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April 9, 2020

Concerning the surprising welcome ‘Abdu’l-Baha received from clergy and religious societies of the West

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One of the Bahai friends said to Abdu'l Baha: “ What we expected in connection with your visit to America has not happened and what we d...
February 11, 2020

“The Great Light of the Spirit has ever arisen in the East but it has shed forth its radiance into the West.”

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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 4, 2018

‘Abdu’l-Baha’s amazement at being able to come to Paris

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October 25, 1911, Paris, France I regret that you have been kept waiting so long. Yet, I have waited so many years in prison before I coul...
November 12, 2018

‘Abdu’l-Baha’is farewell words to Europe

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December 1, 1911, Paris, France  I bid a loving farewell to the people of France and England. I am very much pleased with them. I counsel th...
October 18, 2018

Teachings of Baha'u'llah, spirituality, spirit and body

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An address given at Alliance Spiritualise of Paris, France November 9, 1911 I am very grateful for the words and sentiments expressed by the...
August 20, 2018

The First Opposers

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An address given at Mrs. Champney's, 309 West 78th Street, July 8, 1912. I learn from incidents here and there that some of the priests ...
June 13, 2018

The two lives of a human being

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An address given at 309 West 78th Street, New York, July 7, 1912. Very welcome, very welcome! Man has two lives. He is possessed of a ph...
April 19, 2018

Scientific Proof of the Existence of God

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Sunday, February 9, 1913, at 30 rue St. Didier, Paris. (Translated from notes in Persian) Today someone asked a question regarding the...
March 10, 2018

Prophecies of Baha'u'llah concerning Adrianople, Constantinople and Rumelia

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November 7, 1912 Home of Mrs. Parsons, Washington, D. C. Although this evening I feel quite fatigued, yet now that I am face to face wi...
February 2, 2018

The spirit ---> the “greatest power in the realm and range of human existence”, and the Divine Spirit ---> “Souls deprived of that Spirit are accounted as dead”

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25 April 1912 Talk to Theosophical Society at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Parsons Washington, D.C. The greatest power in the realm and ...
January 17, 2018

The Life of Baha’u’llah

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15 April, 1912 At a gathering of Baha’i friends at the home of Mrs. Emor New York City Tonight I wish to tell you something of the his...
December 12, 2017

Firmness in Baha’u’llah’s Covenant concerning ‘Abdu’l-Baha

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1912,  USA Today, the most important affair is firmness in The Covenant, because firmness in The Covenant wards off differences. I...
November 26, 2017

World War I – “…warnings on the part of God so that they may quicken the people and make them mindful.”

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August 8, 1914 Haifa [This morning I was called into His presence, and after reading a few letters and dictating a number of Tablets,...
November 15, 2017

World War I – “Mankind is gripped in the paroxysm of a fearful alarm.”

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August 6, 1914 Haifa The gathering storm is most portentous! Mankind is gripped in the paroxysm of a fearful alarm. They are in the ...
October 1, 2017

Anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb

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May 15, 1910 Mount Carmel, Haifa   [On the day of the annual celebration of the Declaration of the Báb, held on Mount Carmel, when ...
September 12, 2017

Divine Love

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[‘Abdu’l-Baha spoke these words to a number of Jewish, Zoroastrian, Christian and Mohammedan Baha’is seated around His table and while serv...
August 18, 2017

Fourth Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – [NAACP]

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Chicago, 1910 Handel Hall,  Chicago April 30, 1912 God has stated in the Bible, the Old Testament, "We have created man in...
July 9, 2017

“…all the prophets of God have come to unite the children men and not to disperse them, and to put in action the law of love and not enmity.”

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Fanwood, New Jersey Published in Fanwood Newspaper, June 1, 1912 Material objects in the material world are subject to change, but th...
June 16, 2017

Abandon any discord and establish harmony, love, equity, justice and mercy

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Lake Geneva, Switzerland 1911 [Many people of different nationalities were present.] O ye who are present! How long this drowsi...