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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.

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