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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.
Secondary Retelling 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.
Primary Source 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.
Primary Source 1 min