All Baha'i Articles on Uplifting Words

Uplifting Words

Nov 26, 2019
3 min

Materialism and Sacrifice

It isn't easy to see how we can move through life with our appetite for wealth and material goods growing daily.

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Jul 11, 2019
7 min

Early life of the Bab

Purity of heart and moral courage were matched by an idealism with which most Western observers could also readily identify.

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Jul 11, 2019
9 min

The Mission of the Báb

Retrospective 1844-1994.

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Professor Edward Granville Browne meets `Abdu'l-Baha

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Jan 15, 2019
1 min

Professor Edward Granville Browne meets `Abdu'l-Baha

The distinguished orientalist, the late Professor Edward G. Browne, of the University of Cambridge, visited `Abdu'l-Baha in the year...

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Jan 7, 2019
7 min

The Mansion of Bahjí

In the summer of 1879, there occurred one of those natural disasters for which Akka was the frequent host, an epidemic of plague erupted....

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Mansion of Mazra‘ih - a Baha'i Holy Place

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Jan 3, 2019
6 min

Mansion of Mazra‘ih - a Baha'i Holy Place

In spring 1877 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá obtained permission from the owners of a pine grove near the Mansion of Bahjí to host a banquet for the notables

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A Tribute to the Greatest Holy Leaf, Bahiyyih Khanum

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Dec 31, 2018
25 min

A Tribute to the Greatest Holy Leaf, Bahiyyih Khanum

By Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum' THE outstanding heroine of the Bahá`í Dispensation.' Thus does the Guardian characterize his illustrious...

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Dec 31, 2018
2 min

House of `Abbud

What is now known as the House of `Abbud in `Akka is in two parts: the eastern part, the house of `Udi Khammar, and the house of `Abbud.

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Shoghi Effendi - The Guardian of the Baha'i Faith

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Dec 30, 2018
3 min

Shoghi Effendi - The Guardian of the Baha'i Faith

The Era of the Guardian : The Work of Shoghi Effendi On 28 November 1921, `Abdu'l-Bahá passed away peacefully in His sleep. Like His...

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Uplifting Words

Dec 27, 2018
7 min

Bahá'u'lláh

Messenger of God Bahá'u'lláh's writings offer answers to the timeless theological and philosophical questions that have plagued humanity...

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Dec 27, 2018
4 min

The Bab & the Babi Movement

Why Baha'is say their faith was founded in 1844 The early nineteenth century was a period of messianic expectations in many lands. Deeply...

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Dec 26, 2018
3 min

`Abdu'l-Baha: The Master

In retrospect, it became clear that from the start Baha'u'llah had carefully prepared `Abdu'l-Baha to succeed Him. He was born on May 23,...

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Dec 26, 2018
3 min

'Abdu'l-Baha - The Exemplar

The question of religious succession after a Messenger passes away has been crucial to all faiths. Failure to resolve this issue has...

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Professor Edward Granville Browne meets Bahá’u’lláh

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Dec 26, 2018
3 min

Professor Edward Granville Browne meets Bahá’u’lláh

In April 1890 Professor Edward Granville Browne of Cambridge University met Bahá’u’lláh in four successive interviews. Professor Browne...

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Baha'u'llah in the Prison Barracks of Akka

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Dec 24, 2018
4 min

Baha'u'llah in the Prison Barracks of Akka

During Baha'u'llah's imprisonment in the barracks, visitors were rigidly excluded making some pilgrims arduous travels even more bitter...

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