Arise, O people, and, by the power of God’s might, resolve to gain the victory over your own selves, that haply the whole earth may be freed and sanctified from its servitude to the gods of its idle fancies—gods that have inflicted such loss upon, and are responsible for the misery of, their wretched worshipers. These idols form the obstacle that impedeth...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Saturday, August 22, 2020
the Reality of the All-Merciful hath been born
"This, truly, is a night during which the Reality of the All-Merciful hath been born..."-Baha'u'llah, Tablet on the Birth of the Greatest Name IIhttps://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_lawh_imawlud_ism-azamحسینعلی نوری در دعایی که برای شب ولادتش تعلیم داده میگوید: «و فیه ولد من لم یلد و لم یولد» اشراق خاوری، رساله ایام تسعه، ص۲۵
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
There can be no rest until the destined outcome is achieved.
You are channels for this divine love; let it flow through you to all who cross your path. Infuse it into every neighborhood and social space in which you move to build capacity to canalize the society-building power of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation. There can be no rest until the destined outcome is achieved.
(Message of the Universal House of Justice,...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
The community of Shaykh Ahmad’s adherents was characterized by fervent millenarian expectations AND Mulla Husayn's recognition of the Promised One.
...Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá’í (1743–1828), and later his successor Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí (1793–1843), revived interest in charismatic authority by focusing attention on the Imáms, particularly the Hidden Imám. Moreover, they attributed their own authority not only to their traditional and professional education, but to mystical knowledge received directly...
The voice of God that spoke to Moses through the Burning Bush is in fact the Bab
In the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’ the voice of God that spoke to Moses through the Burning Bush is in fact the Báb.(Nader Saiedi - Gate of the Heart, Page ...
Saturday, August 1, 2020
Execution of the Bab by Peter Ludwig Berger (an eminent sociologist)
Bab, History, Independent Investigation of Truth
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The Bab and two of his closest disciples, Mulla Muhammad 'Ali of Tabriz and Siyyid Husain of Yazd were paraded through streets, after their condemnation, and cruelly tortured in front of a growing mob. The two disciples were urged to deny their master and save their lives thereby. Siyyid Husain finally succumbed to the torture and cursed the Bab. The...
The conference of Badasht and the "self-defense" of the Babis
Abuse, Bab, Baha'u'llah, History, Independent Investigation of Truth, Shi'ih, Tahirih, War
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The original aim of the meeting was to arrange a great pilgrimage to Maku, where the Bab was then staying, probably with the intention of liberating him by force. The meeting soon, however, arrived at a discussion of the new doctrine. Tahirih made the suggestion to the other leaders that the time had come to tell all the Babis that the time of a new...
Claims of Quddus
"It is abundantly clear from Haji Mirza Jani's history that Hazrat-i-Quddus advanced the most extravagant claims, and that many of the Babis were disposed to regard him as superior to the Bab. He not only developed himself to be Christ come back to earth, but even went so far as to say, 'Whosoever hath known me is become a polytheist, and whosoever...