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Mark Towfiq
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ánum
I: From the Writings of BAHÁ'U'LLÁH
1: Let these exalted words be thy love-song on ...
2: O My Leaf! Hearken thou unto My Voice: ...
II: From the Writings of `ABDU'L-BAHÁ
1: O my well-beloved, deeply spiritual sister! ...
2: O thou my affectionate sister! In the daytime ...
3: Dear and deeply spiritual sister! At morn and ...
4: Dear sister, beloved of my heart and soul! ...
5: O thou my loving, my deeply spiritual ...
6: To my honoured and distinguished sister do ...
7: O Díyá! It is incumbent upon thee, ...
8: O thou my affectionate sister! ...
9: O my dear sister! ...
10: O my well-beloved sister, O Most Exalted ...
11: O thou my sister, my dear sister! ...
12: My sister and beloved of my soul! ...
13: My sister, for a considerable period, that is, ...
14: O my spiritual sister! ...
15: O my spiritual sister! ...
16: O my affectionate sister! ...
17: O my dear sister! ...
18: O my cherished sister! ...
19: O my sister in the spirit, and the companion ...
20: O thou Greatest and Most Merciful Holy ...
21: I do not know in what words I could ...
III: From the Writings of SHOGHI EFFENDI
1: This servant, after that grievous event and ...
2: And in this fervent plea, my voice is once ...
3: GREATEST HOLY LEAF'S IMMORTAL SPIRIT ...
4: GREATEST HOLY LEAF ASCENDED ABHÁ KINGDOM. ...
5: O ye who burn in the flames of bereavement! ...
6: Brethern and fellow-mourners in the Faith ...
7: ENTREAT SORROW STRICKEN AMERICAN BELIEVERS ...
8: YOUR MESSAGE ALLEVIATED LOAD MY AGONIZING ...
9: PRAY ASSURE AMERICAN BELIEVERS BEHALF HOLY ...
10: Your valued message brought strength and ...
11: I deeply appreciate your sympathy. My loss ...
12: I greatly value your sympathy in my cruel, ...
13: Your sweet and touching message imparted ...
14: My great love for the Greatest Holy Leaf and ...
15: The many evidences of your increasing zeal ...
16: Your highly impressive and touching message ...
17: The passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf has ...
18: O well-loved friend, ...
19: I wish to add a few words in person as a ...
20: I am moved to add a few words with my ...
21: The passing of the beloved
Kh
ánum has ...
22: I greatly value the expression of your ...
23: I wish to express to your distinguished ...
24: O ye who share my anguish and are my ...
25: Moved by an unalterable devotion to the ...
26: It was through the arrival of these pilgrims, ...
27: With `Abdu'l-Bahá's ascension, and more ...
28: The Fund associated with the beloved name ...
29: BLESSED REMAINS PUREST BRANCH AND ...
30: O loved ones of God, These two precious ...
31: His nine-year-old son, later surnamed the ...
32: ...as a further testimony to the majestic ...
33: The raising of this Edifice will in turn ...
IV: Passages from letters written on behalf of SHOGHI EFFENDI
1: Your touching words in connection with the ...
2: The passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf, so ...
3: The ascension of the Greatest Holy Leaf is, ...
4: His grief is too immense and his loss too ...
5: The irreparable loss which the Faith has ...
6: In these days, when we are all mourning the ...
7: Your message of condolence and sympathy, ...
8: ...The news of the Memorial Service you ...
9: The letter from that spiritual friend has ...
10: The letter dated 5 August 1932, from that ...
11: What you had written concerning the ...
12: ...He is eagerly awaiting to see the friends ...
13: His loss is too immense to be adequately ...
14: The profound sorrow occasioned by the ...
15: The Guardian of the Cause of God has ...
16: The Guardian's anguish, because of this ...
17: Indeed, the Greatest Holy Leaf, the Trust of ...
18: The Guardian trusts that the explanation he ...
19: The loss of the Greatest Holy Leaf will be ...
20: Even though during these last years she was ...
21: The passing away of the Greatest Holy Leaf ...
22: Even though the Greatest Holy Leaf has left ...
23: Shoghi Effendi wishes me to acknowledge ...
24: You should be very happy to have had the ...
25: Surely there is nothing that will console the ...
26: These nine months during which the Guardian ...
27: Surely no matter what we say about her still ...
28: Indeed it would have been for you such a joy ...
29: He fully appreciates the deep sorrow that ...
30: He is sure that all the Bahá'ís throughout ...
31: He deeply appreciates your sincere, well-expressed ...
32: ...He was deeply touched by the strong ...
33: The steps of her holy resting-place represent ...
V: Letters of THE GREATEST HOLY LEAF
1: O Leaf of Paradise! ...
2: I feel prompted to offer my sincere best ...
3: The letter in which that leaf had expressed the ...
4: Despite our overwhelming sorrows and ...
5: It is my earnest hope that you, His distinguished ...
6: O exalted leaf, O distinguished friend! May ...
7: May my life be sacrificed for those leaves who ...
8: From this hallowed and snow-white Spot, ...
9: A number of your spiritual sisters, namely ...
10: May the Light of Union radiate with greater ...
11: O my dear sister! I have read what you ...
12: Concerning the remnants of the martyrs' ...
13: O leaf that has been stirred by the breeze of ...
14: All praise be to the Abhá Beauty, the ...
15: At the exalted Threshold of our Lord, the ...
16: On my return from Beyrouth I was sorry to ...
17: O my dear sister! Your excellent letter ...
18: The Festival of Ridván is come and the ...
19: You should not think that the record of ...
20: Both in the Persian and Arabic Writings of ...
21: HIS HOLINESS `ABDU'L-BAHÁ ASCENDED TO ...
22: NOW IS A PERIOD OF GREAT TESTS. THE FRIENDS ...
23: MEMORIAL MEETING WORLD OVER JANUARY ...
24: IN WILL SHOGHI EFFENDI APPOINTED GUARDIAN ...
25: The hearts of the people of Bahá are ...
26: We thank you most sincerely for your kind ...
27: REJOICED OVER CONVENTION NEWS. PRAYING ...
28: In this day, those holy souls are divinely ...
29: It is not unknown to those who stand firm ...
30: This dire calamity, this great affliction, the ...
31: Although that supreme calamity, that ...
32: O faithful servant of the Best-Beloved, the ...
33: O God, my God! ...
34: To the doves of faithfulness, ever since ...
35: The passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá, may our lives ...
36: The ascension of Him Who was the Temple ...
37: We rejoiced greatly to learn of the unity ...
38: That supreme affliction, the passing of ...
39: The good news that the Word of God is ...
40: All the virtues of humankind are summed ...
41: It is clear how that most dire of calamities, ...
42: All praise to the omnipotent Lord, that in ...
43: Indeed, you have adorned yourself with the ...
44: The deep heart's love and the longing of the ...
45: The good news has come that the Will and ...
46: In this noblest of all ages the Sun of grace ...
47: The purport of your letter is highly indicative ...
48: At this hour while yet the heart burns with ...
49: O steadfast ones, gathered beneath the ...
50: A physician treats every illness with a ...
51: I was very glad to know of your meeting ...
52: We were delighted to receive your excellent ...
53: Following the ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá ...
54: The letter that you wrote in your burning ...
55: Although the ascension of the beloved ...
56: You have offered up thanks to the Lord for ...
57: The Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name, ...
58: After the construction of the Báb's Shrine ...
59: At the Threshold of the Lord of Mercy we ...
60: The adherents of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh ...
61: Regarding the Centre of Sedition and his ...
62: Your letter has come, and I myself and the ...
63: The sad news about the death of your ...
64: The letter you have written was received ...
65: All praise be unto the Court of Holiness, ...
66: It has been demonstrated time and time ...
67: The cheque for the amount of two hundred ...
68: It is clear and evident that the body of ...
69: We beseech God--exalted be His glory--to ...
70: Your letter of 12th October 1922 is just ...
71: All praise to the beloved Abhá Beauty, ...
72: Your kind and loving letter written with an ...
73: Praise be to God that through the gracious ...
74: Your letter was received and its contents ...
75: It was sometime ago that I received your ...
76: You quite well realize, I presume, that ...
77: The Pen of the divine Ordainer has so ...
78: `O God, My God! Thou hast lighted the lamp of ...
79: The tongue of this lowly and grief-stricken ...
80: The question of Avárih has surely come to ...
81: Praise be to God that through His gracious ...
82: It is a very long time since we have had any ...
83: Your short and loving note of June 25th has ...
84: Your charming letter of June 20th has ...
85: Your numerous letters written to the ...
86: From this hallowed Spot I send heavenly ...
87: In this Day nothing is so important as service. ...
88: It always cheers my heart to hear from the ...
89: My heart is always cheered when I meet or ...
90: At the holy Threshold of the Abhá Beauty ...
91: O dear sisters, ardent lovers of Bahá'u'lláh, ...
92: Your letter, laden with many a graceful ...
VI: DOCUMENTATION
1: From a Tablet addressed to the Greatest Holy ...
2: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
1: From a Tablet addressed to the Greatest Holy ...
2: From a Tablet addressed to the Greatest Holy ...
3: From a Tablet addressed to the Greatest Holy ...
4: From a Tablet addressed to the Greatest Holy Leaf. ...
5: From a Tablet addressed to the Greatest Holy ...
6: From a Tablet addressed to Munírih
Kh
ánum, the ...
7: From a Tablet addressed to Diya'iyyih
Kh
ánum, ...
8: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
9: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
10: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
11: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
12: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
13: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to
H
ájí
...
14: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
15: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
16: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
17: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
18: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
19: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
20: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to the ...
21: From an unpublished Tablet addressed to Munírih ...
1: April 1922, announcement to the Bahá'ís in the ...
2: 21 March 1932, to the Bahá'ís of the United States ...
3: 15 July 1932, to the National Spiritual Assembly of ...
4: 15 July 1932, to the National Spiritual Assembly of ...
5: 3 Kalímát 89 (15 July 1932 A.D.), to the Bahá'ís of ...
6: 17 July 1932, to the Bahá'ís of the West. (See ...
7: 18 July 1932, to the National Spiritual Assembly of...
8: 18 July 1932 ...
9: 1 August 1932, to the National Spiritual Assembly ...
10: 15 August 1932 ...
11: 23 August 1932 ...
12: 23 August 1932, to the Spiritual Assembly of the ...
13: 25 August 1932 ...
14: 30 August 1932, to the Spiritual Assembly of the ...
15: 30 August 1932, to the Spiritual Assembly of the ...
16: 1 September 1932, to the Bahá'ís of Washington, ...
17: 1 September 1932, to the National Spiritual ...
18: 5 September 1932. (Translated from the Persian) ...
19: 10 September 1932, to the Bahá'ís of Glendale, ...
20: 10 September 1932, to the National Spiritual ...
21: 10 September 1932 ...
22: 11 October 1932, to the Spiritual Assembly of the ...
23: 27 October 1932, to the National Spiritual ...
24: 2 Masa'il 89 (13 December 1932 A.D.), to the ...
25: 14 January 1933, to the Bahá'ís of the United ...
26: 21 April 1933, to the Bahá'ís of the United States ...
27: 8 February 1934, to the Bahá'ís of the West. (See ...
28: 25 December 1938, to the Bahá'ís of the United ...
29: 5 December 1939, to the Bahá'ís of the United ...
30: 25 December 1939, to the Bahá'ís of the East. ...
31: 1944, God Passes By, p. 108 ...
32: 1944, God Passes By, p. 347 ...
33: 27 November 1954, to the Bahá'ís of the World. ...
1: 15 August 1932 ...
2: 23 August 1932 ...
3: 23 August 1932, to the Spiritual Assembly of the ...
4: 25 August 1932 ...
5: 30 August 1932, to the Spiritual Assembly of the ...
6: 30 August 1932, to the Spiritual Assembly of the ...
7: 30 August 1932 ...
8: 1 September 1932, to the Bahá'ís of Washington, ...
9: 5 September 1932. (Translated from the Persian) ...
10: 9 September 1932. (Translated from the Persian) ...
11: 9 September 1932. (Translated from the Persian) ...
12: 10 September 1932, to the Bahá'ís of Jacksonville, ...
13: 10 September 1932, to the Bahá'ís of Monroe, ...
14: 10 September 1932, to the National Spiritual ...
15: 15 September 1932. (Translated from the Persian) ...
16: 15 September 1932. (Translated from the Persian) ...
17: 15 September 1932, to the Spiritual Assembly of ...
18: 15 September 1932, to the National Spiritual ...
19: 4 October 1932, to the Bahá'ís of Australia ...
20: 4 October 1932, to the Spiritual Assembly of the ...
21: 6 October 1932 ...
22: 7 October 1932 ...
23: 8 October 1932, to the Spiritual Assembly of the ...
24: 10 October 1932 ...
25: 11 October 1932, to the Bahá'ís of Teaneck, New ...
26: 18 October 1932 ...
27: 29 October 1932 ...
28: 9 November 1932 ...
29: 9 November 1932 ...
30: 30 November 1932 ...
31: 15 March 1933 ...
32: 29 May 1933, to the Bahá'ís of Bournemouth, ...
33: 6 March 1945. (Translated from the Persian) ...
1: See facsimile of original, facing page 157 ...
2: 12 Muharram 1307 A.H. (8 September 1889 A.D.) ...
3: 14
Sh
avval 1310 A.H. (1 May 1893 A.D.) ...
4:
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1314 A.H. (3 April-2 May 1897 A.D.) ...
5: 9 Muharram 1315 A.H. (10 June 1897 A.D.) ...
6: Dhi'l-Hijjih 1316 A.H. (12 April-11 May 1899 ...
7: Dhi'l-Hijjih 1316 A.H. (12 April-11 May 1899 ...
8: 7 Muharram 1317 A.H. (18 May 1899 A.D.) ...
9:
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1318 A.H. (20 February-21 March ...
10: Undated, postmarked 9 April 1901 ...
11:
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1321 A.H. (19 January-17 February ...
12: Jamádiyu'
th
-
Th
ání 1322 A.H. (13 August-10 ...
13: Safar 1323 A.H. (7 April-5 May 1905 A.D.) ...
14:
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1323 A.H. (28 December 1905-26 ...
15: Safar 1325 A.H. (16 March-13 April 1907 A.D.) ...
16: 1 January 1921 ...
17: Undated, to the President of the Bahá'í Women's ...
18: Undated ...
19: Undated ...
20: Undated ...
21: 28 November 1921, to the Executive Board of ...
22: 14 December 1921 (date received), to the Executive ...
23: 22 December 1921 (date received), to the Executive ...
24: 17 January 1922 (date received), to the Executive ...
25:
Sh
a'bán 1340 A.H. (30 March-28 April 1922 A.D.), ...
26: Feast of Ridván 1922 (21 April-2 May 1922 A.D.), ...
27: 1 May 1922 (date received), to the National ...
28: Ramadán 1340 A.H. (28 April-27 May 1922 A.D.), ...
29: Ramadán 1340 A.H. (28 April-27 May 1922 A.D.), ...
30: Ramadán 1340 A.H. (28 April-27 May 1922 A.D.), ...
31: Ramadán 1340 A.H. (28 April-27 May 1922 A.D.), ...
32: Ramadán 1340 A.H. (28 April-27 May 1922 A.D.), ...
33: Ramadán 1340 A.H. (28 April-27 May 1922 A.D.), ...
34:
Sh
avval 1340 A.H. (28 May-25 June 1922 A.D.), to ...
35:
Sh
avval 1340 A.H. (28 May-25 June 1922 A.D.) ...
36:
Sh
avval 1340 A.H. (28 May-25 June 1922 A.D.), to ...
37:
Sh
avval 1340 A.H. (28 May-25 June 1922 A.D.), to ...
38:
Sh
avval 1340 A.H. (28 May-25 June 1922 A.D.), to ...
39: 26
Sh
avval 1340 A.H. (22 June 1922 A.D.), to a ...
40:
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1340 A.H. (26 June-25 July 1922 ...
41:
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1340 A.H. (26 June-25 July 1922 ...
42:
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1340 A.H. (26 June-25 July 1922 ...
43:
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1340 A.H. (26 June-25 July 1922 ...
44:
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1340 A.H. (26 June-25 July 1922 ...
45: 12
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1340 A.H. (7 July 1922 A.D.), to a ...
46: 15
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1340 A.H. (10 July 1922 A.D.), to ...
47: 19
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1340 A.H. (14 July 1922 A.D.), to ...
48: 22
Dh
i'l-Qádih 1340 A.H. (17 July 1922 A.D.), to a...
49: 20 July 1922, to the Bahá'ís in America ...
50: 4 August 1922, to the Bahá'ís in the West ...
51: 15 Dhi'l-Hijjih 1340 A.H. (8 August 1922 A.D.), to ...
52: 9 August 1922 ...
53: 10 August 1922, to a believer in Alexandria, ...
54: 20 Muharram 1341 A.H. (12 September 1922 A.D.) ...
55: 22 Muharram 1341 A.H. (14 September 1922 A.D.), ...
56: 22 Muharram 1341 A.H. (14 September 1922 A.D.), ...
57: 24 Muharram 1341 A.H. (16 September 1922 A.D.), ...
58: 1 Safar 1341 A.H. (23 September 1922 A.D.), to a ...
59: 22 Safar 1341 A.H. (14 October 1922 A.D.), to a ...
60: 2 Rabí'u'l-Avval 1341 A.H. (23 October 1922 A.D.) ...
61: 2 Rabí'u'l-Avval 1341 A.H. (23 October 1922 ...
62: 5 Rabí'u'l-Avval 1341 A.H. (26 October 1922 ...
63: 5 Rabí'u'l-Avval 1341 A.H. (26 October 1922 ...
64: 25 November 1922 ...
65: Undated, to the friends in Yonkers, New York. ...
66: 2 December 1922, to a believer in Egypt ...
67: 15 Rabí'u'
th
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Th
ání 1341 A.H. (5 December 1922 ...
68: 15 Rabí'u'
th
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Th
ání 1341 A.H. (5 December 1922 ...
69: 15 Rabí'u'
th
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Th
ání 1341 A.H. (5 December 1922 ...
70: 25 Rabí'u'
th
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Th
ání 1341 A.H. (15 December 1922 ...
71: 11 December 1922 ...
72: 23 July 1923 ...
73: 9 Safar 1342 A.H. (21 September 1923 A.D.), to the ...
74: 4 Rabí'u'
th
-
Th
ání 1342 A.H. (14 November 1923 ...
75: 28 November 1923, to the Spiritual Assembly of ...
76: 3 December 1923 ...
77: 21
Sh
a'bán 1342 A.H. (28 March 1924 A.D.), to the ...
78: 3
Sh
avval 1342 A.H. (8 May 1924 A.D.), to the ...
79: 27 May 1924, to the Spiritual Assembly of the ...
80: 24
Sh
avval 1342 A.H. (29 May 1924 A.D.), to a ...
81: 14 August 1924 ...
82: 28 June 1924 ...
83: 19 July 1924 ...
84: 19 July 1924 ...
85: 18 August 1924 ...
86: 15 June 1925, to a Bahá'í couple in Stuttgart, ...
87: 8 October 1924 ...
88: 13 May 1928 ...
89: 12 March 1929 ...
90: 4 Jamádiyu'l-Avval 1348 A.H. (8 October 1929 ...
91: Undated, to the Maidservants of the Merciful in ...