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6 January 2024

  • 22:0222:02, 6 January 2024 diff hist +188 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder121Created page with "When the Sea of Union (with Me) is dried up and the Book of Beginning is finished in the End, then turn to the one whom God desires, the one who is a Branch from the ancient Root. [note 2]" current
  • 22:0122:01, 6 January 2024 diff hist +748 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder120Created page with "Adorn your heads with the crown of faithfulness and integrity, your hearts with the cloak of piety, your tongues with true veracity and your temples (bodies) with the garment of good breeding. All this is the natural disposition of man, if you were only of those who have insight. O People of al-Baha', hold fast to the rope of servitude to God, the Truth; by so doing your Stations are made manifest, your names are enrolled, and your ranks and remembrance in the Preserved..." current
  • 22:0022:00, 6 January 2024 diff hist +165 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder119Created page with "The rational person does not drink that which takes away his reason. He should do what is incumbent on man and not that which every careless doubtful person commits." current
  • 21:5921:59, 6 January 2024 diff hist +315 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder118Created page with "God has permitted those who so desire to learn different languages that they may propagate the Cause of God and tell of it in the east and west of the earth, and make mention of it among the states and religious groups. [note 1] This is done in a way that hearts may be drawn thereby and every decayed bone revived." current
  • 21:5921:59, 6 January 2024 diff hist +578 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder117Created page with "Help, O People, My pure ones who persevered in remembering Me in the midst of My Creation and in exalting My Word in My Kingdom. Those are the stars of the heaven of My providence and the lamps of My guidance to all creatures. He who speaks other than that sent down in My Tablets is not one of Mine. Beware lest you follow every evil claimant. The Tablets have been adorned with the garment of the Seal of the Breaker of Dawns Who speaks between the heavens and the earths..." current
  • 21:5721:57, 6 January 2024 diff hist +460 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder116Created page with "Those who recite the verses of the Merciful in the best tones comprehend from them that which the Kingdom of the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earths does not equal. By them they find the odour of My worlds which is only known today by the one who has been given sight of the Noble Spectacle. Say: They attract the pure hearts to the spiritual worlds which are beyond definition either by overt expression or even by gesture. Blessed are those who hear!" current
  • 21:5621:56, 6 January 2024 diff hist +471 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder115Created page with "Blessed is the one who faces the Sunrise-place of Remembrance [note 2] (mashriq al-adhkar) in the early mornings, mentioning (the name of God), remembering, and asking forgiveness! Whenever he enters, he sits quietly in order to listen to the verses of God, the Mighty One, the Praiseworthy King. Say: The Sunrise-place of Remembrance is every house built for My remembrance in cities and villages. Thus has it been named before the Throne, if you are of those who know." current
  • 21:5521:55, 6 January 2024 diff hist +177 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder114/Note1Created 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." current
  • 21:5421:54, 6 January 2024 diff hist +234 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder114Created 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." current
  • 21:5321:53, 6 January 2024 diff hist +233 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder113Created 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." current
  • 12:3012:30, 6 January 2024 diff hist +47 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111/Note7Created page with "21st March (Nawruz) is the beginning of Spring." current
  • 12:3012:30, 6 January 2024 diff hist +145 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111/Note6Created 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." current
  • 12:2912:29, 6 January 2024 diff hist +124 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111/Note5Created page with "the first of the nineteen Babi months was called Baha'. The first day of Baha' is, therefore, the Iranian New Year (Nawruz)." current
  • 12:2912:29, 6 January 2024 diff hist +176 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110/Note4Created 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." current
  • 12:2912:29, 6 January 2024 diff hist +310 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110/Note3Created 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." current
  • 12:2812:28, 6 January 2024 diff hist +415 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110/Note2Created 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." current
  • 12:2812:28, 6 January 2024 diff hist +75 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110/Note1Created page with "This is the feast of the Manifestation of Baha'u'llah. See Note 2, page 23." current
  • 12:2712:27, 6 January 2024 diff hist +146 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder109/Note2Created 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." current
  • 12:2612:26, 6 January 2024 diff hist +403 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder106/Note1Created 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"." current
  • 12:2512:25, 6 January 2024 diff hist +96 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder106/Note4Created page with "The reference is said to be to the powder Muslims used in the bath to remove hair from the body." current
  • 12:2412:24, 6 January 2024 diff hist 0 Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111No edit summary current
  • 12:2412:24, 6 January 2024 diff hist +99 Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111No edit summary
  • 12:2312:23, 6 January 2024 diff hist +132 Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110No edit summary current
  • 12:2112:21, 6 January 2024 diff hist +33 Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder109No edit summary current
  • 12:2112:21, 6 January 2024 diff hist +66 Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder106No edit summary current
  • 08:1308:13, 6 January 2024 diff hist +221 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder112Created 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." current
  • 08:1208:12, 6 January 2024 diff hist +239 Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111No edit summary
  • 08:1208:12, 6 January 2024 diff hist +306 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder111Created 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]"
  • 08:0908:09, 6 January 2024 diff hist +527 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder110Created 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..."
  • 08:0808:08, 6 January 2024 diff hist +429 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder109Created 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."
  • 08:0708:07, 6 January 2024 diff hist +378 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder108Created 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)." current
  • 08:0608:06, 6 January 2024 diff hist +295 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder107Created 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." current
  • 08:0608:06, 6 January 2024 diff hist +1,152 N Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder106Created 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-..."

16 December 2023

10 December 2023

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