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November 12, 2024

The story of Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic) and reflection on its themes – by Adib Taherzadeh

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The Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad) is one of the best known Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, translated into English and many other languages...
August 5, 2024

The Development of the Institution of Huqúqu’lláh - by the Research Department at the request of the Universal House of Justice, March 1987

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In one of His Tablets Bahá’u’lláh refers to this Law as ranking in importance immediately after the two great obligations of recognition of ...
May 10, 2024

A Codification of the Law of Huqúqu’lláh - by the Research Department at the request of the Universal House of Justice, March 1987

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[The numbers in parentheses refer to the paragraphs of the compilation on Huqúqu’lláh issued by the House of Justice.] I. Preamble Huqúqu’ll...
February 16, 2024

The Epochs of the Formative Age - by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice

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5 February 1986  To all National Spiritual Assemblies Dear Baha'i friends, In the letter dated 2 January 1986 written by the Universal H...
November 4, 2023

Impressions of ‘Abdu’l-Baha – by Louis G. Gregory

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I am asked by the STAR OF THE WEST for impressions gathered during a recent pilgrimage to ‘Abdu’l-Baha at Ramleh and the Holy City. Now I ca...
August 16, 2023

A Tribute to Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum – by Violette Nakhjavání

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Mary Sutherland Maxwell was born on 8 August 1910 in the Hahnemann Hospital, later known as The Fifth Avenue Hospital, in New York City. She...
April 10, 2023

The grandeur of the House of Justice – by Hand of the Cause William Sears, 1981

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[A letter from the Hand of the Cause of God William Sears to members of the Continental Board of Counsellors and National Spiritual Assembli...
January 11, 2023

The Case of the Bahá’í Minority in Iran: – a 1993 review of the history of the persecution of Baha’is in Iran and the success the community has had in using the U. N. system in their defense - by Douglas Martin

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The experience of the Baha'is of Iran is a classic case of the violation of human rights, produced by religious intolerance. Prior to th...
October 9, 2022

Letter from May Maxwell to Mason Remey – describing how Thomas Breakwell became a Baha’i

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Montreal, Canada, Dec. 3, 1913 Dear Bahai brother: . . . Regarding Thomas Breakwell , you will remember the year and the month that he c...
July 20, 2022

Táhirih's Message to the Modern World - by Martha Root

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[Transcript of a radio address, Sunday April 21, 1940] I am happy to speak to you this evening about one of the greatest young women in th...
April 20, 2022

The Guardian and the East – by Hand of the Cause Ali-Akbar Furutan

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This servant twice had the bounty of going to the Holy Land, achieving his heart's desire by attaining the presence of the beloved Guard...
February 14, 2022

The Challenge and Promise of Bahá'í Scholarship - by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, 1981

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[This memorandum was referenced in a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice dated 3 January 1979 to the Participants in ...
January 10, 2022

The Greatest Name – by Thornton Chase

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"Abha” is the Greatest Name of God revealed to us in this age. God, the Infinite, who is above ascent or descent, beyond perception, kn...
December 20, 2021

Some Memories of the Sojourn of ‘Abdu’l-Baha in Paris, October-December 1911 – by Sitarih Khanum, Lady Blomfield

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Much has been written of the journeys of 'Abdu'l-Baha, 'Abbas Effendi. Having been released from the prison fortress of 'Akk...
November 16, 2021

The Path to God – by Dorothy Baker

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Revelation, the Path to God, has been progressive. Early man could understand a little truth; later he could assimilate great truth. Fundame...
October 12, 2021

The sufferings of Bahá’u’lláh and their significance – by George Townshend, M.A.

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The Prayers and Meditations of Bahá’u’lláh which the beloved Guardian has given us is in large measure an intimate remembrance of the Redeem...
August 5, 2021

1932: Visiting the resting place of Mulla Husayn at Fort Tabarsi – by Keith Ransom-Kehler

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In my last letter we had been heartily welcomed by the Friends of Kafsha Kula, when I had to stop writing. It was the end of a strenuous ...
May 12, 2021

The Martyr-Prophet of a World Faith – by William Sears

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The blistering July sun glared from the barrels of seven hundred and fifty rifles, awaiting the command to fire and to take His life. He s...
February 10, 2021

The Old Churches and the New World-Faith – by George Townshend, M. A. (Oxon) (Sometime Canon of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and Archdeacon of Clonfert)

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Having identified myself with the Faith of Baha'u'llah and sacrificed my position as a canon and a dignitary of the Church of Irelan...
December 10, 2020

A Sampler from Mahmud’s Diary – by Marzieh Gail

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We tend to forget what a star 'Abdu'l-Baha was in the worldly sense, what a dazzling personality. We would be much mistaken if we th...
November 18, 2020

The Writings of the Guardian: – “precise and luminous” - by Rúhíyyih Khanum

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In an age when people play football with words, kicking them right and left indiscriminately with no respect for either their meaning or cor...
October 18, 2020

The Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Baha’i Faith – by Douglas Martin

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A review of William McElwee Miller’s THE BAHA’I FAITH: ITS HISTORY AND TEACHINGS (S. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1974), 358 pages, ...
September 13, 2020

Baha’u’llah as Protector – by Mabel Hyde Paine

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In whatever way we view Baha'u'llah, awe and wonder and an inability to comprehend must loom large in our attitude. An early pilgrim...
August 10, 2020

Baha’u’llah’s Epistle to the Son of the Wolf – Notes by Marzieh Gail

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This is the last major outstanding Tablet of Baha’u’llah. The last He wrote before He left us; before that happened of which the Báb has w...
July 12, 2020

The Divine Servant – The Life of ‘Abdu’l-Baha – Part 1: 1844-1908 – by Jinab-i-Fadil

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Jinab-i-Fadil The life of 'Abdu'l-Baha is very significant among the lives of the past heavenly educators. If we study the histo...