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June 4, 2016

The White Silk Dress – reflecting on the life of Táhirih (The Pure One) - by Marzieh Gail

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The body lies crushed into a well, with rocks over it, somewhere near the center of Tihran. Buildings have gone up around it, and traffic p...
April 20, 2016

The signs in the heavens during the appearance of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh - by Hand of the Cause William Sears

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It is said in Scripture and Tradition that at the time of the birth or announcement of every Messenger of God, a star or a sign appears in...
January 16, 2016

The Greatest Holy Leaf’s unparalleled role in religious history and the significance of the Arc, the site of her resting place – by Baharieh Rouhani Ma’ani

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The year 2013 marks the hundredth anniversary of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá’s return to the Holy Land from His historic trip to Egypt and the West. He l...
November 29, 2015

The Meaning of Resurrection – by Hand of the Cause William Sears

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What is the meaning of the Resurrection of His Holiness Jesus the Christ? It is written that after three days He rose from the dead. How ...
September 6, 2015

The God Who walks with men – by Hand of the Cause Horace Holley

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From an older day we hear there was a time when God walked with men. That ancient belief is now a faded rose that has lost its glory, but i...
May 17, 2015

The Baha'i Concept of God – a talk by Ali-Kuli Khan, 1956

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The Baha'i concept of God is that of a Supreme Being - of course, the language of man is inadequate to describe this great reality th...
April 29, 2015

The ninth cycle of the Bahá’í calendar and its relationship to the teaching work – by ‘Ali Nakhjavani, former member of the Universal House of Justice

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[‘Alí Nakhjavání, now a resident of France, served for 40 years as a member of the Universal House of Justice.] The letter of the Uni...
April 26, 2015

Simultaneous Process of Expansion and Consolidation – an explanation by Hand of the Cause 'Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum

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[In 1964 Hand of the Cause 'Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum spent several months in India and in the nearby countries of Ceylon, Nep...
April 12, 2015

The Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Baha – from a letter by Emogene Hoagg to Nellie French dated January 2, 1922

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[ Emogene Hoagg was an early believer who made her way from Italy to Haifa soon after she received a cable announcement of the ascension...
April 7, 2015

Interview of Sachiro Fujita, - by Sylvia Ioas, 1975

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Fujita 1971 Note: Sachiro Fujita was born in Yanai, Japan, April 15, 1886, and died in Haifa May 7, 1976. He is buried at the Bahá...
April 4, 2015

Teaching the Cause of God: A Two-Edged Sword – by Ali Nakhjavani

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In one of his letters Shoghí Effendí has explained to us that one of the distinctive features of our Faith is that we cannot separate the s...
March 8, 2015

The Prayers of Baha’u’llah – by Ruhiyyih Khanum

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Not the least of the treasures which Baha'u'llah has given to the world is the wealth of His prayers and meditations. He not only r...
February 15, 2015

Shoghi Effendi: A uniquely significant figure of the twentieth century – by the 1997 editors of “World Order” Baha’i magazine

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[The 1997 editors of World Order magazine were Firuz Kazemzadeh, Betty Fisher, Howard Garey, Robert Stockman, and James Stroke] Shoghi ...
December 9, 2014

The Descent of the New Jerusalem – by Hand of the Cause George Townshend

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Unnoticed by the great world, unfeared   as yet by the forces of Evil that now hold revel on the earth, the cause of Baha'u'llah   ...
November 29, 2014

The Synopsis and Codification of the Kitab-i-Aqdas – a talk by Ali Nakhjavani, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, 1973

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The Synopsis and Codification of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, which the House of Justice has just published, was one of the goals of the Nine Year ...
October 26, 2014

Commentary on the Kitab-i-Aqdas -- a talk by Hand of the Cause Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, 1973

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Dear friends of the United States of America. Your National Assembly has given me a special honor and privilege to talk to you about the ...
October 12, 2014

Shoghi Effendi, Expounder of the Word of God – by David Hofman

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[This essay was originally presented to the Ninth Annual Conference of the Association of Baha'i Studies. 'The Vision of Shoghi E...
September 20, 2014

A Tribute to Shoghi Effendi – a talk by Hand of the Cause Amelia Collins given in July 1958

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(The following address was delivered by Amelia Collins, Hand of the Cause, Haifa, Israel, at the Intercontinental Baha'i Conference...
July 1, 2014

The Martyrdom of the Báb – by Hand of the Cause William Sears

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A wave of violence unprecedented in its cruelty, its persistency, and its breadth swept the face of the entire land. From Khurasan on the ...
February 8, 2014

Manifestations of God – a brief introduction to the lives and teachings of Krishna, Buddha, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh – by Hushmand Fatheazam

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Krishna Krishna was a Messenger of God. His Message was the Message of love. He was born in a prison. This was a sign for us to know ...
December 15, 2013

Absence of women from the pages of the early history of the Bábi-Bahá’í Faith – by Baharieh Rouhani Ma’ani

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Women are generally absent from the pages of the early history of the Bábi-Bahá'í Faith and there are reasons for it. Their absence i...
November 20, 2013

Does Soul Survive Body? – by Louis G. Gregory

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Does soul survive body? This question has at times puzzled sages as well as peoples of lesser rank. What we know as death is so common th...
October 15, 2013

Baha’u’llah’s 'Epistle to the Son of the Wolf': explanation of its background circumstances and certain words and phrases, and elucidation concerning its uniqueness – by Marzieh Gail, 1953

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"I was walking in the Land of Tá (Tihrán)—the dayspring of the signs of thy Lord—when lo, I heard the lamentation of the pulpits and...
September 18, 2013

A Sacred History -- a talk by Matthew Weinberg, given at the formal opening of the Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, on 22 May 2001

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Today we commemorate a sacred history of unexampled love, supreme sacrifice, and divine vision. It is a narrative prefigured in the pronoun...
August 27, 2013

My Visits with ‘Abdu’l-Baha in 1901 & 1912 – transcript of a recording by William Copeland Dodge, February 6th, 1959

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This is William Copeland Dodge. Before relating the account of my visits with 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1901 & 1912 may I offer the fol...