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...
Saturday, March 30, 2019
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....