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June 23, 2012

Some warm memories of ‘Abdu’l-Baha -- by Stanwood Cobb

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I first met ‘Abdu’l-Baha vicariously, so to speak, and it was this meeting that brought me into the Baha’i Faith in the summer of 1906. It h...
May 26, 2012

The Word of God, the world of spirit, and the world of matter — a talk by Lua Getsinger

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December 17, 1911, Sunday evening California Club Hall, San Francisco, California (Stenographically reported by B.S. Straum) One time in...
April 20, 2012

Notes on Baha’i concept of spirituality – by Adib Taherzadeh

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In their message to the participants at the International Conference in Dublin, the Universal House of Justice called for a campaign of sp...
February 16, 2012

The Valley of Love -- by Juliet Thompson

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The “Seven Valleys” of Baha’u’llah is a letter written by Him to an eminent Sufi, in which the Poet of poets, the supreme Revelator of thi...
January 24, 2012

The Significance of the House of 'Abdu'lláh Páshá -- an article prepared at the World Center and sent to all National Spiritual Assemblies on 4 March 1975 by the Department of the Secretariat of the Universal House of Justice

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Some of the most poignant, dramatic and historically significant events of the Heroic Age of our Faith are associated with this house, whic...
December 25, 2011

Huququ’llah (The Right of God) – a talk by the Hand of the Cause Dr. ‘Ali-Muhammad Varqa at the Sixth International Convention, Haifa, May 1, 1988

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Dearly loved friends, At the inception of the Six Year Plan of the Universal House of Justice, which coincided with dramatic changes in m...
December 10, 2011

The Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice – a talk by Ian Semple, former member of the Universal House of Justice, London, 28 January, 2006 [1]

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When, earlier today, I was recalling these past years, it occurred to me how much the British Bahá’í Community has grown in that short ti...
November 24, 2011

'Abdu’l-Baha and the Rabbi – by Willard P. Hatch

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The dynamic address of ‘Abdu'l-Baha at the Temple Emmanu-El referred to by the author in the following article, was published in full i...
November 6, 2011

Christianity in the Baha’i Message – by Lady Sitarih Blomfield

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"No one has ever loved Christ as I do." – ‘Abdu'l-Baha "Should a servant desire to make the words, deeds and actions ...
September 30, 2011

Arising to serve -- a letter from the Hand of the Cause Bill Sears

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[The following is a slightly abbreviated version of a letter sent to the Counsellors, the National Spiritual Assemblies in Africa, and throu...
August 4, 2011

The Greatest Holy Leaf: A Reminiscence – by ‘Ali Nakhjavani

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(Excerpts from an address presented during the World Centre seminar commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of the Greatest H...
May 27, 2011

The Beloved of All Hearts - Shoghi Effendi -- a talk by Hand of the Cause Dhikru’llah Khadem

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November, 1984 Ninth Annual Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies Ottawa, Canada  I have been asked to speak of the be...
May 10, 2011

Count Leo Tolstoy and the Baha’i Movement – by Martha L. Root

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When I was in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1927, I met the secretary of Count Leo Tolstoy, Mr. Valentin Bulgakov; we had a long talk about Co...
April 8, 2011

A Message of Love from Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga

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(After his triumphant tour through the Western Hemisphere, Hand of the Cause of Cod Enoch Olinga sent the following letter to all the Nation...
February 25, 2011

The value of prayer – A talk by Hand of the Cause John Robarts

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House of Worship in Wilmette March 20, 1974 From my earliest days in the Faith [Mr. Robarts and his wife Audrey have been Baha'i...
February 14, 2011

Reflecting on what it means to be a Baha’i – A talk given by Hand of the Cause, Amatu’l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum in India, in 1964

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Transcript of a talk given in 1964 at an all-India Teaching Conference, arranged by the National Spiritual Assembly at Gwalior Teaching Ins...
February 5, 2011

Explanation of the Emblem of the Greatest Name – by Hand of the Cause Abu’l-Qasim Faizi

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“From eternity Thou hast been removed far above the reach and the ken of the comprehension of Thy servants, and immeasurably exalted above t...
January 11, 2011

“Before Abraham was, I am”! – by Thornton Chase, “The First Baha’i in America”

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(A letter written by Thornton Chase , of Chicago, Ill., on September 27th, 1902, to a Christian studying the Baha’i Revelation) Your le...
December 15, 2010

Quddus, Companion of the Bab – by Harriet Pettibone

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He was named Muhammad-'Ali. He was born in the town of Barfurush in the province of Mazindaran in [northern] Persia. His mother died whe...
December 8, 2010

Satisfactory proof that Bahá'u'lláh is not a false prophet –- by Hand of the Cause William Sears

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Every Prophet has been called false by his own generation. This was true of Jesus. He was considered a "false prophet." ...
November 24, 2010

Message from the Hands of the Cause Residing in the Holy Land to the Believers of East and West –- issued six months before the first election of the Universal House of Justice in 1963

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Dearly beloved Friends: Upon the horizon of the Baha’i World the splendorous light of the Most Great Jubilee is daily brightening. Six mon...
November 18, 2010

The World Center of the Faith: Its Supreme Administrative Importance -- Address of Hand of the Cause Paul Haney on April 30, 1963 at the World Congress in London, England

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In many of his glorious messages to the Baha'i world the beloved Guardian described for us the twin spiritual and administrative World ...
November 7, 2010

Evolution of the Baha’i Community -- by Emeric Sala

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[Emeric and his wife, Rosemary, were elected to the first National Spiritual Assembly of Canada in 1948, and they continued to serve with di...
October 29, 2010

Tribute to Shoghi Effendi – by Hand of the Cause Ruhiyyih Khanum, at Kampala Intercontinental Conference, January 26, 1958

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Everybody who had the great privilege of knowing the Guardian recognized in him tremendous power; he not only had great spiritual and mental...
October 19, 2010

The Life of Baha’u’llah -- by Jinab-i-Fadil

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[Please visit the Baha’i Heroes and Heroines for a brief write-up about Jinab-i-Fadil] The province of Mazindaran in northern Persia, ha...