my identity is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\nmy qualification is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\nmy reality is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\nmy praise is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1.<\/strong><\/h3>\nThraldom to the Blessed Perfection<\/strong><\/h3>\nis my glorious and refulgent diadem;<\/strong><\/h3>\nand servitude to all the human race<\/strong><\/h3>\nis my perpetual religion.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"Boys](\"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/boys-who-are-doing-homework-encounter-problems-and.jpeg\")
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Riaz and his best friend Hiroto were doing their homework in the tatami room. Hiroto saw a photo on the bookcase, and just stared at it for a few moments.
\u201cWho is that old man?\u201d He asked.
Riaz looked up and said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d Hiroto nodded and then they both went back to studying.<\/p>\n
Mona was just passing the room at that time and heard the comments. \u201cHiroto, do you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, He is the one who writes all the prayers!\u201d Hiroto answered.<\/p>\n
Mona was so surprised to hear this. \u201cHow do you know about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s prayers?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cMona!\u201d Riaz answered. \u201cHe has spent the night with us before and joined us for morning prayers! Remember?\u201d<\/p>\n
By then Asma and Shahla had joined them in the room, sitting around the table on the tatami.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWow! You remembered that just by reading a prayer a time or two! Sugoi<\/em>!\u201d said Shahla.<\/p>\nMother and Anisa came in just then with some muffins for a treat for the children, and<\/p>\n
Mother asked all of them, \u201cBut who can tell Hiroto who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 really was?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, it\u2019s right there in His name!\u201d Said Riaz. \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019 means \u2018Servant of Bah\u00e1\u2019, or \u2018Servant of G<\/p>\n
od\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n
Asma added \u201cI remember! He said, \u2018My Name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, my\u2026. (something, something\u2026is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1) my Praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, (\u2026something, something) and servitude to the whole human race my perpetual religion!\u2019 That means He chose to be a servant to God and a servant to all mankind!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood job, boys! Nice try on the quotation, Asma!\u201d praised Mother.<\/p>\n
Shahla looked thoughtfully and then asked, \u201cIf He chose that name, then what was the name He was born with?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mother looked around the room, and asked \u201cWho knows the answer to that question?\u201d<\/p>\n
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Everyone shook their head.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, don\u2019t feel bad,\u201d said Mother. \u201cI had to think pretty hard until I remembered, too. We never use the name He was born with because He asked us to call Him \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1. But if I remember correctly\u2026He was given the name \u2018Abb\u00e1s and was called \u2018Abb\u00e1s Effendi by the people in His town.<\/p>\n
Effendi means Mr. or it\u2019s like \u2018san\u2019 here in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then she continued, \u201cActually, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was His station, meaning His position. For example, people have stations in life: Chief, or Mayor, or Mother, or Father, or Uncle, son, or daughter. Those aren\u2019t our names; they are our stations. \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 wanted to be known as the Servant! But He had other stations, too. Do you guys remember any of those other stations?\u201d asked Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cBah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, His father, called Him \u2018The Master\u2019,\u201d said Mona. \u201cI guess because He was going to take over after Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h?\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cBut Mom, how can He be the Servant and the Master at the same time?\u201d asked Shahla.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood question, Shahla!\u201d said Mother. \u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 explained that the higher a person\u2019s position, the lower and more humble they should be. That\u2019s what really makes someone noble!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWHAT? Mom that doesn\u2019t make sense!\u201d shouted Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rain that falls on the mountain doesn\u2019t stay on the top of the mountain but flows down to the sea.<\/p>\n
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So, the noble king should be a humble servant to his people, forgetting his self, and being constantly concerned with the wellbeing of his subjects. And aren\u2019t mothers and fathers servants to their\u00a0children? They work and cook and clean to feed and take care of their children. Policemen protect and guard everyone. Teachers work really hard to educate all of you.\u201d Mother smiled and said, \u201cAll of us are servants of you children!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOK, servant! More treats now for us kids!\u201d said Riaz, pointing to Mother, and everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
Mother smiled and said, \u201cRiaz, part of our service to you is to teach you how to be healthy, respectful, kind, humble and noble people. So, sorry but, no more treats until after dinner… IF, you have finished your homework!\u201d And all the children laughed again, even Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, what are some of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s other stations?\u201d asked Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember\u201d said Shahla, \u201cthe Examplar! That means He is the example that we are supposed to follow! Right Mom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah!\u201d said little Anisa, and she started singing, \u201cLook at Me, Follow Me, be as I am, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1,\u201d and everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe follow Him, so we know how to treat people, right Mommy! Because \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was the kindest, bestest person!\u201d she added.![\"20160307143354_00002\"](\"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20160307143354_00002.jpeg\")
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\u201cThat\u2019s right. Good job!\u201d praised Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know another one!\u201d said Asma. \u201cCenter of the Covenant! I read that \u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is the center around which the unity of all mankind depends!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat exactly does that mean?\u201d asked Mona.<\/p>\n
Asma looked at Mother for the answer to that question.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand it fully either, but \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said, \u2018\u2026that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.\u2019 And the covenant is God\u2019s promise to bring the Kingdom of God on Earth\u2014peace on earth\u2014if we follow God\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0 ![\"Children](\"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/children-united-world-of-peace-royalty-free-clipar.jpeg\")
These teachings were brought by Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the newest voice of God foretold by Christ, Buddha, Muhammad and all the previous Manifestations of God. And, Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h said to follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, the Master, because He was the Center of this Covenant, and obeying Him was like obeying God. If we all follow these teachings, we will have peace on earth and happiness for everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cReally? Wow!\u201d said the children.<\/p>\n
Hiroto looked around the room at everyone. \u201cWow!\u201d \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 must be a very special person, that He can be the Servant, the Master, the Center of the Covenant\u2026 all those things at once!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a mystery!\u201d said Riaz shaking his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mystery of God! That is another of His stations!\u201d said Mona smiling and clapping her hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d explained Mother. \u201cThere has never been another like Him. He is not a Manifestation of God, like Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the Buddha, or Christ, and He is not just an ordinary human either. He is the Perfect Man and the Perfect Example of what we humans could be! We haven\u2019t had anyone like that ever before!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, maybe in the way distant future when people follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 good enough, everyone will be like Him!\u201d suggested Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone being kind, loving, generous\u2026that would make a wonderful world wouldn\u2019t it!\u201d agreed Asma, and everyone nodded.<\/p>\n
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\u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s love was like pure, lovely water that flowed over and surrounded everyone he met and made them clean and pure and happy,\u201d commented Mother.<\/p>\n
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\u201cRather than water\u2026 I feel more like a rock coming in contact with another rock, when I meet people: hardly any connection at all,\u201d said Mona sadly.\u201cI wish I could at least be something soft\u2026 like dough or cotton\u2026that could kind of surround a person I met.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know exactly how you feel, Mona, I feel the same way,\u201d said Mot<\/span>her. \u201cLet\u2019s work on following \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 in showing love and compassion to everyone we meet\u2026. \u2018Little by little, day by day\u2026 that\u2019s how we grow\u2019, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said.\u201d![\"Skill](\"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/skill-lesson-pizza-dough-a-dash-of-ginger-bas-e1617193322220-300x283.jpeg\")
<\/span><\/p>\nAnisa went over to Mona and gave her a big hug with her arms and legs.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am wrapping you up with my love Mona!\u201d Mona hugged her back as everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
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Then Mother said, \u201cOK guys, I am going to go get dinner ready! You all need to finish your homework\u2026. Maybe you can all search for your favorite quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 that shows how we should be treating people. Then tonight you can each share the quote that you found and explain to Dad all that you have learned about the Stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI help you Mommy! I am good at cooking dinner!\u201d said little Anisa, and everyone laughed as they<\/p>\n
went back to their homework.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the quotations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s words that the children shared at dinner.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou live to do good and bring happiness to others.\u201d <\/strong>(the quote Anisa chose)<\/p>\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026.\u201d <\/strong>(Mona\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cIf an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.\u201d <\/strong>(Asma\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cLet your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.\u201d <\/strong>(Riaz\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cBe kind to all peoples; care for every person; \u2026strive ye to gladden every soul.\u201d<\/strong> (Shahla\u2019s choice)<\/p>\nFather listened to all their quotes, and their explanation of the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 and he was so surprised. \u201cWow, my children have all become teachers of mankind, and servants to the Covenant! I am so proud of all you! I know that each of you will render great services to the betterment of mankind as you grow up!\u201d<\/p>\n
That of course made everyone smile and feel very happy!<\/p>\n
Then little Anisa started singing again: \u201cLook at me; follow me; be as I am; \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1.\u201d Everyone laughed and joined her in singing.<\/p>\n
Look at me; follow me, song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2bzk5LNy1E<\/a><\/p>\nA song about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hAIMNRhM5Sw<\/a><\/p>\nFor more stories of Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 see: http:\/\/hirunohoshien.weebly.com\/<\/a> #265<\/p>\nQuiz<\/p>\n
\n- What were Riaz and Hiroto doing when Mona saw them?
__________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Hiroto ask about?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Mona ask Hiroto? What did Hiroto answer?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What does the name \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u201d mean?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - Was that the name He was born with?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Asma say was another station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - How can someone be a Master and a Servant at the same time?
____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What are some of the other stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
_______________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - How is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the Mystery of God?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - Can you memorize one new quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
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Answers are on the Parents\u2019 Page!<\/p>\n
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As to the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith writes: \u201cHe is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s peerless and all-enfolding Covenant, His most exalted handiwork, the stainless Mirror of His light, the perfect Exemplar of His teachings, the unerring Interpreter of His Word, the embodiment of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed ideal, the incarnation of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed virtue, the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root, the Limb of the Law of God, the Being \u201cround Whom all names revolve,\u201d the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity, the Ensign of the Most Great Peace, the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation\u2014styles and titles that are implicit and find their truest, their highest and fairest expression in the magic name \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. He is, above and beyond these appellations, the \u201cMystery of God\u201d\u2014an expression by which Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h Himself has chosen to designate Him, and which, while it does not by any means justify us to assign to Him the station of Prophethood, indicates how in the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 has said; \u201cYou have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the \u2018Second Coming of Christ.\u2019 Gracious God! Time and again this question hath arisen, and its answer hath emanated in a clear and irrefutable statement from the pen of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, that what is meant in the prophecies by the \u2018Lord of Hosts\u2019 and the \u2018Promised Christ\u2019 is the Blessed Perfection (Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h) and His Holiness the Exalted One (the B\u00e1b). My name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My qualification is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My reality is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem, and servitude to all the human race my perpetual religion\u2026 No name, no title, no mention, no commendation have I, nor will ever have, except \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. This is my longing. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. This is my everlasting glory.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy name is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy identity is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy qualification is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy reality is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy praise is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1.<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nThraldom to the Blessed Perfection<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nis my glorious and refulgent diadem;<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nand servitude to all the human race<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nis my perpetual religion.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Riaz and his best friend Hiroto were doing their homework in the tatami room. Hiroto saw a photo on the bookcase, and just stared at it for a few moments.\r\n\u201cWho is that old man?\u201d He asked.\r\nRiaz looked up and said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d Hiroto nodded and then they both went back to studying.\r\n\r\nMona was just passing the room at that time and heard the comments. \u201cHiroto, do you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d she asked.\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah, He is the one who writes all the prayers!\u201d Hiroto answered.\r\n\r\nMona was so surprised to hear this. \u201cHow do you know about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s prayers?\u201d she asked.\r\n\r\n\u201cMona!\u201d Riaz answered. \u201cHe has spent the night with us before and joined us for morning prayers! Remember?\u201d\r\n\r\nBy then Asma and Shahla had joined them in the room, sitting around the table on the tatami.\r\n\r\n\u201cWow! You remembered that just by reading a prayer a time or two! Sugoi<\/em>!\u201d said Shahla.\r\n\r\nMother and Anisa came in just then with some muffins for a treat for the children, and\r\n\r\nMother asked all of them, \u201cBut who can tell Hiroto who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 really was?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWell, it\u2019s right there in His name!\u201d Said Riaz. \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019 means \u2018Servant of Bah\u00e1\u2019, or \u2018Servant of G\r\n\r\nod\u2019!\u201d\r\n\r\nAsma added \u201cI remember! He said, \u2018My Name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, my\u2026. (something, something\u2026is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1) my Praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, (\u2026something, something) and servitude to the whole human race my perpetual religion!\u2019 That means He chose to be a servant to God and a servant to all mankind!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cGood job, boys! Nice try on the quotation, Asma!\u201d praised Mother.\r\n\r\nShahla looked thoughtfully and then asked, \u201cIf He chose that name, then what was the name He was born with?\u201d\r\n\r\nMother looked around the room, and asked \u201cWho knows the answer to that question?\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nEveryone shook their head.\r\n\r\n\u201cWell, don\u2019t feel bad,\u201d said Mother. \u201cI had to think pretty hard until I remembered, too. We never use the name He was born with because He asked us to call Him \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1. But if I remember correctly\u2026He was given the name \u2018Abb\u00e1s and was called \u2018Abb\u00e1s Effendi by the people in His town.\r\n\r\nEffendi means Mr. or it\u2019s like \u2018san\u2019 here in Japan.\u201d\r\n\r\nThen she continued, \u201cActually, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was His station, meaning His position. For example, people have stations in life: Chief, or Mayor, or Mother, or Father, or Uncle, son, or daughter. Those aren\u2019t our names; they are our stations. \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 wanted to be known as the Servant! But He had other stations, too. Do you guys remember any of those other stations?\u201d asked Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cBah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, His father, called Him \u2018The Master\u2019,\u201d said Mona. \u201cI guess because He was going to take over after Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h?\u201d\r\n\r\n \u201cBut Mom, how can He be the Servant and the Master at the same time?\u201d asked Shahla.\r\n\r\n\u201cGood question, Shahla!\u201d said Mother. \u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 explained that the higher a person\u2019s position, the lower and more humble they should be. That\u2019s what really makes someone noble!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWHAT? Mom that doesn\u2019t make sense!\u201d shouted Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe rain that falls on the mountain doesn\u2019t stay on the top of the mountain but flows down to the sea.\r\n\r\nThe lower the place, the more water gathers there.\r\n\r\nSo, the noble king should be a humble servant to his people, forgetting his self, and being constantly concerned with the wellbeing of his subjects. And aren\u2019t mothers and fathers servants to their\u00a0children? They work and cook and clean to feed and take care of their children. Policemen protect and guard everyone. Teachers work really hard to educate all of you.\u201d Mother smiled and said, \u201cAll of us are servants of you children!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cOK, servant! More treats now for us kids!\u201d said Riaz, pointing to Mother, and everyone laughed.\r\n\r\nMother smiled and said, \u201cRiaz, part of our service to you is to teach you how to be healthy, respectful, kind, humble and noble people. So, sorry but, no more treats until after dinner... IF, you have finished your homework!\u201d And all the children laughed again, even Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, what are some of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s other stations?\u201d asked Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cI remember\u201d said Shahla, \u201cthe Examplar! That means He is the example that we are supposed to follow! Right Mom?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah!\u201d said little Anisa, and she started singing, \u201cLook at Me, Follow Me, be as I am, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1,\u201d and everyone laughed.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe follow Him, so we know how to treat people, right Mommy! Because \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was the kindest, bestest person!\u201d she added.\r\n\r\n\u201cThat\u2019s right. Good job!\u201d praised Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cI know another one!\u201d said Asma. \u201cCenter of the Covenant! I read that \u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is the center around which the unity of all mankind depends!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWhat exactly does that mean?\u201d asked Mona.\r\n\r\nAsma looked at Mother for the answer to that question.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand it fully either, but \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said, \u2018\u2026that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.\u2019 And the covenant is God\u2019s promise to bring the Kingdom of God on Earth\u2014peace on earth\u2014if we follow God\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0 These teachings were brought by Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the newest voice of God foretold by Christ, Buddha, Muhammad and all the previous Manifestations of God. And, Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h said to follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, the Master, because He was the Center of this Covenant, and obeying Him was like obeying God. If we all follow these teachings, we will have peace on earth and happiness for everyone!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cReally? Wow!\u201d said the children.\r\n\r\nHiroto looked around the room at everyone. \u201cWow!\u201d \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 must be a very special person, that He can be the Servant, the Master, the Center of the Covenant\u2026 all those things at once!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a mystery!\u201d said Riaz shaking his head.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe Mystery of God! That is another of His stations!\u201d said Mona smiling and clapping her hands.\r\n\r\n\u201cYes,\u201d explained Mother. \u201cThere has never been another like Him. He is not a Manifestation of God, like Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the Buddha, or Christ, and He is not just an ordinary human either. He is the Perfect Man and the Perfect Example of what we humans could be! We haven\u2019t had anyone like that ever before!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, maybe in the way distant future when people follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 good enough, everyone will be like Him!\u201d suggested Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cEveryone being kind, loving, generous\u2026that would make a wonderful world wouldn\u2019t it!\u201d agreed Asma, and everyone nodded.\r\n\r\n\u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s love was like pure, lovely water that flowed over and surrounded everyone he met and made them clean and pure and happy,\u201d commented Mother.\r\n\r\n \u201cRather than water\u2026 I feel more like a rock coming in contact with another rock, when I meet people: hardly any connection at all,\u201d said Mona sadly.\u201cI wish I could at least be something soft\u2026 like dough or cotton\u2026that could kind of surround a person I met.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cI know exactly how you feel, Mona, I feel the same way,\u201d said Mot<\/span>her. \u201cLet\u2019s work on following \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 in showing love and compassion to everyone we meet\u2026. \u2018Little by little, day by day\u2026 that\u2019s how we grow\u2019, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnisa went over to Mona and gave her a big hug with her arms and legs.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI am wrapping you up with my love Mona!\u201d Mona hugged her back as everyone laughed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThen Mother said, \u201cOK guys, I am going to go get dinner ready! You all need to finish your homework\u2026. Maybe you can all search for your favorite quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 that shows how we should be treating people. Then tonight you can each share the quote that you found and explain to Dad all that you have learned about the Stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI help you Mommy! I am good at cooking dinner!\u201d said little Anisa, and everyone laughed as they\r\n\r\nwent back to their homework.\r\n\r\nHere are some of the quotations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s words that the children shared at dinner.\r\n\r\n\u201cYou live to do good and bring happiness to others.\u201d <\/strong>(the quote Anisa chose)\r\n\r\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026.\u201d <\/strong>(Mona\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cIf an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.\u201d <\/strong>(Asma\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cLet your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.\u201d <\/strong>(Riaz\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cBe kind to all peoples; care for every person; \u2026strive ye to gladden every soul.\u201d<\/strong> (Shahla\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\nFather listened to all their quotes, and their explanation of the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 and he was so surprised. \u201cWow, my children have all become teachers of mankind, and servants to the Covenant! I am so proud of all you! I know that each of you will render great services to the betterment of mankind as you grow up!\u201d\r\n\r\nThat of course made everyone smile and feel very happy!\r\n\r\nThen little Anisa started singing again: \u201cLook at me; follow me; be as I am; \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1.\u201d Everyone laughed and joined her in singing.\r\n\r\nLook at me; follow me, song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2bzk5LNy1E<\/a>\r\n\r\nA song about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hAIMNRhM5Sw<\/a>\r\n\r\nFor more stories of Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 see: http:\/\/hirunohoshien.weebly.com\/<\/a> #265[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=\"Quiz\"][vc_column_text]\r\n\r\n \t- What were Riaz and Hiroto doing when Mona saw them?\r\n__________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What did Hiroto ask about?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What did Mona ask Hiroto? What did Hiroto answer?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What does the name \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u201d mean?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- Was that the name He was born with?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What did Asma say was another station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- How can someone be a Master and a Servant at the same time?\r\n____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What are some of the other stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?\r\n_______________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- How is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the Mystery of God?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- Can you memorize one new quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?\r\n____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\nHow did you do?\r\n\r\nAnswers are on the Parents\u2019 Page![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n
Coloring Page<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026\u201d<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \u2014\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nBe as Angels in the world<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n\r\n<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\nParents\u2019 Page<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\nAs to the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith writes: \u201cHe is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s peerless and all-enfolding Covenant, His most exalted handiwork, the stainless Mirror of His light, the perfect Exemplar of His teachings, the unerring Interpreter of His Word, the embodiment of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed ideal, the incarnation of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed virtue, the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root, the Limb of the Law of God, the Being \u201cround Whom all names revolve,\u201d the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity, the Ensign of the Most Great Peace, the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation\u2014styles and titles that are implicit and find their truest, their highest and fairest expression in the magic name \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. He is, above and beyond these appellations, the \u201cMystery of God\u201d\u2014an expression by which Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h Himself has chosen to designate Him, and which, while it does not by any means justify us to assign to Him the station of Prophethood, indicates how in the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 has said; \u201cYou have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the \u2018Second Coming of Christ.\u2019 Gracious God! Time and again this question hath arisen, and its answer hath emanated in a clear and irrefutable statement from the pen of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, that what is meant in the prophecies by the \u2018Lord of Hosts\u2019 and the \u2018Promised Christ\u2019 is the Blessed Perfection (Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h) and His Holiness the Exalted One (the B\u00e1b). My name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My qualification is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My reality is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem, and servitude to all the human race my perpetual religion\u2026 No name, no title, no mention, no commendation have I, nor will ever have, except \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. This is my longing. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. 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my reality is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\nmy praise is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1.<\/strong><\/h3>\nThraldom to the Blessed Perfection<\/strong><\/h3>\nis my glorious and refulgent diadem;<\/strong><\/h3>\nand servitude to all the human race<\/strong><\/h3>\nis my perpetual religion.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n Riaz and his best friend Hiroto were doing their homework in the tatami room. Hiroto saw a photo on the bookcase, and just stared at it for a few moments.
\u201cWho is that old man?\u201d He asked.
Riaz looked up and said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d Hiroto nodded and then they both went back to studying.<\/p>\n
Mona was just passing the room at that time and heard the comments. \u201cHiroto, do you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, He is the one who writes all the prayers!\u201d Hiroto answered.<\/p>\n
Mona was so surprised to hear this. \u201cHow do you know about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s prayers?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cMona!\u201d Riaz answered. \u201cHe has spent the night with us before and joined us for morning prayers! Remember?\u201d<\/p>\n
By then Asma and Shahla had joined them in the room, sitting around the table on the tatami.<\/p>\n
\u201cWow! You remembered that just by reading a prayer a time or two! Sugoi<\/em>!\u201d said Shahla.<\/p>\nMother and Anisa came in just then with some muffins for a treat for the children, and<\/p>\n
Mother asked all of them, \u201cBut who can tell Hiroto who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 really was?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, it\u2019s right there in His name!\u201d Said Riaz. \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019 means \u2018Servant of Bah\u00e1\u2019, or \u2018Servant of G<\/p>\n
od\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n
Asma added \u201cI remember! He said, \u2018My Name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, my\u2026. (something, something\u2026is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1) my Praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, (\u2026something, something) and servitude to the whole human race my perpetual religion!\u2019 That means He chose to be a servant to God and a servant to all mankind!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood job, boys! Nice try on the quotation, Asma!\u201d praised Mother.<\/p>\n
Shahla looked thoughtfully and then asked, \u201cIf He chose that name, then what was the name He was born with?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mother looked around the room, and asked \u201cWho knows the answer to that question?\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Everyone shook their head.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, don\u2019t feel bad,\u201d said Mother. \u201cI had to think pretty hard until I remembered, too. We never use the name He was born with because He asked us to call Him \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1. But if I remember correctly\u2026He was given the name \u2018Abb\u00e1s and was called \u2018Abb\u00e1s Effendi by the people in His town.<\/p>\n
Effendi means Mr. or it\u2019s like \u2018san\u2019 here in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then she continued, \u201cActually, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was His station, meaning His position. For example, people have stations in life: Chief, or Mayor, or Mother, or Father, or Uncle, son, or daughter. Those aren\u2019t our names; they are our stations. \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 wanted to be known as the Servant! But He had other stations, too. Do you guys remember any of those other stations?\u201d asked Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cBah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, His father, called Him \u2018The Master\u2019,\u201d said Mona. \u201cI guess because He was going to take over after Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Mom, how can He be the Servant and the Master at the same time?\u201d asked Shahla.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood question, Shahla!\u201d said Mother. \u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 explained that the higher a person\u2019s position, the lower and more humble they should be. That\u2019s what really makes someone noble!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWHAT? Mom that doesn\u2019t make sense!\u201d shouted Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rain that falls on the mountain doesn\u2019t stay on the top of the mountain but flows down to the sea.<\/p>\n
The lower the place, the more water gathers there.<\/p>\n
So, the noble king should be a humble servant to his people, forgetting his self, and being constantly concerned with the wellbeing of his subjects. And aren\u2019t mothers and fathers servants to their\u00a0children? They work and cook and clean to feed and take care of their children. Policemen protect and guard everyone. Teachers work really hard to educate all of you.\u201d Mother smiled and said, \u201cAll of us are servants of you children!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOK, servant! More treats now for us kids!\u201d said Riaz, pointing to Mother, and everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
Mother smiled and said, \u201cRiaz, part of our service to you is to teach you how to be healthy, respectful, kind, humble and noble people. So, sorry but, no more treats until after dinner… IF, you have finished your homework!\u201d And all the children laughed again, even Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, what are some of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s other stations?\u201d asked Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember\u201d said Shahla, \u201cthe Examplar! That means He is the example that we are supposed to follow! Right Mom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah!\u201d said little Anisa, and she started singing, \u201cLook at Me, Follow Me, be as I am, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1,\u201d and everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe follow Him, so we know how to treat people, right Mommy! Because \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was the kindest, bestest person!\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s right. Good job!\u201d praised Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know another one!\u201d said Asma. \u201cCenter of the Covenant! I read that \u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is the center around which the unity of all mankind depends!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat exactly does that mean?\u201d asked Mona.<\/p>\n
Asma looked at Mother for the answer to that question.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand it fully either, but \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said, \u2018\u2026that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.\u2019 And the covenant is God\u2019s promise to bring the Kingdom of God on Earth\u2014peace on earth\u2014if we follow God\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0 These teachings were brought by Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the newest voice of God foretold by Christ, Buddha, Muhammad and all the previous Manifestations of God. And, Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h said to follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, the Master, because He was the Center of this Covenant, and obeying Him was like obeying God. If we all follow these teachings, we will have peace on earth and happiness for everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cReally? Wow!\u201d said the children.<\/p>\n
Hiroto looked around the room at everyone. \u201cWow!\u201d \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 must be a very special person, that He can be the Servant, the Master, the Center of the Covenant\u2026 all those things at once!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a mystery!\u201d said Riaz shaking his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mystery of God! That is another of His stations!\u201d said Mona smiling and clapping her hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d explained Mother. \u201cThere has never been another like Him. He is not a Manifestation of God, like Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the Buddha, or Christ, and He is not just an ordinary human either. He is the Perfect Man and the Perfect Example of what we humans could be! We haven\u2019t had anyone like that ever before!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, maybe in the way distant future when people follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 good enough, everyone will be like Him!\u201d suggested Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone being kind, loving, generous\u2026that would make a wonderful world wouldn\u2019t it!\u201d agreed Asma, and everyone nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s love was like pure, lovely water that flowed over and surrounded everyone he met and made them clean and pure and happy,\u201d commented Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cRather than water\u2026 I feel more like a rock coming in contact with another rock, when I meet people: hardly any connection at all,\u201d said Mona sadly.\u201cI wish I could at least be something soft\u2026 like dough or cotton\u2026that could kind of surround a person I met.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know exactly how you feel, Mona, I feel the same way,\u201d said Mot<\/span>her. \u201cLet\u2019s work on following \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 in showing love and compassion to everyone we meet\u2026. \u2018Little by little, day by day\u2026 that\u2019s how we grow\u2019, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nAnisa went over to Mona and gave her a big hug with her arms and legs.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am wrapping you up with my love Mona!\u201d Mona hugged her back as everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
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Then Mother said, \u201cOK guys, I am going to go get dinner ready! You all need to finish your homework\u2026. Maybe you can all search for your favorite quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 that shows how we should be treating people. Then tonight you can each share the quote that you found and explain to Dad all that you have learned about the Stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI help you Mommy! I am good at cooking dinner!\u201d said little Anisa, and everyone laughed as they<\/p>\n
went back to their homework.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the quotations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s words that the children shared at dinner.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou live to do good and bring happiness to others.\u201d <\/strong>(the quote Anisa chose)<\/p>\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026.\u201d <\/strong>(Mona\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cIf an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.\u201d <\/strong>(Asma\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cLet your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.\u201d <\/strong>(Riaz\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cBe kind to all peoples; care for every person; \u2026strive ye to gladden every soul.\u201d<\/strong> (Shahla\u2019s choice)<\/p>\nFather listened to all their quotes, and their explanation of the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 and he was so surprised. \u201cWow, my children have all become teachers of mankind, and servants to the Covenant! I am so proud of all you! I know that each of you will render great services to the betterment of mankind as you grow up!\u201d<\/p>\n
That of course made everyone smile and feel very happy!<\/p>\n
Then little Anisa started singing again: \u201cLook at me; follow me; be as I am; \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1.\u201d Everyone laughed and joined her in singing.<\/p>\n
Look at me; follow me, song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2bzk5LNy1E<\/a><\/p>\nA song about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hAIMNRhM5Sw<\/a><\/p>\nFor more stories of Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 see: http:\/\/hirunohoshien.weebly.com\/<\/a> #265<\/p>\nQuiz<\/p>\n
\n- What were Riaz and Hiroto doing when Mona saw them?
__________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Hiroto ask about?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Mona ask Hiroto? What did Hiroto answer?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What does the name \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u201d mean?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - Was that the name He was born with?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Asma say was another station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - How can someone be a Master and a Servant at the same time?
____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What are some of the other stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
_______________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - How is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the Mystery of God?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - Can you memorize one new quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
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How did you do?<\/p>\n
Answers are on the Parents\u2019 Page!<\/p>\n
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\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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As to the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith writes: \u201cHe is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s peerless and all-enfolding Covenant, His most exalted handiwork, the stainless Mirror of His light, the perfect Exemplar of His teachings, the unerring Interpreter of His Word, the embodiment of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed ideal, the incarnation of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed virtue, the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root, the Limb of the Law of God, the Being \u201cround Whom all names revolve,\u201d the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity, the Ensign of the Most Great Peace, the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation\u2014styles and titles that are implicit and find their truest, their highest and fairest expression in the magic name \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. He is, above and beyond these appellations, the \u201cMystery of God\u201d\u2014an expression by which Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h Himself has chosen to designate Him, and which, while it does not by any means justify us to assign to Him the station of Prophethood, indicates how in the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 has said; \u201cYou have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the \u2018Second Coming of Christ.\u2019 Gracious God! Time and again this question hath arisen, and its answer hath emanated in a clear and irrefutable statement from the pen of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, that what is meant in the prophecies by the \u2018Lord of Hosts\u2019 and the \u2018Promised Christ\u2019 is the Blessed Perfection (Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h) and His Holiness the Exalted One (the B\u00e1b). My name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My qualification is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My reality is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem, and servitude to all the human race my perpetual religion\u2026 No name, no title, no mention, no commendation have I, nor will ever have, except \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. This is my longing. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. This is my everlasting glory.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy name is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy identity is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy qualification is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy reality is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy praise is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1.<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nThraldom to the Blessed Perfection<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nis my glorious and refulgent diadem;<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nand servitude to all the human race<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nis my perpetual religion.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Riaz and his best friend Hiroto were doing their homework in the tatami room. Hiroto saw a photo on the bookcase, and just stared at it for a few moments.\r\n\u201cWho is that old man?\u201d He asked.\r\nRiaz looked up and said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d Hiroto nodded and then they both went back to studying.\r\n\r\nMona was just passing the room at that time and heard the comments. \u201cHiroto, do you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d she asked.\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah, He is the one who writes all the prayers!\u201d Hiroto answered.\r\n\r\nMona was so surprised to hear this. \u201cHow do you know about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s prayers?\u201d she asked.\r\n\r\n\u201cMona!\u201d Riaz answered. \u201cHe has spent the night with us before and joined us for morning prayers! Remember?\u201d\r\n\r\nBy then Asma and Shahla had joined them in the room, sitting around the table on the tatami.\r\n\r\n\u201cWow! You remembered that just by reading a prayer a time or two! Sugoi<\/em>!\u201d said Shahla.\r\n\r\nMother and Anisa came in just then with some muffins for a treat for the children, and\r\n\r\nMother asked all of them, \u201cBut who can tell Hiroto who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 really was?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWell, it\u2019s right there in His name!\u201d Said Riaz. \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019 means \u2018Servant of Bah\u00e1\u2019, or \u2018Servant of G\r\n\r\nod\u2019!\u201d\r\n\r\nAsma added \u201cI remember! He said, \u2018My Name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, my\u2026. (something, something\u2026is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1) my Praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, (\u2026something, something) and servitude to the whole human race my perpetual religion!\u2019 That means He chose to be a servant to God and a servant to all mankind!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cGood job, boys! Nice try on the quotation, Asma!\u201d praised Mother.\r\n\r\nShahla looked thoughtfully and then asked, \u201cIf He chose that name, then what was the name He was born with?\u201d\r\n\r\nMother looked around the room, and asked \u201cWho knows the answer to that question?\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nEveryone shook their head.\r\n\r\n\u201cWell, don\u2019t feel bad,\u201d said Mother. \u201cI had to think pretty hard until I remembered, too. We never use the name He was born with because He asked us to call Him \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1. But if I remember correctly\u2026He was given the name \u2018Abb\u00e1s and was called \u2018Abb\u00e1s Effendi by the people in His town.\r\n\r\nEffendi means Mr. or it\u2019s like \u2018san\u2019 here in Japan.\u201d\r\n\r\nThen she continued, \u201cActually, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was His station, meaning His position. For example, people have stations in life: Chief, or Mayor, or Mother, or Father, or Uncle, son, or daughter. Those aren\u2019t our names; they are our stations. \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 wanted to be known as the Servant! But He had other stations, too. Do you guys remember any of those other stations?\u201d asked Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cBah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, His father, called Him \u2018The Master\u2019,\u201d said Mona. \u201cI guess because He was going to take over after Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h?\u201d\r\n\r\n \u201cBut Mom, how can He be the Servant and the Master at the same time?\u201d asked Shahla.\r\n\r\n\u201cGood question, Shahla!\u201d said Mother. \u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 explained that the higher a person\u2019s position, the lower and more humble they should be. That\u2019s what really makes someone noble!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWHAT? Mom that doesn\u2019t make sense!\u201d shouted Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe rain that falls on the mountain doesn\u2019t stay on the top of the mountain but flows down to the sea.\r\n\r\nThe lower the place, the more water gathers there.\r\n\r\nSo, the noble king should be a humble servant to his people, forgetting his self, and being constantly concerned with the wellbeing of his subjects. And aren\u2019t mothers and fathers servants to their\u00a0children? They work and cook and clean to feed and take care of their children. Policemen protect and guard everyone. Teachers work really hard to educate all of you.\u201d Mother smiled and said, \u201cAll of us are servants of you children!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cOK, servant! More treats now for us kids!\u201d said Riaz, pointing to Mother, and everyone laughed.\r\n\r\nMother smiled and said, \u201cRiaz, part of our service to you is to teach you how to be healthy, respectful, kind, humble and noble people. So, sorry but, no more treats until after dinner... IF, you have finished your homework!\u201d And all the children laughed again, even Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, what are some of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s other stations?\u201d asked Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cI remember\u201d said Shahla, \u201cthe Examplar! That means He is the example that we are supposed to follow! Right Mom?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah!\u201d said little Anisa, and she started singing, \u201cLook at Me, Follow Me, be as I am, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1,\u201d and everyone laughed.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe follow Him, so we know how to treat people, right Mommy! Because \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was the kindest, bestest person!\u201d she added.\r\n\r\n\u201cThat\u2019s right. Good job!\u201d praised Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cI know another one!\u201d said Asma. \u201cCenter of the Covenant! I read that \u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is the center around which the unity of all mankind depends!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWhat exactly does that mean?\u201d asked Mona.\r\n\r\nAsma looked at Mother for the answer to that question.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand it fully either, but \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said, \u2018\u2026that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.\u2019 And the covenant is God\u2019s promise to bring the Kingdom of God on Earth\u2014peace on earth\u2014if we follow God\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0 These teachings were brought by Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the newest voice of God foretold by Christ, Buddha, Muhammad and all the previous Manifestations of God. And, Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h said to follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, the Master, because He was the Center of this Covenant, and obeying Him was like obeying God. If we all follow these teachings, we will have peace on earth and happiness for everyone!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cReally? Wow!\u201d said the children.\r\n\r\nHiroto looked around the room at everyone. \u201cWow!\u201d \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 must be a very special person, that He can be the Servant, the Master, the Center of the Covenant\u2026 all those things at once!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a mystery!\u201d said Riaz shaking his head.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe Mystery of God! That is another of His stations!\u201d said Mona smiling and clapping her hands.\r\n\r\n\u201cYes,\u201d explained Mother. \u201cThere has never been another like Him. He is not a Manifestation of God, like Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the Buddha, or Christ, and He is not just an ordinary human either. He is the Perfect Man and the Perfect Example of what we humans could be! We haven\u2019t had anyone like that ever before!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, maybe in the way distant future when people follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 good enough, everyone will be like Him!\u201d suggested Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cEveryone being kind, loving, generous\u2026that would make a wonderful world wouldn\u2019t it!\u201d agreed Asma, and everyone nodded.\r\n\r\n\u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s love was like pure, lovely water that flowed over and surrounded everyone he met and made them clean and pure and happy,\u201d commented Mother.\r\n\r\n \u201cRather than water\u2026 I feel more like a rock coming in contact with another rock, when I meet people: hardly any connection at all,\u201d said Mona sadly.\u201cI wish I could at least be something soft\u2026 like dough or cotton\u2026that could kind of surround a person I met.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cI know exactly how you feel, Mona, I feel the same way,\u201d said Mot<\/span>her. \u201cLet\u2019s work on following \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 in showing love and compassion to everyone we meet\u2026. \u2018Little by little, day by day\u2026 that\u2019s how we grow\u2019, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnisa went over to Mona and gave her a big hug with her arms and legs.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI am wrapping you up with my love Mona!\u201d Mona hugged her back as everyone laughed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThen Mother said, \u201cOK guys, I am going to go get dinner ready! You all need to finish your homework\u2026. Maybe you can all search for your favorite quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 that shows how we should be treating people. Then tonight you can each share the quote that you found and explain to Dad all that you have learned about the Stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI help you Mommy! I am good at cooking dinner!\u201d said little Anisa, and everyone laughed as they\r\n\r\nwent back to their homework.\r\n\r\nHere are some of the quotations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s words that the children shared at dinner.\r\n\r\n\u201cYou live to do good and bring happiness to others.\u201d <\/strong>(the quote Anisa chose)\r\n\r\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026.\u201d <\/strong>(Mona\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cIf an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.\u201d <\/strong>(Asma\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cLet your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.\u201d <\/strong>(Riaz\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cBe kind to all peoples; care for every person; \u2026strive ye to gladden every soul.\u201d<\/strong> (Shahla\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\nFather listened to all their quotes, and their explanation of the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 and he was so surprised. \u201cWow, my children have all become teachers of mankind, and servants to the Covenant! I am so proud of all you! I know that each of you will render great services to the betterment of mankind as you grow up!\u201d\r\n\r\nThat of course made everyone smile and feel very happy!\r\n\r\nThen little Anisa started singing again: \u201cLook at me; follow me; be as I am; \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1.\u201d Everyone laughed and joined her in singing.\r\n\r\nLook at me; follow me, song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2bzk5LNy1E<\/a>\r\n\r\nA song about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hAIMNRhM5Sw<\/a>\r\n\r\nFor more stories of Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 see: http:\/\/hirunohoshien.weebly.com\/<\/a> #265[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=\"Quiz\"][vc_column_text]\r\n\r\n \t- What were Riaz and Hiroto doing when Mona saw them?\r\n__________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What did Hiroto ask about?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What did Mona ask Hiroto? What did Hiroto answer?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What does the name \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u201d mean?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- Was that the name He was born with?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What did Asma say was another station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- How can someone be a Master and a Servant at the same time?\r\n____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What are some of the other stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?\r\n_______________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- How is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the Mystery of God?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- Can you memorize one new quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?\r\n____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\nHow did you do?\r\n\r\nAnswers are on the Parents\u2019 Page![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n
Coloring Page<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026\u201d<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \u2014\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nBe as Angels in the world<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n\r\n<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\nParents\u2019 Page<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\nAs to the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith writes: \u201cHe is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s peerless and all-enfolding Covenant, His most exalted handiwork, the stainless Mirror of His light, the perfect Exemplar of His teachings, the unerring Interpreter of His Word, the embodiment of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed ideal, the incarnation of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed virtue, the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root, the Limb of the Law of God, the Being \u201cround Whom all names revolve,\u201d the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity, the Ensign of the Most Great Peace, the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation\u2014styles and titles that are implicit and find their truest, their highest and fairest expression in the magic name \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. He is, above and beyond these appellations, the \u201cMystery of God\u201d\u2014an expression by which Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h Himself has chosen to designate Him, and which, while it does not by any means justify us to assign to Him the station of Prophethood, indicates how in the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 has said; \u201cYou have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the \u2018Second Coming of Christ.\u2019 Gracious God! Time and again this question hath arisen, and its answer hath emanated in a clear and irrefutable statement from the pen of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, that what is meant in the prophecies by the \u2018Lord of Hosts\u2019 and the \u2018Promised Christ\u2019 is the Blessed Perfection (Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h) and His Holiness the Exalted One (the B\u00e1b). My name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My qualification is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My reality is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem, and servitude to all the human race my perpetual religion\u2026 No name, no title, no mention, no commendation have I, nor will ever have, except \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. This is my longing. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. This is my everlasting glory.\u201d\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n\r\nQuiz Answers; <\/strong>1) Homework 2) Who was in the photo? 3) \u201cDo you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d Hiroto answered, \u201cHe is the one who wrote the prayers.\u201d 4) \u201cServant of Bah\u00e1\u201d or \u201cServant of God\u201d. 5) No. 6) The Master.\u3000 7) The higher you go, the more humble you should be\u2026the more people you have to serve. 8) Exemplar, Center of the Covenant, Mystery of God. 9) There has never been One like Him\u2026not a Manifestation of God, but more than a normal human.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2310,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions\/2310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection<\/strong><\/h3>\nis my glorious and refulgent diadem;<\/strong><\/h3>\nand servitude to all the human race<\/strong><\/h3>\nis my perpetual religion.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n Riaz and his best friend Hiroto were doing their homework in the tatami room. Hiroto saw a photo on the bookcase, and just stared at it for a few moments.
\u201cWho is that old man?\u201d He asked.
Riaz looked up and said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d Hiroto nodded and then they both went back to studying.<\/p>\n
Mona was just passing the room at that time and heard the comments. \u201cHiroto, do you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, He is the one who writes all the prayers!\u201d Hiroto answered.<\/p>\n
Mona was so surprised to hear this. \u201cHow do you know about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s prayers?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cMona!\u201d Riaz answered. \u201cHe has spent the night with us before and joined us for morning prayers! Remember?\u201d<\/p>\n
By then Asma and Shahla had joined them in the room, sitting around the table on the tatami.<\/p>\n
\u201cWow! You remembered that just by reading a prayer a time or two! Sugoi<\/em>!\u201d said Shahla.<\/p>\nMother and Anisa came in just then with some muffins for a treat for the children, and<\/p>\n
Mother asked all of them, \u201cBut who can tell Hiroto who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 really was?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, it\u2019s right there in His name!\u201d Said Riaz. \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019 means \u2018Servant of Bah\u00e1\u2019, or \u2018Servant of G<\/p>\n
od\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n
Asma added \u201cI remember! He said, \u2018My Name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, my\u2026. (something, something\u2026is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1) my Praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, (\u2026something, something) and servitude to the whole human race my perpetual religion!\u2019 That means He chose to be a servant to God and a servant to all mankind!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood job, boys! Nice try on the quotation, Asma!\u201d praised Mother.<\/p>\n
Shahla looked thoughtfully and then asked, \u201cIf He chose that name, then what was the name He was born with?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mother looked around the room, and asked \u201cWho knows the answer to that question?\u201d<\/p>\n
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Everyone shook their head.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, don\u2019t feel bad,\u201d said Mother. \u201cI had to think pretty hard until I remembered, too. We never use the name He was born with because He asked us to call Him \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1. But if I remember correctly\u2026He was given the name \u2018Abb\u00e1s and was called \u2018Abb\u00e1s Effendi by the people in His town.<\/p>\n
Effendi means Mr. or it\u2019s like \u2018san\u2019 here in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then she continued, \u201cActually, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was His station, meaning His position. For example, people have stations in life: Chief, or Mayor, or Mother, or Father, or Uncle, son, or daughter. Those aren\u2019t our names; they are our stations. \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 wanted to be known as the Servant! But He had other stations, too. Do you guys remember any of those other stations?\u201d asked Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cBah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, His father, called Him \u2018The Master\u2019,\u201d said Mona. \u201cI guess because He was going to take over after Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Mom, how can He be the Servant and the Master at the same time?\u201d asked Shahla.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood question, Shahla!\u201d said Mother. \u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 explained that the higher a person\u2019s position, the lower and more humble they should be. That\u2019s what really makes someone noble!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWHAT? Mom that doesn\u2019t make sense!\u201d shouted Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rain that falls on the mountain doesn\u2019t stay on the top of the mountain but flows down to the sea.<\/p>\n
The lower the place, the more water gathers there.<\/p>\n
So, the noble king should be a humble servant to his people, forgetting his self, and being constantly concerned with the wellbeing of his subjects. And aren\u2019t mothers and fathers servants to their\u00a0children? They work and cook and clean to feed and take care of their children. Policemen protect and guard everyone. Teachers work really hard to educate all of you.\u201d Mother smiled and said, \u201cAll of us are servants of you children!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOK, servant! More treats now for us kids!\u201d said Riaz, pointing to Mother, and everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
Mother smiled and said, \u201cRiaz, part of our service to you is to teach you how to be healthy, respectful, kind, humble and noble people. So, sorry but, no more treats until after dinner… IF, you have finished your homework!\u201d And all the children laughed again, even Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, what are some of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s other stations?\u201d asked Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember\u201d said Shahla, \u201cthe Examplar! That means He is the example that we are supposed to follow! Right Mom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah!\u201d said little Anisa, and she started singing, \u201cLook at Me, Follow Me, be as I am, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1,\u201d and everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe follow Him, so we know how to treat people, right Mommy! Because \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was the kindest, bestest person!\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s right. Good job!\u201d praised Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know another one!\u201d said Asma. \u201cCenter of the Covenant! I read that \u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is the center around which the unity of all mankind depends!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat exactly does that mean?\u201d asked Mona.<\/p>\n
Asma looked at Mother for the answer to that question.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand it fully either, but \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said, \u2018\u2026that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.\u2019 And the covenant is God\u2019s promise to bring the Kingdom of God on Earth\u2014peace on earth\u2014if we follow God\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0 These teachings were brought by Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the newest voice of God foretold by Christ, Buddha, Muhammad and all the previous Manifestations of God. And, Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h said to follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, the Master, because He was the Center of this Covenant, and obeying Him was like obeying God. If we all follow these teachings, we will have peace on earth and happiness for everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cReally? Wow!\u201d said the children.<\/p>\n
Hiroto looked around the room at everyone. \u201cWow!\u201d \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 must be a very special person, that He can be the Servant, the Master, the Center of the Covenant\u2026 all those things at once!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a mystery!\u201d said Riaz shaking his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mystery of God! That is another of His stations!\u201d said Mona smiling and clapping her hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d explained Mother. \u201cThere has never been another like Him. He is not a Manifestation of God, like Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the Buddha, or Christ, and He is not just an ordinary human either. He is the Perfect Man and the Perfect Example of what we humans could be! We haven\u2019t had anyone like that ever before!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, maybe in the way distant future when people follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 good enough, everyone will be like Him!\u201d suggested Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone being kind, loving, generous\u2026that would make a wonderful world wouldn\u2019t it!\u201d agreed Asma, and everyone nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s love was like pure, lovely water that flowed over and surrounded everyone he met and made them clean and pure and happy,\u201d commented Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cRather than water\u2026 I feel more like a rock coming in contact with another rock, when I meet people: hardly any connection at all,\u201d said Mona sadly.\u201cI wish I could at least be something soft\u2026 like dough or cotton\u2026that could kind of surround a person I met.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know exactly how you feel, Mona, I feel the same way,\u201d said Mot<\/span>her. \u201cLet\u2019s work on following \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 in showing love and compassion to everyone we meet\u2026. \u2018Little by little, day by day\u2026 that\u2019s how we grow\u2019, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nAnisa went over to Mona and gave her a big hug with her arms and legs.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am wrapping you up with my love Mona!\u201d Mona hugged her back as everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
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Then Mother said, \u201cOK guys, I am going to go get dinner ready! You all need to finish your homework\u2026. Maybe you can all search for your favorite quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 that shows how we should be treating people. Then tonight you can each share the quote that you found and explain to Dad all that you have learned about the Stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI help you Mommy! I am good at cooking dinner!\u201d said little Anisa, and everyone laughed as they<\/p>\n
went back to their homework.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the quotations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s words that the children shared at dinner.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou live to do good and bring happiness to others.\u201d <\/strong>(the quote Anisa chose)<\/p>\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026.\u201d <\/strong>(Mona\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cIf an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.\u201d <\/strong>(Asma\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cLet your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.\u201d <\/strong>(Riaz\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cBe kind to all peoples; care for every person; \u2026strive ye to gladden every soul.\u201d<\/strong> (Shahla\u2019s choice)<\/p>\nFather listened to all their quotes, and their explanation of the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 and he was so surprised. \u201cWow, my children have all become teachers of mankind, and servants to the Covenant! I am so proud of all you! I know that each of you will render great services to the betterment of mankind as you grow up!\u201d<\/p>\n
That of course made everyone smile and feel very happy!<\/p>\n
Then little Anisa started singing again: \u201cLook at me; follow me; be as I am; \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1.\u201d Everyone laughed and joined her in singing.<\/p>\n
Look at me; follow me, song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2bzk5LNy1E<\/a><\/p>\nA song about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hAIMNRhM5Sw<\/a><\/p>\nFor more stories of Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 see: http:\/\/hirunohoshien.weebly.com\/<\/a> #265<\/p>\nQuiz<\/p>\n
\n- What were Riaz and Hiroto doing when Mona saw them?
__________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Hiroto ask about?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Mona ask Hiroto? What did Hiroto answer?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What does the name \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u201d mean?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - Was that the name He was born with?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Asma say was another station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - How can someone be a Master and a Servant at the same time?
____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What are some of the other stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
_______________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - How is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the Mystery of God?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - Can you memorize one new quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n
How did you do?<\/p>\n
Answers are on the Parents\u2019 Page!<\/p>\n
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Coloring Page<\/strong><\/h1>\n <\/p>\n
\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Be as Angels in the world<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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As to the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith writes: \u201cHe is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s peerless and all-enfolding Covenant, His most exalted handiwork, the stainless Mirror of His light, the perfect Exemplar of His teachings, the unerring Interpreter of His Word, the embodiment of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed ideal, the incarnation of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed virtue, the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root, the Limb of the Law of God, the Being \u201cround Whom all names revolve,\u201d the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity, the Ensign of the Most Great Peace, the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation\u2014styles and titles that are implicit and find their truest, their highest and fairest expression in the magic name \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. He is, above and beyond these appellations, the \u201cMystery of God\u201d\u2014an expression by which Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h Himself has chosen to designate Him, and which, while it does not by any means justify us to assign to Him the station of Prophethood, indicates how in the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 has said; \u201cYou have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the \u2018Second Coming of Christ.\u2019 Gracious God! Time and again this question hath arisen, and its answer hath emanated in a clear and irrefutable statement from the pen of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, that what is meant in the prophecies by the \u2018Lord of Hosts\u2019 and the \u2018Promised Christ\u2019 is the Blessed Perfection (Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h) and His Holiness the Exalted One (the B\u00e1b). My name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My qualification is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My reality is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem, and servitude to all the human race my perpetual religion\u2026 No name, no title, no mention, no commendation have I, nor will ever have, except \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. This is my longing. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. This is my everlasting glory.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\nQuiz Answers; <\/strong>1) Homework 2) Who was in the photo? 3) \u201cDo you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d Hiroto answered, \u201cHe is the one who wrote the prayers.\u201d 4) \u201cServant of Bah\u00e1\u201d or \u201cServant of God\u201d. 5) No. 6) The Master.\u3000 7) The higher you go, the more humble you should be\u2026the more people you have to serve. 8) Exemplar, Center of the Covenant, Mystery of God. 9) There has never been One like Him\u2026not a Manifestation of God, but more than a normal human.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cMy name is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdul-B […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[vc_row bg_type=\"image\" css=\".vc_custom_1617230900374{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/care-and-repair-of-nature-helping-children-becomi.jpeg?id=2087) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n
\u201cMy name is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy identity is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy qualification is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy reality is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy praise is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1.<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nThraldom to the Blessed Perfection<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nis my glorious and refulgent diadem;<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nand servitude to all the human race<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nis my perpetual religion.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Riaz and his best friend Hiroto were doing their homework in the tatami room. Hiroto saw a photo on the bookcase, and just stared at it for a few moments.\r\n\u201cWho is that old man?\u201d He asked.\r\nRiaz looked up and said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d Hiroto nodded and then they both went back to studying.\r\n\r\nMona was just passing the room at that time and heard the comments. \u201cHiroto, do you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d she asked.\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah, He is the one who writes all the prayers!\u201d Hiroto answered.\r\n\r\nMona was so surprised to hear this. \u201cHow do you know about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s prayers?\u201d she asked.\r\n\r\n\u201cMona!\u201d Riaz answered. \u201cHe has spent the night with us before and joined us for morning prayers! Remember?\u201d\r\n\r\nBy then Asma and Shahla had joined them in the room, sitting around the table on the tatami.\r\n\r\n\u201cWow! You remembered that just by reading a prayer a time or two! Sugoi<\/em>!\u201d said Shahla.\r\n\r\nMother and Anisa came in just then with some muffins for a treat for the children, and\r\n\r\nMother asked all of them, \u201cBut who can tell Hiroto who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 really was?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWell, it\u2019s right there in His name!\u201d Said Riaz. \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019 means \u2018Servant of Bah\u00e1\u2019, or \u2018Servant of G\r\n\r\nod\u2019!\u201d\r\n\r\nAsma added \u201cI remember! He said, \u2018My Name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, my\u2026. (something, something\u2026is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1) my Praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, (\u2026something, something) and servitude to the whole human race my perpetual religion!\u2019 That means He chose to be a servant to God and a servant to all mankind!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cGood job, boys! Nice try on the quotation, Asma!\u201d praised Mother.\r\n\r\nShahla looked thoughtfully and then asked, \u201cIf He chose that name, then what was the name He was born with?\u201d\r\n\r\nMother looked around the room, and asked \u201cWho knows the answer to that question?\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nEveryone shook their head.\r\n\r\n\u201cWell, don\u2019t feel bad,\u201d said Mother. \u201cI had to think pretty hard until I remembered, too. We never use the name He was born with because He asked us to call Him \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1. But if I remember correctly\u2026He was given the name \u2018Abb\u00e1s and was called \u2018Abb\u00e1s Effendi by the people in His town.\r\n\r\nEffendi means Mr. or it\u2019s like \u2018san\u2019 here in Japan.\u201d\r\n\r\nThen she continued, \u201cActually, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was His station, meaning His position. For example, people have stations in life: Chief, or Mayor, or Mother, or Father, or Uncle, son, or daughter. Those aren\u2019t our names; they are our stations. \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 wanted to be known as the Servant! But He had other stations, too. Do you guys remember any of those other stations?\u201d asked Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cBah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, His father, called Him \u2018The Master\u2019,\u201d said Mona. \u201cI guess because He was going to take over after Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h?\u201d\r\n\r\n \u201cBut Mom, how can He be the Servant and the Master at the same time?\u201d asked Shahla.\r\n\r\n\u201cGood question, Shahla!\u201d said Mother. \u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 explained that the higher a person\u2019s position, the lower and more humble they should be. That\u2019s what really makes someone noble!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWHAT? Mom that doesn\u2019t make sense!\u201d shouted Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe rain that falls on the mountain doesn\u2019t stay on the top of the mountain but flows down to the sea.\r\n\r\nThe lower the place, the more water gathers there.\r\n\r\nSo, the noble king should be a humble servant to his people, forgetting his self, and being constantly concerned with the wellbeing of his subjects. And aren\u2019t mothers and fathers servants to their\u00a0children? They work and cook and clean to feed and take care of their children. Policemen protect and guard everyone. Teachers work really hard to educate all of you.\u201d Mother smiled and said, \u201cAll of us are servants of you children!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cOK, servant! More treats now for us kids!\u201d said Riaz, pointing to Mother, and everyone laughed.\r\n\r\nMother smiled and said, \u201cRiaz, part of our service to you is to teach you how to be healthy, respectful, kind, humble and noble people. So, sorry but, no more treats until after dinner... IF, you have finished your homework!\u201d And all the children laughed again, even Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, what are some of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s other stations?\u201d asked Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cI remember\u201d said Shahla, \u201cthe Examplar! That means He is the example that we are supposed to follow! Right Mom?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah!\u201d said little Anisa, and she started singing, \u201cLook at Me, Follow Me, be as I am, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1,\u201d and everyone laughed.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe follow Him, so we know how to treat people, right Mommy! Because \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was the kindest, bestest person!\u201d she added.\r\n\r\n\u201cThat\u2019s right. Good job!\u201d praised Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cI know another one!\u201d said Asma. \u201cCenter of the Covenant! I read that \u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is the center around which the unity of all mankind depends!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWhat exactly does that mean?\u201d asked Mona.\r\n\r\nAsma looked at Mother for the answer to that question.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand it fully either, but \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said, \u2018\u2026that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.\u2019 And the covenant is God\u2019s promise to bring the Kingdom of God on Earth\u2014peace on earth\u2014if we follow God\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0 These teachings were brought by Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the newest voice of God foretold by Christ, Buddha, Muhammad and all the previous Manifestations of God. And, Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h said to follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, the Master, because He was the Center of this Covenant, and obeying Him was like obeying God. If we all follow these teachings, we will have peace on earth and happiness for everyone!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cReally? Wow!\u201d said the children.\r\n\r\nHiroto looked around the room at everyone. \u201cWow!\u201d \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 must be a very special person, that He can be the Servant, the Master, the Center of the Covenant\u2026 all those things at once!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a mystery!\u201d said Riaz shaking his head.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe Mystery of God! That is another of His stations!\u201d said Mona smiling and clapping her hands.\r\n\r\n\u201cYes,\u201d explained Mother. \u201cThere has never been another like Him. He is not a Manifestation of God, like Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the Buddha, or Christ, and He is not just an ordinary human either. He is the Perfect Man and the Perfect Example of what we humans could be! We haven\u2019t had anyone like that ever before!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, maybe in the way distant future when people follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 good enough, everyone will be like Him!\u201d suggested Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cEveryone being kind, loving, generous\u2026that would make a wonderful world wouldn\u2019t it!\u201d agreed Asma, and everyone nodded.\r\n\r\n\u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s love was like pure, lovely water that flowed over and surrounded everyone he met and made them clean and pure and happy,\u201d commented Mother.\r\n\r\n \u201cRather than water\u2026 I feel more like a rock coming in contact with another rock, when I meet people: hardly any connection at all,\u201d said Mona sadly.\u201cI wish I could at least be something soft\u2026 like dough or cotton\u2026that could kind of surround a person I met.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cI know exactly how you feel, Mona, I feel the same way,\u201d said Mot<\/span>her. \u201cLet\u2019s work on following \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 in showing love and compassion to everyone we meet\u2026. \u2018Little by little, day by day\u2026 that\u2019s how we grow\u2019, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnisa went over to Mona and gave her a big hug with her arms and legs.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI am wrapping you up with my love Mona!\u201d Mona hugged her back as everyone laughed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThen Mother said, \u201cOK guys, I am going to go get dinner ready! You all need to finish your homework\u2026. Maybe you can all search for your favorite quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 that shows how we should be treating people. Then tonight you can each share the quote that you found and explain to Dad all that you have learned about the Stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI help you Mommy! I am good at cooking dinner!\u201d said little Anisa, and everyone laughed as they\r\n\r\nwent back to their homework.\r\n\r\nHere are some of the quotations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s words that the children shared at dinner.\r\n\r\n\u201cYou live to do good and bring happiness to others.\u201d <\/strong>(the quote Anisa chose)\r\n\r\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026.\u201d <\/strong>(Mona\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cIf an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.\u201d <\/strong>(Asma\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cLet your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.\u201d <\/strong>(Riaz\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cBe kind to all peoples; care for every person; \u2026strive ye to gladden every soul.\u201d<\/strong> (Shahla\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\nFather listened to all their quotes, and their explanation of the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 and he was so surprised. \u201cWow, my children have all become teachers of mankind, and servants to the Covenant! I am so proud of all you! I know that each of you will render great services to the betterment of mankind as you grow up!\u201d\r\n\r\nThat of course made everyone smile and feel very happy!\r\n\r\nThen little Anisa started singing again: \u201cLook at me; follow me; be as I am; \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1.\u201d Everyone laughed and joined her in singing.\r\n\r\nLook at me; follow me, song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2bzk5LNy1E<\/a>\r\n\r\nA song about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hAIMNRhM5Sw<\/a>\r\n\r\nFor more stories of Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 see: http:\/\/hirunohoshien.weebly.com\/<\/a> #265[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=\"Quiz\"][vc_column_text]\r\n\r\n \t- What were Riaz and Hiroto doing when Mona saw them?\r\n__________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
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- What did Mona ask Hiroto? What did Hiroto answer?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
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- Can you memorize one new quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?\r\n____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\nHow did you do?\r\n\r\nAnswers are on the Parents\u2019 Page![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n
Coloring Page<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026\u201d<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \u2014\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nBe as Angels in the world<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n\r\n<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\nParents\u2019 Page<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\nAs to the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith writes: \u201cHe is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s peerless and all-enfolding Covenant, His most exalted handiwork, the stainless Mirror of His light, the perfect Exemplar of His teachings, the unerring Interpreter of His Word, the embodiment of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed ideal, the incarnation of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed virtue, the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root, the Limb of the Law of God, the Being \u201cround Whom all names revolve,\u201d the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity, the Ensign of the Most Great Peace, the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation\u2014styles and titles that are implicit and find their truest, their highest and fairest expression in the magic name \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. He is, above and beyond these appellations, the \u201cMystery of God\u201d\u2014an expression by which Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h Himself has chosen to designate Him, and which, while it does not by any means justify us to assign to Him the station of Prophethood, indicates how in the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 has said; \u201cYou have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the \u2018Second Coming of Christ.\u2019 Gracious God! Time and again this question hath arisen, and its answer hath emanated in a clear and irrefutable statement from the pen of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, that what is meant in the prophecies by the \u2018Lord of Hosts\u2019 and the \u2018Promised Christ\u2019 is the Blessed Perfection (Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h) and His Holiness the Exalted One (the B\u00e1b). My name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My qualification is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My reality is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem, and servitude to all the human race my perpetual religion\u2026 No name, no title, no mention, no commendation have I, nor will ever have, except \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. This is my longing. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. 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and servitude to all the human race<\/strong><\/h3>\nis my perpetual religion.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n Riaz and his best friend Hiroto were doing their homework in the tatami room. Hiroto saw a photo on the bookcase, and just stared at it for a few moments.
\u201cWho is that old man?\u201d He asked.
Riaz looked up and said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d Hiroto nodded and then they both went back to studying.<\/p>\n
Mona was just passing the room at that time and heard the comments. \u201cHiroto, do you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, He is the one who writes all the prayers!\u201d Hiroto answered.<\/p>\n
Mona was so surprised to hear this. \u201cHow do you know about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s prayers?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cMona!\u201d Riaz answered. \u201cHe has spent the night with us before and joined us for morning prayers! Remember?\u201d<\/p>\n
By then Asma and Shahla had joined them in the room, sitting around the table on the tatami.<\/p>\n
\u201cWow! You remembered that just by reading a prayer a time or two! Sugoi<\/em>!\u201d said Shahla.<\/p>\nMother and Anisa came in just then with some muffins for a treat for the children, and<\/p>\n
Mother asked all of them, \u201cBut who can tell Hiroto who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 really was?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, it\u2019s right there in His name!\u201d Said Riaz. \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019 means \u2018Servant of Bah\u00e1\u2019, or \u2018Servant of G<\/p>\n
od\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n
Asma added \u201cI remember! He said, \u2018My Name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, my\u2026. (something, something\u2026is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1) my Praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, (\u2026something, something) and servitude to the whole human race my perpetual religion!\u2019 That means He chose to be a servant to God and a servant to all mankind!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood job, boys! Nice try on the quotation, Asma!\u201d praised Mother.<\/p>\n
Shahla looked thoughtfully and then asked, \u201cIf He chose that name, then what was the name He was born with?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mother looked around the room, and asked \u201cWho knows the answer to that question?\u201d<\/p>\n
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Everyone shook their head.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, don\u2019t feel bad,\u201d said Mother. \u201cI had to think pretty hard until I remembered, too. We never use the name He was born with because He asked us to call Him \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1. But if I remember correctly\u2026He was given the name \u2018Abb\u00e1s and was called \u2018Abb\u00e1s Effendi by the people in His town.<\/p>\n
Effendi means Mr. or it\u2019s like \u2018san\u2019 here in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then she continued, \u201cActually, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was His station, meaning His position. For example, people have stations in life: Chief, or Mayor, or Mother, or Father, or Uncle, son, or daughter. Those aren\u2019t our names; they are our stations. \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 wanted to be known as the Servant! But He had other stations, too. Do you guys remember any of those other stations?\u201d asked Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cBah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, His father, called Him \u2018The Master\u2019,\u201d said Mona. \u201cI guess because He was going to take over after Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Mom, how can He be the Servant and the Master at the same time?\u201d asked Shahla.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood question, Shahla!\u201d said Mother. \u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 explained that the higher a person\u2019s position, the lower and more humble they should be. That\u2019s what really makes someone noble!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWHAT? Mom that doesn\u2019t make sense!\u201d shouted Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rain that falls on the mountain doesn\u2019t stay on the top of the mountain but flows down to the sea.<\/p>\n
The lower the place, the more water gathers there.<\/p>\n
So, the noble king should be a humble servant to his people, forgetting his self, and being constantly concerned with the wellbeing of his subjects. And aren\u2019t mothers and fathers servants to their\u00a0children? They work and cook and clean to feed and take care of their children. Policemen protect and guard everyone. Teachers work really hard to educate all of you.\u201d Mother smiled and said, \u201cAll of us are servants of you children!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOK, servant! More treats now for us kids!\u201d said Riaz, pointing to Mother, and everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
Mother smiled and said, \u201cRiaz, part of our service to you is to teach you how to be healthy, respectful, kind, humble and noble people. So, sorry but, no more treats until after dinner… IF, you have finished your homework!\u201d And all the children laughed again, even Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, what are some of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s other stations?\u201d asked Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember\u201d said Shahla, \u201cthe Examplar! That means He is the example that we are supposed to follow! Right Mom?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah!\u201d said little Anisa, and she started singing, \u201cLook at Me, Follow Me, be as I am, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1,\u201d and everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe follow Him, so we know how to treat people, right Mommy! Because \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was the kindest, bestest person!\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s right. Good job!\u201d praised Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know another one!\u201d said Asma. \u201cCenter of the Covenant! I read that \u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is the center around which the unity of all mankind depends!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat exactly does that mean?\u201d asked Mona.<\/p>\n
Asma looked at Mother for the answer to that question.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand it fully either, but \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said, \u2018\u2026that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.\u2019 And the covenant is God\u2019s promise to bring the Kingdom of God on Earth\u2014peace on earth\u2014if we follow God\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0 These teachings were brought by Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the newest voice of God foretold by Christ, Buddha, Muhammad and all the previous Manifestations of God. And, Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h said to follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, the Master, because He was the Center of this Covenant, and obeying Him was like obeying God. If we all follow these teachings, we will have peace on earth and happiness for everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cReally? Wow!\u201d said the children.<\/p>\n
Hiroto looked around the room at everyone. \u201cWow!\u201d \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 must be a very special person, that He can be the Servant, the Master, the Center of the Covenant\u2026 all those things at once!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a mystery!\u201d said Riaz shaking his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mystery of God! That is another of His stations!\u201d said Mona smiling and clapping her hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d explained Mother. \u201cThere has never been another like Him. He is not a Manifestation of God, like Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the Buddha, or Christ, and He is not just an ordinary human either. He is the Perfect Man and the Perfect Example of what we humans could be! We haven\u2019t had anyone like that ever before!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, maybe in the way distant future when people follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 good enough, everyone will be like Him!\u201d suggested Riaz.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone being kind, loving, generous\u2026that would make a wonderful world wouldn\u2019t it!\u201d agreed Asma, and everyone nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s love was like pure, lovely water that flowed over and surrounded everyone he met and made them clean and pure and happy,\u201d commented Mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cRather than water\u2026 I feel more like a rock coming in contact with another rock, when I meet people: hardly any connection at all,\u201d said Mona sadly.\u201cI wish I could at least be something soft\u2026 like dough or cotton\u2026that could kind of surround a person I met.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know exactly how you feel, Mona, I feel the same way,\u201d said Mot<\/span>her. \u201cLet\u2019s work on following \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 in showing love and compassion to everyone we meet\u2026. \u2018Little by little, day by day\u2026 that\u2019s how we grow\u2019, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nAnisa went over to Mona and gave her a big hug with her arms and legs.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am wrapping you up with my love Mona!\u201d Mona hugged her back as everyone laughed.<\/p>\n
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Then Mother said, \u201cOK guys, I am going to go get dinner ready! You all need to finish your homework\u2026. Maybe you can all search for your favorite quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 that shows how we should be treating people. Then tonight you can each share the quote that you found and explain to Dad all that you have learned about the Stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI help you Mommy! I am good at cooking dinner!\u201d said little Anisa, and everyone laughed as they<\/p>\n
went back to their homework.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the quotations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s words that the children shared at dinner.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou live to do good and bring happiness to others.\u201d <\/strong>(the quote Anisa chose)<\/p>\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026.\u201d <\/strong>(Mona\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cIf an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.\u201d <\/strong>(Asma\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cLet your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.\u201d <\/strong>(Riaz\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n\u201cBe kind to all peoples; care for every person; \u2026strive ye to gladden every soul.\u201d<\/strong> (Shahla\u2019s choice)<\/p>\nFather listened to all their quotes, and their explanation of the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 and he was so surprised. \u201cWow, my children have all become teachers of mankind, and servants to the Covenant! I am so proud of all you! I know that each of you will render great services to the betterment of mankind as you grow up!\u201d<\/p>\n
That of course made everyone smile and feel very happy!<\/p>\n
Then little Anisa started singing again: \u201cLook at me; follow me; be as I am; \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1.\u201d Everyone laughed and joined her in singing.<\/p>\n
Look at me; follow me, song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2bzk5LNy1E<\/a><\/p>\nA song about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hAIMNRhM5Sw<\/a><\/p>\nFor more stories of Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 see: http:\/\/hirunohoshien.weebly.com\/<\/a> #265<\/p>\nQuiz<\/p>\n
\n- What were Riaz and Hiroto doing when Mona saw them?
__________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Hiroto ask about?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Mona ask Hiroto? What did Hiroto answer?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What does the name \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u201d mean?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - Was that the name He was born with?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What did Asma say was another station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - How can someone be a Master and a Servant at the same time?
____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - What are some of the other stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
_______________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - How is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the Mystery of God?
___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\n - Can you memorize one new quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?
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How did you do?<\/p>\n
Answers are on the Parents\u2019 Page!<\/p>\n
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Coloring Page<\/strong><\/h1>\n <\/p>\n
\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Be as Angels in the world<\/strong><\/h1>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\nParents\u2019 Page<\/strong><\/h1>\n <\/p>\n
As to the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith writes: \u201cHe is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s peerless and all-enfolding Covenant, His most exalted handiwork, the stainless Mirror of His light, the perfect Exemplar of His teachings, the unerring Interpreter of His Word, the embodiment of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed ideal, the incarnation of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed virtue, the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root, the Limb of the Law of God, the Being \u201cround Whom all names revolve,\u201d the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity, the Ensign of the Most Great Peace, the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation\u2014styles and titles that are implicit and find their truest, their highest and fairest expression in the magic name \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. He is, above and beyond these appellations, the \u201cMystery of God\u201d\u2014an expression by which Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h Himself has chosen to designate Him, and which, while it does not by any means justify us to assign to Him the station of Prophethood, indicates how in the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 has said; \u201cYou have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the \u2018Second Coming of Christ.\u2019 Gracious God! Time and again this question hath arisen, and its answer hath emanated in a clear and irrefutable statement from the pen of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, that what is meant in the prophecies by the \u2018Lord of Hosts\u2019 and the \u2018Promised Christ\u2019 is the Blessed Perfection (Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h) and His Holiness the Exalted One (the B\u00e1b). My name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My qualification is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My reality is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem, and servitude to all the human race my perpetual religion\u2026 No name, no title, no mention, no commendation have I, nor will ever have, except \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. This is my longing. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. This is my everlasting glory.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\nQuiz Answers; <\/strong>1) Homework 2) Who was in the photo? 3) \u201cDo you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d Hiroto answered, \u201cHe is the one who wrote the prayers.\u201d 4) \u201cServant of Bah\u00e1\u201d or \u201cServant of God\u201d. 5) No. 6) The Master.\u3000 7) The higher you go, the more humble you should be\u2026the more people you have to serve. 8) Exemplar, Center of the Covenant, Mystery of God. 9) There has never been One like Him\u2026not a Manifestation of God, but more than a normal human.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u201cMy name is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy identity is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy qualification is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy reality is\u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1,<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nmy praise is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1.<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nThraldom to the Blessed Perfection<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nis my glorious and refulgent diadem;<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nand servitude to all the human race<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nis my perpetual religion.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Riaz and his best friend Hiroto were doing their homework in the tatami room. Hiroto saw a photo on the bookcase, and just stared at it for a few moments.\r\n\u201cWho is that old man?\u201d He asked.\r\nRiaz looked up and said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d Hiroto nodded and then they both went back to studying.\r\n\r\nMona was just passing the room at that time and heard the comments. \u201cHiroto, do you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d she asked.\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah, He is the one who writes all the prayers!\u201d Hiroto answered.\r\n\r\nMona was so surprised to hear this. \u201cHow do you know about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s prayers?\u201d she asked.\r\n\r\n\u201cMona!\u201d Riaz answered. \u201cHe has spent the night with us before and joined us for morning prayers! Remember?\u201d\r\n\r\nBy then Asma and Shahla had joined them in the room, sitting around the table on the tatami.\r\n\r\n\u201cWow! You remembered that just by reading a prayer a time or two! Sugoi<\/em>!\u201d said Shahla.\r\n\r\nMother and Anisa came in just then with some muffins for a treat for the children, and\r\n\r\nMother asked all of them, \u201cBut who can tell Hiroto who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 really was?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWell, it\u2019s right there in His name!\u201d Said Riaz. \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019 means \u2018Servant of Bah\u00e1\u2019, or \u2018Servant of G\r\n\r\nod\u2019!\u201d\r\n\r\nAsma added \u201cI remember! He said, \u2018My Name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, my\u2026. (something, something\u2026is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1) my Praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, (\u2026something, something) and servitude to the whole human race my perpetual religion!\u2019 That means He chose to be a servant to God and a servant to all mankind!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cGood job, boys! Nice try on the quotation, Asma!\u201d praised Mother.\r\n\r\nShahla looked thoughtfully and then asked, \u201cIf He chose that name, then what was the name He was born with?\u201d\r\n\r\nMother looked around the room, and asked \u201cWho knows the answer to that question?\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nEveryone shook their head.\r\n\r\n\u201cWell, don\u2019t feel bad,\u201d said Mother. \u201cI had to think pretty hard until I remembered, too. We never use the name He was born with because He asked us to call Him \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1. But if I remember correctly\u2026He was given the name \u2018Abb\u00e1s and was called \u2018Abb\u00e1s Effendi by the people in His town.\r\n\r\nEffendi means Mr. or it\u2019s like \u2018san\u2019 here in Japan.\u201d\r\n\r\nThen she continued, \u201cActually, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was His station, meaning His position. For example, people have stations in life: Chief, or Mayor, or Mother, or Father, or Uncle, son, or daughter. Those aren\u2019t our names; they are our stations. \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 wanted to be known as the Servant! But He had other stations, too. Do you guys remember any of those other stations?\u201d asked Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cBah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, His father, called Him \u2018The Master\u2019,\u201d said Mona. \u201cI guess because He was going to take over after Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h?\u201d\r\n\r\n \u201cBut Mom, how can He be the Servant and the Master at the same time?\u201d asked Shahla.\r\n\r\n\u201cGood question, Shahla!\u201d said Mother. \u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 explained that the higher a person\u2019s position, the lower and more humble they should be. That\u2019s what really makes someone noble!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWHAT? Mom that doesn\u2019t make sense!\u201d shouted Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe rain that falls on the mountain doesn\u2019t stay on the top of the mountain but flows down to the sea.\r\n\r\nThe lower the place, the more water gathers there.\r\n\r\nSo, the noble king should be a humble servant to his people, forgetting his self, and being constantly concerned with the wellbeing of his subjects. And aren\u2019t mothers and fathers servants to their\u00a0children? They work and cook and clean to feed and take care of their children. Policemen protect and guard everyone. Teachers work really hard to educate all of you.\u201d Mother smiled and said, \u201cAll of us are servants of you children!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cOK, servant! More treats now for us kids!\u201d said Riaz, pointing to Mother, and everyone laughed.\r\n\r\nMother smiled and said, \u201cRiaz, part of our service to you is to teach you how to be healthy, respectful, kind, humble and noble people. So, sorry but, no more treats until after dinner... IF, you have finished your homework!\u201d And all the children laughed again, even Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, what are some of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s other stations?\u201d asked Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cI remember\u201d said Shahla, \u201cthe Examplar! That means He is the example that we are supposed to follow! Right Mom?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah!\u201d said little Anisa, and she started singing, \u201cLook at Me, Follow Me, be as I am, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1,\u201d and everyone laughed.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe follow Him, so we know how to treat people, right Mommy! Because \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was the kindest, bestest person!\u201d she added.\r\n\r\n\u201cThat\u2019s right. Good job!\u201d praised Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cI know another one!\u201d said Asma. \u201cCenter of the Covenant! I read that \u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is the center around which the unity of all mankind depends!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWhat exactly does that mean?\u201d asked Mona.\r\n\r\nAsma looked at Mother for the answer to that question.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand it fully either, but \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said, \u2018\u2026that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.\u2019 And the covenant is God\u2019s promise to bring the Kingdom of God on Earth\u2014peace on earth\u2014if we follow God\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0 These teachings were brought by Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the newest voice of God foretold by Christ, Buddha, Muhammad and all the previous Manifestations of God. And, Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h said to follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, the Master, because He was the Center of this Covenant, and obeying Him was like obeying God. If we all follow these teachings, we will have peace on earth and happiness for everyone!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cReally? Wow!\u201d said the children.\r\n\r\nHiroto looked around the room at everyone. \u201cWow!\u201d \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 must be a very special person, that He can be the Servant, the Master, the Center of the Covenant\u2026 all those things at once!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a mystery!\u201d said Riaz shaking his head.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe Mystery of God! That is another of His stations!\u201d said Mona smiling and clapping her hands.\r\n\r\n\u201cYes,\u201d explained Mother. \u201cThere has never been another like Him. He is not a Manifestation of God, like Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the Buddha, or Christ, and He is not just an ordinary human either. He is the Perfect Man and the Perfect Example of what we humans could be! We haven\u2019t had anyone like that ever before!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, maybe in the way distant future when people follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 good enough, everyone will be like Him!\u201d suggested Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cEveryone being kind, loving, generous\u2026that would make a wonderful world wouldn\u2019t it!\u201d agreed Asma, and everyone nodded.\r\n\r\n\u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s love was like pure, lovely water that flowed over and surrounded everyone he met and made them clean and pure and happy,\u201d commented Mother.\r\n\r\n \u201cRather than water\u2026 I feel more like a rock coming in contact with another rock, when I meet people: hardly any connection at all,\u201d said Mona sadly.\u201cI wish I could at least be something soft\u2026 like dough or cotton\u2026that could kind of surround a person I met.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cI know exactly how you feel, Mona, I feel the same way,\u201d said Mot<\/span>her. \u201cLet\u2019s work on following \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 in showing love and compassion to everyone we meet\u2026. \u2018Little by little, day by day\u2026 that\u2019s how we grow\u2019, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnisa went over to Mona and gave her a big hug with her arms and legs.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI am wrapping you up with my love Mona!\u201d Mona hugged her back as everyone laughed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThen Mother said, \u201cOK guys, I am going to go get dinner ready! You all need to finish your homework\u2026. Maybe you can all search for your favorite quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 that shows how we should be treating people. Then tonight you can each share the quote that you found and explain to Dad all that you have learned about the Stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI help you Mommy! I am good at cooking dinner!\u201d said little Anisa, and everyone laughed as they\r\n\r\nwent back to their homework.\r\n\r\nHere are some of the quotations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s words that the children shared at dinner.\r\n\r\n\u201cYou live to do good and bring happiness to others.\u201d <\/strong>(the quote Anisa chose)\r\n\r\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026.\u201d <\/strong>(Mona\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cIf an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.\u201d <\/strong>(Asma\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cLet your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.\u201d <\/strong>(Riaz\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cBe kind to all peoples; care for every person; \u2026strive ye to gladden every soul.\u201d<\/strong> (Shahla\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\nFather listened to all their quotes, and their explanation of the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 and he was so surprised. \u201cWow, my children have all become teachers of mankind, and servants to the Covenant! I am so proud of all you! I know that each of you will render great services to the betterment of mankind as you grow up!\u201d\r\n\r\nThat of course made everyone smile and feel very happy!\r\n\r\nThen little Anisa started singing again: \u201cLook at me; follow me; be as I am; \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1.\u201d Everyone laughed and joined her in singing.\r\n\r\nLook at me; follow me, song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2bzk5LNy1E<\/a>\r\n\r\nA song about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hAIMNRhM5Sw<\/a>\r\n\r\nFor more stories of Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 see: http:\/\/hirunohoshien.weebly.com\/<\/a> #265[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=\"Quiz\"][vc_column_text]\r\n\r\n \t- What were Riaz and Hiroto doing when Mona saw them?\r\n__________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What did Hiroto ask about?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What did Mona ask Hiroto? What did Hiroto answer?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
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- Was that the name He was born with?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What did Asma say was another station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- How can someone be a Master and a Servant at the same time?\r\n____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- What are some of the other stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?\r\n_______________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- How is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the Mystery of God?\r\n___________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n \t
- Can you memorize one new quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1?\r\n____________________________________________________________________________<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\nHow did you do?\r\n\r\nAnswers are on the Parents\u2019 Page![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n
Coloring Page<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026\u201d<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \u2014\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nBe as Angels in the world<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n\r\n<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\nParents\u2019 Page<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\nAs to the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith writes: \u201cHe is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s peerless and all-enfolding Covenant, His most exalted handiwork, the stainless Mirror of His light, the perfect Exemplar of His teachings, the unerring Interpreter of His Word, the embodiment of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed ideal, the incarnation of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed virtue, the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root, the Limb of the Law of God, the Being \u201cround Whom all names revolve,\u201d the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity, the Ensign of the Most Great Peace, the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation\u2014styles and titles that are implicit and find their truest, their highest and fairest expression in the magic name \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. He is, above and beyond these appellations, the \u201cMystery of God\u201d\u2014an expression by which Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h Himself has chosen to designate Him, and which, while it does not by any means justify us to assign to Him the station of Prophethood, indicates how in the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 has said; \u201cYou have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the \u2018Second Coming of Christ.\u2019 Gracious God! Time and again this question hath arisen, and its answer hath emanated in a clear and irrefutable statement from the pen of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, that what is meant in the prophecies by the \u2018Lord of Hosts\u2019 and the \u2018Promised Christ\u2019 is the Blessed Perfection (Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h) and His Holiness the Exalted One (the B\u00e1b). My name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My qualification is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My reality is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem, and servitude to all the human race my perpetual religion\u2026 No name, no title, no mention, no commendation have I, nor will ever have, except \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. This is my longing. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. This is my everlasting glory.\u201d\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n\r\nQuiz Answers; <\/strong>1) Homework 2) Who was in the photo? 3) \u201cDo you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d Hiroto answered, \u201cHe is the one who wrote the prayers.\u201d 4) \u201cServant of Bah\u00e1\u201d or \u201cServant of God\u201d. 5) No. 6) The Master.\u3000 7) The higher you go, the more humble you should be\u2026the more people you have to serve. 8) Exemplar, Center of the Covenant, Mystery of God. 9) There has never been One like Him\u2026not a Manifestation of God, but more than a normal human.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2310,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions\/2310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Riaz and his best friend Hiroto were doing their homework in the tatami room. Hiroto saw a photo on the bookcase, and just stared at it for a few moments.
\u201cWho is that old man?\u201d He asked.
Riaz looked up and said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d Hiroto nodded and then they both went back to studying.<\/p>\n
Mona was just passing the room at that time and heard the comments. \u201cHiroto, do you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, He is the one who writes all the prayers!\u201d Hiroto answered.<\/p>\n
Mona was so surprised to hear this. \u201cHow do you know about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s prayers?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cMona!\u201d Riaz answered. \u201cHe has spent the night with us before and joined us for morning prayers! Remember?\u201d<\/p>\n
By then Asma and Shahla had joined them in the room, sitting around the table on the tatami.<\/p>\n
Mother and Anisa came in just then with some muffins for a treat for the children, and<\/p>\n Mother asked all of them, \u201cBut who can tell Hiroto who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 really was?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWell, it\u2019s right there in His name!\u201d Said Riaz. \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019 means \u2018Servant of Bah\u00e1\u2019, or \u2018Servant of G<\/p>\n od\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n Asma added \u201cI remember! He said, \u2018My Name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, my\u2026. (something, something\u2026is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1) my Praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, (\u2026something, something) and servitude to the whole human race my perpetual religion!\u2019 That means He chose to be a servant to God and a servant to all mankind!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGood job, boys! Nice try on the quotation, Asma!\u201d praised Mother.<\/p>\n Shahla looked thoughtfully and then asked, \u201cIf He chose that name, then what was the name He was born with?\u201d<\/p>\n Mother looked around the room, and asked \u201cWho knows the answer to that question?\u201d<\/p>\n Everyone shook their head.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, don\u2019t feel bad,\u201d said Mother. \u201cI had to think pretty hard until I remembered, too. We never use the name He was born with because He asked us to call Him \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1. But if I remember correctly\u2026He was given the name \u2018Abb\u00e1s and was called \u2018Abb\u00e1s Effendi by the people in His town.<\/p>\n Effendi means Mr. or it\u2019s like \u2018san\u2019 here in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n Then she continued, \u201cActually, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was His station, meaning His position. For example, people have stations in life: Chief, or Mayor, or Mother, or Father, or Uncle, son, or daughter. Those aren\u2019t our names; they are our stations. \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 wanted to be known as the Servant! But He had other stations, too. Do you guys remember any of those other stations?\u201d asked Mother.<\/p>\n \u201cBah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, His father, called Him \u2018The Master\u2019,\u201d said Mona. \u201cI guess because He was going to take over after Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGood question, Shahla!\u201d said Mother. \u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 explained that the higher a person\u2019s position, the lower and more humble they should be. That\u2019s what really makes someone noble!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWHAT? Mom that doesn\u2019t make sense!\u201d shouted Riaz.<\/p>\n \u201cThe rain that falls on the mountain doesn\u2019t stay on the top of the mountain but flows down to the sea.<\/p>\n The lower the place, the more water gathers there. So, the noble king should be a humble servant to his people, forgetting his self, and being constantly concerned with the wellbeing of his subjects. And aren\u2019t mothers and fathers servants to their\u00a0children? They work and cook and clean to feed and take care of their children. Policemen protect and guard everyone. Teachers work really hard to educate all of you.\u201d Mother smiled and said, \u201cAll of us are servants of you children!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOK, servant! More treats now for us kids!\u201d said Riaz, pointing to Mother, and everyone laughed.<\/p>\n Mother smiled and said, \u201cRiaz, part of our service to you is to teach you how to be healthy, respectful, kind, humble and noble people. So, sorry but, no more treats until after dinner… IF, you have finished your homework!\u201d And all the children laughed again, even Riaz.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, what are some of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s other stations?\u201d asked Mother.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember\u201d said Shahla, \u201cthe Examplar! That means He is the example that we are supposed to follow! Right Mom?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYeah!\u201d said little Anisa, and she started singing, \u201cLook at Me, Follow Me, be as I am, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1,\u201d and everyone laughed.<\/p>\n \u201cWe follow Him, so we know how to treat people, right Mommy! Because \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was the kindest, bestest person!\u201d she added. \u201cThat\u2019s right. Good job!\u201d praised Mother.<\/p>\n \u201cI know another one!\u201d said Asma. \u201cCenter of the Covenant! I read that \u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is the center around which the unity of all mankind depends!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat exactly does that mean?\u201d asked Mona.<\/p>\n Asma looked at Mother for the answer to that question.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand it fully either, but \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said, \u2018\u2026that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.\u2019 And the covenant is God\u2019s promise to bring the Kingdom of God on Earth\u2014peace on earth\u2014if we follow God\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cReally? Wow!\u201d said the children.<\/p>\n Hiroto looked around the room at everyone. \u201cWow!\u201d \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 must be a very special person, that He can be the Servant, the Master, the Center of the Covenant\u2026 all those things at once!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, it\u2019s a mystery!\u201d said Riaz shaking his head.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Mystery of God! That is another of His stations!\u201d said Mona smiling and clapping her hands.<\/p>\n \u201cYes,\u201d explained Mother. \u201cThere has never been another like Him. He is not a Manifestation of God, like Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the Buddha, or Christ, and He is not just an ordinary human either. He is the Perfect Man and the Perfect Example of what we humans could be! We haven\u2019t had anyone like that ever before!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo, maybe in the way distant future when people follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 good enough, everyone will be like Him!\u201d suggested Riaz.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone being kind, loving, generous\u2026that would make a wonderful world wouldn\u2019t it!\u201d agreed Asma, and everyone nodded.<\/p>\n \u201cI know exactly how you feel, Mona, I feel the same way,\u201d said Mot<\/span>her. \u201cLet\u2019s work on following \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 in showing love and compassion to everyone we meet\u2026. \u2018Little by little, day by day\u2026 that\u2019s how we grow\u2019, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said.\u201d Anisa went over to Mona and gave her a big hug with her arms and legs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI am wrapping you up with my love Mona!\u201d Mona hugged her back as everyone laughed.<\/p>\n Then Mother said, \u201cOK guys, I am going to go get dinner ready! You all need to finish your homework\u2026. Maybe you can all search for your favorite quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 that shows how we should be treating people. Then tonight you can each share the quote that you found and explain to Dad all that you have learned about the Stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI help you Mommy! I am good at cooking dinner!\u201d said little Anisa, and everyone laughed as they<\/p>\n went back to their homework.<\/p>\n Here are some of the quotations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s words that the children shared at dinner.<\/p>\n \u201cYou live to do good and bring happiness to others.\u201d <\/strong>(the quote Anisa chose)<\/p>\n \u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026.\u201d <\/strong>(Mona\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n \u201cIf an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.\u201d <\/strong>(Asma\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n \u201cLet your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.\u201d <\/strong>(Riaz\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n \u201cBe kind to all peoples; care for every person; \u2026strive ye to gladden every soul.\u201d<\/strong> (Shahla\u2019s choice)<\/p>\n Father listened to all their quotes, and their explanation of the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 and he was so surprised. \u201cWow, my children have all become teachers of mankind, and servants to the Covenant! I am so proud of all you! I know that each of you will render great services to the betterment of mankind as you grow up!\u201d<\/p>\n That of course made everyone smile and feel very happy!<\/p>\n Then little Anisa started singing again: \u201cLook at me; follow me; be as I am; \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1.\u201d Everyone laughed and joined her in singing.<\/p>\n Look at me; follow me, song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2bzk5LNy1E<\/a><\/p>\n A song about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hAIMNRhM5Sw<\/a><\/p>\n For more stories of Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 see: http:\/\/hirunohoshien.weebly.com\/<\/a> #265<\/p>\n Quiz<\/p>\n How did you do?<\/p>\n Answers are on the Parents\u2019 Page!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As to the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith writes: \u201cHe is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s peerless and all-enfolding Covenant, His most exalted handiwork, the stainless Mirror of His light, the perfect Exemplar of His teachings, the unerring Interpreter of His Word, the embodiment of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed ideal, the incarnation of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed virtue, the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root, the Limb of the Law of God, the Being \u201cround Whom all names revolve,\u201d the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity, the Ensign of the Most Great Peace, the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation\u2014styles and titles that are implicit and find their truest, their highest and fairest expression in the magic name \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. He is, above and beyond these appellations, the \u201cMystery of God\u201d\u2014an expression by which Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h Himself has chosen to designate Him, and which, while it does not by any means justify us to assign to Him the station of Prophethood, indicates how in the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 has said; \u201cYou have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the \u2018Second Coming of Christ.\u2019 Gracious God! Time and again this question hath arisen, and its answer hath emanated in a clear and irrefutable statement from the pen of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, that what is meant in the prophecies by the \u2018Lord of Hosts\u2019 and the \u2018Promised Christ\u2019 is the Blessed Perfection (Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h) and His Holiness the Exalted One (the B\u00e1b). My name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My qualification is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My reality is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem, and servitude to all the human race my perpetual religion\u2026 No name, no title, no mention, no commendation have I, nor will ever have, except \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. This is my longing. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. This is my everlasting glory.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Quiz Answers; <\/strong>1) Homework 2) Who was in the photo? 3) \u201cDo you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d Hiroto answered, \u201cHe is the one who wrote the prayers.\u201d 4) \u201cServant of Bah\u00e1\u201d or \u201cServant of God\u201d. 5) No. 6) The Master.\u3000 7) The higher you go, the more humble you should be\u2026the more people you have to serve. 8) Exemplar, Center of the Covenant, Mystery of God. 9) There has never been One like Him\u2026not a Manifestation of God, but more than a normal human.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cMy name is \u2018Abdul-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdul-B […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[vc_row bg_type=\"image\" css=\".vc_custom_1617230900374{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.bahaijp.org\/daystar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/care-and-repair-of-nature-helping-children-becomi.jpeg?id=2087) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n\u201cWow! You remembered that just by reading a prayer a time or two! Sugoi<\/em>!\u201d said Shahla.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cBut Mom, how can He be the Servant and the Master at the same time?\u201d asked Shahla.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\nThese teachings were brought by Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the newest voice of God foretold by Christ, Buddha, Muhammad and all the previous Manifestations of God. And, Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h said to follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, the Master, because He was the Center of this Covenant, and obeying Him was like obeying God. 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Riaz and his best friend Hiroto were doing their homework in the tatami room. Hiroto saw a photo on the bookcase, and just stared at it for a few moments.\r\n\u201cWho is that old man?\u201d He asked.\r\nRiaz looked up and said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d Hiroto nodded and then they both went back to studying.\r\n\r\nMona was just passing the room at that time and heard the comments. \u201cHiroto, do you know who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is?\u201d she asked.\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah, He is the one who writes all the prayers!\u201d Hiroto answered.\r\n\r\nMona was so surprised to hear this. \u201cHow do you know about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s prayers?\u201d she asked.\r\n\r\n\u201cMona!\u201d Riaz answered. \u201cHe has spent the night with us before and joined us for morning prayers! Remember?\u201d\r\n\r\nBy then Asma and Shahla had joined them in the room, sitting around the table on the tatami.\r\n\r\n\u201cWow! You remembered that just by reading a prayer a time or two! Sugoi<\/em>!\u201d said Shahla.\r\n\r\nMother and Anisa came in just then with some muffins for a treat for the children, and\r\n\r\nMother asked all of them, \u201cBut who can tell Hiroto who \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 really was?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWell, it\u2019s right there in His name!\u201d Said Riaz. \u201c\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019 means \u2018Servant of Bah\u00e1\u2019, or \u2018Servant of G\r\n\r\nod\u2019!\u201d\r\n\r\nAsma added \u201cI remember! He said, \u2018My Name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, my identity is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, my\u2026. (something, something\u2026is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1) my Praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1, (\u2026something, something) and servitude to the whole human race my perpetual religion!\u2019 That means He chose to be a servant to God and a servant to all mankind!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cGood job, boys! Nice try on the quotation, Asma!\u201d praised Mother.\r\n\r\nShahla looked thoughtfully and then asked, \u201cIf He chose that name, then what was the name He was born with?\u201d\r\n\r\nMother looked around the room, and asked \u201cWho knows the answer to that question?\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nEveryone shook their head.\r\n\r\n\u201cWell, don\u2019t feel bad,\u201d said Mother. \u201cI had to think pretty hard until I remembered, too. We never use the name He was born with because He asked us to call Him \u2018Abdu\u2019l- Bah\u00e1. But if I remember correctly\u2026He was given the name \u2018Abb\u00e1s and was called \u2018Abb\u00e1s Effendi by the people in His town.\r\n\r\nEffendi means Mr. or it\u2019s like \u2018san\u2019 here in Japan.\u201d\r\n\r\nThen she continued, \u201cActually, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was His station, meaning His position. For example, people have stations in life: Chief, or Mayor, or Mother, or Father, or Uncle, son, or daughter. Those aren\u2019t our names; they are our stations. \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 wanted to be known as the Servant! But He had other stations, too. Do you guys remember any of those other stations?\u201d asked Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cBah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, His father, called Him \u2018The Master\u2019,\u201d said Mona. \u201cI guess because He was going to take over after Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h?\u201d\r\n\r\n \u201cBut Mom, how can He be the Servant and the Master at the same time?\u201d asked Shahla.\r\n\r\n\u201cGood question, Shahla!\u201d said Mother. \u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 explained that the higher a person\u2019s position, the lower and more humble they should be. That\u2019s what really makes someone noble!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWHAT? Mom that doesn\u2019t make sense!\u201d shouted Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe rain that falls on the mountain doesn\u2019t stay on the top of the mountain but flows down to the sea.\r\n\r\nThe lower the place, the more water gathers there.\r\n\r\nSo, the noble king should be a humble servant to his people, forgetting his self, and being constantly concerned with the wellbeing of his subjects. And aren\u2019t mothers and fathers servants to their\u00a0children? They work and cook and clean to feed and take care of their children. Policemen protect and guard everyone. Teachers work really hard to educate all of you.\u201d Mother smiled and said, \u201cAll of us are servants of you children!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cOK, servant! More treats now for us kids!\u201d said Riaz, pointing to Mother, and everyone laughed.\r\n\r\nMother smiled and said, \u201cRiaz, part of our service to you is to teach you how to be healthy, respectful, kind, humble and noble people. So, sorry but, no more treats until after dinner... IF, you have finished your homework!\u201d And all the children laughed again, even Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, what are some of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s other stations?\u201d asked Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cI remember\u201d said Shahla, \u201cthe Examplar! That means He is the example that we are supposed to follow! Right Mom?\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah!\u201d said little Anisa, and she started singing, \u201cLook at Me, Follow Me, be as I am, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1,\u201d and everyone laughed.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe follow Him, so we know how to treat people, right Mommy! Because \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 was the kindest, bestest person!\u201d she added.\r\n\r\n\u201cThat\u2019s right. Good job!\u201d praised Mother.\r\n\r\n\u201cI know another one!\u201d said Asma. \u201cCenter of the Covenant! I read that \u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 is the center around which the unity of all mankind depends!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWhat exactly does that mean?\u201d asked Mona.\r\n\r\nAsma looked at Mother for the answer to that question.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cWell,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand it fully either, but \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said, \u2018\u2026that the pivot of the oneness of mankind is nothing else but the power of the Covenant.\u2019 And the covenant is God\u2019s promise to bring the Kingdom of God on Earth\u2014peace on earth\u2014if we follow God\u2019s teachings.<\/strong>\u00a0 These teachings were brought by Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the newest voice of God foretold by Christ, Buddha, Muhammad and all the previous Manifestations of God. And, Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h said to follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, the Master, because He was the Center of this Covenant, and obeying Him was like obeying God. If we all follow these teachings, we will have peace on earth and happiness for everyone!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cReally? Wow!\u201d said the children.\r\n\r\nHiroto looked around the room at everyone. \u201cWow!\u201d \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 must be a very special person, that He can be the Servant, the Master, the Center of the Covenant\u2026 all those things at once!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a mystery!\u201d said Riaz shaking his head.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe Mystery of God! That is another of His stations!\u201d said Mona smiling and clapping her hands.\r\n\r\n\u201cYes,\u201d explained Mother. \u201cThere has never been another like Him. He is not a Manifestation of God, like Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h, the Buddha, or Christ, and He is not just an ordinary human either. He is the Perfect Man and the Perfect Example of what we humans could be! We haven\u2019t had anyone like that ever before!\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cSo, maybe in the way distant future when people follow \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 good enough, everyone will be like Him!\u201d suggested Riaz.\r\n\r\n\u201cEveryone being kind, loving, generous\u2026that would make a wonderful world wouldn\u2019t it!\u201d agreed Asma, and everyone nodded.\r\n\r\n\u201c\u2019Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s love was like pure, lovely water that flowed over and surrounded everyone he met and made them clean and pure and happy,\u201d commented Mother.\r\n\r\n \u201cRather than water\u2026 I feel more like a rock coming in contact with another rock, when I meet people: hardly any connection at all,\u201d said Mona sadly.\u201cI wish I could at least be something soft\u2026 like dough or cotton\u2026that could kind of surround a person I met.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cI know exactly how you feel, Mona, I feel the same way,\u201d said Mot<\/span>her. \u201cLet\u2019s work on following \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 in showing love and compassion to everyone we meet\u2026. \u2018Little by little, day by day\u2026 that\u2019s how we grow\u2019, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 said.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnisa went over to Mona and gave her a big hug with her arms and legs.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI am wrapping you up with my love Mona!\u201d Mona hugged her back as everyone laughed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThen Mother said, \u201cOK guys, I am going to go get dinner ready! You all need to finish your homework\u2026. Maybe you can all search for your favorite quote by \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 that shows how we should be treating people. Then tonight you can each share the quote that you found and explain to Dad all that you have learned about the Stations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1!\u201d\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cI help you Mommy! I am good at cooking dinner!\u201d said little Anisa, and everyone laughed as they\r\n\r\nwent back to their homework.\r\n\r\nHere are some of the quotations of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1\u2019s words that the children shared at dinner.\r\n\r\n\u201cYou live to do good and bring happiness to others.\u201d <\/strong>(the quote Anisa chose)\r\n\r\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026.\u201d <\/strong>(Mona\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cIf an animal be sick, let the children try to heal it, if it be hungry, let them feed it, if thirsty, let them quench its thirst, if weary, let them see that it rests.\u201d <\/strong>(Asma\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cLet your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.\u201d <\/strong>(Riaz\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\n\u201cBe kind to all peoples; care for every person; \u2026strive ye to gladden every soul.\u201d<\/strong> (Shahla\u2019s choice)\r\n\r\nFather listened to all their quotes, and their explanation of the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 and he was so surprised. \u201cWow, my children have all become teachers of mankind, and servants to the Covenant! I am so proud of all you! I know that each of you will render great services to the betterment of mankind as you grow up!\u201d\r\n\r\nThat of course made everyone smile and feel very happy!\r\n\r\nThen little Anisa started singing again: \u201cLook at me; follow me; be as I am; \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1.\u201d Everyone laughed and joined her in singing.\r\n\r\nLook at me; follow me, song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2bzk5LNy1E<\/a>\r\n\r\nA song about \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hAIMNRhM5Sw<\/a>\r\n\r\nFor more stories of Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 see: http:\/\/hirunohoshien.weebly.com\/<\/a> #265[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=\"Quiz\"][vc_column_text]\r\n\r\n \t
\r\n\r\nHow did you do?\r\n\r\nAnswers are on the Parents\u2019 Page![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\nColoring Page<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cPray to God that He may strengthen you in divine virtue, so that you may be as angels in the world\u2026\u201d<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \u2014\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/strong>\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nBe as Angels in the world<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n
\r\n<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\nParents\u2019 Page<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\nAs to the Station of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Faith writes: \u201cHe is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h\u2019s peerless and all-enfolding Covenant, His most exalted handiwork, the stainless Mirror of His light, the perfect Exemplar of His teachings, the unerring Interpreter of His Word, the embodiment of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed ideal, the incarnation of every Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed virtue, the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root, the Limb of the Law of God, the Being \u201cround Whom all names revolve,\u201d the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity, the Ensign of the Most Great Peace, the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation\u2014styles and titles that are implicit and find their truest, their highest and fairest expression in the magic name \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. He is, above and beyond these appellations, the \u201cMystery of God\u201d\u2014an expression by which Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h Himself has chosen to designate Him, and which, while it does not by any means justify us to assign to Him the station of Prophethood, indicates how in the person of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 the incompatible characteristics of a human nature and superhuman knowledge and perfection have been blended and are completely harmonized.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1 has said; \u201cYou have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the \u2018Second Coming of Christ.\u2019 Gracious God! Time and again this question hath arisen, and its answer hath emanated in a clear and irrefutable statement from the pen of \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1, that what is meant in the prophecies by the \u2018Lord of Hosts\u2019 and the \u2018Promised Christ\u2019 is the Blessed Perfection (Bah\u00e1\u2019u\u2019ll\u00e1h) and His Holiness the Exalted One (the B\u00e1b). My name is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My qualification is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My reality is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. My praise is \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem, and servitude to all the human race my perpetual religion\u2026 No name, no title, no mention, no commendation have I, nor will ever have, except \u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1. This is my longing. This is my greatest yearning. This is my eternal life. This is my everlasting glory.\u201d\r\n\r\n
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