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`Abdu'-Bahá. Bahá'í World Faith

CHAPTER SIX: THE FAITH OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

MANKIND IS IN DANGER

I HAVE COME WITH THIS MISSION

THE BLESSED PERFECTION, BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

RELIGION IS PROGRESSIVE

THIS RADIANT CENTURY

THE MOST GREAT PEACE

MAN AND NATURE

SCIENCE AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

TEACHINGS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

THE EDUCATORS OF MANKIND

THE DIVINE STANDARD OF KNOWLEDGE

THE SUN OF REALITY

THE SOURCE OF UNITY

THE QUICKENING SPIRIT

SPIRITUAL EXISTENCE IS IMMORTALITY

RACE UNITY, ASSURANCE OF WORLD PEACE

RELIGION AND CIVILIZATION

INDUSTRIAL JUSTICE

UNIVERSAL PEACE

CHAPTER SEVEN: SOUL, MIND AND SPIRIT

THE ORIGIN OF MAN

MODIFICATION OF SPECIES

THE KINGDOM OF MAN

MAN AND EVOLUTION

SPIRITUAL NATURE OF MAN

MAN’S INNATE POWERS

THE SPIRIT IN THE BODY

MAN’S RELATION TO GOD

SOUL, MIND AND SPIRIT

FIVE PHYSICAL AND FIVE SPIRITUAL POWERS

INNATE, INHERITED AND ACQUIRED CHARACTER

MAN’S KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SPIRIT

PERFECTION IS ENDLESS

THE EVOLUTION OF MAN IN THE OTHER WORLD

PROGRESS AFTER DEATH

TABLET ON PURITY

GOD AND THE UNIVERSE

CHAPTER EIGHT: THE LOOM OF REALITY

HIS DEATHLESS SPLENDOR

THE NEW HEAVEN, THE NEW EARTH

SPIRITUAL SPRING

SERVE THE KINGDOM

FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY

HERALDS OF HIS NAME

THE WORLD IS INFIRM

THE COVENANT

RACE UNITY

THE FIRE OF THE LOVE OF GOD

YE ARE THE ANGELS

REALITY OF THANKSGIVING

THE STRAIGHT PATH

CUT THYSELF FROM THE WORLD

ARISE WITH GREAT POWER

DIVINE ASSISTANCE

PROOF OF NOBILITY

THE SOURCE OF LOVE

OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE FAITH

SPIRITUAL CAPACITY

THE BELOVED OF GOD

IF ONE POSSESSES THE LOVE OF GOD

THE MAGNET OF THE KINGDOM

THE ENCOMPASSING SPIRIT

SOULS ARE LIKE MIRRORS

THE WORLD OF VISION

PRAYER IS INDISPENSABLE

TURN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE INTERMEDIARY

THE SPIRIT OF FAITH

TRIALS A GIFT FROM GOD

THE MYSTERY OF SUFFERING

BAHÁ’Í MARRIAGE

KINDNESS TO ANIMALS

ECONOMY A GREAT TREASURE

MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD

SOCIALISM

TWO METHODS OF HEALING

IF THOU DESIREST HEALTH

DUTY TO ATTAIN SCIENCE

WORK IS WORSHIP

SCIENCE AS WORSHIP

MUSIC

SEVERANCE FROM THIS WORLD

CONSOLATION OF OUR HEARTS

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE KINGDOM

THE UNKNOWABLE ESSENCE

FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE

KNOWLEDGE AND DEEDS

TRAINING OF CHILDREN

SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ENLIGHTENED SOUL

ETERNAL SOVEREIGNTY

CONFIRMATION AND ASSISTANCE

THIS WORLD A MIRAGE

PROTECTION OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS

THE RETURN OF CHRIST

ETERNAL LIFE

SPREADERS OF CALUMNY

THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST

SALVATION

THE SPIRITUAL CHURCH

THE SUPPER OF THE LORD

UNDERSTANDING THE MYSTERIES

REINCARNATION

THIS GLAD-TIDINGS

CONSIDER THE PAST

THIS BRANCH WILL ASCEND

AFTER THIS STORM

THE CENTER

MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL EDUCATION

CHAPTER NINE: THE DIVINE PLAN

THE CAUSE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

THE COMMUNITY OF THE GREATEST NAME

GOD LOVETH THOSE WHO WORK IN GROUPS

THE DIVINE SHEPHERD

THE FUNDAMENTAL AIM

THIS MEETING IS BLESSED

THE SPIRITUAL ELECTION

THE HOUSE OF JUSTICE

OBEDIENCE TO THE ASSEMBLY

‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ IS PRESENT

THE CENTER OF DECISION

THE BASIS OF UNION

THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

MERCY AND JUSTICE

INTER-ASSEMBLY UNION

THE MASHRIQU’L-ADHKÁR

THE COLLECTIVE CENTER OF THE KINGDOM

BAHÁ’U’LLÁH THE LORD OF HOSTS

THE MASTER’S LAST TABLET TO AMERICA

EXCERPTS FROM THE WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ

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O people of the world!

The dawn of the Sun of Reality is assuredly for the illumination of the world and for the manifestation of mercy. In the assemblage of the family of Adam results and fruits are praiseworthy, and the holy bestowals of every bounty are abundant. It is an absolute mercy and a complete bounty, the illumination of the world, fellowship and harmony, love and union; nay, rather, mercifulness and oneness, the elimination of discord and the unity of whosoever are on the earth in the utmost of freedom and dignity. The Blessed Beauty said: “All are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch.” He likened the world of existence to one tree and all the souls to leaves, blossoms and fruits. Therefore all the branches, leaves, blossoms and fruits must be in the utmost of freshness, and the bringing about of this delicacy and sweetness depends upon union and fellowship. Therefore they must assist each other with all their power and seek everlasting life. Thus the friends of God must manifest the mercy of the Compassionate Lord in the world of existence and must show forth the bounty of the visible and invisible King. They must purify their sight, and look upon mankind as the leaves, blossoms and fruits of the tree of creation, and must always be thinking of doing good to someone, of love, consideration, affection and assistance to somebody. They must see no enemy and count no one as an ill wisher. They must consider every one on the earth as a friend; regard the stranger as an intimate, and the alien as a companion. They must not be bound by any tie, nay, rather, they should be free from every bond. In this day the one who is favored in the threshold of grandeur is the one who offers the cup of faithfulness and bestows the pearl of gift to the enemies, even to the fallen oppressor, lends a helping hand, and considers every bitter foe as an affectionate friend.

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His Cause spread more and more. The Blessed Perfection was a prisoner twenty-five years. During all this time He was subjected to the indignities and revilement of the people. He was persecuted, mocked and put in chains. In Írán His properties were pillaged and His possessions confiscated. First, banishment from Írán to Baghdád; then to Constantinople; then Adrianople; finally from Roumelia to the prison fortress of Akká.

During His lifetime He was intensely active. His energy was unlimited. Scarcely one night was passed in restful sleep. He bore these ordeals, suffered these calamities and difficulties in order that a manifestation of selflessness and service might become apparent in the world of humanity; that the Most Great Peace should become a reality; that human souls might appear as the angels of heaven; that heavenly miracles would be wrought among men; that human faith should be strengthened and perfected; that the precious, priceless bestowal of God, the human mind, might be developed to its fullest capacity in the temple of the body; and man become the reflection and likeness of God, even as it hath been revealed in the Bible: “We shall create man in Our own image.”

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