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Please state your answer and reasoning, preferably coupled with quotes from the Writings. Note: No generic quotes about God sending innumerable Messengers. They are too vague for one could substantiate any idle claimant based on these quotes.

This quote and others similar to it got me thinking...If everyone in a city were Bahá'is and one of them became a Covenant-Breaker, how would this individual attend school? Work? Since Bahá'is are commanded to excommunicate (shun) Covenant-Breakers lest they also become shunned, who would teach...

Hello everyone! I'm not an expert in any particular faith, but a long time ago, when I was religion-hopping, I noticed a common pattern among the world religions. Please note that I use the term, "world religion", loosely. To illustrate my point, I'm dividing the life of a religion into three...

This rang true to me a number of times in the past.

I'm not an expert in Islam nor the Baha'i Faith but I'll try to tackle this narration, piece by piece. "There is no prophet between me and him." What about the Bab? He appeared between Muhammad and Baha'u'llah (return of Christ) and claimed to be a Prophet. "He shall descend so, recognize...

I hope so. The prevailing authority of every dispensation were certain that they would be first and foremost to support the subsequent Manifestation only to find themselves be the cause of persecution and murder. Of course, we should obey the UHJ and hope that our future generation will...

Recently, I began perusing Selections from the Writings of the Báb (SWB) and at the end of the second tablet, p.8, I came across this statement: Bahá’u’lláh in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas also refers to this Epistle of the Báb in the following words: So I sought out the passages in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas...

Shoghi Effendi's example of an explanation seems like a white lie but lying is prohibited in the Cause. Can someone explain this to me?

Alláh'u'Abhá! What if the Bahá'i International Community solely addresses the human rights violations of Iran (while ignoring 99% of humanity) in order to pressure UN, namely US, to attack Iran and topple the Islamic regime so that the prophecies of our Most Holy Book (Kitáb-i-Aqdas) will be...

So nine existing religions are of divine origin and according to my calculation, their total membership encompasses 3/4 of humanity. Therefore, in general, all religions are of divine origin but I do find this statement to be misleading.