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Ayyam-i-Ha is a multiple-day Baha’i festival that is joyously celebrated in countries and territories all over the world. It typically falls around the end of February and beginning of March (with the recent worldwide implementation of the Baha’i or Badi calendar the exact dates of Ayyam-i-Ha...

A compilation from the Baha'i writings on the topic of Dominion ( Mulk ) - a Baha'i Feast devotional program. 1. O God, Who art the Author of all Manifestations, the Source of all Sources, the Fountain-Head of all Revelations, and the Well-Spring of all Lights! I testify that by Thy Name the...

By Him Who is the Great Announcement! The All-Merciful is come invested with undoubted sovereignty. The Balance hath been appointed, and all them that dwell on earth have been gathered together. The Trumpet hath been blown, and lo, all eyes have stared up with terror, and the hearts of all who...

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I give Thee thanks inasmuch as Thou hast called me into being in Thy days, and infused into me Thy love and Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee, by Thy name whereby the goodly pearls of Thy wisdom and Thine utterance were brought forth out of the treasuries of the...

O SON OF BEING! With the hands of power I made thee and with the fingers of strength I created thee; and within thee have I placed the essence of My light. Be thou content with it and seek naught else, for My work is perfect and My command is binding. Question it not, nor have a doubt thereof...

…Historically, the Day of the Covenant was established by ‘Abdu’l-Baha in order to discontinue the practice of early believers who, on their own initiative, used to celebrate his birthday. …‘Abdu’l-Baha was born on May 22, 1844, which, in fact, was the very same night that the Bab declared his...

O COMPANION OF MY THRONE! Hear no evil, and see no evil, abase not thyself, neither sigh and weep. Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great; and wish not the abasement of anyone, that thine own...

There's a Youtube about the Baha'i calendar:

Thanks for your question Talib-al-kalim! As to prayer Baha'is have three obligatory prayers ... a short, medium or long obligatory prayer... Baha'is are free to choose the prayer they wish to use and the prayer is recited alone and not in congregation. Fasting is refraining from food and...

He Who leadeth to true victory is come. By the righteousness of God! He is fully capable of revolutionizing the world through the power of a single Word. Having enjoined upon all men to observe wisdom, He Himself hath adhered to the cord of patience and resignation. (Baha'u'llah: Tablets of...

Early life of Baha'u'llah: Born in Tehran, Iran on 12 November, 1817, Mirza Husayn-‘Alí enjoyed all the advantages conferred by noble birth. From a very early age, He displayed extraordinary knowledge and wisdom. As a young man, rather than pursuing a career in government service as His father...

The Birth of the Bab is a Baha'i Holy Day and observed this year on October 16th. Work and school attendance are suspended and communities gather for prayers. I've added a summary of the life of the Bab below: The Báb was the Herald of the Bahá’í Faith THE LIFE OF THE BÁB: The Báb, which...

Birth of the Báb In the name of the One born on this day, Him Whom God hath made to be the Herald of His Name, the Almighty, the All-Loving! This is a Tablet We have addressed unto that night wherein the heavens and the earth were illumined by a Light that cast its radiance over the entire...

We have decreed, O people, that the highest and last end of all learning be the recognition of Him Who is the Object of all knowledge; and yet, behold how ye have allowed your learning to shut you out, as by a veil, from Him Who is the Dayspring of this Light, through Whom every hidden thing...

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 and...

O Thou Who dealest equitably with all who are in heaven and on earth, and rulest over the kingdom of Thy creation and of Thy Revelation! I testify that every man of equity hath recognized his unfairness in the face of the revelation of the splendors of the Day-Star of Thy Justice, and the ablest...

"Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping. By sacrificing Himself, however, a fresh capacity was infused into all created things. Its evidences, as witnessed in all the peoples of the earth, are now manifest before thee. The...

Martyrdom of the Báb: July 9th – 10th From the evening of Tuesday, July 9th to the evening of Wednesday, July 10th, Baha’is around the world will observe the Martyrdom of the Báb. This holiday commemorates the 1850 execution of the co-founder of the Baha’i faith, the Báb, in Persia. It is one of...

The Month of Kalimat / Words: "The Word of God hath set the heart of the world afire; how regrettable if ye fail to be enkindled with its flame!" [Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, page no. 147] The month of Kalimat (Word) is beginning soon. In the Book of Certitude (§ 104 and...

A compilation from the Baha'i writings on the topic of Mercy (Rahmat) - a Baha'i Feast devotional program. 1. Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I can discover no one in Thy realm who can befittingly turn unto Thee, or is able to adequately hearken unto what hath gone out of the mouth of Thy...