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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
Giving a fireside, devotional, or talk? Pick a theme, get a curated brief: relevant stories, key quotes, citations, and recommended sequencing.
Suggested sequencing: open with a powerful story, deepen with a reflective one, close with one of joyful resolution. Adjust to your audience.
Opening
Hidden Word, Arabic 1: A Pure, Kindly and Radiant HeartThe opening Hidden Word in Arabic — Bahá'u'lláh's first counsel in the mystical aphorisms revealed in Baghdád — names what He most desires of the human heart: that it be pure, kindly, and radiant, so that an everlasting sovereignty may be conferred upon it.
The Hidden Words · Bahá'u'lláh
Middle
Hidden Word, Arabic 12: With My Hands I Made TheeThe twelfth Hidden Word in Arabic — Bahá'u'lláh's reminder that the soul was fashioned with God's own hands and was not intended for the dust of bondage.
The Hidden Words · Bahá'u'lláh
Closing
Hidden Word, Arabic 13: Noble Have I Created TheeThe thirteenth Hidden Word in Arabic — Bahá'u'lláh's confronting question to the soul that has forgotten its own original nobility and has set itself in the rank of the abased.
The Hidden Words · Bahá'u'lláh
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