Shoghi Effendi has said that giving to the Funds is, "...…a practical and
effective way whereby every believer can test the measure and character of his
faith, and prove in deeds the intensity of his devotion and attachment to the
Cause."https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/DG/dg-80.h...
Monday, November 23, 2020
All the friends of God... should contribute to the extent possible
All the friends of God... should contribute to the extent possible, however modest their offering may be. God doth not burden a soul beyond its capacity... O Friends of God! Be ye assured that in place of these contributions, your agriculture, your industry, and your commerce will be blessed by manifold increases, with goodly gifts and bestowals....
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Abbas Effendi's love towards his brothers and sisters!!
Abdul-Baha, Abuse, Covenant-Breakers, Independent Investigation of Truth
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At times Abbas Effendi used to meet his brothers and sisters at the Sacred Tomb of Baha’u’llah and speak to them in harsh language and treat them cruelly, in order to compel them to believe that which is against the laws of the Lord, Glory be to Him. On one occasion, by force, he seized the hand of the youngest sister [Foroughiyya Khanum] and repeatedly...
Friday, November 13, 2020
Mulla Husayn is the return of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Husayn
Mullá Husayn himself is described in the writings of the Báb and Baháʼu'lláh as the return of the Prophet Muhammad, and in other early Bábí sources variously as the return of the Imam Husayn or even described as the "Qa'im of Khorasan".(Saeidi, Nader (2008). Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Báb. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier...
Claims of the Bab
The hostility aroused by the claim of Bábhood (deputyship of Mahdi) was redoubled when the young reformer proceeded to declare that He was Himself the Mihdí (Mahdi) Whose coming Muḥammad had foretold. The Shí’ihs identified this Mihdí with the 12th Imám who, according to their beliefs, had mysteriously disappeared from the sight of men about a...
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Subh-i-Azal was good-natured
(Subh-i-Azal was) a mere figurehead, timid in the extreme, good-natured yet susceptible to the slightest influence, devoid of any outstanding qualities...(Shoghi Effendi)https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/GPB/gpb-7.h...
The Bab's claims
After a few months the Báb observed a greater acceptance and readiness amongst His people and gradually moved His claim to that of 'Zikryya' and 'Qaiemyya' meaning that of the Hidden Imam in its entirety. In the final years of His life He publicly announced the station of 'Mazhariah' meaning that of a manifestation from God.(Page 224, Sepehr Manuchehri,...
If you believe that 'Bab' is 'the Gate' of the hidden Imam then you are cursed by the Bab himself!
Bab, Independent Investigation of Truth, Provisional Translation
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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...
Bahà'u'llàh's works never mentioned Buddha or Krishna as manifestations
Abdul-Baha, Baha'i Law, Buddhism, Hinduism, Independent Investigation of Truth
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Bahà'u'llàh's works never mentioned Buddha or Krishna as manifestations, but his son 'Abdu'l-Bahà mentioned in his own works that Buddha and Krishna were indeed manifestations of God.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_revelation_(Bahá'í)Paris Talks: Addresses Given by Abdu'l-Bahá in 1911. Baha'i Publishing Trust. ISBN 97819318473...