On August 28,1934, the Most Great Name symbol was registered as a trademark (Trade-Mark 316,444). Similarly, the "Bahá'í" trademark (Trade-Mark 245,271) was registered with the Patent Office on August 7, 1928. These trademarks have not prevented the use of the term "Bahá'í" by groups considered Covenant-breakers by the Bahá'í Administrative Order,...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Gvernment of Iran has banned the Baha'i Administrative Order
On August 29, 1983, the government of Iran banned the Bahá'í Administrative Order, preventing formation of Local Spiritual Assemblies and the participation of individual Bahá'ís in administrative activities. Unlike the previous ban in the USSR, which was fully followed, the ban in Iran has been circumvented in a number of ways, such as the use of the...
Sunday, August 27, 2017
its objectives are a widespread recruitment of many more supporters of the Most Great Name
Africa, Converting People, House of Justice (UHJ)
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The fortunes of the Seven Year Plan in Africa are in the balance. As we draw near to the midway point in the unfoldment of the processes it has set in motion, we call upon its valiant promoters on the African mainland and its surrounding islands, to take stock of their position, to reappraise their progress, and to concentrate their resources on whatever...
The guardian is assured the guidance of both Bahá'u'lláh and the Bab
"Instructions sent on behalf of the Guardian are binding, as are the words of the Guardian; although of course, they are not the Guardian's words. "The Guardian's infallibility covers interpretation of the revealed word and its application. Likewise any instructions he may issue having to do with the protection of the Faith, or its well-being must...
Tahirih abandoned and shunned most of her family because they did not adopt her new religion.
Abuse, Bab, History, Punishment, Tahirih, Takfir
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On August 27 in 1852, subsequent to a failed assassination attempt by some Bábís of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Fatimah Baraghani, also known as Qurrat al-Ayn, was executed. An influential Bábí theologian, she would shun most of her family because they did not adopt her new religion.
Fatimah Baraghani, later known as Qurrat al-Ayn (Consoloation of...
To deepen in the Cause means...
Independent Investigation of Truth, Shoghi Effendi
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"To deepen in the Cause means to read the writings of Bahá'u'lláh and the Master so thoroughly as to be able to give it to others in its pure form. There are many who have some superficial idea of what the Cause stands for. They, therefore, present it together with all sorts of ideas that are their own. As the Cause is still in its early days we must...
An attacked Faith was able to fight back with weapons
This was the first time in its history that an attacked Faith was able to fight back with weapons that possessed some strength to defend it. - Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum's The Priceless Pearl, Chapter 13, titled "The Rise of the Administrative Order" https://bahai-library.com/khanum_priceless_pearl&chapter=13...
Complete and unqualified obedience to the guardian is required on the part of Baha'is
Baha'i Law, Guardianship, House of Justice (UHJ)
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'...It is not for individual believers to limit the sphere of the Guardian's authority, or to judge when they have to obey the Guardian and when they are free to reject his judgement. Such an attitude would evidently lead to confusion and to schism. The Guardian being the appointed interpreter of the Teachings, it is his responsibility to state what...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
If religion becomes a cause of dislike...
If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it were better to be without it, and to withdraw from such a religion would be a truly religious act, ('Abdu'l-Bahá, Paris Talks)
Were He to decree as lawful the thing which from time immemorial had
been forbidden, and forbid that which had, at all times, been regarded
as lawful, to none...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Baha'u'llah about Arabic
"Indeed, there existeth no language in the world as vast and comprehensive as Arabic". - Baha’u’llah, Tabernacle of Unity, #2.58, p.53 “In point of fact , no less than sixty percent of Baha’u’llah’s Tablets and other Writings were revealed in the ‘perspicuous Arabic tongue,’ as He describes it, in contradistinction to the ‘luminous Persian tongue’...
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Suicide is discouraged but not forbidden.
To Howard Carpenter, in Haifa,'Suicide is discouraged but not forbidden.'See also the Master's Tablet in , pp. 378–9. http://bahairesearch.com/english/Baha%27i/Baha%27i_Studies/Marzieh_Gail/Arches_of_the_Years.aspx...
Women and men must not embrace each other when not married
Abdul-Baha, House of Justice (UHJ), Pilgrims' Notes, Shoghi Effendi
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The pilgrim's note reports the Master as saying: 'Women and men must not embrace each other when not married, or not about to be married. They must not kiss each other... If they wish to greet each other, or comfort each other, they may take each other by the hand.' In a letter to an individual written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi it is said: 'The Master's...
Covenant Breakers have been execrated in the sacred writings
"There is no doubt that in a thousand passages in the sacred writings of Bahá'u'lláh the breakers of the Covenant have been execrated." - Abdul Baha https://bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/251-255.html...
Absolutely authenticated Repository of the Word of God.
"They must...approach reverently and with a mind purged from preconceived ideas the study of the Qur'án which, apart from the sacred scriptures of the Bábí and Bahá'í Revelations, constitutes the only Book which can be regarded as an absolutely authenticated Repository of the Word of God."
(Shoghi Effendi, Advent of Divine Justice, p. 49)...
Baha'is and non-Baha'is are not equal
Let no one imagine that by Our assertion that all created things are the signs of the revelation of God is meant that—God forbid—all men, be they good or evil, pious or infidel, are equal in the sight of God. (Baha'u'llah - Gleanings) The verses of God have been revealed, and yet they have turned away from them. His proof hath been manifested, and...
Smallness of numbers is not an issue
O ye believers of God! Be not concerned with the smallness of your numbers, neither be oppressed by the multitude of an unbelieving world. Five grains of wheat will be endued with heavenly blessing, whereas a thousand tons of tares will yield no results or effect. One fruitful tree will be conducive to the life of society, whereas a thousand forests...
The Shi'is are fanatical, ignorant and worse and they have strayed far from the pure faith of Islam.
He (Baha'u'llah) calls into question the legitimacy of the doctrines of the vast majority of Muslims who do not follow the twelve Imams and who are called Sunnis. Hence, he depicts Islam as getting off to a bad start and then continuing to deviate from the intentions of the prophet Muhammad. Baha’u’llah denies that the twelfth Imam was a real person...
The foundation of the religion of Muhammad is no more...
Likewise, the foundation of the religion of Muḥammad is no more, but its outward form remains in the hands of the Muslim divines. ...seeing that the character of Islam had entirely changed; that the religion of God had been forsaken; that virtue, decency, and honour had vanished; and that characters had been subverted, rejoiced that the morals of the...
Pilgrim Notes may be read and studied
The following extract from a letter dated 7 May 1942, written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer addresses this question: Regarding your question concerning pilgrim’s notes: the Guardian has always pointed out that these notes may be read by the believers and studied, but that they are not to be considered in the same light as things...
Reliability of Pilgrim Notes
Pilgrims' Notes, Ruhiyyih Khanum, Shoghi Effendi
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However, it also should be noted that some of these notes were taken by Shoghi Effendi's wife and frequent secretary, and are thus more reliable than others. http://bahai-library.com/maxwell_haifa_no...
Baha'i economic system of the future
House of Justice (UHJ), Money, New World Order (NWO), Prophecy, Shoghi Effendi
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...the Universal House of Justice, in consultation with economic experts, will "assist in the formulation and evolution of the Bahá'í economic system of the future". - Shoghi Effendihttp://bahai-library.com/compilation_redistribution_wea...
Abdu'l-Baha's only son Mason Remey
‘Abdu'l-Baha to his only son Mason Remey: “I have adopted you as my son. You have to appreciate this favor very much indeed. One should see that you are living according to the requirements of this sonship. You should be aware of your responsibilities. My prayers will help you. I always pray for you. ”
‘Abdu'l-Baha to Mason Remey, cf. “The Diaries...
Shi'i Islam had lost once for all
Shí’ih Islám had lost once for all, in Bahá’u’lláh’s native land and as the direct consequence of its implacable hostility to His Faith, its combative power, had forfeited its rights and privileges, had been degraded and demoralized, and was being condemned to hopeless obscurity and ultimate extinction.
- Shoghi Effendi
http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/WOB/wob-48.html
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O people of the Quran... Ye have assuredly followed your evil and corrupt desires
“O people of the Qur’án... Ye have assuredly followed your evil and corrupt desires, and turned away your face from the light of guidance. Erelong will ye witness the result of your deeds; for the Lord, My God, lieth in wait and is watchful of your behavior….”
- Shoghi Effendi
http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/BA/ba-164.h...
The sayings and doings of Shi’ih Islam have dulled the joy and fervor of its early days
Behold how the sayings and doings of Shi’ih Islam have dulled the joy and fervor of its early days, and tarnished the pristine brilliancy of its light. In its primitive days, whilst they still adhered to the precepts associated with the name of their Prophet, the Lord of mankind, their career was marked by an unbroken chain of victories and triumphs....
Study the Quran in the light of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá's interpretation
"It is certainly most difficult to thoroughly grasp all the Surihs of the Qur'án, as it requires a detailed knowledge of the social, religious and historical background of Arabia at the time of the appearance of the Prophet. The believers can not possibly hope, therefore, to understand the Surihs after the first or even second or third reading. They...
New Testament has been misunderstood by Christians
Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, wrote through his secretary: We do not believe that there was a bodily resurrection after the crucifiction of Christ, but that there was a time after His ascension when His disciples perceived spiritually his true greatness and realized He was eternal in being. This is what has been reported symbolically...
God has forgiven the Jews in this Dispensation and they will be gradually led to embrace the Faith
Converting People, Islam, Israel, Jews, Pilgrims' Notes, Prophecy, Punishment, Shi'ih, Shoghi Effendi
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The Jews were punished for two thousand years. The Muslims - Sunnis
and Shi'ihs - will suffer for a long time (because of persecuting the
Bab and Bahá'u'lláh, opposing the Cause, etc.) It is their turn now to
suffer, they will suffer in proportion to their crime.
http://bahai-library.com/maxwell_haifa_notes&chapter=1
God has forgiven the...
Shoghi Effendi about Zionism & Israel
Islam, Israel, Pilgrims' Notes, Politics, Prophecy, Shoghi Effendi
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The Zionists constitute a political movement. We should be very careful what we say regarding the prophecies in order that the Jews may not think that we sympathize or partake of their political aspirations. If we should show that passage (page 76 "Answered Questions") "All Palestine will become their home," to a Jew, a Muhammadan would say we are...
Their poisonous presence had polluted the Most Holy Spot for more than six decades...
Abuse, Covenant-Breakers, History, Injustice, Israel, Shoghi Effendi
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It seems almost inconceivable that Mr. Ioas could render any more extraordinary services, but he did. There was one service that meant more than any other, to Shoghi Effendi. An apartment building in which the Covenant-breakers lived, was positioned immediately in front of the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh and the Mansion of Bahji. Every time ‘Abdu’l-Bahá...
Shoghi Effendi was unwilling to sign the Pilgrim Notes.
The Guardian has stated that he is unwilling to sign the notes of any pilgrim, in order that the literature consulted by the believers shall not be unduly extended... http://bahai-library.com/compilation_pilgrims_no...
When the next Manifestation appears...
In the future, when the next Manifestation appears, the Guardian of the Cause at that time will tell the believers who the Manifestation is and will call on them to accept Him. What is the use of the infallibility of the Guardian if he does not do this? This is one of the very important things that he will do. https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/M...
Pilgrim Notes can be shared with the members of the Community.
...those who wish to share them with the members of the Community should, under no circumstances, be prevented from doing so. (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, April 28, 1939)...
The Faith can spread across Africa like a flame.
Africa, Converting People, Pilgrims' Notes, Shoghi Effendi
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When you go back to Africa, you must be active in confirming many more new believers, in establishing many more new centers, and many more Local Spiritual Assemblies. New believers re-vitalized the Faith; new centers broaden its basis; new Assemblies consolidate it. New believers bring new centers; new centers bring new Local Spiritual Assemblies;...
They merely followed the custom (of Islam)
Baha'i Law, Baha'u'llah, Dissimulation, Islam, Shoghi Effendi
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The “sacrifice” of goats has nothing to do with the Faith. Bahá’u’lláh was surrounded by Muslim admirers and friends, and they merely followed the custom of their people on such an occasion... - Shoghi Effendi http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/UD/ud-533.html...
Sunni Muhammadens have to become Shiah to become Bahá'í
Ali was the true head of the Moslem Faith and the First Imam, not the Caliphs. The Caliphs put Ali fourth but He was the first Imam. Shiah Islam is the closest to the truth not Sunni. The Sunni Muhammadens have to become Shiah to become Bahá'í. - Shoghi Effendihttp://bahai-library.com/marguerite_sears_pilgrims_notes...
Islam has corrupted
This basic teaching of Bahá’u’lláh was to preserve the Faith from being corrupted like Islam which attributes binding authority to all the reported sayings of Muhammad.
- Shoghi Effendihttp://www.aqdasproject.com/kitab-i-aqdas/compilations/lightsofguidance/lg-1431-1439.h...
Baha'u'llah told some of his close companions that he was himself the return of the Imam Husayn
Baha'u'llah went to the shrine city of Karbala in Iraq, the site of the tomb of the Imam Husayn, where a small but active Babi group existed. He found that it was led by a Sayyid 'Uluvv, who had made claims to being God incarnate. Baha'u'llah faced the man down and convinced him to retract those claims. On the other hand, during his stay in Karbala...
Zoo animals knew who Abdul Baha was!?
When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was first in Chicago it, was Spring and He was eager to go to the zoo. He had never seen a large city zoo, and He was very merry over the prospect. Then it was explained to Him that, this being the Spring of the year, most of the animal-mothers would be bearing litters and, at the first approach of a stranger, they‘d rush their babies...
Nabil's suicide
Abdul-Baha, Abuse, Covenant-Breakers, Shoghi Effendi, Suicide
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Nabil, who was asked by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to select from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh those passages which constitute the text of the Tablet of Visitation, which nowadays is usually recited in the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb, was inconsolable after the ascension of his Lord. To the ordeal of separation from his Beloved was added soon afterwards a far...
The unveiling of Tahirih
Bábís were divided somewhat between those that viewed the movement as a break with Islam, centered around Táhirih, and those with a more cautious approach, centered around Quddus. As an act of symbolism, she took off her traditional veil in front of an assemblage of men on one occasion and brandished a sword on another. The unveiling caused shock and...
...that he would rather have his throat cut than tell a lie
The individual must be educated to such a high degree that he would rather have his throat cut than tell a lie, and would think it easier to be slashed with a sword or pierced with a spear than to utter calumny or be carried away by wrath. - Abdul Baha http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/SAB/sab-112.h...
His throat was bleeding profusely and he was taken to hospital for treatment.
No greater story can be found to demonstrate this consuming love for Bahá'u'lláh than that of Hájí Muhammad-Ja'far-i-Tabrízí. He was a devoted believer who first attained the presence of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád, recognized His station and devoted his life to the service of his Lord. When Bahá'u'lláh established His residence in Adrianople, Hájí Ja'far...
Speak thou no word of politics
O handmaid of the Lord! Speak thou no word of politics; ...make thou no mention of the earth’s kings, and the worldly governments thereof. - Abdul Baha http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/SAB/sab-54.h...
Why some Shi'i scholars consider Shaykh Ahmad to be an apostate?
According to Tonokābonī, the reasons for the declaration of takfīr were three: Aḥsāʾī’s views on maʿād, meʿrāǰ, and the nature of the Imams (Qeṣaṣ al-ʿolamāʾ,
pp. 44-48). Although Baraḡānī seems not to have referred to it, the
shaikh had already been involved in discussions on the nature of the
divine knowledge in Isfahan as early as 1228/1813 (Šarḥ...
How Shaykh Ahmad Ahsai viewed himself?
On another occasion he dreamt that he was taught verses by Imam Ḥasan, to enable him to call on the Imams whenever he required an answer to any problem. On two occasions, once with Imam Ḥasan and once with Moḥammad, he claimed to have undergone what appears to have been a form of initiatory ritual, involving the drinking of saliva from the mouth of...
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Analyzing UHJ letters
This year’s Ridvan message from the highest leaders of the Baha’i Faith confirms my view that Baha’i has become an inward-looking religion that refuses to engage the world at large except for the purpose of trying to convert people. But I think it’s a profound illustration of how beneficial, potentially transformative spiritual messages can be twisted...
All the friends of God are my children, but these two are not.
Abdul-Baha, Abuse, Divorce, Punishment, Sanctions, Story, Tahirih
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Likewise Qurratu’l-‘Ayn, who is celebrated in all the world, when she believed in God and was attracted to the Divine Breaths, she forsook her two eldest sons, although they were her two oldest children, because they did not become believers, and thereafter did not meet them. She said: “All the friends of God are my children, but these two are not....
Baha'u'llah's two years in Kurdistan
So a Manifestation of God left His wife and children under the care of the Source of Perversion which intentionally, since He is supposedly omniscient, left His toddler to die and family to suffer just so He could meditate in the mountains for two years?
If you remove all of the supernatural aspects of the story, the plot seems quite simple. Baha'u'llah...
Abdul Baha is praying for Baha'is
O Divine Providence! Bestow Thou in all things purity and cleanliness upon the people of Bahá. Grant that they be freed from all defilement, and released from all addictions. Save them from committing any repugnant act, unbind them from the chains of every evil habit, that they may live pure and free, wholesome and cleanly, worthy to serve at Thy Sacred...
No man should blindly follow his ancestors and forefathers.
Another new principle revealed by Bahá’u’lláh is the injunction to investigate truth — that is to say, no man should blindly follow his ancestors and forefathers. Nay, each must see with his own eyes, hear with his own ears and investigate the truth himself in order that he may follow the truth instead of blind acquiescence and imitation of ancestral...
Friday, August 18, 2017
Bahaism and Zionism
To give a brief timeline, the Bahá'ís, including Bahá'u'lláh and his family, arrived in Acre on August 31, 1868. Bahá'u'lláh lived in Acre until 1877, when he moved to a mansion in Mazra'a where he lived for two years. From 1879 until his death in 1892, he lived at the Mansion of Bahjí.
The First Zionist Congress was held in Basel, Switzerland, from...
The descendants of Azal, with their mother's milk, drank hatred of Bahá'u'lláh
Azali, Covenant-Breakers, Muhammed Ali (Ghusn), Punishment, Shoghi Effendi, Subh-i-Azal
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The friends are sometimes surprisingly naive and superficial in their approach to the subject of Covenant-breakers. They do not seem to understand that the descendants of Azal, with their mother's milk, drank hatred of Bahá'u'lláh, just as the descendants of Muhammad-Ali and his relatives have imbibed from babyhood a false concept of the Master. It...
Latin Americans are "so impoverished spiritually, so paralyzed with fear, so confused in thought, so abased in their moral standard."
August 18. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote a letter titled "This Hour, Crowded With Destiny," later published in the book "Citadel of Faith" describing Latin Americans as "so impoverished spiritually, so paralyzed with fear, so confused in thought, so abased in their moral standard."http://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shogh...
Thursday, August 17, 2017
In 1957, Shoghi Effendi wrote German Bahá'ís stating he "was shocked"
He was shocked and indignant to hear of the conduct of certain of the Persian Bahá'í students in Germany which had been so criminal as to lead to their imprisonment. http://bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/ldg/vol1/sec-206.html...
No mention is made about the Bábi uprisings.
August 15. On this date in 2002, The Oak Ridger carried a story written by David Sperry, "a publicist for area Bahá'ís," about an event on "July 9 at "Heart of the Hills" in Sevier County to commemorate the execution of the Báb." No mention is made about the Bábi uprisin...
A group of Bábís attempted to assassinate Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Bahá'u'lláh was arrested and imprisoned. He would later claim during this incarceration he was visited by the "Maid of Heaven" who told him his mission as the "Manifestation of God."
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16. On this date in 1852, one day after a group of Bábís attempted to
assassinate Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Bahá'u'lláh was arrested and
imprisoned. Years later, when he publicly revealed his mission,
Bahá'u'lláh would claim that during this incarceration he was visited by
the "Maid of Heaven" who told him his mission as the "Manifestation...
Doctrines of the church today are no longer needed--as the Father Himself has come.
"A Catholic background is an excellent introduction to the Faith, and one that Mrs. ... should feel gratified for having had. Though doctrines of the church today are no longer needed--as the Father Himself has come, and thus fulfilled the mission of Christ the Son--yet the foundation they lay of spiritual discipline, and their emphasis on spiritual...
Some personal observations about Baha'i faith.
When researching the Bahá'í Faith, please do not limit yourself only to the officially-sanctioned literature of the Bahá'í Administrative Order. Here are a few observations... 1) The Bahá'í Faith exists solely to perpetuate itself, 99% of its focus and activities are toward this one goal, growth in membership. Throughout their history they have been...
Sunday, August 13, 2017
The figure of Twelfth Imam in Shi'i islam is very Shaky
Abdul-Baha, Islam, Provisional Translation, Shi'ih
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O Sadrus Sudur! Thy "outspread sroll" [=raqq e Manshur cf Q 52:3] was perused…As to thy question in regard to the Twelfth Imam. Inasmuch as in the texts of the traditions [=AhAdeeth] of the Holy Imams, to outward seeming, there is disagreement and conflict, for example in some hadith the person of Muhammad the son of Hasan [al-‘Askari], peace be upon...
Bab's wisdom (Dissimulation)
Bab, Baha'u'llah, Dissimulation, Independent Investigation of Truth, Provisional Translation
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His holiness the exalted Bab because of the weakness of the people at the inception of his manifestation showed extreme forbearance. He spoke with the utmost wisdom e.g. he says in a certain context, 'if anyone attributes prophethood, imamate or anything above these stations or similar to it has perpetrated a calumny against me and I am far removed...
The realisation of 12th Imam has never been in the world of corporeal existence.
Abdul-Baha, Provisional Translation, Shi'ih, Sunni
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Thou hast asked the detail in relation to the 12th Imam. The realisation of this entity has never been in the world of corporeal existence. Rather His holiness the 12th Imam has always been in the realm of the unseen. He had never a realization in the world of physicality rather some of the leaders of the Shi'ihs at that time in the past, merely to...
The 'temples of falsity' (Shi'is) called Ja'far 'the Liar'.
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They asked Ja'far the brother of Hasan 'Askari: "Did your brother have any offspring? " He replied: "There was an infant but he died." But when the temples of falsity [=hayaakil e maj'uulah] heard this utterance they denied him and called Ja'far the...
The heedless members of the Shi'ih sect
"And that which you have mentioned about Shalmaghani and what Shalmaghani has uttered in relation to this Supreme Manifestation of God [= Zuhur illah al-a'zam] this is that which the Tongue of the Ancient of days has now uttered: O Abul Fazl ! thou has spoken the truth and thou hast disclosed what was hidden in the words of Shalmaghani. The intention...
Bab was martyred because of the false utterances of Four Gates
Bab, Baha'u'llah, Provisional Translation, Shi'ih
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This heedless and prattling (people) have understood this Revelation to be like unto
the events of the past. Up to this moment they have not comprehended the
significances of the "Day of God." They continue to deceive the people with
the vain imaginings [awhaamaat] and the vain mentions that were current in
the past. I swear by the righteousness...
Photograph of Baha'u'llah
Baha'i Law, Baha'u'llah, House of Justice (UHJ), Shoghi Effendi
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August 1. On this date in 1967, the Universal House of Justice wrote an individual believer "Concerning the question of display of the photograph of Bahá'u'lláh, the Guardian's instructions were that this should be done only with the utmost reverence, and then only on special occasions. While the Guardian did not require believers to send such photographs...
The House of Justice does not issue an accounting of the current expenditure of these funds.
Abuse, House of Justice (UHJ), Huququ'llah, Money
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You have asked as to where and how the House of Justice reports on its uses of the funds received through payment of Huqúqu’lláh. The House of Justice does not issue an accounting of the current expenditure of these funds. http://bahai-library.com/compilation_huququllah_right_god#s4...
Training Institutes has the capacity to sustain the process of entry by troops.
Converting People, Entry by Troops, House of Justice (UHJ)
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We are greatly heartened by the news reaching us of the enthusiastic response of the friends to the Four Year Plan. Particularly encouraging are the efforts of National Spiritual Assemblies everywhere to establish training institutes and to systematically address the development of human resources. The number of national and regional institutes is...
Supreme Court : "the plaintiffs have no right to a monopoly of the name of a religion."
Covenant-Breakers, House of Justice (UHJ), Injustice, NSA
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August 7. On this date in 1928, the "Bahá'í" trademark (Trade-Mark 245,271) was registered with the United States Patent Office.
On March 31, 1941, the New York Supreme Court dismissed a court case brought by National Spiritual Assembly and Trustees of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada against Mirza Ahmad Sohrab for the use of the word...
Baha'u'llah identifies himself with these prophets
Baha'u'llah, Buddhism, Christians, Hinduism, Imam Husayn, Islam, Jews, Shoghi Effendi
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"As to the list of the prophets with whom Bahá'u'lláh identified Himself in the passage found on pages 26 and 27 of 'The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh', their names are as follows: Abraham, Moses, Joseph, John the Baptist, Jesus, Imam Husayn, on whom Bahá'u'lláh has conferred an exceptionally exalted station, (and) the Bab." (From a letter written on...
Qur'an: 1 day = 1,000 years. Babi: 1 day = 1 year. Bahá'í: 30 days = ?
"Concerning the passage in the 'Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh' in which the Guardian quotes Abdu'l-Bahá's interpretation of the prophecy referring to the times when the sun would stand still in the heavens, he wishes me to explain that the days referred to in this prophecy have to be reckoned differently. In the Sacred Scripture of various religions...
...then took them to the Baha'i Center for a meal.
August 7. On this date in 1908, Mildred Mottahedeh was born in Seabright, New Jersey. On June 15, 1997, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured an article about Mildred Root Mottahedeh who was a member of the International Bahá'í Council and the first representative of the Bahá'í International Community to the United Nations. She made a substantial...
Who is Mary Maxwell AKA Ruhiyyih Khanum AKA Amatul Baha
August 8. On this date in 1910, Mary Maxwell Sutherland was born in New York City. In 1937 she married Shoghi Effendi who would appoint her to the International Bahá'í Council in 1951 and in 1952 named her a Hand of the Cause of God. She was titled Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum. Mary Sutherland Maxwell was born in New York City on August 8, 1910 to...
The man has primary responsibility for the financial support of the family, and the woman is the chief and primary educator of the children.
"With regard to your question whether mothers should work outside the home, it is helpful to consider the matter from the perspective of the concept of a Bahá'í family. This concept is based on the principle that the man has primary responsibility for the financial support of the family, and the woman is the chief and primary educator of the children....
Intelligent services of the Baha'is
On August 10, 1924, a report to Secretary of State Hughes about the murder of American Vice Consul Imbrie noted "to Reza Khan's credit...has freely made use in the Army and the Government of the intelligent services of the Bahá'ís, who may well be considered the only hope of Isla...
There are three processes in teaching
Converting People, Pilgrims' Notes, Shoghi Effendi
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There are three processes in teaching: the first is to attract the people; the second is to convert the people; and the third is to be consecrated. There must be attraction, conversion, and consecration. - Shoghi Effendi https://bahai-library.com/brown_memories_abdulbaha...
Shoghi Effendi : Please share Pilgrim Notes
"Please share your notes that you have taken here with the friends when you return home."-Shoghi Effendi
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Flee from the United States because America will become the storm center of the future.... Buy property in Central Africa!
Africa, Pilgrims' Notes, Prophecy, Shoghi Effendi
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The young people must disperse far away, the old ones to outlying places; they must settle goal cities. Sell your property and pioneer!...The young people of America should go out into the country on farms and work with their hands and produce food for their families.
Americans are exposed to great dangers. Today the power of America is in the hands...