Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
by 'Abdu'l-Baha
Edition 1, (September 2006)
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CONTENTS
Baha'i Terms of Use Volume I Frontispiece Introduction "A sufficient number of Tablets having been gathered together,..." "He is God!..." "These Tablets were originally written in Persian and all..." "For the information of those who know little or nothing..." "Just as this book was going to press the introduction to..." "He is God!..." Tablets of Abdul-Baha "O thou party who art assisted by the hosts of the Kingdom..." "O my God! O my God! We are servants who..." "O ye who are sincere! O ye who are attracted! O ye..." "O ye who are firm in the Covenant!..." "O my God! O my God!..." "O ye who are sincere! O ye who are firm! O ye who..." "O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God!..." "O ye servants of the Threshold of God!..." "O ye friends of Abdul-Baha!..." "O ye who are sincere! O ye who are firm in the Covenant..." "O ye who are attracted by the Fragrances of God!..." "O thou servant of God!..." "O ye firm ones in the Covenant!..." "O God! O God!..." "O ye who are attracted! O ye who are firm! O ye..." "O ye who are chosen! O ye who are firm! O ye who..." "Your three reports, together with the public..." "O ye spiritual friends of Abdul-Baha!..." "O ye spiritual friends of Abdul-Baha!..." "O ye dear friends of Abdul-Baha!..." "*** Thou has written concerning the Board of..." "O ye leaves of the Paradise of El-ABHA, and the maid-servants..." "When you assemble in the meeting of teaching
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá
- 2: O thou who art ignited through the brilliant Flame
- 3: O thou slave of the Beauty of ABHA
- 4: O thou who art attracted unto the Beauty of ABHA
- 5: O thou who art enkindled with the Fire of the Love
- 6: O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God
- 7: O thou whose breast is dilated by the Fragrances of
- 8: O ye beloved friends of Abdul Baha
- 9: O thou yearner after the Truth
- 10: O thou yearner after the Kingdom
- 11: O thou seeker of the Divine Kingdom
- 12: O thou servant of the Beauty of Abha
- 13: Agnew to the presence of Abdul Baha
- 14: These Tablets were originally written in Persian and all
- 15: The Babis who acknowledged him became Bahais
- 16: The principal works of Baha'o'llah are the Kitab ul Ighan
- 17: Who are comforted by dwelling in the Paradise of El Abha 6
- 18: Verily Thou art the Beneficent
- 19: Bless this Spiritual Gathering
- 20: Growing by the bounty of the cloud of the Kingdom of El Abha
- 21: By the divine fragrance and heavenly confirmation
- 22: His breast becometh dilated at the time of severe storms
- 23: O ye firm ones in the Covenant
- 24: If the owners of the Tablets consent
- 25: When the Mashrak el Azcar is accomplished
- 26: O ye spiritual friends of Abdul Baha
- 27: When the spirit becometh all inclusive
- 28: Ye must immediately in the utmost firmness
- 29: O ye leaves of the Paradise of El ABHA
- 30: In preaching the Beauty of El ABHA
- 31: O thou son of the associate and companion of Abdul Baha
- 32: And verily Thou art the Precious
- 33: Encouraged and inspire with the gifts of the Kingdom of ABHA
- 34: Train the souls in the qualities and nature of Abdul Baha
- 35: To make mindful those who are heedless
- 36: Occupied wholly with the diffusion of the fragrances of God
- 37: Though he may be an ill wisher and an ill doer
- 38: And the wickedness and mischief done by the ill wishers
- 39: O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God
- 40: Who art supplicating unto the Sublime Kingdom
- 41: O thou who art supplicating unto the Kingdom of God
- 42: Thou wert in quest of illumination
- 43: O thou lamp ignited by the fire of the Love of God
- 44: Which contained new significances and beautiful words
- 45: O thou who art ignited through the brilliant Flame
- 46: He grants that which He wisheth and to whomsoever He wisheth
- 47: O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God
- 48: Attraction unto the Kingdom of God
- 49: I hope thou shalt be a child of the Kingdom
- 50: O ye two birds warbling in the Garden of Wisdom
- 51: And rejoice at the bounty of the effulgence
- 52: The enlightenment through the Light of ABHA
- 53: That thou mayest enter therein
- 54: Thou art the Generous and endued with great bounty
- 55: That gathering of commemoration
- 56: Hath favored you with the bounty of guidance
- 57: O ye who are set aglow with the fire of God's Love
- 58: O thou opened rose in the garden of El ABHA
- 59: Judas Iscariot was one of the greatest disciples
- 60: From the spiritual point of view
- 61: Which are called the twelve constellations
- 62: O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God
- 63: Verily thy Lord is the Powerful
- 64: Be attracted unto the Beauty of ABHA
- 65: But heavenly association is eternal
- 66: O attracted maid servant of God
- 67: When the heart becometh confident
- 68: To be rejoiced at the bounty of His Kingdom
- 69: Thou wouldst not have advanced toward the Kingdom of ABHA
- 70: Verily thy Lord is the Generous and the Giver
- 71: Thou shouldst turn thyself wholly unto God
- 72: Which results from the admixture of the simple elements
- 73: And the Recipient of the Effulgence
- 74: O thou slave of the Beauty of ABHA
- 75: Dilated breast and rejoiced heart
- 76: O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God
- 77: Men must behave in such a manner as may befit the believers
- 78: This fragrance is just as thou didst write
- 79: That thou mayest attain spiritual joy
- 80: O thou who art partaking of the Heavenly Food
- 81: And that thou mayest be a true maid servant
- 82: O ye who are longing for the beauty of El ABHA
- 83: Verily God will appropriate His mercy unto whom He pleaseth
- 84: Thou oughtest to bear it with becoming patience
- 85: Imploring unto the Kingdom of El ABHA
- 86: Spreaders of the fragrances of His holiness
- 87: Kenosha will soon attain great provisions
- 88: O thou who art turning to the divine Kingdom
- 89: Thy services in the Kingdom of ABHA are evident
- 90: O thou who art near to the Threshold of ABHA
- 91: O thou who art firm in the Covenant
- 92: Thou shouldst establish a divine and heavenly transaction
- 93: Blazing and flaming fire from the fragrance of God
- 94: The garden of El ABHA with extensive sides and regions
- 95: Divulging the traces and chanting the signs of God
- 96: Verily the Cause is great and great
- 97: And with the Holy Spirit which quickeneth hearts and souls
- 98: Verily Thou art the Beneficent
- 99: Keep steadfast in the Covenant
- 100: Convey my greeting and praise to thy honored
- 101: May the Glory of ABHA be upon thee
- 102: O thou who art attracted unto the Beauty of ABHA
- 103: Then will spirit and fragrance prevail
- 104: And shouldst Thou observe mercy
- 105: Verily thou hast know thy Lord while thou art young in age
- 106: O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God
- 107: I beg of God that thou mayest find a cheerful life
- 108: So that thou mayest train the souls
- 109: O thou who art attracted to the Bounty of El ABHA
- 110: This is the station of Abdul Baha
- 111: And art beloved and praised in the presence of Abdul Baha
- 112: Thou hast written concerning spiritual hearing and insight
- 113: O thou Godlike person and spiritual friend
- 114: O thou who art enkindled with the Fire of the Love
- 115: O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God
- 116: For that thou hast found the Light of Guidance
- 117: Seeing of reality 99 and not the unreality
- 118: I hope thou mayest attain a perfect insight
- 119: Utmost bounty is extended toward her
- 120: Hearing the utterances of Abdul Baha with her own ears
- 121: Convey greeting on my behalf to
- 122: Abdul Baha hath the glad tidings of the Kingdom of ABHA
- 123: Enkindlement with the fire of the love of God
- 124: O thou whose breast is dilated with the Fragrances
- 125: Eternal and everlasting majesty
- 126: Thou wilt bring them out of the nether world
- 127: It became conducive to happiness
- 128: It is incumbent upon thee to partake thereof
- 129: The effulgence of Thy lights and the spread of Thy signs
- 130: I hope that thou mayest attain to that station
- 131: To clothe thee with the mantle of sanctity
- 132: And sound and blow this clarion continually night and day
- 133: Manifested unto thee the Beauty of El ABHA
- 134: The melody of Ya Baha El Abha
- 135: Thou oughtest to be humble in every time and moment
- 136: This is the reality of thanksgiving
- 137: O thou kind maid servant of God
- 138: O thou who art set aglow with the Fire burning in the
- 139: O thou effulgence of the Kingdom
- 140: So that thou mayest become a personage of the Kingdom
- 141: O thou dear maid servant of God
- 142: O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God
- 143: O thou who art directed to the Light of Guidance
- 144: O thou who art advancing unto God
- 145: O thou who art attracted unto the Beauty of El Abha
- 146: O thou whose nostrils are perfumed with the Fragrances
- 147: Whenever a calamity and a hardship occurs
- 148: Through the fragrances which have perfumed the world
- 149: It is incumbent upon thee to be steadfast
- 150: For they are attracted to the Beauty of El Abha
- 151: Responding to the call of the Clement One
- 152: Their reservoirs became overflowing
- 153: O thou who art firm in the Covenant
- 154: And make them steadfast in the Covenant of God
- 155: Verily I read thy excellent letter
- 156: To diffuse the fragrances of God
- 157: Gladness and dilation of heart i
- 158: It is incumbent upon thee to diffuse the fragrances
- 159: Through imprisonment the soul of Abdul Baha is cheered
- 160: Enkindled by the fire of the love of God
- 161: O thou artery pulsating in the body of the world
- 162: Are the people of superstitions
- 163: Send most wonderful Abha greetings
- 164: Consider how many a thousand assemblages religious
- 165: O thou beloved maid servant of God
- 166: O thou who art advancing towards the Shining Orb of
- 167: Indeed the heart of Abdul Baha approveth of this
- 168: Thank God that He hath illumined thine insight
- 169: Abdul Baha looketh to deeds and not to words
- 170: O thou who art remembered by Abdul Baha
- 171: O thou attracted maid servant of God
- 172: Pray God to ascend to this heaven
- 173: O ye two pilgrims of the Holy Shrine
- 174: This is from the bounty of the Kingdom of Abha
- 175: O thou attracted maid servant of God
- 176: And the bride must rejoin Verily
- 177: I hope that thou mayest become likewise
- 178: O thou who hast been attracted by the Magnet of the Kingdom
- 179: Verily I read thine eloquent letter
- 180: Verily God is the most bountiful
- 181: Will surpass men in every respect
- 182: If thou didst know how dear thou art to Abdul Baha
- 183: Disseminating the fragrances of God
- 184: When His Holiness Christ appeared
- 185: It indicated firmness and steadfastness
- 186: Increase your spirit and fragrance
- 187: Remember what the Pharisees published concerning Jesus
- 188: O ye firm and steadfast in the Testament
- 189: Endeavor to make that continent the Paradise of Abha
- 190: Confer upon them Thy bounty and grace
- 191: Do thou show a steadfast and firm footing in this station
- 192: O thou dear maid servant of God
- 193: Calamity and oppression in the path of the Beauty of Abha
- 194: I supplicate God that thou mayest become like unto Peter
- 195: And enkindlement the light of which shall affect all regions
- 196: Which are being diffused from Thy Supreme Concourse
- 197: And God is endowed with great bounty
- 198: How can ye continue heedless thereof
- 199: To the beloved of God in Persia
- 200: He is not even disturbed through this calumny and fiction
- 201: Their stratagems and schemes to calumniate
- 202: Spread through them Thy fragrances
- 203: And say Upon thee be El Baha
- 204: O ye beloved servants of Abdul Baha and the maid servants
- 205: Now the holy Fragrances of Abha are diffused in every clime
- 206: Souls are liable to estrangement
- 207: To organize assemblies is praiseworthy and acceptable
- 208: O Thou whose mercy hath encompassed
- 209: Rejoicing be unto the perceiving ones
- 210: His honor Ameen is the well wisher of all
- 211: Verily this is a great calumny
- 212: O bird of the Rose garden of Fidelity
- 213: And great thankfulness among the Supreme Concourse
- 214: O thou who seekest for the Will of God
- 215: Verily the Beauty of El Abha hath endured every hardship
- 216: Strengthen them in whatsoever Thou willest
- 217: And tasteth the fruits of the Paradise of El Abha
- 218: Thy services are accepted in the Kingdom of Abha
- 219: The bounties of the Kingdom of Abha will surround them
- 220: The joy and fragrance obtained
- 221: I beg the Beauty of Abha for confirmation in thy behalf
- 222: Also the fire circle which appeareth to thine eyes
- 223: I hope that thou mayest attain to all these
- 224: O ye beloved friends of Abdul Baha
- 225: My qualification is Abdul Baha
- 226: Verily the Lord of Hosts is your support
- 227: As to the ordeals of Abdul Baha
- 228: And it is His Great Covenant and New Testament
- 229: Divulging seditious calumnies among the people
- 230: O ye maid servants of the Merciful
- 231: The divine bounty favors all of you
- 232: O thou who art supplicating unto God
- 233: Rather both are incumbent upon thee
- 234: Each should assist the other in art and guidance
- 235: Verily thou hast attained to the eternal life
- 236: Verily He is merciful and compassionate
- 237: O thou who art firm in the Covenant
- 238: O thou who art firm in the Covenant
- 239: Man must become evanescent in God
- 240: The petition concerning unity and harmony
- 241: O thou who art firm in the Covenant
- 242: My qualification is Abdul Baha
- 243: O thou sincere servant of the Beauty of Abha
- 244: With the utmost joy and fragrance
- 245: O thou who art firm in the Covenant and Testament
- 246: That He hath strengthened thee in guidance
- 247: And made their hearts to depend on the bounties of heaven
- 248: O thou thrall of the Lord of the Kingdom
- 249: O thou seeker of the Heavenly Kingdom
- 250: O thou who art cheerfully moving by the Fragrances
- 251: Demonstrating Thy irrefutable truth
- 252: O thou who art firm in the Covenant
- 253: This is the difference between the Sheites and the Bahais
- 254: It would bring about their the ulemas degradation
- 255: O thou who art firm in the Covenant
- 256: Himself hath written in Tablets to Persia and America
- 257: O thou who are firm in the Covenant
- 258: This darkened world will become illuminated
- 259: O thou yearner after the Kingdom of God
- 260: Supplicate God that thou mayest become so
- 261: Attract souls and set aglow the hearts
- 262: O ye two lovers of the Beauty of Abha
- 263: O thou yearner after the Truth
- 264: Thy supplication and thy beseeching
- 265: O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God
- 266: O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God
- 267: O thou beloved maid servant of God
- 268: Although the signs of material bounty are great
- 269: Love is the effulgent manifestation
- 270: This is the Religion of El Baha
- 271: Its contents had bearing upon Guidance
- 272: O ye 242 friends of Abdul Baha
- 273: To raise the eternal melody of the Kingdom of Abha
- 274: In order that thou mayest be taught in the wisdom of God
- 275: Thou mayest become so illumined that
- 276: The Distinguished Personage who was in the former cycle
- 277: When unveiled amid the assemblage of the world
- 278: That thou mayest be endowed with lofty gifts
- 279: Thou mayest walk more and more in the path of the Kingdom
- 280: Thou experienced some persecutions and trouble
- 281: Sayeth Happy is the condition of the children
- 282: Each country become illuminated
- 283: Organize ye spiritual assemblies
- 284: The bounty of guidance was granted
- 285: Thou art near to the Kingdom of Abha
- 286: O thou who hast addressed Abdul Baha
- 287: 260 Surely the infinite is greater than the finite
- 288: O ye spiritual friends of Abdul Baha
- 289: To become candles of guidance in the assemblage of the world
- 290: Supplicating toward the Kingdom of Thy Might
- 291: O ye beloved ones of Abdul Baha
- 292: Perfume the nostrils with the fragrances
- 293: It will cause the utmost grief to the heart of Abdul Baha
- 294: Cultivation by the farmer maketh of the grain the harvest
- 295: Negligent and without discernment
- 296: Although cleanliness and sanctity
- 297: But to prevent the use of opium
- 298: Upon you be the glory of El Abha
- 299: The melody of Ya Baha El Abha
- 300: O thou yearner after the Kingdom
- 301: For without this channel it is impossible and unattainable
- 302: The divine bounties unveil their countenances
- 303: God effecteth that which He pleaseth
- 304: Appointed in former times Know verily
- 305: O thou who art gazing toward Abdul Baha
- 306: Inasmuch as imperfection is contrary to perfection
- 307: Speak of my servitude unto God
- 308: Inasmuch as the sight seeth the mirage as water
- 309: The signals of clemency and the spiritual fragrances
- 310: Hast thou ever perceived a greater chaplet than this
- 311: This behooveth the sincere souls
- 312: Do heal me by the antidote of Thy mercy
- 313: O Thou who grantest the wishes of every supplicant
- 314: It is incumbent on thee to be firm
- 315: Announce on my behalf respectful greeting to the
- 316: That thou mayest be quickened in such wise
- 317: After that maid servant hath traveled in Japan
- 318: O ye blessed maid servant of the Beauty of Abha
- 319: O thou who art yearning for the Glad tidings of God
- 320: The bounty and blessing will not be attained
- 321: Thou wishest to serve the Threshold of God
- 322: O ye spiritual friends of Abdul Baha
- 323: O thou who hath advanced to the Kingdom of his
- 324: Wert healed from all manner of disease
- 325: Saying O Compassionate God
- 326: Which hath caused it to suffer this punishment
- 327: When thou wilt purify and clarify thy spiritual
- 328: The heavenly signs and the divine verses
- 329: O thou who art assuredly believing in God
- 330: Separate thyself from all thoughts
- 331: Thy thanksgiving for my brilliant letter
- 332: The roses and hyacinths would not grow
- 333: And soon it will submerge them all
- 334: O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God
- 335: This mundane world is as the mirage of the desert
- 336: Thou didst see with thine own eyes
- 337: O ye beloved friends of Abdul Baha
- 338: Become thou undoubtedly moved thereby
- 339: O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom
- 340: O thou spiritual leaf who art verdant and well watered
- 341: O thou seeker of the Divine Kingdom
- 342: Until thou mayest apprehend my mysteries
- 343: That thou mayest grow firmer in the love of God
- 344: The one on the right is His Holiness the great Bab
- 345: This spiritual love shall surely pervade all regions
- 346: But he could not inhale the fragrance of Joseph
- 347: Know thou that prayer is indispensable and obligatory
- 348: O thou tree planted in the Vineyard of God
- 349: Were awaiting the Manifestation of Christ
- 350: It will bring forth luscious fruits
- 351: To confirm thee in faith and assurance
- 352: Hold thy feet firm and steadfast
- 353: Convey reverential greeting to Miss
- 354: Upward to the realm of the Kingdom
- 355: O maid servant of the Beauty of Abha
- 356: O thou illumined maid servant of God
- 357: Attraction by the merciful fragrances
- 358: That thou mayest taste the delight of His loving kindness
- 359: But when it becometh rough and impure
- 360: Nor were they attracted to the fragrances of truth
- 361: For the fragrances of holiness have encompassed the earth
- 362: Exerting all his powers to diffuse fragrances of God
- 363: O thou lamp who art enkindled with the fire of the
- 364: Yet he could not inhale the fragrance of the garment
- 365: O thou servant of the Beauty of Abha
- 366: O thou attracted maid servant of God
- 367: Supplication and invocation toward the Supreme Kingdom
- 368: Immediately thou shalt find me reflected therein
- 369: Upon thee and upon them to Baha el Abha
- 370: 24 Extracts from a Tablet to Mirza Assad Ullah
- 371: 57 To the above mentioned assembly of Racine Wis
- 372: 78 To the maid servants of the Kenosha assembly
- 373: 124 Mirza Abul Fazl a renowned Bahai teacher
- 374: Aka Zaman himself also clapped his hands with them
- 375: 189 When the recipient was in Acca
- 376: 221 Hyacinths typify knowledge
- 377: With the recipient of this Tablet a Japanese
- 378: While the great Khai Khosroe died
