How Bahá’u’lláh re-created the Bábí community of Baghdád
In this talk, Violetta Zein will be discussing the massively important place ‘Iráq occupies in the Bábí and Bahá’í Faith and will be concentrating on the seven years between Bahá’u’lláh’s return from his self-imposed retirement in Kurdistán and the Declaration of His Mission in the Garden of Riḍván on the eve of His departure towards […]
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The Elusive, Universal Search for Freedom and Human Rights
For as long as small boats could sail beyond a horizon, human beings have journeyed past the confines of their native land in search of something new and something better. While material factors such as money and resources have surely been at play, at the most fundamental level, there is a common longing and universal […]
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Kitab-i-Aqdas, An Introduction Part 4
Bahá’u’lláh’s book of laws was written in Arabic around 1873 while He was still imprisoned within the city of ‘Akká. It was supplemented by later Writings and by Bahá’u’lláh’s replies to a series of questions posed by one of His secretaries. The first authorized English translation was published in 1992, annotated and accompanied by supplementary […]
Read MoreKitab-i-Aqdas, An Introduction Part 3
Bahá’u’lláh’s book of laws was written in Arabic around 1873 while He was still imprisoned within the city of ‘Akká. It was supplemented by later Writings and by Bahá’u’lláh’s replies to a series of questions posed by one of His secretaries. The first authorized English translation was published in 1992, annotated and accompanied by supplementary […]
Read MoreKitab-i-Aqdas, An Introduction Part 2
Bahá’u’lláh’s book of laws was written in Arabic around 1873 while He was still imprisoned within the city of ‘Akká. It was supplemented by later Writings and by Bahá’u’lláh’s replies to a series of questions posed by one of His secretaries. The first authorized English translation was published in 1992, annotated and accompanied by supplementary […]
Read MoreKitab-i-Aqdas, An Introduction Part 1
Bahá’u’lláh’s book of laws, written in Arabic around 1873 while He was still imprisoned within the city of ‘Akká. It was supplemented by later Writings and by Bahá’u’lláh’s replies to a series of questions posed by one of His secretaries. The first authorized English translation was published in 1992, annotated and accompanied by the supplementary […]
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Baha’i Philosophy: An Overview Part 2
“Overview: Baha’i Theology and Philosophy,” The World of the Bahá’í Faith, ed. Robert Stockman, London – New York: Routledge 2022, pp. 159-74 Overview: Baha’i Theology and Philosophy,” The World of the Bahá’í Faith, ed. Robert Stockman, London – New York: Routledge 2022, pp. 159-74. To purchase a copy of the full publication mentioned above, please […]
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“Overview: Baha’i Theology and Philosophy,” The World of the Bahá’í Faith, ed. Robert Stockman, London – New York: Routledge 2022, pp. 159-74. To purchase a copy of the full-publication mentioned above please click here: https://www.routledge.com/The-World-of-the-Bahai-Faith/Stockman/p/book/9781138367722
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Creation and the Major Plan of God
Creation and the Plan of God. It’s based on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s “Tablet of the Universe” and Ali Nakhjavani’s “The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace,” which was edited from a series of talks he gave and then published in ‘Lights of Irfán. I’ve been thinking that this topic is more than timely, and no one […]
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Religious Conflict, Source and Solution
Following the coming of the latest Manifestation of God, extraordinary progress occurred worldwide. His teachings reach the roots of human motivation. His teachings awakened the whole population’s capacities to contribute to the advancement of civilization to an extent never before possible. They also inspire breathtaking achievements in all fields of human endeavor and elicit extraordinary […]
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