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Bahá'í Sacred Writings
A new volume of Bahá’í sacred texts, Bahá’í Sacred Writings, has been published, gathering into a single collection selections from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the writings and utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
The volume contains 257 selections from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, which span almost four decades of revelation and concluded with His passing in 1892, together with 241 passages from the writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, including a few of His utterances.
Many of the passages in the volume will already be familiar to readers from their participation in Bahá’í moral and spiritual educational programs, often set within the context of the books and Tablets from which they are drawn. For the countless participants of those programs around the world, this collection will vastly increase their access to the Bahá’í writings.
A number of newly translated passages are included in English for the first time.
Drawn from the vast body of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation, the collection offers an overview of His teachings, together with extensive elucidations by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, on the process of personal spiritual transformation, teachings for social change, and the raising of a just and peaceful global civilization.
The volume contains 257 selections from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, which span almost four decades of revelation and concluded with His passing in 1892, together with 241 passages from the writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, including a few of His utterances.
Many of the passages in the volume will already be familiar to readers from their participation in Bahá’í moral and spiritual educational programs, often set within the context of the books and Tablets from which they are drawn. For the countless participants of those programs around the world, this collection will vastly increase their access to the Bahá’í writings.
A number of newly translated passages are included in English for the first time.
Drawn from the vast body of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation, the collection offers an overview of His teachings, together with extensive elucidations by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, on the process of personal spiritual transformation, teachings for social change, and the raising of a just and peaceful global civilization.
514 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2025
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Bahá'u'lláh
216 books106 followersPersian religious leader Bahaullah, originally Mirza Huseyn Ali, a follower of the Bab, founded the Baha'i in 1863.
Baha'i, the word, signifies a follower of Bahaullah, which means the "splendor of God" in Persian.
Bahá'u'lláh, a member of the great patrician family, endowed with wealth and vast estates, ably traced lineage to the ruling dynasties of imperial past. Bahá'u'lláh turned his back on the position at court, which these advantages offered; people knew his generosity and kindliness, which made him deeply loved among his countrymen.
The religious revolution caused much social upheaval, and Bahá'u'lláh announced support for the message, so his privileged position survived not long. After the execution, authorities unleashed the the waves of violence unleashed upon the Bábis; Bahá'u'lláh, engulfed, suffered the loss of all his worldly endowments, and imprisonment, torture, and a series of banishment subjected him. In the first banishment to Baghdad, he in 1863 announced that God promised his coming as the one divine messenger.
From Baghdad, people sent Bahá'u'lláh to Constantinople, to Adrianople, and finally to Acre in the Holy Land, where he arrived as a prisoner in 1868. From Adrianople and later from Acre, Bahá'u'lláh addressed a series of letters among the most remarkable documents in religious history to the rulers of his day. They proclaimed the coming unification of humanity and the emergence of a world civilization. They called upon the monarchs, emperors, and presidents of the 19th century to reconcile their differences, to curtail their armaments, and to devote their energies to the establishment of universal peace.
Bahá'u'lláh passed away at Bahji, just north of Acre, and people buried his body. His teachings already began to spread beyond the confines of the Middle East and brought the world community, focused on the point of his shrine today.
Baha'i, the word, signifies a follower of Bahaullah, which means the "splendor of God" in Persian.
Bahá'u'lláh, a member of the great patrician family, endowed with wealth and vast estates, ably traced lineage to the ruling dynasties of imperial past. Bahá'u'lláh turned his back on the position at court, which these advantages offered; people knew his generosity and kindliness, which made him deeply loved among his countrymen.
The religious revolution caused much social upheaval, and Bahá'u'lláh announced support for the message, so his privileged position survived not long. After the execution, authorities unleashed the the waves of violence unleashed upon the Bábis; Bahá'u'lláh, engulfed, suffered the loss of all his worldly endowments, and imprisonment, torture, and a series of banishment subjected him. In the first banishment to Baghdad, he in 1863 announced that God promised his coming as the one divine messenger.
From Baghdad, people sent Bahá'u'lláh to Constantinople, to Adrianople, and finally to Acre in the Holy Land, where he arrived as a prisoner in 1868. From Adrianople and later from Acre, Bahá'u'lláh addressed a series of letters among the most remarkable documents in religious history to the rulers of his day. They proclaimed the coming unification of humanity and the emergence of a world civilization. They called upon the monarchs, emperors, and presidents of the 19th century to reconcile their differences, to curtail their armaments, and to devote their energies to the establishment of universal peace.
Bahá'u'lláh passed away at Bahji, just north of Acre, and people buried his body. His teachings already began to spread beyond the confines of the Middle East and brought the world community, focused on the point of his shrine today.
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