Bahíyyih Khánum

by Baha'i World Centre

Contents

• [Baha'i Terms of Use]
• [Dedicatory Passage]
• [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: Brethren 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 Khánum 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 ...]

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