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3 stories on this theme.
The Songbird in the Garden
A short story for children, paraphrased from the Baha'i Stories for Children blog: a small songbird in the garden of Bahá'u'lláh's family home in Tihrán, the boy who would not let it be caged, and the lesson he carried into his life of service.
1 min
Hidden Word, Arabic 12: With My Hands I Made Thee
The 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.
1 min
Hidden Word, Arabic 32: Wert Thou to Speed Through the Immensity of Space
The thirty-second Hidden Word in Arabic — Bahá'u'lláh's image of the soul's freedom: that no journey through space and no traversal of the heavens can substitute for inner detachment from all save God.
1 min