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| Báb |
Pronunciation: |
rhymes with throb |
| In Bahá'í,
Bábí, Islamic,
Christian, Judaic, Zoroastrian, Buddhist and Hindu Writings, the Báb is referred
to in many ways. The most common ones are listed
below. You may have clicked on one of His appellations which are linked to this
glossary entry. Click here to view list. |
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| The Gate. The title assumed by Siyyid 'Alí-Muhammad, the Forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh,
and Prophet-Founder of the Bábí
Faith. |
| Born in Shíráz on 20 October 1819, Siyyid 'Alí-Muhammad
was raised by His uncle Hájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí,
a merchant. As a child, He showed uncommon wisdom, although He received little formal
schooling. He became a merchant and earned a high reputation for fairness. In 1842
He married Khadíjih-Bagum and they had one son, Ahmad, who died in infancy.
Siyyid 'Alí-Muhammad declared Himself to be the Báb, or 'Gate of God',
on 23 May 1844, to the Shaykhí
disciple Mullá Husayn-i-Bushrú'í,
the first of eighteen individuals who sought and discovered the Báb and who
are known as the Letters
of the Living. |
| The Báb proclaimed Himself to be the Promised
One of Islam, the Qá'im,
and said that the Mission of His Dispensation was to alert the people to the imminent
advent of another Prophet,
'Him Whom God shall make manifest'.
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| As the Báb gained followers, His doctrines inflamed the Shí'ih
clergy, who determined to stamp out the new faith. Muhammad
Sháh's Grand Vizier, Hájí
Mírzá Áqásí, imprisoned the Báb in the
fortress of Máh-Kú,
then, when sympathy for Him spread there, moved Him to Chihríq.
In 1848 the Báb was subjected to a trial before the Muslim
divines of Tabríz and punishment by bastinado.
While the Báb was imprisoned, a group of Bábís
met at the Conference
of Badasht. It was here that Táhirih
boldly exemplified the break with Islam
by appearing unveiled in public and that Bahá'u'lláh
demonstrated His leadership. |
| The Báb's followers were subjected to brutal persecution and massacres by
the fanatical Shí'ih
clergy, along with the forces of the Persian government throughout the country, notably
in Mázindarán at the fort of Shaykh Tabarsí, Zanján,
Nayríz and Tihrán. In 1850 Mirzá Taqí
Khán, Grand Vizier of the new Sháh, Násiri'd-Dín,
ordered the Báb executed. On 9 July 1850 the Báb was brought before a
firing squad in the barracks square of Tabríz, along with a young follower.
When the smoke cleared, the crowd was amazed that the Báb was nowhere to be
seen. He was located in the room He had occupied, finishing a conversation with His
amanuensis. The commander of the Armenian regiment Sám
Khán, refused to fire a second time and another
regiment had to be found. This time their bullets killed the Báb. His remains
were hidden by His followers and in 1899 transferred to Palestine where in 1909 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Himself interred them in the sepulchre on Mount
Carmel known as the Shrine
of the Báb. |
| Among the most important of the Báb's Writings are the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá',
the Persian and Arabic
Bayán, Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih and the Kitáb-i-Asmá'.
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| Bahá'ís revere
the Báb as the Forerunner or Herald of Bahá'u'lláh,
but also as a Manifestation
of God in His own right, considering His Writings to be Holy Scripture. The beginning
of the Bahá'í Era
is dated from the day of His Declaration. The Declaration
of the Báb, His birth
and the day of His Martyrdom
are observed as Bahá'í
Holy Days on which work is suspended. |
| [BD 28-30] |
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| The Gate. The Prophet-Herald of Bahá'u'lláh,
"The Manifestation of the Unity and Oneness of God and the Forerunner of the Ancient
Beauty" (BA 11); the return of the Prophet Elijah, of John the Baptist and of the
Twelfth Imám (GBP 276,
58); "My First Name," (GPB 57), Whom "posterity will recognize as standing at the confluence
of two universal prophetic cycles, the Adamic...and the Bahá'í...."
(GPB 54). "the independent Author of a divinely revealed Dispensation...also...the
Herald of a new Era and the Inaugurator of a great universal prophetic cycle." (GPB
57). Born Shíráz, Oct. 20, 1819; martyred Tabríz, July
9, 1850. |
| [BG 10] |
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| Literally the "Gate", the title assumed by Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad
(1819-1850) after the Declaration
of His Mission in Shíráz in May 1844. He was the Founder of the
Bábí Faith and the
Herald of Bahá'u'lláh.
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| [KA-G 252] |
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| "Gate." Title assumed by Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad after
the declaration of His Mission in Shíráz in May, 1844, A.D. |
| [DB 674] |
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| The Herald of the Faith
(1819-1850). |
| [GWB 347] |
|
Map of the journeys
of the Báb. |
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| Appellations of the Báb |
| In Bahá'í,
Bábí, Islamic,
Christian, Judaic, Zoroastrian, Buddhist and Hindu Writings, the Báb is referred
to in many ways. The most common ones are listed below. You may have clicked on one
of His appellations which are linked to this glossary entry. |
| Appellation |
References |
| 'Abdu'dh-Dhikr
(Servant of the Remembrance) |
[BD 1], [BG
4] |
| Alí (Given
name) |
[BD 15] |
| Alí Muhammad
(Given name) |
[BD 15] |
| Báb, the
(the Gate) |
[BD 28], [BG
10], [KA 252],
[DB 674], [GWB
347] |
| Bábu'lláh
(Gate of God) |
[BD 30], [BG
10] |
| Baqíyyatu'lláh
(Remnant of God) |
[BD 44], [BG
11], [DB 674] |
| Best Reward |
[SWB 49] |
| Dhikr-'lláh (Remembrance of God) |
[BD 71] |
| Endowed with constancy |
[BD 189] |
| Eternal Truth |
[SWB 45], [SWB
48] |
| Exponent of His Revelation |
[SWB 81] |
| Focal Point of God's Will |
[SWB 105] |
| Forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh |
[BD 28] |
| Forerunner of the Ancient Beauty |
[BG 10] |
| Gate, the (Báb) |
[BD 28] |
| Gate of God (Bábu'lláh) |
[BD 30], [BG
10] |
| Great Announcement |
[SWB 74] |
| Great Remembrance of God |
[SWB 70] |
| Guided One, the (Mihdí) (Mahdí) |
[BD 155], [BD
190] |
| Hadrat Báb (His Holiness
the Báb) |
[BD 93] |
| Hadrat-i-A'lá
(His Holiness) (Most Exalted One) |
[BD 93] |
| Herald, the |
[BD 101] |
| Herald of a New Era |
[BG 10] |
| Herald of Bahá'u'lláh |
[BD 30] |
| He Who shall arise (Qá'im) |
[BD 190] |
He Who shall arise of the family of Muhammad
(Qá'im-i-Ál-i-Muhammad) |
[BD 190] |
| His Holiness (Hadrat) (Hadrat-i-A'lá) |
[BD 93] |
| Hujjat (the Proof) |
[BD 228] |
| Lord of Remembrance (Siyyid-i-Dhikr) |
[BD 212] |
| Lord of the Age (Sáhibu'z-Zamán) |
[BD 141], [BD
200] |
| Mahdí (Guided One, the) |
[BD 155] |
| Manifestation of God |
[BD 30], [BD
143-4] |
| Manifestation of the Unity and Oneness of God |
[BG 10] |
| Mihdí (Guided One, the) |
[BD 155] |
| Most Exalted One (Hadrat-i-A'lá ) |
[BD 93] |
| Most Excellent Abode |
[SWB 66] |
| "My First Name" (of Bahá'u'lláh) |
[BG 10] |
| Mystic Fane |
[SWB 74] |
| Nuqtih (Point) |
[BD 185] |
| Nuqtiy-i-Úlá
(Primal Point) |
[BD 185] |
| Point (Nuqtih) |
[BD 185] |
| Point of the Bayán |
[BD 181] |
| Point of the Qu'rán |
[SWB 83] |
| Primal Point (Nuqtiy-i-Úlá) |
[BD 185] |
| Promised One of Islam |
[BD 188] |
| Promised One of Zorastrian (Úshídar-Máh) |
[BD 233] |
| Proof, the (Hujjat) |
[BD 228] |
| Prophet endowed with constancy |
[BD 189] |
| Prophet-Founder of the Bábí Faith |
[BD 28] |
| Prophet-Herald of Bahá'u'lláh |
[BG 10] |
| Qá'im (He Who shall
arise) |
[BD 190] |
Qá'im-i-Ál-i-Muhammad
(He Who shall arise of the family of Muhammad) |
[BD 190] |
| Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Solace
of the eyes) |
[SWB 49] |
| Remembrance of God (Dhikr-'lláh) |
[BD 71] |
| Remnant of God (Baqíyyatu'lláh) |
[BD 194], [BG
11], [DB 674] |
| Return of Elija |
[BG 10] |
| Return of John the Baptist |
[BG 10] |
| Return of the Twelfth Imám |
[BG 10] |
| Sáhibu'z-Zamán
(Lord of the Age) |
[BD 200] |
| Servant of the Remembrance ('Abdu'dh-Dhikr) |
[BD 1], [BG
4] |
| Siyyid |
[BD 212] |
| Siyyid Alí
Muhammad (Given name) |
[BD 28] |
| Siyyid-i-Báb
|
[BD 212] |
| Siyyid-i-Dhikr
(Lord of Remembrance) |
[BD 212] |
| Solace of the eyes (Qurratu'l-'Ayn) |
[SWB 49] |
| Supreme Talisman |
[SWB 45] |
| Twelfth Imám |
[BD 228] |
| Twin Lote Trees (Báb
& Bahá'u'lláh) |
[BD 200] |
| Úshídar-Máh (Promised One of Zorastrian) |
[BD 233] |
| Vicegerency of God |
[SWB 66] |
| Wronged One |
[SWB 70] |
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| [DBQ] |
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| See also: God Passes By, pp. 49, 57-60 |
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| Bábí |
Pronunciation: |
bob-ee |
| A follower of the Báb;
of or pertaining to His revelation. The name Bábí continued to be applied
to the followers of Bahá'u'lláh
for several years after His declaration as the One whose advent had been foretold by
the Báb. But during the
later years of Bahá'u'lláh's
residence in Adrianople His followers became known as Bahá'ís. |
| The Bábís suffered terrible persecution at the hands of the Muslim
clergy and the government of Iran, particularly after the attempt on the life of the
Shah by two Bábís
in 1852. Over 20,000 Bábís died as martyrs for the Cause of the Báb.
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| [BD 30] |
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| Of or pertaining to the Báb.
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| [BG 10] |
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| Bábu'lláh |
Pronunciation: |
bob-ol-láh |
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| Badasht |
Pronunciation: |
ba-dasht |
| Hamlet in a plain on the border of Mázindarán. Conference of, lasted
twenty-two days June-July 1848, and proclaimed the annulment of the old Order. (DB
301, n.1). |
| [BG 10] |
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| Badasht, Conference of |
Pronunciation: |
ba-dasht |
| The Báb called a gathering
of eighty-one of His followers in the early summer of 1848 in the hamlet of Badasht.
The primary purpose of the conference was 'to implement the revelation of the Bayán
by a sudden, a complete and dramatic break with the past -- with its order, its ecclesiasticism,
its traditions, and ceremonials.' A second, subsidiary purpose was 'to consider the
means of emancipating the Báb
from His cruel confinement in Chihríq.
The first was eminently successful; the second was destined from the outset to fail.'
During the conference Mirzá
Husayn 'Alí (later to become Bahá'u'lláh)
gave each participant a new name, designating Himself as 'Bahá',
entitling the last Letter of the Living 'Quddús'
and giving the title 'Táhirih'
to Qurratu'l-'Ayn. |
| During the twenty-two-day conference various arguments and counter-arguments were
put forward and differences of view and approach arose between Táhirih
and Quddús. Eventually
Táhirih made a sudden
and symbolic gesture which made it clear to all that a new Dispensation had begun:
she appeared before the assembled Bábís
unveiled, her face uncovered for all to see. This caused consternation among many of
the men, some of whom fled in horror while one tried to cut his throat, H. M. Balyuzi
writes of this occasion, 'At Badasht the faint-hearted fell away. And when those
who had remained steadfast left the hamlet it was to go out into a world, for them,
greatly changed. That change was in a sense a reflection of the transformation they
had experienced. They were determined to assert their freedom from the fetters of the
past.' |
| [BD 31-32] |
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| Badí' |
Pronunciation: |
ba-dee |
| Unique, wonderful. The title given by Bahá'u'lláh
to Áqá Buzurg-i-Níshápúrí, the 17-year-old
youth who carried the Law-i-Sultán to Násiri'd-Dín
Sháh. |
| Though he had been known as a rebellious youth, Áqá Buzurg was touched
when Nabíl related
to him verses in which Bahá'u'lláh
described His sufferings. He walked from Mosul to 'Akká
to see Bahá'u'lláh
, arriving in 1869. His two audiences with Bahá'u'lláh
completely transformed the young man. Though many had sought the honour of carrying
Bahá'u'lláh
's Tablet to the Shah,
Bahá'u'lláh
entrusted it to Áqá Buzurg, who Bahá'u'lláh
named Badí'. When Badí' returned to Persia and delivered the Tablet to
the Shah, he was
tortured by bastinado and
branding and finally put to death. Bahá'u'lláh
often extolled his heroism, stating in a Tablet that Badí''s station was so
high that it was beyond description and giving him the title Fakhru'sh-Shuhadá'
(Pride of Martyrs). Shoghi
Effendi named him an Apostle
of Bahá'u'lláh . |
| [BD 32] |
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| "Wonderful." Seventeen-year-old boy who delivered Bahá'u'lláh's
Tablet to the Shah of Persia
and was in consequence tortured and killed. His given name was Áqá Buzurg
of Khurásán; he was converted by the historian Nabíl
and won the title of the "Pride of Martyrs." |
| [BG 10] |
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| Badí' Calendar |
Pronunciation: |
ba-dee . . . |
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| Baghdád |
Pronunciation: |
bag-dod |
| The city in Iraq to which Bahá'u'lláh
went when He was exiled from Persia in 1853 and where He lived until 1863, except for
the period between 1854 and 1856 which He spent in the mountains of Sulamániyyih.
It was just before His departure from Baghdád, during the period now
celebrated as the Festival of Ridván
(21 April-2 May), that Bahá'u'lláh
declared Himself to be the One promised by the Báb.
Among the Tablets and Books revealed by Bahá'u'lláh
in Baghdád are The
Hidden Words, the Kitáb-i-Iqán, The Seven Valleys,
The Four Valleys and the Tablet of the Holy Mariner. |
| [BD 33] |
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| City where Bahá'u'lláh
declared His Mission, to His companions, in 1863. Called by Him the City of God, and
(prophetically) in the Qur'án
the "Abode of Peace." (10:26; 6:127). (GPB 110). |
| [BG 11] |
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| Bahá |
Pronunciation: |
ba-haw |
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| Bahá'í |
Pronunciation: |
ba-haw-ee |
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| Bahá'í Administrative Order |
Pronunciation: |
ba-haw-ee . . . |
| The structure of Bahá'í
institutions, conceived by Bahá'u'lláh
, formally established by 'Abdu'l-Bahá
in His Will and Testament, and expanded during the guardianship
of Shoghi Effendi. Its
"twin pillars' are the Universal
House of Justice and the Guardianship. |
| The Bahá'í Administrative
Order includes the local and national
spiritual assemblies (in the future called Houses
of Justice) and the Universal
House of Justice , the Guardianship and the institution of the Hands of the Cause.
Shoghi Effendi described
the Bahá'í Administrative
Order 'not only as the nucleus but the very pattern of the New World Order destined
to embrace in the fullness of time the whole of mankind', and as 'the sole framework'
of the future Bahá'í
Commonwealth. |
| Combining the best features of various secular forms of government without the drawbacks,
the Bahá'í Administrative
Order is unique in religious history in its structure and origin. Its establishment
by the Founder Himself, and
the clear provisions set down for its continuation into the future, safeguard it against
the formation of sects. |
| Bahá'í administration,
Shoghi Effendi has emphasized,
is 'an instrument and not a substitute for the Faith
of Bahá'u'lláh,
. . . a channel through which His promised blessings may flow and which 'should guard
against the rigidity as would clog and fetter the liberating forces released by His
revelation.' |
| [BD 9] |
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| Bahá'í Era |
Pronunciation: |
ba-haw-ee . . . |
| The period of the Bahá’í dispensation beginning with the Declaration
of the Báb on 23 May 1844, and ending with the appearance of a new Manifestation
of God at some date in the future. The Bahá’í Era is promised by
Bahá’u’lláh to last no less than a thousand years. The opening
of the Bahá’í Era marks the end of the Prophetic Era (Adamic Cycle)
and the beginning of the Era of Fulfilment or Bahá’í Cycle. |
| Shoghi Effendi has identified three phases or ‘Ages’ of the Bahá’í
Era. These are the Apostolic, Heroic or Primitive Age (1-77 BE/AD 1844—1921),
which began with the Declaration of the Báb and included three epochs comprising
the Bábí dispensation and the ministries of Bahá’u’lláh
and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; the Transitional, Formative or Iron Age (77 BE—/AD
1921—), which began with the passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and includes
the time in which we live now; and the Golden Age, which shall see the achievement
of world civilization and the Most Great Peace. |
| [BD 35-36] |
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| Began May 22, 1844, at 2 hours and 11 minutes after sunset in Shíráz,
Persia. The first century of this Era comprises the "Heroic, the Primitive, the
Apostolic Age...and also the initial stages of the Formative, the Transitional, the
Iron Age" ushered in by 'Abdu'l-Bahá's
Will and Testament. (GPB xi, xiii). The Bahá'í
Revelation is "the consummation of all the Dispensations within the Adamic Cycle,
inaugurating an era of at least a thousand year's duration, and a cycle destined to
last no less than five thousand centuries...." (GPB 100). |
| [BG 11] |
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| Bahá'í Faith |
Pronunciation: |
ba-haw-ee . . . |
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| Bahá'í Writings |
Pronunciation: |
ba-haw-ee . . . |
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| Bahá'u'lláh |
Pronunciation: |
ba-haw-ol-láh |
| In Bahá'í,
Bábí, Islamic,
Christian, Judaic, Zoroastrian, Buddhist and Hindu Writings, Bahá'u'lláh
is referred to in many ways. The most common ones are listed
below. You may have clicked on one of His appellations which are linked to this
glossary entry. Click here to view list. |
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| Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í
Faith and the Manifestation
of God for this Day. He was born Mirzá Husayn-'Alí on 12 November
1817 to a noble family of Núr in Mázindarán, Iran. His mother
was Khadíjih Khánum and his father Mirzá Buzurg-i-Vazír,
a courtier. Bahá'u'lláh was a descendant of the last Sassanian
king, Yazdigird III. |
| He became a follower of the Báb
in 1844 at the age of twenty-seven, when the Báb
sent Mullá Husayn
to tell Him of the new Revelation. Although Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb
never met, they corresponded. As Mirzá Husayn-'Alí, Bahá'u'lláh
became known as a Bábí
leader, and His leadership was especially shown at the Conference
of Badasht, after which He was known by the name of Bahá.
Bahá'u'lláh suffered from the persecution waged against the Bábís
at the time and was made to endure imprisonment and the bastinado.
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| After an attempt on the Sháh's
life by two misguided Bábís,
in 1853 Bahá'u'lláh was imprisoned for four months in an underground
prison known as the Síyáh-Chál
in Tihrán. It was there He first received a revelation, through a dream of a
Maid of Heaven, that He was
the One promised by the
Báb. |
| Bahá'u'lláh was released from prison but banished from Iran. He chose
to go to Baghdád
accompanied by some members of His family and companions. After their arrival in Baghdád
the community of believers was disrupted by the actions of Mírzá Yahyá,
Bahá'u'lláh's disloyal brother. Bahá'u'lláh departed for
a period of solitary retreat in the mountains of Sulaymániyyih
until He was persuaded to return in March 1856. |
| Upon His return He became the recognized spiritual leader of the Bábís.
His influence spread and the Persian government persuaded the Ottoman Sultán
'Abdu'l-'Azíz to banish
Bahá'u'lláh further. On the eve of His departure from Baghdád
for Constantinople,
in the Garden of Ridván,
in April-May 1863, Bahá'u'lláh declared to His followers that He was
the Promised One foretold
by the Báb. The Ridván
Festival is celebrated as the holiest and most significant of Bahá'í
Holy Days. |
| Bahá'u'lláh departed for Constantinople
and soon afterwards was banished to Adrianople
where He publicly proclaimed His Mission, addressing His proclamation to the kings
and rulers of the earth and calling on them to establish world peace, justice and unity.
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| Because of the disloyal Mírzá Yahyá's
plotting against Bahá'u'lláh, the Turkish authorities condemned Bahá'u'lláh
to perpetual imprisonment in the prison-city of 'Akká.
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| There He was at first subjected to strict confinement for two years in the barracks,
during which time He suffered the death of His son Mírzá
Mihdí. In spite of the hardship and isolation, from 'Akká He
continued His proclamation to the rulers of the earth and the revelation of the foundation-principles
which would bring about a new world order of society founded on the unity of mankind,
equality and justice. |
| Bahá'u'lláh and His family, including His Son, 'Abdu'l-Bahá,
were moved to a succession of houses in the city, notably the houses of 'Údí
Khammár, where Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Kitáb-i-Aqdas,
His Book of Laws, and the House of 'Abbúd. In 1877 Bahá'u'lláh
took up residence in the Mansion of Mazra'ih for two years, and then moved to the Mansion
of Bahjí where He ascended at the age of seventy-four on 29 May 1892. In
His Will, the 'Book of My Covenant',
Bahá'u'lláh named His eldest son, 'Abdu'l-Bahá,
as His successor and authorized Interpreter of His Teachings. |
| Bahá'u'lláh's Writings are considered by Bahá'ís
to be revelation from God and some
15,000 of His Tablets have so far been collected. His major works include The
Most Holy Book (Kitáb-i-Aqdas),
The Hidden Words
(Kalimát-i-Maknúnih),
The Book of Certitude (Kitáb-i-Íqán), The Seven
Valleys, The Four Valleys, the Súrih of the Kings (Súriy-i-Mulúk),
the Tablets to the kings and rulers, the Tablet of the Branch (Súriy-i-Ghusn),
The Tablet of Wisdom (Lawh-i-Hikmat), The Tablet of the Proof (Lawh-i-Burhán),
The Tablet of the World (Lawh-i-Dunyá), The Words of Paradise (Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih),
Glad-Tidings (Bishárát), Ornaments (Tarázát),
Effulgences (Tajallíyát), Splendours (Ishráqát),
The Tablet of Carmel (Lawh-i-Karmil) and Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. |
| [BD 39-41] |
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| The Glory of God. "...an appellation
specifically recorded in the Persian Bayán,
signifying at once the glory, the light and the splendor of God...."
(GPB 93-94). The Supreme Manifestation
of God and the Dayspring of His Most Divine Essence." (BA 11). "...never to be
identified with that invisible reality, the Essence of Divinity itself." He is "the
complete incarnation of the names and attributes of God." (WOB 114, 112). The Promised
One of all ages. Born Tihrán, Persia, Nov. 12, 1817; ascended Bahjí,
Palestine, now Israel, May 29, 1892. |
| [BG 11] |
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| The "Glory of God", title of
Mírzá Husayn-'Alí (1817-1892), the Founder of the Bahá'í
Faith. |
| [KA-G 252] |
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| The Founder of the Bahá'í
Faith (1817-1892). |
| [GWB 347] |
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| Appellations of Bahá'u'lláh |
| In Bahá'í,
Bábí, Islamic,
Christian, Judaic, Zoroastrian, Buddhist and Hindu Writings, Bahá'u'lláh
is referred to in many ways. The most common ones are listed below. You may have clicked
on one of His appellations which are linked to this glossary entry. |
| Appellation |
References |
| Abhá Beauty |
[BD 5] |
| All-Highest Horizon |
[GPB 94] |
| Ancient Beauty (Jamál-i-Qidam) |
[BD 123], [GPB
94] |
| Bahá |
[BD 33] |
| Bahá'u'lláh
(Glory of God) |
[BD 39] |
| Baqíyyatu'lláh
(Remnant of God) |
[BD 44], [BG
11], [DB 674] |
| Blessed Beauty (Jamál-i-Mubárak) |
[BD 123] |
| Creator of a new World Order |
[GPB 93] |
| Darvísh
Muhammad |
[BD 64] |
| Dayspring of Revelation |
[BD 65] |
| Daystar |
[BD 65] |
| Daystar of the Universe |
[GPB 94] |
| Desire of the Nations |
[GPB 94] |
| Divine Lote-Tree (Sadratu'l-Muntahá) |
[BD 200] |
| Endowed with constancy |
[BD 78] |
| Establisher of the Most Great Peace |
[GPB 93] |
| Eternal Truth |
[GWB 60] |
| Everlasting Father, the |
[GPB 94] |
| Fountain of the Most Great Justice |
[GPB 93] |
| Glory of God (Bahá'u'lláh) |
[BG 11] |
| Great Announcement |
[GPB 94] |
| Greatest Name (Ism-i-A'zam) |
[BD 90, 123] |
| Hadrat Bahá'u'lláh (His Holiness Bahá'u'lláh) |
[BD 93] |
| He Who Is Invoked (Mustagháth) |
[BG 37] |
| Hidden Name |
[GPB 94] |
Him Whom God Shall Make Manifest
(Man-Yazhiruhu'lláh) |
[BD 143], [GPB
94] |
| Inaugurator of the long-awaited millennium |
[GPB 93] |
| Inspirer and Founder of a World Civilization |
[GPB 93] |
| Ism-i-A'zam (Greatest Name) |
[BD 123] |
| Jamál-i-Mubárak
(Blessed Beauty) |
[BD 123] |
| Jamál-i-Qidam
(Ancient Beauty) |
[BD 123] |
| Jinab-i-Bahá |
[BD 124] |
| Judge, the |
[GPB 93] |
| King of Glory |
[BD 129] |
| Law-Giver, the |
[GPB 93] |
| Lord of Hosts |
[BD 141], [GPB
94] |
| Lord of Lords |
[GPB 94] |
| Lord of the Covenant |
[GPB 94] |
Man-Yazhiruhu'lláh
(Him Whom God Shall Make Manifest) |
[BD 143] |
| Manifestation of God |
[BD 143-4] |
| Mírzá
Husayn-'Alíy-i-Núrí (Given name) |
[BD 113] |
| Most Exalted Pen |
[KA-N 24] |
| Most Great Light |
[GPB 94] |
| Most Great Name |
[GPB 94] |
| Most Great Ocean |
[GPB 94] |
| Mustagháth
(He Who Is Invoked) |
[BG 37] |
| Nightingale |
[BD 171] |
| Ninth Avatar |
[BD 137] |
| Ninth Krishna |
[BD 137] |
| Organizer of the entire planet |
[GPB 93] |
| Pen of the Most High |
[KA-N 24], [GPB
94] |
| Pre-existent Root |
[GPB 94] |
| Preserved Treasure |
[GPB 94] |
| Proclaimer of the coming of age of the entire human race |
[GPB 93] |
| Promise of All Ages |
[BG 6] |
| Promised One |
[BD 188] |
| Promised One of All Ages |
[BD 188] |
| Promised One of All Religions |
[BD 188] |
| Promised One of the Bayán |
[KA-N 185] |
| Prophet endowed with constancy |
[BD 78] |
| Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith |
[BD 37] |
| Qayyúm |
[BD 190], [BG
41] |
| Redeemer of all mankind |
[GPB 93] |
| Reincarnation of Krishna |
[GPB 94] |
| Remnant of God (Baqíyyatu'lláh) |
[BD 194], [BG
11], [DB 674] |
| Revealer of the Word of God |
[KA-N 24] |
| Sacred Lote-Tree (Sadratu'l-Muntahá) |
[BD 200] |
| Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Divine
or Sacred Lote-Tree) |
[BD 200] |
| Self-Subsistent |
[GPB 94] |
| Sháh-Bahrám
(World Savior) |
[BD 207] |
| Sifter of Men |
[GPB 94] |
| Speaker on Sinai |
[GPB 94] |
| Supreme Heaven |
[GPB 94] |
| Supreme Pen |
[BD 216], [KA-N
24] |
| Tenth Avatar |
[BD 137] |
| Tenth Krishna |
[BD 137] |
| True Joseph |
[GPB 22] |
| Tongue of Glory |
[GPB 33] |
| Twin Lote Trees (Báb
& Bahá'u'lláh) |
[BD 200] |
| Ultimate Objective |
[KA-¶ 36] |
| Unifier of the children of men |
[GPB 93] |
| World Savior (Sháh-Bahrám) |
[BD 207] |
| Wronged One |
[DBQ] |
| Wronged One of the World |
[GPB 94] |
|
| [DBQ] |
|
| See also: God Passes By, pp. 92-100 |
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