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• 21:55, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder114/Note1 (Created page with "The Bab commanded that, when his followers came to him, they should bring him as a gift their most precious possessions, but Baha'u'llah does not require presents from visitors.")
• 21:54, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder114 (Created page with "God has ordained that every person appear before the Throne bringing his most priceless possessions, [note 1] but We have exempted you from this as a favour from Him. He, indeed, is the Generous Giver.")
• 21:53, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder113 (Created page with "If you become ill, consult the skilful ones of the physicians. Indeed, we have not set aside the means (of healing) but have rather established them by this Pen, which God has made the Rising-place of His Shining, Illuminating Cause.")
• 12:30, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111/Note7 (Created page with "21st March (Nawruz) is the beginning of Spring.")
• 12:30, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111/Note6 (Created page with "By putting on new clothes, enjoying food prepared for the feast, and entertaining friends one expresses in action gratitude to God for His gifts.")
• 12:29, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111/Note5 (Created page with "the first of the nineteen Babi months was called Baha'. The first day of Baha' is, therefore, the Iranian New Year (Nawruz).")
• 12:29, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110/Note4 (Created page with "Supposedly the two feasts mentioned here are the birthdays of the Bab and Baha'u'llah on the first and second days of the Muslim month of Muharram, which are kept as one feast.")
• 12:29, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110/Note3 (Created page with "The word translated "assembled" is often used in Muslim teaching for the gathering at the last day, when after the Resurrection men are gathered before God for judgement. The Baha'i teaching is that by his coming to earth and by his teaching, Baha'u'llah has brought the long-expected resurrection of the dead.")
• 12:28, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110/Note2 (Created page with "This is the day when the Bab in Shiraz made his claim to be the Gate (al-Bab) to the knowledge of the Hidden Imam (see Introduction). The date was the fifth of Jamadi Awwal A.H. 1260, or 23rd May, 1844. Notice that Baha'u'llah refers to al-Bab not as a major manifestation (zuhur) as the Babis had considered him to be, but as a Teller-of-Good- News about the coming of Baha'u'llah. "We sent him," says Baha'u'llah.")
• 12:28, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110/Note1 (Created page with "This is the feast of the Manifestation of Baha'u'llah. See Note 2, page 23.")
• 12:27, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder109/Note2 (Created page with "The Baha'i in his will must confess his faith in Baha'u'llah and approve his laws and teachings, thus giving a witness to others on his death-bed.")
• 12:26, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder106/Note1 (Created page with "According to Muslim practice. after certain acts, ablution requires that the whole body go under water. Baha'u'llah here abrogates this regulation. In some places in Iran at the time of Baha'u'llah water was scarce and the heating of it was expensive. Hence many people used the water in the tanks before it was changed. This practice was of course unsanitary, though the water was ceremonially "clean".")
• 12:25, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder106/Note4 (Created page with "The reference is said to be to the powder Muslims used in the bath to remove hair from the body.")
• 08:13, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder112 (Created page with "Say: The greatest feast is the King (Sultan) of the Feasts. O people, remember the favour of God to you when you were asleep. He aroused you with the breezes of Revelation and made known to you His clear and straight Way.")
• 08:12, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111 (Created page with "Blessed is the one who attained unto the first day of the month of al- Baha' [note 5] on which God put this Most Great Name! Blessed is the one who on that day manifested the favour of God to him! By his action he manifests thanks to God, an indication of His favour which encompasses the worlds. [note 6]")
• 08:09, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110 (Created page with "The festivals are limited to two great feasts. The first [note 1] is the days in which the Merciful was revealed to those (in the realm) of the Possible by His most beautiful Names and His highest Attributes. The other [note 2] (feast) is the day on which We sent Him who should tell the people the Good News of this Name by which the dead are raised and those who are in the heavens and earths are assembled. [note 3] The other two (feasts) are observed for two days. [note...")
• 08:08, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder109 (Created page with "The writing of a will has been made incumbent on everyone. (In writing his will) one must adorn the top of the page with the Most Great Name and confess his faith in the Unity of God, in the Appearance of His Manifestation, [note 2] and mention whatever of good he wants (to remember) in order that he may bear witness to Him in the worlds of Command and Creation. Thus he will have a treasure with his Lord, the Faithful Keeper.")
• 08:07, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder108 (Created page with "One should not be moving his tongue before people as he walks on the streets and in the markets. Whoever desires to make mention of God should do so in the places built for remembrance of God or in his own house. This is much nearer to sincerity and piety. Thus has the Sun of Wisdom risen from the horizon of the Explanation (al-Bayan). Blessed are those who do (these things).")
• 08:06, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder107 (Created page with "The wives of your fathers are unlawful to you. We are ashamed to mention the commandments regarding boys (pederasty). Fear the Merciful One, O Multitudes of the (realm of the) possible, and do not commit what is forbidden in the Tablet. Be not of those who are bewildered in the desert of lusts.")
• 08:06, 6 January 2024 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder106 (Created page with "There are ordained for you the paring of nails, the getting into water that covers your whole body every week, and the cleansing of your bodies with what you have used previously. [note 4] Beware lest your carelessness prevent you from doing what you have been commanded to do by a Great and Mighty One. Enter into water that has not been used, and it is not permissible to get into what has already been used. Take care not to approach the bath-houses of the Iranians (al-...")
• 12:55, 16 December 2023 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder104/Note3 (Created page with "Muhammad is referred to in the Qur'an 7:156, 158, as al-nabi al-ummi. See Enc. of Islam, iv. 1016, for the explanation of the term. It is generally interpreted to mean "the illiterate prophet", that is, unable to read or write. Baha'u'llah uses the term for himself although we know he had considerable education.")
• 12:54, 16 December 2023 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder103/Note2 (Created page with "This may be an allusion to the Burning Bush as a tree from which a voice came.")
• 12:53, 16 December 2023 Trident765 talk contribs created page Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder103/Note1 (Created page with "The original of the books "sent down" by God is kept in heaven. It is sometimes called "the Preserved Tablet". It seems that Baha'u'llah claims to be himself that heaven from which the books emanate. For a discussion of ummu l-kitab, see Commentaries on Qur'an, 13:39, and Enc. of Islam, iv, 1012.")
• 19:36, 14 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH08181/Authorized2 (Created page with "O thou that art the apple of mine eye! My Glory rest upon thee. Mine ocean of lovingkindness, the Day-Star of my Grace, the heavens of my mercy be with thee. We pray God that He may illumine all mankind with the light of thy knowledge and wisdom; that He may ordain for thee that which may gladden thy heart and solace thine eyes! Mighty and Powerful is He over all things! Glory, mercy and praise rest upon thee, and upon whomsoever circleth around Thee!")
• 19:35, 14 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH08181/GPT4 2 (Created page with "يا بصرى عليك بهائی و بحر عنایتی و شمس فضلی و سماء رحمتي نسئل الله ان ينور العالم بعلمك و حكمتك ويقدر لك ما يفرح به قلبك وتقر عينك انه على كل شي قدير البهاء والرحمة والثناء عليكم وعلى من يطوف حولكم")
• 19:34, 14 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH08181/Arabic2 (Created page with "يا بصرى عليك بهائی و بحر عنایتی و شمس فضلی و سماء رحمتي نسئل الله ان ينور العالم بعلمك و حكمتك ويقدر لك ما يفرح به قلبك وتقر عينك انه على كل شي قدير البهاء والرحمة والثناء عليكم وعلى من يطوف حولكم")
• 19:33, 14 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH08181/Authorized1 (Created page with "O Most Mighty Branch! On Wednesday two written leaflets have been received from thee and every letter thereof testified to the Unity of the Divine Essence and the Sanctity of God, the True One, above all resemblance and likeness. Blessed be thy pen, thine ink, and the scroll that beareth thy remembrance. I pray God that by thee He may graciously enable His servants to sound the inmost depths of the Ocean of Divine Unity, that through thy remembrance He may aid them to...")
• 19:01, 14 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH08181/GPT4 1 (Created page with ""The Presence of the Greatest Branch is God." Two pages arrived on Wednesday. Each letter of them testified to the unity of the Essence and the sanctification of the Self of Truth from night, and like joy to your pen, your ink, and the paper, triumphant in your remembrance. "We ask God to enter with you into His servants, in the tumult of the sea of His oneness, and to quench them with your remembrance as the Kawthar of life, and with your exposition as the nectar of...")
• 19:00, 14 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH08181/Arabic1 (Created page with "" حضرت غصن اعظم هو الله " دو ورق در چهارشنبه رسید هر حرفی از آن شهادت داد بر توحید ذات و تقدیس نفس حق از شب و مثل طربي لقلمكم و مدادكم و الورق فاز بذكركم نسئل الله ان يدخل بكم عباد . - في لجة بحر احديته ويسقيهم بذكرك كوثر الحيوان و ببيانك رحيق العرفان ويمدك بجنود العلم...")
• 18:46, 14 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH08181 (Created page with "{{paragraphs20|BH08181|Arabic|Authorized|GPT4_}} Next page ->")
• 20:48, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH06114/GPT4 1 (Created page with "Write to His Excellency Mahdi: We have endowed the noble before, through Our voice, so that people may witness Our power and authority, then Our greatness and majesty. But My ignorant loved ones have taken him as a partner unto Me, causing corruption in the lands, and they have been among the corrupt. Observe how ignorant the souls are who are in Our presence, yet they have gone astray and spread such words. Say: He is a servant among My servants, whom We created by Our...")
• 20:46, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH06114/Arabic1 (Created page with " بنويس بجناب مهدی انا انطقنا النبيل قبل على في ليشهدن الناس قدرتی وسلط انتى ثم عظمتي وكبريائي ولكن احبائي الجهلاء اتخذوه شريكا لنفسي وفسد وا في البلاد وكانوا من المفسدين ملاحظه نما که چقدر ناس جاهل اند نفوسیکه تلقاء حضورند معذلك رفته اند و چنین سخنها انتشار داد...")
• 20:45, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH06114/Authorized1 (Created page with "From God Passes By by Shoghi Effendi: "He, verily, is but one of My servants … Should he for a moment pass out from under the shadow of the Cause, he surely shall be brought to naught.” Furthermore, in a no less emphatic language, He, again in connection with Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí had stated: “By God, the True One! Were We, for a single instant, to withhold from him the outpourings of Our Cause, he would wither, and would fall upon the dust.”")
• 20:38, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page BH06114 (Created page with "{{paragraphs20|BH06114|Arabic|Authorized|GPT4_}} Next page ->")
• 20:32, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/Authorized17 (Created page with "113O ye wise men of the City and philosophers of the world! Beware lest human learning and wisdom cause you to wax proud before God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Know ye that true wisdom is to fear God, to know Him, and to recognize His Manifestations. This wisdom, however, can be attained only by those who detach themselves from the world, and who walk in the ways of the good pleasure of their Lord. Are ye possessed of greater wisdom than the one who contrive...")
• 20:30, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/GPT4 17 (Created page with "O wise men of the city and philosophers of the earth, let not the wisdom of God, the Guardian, the Sustainer, deceive you. Know that wisdom is the fear of God, recognition of Him, and recognition of the manifestations of His essence. This wisdom is attained only by those who have detached themselves from the world and walk in the pleasure of God. Are you greater in wisdom, or He who made the moon, which used to rise from a well and set in another pit, and from which ligh...")
• 20:28, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/Arabic17 (Created page with " أَنْ يَا حُكَمَاءَ المدِينةِ وَفَلاسِفَةَ الأَرْضِ لا تَغُرَّنّكُمُ الحِكْمَةُ بِاللهِ المُهَيْمِنِ القَيُّومِ، فَاعْلَمُوا بِأَنَّ الحِكْمَةَ هِيَ خَشْيَةُ اللهِ وَعِرْفَانُهُ وَعِرْفَانُ مَظَاهِرِ نَفْسِهِ وَهذِهِ لَحِكْمَةٌ الَّتِي لَنْ يَنَالَهَا...")
• 20:26, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/Authorized16 (Created page with "Hast thou not heard what God, exalted be His glory, hath said: “Say not to everyone who meeteth you with a greeting, ‘Thou art not a believer’.”[76] “Thrust not away those who cry to their Lord at morn and even, craving to behold His face.”[77] Thou hast indeed forsaken what the Book of God hath prescribed, and yet thou deemest thyself to be a believer! 98Despite what thou hast done I entertain—and to this God is My witness—no ill will against thee, nor...")
• 20:12, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/GPT4 16 (Created page with "Have you not heard what the Almighty and Majestic said: "Do not say to one who offers you peace, 'You are not a believer,'" and do not drive away those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His face. Yet you have opposed the decree of the Book, even though you consider yourself among the believers. Despite this, by God, there is no hatred in my heart for you or anyone among the people, even if you inflict upon us what no one among the monotheis...")
• 20:12, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/Arabic16 (Created page with " أَمَا سَمِعْتَ ما قَالَ عزَّ وَجَلَّ: ﴿لا تقُولُوا لِمَنْ أَلْقَى إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلامَ لَسْتَ مُؤْمِنًا﴾ وَلا تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبِّهِمْ بِالغَدَاةِ وَالعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَأَنْتَ خَالَفْتَ حُكْمَ الكِتَابِ بَعْدَ الَّذِي حَسِبْت...")
• 20:07, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/Authorized15 (Created page with "84Dost thou imagine, O Minister of the Sháh in the City, that I hold within My grasp the ultimate destiny of the Cause of God? Thinkest thou that My imprisonment, or the shame I have been made to suffer, or even My death and utter annihilation, can deflect its course? Wretched is what thou hast imagined in thine heart! Thou art indeed of them that walk after the vain imaginings which their hearts devise. No God is there but Him. Powerful is He to manifest His Cause, and...")
• 20:02, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/GPT4 15 (Created page with "O ambassador of the Persians in the city, you presumed that the matter was in my hands or that the command of God could be altered by my imprisonment and humiliation, or by my loss and annihilation. How wretched is the thought you have conceived in your mind, and you are among those who assume. Indeed, there is no god but He; His command becomes manifest, His proof ascends, He confirms what He wills and elevates it to a station beyond the reach of your hands and those wh...")
• 19:57, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/Arabic15 (Created page with "أَنْ يَا سَفِيرَ العَجَمِ فِي المَدِينَةِ أَزَعَمْتَ بِأَنَّ الأَمْرَ كَانَ بِيَدِي أَوْ يُبَدَّلُ أَمْرُ اللهِ بِسِجْنِي وَذُلِّي أَوْ بِإِفْقَادِي وَإِفْنَائِي فَبِئْسَ مَا ظَنَنْتَ فِي نَفْسِكَ وَكُنْتَ مِنَ الظَّانِّينَ إِنَّهُ مَا مِنْ إِلهٍ إِلَّا...")
• 19:35, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/Authorized14 (Created page with "This, verily, hath been decreed and written down in His ancient Book. And as the human heart, as fashioned by God, is one and undivided, it behoveth thee to take heed that its affections be, also, one and undivided. Cleave thou, therefore, with the whole affection of thine heart, unto His love, and withdraw it from the love of anyone besides Him, that He may aid thee to immerse thyself in the ocean of His unity, and enable thee to become a true upholder of His oneness. G...")
• 19:26, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/GPT4 14 (Created page with "For indeed, God has not given any individual two hearts within their body, and this is a fact revealed in an ancient scripture. Given that God has created the heart singularly, it is proper for your eminence to not allow two loves to reside within it. Hence, cling to the love of God and disregard the love of all else, that God may immerse you in the profound depths of His Unique Essence, making you amongst those who affirm His Oneness. Truly, by God, my sole purpose in a...")
• 19:17, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/Authorized13 (Created page with "58Hearken, O King,3 to the speech of Him that speaketh the truth, Him that doth not ask thee to recompense Him with the things God hath chosen to bestow upon thee, Him Who unerringly treadeth the straight Path. He it is Who summoneth thee unto God, thy Lord, Who showeth thee the right course, the way that leadeth to true felicity, that haply thou mayest be of them with whom it shall be well. 59Beware, O King, that thou gather not around thee such ministers as follow the...")
• 18:59, 13 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/GPT4 13 (Created page with "O Sultan, listen to the words of one who speaks the truth and seeks no reward from you for what Allah has granted you, and who is on a straight and just balance. He calls you to Allah, your Lord, and guides you to the paths of righteousness and prosperity, so that you may be among the successful. Beware, O King, of gathering around you those agents who follow only their desires, abandoning their trusts and engaging in clear betrayal. Show kindness to your subjects as All...")
• 19:15, 10 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/Authorized12 (Created page with "55O concourse of Ministers of State! Do ye believe in your hearts that We have come to divest you of your earthly possessions and vanities? Nay, by the One in Whose hand is My soul! Our intention hath been to make clear that We oppose not the commands of the sovereign, nor are We to be numbered with the rebellious. Know ye of a certainty that all the treasures of the earth, all the gold, the silver, and the rare and precious gems they contain, are, in the sight of God, o...")
• 19:12, 10 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/GPT4 12 (Created page with "O assembly of agents, did you think within yourselves that we came to you to take what you possess of the world's ornaments and its pleasures? No, by the One in whose hand is my soul, rather it is for you to know that we do not oppose the Sultan in his command, and we are not among the disobedient. Know and be certain that all the treasures of the earth, of gold and silver, and all the precious jewels upon it, are in the sight of God, His allies, and His beloved, nothing...")
• 19:07, 10 December 2023 Bahamut19 talk contribs created page Suriy-i-Muluk/GPT4 11 (Created page with "O assembly of the city, fear God and do not cause corruption on the earth, and do not follow Satan. Then follow the truth in these few days. Your days will pass just as those before you have passed, and you will return to dust as your forefathers have returned, being among those who return. Then know that we fear none but God alone, and my trust is in Him alone, and my clinging is only to Him. We desire only what He has willed for us, and indeed, this is the desired outc...")