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Bahíyyih Khánum

Bahíyyih Khánum

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Author
Baha'i World Centre
Language
English
LoC Class
BP: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy, Other and new beliefs
Subject
Bahíyyih, Khánum -- Correspondence
Category
Text
eBook-No.
19242
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19242
Release Date
September 15, 2006
Copyright
Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.

Contents

  1. 1.Baha'i Terms of Use — Contents — [Dedicatory Passage] — I: From the Writings of BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
  2. 2.1: Let these exalted words be thy love-song on ...
  3. 3.2: O My Leaf! Hearken thou unto My Voice: ... — II: From the Writings of ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ
  4. 4.1: O my well-beloved, deeply spiritual sister! ...
  5. 5.2: O thou my affectionate sister! In the daytime ...
  6. 6.3: Dear and deeply spiritual sister! At morn and ...
  7. 7.4: Dear sister, beloved of my heart and soul! ...
  8. 8.5: O thou my loving, my deeply spiritual ...
  9. 9.6: To my honoured and distinguished sister do ...
  10. 10.7: O Díyá! It is incumbent upon thee, ...
  11. 11.8: O thou my affectionate sister! ...
  12. 12.9: O my dear sister! ...
  13. 13.10: O my well-beloved sister, O Most Exalted ...
  14. 14.11: O thou my sister, my dear sister! ...
  15. 15.12: My sister and beloved of my soul! ...
  16. 16.13: My sister, for a considerable period, that is, ...
  17. 17.14: O my spiritual sister! ...
  18. 18.15: O my spiritual sister! ...
  19. 19.16: O my affectionate sister! ...
  20. 20.17: O my dear sister! ...
  21. 21.18: O my cherished sister! ...
  22. 22.19: O my sister in the spirit, and the companion ...
  23. 23.20: O thou Greatest and Most Merciful Holy ...
  24. 24.21: I do not know in what words I could ... — III: From the Writings of SHOGHI EFFENDI
  25. 25.1: This servant, after that grievous event and ...
  26. 26.2: And in this fervent plea, my voice is once ...
  27. 27.3: GREATEST HOLY LEAF’S IMMORTAL SPIRIT ...
  28. 28.4: GREATEST HOLY LEAF ASCENDED ABHÁ KINGDOM. ...
  29. 29.5: O ye who burn in the flames of bereavement! ...
  30. 30.6: Brethren and fellow-mourners in the Faith ...
  31. 31.7: ENTREAT SORROW STRICKEN AMERICAN BELIEVERS ...
  32. 32.8: YOUR MESSAGE ALLEVIATED LOAD MY AGONIZING ...
  33. 33.9: PRAY ASSURE AMERICAN BELIEVERS BEHALF HOLY ...
  34. 34.10: Your valued message brought strength and ...
  35. 35.11: I deeply appreciate your sympathy. My loss ...
  36. 36.12: I greatly value your sympathy in my cruel, ...
  37. 37.13: Your sweet and touching message imparted ...
  38. 38.14: My great love for the Greatest Holy Leaf and ...
  39. 39.15: The many evidences of your increasing zeal ...
  40. 40.16: Your highly impressive and touching message ...
  41. 41.17: The passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf has ...
  42. 42.18: O well-loved friend, ...
  43. 43.19: I wish to add a few words in person as a ...
  44. 44.20: I am moved to add a few words with my ...
  45. 45.21: The passing of the beloved Khánum has ...
  46. 46.22: I greatly value the expression of your ...
  47. 47.23: I wish to express to your distinguished ...
  48. 48.24: O ye who share my anguish and are my ...
  49. 49.25: Moved by an unalterable devotion to the ...
  50. 50.26: It was through the arrival of these pilgrims, ...
  51. 51.27: With ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s ascension, and more ...
  52. 52.28: The Fund associated with the beloved name ...
  53. 53.29: BLESSED REMAINS PUREST BRANCH AND ...
  54. 54.30: O loved ones of God, These two precious ...
  55. 55.31: His nine-year-old son, later surnamed the ...
  56. 56.32: ...as a further testimony to the majestic ...
  57. 57.33: The raising of this Edifice will in turn ... — IV: Passages from letters written on behalf of SHOGHI EFFENDI
  58. 58.1: Your touching words in connection with the ...
  59. 59.2: The passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf, so ...
  60. 60.3: The ascension of the Greatest Holy Leaf is, ...
  61. 61.4: His grief is too immense and his loss too ...
  62. 62.5: The irreparable loss which the Faith has ...
  63. 63.6: In these days, when we are all mourning the ...
  64. 64.7: Your message of condolence and sympathy, ...
  65. 65.8: ...The news of the Memorial Service you ...
  66. 66.9: The letter from that spiritual friend has ...
  67. 67.10: The letter dated 5 August 1932, from that ...
  68. 68.11: What you had written concerning the ...
  69. 69.12: ...He is eagerly awaiting to see the friends ...
  70. 70.13: His loss is too immense to be adequately ...
  71. 71.14: The profound sorrow occasioned by the ...
  72. 72.15: The Guardian of the Cause of God has ...
  73. 73.16: The Guardian’s anguish, because of this ...
  74. 74.17: Indeed, the Greatest Holy Leaf, the Trust of ...
  75. 75.18: The Guardian trusts that the explanation he ...
  76. 76.19: The loss of the Greatest Holy Leaf will be ...
  77. 77.20: Even though during these last years she was ...
  78. 78.21: The passing away of the Greatest Holy Leaf ...
  79. 79.22: Even though the Greatest Holy Leaf has left ...
  80. 80.23: Shoghi Effendi wishes me to acknowledge ...
  81. 81.24: You should be very happy to have had the ...
  82. 82.25: Surely there is nothing that will console the ...
  83. 83.26: These nine months during which the Guardian ...
  84. 84.27: Surely no matter what we say about her still ...
  85. 85.28: Indeed it would have been for you such a joy ...
  86. 86.29: He fully appreciates the deep sorrow that ...
  87. 87.30: He is sure that all the Bahá’ís throughout ...
  88. 88.31: He deeply appreciates your sincere, well-expressed ...
  89. 89.32: ...He was deeply touched by the strong ...
  90. 90.33: The steps of her holy resting-place represent ... — V: Letters of THE GREATEST HOLY LEAF
  91. 91.1: O Leaf of Paradise! ...
  92. 92.2: I feel prompted to offer my sincere best ...
  93. 93.3: The letter in which that leaf had expressed the ...
  94. 94.4: Despite our overwhelming sorrows and ...
  95. 95.5: It is my earnest hope that you, His distinguished ...
  96. 96.6: O exalted leaf, O distinguished friend! May ...
  97. 97.7: May my life be sacrificed for those leaves who ...
  98. 98.8: From this hallowed and snow-white Spot, ...
  99. 99.9: A number of your spiritual sisters, namely ...
  100. 100.10: May the Light of Union radiate with greater ...
  101. 101.11: O my dear sister! I have read what you ...
  102. 102.12: Concerning the remnants of the martyrs’ ...
  103. 103.13: O leaf that has been stirred by the breeze of ...
  104. 104.14: All praise be to the Abhá Beauty, the ...
  105. 105.15: At the exalted Threshold of our Lord, the ...
  106. 106.16: On my return from Beyrouth I was sorry to ...
  107. 107.17: O my dear sister! Your excellent letter ...
  108. 108.18: The Festival of Ridván is come and the ...
  109. 109.19: You should not think that the record of ...
  110. 110.20: Both in the Persian and Arabic Writings of ...
  111. 111.21: HIS HOLINESS ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ ASCENDED TO ...
  112. 112.22: NOW IS A PERIOD OF GREAT TESTS. THE FRIENDS ...
  113. 113.23: MEMORIAL MEETING WORLD OVER JANUARY ...
  114. 114.24: IN WILL SHOGHI EFFENDI APPOINTED GUARDIAN ...
  115. 115.25: The hearts of the people of Bahá are ...
  116. 116.26: We thank you most sincerely for your kind ...
  117. 117.27: REJOICED OVER CONVENTION NEWS. PRAYING ...
  118. 118.28: In this day, those holy souls are divinely ...
  119. 119.29: It is not unknown to those who stand firm ...
  120. 120.30: This dire calamity, this great affliction, the ...
  121. 121.31: Although that supreme calamity, that ...
  122. 122.32: O faithful servant of the Best-Beloved, the ...
  123. 123.33: O God, my God! ...
  124. 124.34: To the doves of faithfulness, ever since ...
  125. 125.35: The passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, may our lives ...
  126. 126.36: The ascension of Him Who was the Temple ...
  127. 127.37: We rejoiced greatly to learn of the unity ...
  128. 128.38: That supreme affliction, the passing of ...
  129. 129.39: The good news that the Word of God is ...
  130. 130.40: All the virtues of humankind are summed ...
  131. 131.41: It is clear how that most dire of calamities, ...
  132. 132.42: All praise to the omnipotent Lord, that in ...
  133. 133.43: Indeed, you have adorned yourself with the ...
  134. 134.44: The deep heart’s love and the longing of the ...
  135. 135.45: The good news has come that the Will and ...
  136. 136.46: In this noblest of all ages the Sun of grace ...
  137. 137.47: The purport of your letter is highly indicative ...
  138. 138.48: At this hour while yet the heart burns with ...
  139. 139.49: O steadfast ones, gathered beneath the ...
  140. 140.50: A physician treats every illness with a ...
  141. 141.51: I was very glad to know of your meeting ...
  142. 142.52: We were delighted to receive your excellent ...
  143. 143.53: Following the ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ...
  144. 144.54: The letter that you wrote in your burning ...
  145. 145.55: Although the ascension of the beloved ...
  146. 146.56: You have offered up thanks to the Lord for ...
  147. 147.57: The Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name, ...
  148. 148.58: After the construction of the Báb’s Shrine ...
  149. 149.59: At the Threshold of the Lord of Mercy we ...
  150. 150.60: The adherents of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh ...
  151. 151.61: Regarding the Centre of Sedition and his ...
  152. 152.62: Your letter has come, and I myself and the ...
  153. 153.63: The sad news about the death of your ...
  154. 154.64: The letter you have written was received ...
  155. 155.65: All praise be unto the Court of Holiness, ...
  156. 156.66: It has been demonstrated time and time ...
  157. 157.67: The cheque for the amount of two hundred ...
  158. 158.68: It is clear and evident that the body of ...
  159. 159.69: We beseech God—exalted be His glory—to ...
  160. 160.70: Your letter of 12th October 1922 is just ...
  161. 161.71: All praise to the beloved Abhá Beauty, ...
  162. 162.72: Your kind and loving letter written with an ...
  163. 163.73: Praise be to God that through the gracious ...
  164. 164.74: Your letter was received and its contents ...
  165. 165.75: It was sometime ago that I received your ...
  166. 166.76: You quite well realize, I presume, that ...
  167. 167.77: The Pen of the divine Ordainer has so ...
  168. 168.78: ‘O God, My God! Thou hast lighted the lamp of ...
  169. 169.79: The tongue of this lowly and grief-stricken ...
  170. 170.80: The question of Avárih has surely come to ...
  171. 171.81: Praise be to God that through His gracious ...
  172. 172.82: It is a very long time since we have had any ...
  173. 173.83: Your short and loving note of June 25th has ...
  174. 174.84: Your charming letter of June 20th has ...
  175. 175.85: Your numerous letters written to the ...
  176. 176.86: From this hallowed Spot I send heavenly ...
  177. 177.87: In this Day nothing is so important as service. ...
  178. 178.88: It always cheers my heart to hear from the ...
  179. 179.89: My heart is always cheered when I meet or ...
  180. 180.90: At the holy Threshold of the Abhá Beauty ...
  181. 181.91: O dear sisters, ardent lovers of Bahá’u’lláh, ...
  182. 182.92: Your letter, laden with many a graceful ... — Footnotes

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