Say that Abdul-Baha has considered every one of the letters with the
eyes of the spirit, has read each, and through the valid messenger—that
is, through the spiritual susceptibilities—has sent each the message of
peace and greeting.
https://bahai9.com/wiki/Apology...
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Smoking is not forbidden in the Bahá'í Faith
Smoking is not forbidden in the Bahá'í Faith, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá has discouraged it for the sake of health and cleanliness.
https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha%27i/Others/ROB/V3/p433-441Apndx_II.h...
Mirza Abul Fadl was a chain smoker.
The following story recounted by a certain believer, Husayn-i-Rúhí Effendi, who knew Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, illustrates this point clearly.When I was in 'Akká, I procured a copy of a Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá known as Lawh-i-Dukhán which is written in honour of Muhammad-Husayn-i-Vakíl...When I arrived in Egypt I shared the contents of this Tablet which disapproved...
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
The infallibility of Shoghi Effendi!
The work of writing involved in such a major project was of course itself burdensome to Shoghi Effendi. ‘How many hundreds of hours’, Ruhiyyih Khanum tells us, ‘Shoghi Effendi spent on reading his sources and compiling his notes, how many days and months in painstakingly writing out in long hand – and often rewriting – the majestic procession of his...
Monday, November 25, 2019
Shaykhism, Babism and the Dreams
From the Dawn-Breakers
1. Siyyid Kázim describes a dream of Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá’í about Imám Hasan
2. Siyyid Kázim’s dream about Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá’í
3. A dream of the Sháh about Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá’í
4. A dream of an Arab shepherd about Siyyid Kázim
...
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Denis MacEoin's opinion about the writings of the Bab, Quddus and Shoghi Effendi
Denis MacEoin, Independent Investigation of Truth
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About Quddus' writings MacEoin writes:
"we are, perhaps, fortunate in not having much of Barfurushi's unintelligible outpourings to read" (p. 107). About the translations produced by Shoghi Effendi and the Baha'i Universal House of Justice, MacEoin states:"the virtual absence of notes, and the failure to indicate identity, provenance, condition, and...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Bab's renunciation
After his return from Mecca, the Báb was arrested in Bushihr and taken into custody to the residence of Husayn Khan Nazimu’l Dowla the Governor of Fars. On the same Friday, the Báb was pressured by the Ulama particularly the Imam Jum'ih of Shiraz to publicly renounce His earlier claims in the grand Mosque of Vakil in front of a congregation of the...
Thursday, October 24, 2019
The Baha'i Technique
"Slanderous Vilification" = The Baha'i Technique - Ad Hominem, Libel, Slander, Demonize, Scapegoat, Ostracize, Shun, Banish, Backbite, Defame, Vilify, Discredit, Smear, Revile, Suppress, Attack, Bully, Intimidate, Threaten, Malign, Blackball, Deceive, Coerce, Silence, Harass... etc., etc....
-Frederick Glaysher (Former Haifan Baha'i)...
Baha'i Tactics & Techniques
1. As far as possible they hold back from responding2. Then they claim no knowledge [of the given issue] by feigning ignorance3. After the exposer has exposed they will try to divert to secondary and totally peripheral and irrelevant side-issues4. The exposer is then painted as someone with an axe to grind, biased, deluded (while they, the Baha'is,...
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Miracles do happen
It was 1942. My father was a fairly new Baha'i. So when Shoghi Effendi sent His pioneering plan to the Baha'is of Iran encouraging them to spread throughout the Arab countries, he did not hesitate and agreed to go to Soleimanieh in the Kurdish region of Iraq together with our family. He sold his stuff very quickly, cancelled his rental agreement, resigned...
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Izziyyih Khanum about Baha'u'llah's 'innate knowledge'
Baha'u'llah, Independent Investigation of Truth, Izziyyih Khanum
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The Mirzā (meaning Bahā’u’llāh)...., from the beginning of his life to when he came of age—because the means were at hand and because of the gathering of the companions—was engrossed in studying and endeavored in homework. He wouldn’t disengage from learning the rudiments for a moment. After studying the rudiments of Arabic and literature he inclined...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
The Bab designates 'Abdu'l-Baha in His writings!
"He who will appear after Him who will appear." This is a reference to 'Abdu'l-Baha in the Báb's writings.-Moments with Baháʼuʼlláh: Memoirs of the Hand of the Cause of God By Ṭarāz Allāh Samand...
A future Baha'i world government would put covenant breakers in jail!
Covenant-Breakers, House of Justice (UHJ), Juan Cole, Personal Observations
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I don't see what the difference in principle is between that (Khomeinist) and the Baha'i institutions claiming they can never be publicly criticized, and sending counsellors and ABMs around to silence people with threats
that they will be shunned or ostracized. If the Baha'is who behave
this way controlled a government, they would be just as oppressive...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Abdul Baha watching a Film and Shoghi Effendi 'Paris Opera'.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá repudiated suggestive plays, gross movies. As Louis Gregory told us, the Master had attended a film in the Holy Land with two little boys of the Household, and disapproving of the picture, had taken the boys by the hand and left. We were also told, by other believers, that Shoghi Effendi attended the Paris opera alone, and what he saw...
Wine and other alcoholic drinks were still used by many Baha’is then
As we ate at the pension, outdoors under an arbor, there was wine on the table. Wine and other alcoholic drinks were still used by many Bahá’ís then—'in moderation', as they used to quote: 'Moderation in all things.' The trouble seemed to be, nobody could agree on what moderation was.http://bahairesearch.com/english/Baha%27i/Baha%27i_Studies/Marzieh_Gail/Arches_of_the_Years.aspx...
Shoghi Effendi was Ayatollah. God's presence is available to whoever turns to Him.
He [Shoghi Effendi] was, as the Will of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá says, the Sign of God (áyatu’lláh), and God's presence is available to whoever turns to Him, including persons so insignificant that in this world they could never get in to see even the pettiest official or the least of company managers.
http://bahairesearch.com/english/Baha%27i/Baha%27i_Studies/Marzieh_Gail/Arches_of_the_Years.aspx...
Why beautification of Baha'i Shrines in Israel?
Converting People, Covenant-Breakers, Dissimulation, Israel, Muhammed Ali (Ghusn), Pilgrims' Notes
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Since in the Holy Land the Bahá’ís had to teach indirectly, the Guardian said one such way was to beautify the Shrines.
He told us that acquiring the heart of the mountain, which the Bahá’ís owned by 1935, was not easy, because there were many enemies of the Faith in that place, and the Covenant-breaker Muhammad-‘Alí was still active through his son,...
Monday, September 16, 2019
Claimants to the Office of He-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest
Alphabetical list of some of the pretenders who had prior pretensions to be "Him-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest" and/or the return of the Imam Husayn is subjoined:
1. Abd-al-Karim-i-Tabrizi 2. Abdullah Gawhar 3. Ali Akbar-i-Shirazi 4. Hashim-i-Kashi-Haji Mulla 5. Husayn-Ali Nuri (Baha'u'llah) 6. Husayn-i-Hindiyani or Hindigani 7. Husayn-i-Milani known...
One of the twelve principles of the Baha'i faith in the early stage.
"the prohibition of destruction of books" was one of the twelve principles of the Baha'i faith in the early stage.
-Todd Lawson
http://wilmetteinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2012-Lawson-Return-of-Joseph-scan.pdf...
Laws of the Babi Sharia.
Abuse, Bab, Bayan, Denis MacEoin, Punishment, Shi'ih
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It [Kitab-i-Aqdas] also does away with several of the more restrictive measures of the Babi shari'a, including the mass slaughter of non-believers, the destruction of books and shrines, compulsory marriage at the age of 11, the confiscation of the property of unbelievers, and the prohibition on travel except for purposes of trade.
The apparent tolerance...
The Bab and Quddus were both the Qa'im!!
...at Bidasht, Mullā Muḥammad ʿAlī Bārfurūshī Quddūs, claimed to be the return of the prophet Muḥammad, adducing in evidence of this his ability to produce verses, prayers, and homilies; later, at the shrine of Shaykh Ṭabarsi, Quddūs is said to have referred to Bushrūʾī (originally understood to be the return of Muḥammad) as the Imām Ḥusayn. More...
Tahiri's "unveiling herself" caused some Babis to recant their new faith or slit their throats!!!
The unveiling caused shock and consternation amongst the men present. Prior to this, many had regarded Táhirih as the epitome of purity... Many screamed in horror at the sight, and one man was so horrified that he cut his own throat and, with blood pouring from his neck, fled the scene. Táhirih then arose and began a speech on the break from Islam.-Wikipedia
Here...
Tafsir (Exegisis) of Quran by the Bab!
The Báb explains the phrase “By the afternoon” (Va’l-‘asr) by analyzing the meaning of the letter Váv (here meaning “By”) as well as “afternoon” (‘asr) and their mutual connection. Váv is the second letter of the name of God, Huva (He), consisting of the letters Há’ and Váv. Váv (6) is the immediate (succeeding) manifestation of Há’ (5), and they appear...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
"Tablet of Asma alone is about three thousand pages."
I attended the glorious annual (Baha'i sponsored) Persian Arts & Culture conference near Chicago last weekend. Some three to four thousand Baha'is and friends of the Faith attend this glorious conference every year. Among the speakers was our very knowledgeable Dr. Nader Saidi who is one of those rare individuals that I know who has studied carefully...
Friday, August 9, 2019
Bigamy in the Baha'i writings
"Beware that ye take not unto yourselves more wives than two. Whoso contenteth himself with a single partner from among the maidservants of God, both he and she shall live in tranquillity."
[Baha'u'llah, Kitab-i-Aqdas]
"Concerning bigamy, this has been promulgated, and no one must abrogate it. ‘Abdu’l Baha has not abrogated this law. These are...
Friday, July 19, 2019
Rebelling against an earthly ruler
Asked if it were ever right to rebel against an earthly ruler, Abdul Baha replied: Yes, if he deals unjustly and tyrannically with his people he forfeits the right to govern them. -Abdul Baha. Notes taken by A. S. D., Acca, Oct. 16, 1907.https://bahai-library.com/compilation_peace_war_governm...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Abuse, hatred and animosity against the Shi'ih Muslims
Abuse, Edward Browne, Personal Observations, Shi'ih
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The Babis and Baha'is show hatred and animosity against the Shiahs of Persia, abuse and revile them, and heap malediction and curses upon them. These evil feelings are shown especially against the rulers and the Mullahs. The Baha'i historians indulge so much in diatribes and maledictions, that Professor Browne wearies of translating them, and omits...
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Why Baha'i Temples are empty? Why they can never hope to achieve beyond the meagre and often transitory results...?
Divorced from the social, humanitarian, educational and scientific pursuits centering around the Dependencies of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, Bahá’í worship, however exalted in its conception, however passionate in fervor, can never hope to achieve beyond the meagre and often transitory results produced by the contemplations of the ascetic or the communion...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
The laws of Bahá’u’lláh are not considered binding on the friends in Egypt... there is no objection to a marriage taking place without the permission of either set of parents being obtained.
Should the parents be implacably opposed to the notion of their son or daughter’s marrying another Bahá’í, then, at least in the case of new believers, this need not prove an insurmountable barrier. This is because, as previously mentioned, the laws of Bahá’u’lláh are not considered binding on the friends in Egypt who do not come from Bahá’í families....
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Bahá'u'lláh Conversed with Moses in the Burning Bush
"...Bahá'u'lláh is the greatest Manifestation to yet appear, the One Who consummates the Revelation of Moses; He was the One Moses conversed with in the Burning Bush. In other words Bahá'u'lláh identifies the glory of the Godhead on that occasion with Himself..."(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, October 19,...
Saturday, May 18, 2019
...offered up, by his own hand, his life.
Consider his honor Siyyid Ismá’íl—upon him be the peace of God, and His loving-kindness—how, before daybreak he was wont to dust, with his own turban, the doorstep of My house, and in the end, whilst standing on the banks of the river, with his eyes fixed on that same house, offered up, by his own hand, his life.
-Baha'u'llah
http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/ESW/esw-4.html...
God reveals Himself in the person of His Manifestation
Every time God the True One—exalted be His glory—revealed Himself in the person of His Manifestation, He came unto men with the standard of “He doeth what He willeth, and ordaineth what He pleaseth.” None hath the right to ask why or wherefore, and he that doth so, hath indeed turned aside from God, the Lord of Lords. -Baha'u'llah
http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/ESW/esw-4.html...
By My life! This is the truth, and all else naught but error.
By My life! This is the truth, and all else naught but error. -Baha'u'llah http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/ESW/esw-4.html...
Man’s actions are acceptable after his having recognized Baha'u'llah
Man’s actions are acceptable after his having recognized (the Manifestation). He that turneth aside from the True One is indeed the most veiled amongst His creatures. http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/ESW/esw-4.html...
Friday, May 17, 2019
The first Baha'i temple in Ashkabad was expropriated by the government and converted into an art gallery in 1938.
Earthquake, History, Independent Investigation of Truth, Russia
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The structural design of the first Bahai temple in Ashkhabad was prepared by Ostād ʿAlī-Akbar Bannāʾ and work, which was started in 1902 and supervised by Ḥājī Mīrzā Moḥammad-Taqī, the Wakīl-al-Dawla, was completed in 1919. The temple, which served the community for two decades was expropriated by the government and converted into an art gallery in...
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Baha'u'llah is the Lord of Lords
O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God, the Almighty, the Unrestrained.
-Baha'u'llah (The Summons of the Lord of Hos...
Friday, May 10, 2019
Baha'u'llah's commandments for his creatures!
He describes His commandments as “the lamps of My loving providence among My servants, and the keys of My mercy for My creatures.”5 He avers: “The Tongue of My power hath, from the heaven of My omnipotent glory, addressed to My creation these words:‘Observe My commandments, for the love of My beauty.’ Happy is the lover that hath inhaled the divine...
Monday, May 6, 2019
I am sure the Master told him about His departure from this world and that because of it he threw himself into the sea.
That morning [after the cold] Mirza Abul Hassan Afnan dismissed his servant and said he was going away. He wrote a supplication to the Beloved. Then the Afnan went to the seashore, about two hours walk, and threw himself into the sea. Some fisherman nearby took him out and notified the authorities. Abdul-Baha sent his automobile. I went with the Afnans...
Sunday, May 5, 2019
King of England's special love for Abdul Baha
Abdul-Baha had a supreme station
in the estimation of the kings of the
earth. General Allenby, at the time of
his occupation of Haifa on September
23, 1918, received a special order from
the King of England to call and inquire
about the health of Abdul-Baha. The
king also knighted Abdul-Baha, giving
him his highest medal and the title of
"Sir." But...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
There are now close to 17,000 clusters (2003) worldwide, out of which 500 clusters have crossed 3rd milestone (in 2019)
Baha'i Activities, Converting People, House of Justice (UHJ)
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"Reports received at the World Centre indicate that there are now close to 17,000 clusters worldwide, excluding those countries where, for one reason or another, the operation of the Faith is restricted."
-The Universal House of Justice, 17 January 2003
https://www.bahai.org/r/532027...
Friday, April 12, 2019
The punishment for teaching the Baha’i Faith, membership and activity in this religious community is determined based on these articles of the IR law
Independent Investigation of Truth, Personal Observations, Punishment
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The verdicts against Baha’is is issued based on articles 498, 499 and 500 of the Islamic Penal Code. Article 498 of the code states: “Any person with any ideology who forms or leads a group, society or sub-group of more than two people, under any name or title, domestically or abroad, with the goal of disrupting national security, who is not considered...
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Baha'i faith cannot solve current problems ecxcept...
House of Justice (UHJ), New World Order (NWO), Politics
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The guidance that Baha'i institutions offer to mankind does not comprise a series of specific answers to current problems, but rather the illumination of an entirely new way of life. Without this way of life the problems are insoluble; with it they will either not arise or, if they arise, can be resolved.https://bahai-library.com/uhj_messages_1986_2001...
UHJ is under the “care and protection” of Baha'u'llah and the “shelter and unerring guidance” of the Bab
Bab, Baha'u'llah, House of Justice (UHJ), Will & Testament
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The following statements of Baha'u'llah and Abdul Baha are considered
to relate solely to the Universal House of Justice: (a) It is under the
“care and protection” of Baha'u'llah and the “shelter and unerring
guidance” of the Bab (Will and Testament, p. 11) and is “the source of all good and freed from all error” (ibid., p. 14); (b) its membership...
Houses of justice are supposed to take care of the old, the weak, and the ill who have fallen into poverty
Baha'i Activities, Baha'i Law, Baha'u'llah, House of Justice (UHJ)
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Among the general functions of the Houses of Justice, as enunciated by Baha'u'llah, are the following: to promulgate the cause of God; to educate the souls of men; to preserve the law; to make the land prosperous; to administer social affairs; to educate the children; to take care of the old, the weak, and the ill who have fallen into poverty (Ganjīna-ye...
The growth of Baha'i Faith has slowed down in the United States (Video)
0:20 - Question: "Do you think there has been a slowdown in the growth of the Faith in the West?...What can be done about it?" Answer: "It has slowed down...It needs to be accelerated."-Dallas, TX - Hooper Dunbar - 2017 (Youtube)
https://youtu.be/u-v7hKI29ok?t=...
Friday, April 5, 2019
Baha'i is a cult, why ?
1) Baha'u'llah is God. Pray to him, pray facing towards him, ask repentance from him, he is the creator of everything, he is the sender of all prophets, he is the lord of lords, he is the YAHWEH, he is Mahdi, he is Hussayn, he is Mohammed, he is the Father, he is Krishna, he is Buddha, he is what not!2) All 12 Baha'i principals are marketing slogans....
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Accepting Baha'u'llah is real paradise!
The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence…Whoso hath recognized the Dayspring of Divine guidance and entered His holy court hath drawn nigh unto God and attained His Presence, a Presence which is the real Paradise, and of which the loftiest mansions of heaven are but...
Friday, March 22, 2019
Labib learned Esperanto in 1914 and later taught the language at the Baha'i Tavakkul School in Qazvin
In 1905 he (Muhammad Labib) and his family moved to Tehran, where Labib received an education at a Baha'i school. Labib learned Esperanto in 1914 and later taught the language at the Baha'i Tavakkul School in Qazvin (Iran). He also served as an official representative of the World Esperanto movement. http://onthisdateinbahaihistory.blogspot.com/2019/03/march-14-on-this-date-in-1981-muhammad.html...
The book contains nothing that might reasonably be called an argument. Instead names of God and invocations are endlessly repeated
The book contains nothing that might reasonably be called an argument. Instead names of God and invocations are endlessly repeated and varied, often in ways unsanctioned by Arabic usage. Syntax is nearly as idiosyncratic. Thus, for example, the first page has Allah used as a superlative in the form a'lah, an infinitive ilhn, participles mu'talih, mu'lah,...
The Shaikh Tabarsi siege was the most markedly religious, while the Zanjan and Neyriz uprisings were more closely linked to local politics.
It is impossible to identify a consistent pattern in these events. Ivanov’s (1939) Marxist analysis shows serious limitations in its treatment of motives and its portrayal of the Babi participants in the struggles as “peasants, artisans, urban poor, and small trades-people.” More recent studies by Momen (1983), Smith (1982), and MacEoin (1982) reveal...
In all, something like 3,000 Babis died in these episodes...
In all, something like 3,000 Babis died in these episodes, or, if we take the lower figure of 1,000 deaths at Zanjān, just over 2,000 in all. Later estimates of 20,000 and more found in some Bahai works do not, in fact, correspond to the more detailed figures given in Bahai historical sources. Similarly, the very high figures for both participants...
Babi law called for the destruction of the shrines and holy places of previous religions and, the universal slaughter of all save those who believed and were faithful...
Abdul-Baha, Abuse, Bab, Denis MacEoin, History, Shi'ih
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In the 1840s and 1850s a series of violent incidents involving members of the Babi sect (see babism) and Shiʿites took place in Iran, the most serious of which were four military encounters at Shaikh Ṭabarsī in Māzandarān, Zanjān, and Neyrīz (twice). At the inception of the Babi movement in 1260/1844, an uprising (ḵorūj) against unbelievers was keenly...
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Anyone claiming a Revelation direct from God is a lying imposter.
Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct from God ere the expiration of a full thousand years, such a man is assuredly a lying imposter. We pray God that He may graciously assist him to retract and repudiate such a claim. Should he repent, God will, assuredly forgive him. If, however, he persisteth in his error, God will, assuredly, send down one...
How a faithful Baha'i son treated his Covenant Breaker father?
Covenant-Breakers, Injustice, Juan Cole, Punishment, Story
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Mr. Muhibat (Lutfullah Mohebat - son of Jamal-i-Burujerdi) repeatedly related the following event about his own father:
He said after his father was openly expelled from the Bahá'í community he completely cut off from his father. He had not seen his father for quite a long time. He said one day I was passing on Sepah Avenue near Meydan-i-Tupkhanih....
Babi's were ordered to destroy all non-Babi books
Abdul-Baha, Abuse, Azali, Bab, Baha'u'llah, Denis MacEoin, Independent Investigation of Truth
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As a token of grace from God, the Revealer of this Most Great Announcement, We have removed from the Holy Scriptures and Tablets the law prescribing the destruction of books. http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/tb-4.html
Denis MacEoin in his article states : "the mass slaughter of non-believers, the destruction of books and shrines, compulsory marriage...
Baha'is are ordered to serve Israel!
Should any of the kings—may God aid them—arise to protect and help this oppressed people [Baha'is], all must vie with one another in loving and in serving him. This matter is incumbent upon everyone. Well is it with them that act accordingly. http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/tb-4.html...
"Ex-Baha'is" will spread the message of Baha'u'llah!
Therefore, my purpose is to warn and strengthen you against accusations, criticisms, revilings and derision in newspaper articles or other publications. Be not disturbed by them. They are the very confirmation of the Cause, the very source of upbuilding to the Movement. May God confirm the day when a score of ministers of the churches may arise and...
"Just a small reminder of what the House wants each and every single one of us to do NOW!"
Converting People, House of Justice (UHJ), Personal Observations
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Allah'u'abha all! Just a small reminder of what the House wants each and every single one of us to do NOW:
Become friends with all of your neighbours on your street and in your neighborhood. Invite them over to cups of tea and get to know them and go and visit them in their house. Take them a food to enjoy together with your cup of tea.
Host a children's...
Muslims will suffer for denying Baha'u'llah
Islam, Jews, Pilgrims' Notes, Prophecy, Punishment, Shi'ih, Shoghi Effendi, Sunni
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March 11. On this date in 1953, Shoghi Effendi said "Just as the Jews have crucified Christ - they suffered 2000 years of persecution - so also will the Moslems suffer a similar fate. The Jews rejected Christ - the Moslems Bahá'u'lláh and His Cause."https://bahai-library.com/levy_pilgrims_1953...
Siyyid Muhammad Isfahani gave a bad time to Baha'u'llah
Azali, Baha'u'llah, Covenant-Breakers, History, Punishment, Subh-i-Azal
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Every one of this people well knoweth that Siyyid Muhammad was but one of Our servants. In the days when, as requested by the Imperial Ottoman Government, We proceeded to their Capital he accompanied Us. Subsequently, he committed that which - I swear by God - hath caused the Pen of the Most High to weep and His Tablet to groan. We, therefore, cast...
How the Greatest Holy Leaf protected the Cause!?
Abuse, Bahiyyih Khanum, Covenant-Breakers, History, Muhammed Ali (Ghusn)
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According to the eyewitness account of Mr. Aziz Yazdi, on the day of the Master's funeral the Greatest Holy Leaf directed all the friends to attend His funeral. She alone remained behind, in the Master's House alone. She arranged for a policeman to be posted at the front gate to the Master's house, and had locksmith come and change the locks on all...
The veil must in no wise be suddenly rent asunder.
Whosoever and whatsoever meeting becometh a hindrance to the diffusion of the Light of Faith, let the loved ones give them counsel and say: “Of all the gifts of God the greatest is the gift of Teaching. It draweth unto us the Grace of God and is our first obligation. Of such a gift how can we deprive ourselves? Nay, our lives, our goods, our comforts,...
A repentance prayer to Baha'u'llah
“I testify, O my God, and my King, that Thou hast created me to remember Thee, to glorify Thee, and to aid Thy Cause. And yet, I have aided Thine enemies, who have broken Thy Covenant, who have cast away Thy Book, disbelieved in Thee, and repudiated Thy signs. Alas, alas, for my waywardness, and my shame, and my sinfulness, and my wrong-doing that...
Abdul Baha is 'inferior to the animal'
Abdul-Baha, Abuse, Animals, Muhammed Ali (Ghusn)
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Abdul Baha:
The man who thinks only of himself and is thoughtless of others is undoubtedly inferior to the animal...
http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/FWU/fwu-10.h...
Friday, March 1, 2019
We have bestowed upon thee such a station from before Our Presence to which no women have preceded (thee)
Baha'u'llah, Bahiyyih Khanum, Godhood, Lua Getsinger, Pilgrims' Notes
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TABLET REVEALED FROM THE BLESSED PERFECTION TO THE EXALTED LEAF This Book is from before Us to her who hath heard and attained, and she hath sprung from this Pre-Existent Root, and hath appeared in My Name, and hath tasted My Most Holy and Wonderful Saliva. We have given her to drink from My Sweetest Mouth, and once from the Mighty and Shining Kawther....
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Comparing Quran with the Bab and Baha'u'llah's writings
The Holy Qur’an was one single volume of 6300 verses. Then in one lightning stroke came the Báb, of whose revealed flood of divine knowledge Bahá’u’lláh Himself writes:
“… the verses which have rained from this Cloud of divine mercy have been so abundant that none hath yet been able to estimate their number. A score of volumes are now available. How...
If necessary she can become a warrior.
For her greater strength and
fierceness, the lioness is more feared by the hunter
than the lion. The mere size of the brain has been proved to
be no measure of superiority. The woman has
greater moral courage than the man; she has also
special gifts which enable her to govern in
moments of danger and crisis. If necessary she
can become a warrior.”
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Sunday, February 17, 2019
Tolstoi was completely disenchanted with the doctrine of Baha'u'llah
Baha'u'llah, Christians, Dreyfus, Independent Investigation of Truth, Personal Observations
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"Although Bahá’í publications have long quoted the laudatory comments addressed by Tolstoi to Grinevskaia and Badalbekov (item 5), Tolstoi’s attitude toward Bahá’í beliefs fluctuated and at times was completely contradictory. Tolstoi’s earliest reactions until about 1904 tended to be favorable, but upon receiving Bahá’í books from some of his correspondents,...
Baha'i teaching work cannot be compared with other social works
"Your work to improve the health of people is a meritorious way of serving mankind, but it can never be compared with the work of illumining the souls and minds of men with the Light of Bahá’u’lláh. The people of the world are teeming millions, the Bahá’ís only a handful, yet they are the precious leaven that must leaven the lump."(From a letter written...
Regarding the one who related the existence of the Qaʼim…
Baha'u'llah, Islam, Provisional Translation, Shi'ih
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Regarding the one who related the existence of the Qáʼim [1] In a Tablet to Mírzá Áqáy-i Afnán, the blessed pen of the Ancient Beauty—exalted be His glory—hath revealed: “The one who related the existence of the Qá’im was a woman. It was asked of Jaʻfar, [2] ‘Does [Imám Ḥasan] ʻAskarí have any living sons?’ That wronged one [3] declined and said, ‘There...
A Tablet from ‘Abduʼl-Baha regarding the Twelfth Imam
Abdul-Baha, Islam, Provisional Translation, Shi'ih
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In a Tablet to Ḥájí Ṣadr-i-Hamadání, the title of which is “O Ṣadruʼṣ-Ṣudúr! The unrolled scroll hath been read aloud,” the Center of the Covenant—exalted be His praise—hath said: As to the question of the twelfth Imám, there existeth in the ḥadíths an apparent contradiction. In one ḥadíth, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan [1]—peace be upon Him—is considered the...
Regarding Jafar-i-Kadhdhab (“Jafar the Liar”)
Abuse, Baha'u'llah, Islam, Provisional Translation, Quran, Shi'ih
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In a Tablet to Mírzá Áqáy-i-Afnán, the Pen of the Most High—exalted be His glory—hath revealed:
“O people of God! Inquire ye of the people of the Qurʼán: ‘Where is Jábulqá, and what of Jábulsá? [1] What hath become of those illusory cities?’ They have condemned as a liar that hapless Jaʻfar, [2] who did not speak falsely. For uttering a single truthful...