.18-19
fate of chose who turn away from Divine Love, 12.2
Kingdom hidden from the proud, 156.12
leave deniers to their cavilings, 19.12
must be helped, 13.1
opponents of Faith
attacks further Cause, 195.2-3
ruined, 206.15
Pharisees, 19.4-6
sons of earth, 148.1
tyrants, 233.8
Non-existence.
See Detachment
Nutrition, 134.1-11
Oneness.
See Unity
Open of Hand, 90.4
Opium, 129.10-13
Opposition to Faith.
See Non-believers
Originator, 30.1
Orphans, 1.7, 112.1-2
Paradise, 4.7
Abh‡, 8.1, 8.6, 17.6, 28.2, 42.1, 193.12
earthly, 220.1
Paris, 67.1-3
Napoleon III, 4.18 and n.
Past.
See Time
Path, 4.5
Pavilion of Glory, 5.3
Peace, 2.16, 17.4, 40.3, 70.4, 201.1-2, 205.5
ark of, 9.3
Bah‡'’s must offer selves in path of, 218.16
Hague Conference, 226.1, 227.1 n., 228.1-6
Kingdom of, 35.10
League of Nations, 227.31
universal, 29.10, 146.6, 206.12, 226.1-227.31
dawn of, 232.1
principles for establishing, 202.7-15, 227.6-31
Supreme Tribunal, 202.11, 227.31
Word of God necessary for, 226.1
See also War
Persecution.
See Martyrdom; Tests and trials
Perfume.
See Fragrance
Persia, 65.3, 188.17, 225.16
Bah‡'’s are only group obedient and loyal to government, 225.28-29
hope for future of, 206.8
sun is symbol of, 145.7
Peter, Saint, 6.2, 68.8, 141.3, 189.5
Pharisees, 6.2, 19.4, 19.5-6, 146.7, 196.2
Philosophers and knowledge of God, 24.4
Physicians.
See Health and healing
Planets.
See Creation
Politics, 53.2, 202.3, 227.16, 236.6
Movement of the Left, 202.14
political unity, 15.7
See also Government
Poor, the, 1.7, 11.1
entry inio kingdom, 163.9
service to, 80.1
sharing of wealth with, 79.2-3, 227.19
Prayer, 91.1, 162.2, 172.1
at dawn, 2.7
granting of, 139.4-5, 139.7
important for children, 115.2-3
at midnight, 172.1
result of, 58.1
Prayers for
assistance, 2.10-11, 190.1-4, 193.14-15, 206.3-5, 218.10-18, 233.17, 235.1-3
departed, 165.1-3
detachment, 146.9-11
Feast, 68.10-11
husband, 90.1-4
marriage, 87.3-4
meetings, 68.10-11
praise and thanks, 2.1-5, 206.3-5, 236.1-3
protection, 223.2-9
Spiritual Assemblies, 37.5-6, 42.5
spiritual qualities, 2.6-9, 2.10-11, 8.9-11, 19.15-18, 190.11-12, 237.1-7
steadfastness, 206.16-17, 233.2-9, 236.1-3
teaching, 2.6-9, 7.6, 146.9-11, 190.1-4, 203.3-4
tests and trials, 190.11-12
those who have turned to God, 17.9-10
unity, 68.10-11
Western believers, 35.15-18
Predestination, 167.1
Prejudice(s), 71.1, 76.2, 93.3, 202.3, 202.10, 221.4, 227.11-16
Prison
'Akk‡. See 'Akk‡
world of nature is, 82.1
Prisoners.
See Crime and criminals
Professions.
See Work
Progressive revelation.
See Religion
Prophecies
by Bah‡'u'll‡h, 4.18, 33.1, 202.6. 233.15
about Christ were allegorical, 20.1-3
from Bible.
See Bible
from Qur'‡n.
See Qur'‡n
fulfilled, 4.1-9, 155.5, 195.2
Prophets.
See Manifestations of God
Protection
of Cause of God, 2.15, 194.1, 195.8
by God, 2.10, 2.15
prayer for, 233.2-9
Psychology
spiritual illness, 133.2
Purity and cleanliness, 129.1-14
Qualities.
See Character and conduct
Queens.
See Kings and rulers
Qur'‡n
Bah‡'u'll‡h unfolded, 4.14
prophecies and quotations from, 4.1-9, 4.17
cup tempered at camphor fountain, 206.4, 271.7
fire on Mt. Sinai, 206.3
leave to their cavilings, 19.12
no Messenger cometh, 195.1
say, call upon God, 19.10
serpent swallowed wonders, 206.15
serried lines, 207.2
Tree neither of east nor west, 206.3
works like vapor, 188.9
Race.
See Blacks; Prejudice; Unity
Rahmatu'll‡h, 63.1
Ravens.
See Birds
Reality, 18.2, 21.2, 29.6, 150.1, 193.12
inner, 16.1, 103.4
of man, 2.16, 163.5
pre-existent, 21.12, 24.3
universal, is man, 19.10
Reincarnation, 156.2-9
Religion(s),
channel of love, 17.4
oneness, 23.3-4
power of, 23.8
prohibitions of, 129.5-6
progressive revelation, 23.2-6, 29.3-5, 231.2
Promised One awaited by all, 65.2
purpose, 13.1, 23.6, 34.2-3, 71.1, 202.10, 207.5, 227.21
renewal of, 231.2-3
science and, 70.4, 71.1, 227.10
teachings of
cleanse human heart, 129.3
like staffs, 142.7-8
unlty of, 15.7, 23.3-4
universal, 227.26
Resurrection (renewal), 4.5
all things made new, 23.5, 205.3
of Cause of God, 231.2
Day of, 19.3, 153.3
new creation, 4.2
Reunion, 3.1, 8.6, 171.1
Revelation, progressive.
See Religion
Revelation of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 2.12, 8.1-2
dawn (morning), 2.12, 8.1, 16.1-4, 19.13, 193.1
dispensation of Bah‡.
See Bah‡'u'll‡h, dispensation of
Maid of Heaven, 3.1
renews material world, 23.5
Spring, 2.12, 8.1, 29.3, 205.3, 206.6
See also Bah‡'u'll‡h; Heaven; Jerusalem; Paradise; Word of God
Riches.
See Wealth
Ridv‡n letter from 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, 73.4-7
Sacrifice, 8.5, 31.8, 36.5, 62.1, 166.1, 181.1, 200.10
of a believer's hair for Mashriqu'l-Adhk‡r, 62.1, 63.4-10
of dates to Muhammad, 63.8
Sadratu'l-Muntah‡ (Divine Lote-Tree), 32.2, 225.31
Salvation, 3.3, 160.5
Ark of, 2.7, 29.11
San Francisco, 39.5 and n.
Satan.
See Evil
Scents.
See Fragrance
Schools
of spiritual progress, 29.2
See also Education
Science(s), 4.21
dangers of, without spirituality, 225.1-8, 227.22
and religion, 70.4, 71.1, 227.10
study of, 72.2-3, 109.1
as worship, 126.1
Sea of all bestowals, 2.10
Seekers, 9.2
Seir (Palestine), 145.5
Self, 206.9
forgetting (renouncing), 153.6, 162.2, 181.1, 181.3, 195.5
prayer for, 193.14-15
See also Detachment
non-believers sacrificed greatness in both worlds for, 206.15
veil of, 155.4
Sensuality, 17.7, 271.7
Service (servitude), 36.5, 54.2, 116.1
to Bah‡'’s, 11.1
fruit of, 194.2
to God (Kingdom), 2.15, 19.4, 28.2, 42.1, 64.3, 116.1, 195.6-8, 210.3-5, 218.5-7, 236.4
prayer for, 237.1-7
to mankind, 34.1, 120.2, 180.1
to poor, 80.1
Seven Spheres, Lord of, 203.1
Severance.
See Detachment
Sharing, 79.2-3, 227.19
Shepherd, 17.4
Sickness.
See Health and healing
Sight, spiritual, 18.1, 24.5
blind, 2.12, 160.6
made to see, 2.10, 73.7, 146.1-2, 203.1, 219.5
eye, 8.1, 14.1, 15.2, 16.1-2, 148.1, 160.3, 160.5, 236.5
realm of vision, 149.1
Sin
forgiveness of, 141.6, 193.15
a potent cause of illness, 134.1-2
Sinai, 4.6, 206.3
Singing and songs.
See Melodies
Sleep.
See Death and sleep, spiritual
Smoking, 129.6-13
Socrates, 25.1-2
Son, real, 117.1
Songs.
See Melodies
Soul(s), Spirit(s)
anthems of, 2.18
as one, 36.3
divine.
See God; Holy Spirit
education of, 2.16
equality of (all born pure), 145.4, 159.2
human, needs assistance of Holy Spirit, 139.2
immortality
See Immortality
influence of, on body, 225.24
life of, is Bah‡'’'s task, 53.2
realm of, 29.2
rosebeds of spirit, 8.2
salvation of, 160.5
spiritual union, 66.2, 174.5
unravels phenomenal world, 145.1
who will arise, 203.1-2, 204.1-3
of world, 16.5
Space, traversing, 66.2, 166.1
Sparrow.
See Birds
Speech, training in, 108.2
Spirit.
See Soul
Spiritual Assemblies, 37.1-46.2, 174.2
aid to, 38.5, 40.2, 42.3
from 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, 38.5, 46.1-2, 66.2
must ask for, 45.1
can influence earth, 39.2
chairman of, 142.1
consultation, 44.1, 45.1
education of children, 97.2
education of mothers, 113.2
handmaids should found, 38.5
League of Covenant, 42.3
National convention, 93.3, 187.1
New York, Chicago, Washington, 41.2
prayers for, 37.5-6, 42.5
qualities of, 38.5, 42.3
members, 43.1
seeds will become trees, 40.3
source of progress of man, 38.5
unity
beween Assemblies, 41.1-2
among members, 42.3-45.1
unlike those of previous cycles, 40.2
See also Meetings
Spiritual worlds.
See Worlds of God
Spirituality, 70.1, 70.5, 149.1-5, 151.2, 168.2, 172.1-177.3
ecstasy, 29.2
education and.
See Education
everlasting life
through faith, 68.7, 159.1
while still on earth, 173.1
inner reality, 16.1, 103.4
lack of.
See Materialism
lighted candle, 64.3
material realm may absorb rays of world of spirit, 68.10
of Peter and Mary Magdalene, 68.8
prayers for spiritual qualities, 2.6-9, 2.10-11, 19.15-18, 190.11-12, 237.1-7
will prevail, 160.6
See also Character and conduct; Hearing; Hearts; Sight
Spring.
See Revelation of Bah‡'u'll‡h
Star(s), 18.2, 19.1, 19.3, 158.12, 218.5, 218.6
influence of, 139.3
into a sun, 68.5
Steadfastness, 2.15, 89.1, 141.5, 225.31
constancy, 6.3, 37.8
to Covenant.
See Covenant
after death of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 5.3-4
faithfulness
cup of, 1.4
musk of, 2.13
Nightingale of, 2.14
hyacinths of certitude, 206.1
prayers for, 206.16-17, 233.2-9, 236.1-3
Straight Path, 4.5
Strife
dissension, 220.2
end of, 16.5
war.
See War
Stygian dark, 2.12
Suffering.
See 'Abdu'l-Bah‡; B‡b; Bah‡'’s; Bah‡'u'll‡h; Martyrdom; Tests and trials
Suicide, 170.1
Sun(s), 19.9, 27.1
of Bah‡'u'll‡h's era, 4.21
of Bah‡'u'll‡h's knowledge, 4.15
of Bounty, 2.10
at high noon, 16.3
metaphor for God, 19.10, 21.12-14, 35.11
ray returning to, is wiped out, 36.4
symbol of Persia, 145.7
of truth, 1.1, 2.17, 14.2, 17.1, 19.9, 30.3, 142.3, 163.6, 201.1, 206.14
Supreme Tribunal, 202.11, 227.31
Swedenborg, Emmanuel, 29.8 n.
Syria, 25.5
Tabernacle(s), 1.6, 193.7
of holiness, 7.3
one-colored, 47.3
of oneness of man, 17.6, 163.7
Teachers.
See Education
Teaching (of Cause of God), 1.6, 2.15, 5.3, 15.3, 37.2, 42.1, 65.1-3, 139.1, 146.1, 146.12-13, 160.2, 184.3, 186.8, 189.3-4, 195.6-7, 200.11, 208.1-218.9, 225.31
in America and Hawaii. 70.3
assistance in, 5.3, 184.2
chant melodies and raise banner, 2.18
Esperantists, 228.4
friendship as means of, 209.2
ignite candle, 168.3
in Paris, 67.1-3
prayers for, 2.6-9, 7.6, 146.9-11, 190.1-4, 203.3-4, 218.10-18
scatter scents of universal love, 7.3
teachers
of all on earth, 6.3
assisted by Kingdom of God, 71.1
deeds of, 146.12
gardeners of heaven, 154.2
meetings for training of, 94.1-2
qualities of, 15.3, 139.1, 217.1
serried lines of, 207.2
souls will arise, 203.1-2, 204.1-3
station of, 64.2
unselfishness in, 35.7
wisdom used in, 213.1-214.2
Temples.
See Mashriqu'l-Adhk‡r
Tender, 7.6, 9.5
Testament, cup of, 2.12
Tests and trials, 2.15, 26.3, 141.2-4, 155.2-4, 196.1-200.11, 229.1
of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, 37.9, 190.5-10, 198.5, 199.4-5, 234.1-2
concerning Covenant.
See Covenant
inevitable for Bah‡'’s, 19.4, 196.1
of Manifestations, 26.2-3
prayer for, 190.11-12
spiritual value of, 190.8-191.3, 197.1, 198.2-5, 200.10, 222.1, 234.2
awaken people, 39.5
help spread Cause, 195.2-3
separate gold from dross, 89.1
steadfasiness during, 35.12, 37.8, 141.4, 199.6, 219.2-3
suffering is condition of world, 170.1
take place only in material world, 163.4
tribulation shall not afflict them, 3.2
See also 'Abdu'l-Bah‡; B‡b; Bah‡'u'll‡h
Thought(s), 23.6
acquire power of flight, 173.1
Assembly members must express, with freedom, 45.1
must concentrate on single point, 73.1
must concentrate on teaching, 54.2
spirituality of, 151.2
Time, 181.2
traversing, 66.2, 166.1
Tobacco, use of, 129.6-9, 129.12-13
Torah, 20.1-2, 139.9, 153.4, 227.26, 227.30
Tree
children will become, 113.3
Holy, 206.3
mankind as, 1.2-3
neither of east nor west, 206.3
Sadratu'l-Muntah‡ (Divine Lote-Tree), 32.2, 225.31
Truthfulness, 188.15, 225.30
Turkey
Bah‡'’s persecuted in, 35.13-14
moon is symbol of, 145.7
Twelve, 142.2-6
United States.
See America
Unity (oneness), 1.1, 2.18, 7.1-4, 8.7-8, 15.4-7, 47.2-3, 65.2, 68.2, 71.1, 193.5, 207.2-5, 207.8, 221.3-12, 225.19-21
anthems of, 2.12, 233.2
among Bah‡'’s, 31.12, 35.3, 36.2-3, 41.2, 52.2-3, 68.2, 174.5, 183.1-3, 186.7, 193.5, 201.2, 207.3, 221.4-5,
as single soul, 7.1, 36.3
candles of, 15.7
causes other problems to disappear, 15.2
commandment of, not limited to any one group, 7.4
of conscience, 227.4
depends on power of Holy Spirit, 23.8
in diversity, 225.19-26
Divine, 7.1
each creature sign of God, 8.7
fellowship, 7.1, 52.3
friendship, love to all, 1.3-4, 7.4-5, 8.7-8, 9.3, 10.2, 16.5, 35.8, 35.11, 41.3, 206.10-11, 206.13, 221.12
of God.
See God
light of, is dawning, 193.1
love.
See Love
of mankind (humanity), 17.4-5, 29.6, 70.4, 71.1, 75.1-77.1, 163.7, 183.2, 202.9, 221.6-11, 225.10-26, 227.8
drops of one ocean, 221.11
finally attainable, 15.6
flowers of one garden, 221.11
fruits, leaves, of one bough, tree, 1.2-3, 13.1, 35.8, 221.4, 221.11
of nations, 75.1
prayer for, 68.10-11
purpose of Prophets is, 15.4
of race, 15.7, 75.1
different colors into one color, 68.10
one-colored pavilion (tabernacle), 47.3, 93.3, 221.10
of religion, 15.7, 23.4
religions must be cause of, 13.1
sea of, 7.2
wave of, 15.2
of world
communication and travel foster, 15.6
East and West, 200.7
one native land, 41.4
of world of Kingdom, 29.3
Universal House of Justice, 33.6, 105.1, 187.2
education of children, 101.1
membership of, confined to men, 38.4
See also Supreme Tribunal
Universal Light, 10.2
Universe.
See Creation
Universities.
See Schools
Vegetable world, 21.3, 30.2, 137.4
Veil(s), 2.12, 4.8, 149.3, 154.3, 206.1, 230.1, 236.4
human body is, 143.3
self is, 155.4
vain imaginings, 24.1
will be lifted after death, 145.4
Victory, 193.9, 195.8, 206.9, 208.1, 219.6.
See also Bah‡'’ Faith, victory of
Vision.
See Sight
War, 1.5, 146.6, 202.2-6, 218.11, 218.15, 220.2-4, 223.2, 225.6-7, 225.14-17
arms are malignant fruits, 227.22
cause of, 202.3, 227.11
end of, 16.5, 17.4, 23.7-8, 220.3-4, 206.12
Hague Conference cannot prevent, 228.2
prevention of, 202.7-14
spiritual, 207.2, 208.1
armies, warriors, 195.8, 207.3, 208.1
those who love, 2.16
See also Peace
Washington, 41.2
Wealth
and entry into kingdom, 163.9
sharing of, 79.2-3, 227.19
West, 16.1, 17.6, 29.6, 206.7, 218.1, 218.2
lit up, 17.1, 35.15
unity with East, 200.7
Western believers, 35.15-18
prayer for, 35.15-18
will become East, 35.3
Wife.
See Marriage
Wickedness.
See Evil
Will
free, 167.1
of God, 9.3, 22.1, 38.2
Wilson, Woodrow, 71.2, 232.1
Windflowers, sacred, 206.2
Wine
alcohol, use of, 129.12, 129.13
divine, heavenly, 2.12, 2.13, 129.12, 174.4
of knowledge, 206.9
of love, 90.3
Wisdom.
See Knowledge
Woe, 4.4, 4.9
Womb, world as, 145.4, 149.4, 156.10
Women
equality of, 38.3, 71.1, 202.12, 227.18
handmaids.
See Bah‡'’s
mothers, importance of, 94.2, 95.1, 96.2, 113.1-2, 114.1
symbol of Law of God (Rev. 12), 145.7
Word(s), 29.8-9
of God, 195.2, 225.4, 225.24, 225.25, 225.26, 225.27
power of, 7.2, 17.7, 23.8
sheltering shade of, 7.1, 42.1
See also Bah‡'’ Faith
move hearts, 2.7
of Oneness, 7.3
Work, 102.3
craftsmen, station of, 127.1-2
service to mankind, 34.1
as worship, 126.1-128.1
World.
See Earth
Worlds (realms) of God, 156.11
heaven.
See Heaven
invisible, 2.7, 17.1
material, 68.10, 150.1-2
made new, 23.5
Pavilion of Glory, 5.3
Realm of the limitless, 5.4
realms hidden from sight, 2.12
See alsoAbh‡; Creation; Dreams; Immortality
Worship, 10.2, 24.2, 114.1
work as, 126.1-128.1
See also Prayer
Writers of the Press, 19.4
Zaynu'l-Muqarrab’n, 63.13
Zodiac
of Abh‡ Realm, 19.3
astrology, 139.3
twelve signs of, 142.2