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There are two Baha'i Holy Days coming up in which Baha'is suspend work and school attendance. Baha'i days begin and end at sunset and each Baha'i community sets the time to observe the programs and how they are observed: The “two …Festivals” are the anniversaries of the births of Baha’u’llah...

The beginning of all things is the knowledge of God, and the end of all things is strict observance of whatsoever hath been sent down from the empyrean of the Divine Will that pervadeth all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth. (Baha’u’llah, Gleanings, p. 5) Were you to ponder...

1. Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath sought the good pleasure of Thy will, and directed his steps towards the seat of Thy gracious favors. I am he who hath forsaken his all, who hath fled to Thee for shelter, who hath set his face towards the tabernacle of Thy revelation...

A compilation from the Baha'i writings on the topic of Might (‘Izzat) - a Baha'i Feast devotional program. Sepember 6th - 7th 1. Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every man of insight confesseth Thy sovereignty and Thy dominion, and every discerning eye perceiveth the greatness of Thy...

A compilation from the Baha'i writings on the topic of Perfection (Kamál) - a Baha'i Feast devotional program. 1. He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O God, my God! Thou seest me, Thou knowest me; Thou art my Haven and my Refuge. None have I sought nor any will I seek save Thee; no...

July 9th is a Holy Day for Baha'is in which communities hold special meetings to recall the martyrdom of the Bab. Work and school are suspended. Source: The Promulgation of Universal Peace 23 May 1912 Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Breed 367 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts...

This is the Day whereon the Ocean of God's mercy hath been manifested unto men, the Day in which the Day Star of His loving-kindness hath shed its radiance upon them, the Day in which the clouds of His bountiful favor have overshadowed the whole of mankind. Now is the time to cheer and refresh...

A compilation from the Baha'i writings on the topic of Light (Nur) - a Baha'i Feast devotional program. 1. Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I know not what the water is with which Thou hast created me, or what the fire Thou hast kindled within me, or the clay wherewith Thou hast...

On the day of the annual celebration of the Bab’s Declaration, held on Mount Carmel, when representatives of all different religions, such as Jewish, Zoroastrian, Christian and Mohammedan Baha’is were seated around the table and Abdul-Baha was serving them all personally: “There are different...

It was about an hour after sunset when my youthful Host began to converse with me. "Whom, after Siyyid Kazim," He asked me, "do you regard as his successor and your leader?" "At the hour of his death," I replied, "our departed teacher insistently exhorted us to forsake our homes, to scatter...

This is celebrated 22-23 May (from 2 hours after sunset on the 22nd). The Báb was the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh. His mission was to prepare the world for the coming of Bahá'u'lláh and he declared it in the evening of May 22 1844. The Báb was later imprisoned and executed for his beliefs and...

(This Tablet is read at the Shrines of Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb. It is also frequently used in commemorating Their anniversaries.) The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art the...

O Thou kind Lord! Thou hast created all humanity from the same stock. Thou hast decreed that all shall belong to the same household. In Thy Holy Presence they are all Thy servants, and all mankind are sheltered beneath Thy Tabernacle; all have gathered together at Thy Table of Bounty; all are...

O MY CHILDREN! I fear lest, bereft of the melody of the dove of heaven, ye will sink back to the shades of utter loss, and, never having gazed upon the beauty of the rose, return to water and clay. - Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, Persian #13 Consider those who rejected the...

Baha'i communities around the world will be observing the "The Festival of Ridvan" starting April 20th this coming weekend and among the activities will be electing Local Spiritual Assemblies and holding conventions to elect National Spiritual Assemblies in 180 countries around the globe...

God is the All-Glorious. This is one of the Names of God. `Abdu’l-Bahá clarifies that that “created things can only be known through their attributes and not in their essence, the reality of the Divinity, too, must be unknown with regard to its essence and known only with respect to its...

For Baha'is Naw-Ruz marks the end of the Fast and the beginning of the new year.. which in this case is the year 181 of the Baha'i era. Baha'is observe Naw-Ruz as a Holy Day Baha’is all over the world will celebrate Naw-Ruz as the annual, celebratory feast of renewal, the spiritual and physical...

A general summary can be found at Wikipedia: Laws concerning fasting[edit] There are laws and practices associated with the Nineteen Day Fast that were established by Baháʼu'lláh in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, his book of laws.[3] The period of fasting begins with the termination of the Intercalary...

Loftiness of God, His Word and His Cause Reading 1. HE IS GOD, EXALTED IS HE, THE LORD OF MAJESTY AND POWER A praise which is exalted above every mention or description beseemeth the Adored One, the Possessor of all things visible and invisible, Who hath enabled the Primal Point to reveal...