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December 25, 2015

The “people of the West are very faithful in their hearts…”

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October 23, 1911 Paris, France When a man has found joy in one place he returns to that same place to find his joy again. When a man has...
December 12, 2015

Need to acknowledge the existence of the spiritual Sun and our dependence on Him –just like our dependence on the physical sun

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October 20, 1911 Paris, France The sun shines upon the earth, giving light and warmth to all creatures. The Sun of Truth also shines, gi...
November 26, 2015

“Healing comes from God… Medicine is merely an outward form or means…”

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October 19, 1911 Paris, France Healing comes from God, if the heavenly benediction be upon us while we are being healed, then only can w...
November 14, 2015

Travelling

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October 17, 1911 Paris, France Travelling is a very good thing. It opens the eyes and broadens the horizon. In the East one may b...
October 18, 2015

The Relation between Thought and Action

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18 October 1911 Paris, France You must not only think thoughts, but do actions.   The reality of men is their thoughts and their spir...
September 12, 2015

“Bear in your heart great love to all races on earth”

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17 October 1911 Paris, France I wish you to study the works of the Blessed Beauty and to live according to His teaching. The basis of...
August 8, 2015

‘Abdu’l-Baha’s talk on the eve of His departure from London to Paris – some British dignitaries were also present

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London, October 1911 O noble friends and seekers for the Kingdom of God!   God be praised! We see the light of love is shining in t...
July 18, 2015

Religion is the “first bestowal of God to the world of humanity”

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San Francisco’s Jewish Temple (Emmanu-El) October 12, 1912 San Francisco The first bestowal of God to the world of humanity is reli...
June 21, 2015

The Meaning of the Nineteen-Day Feast

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19-Day Feast London, December 29, 1912 [At the Time of the Meeting of International Peace Arbitration Committee] These delegates wh...
May 10, 2015

Reincarnation

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2 June 1912 Church of the Ascension New York Question: What is your belief about reincarnation? Answer: The subject of reincarn...
April 19, 2015

“Manifestations of God have three stations: the physical station, the station of the rational soul, and the station of divine manifestation and heavenly splendour.”

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Know that, while the Manifestations of God possess infinite virtues and perfections, They occupy only three stations: The first is the mate...
March 29, 2015

‘Abdu’l-Baha’s health and happiness

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My health and happiness are in this, when I see the friends of God engaged in spreading the divine fragrances, arising to serve the Cause o...
March 8, 2015

Question: What is the significance of the word "He is God" which appears as the heading of every Tablet and Prayer of ‘Abdu’l-Baha?

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'Abdu'l-Baha’s answer: This is a usage of the people of the East; it is of Islam. Their purpose is that in every matter the commenc...
January 11, 2015

Human existence is not “among those things that have appeared in the world of being and that are due to the exigencies of nature.”

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Nature is that condition or reality which outwardly is the source of the life and death, or, in other words, of the composition and decompo...
December 20, 2014

“…this age is the age of the revelation of reality…”

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April 21, 1912 The Universalist Church Washington D.C. USA Whatever the minister has said (in his introductory remarks) is an eviden...
October 20, 2014

The “banner of Baha’u’llah will be unfurled, waving toward all regions”

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October 5, 1912 San Francisco, California I have the utmost joy to find in the distant West such an established Baha’i center, where ...
September 5, 2014

Socialism

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The principles of socialism are outstripped in the religions of God. For instance, God commands, ‘But [they] prefer them [the poor] before ...
July 13, 2014

Meaning of miracles in Scriptures

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The Holy Manifestations of God are the source of miracles and wonderful signs. To them even the impossible things are possible, and from th...
May 17, 2014

God’s command: ‘Love One Another’

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October 24, 2011 Paris   An Indian said to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: ‘My aim in life is to transmit as far as in me lies the message of Krish...