During His lifetime, 'Abdu'l-Bahá had expressed the desire to be buried halfway between the Shrines of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. However, as no such place was available or specifically designated at the time of His passing, His sister, Bahíyyih Khánum, instructed that 'Abdu'l-Bahá be temporarily buried in a Shrine dedicated to the Báb, in a room next to the one where the Báb was interred.
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Thursday, May 26, 2022
According to a prominent Baha'i historical figure, the formation of Israel was "a most remarkable bloodless revolution occurred, when 4,000,000 Moslems fled and 1,000,000 Jews marched in and began tilling their ancestral soil, and a new nation was born."
Abdul-Baha, America (United States), Bahiyyih Khanum, Israel, Palestine, Pilgrims' Notes
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May 18. On this date in 1954, Ruhaniyyih Ruth Moffett arrived in Israel. She described the founding of that country six years previous as "a most remarkable bloodless revolution occurred, when 4,000,000 Moslems fled and 1,000,000 Jews marched in and began tilling their ancestral soil, and a new nation was born. Today the blue and white flag with the star of Bethlehem flutters proudly over the world'' youngest democracy --" "nation as eternally old as yesterday, as eternally young as tomorrow". Phonex-like, from the ashes have risen again to build a new homeland, to develop the most stupendous, life-salvaging operation ever undertaken in the whole history of mankind, and to fulfill the promise of the Ages!"
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Ruth J. Moffett was born on January 19, 1880 and met ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on a train platform in Chicago in 1912. After attending one of his lectures, she became a Bahá'í and became active in service in 1919. Her teaching efforts took her throughout the Americas, Europe, Egypt and the Near East. The Greatest Holy Leaf (Bahiyyih Khanum) named her Ruhaniyyih, conoting spirituality, joy and beauty. Ruth J. Moffett died on July 5, 1978.
Ruth J. Moffett was born on January 19, 1880 and met ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on a train platform in Chicago in 1912. After attending one of his lectures, she became a Bahá'í and became active in service in 1919. Her teaching efforts took her throughout the Americas, Europe, Egypt and the Near East. The Greatest Holy Leaf (Bahiyyih Khanum) named her Ruhaniyyih, conoting spirituality, joy and beauty. Ruth J. Moffett died on July 5, 1978.
Thursday, March 10, 2022
The remains of the Bab were kept in the room of Bahiyyih Khanum for ten years
Abdul Baha entrusted her with the sacred remains of the Báb which were housed in her room for some ten years in the house of 'Abdu'lláh Páshá.
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The construction of the Shrine had begun over forty years ago. The Guardian recounted how the Bab’s Sacred remains journeyed in hiding for decades in Iran before arriving in the Holy Land where they were hidden in the room of the Greatest Holy Leaf for another ten years. ‘Abdu’l-Baha showed the remains to the assembled Baha’is to verify that they had arrived intact, and he buried them with great solemnity in a marble sarcophagus sent by the Baha’is of Burma.
(The Memoirs of Shamsi Sedaghat by Shamsi Sedaghat edited by Hillary Chapman - 2023)
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(The Memoirs of Shamsi Sedaghat by Shamsi Sedaghat edited by Hillary Chapman - 2023)
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Conflict between Baha'u'llah and Subh-i-Azal
Abuse, Azali, Baha'i Activities, Baha'u'llah, Bahiyyih Khanum, Edward Browne, Punishment, Subh-i-Azal
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In Baghdad, says Bahiyyih Khanum, "disharmony and misunderstanding arose among the believers--discord--strife--contention." Therefore Baha'u'llah went, off to Kurdistan.
He refers in the "Iqan" to the dissensions, "Such an odour of jealousy was diffused, banners of discord hoisted, enemies endeavoured to destroy this servant,--hardships, calamities and sufferings inflicted by Moslems were as nothing compared with what hath been inflicted by the believers." His opponents say that he wished to introduce innovations, relax the law and put forward on his own account a claim to be a Manifestation and being resisted in this, he" got angry." After they were removed to Adrianople the quarrel waxed hotter. Abul Fadl describes it as one of "interior fires of dissension and jealousy between the rival leaders, far exceeding the jealousy of outsiders. Mohammed Jawad Qazvini says there were "all manner of intrigues, falsehoods and untruths." I have received from a Muslim convert to Christianity an interesting account of conditions then and there. He was at that time a peesh-khidmat to the Persian Minister at Constantinople. He was at Samsun when Subh-i-Azal and Baha'u'llah and their parties embarked and was introduced to them by Haji Rajab Ali Khan, brother-in-law of my informant. He saw them day by day and became a serious inquirer. Afterwards he went to Adrianople bearing presents to Baha'u'llah. He found Baha'u'llah and Subh-i-Azal living in separate rooms of the same house under guards. The two brothers were in dispute over the supremacy, and the mureeds had been won over by Baha'u'llah. He narrates "I entered one day. I heard words of angry disputation and revilings. Yahya said, "Ay! Husayn Ali, you are vile! Do you not remember your sodomies? You are defiled. Your wife is a bad one!" Husayn Ali (Baha'u'llah) answered, "Ay, cursed one! Your son Nur'u'llah is not your son but son of Sayyid --. You yourself are a sodomite, an adulterer." Such like revilings they hurled at each other. I called Mishkin Qalam and said to him, "What are these words and doings? If Baha'u'llah is true why does he talk so? Why do these brothers revile each other? What a fool I am to come so many miles to hear such revilings from a divinity!" We then went to the room of Ishan. My companion said to Ishan, "Why do they curse so?" I said, "I wish to ask a question." He said, "What is it?" I said, "You say they do not work miracles, but must there not be personal power and influence in words?" [1]
The condition at Adrianople culminated in a series of crimes, which now come before us for examination. Charges have been made, in detail, against the companions of Baha'u'llah of assassinating the Azalis, the followers of his rival Subh-i-Azal. Most of the information regarding the matter is to be found in the books and translations of Professor Browne, the great authority on Baha'i Faith in the Anglo-Saxon world.
[1] Professor Browne, afterwards in Persia, found the attitude of the Bahais towards the Azalis "unjust and intolerant" and reprimanded them, for "their violence and unfairness." They cursed and reviled in the presence of Professor Browne ("A Year Among the Persians," pp. 525-530).
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He refers in the "Iqan" to the dissensions, "Such an odour of jealousy was diffused, banners of discord hoisted, enemies endeavoured to destroy this servant,--hardships, calamities and sufferings inflicted by Moslems were as nothing compared with what hath been inflicted by the believers." His opponents say that he wished to introduce innovations, relax the law and put forward on his own account a claim to be a Manifestation and being resisted in this, he" got angry." After they were removed to Adrianople the quarrel waxed hotter. Abul Fadl describes it as one of "interior fires of dissension and jealousy between the rival leaders, far exceeding the jealousy of outsiders. Mohammed Jawad Qazvini says there were "all manner of intrigues, falsehoods and untruths." I have received from a Muslim convert to Christianity an interesting account of conditions then and there. He was at that time a peesh-khidmat to the Persian Minister at Constantinople. He was at Samsun when Subh-i-Azal and Baha'u'llah and their parties embarked and was introduced to them by Haji Rajab Ali Khan, brother-in-law of my informant. He saw them day by day and became a serious inquirer. Afterwards he went to Adrianople bearing presents to Baha'u'llah. He found Baha'u'llah and Subh-i-Azal living in separate rooms of the same house under guards. The two brothers were in dispute over the supremacy, and the mureeds had been won over by Baha'u'llah. He narrates "I entered one day. I heard words of angry disputation and revilings. Yahya said, "Ay! Husayn Ali, you are vile! Do you not remember your sodomies? You are defiled. Your wife is a bad one!" Husayn Ali (Baha'u'llah) answered, "Ay, cursed one! Your son Nur'u'llah is not your son but son of Sayyid --. You yourself are a sodomite, an adulterer." Such like revilings they hurled at each other. I called Mishkin Qalam and said to him, "What are these words and doings? If Baha'u'llah is true why does he talk so? Why do these brothers revile each other? What a fool I am to come so many miles to hear such revilings from a divinity!" We then went to the room of Ishan. My companion said to Ishan, "Why do they curse so?" I said, "I wish to ask a question." He said, "What is it?" I said, "You say they do not work miracles, but must there not be personal power and influence in words?" [1]
The condition at Adrianople culminated in a series of crimes, which now come before us for examination. Charges have been made, in detail, against the companions of Baha'u'llah of assassinating the Azalis, the followers of his rival Subh-i-Azal. Most of the information regarding the matter is to be found in the books and translations of Professor Browne, the great authority on Baha'i Faith in the Anglo-Saxon world.
[1] Professor Browne, afterwards in Persia, found the attitude of the Bahais towards the Azalis "unjust and intolerant" and reprimanded them, for "their violence and unfairness." They cursed and reviled in the presence of Professor Browne ("A Year Among the Persians," pp. 525-530).
http://bahai-library.com/books/bahaism/bahaism10.html
Thursday, March 21, 2019
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 of the doors, and the keys were brought to her. She instructed Aziz Yazdi's brother, a boy, to ensure that no one entered the holy household without her express permission. Aziz Yazdi was outside in the street in the great thong of mourners in front of the Master's house, when he observed the crowd part, and two men approach the policeman at the gate. It was Mirza Muhammad-Ali and his brother. Feigning sadness, they asked the policeman if they could enter the Master's house to express their condolences to the Greatest Holy Leaf. Mr. Yazdi's brother ran from the gate to the presence of the Greatest Holy Leaf to inform her of this, while Mirza Muhammad-'Ali waited at the front gate with the policeman. The boy returned with her words to the effect, "Today is not the day for such things." Everyone in the crowd saw Muhammad-'Alí turned away at the gate. In this way, the Greatest Holy Leaf protected the Cause, preventing Muhammad-'Alí from seizing the Master's house. He was attempting a kind of a palace coup; and the Greatest Holy Leaf had foreseen that he would attempt just that. The House of the Master was more than a residence; it was the visible administrative center of the Cause. Other than the Shrine of the Bab, it was the only Baha'i edifice in the Holy Land at that time. The Greatest Holy Leaf, who was then 75 years of age, protected it, with a locksmith, a policeman, and a trusted boy from a trusted family.
(Reference: "Remembrances of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Aziz Yazdi," a videotape available from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, and personal conversations with Mr. Yazdi)
(Reference: "Remembrances of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Aziz Yazdi," a videotape available from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands, and personal conversations with Mr. Yazdi)
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. May My Glory and the Fragrance of My Shining Garment be upon her.
The Greatest
Oh thou blessed and sparkling Leaf! Sing and chant on the Twigs of the Bower of Beha in this exalted Word; Verily there is no God but Him, the Lord of the Beginning and the End. We have surely ordained thee as the best of the maid-servants, and have bestowed upon thee such a station from before Our Presence to which no women have preceded (thee). In this wise We have preferred thee, and have given thee precedence as a Favour from before the Lord of the Throne and the earth. We have surely created thine eye to perceive the Lights of My Face, and thine ears to hear My Verses, and thy temple to stand before the Throne. Thank thy Lord, the Lord of all creatures! How sweet is the witness of The Tree for His Leaf, and the Bower of Singleness for His Fruit! She ought to diffuse the scent of musk with My Remembrance. Blessed is whosoever discoverth it and saith: Praise be unto Thee, oh my Lord, The Behi-ul-Abha! How sweet is thy presence before My Face, and My Regard unto thee, and My Favour unto thee, and My Good-will upon thee, and My Remembrance of thee in this Tablet which we have ordained as the Sign of My Favour unto thee, both secretly and openly.
The Abha
Oh My Leaf, hear My Call! Verily there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Wise! I discover from thee the breaths of My Love, and the Fragrance of the Garment of My Name, The Most Holy, The Shining. Wave on the tree as thou wilt, then speak in the praise of thy Lord among all the creatures. Be not grieved with the world, and hold to this Tree from which God hath caused thee to spring forth. By My Life, it behooveth the lover to hold to the Beloved! This is the Beloved of all the creatures!
Oh My God and My Lord! Praise be unto Thee for that Thou hast made to appear the Sun of Thy Beauty from behind the clouds, in days whereof the eye of mankind hath not beheld the life. Then, oh My God, make the faces of Thy servants to emerge from behind the calyx, and to behold Thee manifestly on the Throne of Thy Grandeur and Glory. May the Peace of God and His Favour and His Mercy be upon ye!
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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. May My Glory and the Fragrance of My Shining Garment be upon her.
The Greatest
Oh thou blessed and sparkling Leaf! Sing and chant on the Twigs of the Bower of Beha in this exalted Word; Verily there is no God but Him, the Lord of the Beginning and the End. We have surely ordained thee as the best of the maid-servants, and have bestowed upon thee such a station from before Our Presence to which no women have preceded (thee). In this wise We have preferred thee, and have given thee precedence as a Favour from before the Lord of the Throne and the earth. We have surely created thine eye to perceive the Lights of My Face, and thine ears to hear My Verses, and thy temple to stand before the Throne. Thank thy Lord, the Lord of all creatures! How sweet is the witness of The Tree for His Leaf, and the Bower of Singleness for His Fruit! She ought to diffuse the scent of musk with My Remembrance. Blessed is whosoever discoverth it and saith: Praise be unto Thee, oh my Lord, The Behi-ul-Abha! How sweet is thy presence before My Face, and My Regard unto thee, and My Favour unto thee, and My Good-will upon thee, and My Remembrance of thee in this Tablet which we have ordained as the Sign of My Favour unto thee, both secretly and openly.
The Abha
Oh My Leaf, hear My Call! Verily there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Wise! I discover from thee the breaths of My Love, and the Fragrance of the Garment of My Name, The Most Holy, The Shining. Wave on the tree as thou wilt, then speak in the praise of thy Lord among all the creatures. Be not grieved with the world, and hold to this Tree from which God hath caused thee to spring forth. By My Life, it behooveth the lover to hold to the Beloved! This is the Beloved of all the creatures!
Oh My God and My Lord! Praise be unto Thee for that Thou hast made to appear the Sun of Thy Beauty from behind the clouds, in days whereof the eye of mankind hath not beheld the life. Then, oh My God, make the faces of Thy servants to emerge from behind the calyx, and to behold Thee manifestly on the Throne of Thy Grandeur and Glory. May the Peace of God and His Favour and His Mercy be upon ye!
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