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The
Bah FaithAn Introduction
Independent investigation of truth
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The Bah Faith
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Bahullh says:
That which the Lord hath
ordained as the sovereign
remedy and mightiest
instrument for the healing of all
the world is the union of all its
people in one universal Cause
and one common Faith.
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God is unknowable inEssence
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God is the creator
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Bahullh says:
O SON OF MAN!
I loved thy creation, hence I
created thee. Wherefore, do thou
love Me, that I may name thy
name and fill thy soul with the
spirit of life.
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Covenant
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Manifestation
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BahullhManifestation for today
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Bahullh says:
This is the Day in which Gods most
excellent favours have been poured out
upon men, the Day in which His most
mighty grace hath been infused into allcreated things. It is incumbent upon all
the peoples of the world to reconcile
their differences, and, with perfect unity
and peace, abide beneath the shadow ofthe Tree of His care and loving-kindness.
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Oneness of humanity
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Oneness of humanity
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`Abdul-Bah says:
When the thought of war comes,
oppose it by a stronger thought of
peace. A thought of hatred must be
destroyed by a more powerful
thought of love.
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Life of Bahullh
Tehran in 1817
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Bahullhs sufferings
Citadel of Akka The Most Great Prison
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Bahullh wrote:
Remember My days during thy days,
and My distress and banishment in
this remote prison. And be thou so
steadfast in My love that thy heart
shall not waver, even if the swords
of the enemies rain blows upon thee
and all the heavens and the earth
arise against thee.
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Bahullhs triumphs
Room where Bahullh passed away in 1892
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Bahullhs passing
Bahullh's shrine in Akka
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Bahullh passing:
The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound withchains that mankind may be released from its
bondage, and hath accepted to be made a prisoner
within this most mighty Stronghold that the whole
world may attain unto true liberty. He hath drained to
its dregs the cup of sorrow, that all the peoples of the
earth may attain unto abiding joy, and be filled with
gladness. This is of the mercy of your Lord, the
Compassionate, the Most Merciful. We have accepted
to be abased, O believers in the Unity of God, that ye
may be exalted, and have suffered manifold
afflictions, that ye might prosper and flourish. He Whohath come to build anew the whole world, behold, how
they that have joined partners with God have forced
Him to dwell within the most desolate of cities!
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Station of the Bb
The appearance of the Bb resembles the dawn, for the dawn
holds the promise of the sun. The dawn of the Bb promised the
rising of the Sun of Truth that is to envelop the whole world.
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Life of the Bb
Public flogging in Persia. A bare backed man tied to a wooden stockade ispublicly flogged in front of a crowd of men in a public square in Persia.
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The Bbsprayers
Is there any Remover of difficulties
save God? Say: Praise be God! He is
God! All are His servants, and all
abide by His bidding!
Say: God sufficeth all things above allthings, and nothing in the heavens or
in the earth but God sufficeth. Verily,He is in Himself the Knower, theSustainer, the Omnipotent.
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Shrine of the Bb
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Covenant of Bahullh
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Life of `Abdul-Bah
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Bah laws
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PrayerI bear witness, Omy God, that Thou
has created me to
know Thee and to
worship Thee. I
testify, at this
moment, to my
powerlessness and
to Thy might, to my
poverty and to Thy
wealth. There is
none other Godbeside Thee, the
Help in Peril, the
Self-Subsisting.
Bahullh
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Backbiting and calumny
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Bahullh says:
O Companion of my throne! Hear no evil, andsee no evil, abase not thyself, neither sigh
and weep. Speak no evil, that thou mayest
not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify
not the faults of others that thine own faults
may not appear great; and wish not theabasement of anyone, that thine own
abasement be not exposed. Live then the
days of thy life, that are less than a fleeting
moment, with thy mind stainless, thy heart
unsullied, thy thoughts pure, and thy naturesanctified, so that, free and content, thou
mayest put away this mortal frame, and
repair unto the mystic paradise and abide in
the eternal kingdom for evermore.
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Alcohol & substance abuse
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Bahullh says:
O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich,why dost thou bring thyself down to
poverty? Noble I made thee,
wherewith dost thou abase thyself?
Out of the essence of knowledge I
gave thee being, why seekest thou
enlightenment from anyone beside
Me? Out of the clay of love I moulded
thee, how dost thou busy thyself with
another? Turn thy sight unto thyself,
that thou mayest find Me standing
within thee, mighty, powerful and
self-subsisting.
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Education of children
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`Abdul-Bah says:
Therefore, the beloved of God and themaid-servants of the Merciful must
train their children with life and heart
and teach them in the school of virtue
and perfection. They must not be lax in
this matter; they must not beinefficient. Truly, if a babe did not live
at all it were better than to let it grow
ignorant, for that innocent babe, in
later life, would become afflicted with
innumerable defects, responsible toand questioned by God, reproached
and rejected by the people. What a sin
this would be and what an omission!
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The work of a Bah
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The individual
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The community
Indigenous people at a Bah' study circle in Bolivia
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The institutions of the Faith
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Epilogue
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`Abdul-Bah said:
They must justify their claim of being
Bahs by deeds and not by name. He
is a true Bah who strives day and
nigh to progress and advance alongthe path that transcends the human,
whose most ardent desire is to live
and act in such a manner as to enrich
and illumine the world, whose aim inlife is to behave in a manner that will
be a cause of infinite progress.
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Prayer for spiritual growth
O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit.Purify my heart. Illumine my powers. I
lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou
art my Guide and my Refuge. I will no
longer be sorrowful and grieved; I will
be a happy and joyful being. O God! I
will no longer be full of anxiety, nor
will I let trouble harass me. I will not
dwell on the unpleasant things of life.
O God! Thou art more friend to me
than I am to myself. I dedicate myself
to Thee, O Lord.