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I was born and raised as a Baha’i. However, I was about five when I told my parents for the first time I wasn’t a Baha’i. We were driving home from Baha’i school, and I remember turning to my mom and saying to her, I’m not going to be a Baha’i when I grow up. She looked at me, and said, we will see. It has been over 25 years now, and here I am, not a Baha’i. I was about 16 when I really started to question everything, and was quite open about it with my family.
During Abdu'l-Baha's visit to London in 1911, he had the following interaction with a Christian...
A student of the modern methods of the higher criticism asked ‘Abdu’l-Bahá if he would do well to continue in the church with which he had been associated all his life, and whose language was full of meaning to him. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá answered: “You must not dissociate yourself from it. Know this; the Kingdom of God is not in any Society; some seekers go through many Societies as a traveler goes through many cities till he reach his destination. If you belong to a Society already do not forsake your brothers. You can be a Baha’i-Christian, a Bahá’í-Freemason, a Baha’i-Jew, a Bahá’í-Muḥammadán. The number nine contains eight, and seven, and all the other numbers, and does not deny any of them. Do not distress or deny anyone by saying ‘He is not a Baha’i!’
Shoghí Effendí Rabbání (March 1, 1897 – November 4, 1957), better known as Shoghi Effendi, was the Guardian and appointed head of the Bahá’í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957.
After the death of Abdu’l Baha in 1921, Shoghi Effendi was referred to as the Guardian of the faith by the Haifan Bahais. After his death, the Universal House of Justice took over both as the executive and legislative authority of the faith.
Ridvan-If this is such an important event; why are different years given on this?
Written by Super UserThe date of Baha'u'llah's declaration is fixed by Nabil, the follower of Baha in his chronological poem. He says the claim was made when Baha was fifty years old, which would be A. D. 1866-67 (Journal Royal Asiatic Society, 1889, pp. 983-990). Mirza Abu'l-Fazl, the famous Baha'i missionary, confirms this date, in his Istidlaliyya (Journal Royal Asiatic Society, October, 1892, p. 703, note 1).
Rigid hierarchy has taken over Baha'i faith, dissidents say
Written by Super User...but conservative leaders maintain that orthodoxy has not been altered.
Elder & Miller Kitab-i-Aqdas reveals the truth about the Baha'i Faith
Written by Super UserThis is the suppressed Elder & Miller translation of the Baha'i "Book of Laws."
It is a more honest and accurate translation than the one belatedly offered by the Baha'i administration 120 years late. The latter ("The Kitab-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book") contains obfuscations and distortions designed to protect the fortunes of the Baha'i Faith and preventing the book to cause a drastic falloff in membership, as the text reveals a great disparity between the original message of the founder and what later came to be sold as "The Baha'i Faith." The Elder translation is an important document in the continuing saga of Baha'i efforts to both obscure and alter their own original foundations and texts.
Ali bin Abu Talib (A.S.) was the cousin and son-in-Law of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.). It is outside the scope of this presentation to record the numerous achievements and merits of Imam Ali (A.S.). His exalted personality is such that even the most learned scholars are at a loss to fathom his greatness.
I need some advice. My family has strong roots to the Baha’i religion . Both my mom and dad left Iran at a young age during the Iranian revolution to practice their religion in America .