Alborz

Mistaken Math!

Rise in Persecutions of Baha'is => Rise in awareness of the Baha'i Faith => Rise in fear of today's Islam

If you don't believe it, ask yourself why Obama has to defend himself against being called a Moslem?

Alborz

PS - Azali = Null

Moslems + Azali = Death of

Moslems + Azali = Death of Bahaism

Brief History of Baha'u'llah

Brief History of Baha'u'llah

There is a good chance ...

... that he has become the mouthpiece of the Australian Azali (AA) that, according to Anonymous 414, is now banned from this site.

I have no doubt that he will be able to fully explain the difference between an Azali, a Bayani, and a Moslem.

During the Constitutional Revolution the Azalis pretended to be Moslems out of fear. Today, the few that remain, also pretend to be Moslems in daily life for the same reason.  So this "sighe" of convenience between the two is not only possible and probable, but also perfectly "shar-ee" in their minds.

Alborz

Dear Faryar ,are you reading ok ?

Dear Faryar, Alla'U'Abha

 sorry, But I think you got little confuse by my "design to confuse" question,

I didn't, ask you H.Baha'ullah if he dyed his hair jet black or not.

 Here I repeat again: by any chance can you(or any one) find, or, is there any public record (news paper or non Bahai, locally source )recorded or picture of H.Baha'ullah (abha alyeh)day of passing and gathering mass of weeping men and women participating his funeral, from all over the world, as Bahais claim in their records ??

how this day of mourning passed with out notice in whole world? how could that be possible ? did any one thought of that before ?

BTW, Dr.Brown British PHD, said very similar thing for Azal as he said for H.Baha'ullah ,while visiting Azal in cypress. you should read what he wrote in his book about Bahaies "one year among Iranian" ,also read his book noghtat-ol- kaf too.

 //www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/nk/nuqta.htm

Reza ,Akhond 2 riyali

Impression of Baha'u'llah by a not so sympathetic observer..

The final years of Bahá'u'lláh's life (1879-1892) were spent in the Mansion of Bahjí, just outside `Akká, even though he was still formally a prisoner of the Ottoman Empire. During his years in `Akká and Bahjí, since `Abdu'l-Bahá, his eldest son, had taken care of the organizational work, Bahá'u'lláh was able to devote his time to writing, and he produced many volumes of work including the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, his book of laws.[42] His other works included letters outlining his vision for a united world, as well as the need for ethical action; he also composed many prayers.[42]

In 1890 the Cambridge orientalist Edward Granville Browne had an interview with Bahá'u'lláh in this house. After this meeting he wrote his famous pen-portrait of Bahá'u'lláh:

On May 9, 1892 Bahá'u'lláh contracted a slight fever which grew steadily over the following days, abated, and then finally took his life on May 29, 1892. He was buried in the shrine located next to the Mansion of Bahjí.[44]

آقا رضا ...

یا ایّهَا الّذِینَ ءامنوُا لا یَسخَر قُومُ مِن قَومٍ عَسَی اَن یکُنُوا خیراً مِنهُم ۴۹:۱۱  

به علماء از قول بهاء بگو: ما به زعم شما مقصريم ،از نقطۀ اولي روُحُ ما سِواهُ فِداه چه تقصيري ظاهر كه هدفِ رِصاصش نموديد. نقطۀ اولي مقصّر، از خاتم النبيين روحُ العالمين لهُ الفِداء چه تقصيري باهِر كه بر قتلش مجلس شورا ترتيب داديد . خاتَمُ النّبيين مقصّر ، از حضرت مسيح چه تقصير و افترا هويدا كه صليبش زديد . حضرت مسيح به زَعمِ باطل شما كاذب، ازحضرت كليم چه كذبي و افترايي آشكار كه بر كذبش گواهي داديد. حضرت كليم به زعم باطل شما كاذب و مقصّر ، از حضرت خليل چه تقصيري هويدا كه در آتشش انداختيد. اگر بگوييد ما آن نفوس نيستيم ، مي گوييم اقوال شما همان اقوال و افعال شما همان افعال.

مونا

Reza 41, NUR, Sophia and Badi 19

are all the same person after all or all in secret communication. At least we don't have to read Reza's first grade English any more: what an act by NUR. No wonder Bahaees did not like Azal. How low could you get?

wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish,

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49

to ab111

you may want to reconsider your comment,

Bahais ARE master of exaggeration, and master of manipulation of the facts, therefore you cant win them. there is game called "Shotor Morgh"( Farsi means camel bird=ostrich) they play it well, if you ask about contradictions in Bahai faith ,form of answer they choose is like: because she has wing and bird feet and head is a bird not a Camel ,and and another time they get cut lying they say ; because she walks like a camel and and is big body and dont fly therefor  is camel is not a bird.

Faryam; not to confuse you but,if Behje Castle was rented and not owned by Baha'ullah until recent(as you said),than,what the fight over will of Baha'ullah between its resident(other children of Bahaullah) and Ab-Baha was about? 

oh, BTW(for the record),soon after arrival of Bahaullah in Akka, three (in some account 7) prominent azalies(1) like S.Mohammad Isphahani, they were brutally butchered by Bahaullah's hit men ,so it was very important and logical for rich men WG(World Government) great religion makers  behind the scene to have Baha'ullah protected ,because remaining (pised)Babbies there were out there to get them and take a revenge.therefore, for two years and 6 days he and his whole family were reside in that army base , and as evidence shows they were not incarcerated rather just living there for their own protection .

Faryar,as curiosity, is there any independent(from Bahai)source or public record , has any record of the day that Bahaullah went to malakoot-i- Abha? and all this people that Alborz saying were gathered for his funeral ? most likely you'll find non, because Bahaullah was unknown to local, and he never revealed who he is or if he is from GOD or he has any message (in 40 years  going in the Sunni mosque and praying Sunni way of Islam).how ever locales knew him as strange Darvish living in the Castle ;0)

p.s there is no evidence of Ab-Baha publicly talking about the Bahai Faith in Palestine ,therefore Ab-Baha also never revealed to local that his father or himself were from GOD, and he even sometimes lead local Sunni mosque for congregational prayer to cover his faith, that is why when he died Muslims congregational prayer leader of Akka and local Muslim people came to his funeral and his interment was Islamic way.

1) there is suspicious that,sayied Mohammad Isphahanni most effective Babbi faithful , and azal's teacher and guide and second in command in Babbei,ws purposely  transferred to Akka ,just to get killed. because with his knowledge, Baha'ullah never could make his way to become who he became. and according to Baha'ullah chef admission Baha'ullah knew about plot but "he didn't approve" nor try to stop the mass killing by calling authority. 

cheer,

 Reza Akoond 2 rialy

Subh-i Azal

Subh-i Azal And Him-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest

Mirza Jani has ‘identified’ ‘He Whom God Shall Manifest’ with Subi-I Azal in the sense that “there may not be two Points [i.e. the Manifestations of the Primal Will, for the definition of the term Point (Nuqta).

No documentary evidence has been traced to uphold Mirza Jani’s statement that Subh-i Azal “was to abrogate the Bayan if ‘He Whom God Shall Manifest’ should appear in His Power in thy time, and to put into practice that which we shall inspire into thine heart.”

Mirza Jani in N-K considers the manifestation of Subh-i Azal to be the manifestation of Him-Whom-God-Shall-Make-Manifest. Mirza Jani misdirects himself his in his opinion and thereby arrived at a wrong conclusion. Where the text is clear there is no room for interpretation. The Point’s Testamentary Disposition addressed to Subh-i-Azal is clear and prevail.

Mirza Jani was not the only one who was mistaken. Many a believer passed away with the belief that Subh-i Azal was Him-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest. In one of his epistles Subh-i Azal says:

بعضی توّهم مینمایند که این شجره دعوی مقامات لانهایة داشته و مدعی مقام موعود است. ای جهال نادان اگر چنین مقصود بود از اول کلام تا امروز همگی شما شجرة ازلیة را من یظهره الله جلّ و عزّ فرض مینمودید و آن عبد مفتقر منع می نمود و سلب این مقام از خویش مینمود چنانچه کثیری به همین اعتقاد از این عالم فانی رفتند اگر فی الحقیقة مقصود او از بعد این بود قبل را شما خود مقرر بودید چه احتیاج به انکار تا آنکه مزیر بر زحمت شده دلیل و برهان آوریم.

For some years Mirza Husayn Ali Baha himself held the same belief:
In his Sata’at, Sat’a 107, Subh-i Azal says:

«... و انا الظلام یومئذ کان فی افتکار عظیم بان کیف یظهر الله امره و کیف یظهر نفسا اخر و کان یصتقد فی بعض سنین بان هذا الوجه ذلک القمص و قد ؟ عن ذلک هذا العبد و ؟ الله امره انه علام حکیم فلما رای و قد فعل ما اجراه الی ان سفل دمآء و قبل نفوسا و اهلک قوما ...»

The Primal Point did not expect the immediate appearance of the next manifestation, and Subh-i Azal never claimed to be He-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest.
Subh-i Azal stood in relation to the Primal Point as did Ali to the Prophet. The Point’s Testamentary Disposition addressed to Subh-i Azal confirms no command to abrogate the Bayan, but rather make impossible such a directive.

The Ancient Beauty

Let's imagine for a moment:

Imagine the Mahdi, the Q'aim, the Prince of Peace, The Lord of the Age, God's Avatar, Amitabha, Meshiah, Christ, He Whom God Shall Make Manifest all appear in one Radiant Personage who is crowned in the reality of a Thousand Shining Names.

Let's imagine that humanity notices Him and universally embraces this miraculous Being eager to pay homage to the wonderment of His Teachings.

In such case, the people around Him would beg to serve this Being, no thing would be suffered to be denied Him. The treasures of the earth would arrive at His door. People would count themselves amazed and awestruck to gaze at Him even from great distances. they would be willing to sacrifice everything for His legendary and prophecy-fulfilling Word.

STOP . . .(sigh).

All this HAS happened . . . except only a FEW people (at first) realized the sanctity of this glorious Personage. Baha'u'llah has explained in the Kitab-i-Iqan that persecution is one of the Proofs of a Divine Teacher. No true Messenger ever escaped it.

Those who undertood Who Baha'u'llah was in His lifetime sacrificed all that they had willingly
Wouldn't you? If you believed?

Today, those who have heard His Call feel immensely enriched to know of His Life and to offer the best they have to this Heavenly Prince born and exiled from Iran.

He came to the Mansion of Bahji late in His life (after being persuaded to leave Akka by the Turkish governor; His jailers also came to respect Him.) He dressed simply, owned little furniture and gave His one carpet away to raise funds for a member of the community who needed aid.. Thereafter He lived with simple rushes on the floor of His rooms.

Baha'u'llah was descended from a noble family. If a rich mansion was all He had wanted, He could have hidden Himself away and denied God; denied humanity. He could have kept the many enviable properties that were stripped away from Him after He was taken to prison in 1852.

This is one of the meanings Baha'is contemplate in the words, "The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound in chains . . ."

The Ancient Beauty ...

"The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound with chains 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 Who hath 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!"

//www.nybahai.org/ascension/ascension.html

Regards, Mona

Baha'u'llah was 'respected' by Sultan Abdul Hamid?

Baha’u’lah was "respected" by Sultan Abdul Hamid?

He may have been respected, but please dont confuse the issues... 

The Sultan's Farman of confinement was never rescinded; however

the Ottoman Pashas were continuously frustrated by the fact that their emissaries, the Governors they sent  who were to rule with an iron fist over the Persian Exiles,  were quickly disarmed by the sheer majesty and personality of Baha'u'llah,  not tomention, the admiration and reverence that had grown and shown to Baha'u'llah by the locals ; so much so that they had to keep changing governors, to enforce the conditions of incarceration and exile.

Despite this, Baha'u'llah refused to take advantage of the occasional leniency, since in His eyes He was still a Prisoner and an Exile of the Ottomans and the Qajars, who had been  banished Him from his homeland,Iran. 

for more detailed look, please see

Bahá’u’lláh’s Incarceration in ‘Akká  

//reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/GPB/gpb-13.html 

This was no palace, 100 years ago

This was no palace, 100 years ago

Its owner had escaped the area because of a tragic plague...

it was a run down and sparse place; it was rented and not purchased by HIs son Abdul Baha, where Baha'u'llah and his family were housed.

Today, in respect and in honour of Baha'u'llah , The properties have been purchased , where Bahji has been renovated and majestic gardens planted around it. 

It is a place of pilgrimage for millions around the world; a quite place of prayer and meditation, for All, including Arabs and Jews and visiting Bahai Pilgrims from every race and religion and country.

 faryarm

Dear ab111

a golden cage is still a cage!

Nice little Palace by the

Nice little Palace by the Mediterranean!!

Bahaullah's 40 years of imprisonment

I do not understand why our Bahai friends insist that Bahaullah was imprisoned for forty years. First two years the Ottomans gave Him and His family residence in a military barracks. Following that he rented a house with three rooms and and a hall and garden where He resided for three years. Once the financial subsidy from His followers increased, He bought the Palace of Bahji where after renovation the entire family resided. Visitors have marveled at the beauty of the marbled mosaic floor. During all these years He and His family were allowed to freely go out for their daily needs. According to the above writing He was interred in the precincts of the Mansion and He was well respected by Sultan Abdul Hamid so much that the king was notified in a telegram of His ascension. Living in a mansion with all due deference by the Ottoman king contradicts the state of imprisonment.

Thank you O Land of Ta, O Iran!

Ever since the day Thou didst create me at Thy bidding, O my God, and didst arouse me through the gentle winds of Thy tender mercies, I have refused to turn to any one except Thee, and have, through the power of Thy sovereignty and Thy might,arisen to face Thine enemies,and have summoned all mankind unto the shores of the ocean of Thy oneness and the heaven of Thine all-glorious unity.

I have sought, all my days, not to guard myself from the mischief of the rebellious among Thy creatures, but rather to exalt Thy name amidst Thy people.

I have, thereby, suffered what none of Thy creatures hath suffered.

- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings
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Thank you O Land of Ta, O Iran!
Thank you for allowing me the blessing of knowing the Sun of Truth, Bahá’u’lláh.

As I stood with my Friends from all nations this morning, facing toward the Baha'i Qiblih at Bahji, a bird outside the window of our Baha'i Center began to warble.

I wished that the Seven Bahá’í leaders imprisoned in Evin could hear the same song. Perhaps they do.
Eid Mubarak!

An eyewitness account

The above write-up by Alborz is very nice and complete.

A few years ago, I was delighted and surprised to find an account of the passing of Baha'u'llah by the noted poet 'Andalib.  Both the orginal poem (in 'Andalib's hand) and a translation can be found here:  //ahang.rabbani.googlepages.com/passing

Thanks again for the write-up.

Lets pray for our dear bahai friends in Iran on this special Day

 When the victory arriveth, every man shall profess himself as believer and shall hasten to the shelter of God's Faith. Happy are they who in the days of world-encompassing trials have stood fast in the Cause and refused to swerve from its truth.

 (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 318)