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Yes we call it "Progress Revelation": https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-concept-progressive-revelation/ and https://bahai-library.com/stockman_encyclopedia_progressive_revelation

An excerpt from an article in Wikipedia... Baháʼís believe in Muhammad as a prophet of God, and in the Qurʼan as the Prophet of God. Bahá'í teachings "affirm that Islam is a true religion revealed by Allah"; accordingly, members of the faith can give full assent to the traditional words of the...

Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee, by Thy signs that have encompassed the entire creation, and by the light of Thy countenance that hath illuminated all that are in heaven and on earth, and by Thy mercy that hath surpassed all created things, and by Thy grace that hath suffused...

Thanks again for posting Cino... As a reference to the "correspondence addressed to William" you can read part of it at https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullah-warns-germany-russia-and-the-pope/

Thanks for your post Cino. Before WWI and shortly afterward the international community was transforming into a more responsive body. There was an Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mohonk_Conference_on_International_Arbitration that began...

Baha'is generally observe the passing of Baha'u'llah in the early morning hours of May 29th. The day is a Baha'i Holy Day on which work/school is suspended. On May 29, 1892, shortly before dawn began to break, Baha’u’llah passed on from this mortal life and His spirit was finally “released from...

The following article is from The Declaration of the Bab and His Station - Baha'i Blog In the Persian city of Shiraz on May 22, 1844, the Bab declared His mission to a young man named Mulla Husayn, who had been searching tirelessly with his companions for the coming of the Promised One. The Bab...

May 23rd is The Declaration of the Bab a Baha'i Holy Day on which work and school are suspended. The Declaration of the Bab occurred in His home in Shiraz, Iran in 1844 which was destroyed in 1979 and the video is of the rooms where it occurred:

The Baha'i Feasts can be held after sunset on May 16th to sunset on May 17th as the Baha'i day begins and ends on sunset on the Baha'i calendar. From a compilation from the Baha'i writings on the topic of Grandeur (`Azamat) - a Baha'i Feast devotional program. 1. Praised be Thou, O my God...

Some selection of prayers for the Feast of Jalal (Glory): XXI Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have set my face towards Thy Cause, believing in Thy oneness, acknowledging Thy unity, recognizing Thy sovereignty and the power of Thy might, and...

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 Manifestation of Grandeur, and the King of Eternity, and the Lord of all who are in heaven and on earth! I testify that through Thee the...

(The month of 'Ala' is the last month of the Baha'i year and is a month of Fasting for those who are between fifteen and seventy years of age. Fasting involves abstaining from food and drink between sunrise and sunset. See the following site for details: Fasting | Devotion | The Life of the...

Thanks for your question Cino! Tomorrow February 25th late in the afternoon Baha'is and their friends will be meeting in a nearby community at a Park. We'll exchange snacks and treats and some gifts for children. The next day Saturday February 26th we'll have a family Ayyam-i-Ha Party at...

AYYAM-I-HA is coming up.... this year Ayyam-i-Ha is observed between February 25th until March 1st actually five days this year... "Baha'u'llah, the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith, about a century and a half ago, said of Ayyam-i-Ha: "It behoveth the people of Baha, throughout these...

I'm starting a thread on the Baha'i Calendar as the Calendar is a "center piece" of Baha'i community life. The Baha'i calendar is a solar calendar and the next three or four Baha'i months are particularly active wityh Fasting, voting for Baha'i administrative institutions from local to national...

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...

Thanks for your post Thomas... I've been busy of late but the photos of the resting place of Shoghi Effendi in London are indeed lovely! Thanks for posting them. Art

“Praised be Thou, therefore, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast graciously enabled us to recognize Him and to acknowledge whatsoever hath been sent down unto Him, and conferred upon us the honor of attaining the presence of the One Whom Thou didst promise in Thy Book and in Thy Tablets.”...