We don't often promote people as often as we should, the UHJ talks about material and spiritual development of the societies we live in.
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I was discussing following quote from the Kitab-i-Aqdas (paragraph 53) with a friend:
„Should differences arise amongst you over any matter, refer it to God while the Sun still shineth above the horizon of this Heaven and, when it hath set, refer ye to whatsoever hath been sent down by Him.“
What is meant by „refer it to God while the Sun still shineth above the horizon of this Heaven“? I always thought that this verse speaks about the time when Bahá’u’lláh was still among the people in this earthly realm. But what then does „referring it to God“ mean? What do you think?
Allahu Abha!!
After months of intense soul searching, interaction with the bahai community of my region and other things, I officially declared a few weeks ago! I just received my membership card!!! I am so happy to be part of this faith!
This subreddit helped me a lot in the process! So thank you all!
Looking forward to exchange with all of you!
WHYY although the bahai faith has given more equity and understanding towards women then other religions as far as i know but whyyy can't women work or be a member of the highest position of baha'i faith which is UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE
Please explain me this
Friends, what has been your take aways from this Tablet in Its original Farsi or Arabic versions and the English translations.
Similar to other instances of Scripture, Baha’u’llah never Himself translated His Utterances word by word, so the Arabic and Farsi versions are quite unique and independent of each other.
Do you get a sense of future prophecy from the Arabic (and available English translation)? Abdul’Baha encourages believers to read and ponder about this Tablet as Blessed Beauty fully foretold future events in It.
Here is my favorite clip of It:
https://youtu.be/5q3PnkpENAQ?si=Q4Xm4y9bwLbgdHnZ
Hi all,
As a programming project I'm making an Android Baha'i Prayers app (currently for English speakers only). I wanted to closely follow the Materal 3 design standards and, once ready, make the app open source and available to download with or without the Google Play store.
For now I'm doing closed testing (invite only) through Google Play. If you're interested please message me! Thanks!
Hello, I hope you're all doing well.
From what I understand, the Baha'i faith teaches that every "era" has a "Manifestation of God" whose job it is to guide humanity. As such, previous religions, though true, are effectively "abrogated".
All of that makes sense so far, but then I learned that in Baha'i houses of worship, scriptures from various religions are read, not just of the Baha'i faith. If what those scriptures taught is abrogated, why do you still read them? Wouldn't it be better to focus on your own scriptures?
Additionally, the language surrounding "unity of religions" is a bit confusing to me. If someone is not a Baha'i do they have a chance of salvation following another religion? Or must one accept Baha'ullah and his teachings to be properly guided?
Would really appreciate any insights on this.
Thanks.
Sometime around 1998 or 1999, I had a meeting for work in Delaware at a senior living community. I met a young woman there who shared she was a Baha’i and I believe she lived in Delaware. She would have been in her early to mid 20s then, so likely in her mid 40s now. At the time, I was only mildly familiar with the Baha’i faith, but I really enjoyed talking with her. Now that I am a Baha’i, I would love to reconnect with her and thank her for planting the seed.
I recognize this is a long shot, but hopefully we will cross paths again.
The fourth book of the Ruhi Institute concludes with a description of the final days of Bahá'u'lláh's life before his passing. I attempted to analyze the date of his death as the final stage of an astrological analysis of three points—his birth, the culmination of his way when he declared his mission, and his death—but I was unable to find a clear and precise astrological justification for the date of his passing. Apparently, this is impossible without knowing the exact time of birth and the placement of the so-called astrological houses in his natal chart. One of these houses, the eighth, is directly related to death and should be analyzed specifically, but to do so requires knowing the hour and minute of Bahá'u'lláh's birth. Nevertheless, it is possible to piece together the overall picture of what happened on that day, May 29, 1892, from many pieces, like a puzzle. These pieces represent slowly moving factors in the form of transiting and directional planets, and individually they cannot ensure the cessation of life, but taken together they point to such a dramatic period of life. I cannot describe these factors here, as it would require too much space, but I can mention Bahá'u'lláh's directional Sun (that is, the position of his natal Sun, moving at a rate of approximately one degree per year of life), which on the day of his death occupied a number of corresponding midpoints. Some of these indicate sudden grave illness, while others directly point to sudden death. A characteristic feature is a recurring planetary combination involving Saturn, Uranus, and Admetus, whose action, according to the reference book, signifies the sudden coming of death. This combination of transiting planets occupied the directional Sun simultaneously with the same combination, but of natal planets, on the same directional Sun. These factors were slow enough for Bahá'u'lláh to sense a deterioration in his health several weeks before his death and notify his followers. Overall, it is striking how contrasting Bahá'u'lláh's life was, in which great spiritual achievements alternated with painful periods of imprisonment and exile.
Hi all, as the title would suggest I'm interested in exploring the topic of consent in regards to the belief system we raise our children within, be it the Baha'i Faith, another Faith, a specific political or philosophical approach to life or the music of Jon Bon Jovi.
For context I'm a Baha'i on the outs, raised in the faith in England alongside my two younger brothers by two disillusioned hippies who became Baha'is in the seventies.
Do folks think children should be raised to believe or to think critically?
I'd make a distinction between the two because I'm 45 and now that I realise I don't believe I'm struggling to be able to think critically. And it's tough. So tough. When passion's a prison, you can't break free.
Let me know what you think.
In Islam whoever reads one letter of the Qur'an Allah records one good deed for him, and every good deed is multiplied by ten (or even more so in the month of Ramadan, and on Laylatul Qadr). And whoever reads Surah al-Ikhlas of the Qur'an once receives the good deeds of reading one-third of the entire Qur'an. And whoever greets another person (by saying Peace be upon you) has ten good deeds recorded for them, and whoever responds to them has ten good deeds recorded for them... etc.
Is there any such concept of "good deeds" in the Baha'i faith? I have found nothing at all to suggest that reading Baha'ullah's writings results in good deeds being recorded, or how many are recorded in any such case.
Where can I find the full edition of History (of Faith) according to Nabil (تاریخ نبیل) in any language? I believe it was written in Arabic or perhaps Farsi.
Friends, please kindly note that I have both read and listened to Dawn Breakers multiple times and very familiar with it.
I am really looking for the full edition or the original. I believe Ḥaḍrat-i-Baháʼu'lláh approved it after a revision, but my online searches lead to nowhere.
Who gets into "heaven" does everyone who belives in god and follows him or specifically those who follow the bahai faith . also how does heaven and hell work i looked it up and it makes no sense to me
Friends, where or in what sources can I get the most accurate and detailed account of what happened in His Holiness Baha’u’llah’s withdrawal and solitude in this mountainous region of Iraq? 🙏
Friends, I am curious how you would respond to these objections.
In a conversation with a secular person, they said that they believed the afterlife was a myth used to control people and improve their behavior, that life ends with brain death, and there is nothing beyond. How would you respond?
I have a question about the independant investigation of truth.
My question is this: Once a person has accepted that Bahaullah is the manifestation of God for this age and that his laws are the best way to proceed with a person’s sprititual life does the search for truth stop in some way, given that one has to take the Bahai Faith as an organic whole and be obedient to all its teachings as far as one is able.
In a way, being obedient is searching for truth as it is from this obendiance that true understanding of this truth arises from. Does the idea then move from searching for truth to understanding truth?
Does anyone know if Baha’u’llah means creature as a being, or creature as anything? for example anything that exists is a “creature” since it was created by God.
| “ | The learned men, [divines] that have fixed at several thousand years the life of this earth, have failed, throughout the long period of their observation, to consider either the number or the age of the other planets. ...Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute. | ” |
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| — Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, pp. 162-163) |
I'm almost sure I've read that somewhere.
The Holy Writings, the Qur'an and the Bible all evidence that everything in this world was made as signs to mirror the things of the divine realm. For example...
So logically speaking it would make sense that the soul has its sign in this world. After some thoughts I've pretty much come to the conclusion that the physical body is a representation of the soul, and the shadow a representation of the physical body.
The shadow has no will on its own. Whatever the physical body does, the shadow imitates exactly. Wherever the physical body goes, the shadow follows. Although the shadow may be seen doing all these things, it is not truly the shadow, but rather the physical body, that does them. And just as the physical body is wholly incapable of comprehending the soul, the shadow is unable to comprehend the physical body (think about it, the shadow is 2-dimensional and lacks even the ability to think). When one's shadow disappears, such as when one enters into a well-lit space, the physical body remains. And similarly when we leave this world of darkness and enter the light, our soul remains though our physical body perishes...
Thought I'd share since this was on my mind for a while. I wonder if there's anything in the Holy Writings to corroborate this.
Edit: Typo
