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Abdu'l-Bahá

(1844–1921) Religious Leader

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Abdu'l-Bahá was a religious leader.

Quick Facts About Abdu'l-Bahá

Born: May 23, 1844
Died: November 28, 1921
Profession: Religious Leader

About Abdu'l-Bahá

[Wikidata] son of Bahá'u'lláh and leader of the Bahá'í Faith... | [Wikipedia] ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, born ʻAbbás, was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Bahá’í Faith, who designated him to be his successor and head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 until 1921. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was later cited as the last of three "central figures" of the religion, along with Baháʼu'lláh and the Báb

Quotes by Abdu'l-Bahá

Help along one another's projects and plans.

Helping

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Prejudices of any kind are the destroyers of human happiness & welfare.

Destroyers

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Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that…

Arise

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Sometimes I want to ask God why He allows poverty, famine, and injustice when He could do something about it, but I'm…

Ask me

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The most important principle of divine philosophy is the oneness of the world of humanity, the unity of mankind, the bond conjoining…

Divine

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Man is in reality a spiritual being and only when he lives in the spirit is he truly happy.

Men

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Until the reality of equality between man and woman is fully established and attained, the highest social development of mankind is not…

Development

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Close investigation will show that the primary cause of oppression and injustice, of unrighteousness, irregularity and disorder, is the people's lack of…

Causes

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The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion of education. It is inconceivable that any nation should achieve prosperity and success…

Achieve

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The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail.

Heart

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The home of Religion is the heart.

Heart

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“Love the creatures for the sake of God and not for themselves. You will never become angry or impatient if you love…

Baha i

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Truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues of the world of humanity. Without truthfulness, progress and success in all the worlds of…

Attributes

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The reality of man is his thought, not his material body. The thought force and the animal force are partners. Although man…

Animal

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Observe that the body of man is confined to a small place; it covers only two spans of earth. But the spirit…

Body

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The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust, and it…

Appearance

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If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will…

Baha

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My heart is in a constant state of thanksgiving.

Constant

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Never is it the wish of `Abdu'l-Bahá to see any being hurt, nor will He make anyone to grieve; for man can…

Angel

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To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish.

Eternal

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A man may be a Bah' in name only. If he is a Bah' in reality, his deeds and actions will be…

Action

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If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls.

Darts

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Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be…

Age

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Divine Justice demands that the rights of both sexes should be equally respected since neither is superior to the other in the…

Demand

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And now one of the greatest and most fundamental principles of the Cause of God is to shun and avoid entirely the…

Accounts

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Abdu'l-Bahá by topic

Men (29) World (26) Religion (26) Love (25) Humans (18) Heart (17) Nature of man (15) Life (15) Spirit (13) Light (13) Ifs (13) Humanity (12) Causes (12) Should (11) Holy (10)