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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."
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Shoghi Effendi's account, in *God Passes By*, of Bahá'u'lláh's most consequential undertaking of the Adrianople period (1863-1868) — the composition and transmission of the great Tablets to the rulers of His era, addressing each by name and summoning the world's governors to recognise the new Day of God.
Adib Taherzadeh's account, in *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh*, of the Tablet known as the *Lawḥ-i-Aqdas* — the *Most Holy Tablet* — addressed by Bahá'u'lláh from the prison-city of 'Akká to the Christians of the world.
In *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh* Adib Taherzadeh recounts the revelation in Adrianople of the Súriy-i-Mulúk, the Súrih of the Kings — Bahá'u'lláh's first general address to the rulers of the world collectively, calling them to recognise the One Who had appeared in their midst and to lay down the arms with which they oppressed their peoples.
In *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh* Adib Taherzadeh recounts the pilgrimage of Aḥmad-i-Yazdí — a believer of about sixty who walked, on foot, the 1,700 kilometres from Baghdád to Constantinople in search of Bahá'u'lláh in Adrianople. The Tablet that reached him by the wayside, the *Tablet of the Nightingale,* turned him from pilgrim into teacher and sent him another 2,240 kilometres back into Persia.
In *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh* Adib Taherzadeh recounts the Tablet of Carmel — the Tablet revealed by Bahá'u'lláh on one of His four visits to Mount Carmel in the closing years of His life. The Tablet is read as the charter of the future Bahá'í World Centre.
Adib Taherzadeh's account, in *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh*, of the revelation of the *Tablet of the Holy Mariner* in Baghdád shortly before the Riḍván declaration of 1863 — and of the dread the Tablet's imagery cast over the believers who heard it chanted in their gathering.
Adib Taherzadeh's account, in *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh*, of the *Lawḥ-i-Ḥikmat* — the *Tablet of Wisdom* — addressed by Bahá'u'lláh to Nabíl-i-Akbar in Egypt, in which He surveys the lineage of Greek and Persian philosophy and the proper relation between divine Revelation and human inquiry.
In *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh* Adib Taherzadeh recounts the second of two Tablets that Bahá'u'lláh addressed to Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. The first had been received with disdain. The second, sent in 1869, contained the explicit prophecy that Napoleon's empire would be wrested from him by failure of arms. Within a year the prophecy was fulfilled.
In *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh* Adib Taherzadeh recounts the Tablet that Bahá'u'lláh, prisoner in the fortress of 'Akká, addressed in 1868 to Pope Pius IX in the Vatican. The Tablet proclaimed that the Father had come, summoned the Pope to recognise Him, and counselled him to renounce temporal authority in favour of the spiritual ministry of his calling.
In *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh* Adib Taherzadeh recounts the context of one of the great Tablets to the Kings: the Tablet addressed by Bahá'u'lláh from 'Akká to Queen Victoria of Britain in the early 1870s. The Tablet praised her abolition of slavery and her elective parliamentary system, and called upon all rulers to lay down their arms in favour of collective security.
In *Stories of Bahá'u'lláh* Mr. Furutan recalls the circumstances in which the Tablet of Aḥmad — recited by Bahá'ís throughout the world in seasons of difficulty — was revealed for a single Persian believer who had become discouraged in his journey, and the consolation it carried back to him on the road.
In the spring and summer of 1919 the Star of the West gave its pages to the unveiling of the Tablets of the Divine Plan — the Master's great charter of teaching addressed to the North American believers, formally proclaimed at the New York convention in April 1919.
In the spring of 1916 the *Star of the West* carried the first published Tablets of the Divine Plan, sent by 'Abdu'l-Bahá from the war-strained Holy Land to the American believers — eight letters that would prove to be the charter of the Bahá'í teaching enterprise of the twentieth century.
A sufficient number of Tablets having been gathered together, they have been entrusted to the Baha’i Publishing Society for publication in this concrete form for the enlightenment of the English-speaking…
262 Announce greeting on my behalf to the two young Japanese263 and…
281 Announce on my behalf respectful greeting to the maid-servant of god, Madam ........., and…
292 As to [what thou hast heard concerning] the child born from Russian parentage, this is pure imagination. Yea, certain persons shall in this divine dispensation produce heavenly children and such children shall promulgate the…
300 Convey my respectful greeting to Mr. ......... and say: “Praise be to God! that there exists in thee capacity and endowment to enter into the Kingdom of God, and that thy wisdom and intelligence are known to the republic.301…
317 Convey my respectful greeting to Mrs. ......... and say: “We hope that day by day thou mayest take higher flights, attain to greater spiritual attractions, thy word become more penetrative through the power of the Spirit and…
Convey my respectful greetings to [Dr.] ... and say: “Have confidence in heavenly bounty and be sure of the favor of the Lord of the Kingdom. Soon thou shalt see that the East hath embraced the West and that the Occident and Orient are…
El-Baha, praise, light, blessing and peace be upon thee,170 O thou fire of the Love of God, thou light of the Kingdom of God, thou radiance of the Gift of God, thou peerless pearl in the Sea of the Mercy of God, thou sturdy lion in the…
Express my affection to Mrs. ... and say: “The grace of God hath chosen thee and distinguished thee for His love, that thou mayest thank Him, a thousand times in every moment. Because of this bounty, you must choose to serve the…
For the information of those who know little or nothing of the Bahai Revelation, we quote the following account translated from the (French) Encyclopaedia of…
“In reality thou art spiritually hungry and athirst for the Water of Life. Therefore I send thee spiritual food and bestow upon thee the Water of Life Eternal. That food is the divine advices and exhortations revealed in the Tablets and…
Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I supplicate unto Thee, O Thou my Helper! I invoke Thee, O Thou my Refuge! I utter to Thee my agonies, O Thou my Physician, and entreat Thee with all my hear, my soul and my spirit,…
Glory be unto Thee, O my…
178 Glory be unto Thee, O Thou whose mercy hath encompassed all things, whose gift is made perfect, whose power hath encircled the world, whose proof is demonstrated, whose signs have become manifest, whose words are promulgated, whose…
He is God! O ye heavenly…
Honorable Dr.…
194 I ask God that thou mayest find a perceiving eye, an attentive ear and an eloquent tongue; that thou mayest loosen thy tongue in delivering the Cause of God, promoting the Word of God in that country, educating the children and…
“If the people live and act in accord with the General Tablets which are revealed in the beloved of the East and of the West, this universe will become another universe, and the whole existence of this world will be clad in another…
298 If you arise in accord with the exhortations and commands of the Blessed Perfection—may my life be a sacrifice to His beloved ones! —before long agreeable results will be obtained, the great newspapers of the world will all engage…
III-530 to teach His truth, to deliver His Cause, to promote His Word, and to train the souls whom superstitions have veiled from witnessing the lights of the Bounty of these…
130 Inquire after the health of Miss .........., send her my greeting and say: “Many ideas rise up in the human mind; some of them concern truth and some untruth. Among such ideas those which owe their source to the Light of Truth will…
“It is hoped that wonderful effects will be displayed in the future, that the friends of God may live and act in accord with the heavenly teachings, in order that the region of America may become the Paradise of Abha, that desert and…
An early Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Mrs. Jessie Cole of Chicago, addressing her recent recognition of the Cause and exhorting her to undertake the active teaching work in her city that her conviction made her ready for.
My God! My God! Elohim123…
My God! My God! I am a servant, miserable, humbled, submissive and low at the door of Thy Oneness, supplicating Thee with a heart full of Thy love and a face rejoiced at Thy glad-tidings! O God! Make me of those who are drawn unto light…
My Lord! My…
O attracted maid-servant of…
O bird185 of the Rose-garden of…
O bird without a…
“O Compassionate God! Thanks be to Thee for Thou hast awakened and made (me) conscious. Thou hast given me a seeing eye and favored me with a hearing ear; hast led me to Thy Kingdom and guided me to Thy Path. Thou hast shown me the…
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O God! O thou Attracted of the hearts of the favored ones toward the Manifest…
O God who art without…
215 O God! Grant Washington happiness and peace! Illuminate that land with the light of the faces of the friends, make it a paradise of Glory, let it become an envy of the green gardens of the earth! Help the friends, increase their…
O heavenly one! The maid-servant of God ... hath praised thee! I hope thou wilt acquire great proficiency in writing literature, composition, eloquence of tongue and fluency of speech, co-operating with the maid-servant of God in the…
O Lord! O Beloved! The truthful servant, Mr. ........, abandoned home, left his native land and crossed the great ocean until he reached the shore of the Holy Land and arrived at the Blessed Spot. He laid his head upon the threshold of the…
“O loving God! I am a young child, a suppliant, a captive. Be Thou my refuge, my support, my protector. I am in distress: give me the means of tranquillity. I am needy: bestow upon me the treasure of the Kingdom. I am dead: give me the…
O maid-servant of God, thou who hast given up thy life to the service of the Kingdom of…
O maid-servant of God, who art supplicating unto the Sublime…
O maid-servant of God who art swayed like a strong branch by the breeze of…
O maid-servant of…
O maid-servant of the Beauty of…
O my dear friend! Verily, my heart is united with thee even though my body is in a distant land, for verily neither long distance nor immense remoteness can prevent the union between hearts, because the clear hearts are in reality…
O my dear, intimate…
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O my God! O my God! We are servants who have sincerely turned our faces unto Thy grand face, severed ourselves from all else save Thee in this great day and are assembled together in this glorious meeting, of one accord and desire, and…
O my God! O my…
O my Lord, my Beloved, my…
O my Lord, my Hope!84…
274 O my Lord! O my…
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O servant of…
O servant of…
O servants176 of the Blessed…
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O thou at whose mention I am…
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O thou bird of pleasing…
O thou bird of the Garden of…
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O thou bird of the Rose-garden of the Love of…
O thou bird warbling in the Garden of the Love of…
O thou bird who art warbling in the Garden of the Guidance of…
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O thou bright…
O thou candle of the Love of…
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O thou cup overflowing with the Wine of the Love of God!…
O thou darling…
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O thou esteemed maid-servant of the Word of…
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O thou faithful maid-servant of…
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O thou favored maid-servant in the Threshold of the…
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O thou flower of the Rose-garden of…
O thou flower of the Rose-Garden of the Love of…
O thou flower perfumed by the Breaths of the Love of…
O Thou Forgiving Lord!91…
O thou fortunate and righteous, sincere and…
O thou fragrant rose blooming in the Garden of Guidance!…
83O thou fresh, slender branch saturated with the abundant rain of His…
O thou friend of old and O thou incomparable…
O thou gem of the Kingdom and brilliant…
O thou Glorious Lord!252…
O thou Godlike person and spiritual…
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O thou herald of the Kingdom of…
O thou herald of the…
O thou honorable…
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O thou ignited…
O thou illumined maid-servant of…
O thou illumined…
O thou kind…
O Thou kind God! That scattered assembly31 is Thine, and that gathering of friends is of Thee. Their eyes are opened, their hearts in tune with Thy love, and their ears in communion with Thy hidden…
O thou kind maid-servant of…
O thou lamp glowing with the fire of the Love of…
O thou lamp ignited by the fire of the Love of…
O thou lamp of the Love of…
O thou lamp who art enkindled with the fire of the Love of…
O thou lamp who art illuminated with the light of the Love of…
O thou leaf who art moved by the Breeze of…
O thou leaf who art well watered through the out-pouring of the cloud of favor from…
O thou lover of humanity!312…
O thou loving torch, flaming by the fire of the Love of…
O thou maid-servant of God who art attracted to the Fragrances of…
O thou maid-servant of God who art attracted unto…
O thou maid-servant of God, who art guided to the Light of…
O thou maid-servant of…
O thou maid-servant of the Blessed…
O thou messenger in the command of…
O thou my beloved…
O thou my dear friend, my associate and…
O thou my dear…
O thou my spiritual…
O thou near servant to the Threshold of…
O thou opened rose in the garden of…
O thou party5 who art assisted by the hosts of the Kingdom of…
O thou peerless, matchless, glorious martyr!172…
O thou plant in the Garden of the…
O thou plant in the garden of the Love of…
O thou plant of the Garden of the Love of…
O thou pure and spiritual…
O Thou Pure God!155…
O thou pure soul who art kindled by the fire of the love of…
O thou pure soul who art turning toward the Lord of the…
O thou pure soul241 who hath turned with a submissive heart to the Kingdom of…
O thou respectful…
O thou revered sincere…
O thou rose of the Rose-Garden of the Love of…
O thou Secretary of the meanings emanated from the hearts of the people of the…
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O thou seeker after the Beauty of the True…
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O thou sign of the Love of…
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O thou sincere servant of the Lord of the…
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O thou speaker in the remembrance of…
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O thou spiritual leaf who art verdant and well-watered by the outpouring from the Kingdom of…
O thou spiritual maid-servant of…
O thou spiritual man and merciful…
O thou spiritual person and heavenly man—may God confirm…
O thou spiritual…
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O thou spiritual youth and merciful young…
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O thou Thahbet (Firm) in the…
O thou that mirror in which the Light of Guidance is…
O thou that virtuous soul and individual who art ready for the confirmation of the Holy…
O thou thrall of the Lord of the…
O thou tree, developed in the garden of the Love of God!…
O thou tree planted in the Garden of the Love of…
O thou tree planted in the Vineyard of…
O thou who are enkindled by the fire of the Love of God!…
O thou who are firm in the…
O thou who art a young tree in the Garden of the Love of…
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O thou who art accepted of…
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O thou who art advancing toward the Kingdom of…
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O thou who art advancing towards the Shining Orb of the…
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O thou who art advancing unto the Face of…
O thou who art advancing unto the Kingdom of…
O thou who art afflicted by a visitation by which thine eyes are overflowing with…
O thou who art agitated as oceans by the winds blown from the direction of the Kingdom of…
O thou who art always calling on…
O thou who art anticipating the appearance of the Gift of…
O thou who art anticipating the descent of the Gift of…
O thou who art arisen for the service of the Cause of…
O thou who art assured in…
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O thou who art attracted by a Breath that passed upon thee from the Holy Garden, the Blessed Spot—the Paradise of…
O thou who art attracted by the Breath of…
O thou who art attracted by the Breaths of God! —may God confirm…
O thou who art attracted by the brilliant lights of the Merciful One, shining from the Supreme…
O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God and enkindled with the Fire wherein Moses, the Speaker, found…
O thou11 who art attracted by the Fragrances of…
O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of…
O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of the Kingdom of…
O thou who art attracted by the Love of…
O thou who art attracted by the Speech of…
O thou who art attracted by the Word of god to the Kingdom of…
O thou who art attracted by the Word of…
O thou who art attracted to…
O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of…
O thou who art attracted to the Beauty of…
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O thou who art attracted to the Fire of the Love of God!…
***O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of…
O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of…
O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of the Garden of the Covenant and art speaking the praise of the Orb of the…
O thou who art attracted to the Holy…
O thou who art attracted to the Holy…
O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom of…
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O thou who art attracted unto the Beauty of…
O thou who art awakened from the sleep of negligence and…
O thou who art awakened to the Cause of…
O thou who art baptized by the Spirit of the Love of…
O thou who art calling in the cities, the bearer of the Gospel of the Kingdom of…
O thou who art calling in the Name of God and heralding unto the Kingdom of…
O thou who art cheered through the Fragrances of…
O thou who art cheerful in heart, by the Fragrances of the…
O thou who art cheerfully moving by the Fragrances of…
O thou who art commemorating the Name of…
O thou who art commemorating the praises of…
O thou who art confessing the Oneness of…
O thou who art confident in the appearance of the Kingdom of God! Verily I read thy letter, which was beautifully composed and which proved thy great love, the extent of thy knowledge and the illumination of thy sight, by witnessing the…
O thou who art…
O thou who art controlled by the attraction of the Fragrances of…
O thou who art controlled by the attraction of the Holy fragrances of the gardens of God’s…
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O thou who art directed to the Light of…
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O thou who art enkindled by the fire of the Love of God!…
O thou who art enkindled with the fire of the Love of…
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O thou who art esteemed and…
O thou who art esteemed in the Threshold of the…
O thou who art exhilarated by the Wine of the Love of God—young in age and old in…
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O thou who art kindled by the Fire of Guidance which blazed and burnt in the Tree of…
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O thou who art kindled with the fire of the Love of God!…
O thou who art longing for the Heavenly…
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O thou who art made happy by the Fragrances of…
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O thou who art nurtured from the breasts of the Kingdom of God, who wert brought up in the lap of the Guidance of…
O thou who art partaking of the Heavenly…
O thou who art patient and resigning thyself to the judgment (of…
O thou who art preparing to receive knowledge from the Herald of the…
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O thou who art supplicating unto the Kingdom of…
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O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Kingdom of…
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O thou who in truth art attracted through the Breaths of the Holy…
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O thou whom I mention with my heart and…
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O thou whose face is illumined with the Light of the Love of…
O thou whose face is radiant with the light of the Love of…
O thou whose heart hath been filled with the love of the Beauty of…
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O thou whose heart is empty and pure through the Light of the word of God shining…
O thou whose heart is filled with the Love of…
O thou whose heart is moved by a breeze blowing from the Garden of…
O thou whose heart is overflowing with the love of…
O thou whose heart is pure and whose souls is…
O thou whose heart is soaring in the sky of the love of…
O thou whose nostrils are perfumed with the Fragrances of…
O thou whose tongue is uttering the Name of…
O thou wonderful leaf of the Tree of the Love of…
O thou wooer of Truth and attracted one toward the Kingdom of…
O thou yearner after the Kingdom of…
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O visitant of the Resort69 of spirits (who are) sincere in the Religion of…
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O ye beloved ones! It is the moment of the ecstasy of the soul and consciousness and the season of running in the arena of sacrifice! Show ye kindness to all; be ye engaged in the refinement of the souls. Become ye as ignited lamps and…
O ye beloved ones of Abdul-Baha! This servant longeth to write a special Tablet to each one of the friends of God—but what can be done! For there is neither opportunity nor time. The affairs are like unto the waves, and the requirements…
O ye174 beloved servants of Abdul-Baha and the maid-servants of the Merciful…
O ye blessed maid-servant283 of the Beauty of…
O ye243 blessed…
O ye187 brilliant…
O ye33 children of the…
O ye34 Cohorts of…
O ye27 crying voices in the region of…
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O ye81 dear friends and maid-servants of…
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O ye154 dwellers of the…
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O ye208 esteemed maid-servants of God, and ye revered beloved ones (or men believers) of the…
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O ye153 friends of God and daughters of the…
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O ye friends!255…
O ye77 illumined faces! O ye divine souls! and O ye spiritual…
O ye leaves25 of the Paradise of El-ABHA, and the maid-servants of the…
O ye120 longing ones! O ye cheered ones! O ye attracted ones! O ye who are beseeching the Kingdom of…
O ye maid-servants297 of God and leaves of the Tree of Eternal Life!…
O ye maid-servants of His Majesty, the Lord—daughters and sons of the Kingdom!304…
O ye79 maid-servants of the Merciful! Leaves of the Tree of…
O ye maid-servants of the…
O ye members of the shining assembly! Each one of you must resist doubts (or false rumors) in those parts like unto a great barrier, until the invisible confirmations may appear and merciful assistance may become manifest. May your…
O ye members of the shining assembly!222…
O ye209 my dear…
O ye my divine friends!32…
O ye real companions! Day and night Abdul-Baha is engaged in the remembrances of the friends, and time after time doth he associate with them and behold their blessed faces. I entreat in the Threshold of the Lord of Existence to confrim…
***O ye real friends of…
O ye248 seekers of…
O ye205 servants of God and maid-servants of the…
O ye servants of the Threshold of…
O ye273 servants of the True One and the maid-servants of the…
O ye shining Assembly!113…
***O ye118 shining faces and spiritual…
O ye148 sincere, O ye firm and steadfast in the Testament of…
O ye58 sincere ones and ye who are attracted and moved by the breeze of the favor of…
O ye177 sincere ones! O ye favored ones! O ye beseeching ones! O ye supplicating…
O ye146 sincere ones! O ye firm ones! O ye heralds of the Kingdom of…
O ye200 sons of the…
O ye spiritual assembly!254…
O ye spiritual friends of…
O ye271 spiritual ones! O ye heavenly…
O ye two41 accepted ones in the Kingdom of…
O ye two237 advancers towards the Kingdom of…
O ye54 two birds in the open-space of the Love of…
O ye47 two birds warbling in the Garden of…
O ye two dear maid-servants of…
O ye93 two doves, flying in the verdant Gardens of the…
O ye two244 kind and beloved maid-servants of…
O ye two135 lamps of the Love of…
O ye two220 maid-servants of…
O ye two merciful assemblies!287…
O ye two134 pilgrims of the Holy…
O ye two147 revered persons, ye servants in the vineyard of…
O ye two269, servant and maid-servant of the Beauty of…
O ye two133 singing birds in the Garden of…
O ye two42 truthful…
O ye verdant and flourishing leaves26 of the Blessed…
O ye114 who are advancing towards the Kingdom of…
O ye who are attracted! O ye who are firm! O ye who are zealous in the service of the Cause of God and are sacrificers of possessions and lives for the promotion of the Word of…
O ye188 who are attracted! O ye who are remembered! O ye who are directed unto the Kingdom of…
O ye119 who are attracted! O ye who are united! O ye who are believers and…
O ye78 who are attracted to the Heavenly Kingdom! O ye who are enlightened by the Light of Guidance! O ye lamps lighted by the Light of Love and…
O ye who are chosen! O ye who are firm! O ye who are calling! O ye who are…
O ye who are considering the Kingdom of your august…
O ye who are firm in the…
O ye76 who are longing for the beauty of…
O ye who are set aglow with the fire of God’s…
O ye7 who are sincere! O ye who are attracted! O ye who are yearning! O ye who are arising for service to the Cause of God, for the promotion of the Word of God and the spreading of the Fragrances of…
O ye who are sincere! O ye who are firm in the Covenant of God in this new…
O ye who are sincere! O ye who are firm! O ye who are…
O ye57 who have advanced! O ye who are…
O ye207 whom God hath chosen from among those who are called!—know that “many are called but few are chosen”!—upon whom He caused the evident Light to descend; whom He guided into the right Path, and to whom He gave the Glad-tidings of…
Rejoice, O maid-servant of…
The first light which shone forth from the horizon of Eternity, the first radiance which was cast forth from the Morn of Guidance, and the first mercy which descended from the Kingdom of Heaven, be upon thee,173 O thou manifest light,…
These Tablets were originally written in Persian and all bear the caption, “He is God!”4 and close with expressions of good will, such as, “Upon ye be greetings and praise!” These expressions have been omitted from this compilation;…
24 *** Thou has written concerning the Board of…
276 Thou hast written concerning the universal peace, that before long the congress of The Hague will be opened277 and discussion will be made in regard to the universal…
108 Thy letter was received. It became conducive to happiness. Up to the present thou hast been serving in the Kingdom of God and hast been assisted. I hope that, in the future, thou wilt become assisted more and serve more. Praise be…
Thy229 letters were received. Although thou hast complained on account of not receiving answers to the petitions of the people, yet thou hast no right to do so, for the letters coming from those regions are like unto a sea—who is able…
An early Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the New York believers, preserved in the 1909 *Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas* — addressing the city of New York as the eventual centre through which the Cause will reach the New World and exhorting the friends to prepare for that destiny.
An early collective Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the Washington, D.C. community of believers — exhorting them to unity among themselves as the foundation of their effective teaching work in the capital city.
To him who is looking unto God! O thou who art gazing unto the Center of the Covenant—may God confirm…
An early Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Lua Getsinger — the *mother teacher of the West,* one of the first Western pilgrims to 'Akká in 1898 — sent to her after her return to America with a charge to undertake the lifelong teaching work that her pilgrimage had opened.
To the beloved of God in…
To the servant of…
Verily I approach Thee, O my God, in the darkest hour of this dark night, and pray Thee with my inmost heart, while I am moving by Thy fragrances, which are being diffused from Thy Kingdom of Abha, and say158…
50 Verily, I read thy magnificent letter, thy brilliant writing, and found its meanings as the chanting of the verses of guidance and its foundation based on righteousness and piety. Verily I beseech God to make thee a sign of…
When you assemble in the meeting of teaching (the truth), it is incumbent on you to chant the following supplication and…
Your letters have been received. God willing, answer will be given very soon, but as a matter of great importance is on foot (afloat), therefore I write it to you in brief and it is this, that his honor Mr. ... must compose a letter of…
18 Your three reports, together with the public announcement19, were received. Praise be to God! all the contents indicated firmness, spirituality and goodness. The friends of the Spiritual Meeting are indeed manifesting efforts in…