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Birth of Baha'u'llah is coming up on Friday November 12..
I was gathering some information to share for that blessed day..
On pp. 53-54 of the Kitab-i-Aqdas:
Rejoice with great joy, for God hath made thee "the dayspring of His Light" in as much as within thee was born the Manifestation of His Glory. Be thou glad for this name that hath been conferred upon thee - a name through which the Day-Star of grace hath shed its splendour, through which both earth and heaven have been illumined.
"....within thee was born the Manifestation of His
Glory..."
# 92
This is a reference to the birth of Bahá'u'lláh in Tihran on
12 November 1817.
~ Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 218
Hour of Bahá'u'lláh's Birth:
Bahá'u'lláh was born at dawn."
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, July 10, 1939)
~ Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 472
Centuries, nay ages, must pass away, ere the Day-Star of Truth shineth again in its mid-summer splendour, or appeareth once more in the radiance of its vernal glory...
~ ABDU'L-BAHÁ
~ Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 1, p. xvi
Bahá'u'lláh, Whose name was Mirza Husayn-'Ali, was a nobleman of the province of Nur in Persia. A great Bahá'í scholar, Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, through extensive historical research has verified that Bahá'u'lláh was descended from Zoroaster and the Sasaniyan kings of Persia, thereby fulfilling certain traditions that the great Redeemer of mankind would be of pure Persian lineage. Bahá'u'lláh was also descended from Abraham through His third wife Katurah, thus uniting in His own person two branches of the Aryan and Semitic religions. He was born in Tihran in 1817 and His father Mirza Abbas, known in royal circles as Mirza Buzurg, was at the court of the Shah.
~ Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 1, p. 5
The barriers which in previous centuries had made a
world unity impossible were ready to crumble when Bahá'u'lláh
appeared, and since His birth, in 1817, and more especially
since the promulgation of His teachings began, these barriers
have been breaking down in most astonishing fashion.
~ Dr. J.E. Esslemont, Baha'u'llah and the New Era, p. 126
And so they came on to Tehran, the city loved by Bahá'u'lláh, city of His birth and His happy youth, and where later, chained three flights underground in the Black Pit, He had received His mantle of prophethood.
'In thee', He addresses Tehran, 'the Unseen hath been revealed, and out of thee hath gone forth that which lay hid from the eyes of men... Let nothing grieve thee ... for God hath chosen thee to be the source of the joy of all mankind."[1]
[1. Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, no. LV, p. 109, and no. LVI, p. 110.]
~ Marzieh Gail, Arches of the Years, p. 8
I was gathering some information to share for that blessed day..
On pp. 53-54 of the Kitab-i-Aqdas:
Rejoice with great joy, for God hath made thee "the dayspring of His Light" in as much as within thee was born the Manifestation of His Glory. Be thou glad for this name that hath been conferred upon thee - a name through which the Day-Star of grace hath shed its splendour, through which both earth and heaven have been illumined.
"....within thee was born the Manifestation of His
Glory..."
# 92
This is a reference to the birth of Bahá'u'lláh in Tihran on
12 November 1817.
~ Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 218
Hour of Bahá'u'lláh's Birth:
Bahá'u'lláh was born at dawn."
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, July 10, 1939)
~ Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 472
Centuries, nay ages, must pass away, ere the Day-Star of Truth shineth again in its mid-summer splendour, or appeareth once more in the radiance of its vernal glory...
~ ABDU'L-BAHÁ
~ Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 1, p. xvi
Bahá'u'lláh, Whose name was Mirza Husayn-'Ali, was a nobleman of the province of Nur in Persia. A great Bahá'í scholar, Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, through extensive historical research has verified that Bahá'u'lláh was descended from Zoroaster and the Sasaniyan kings of Persia, thereby fulfilling certain traditions that the great Redeemer of mankind would be of pure Persian lineage. Bahá'u'lláh was also descended from Abraham through His third wife Katurah, thus uniting in His own person two branches of the Aryan and Semitic religions. He was born in Tihran in 1817 and His father Mirza Abbas, known in royal circles as Mirza Buzurg, was at the court of the Shah.
~ Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 1, p. 5
The barriers which in previous centuries had made a
world unity impossible were ready to crumble when Bahá'u'lláh
appeared, and since His birth, in 1817, and more especially
since the promulgation of His teachings began, these barriers
have been breaking down in most astonishing fashion.
~ Dr. J.E. Esslemont, Baha'u'llah and the New Era, p. 126
And so they came on to Tehran, the city loved by Bahá'u'lláh, city of His birth and His happy youth, and where later, chained three flights underground in the Black Pit, He had received His mantle of prophethood.
'In thee', He addresses Tehran, 'the Unseen hath been revealed, and out of thee hath gone forth that which lay hid from the eyes of men... Let nothing grieve thee ... for God hath chosen thee to be the source of the joy of all mankind."[1]
[1. Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, no. LV, p. 109, and no. LVI, p. 110.]
~ Marzieh Gail, Arches of the Years, p. 8