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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Uplifting Words

Nov 10, 2022
3 min

Marion Jack

Marion Jack, “immortal heroine,” “shining example to pioneers,” passed from this life on March 25, 1954.

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Prominent figures mentioning the Baha'i Faith

Uplifting Words

Oct 25, 2022
1 min

Prominent figures mentioning the Baha'i Faith

9 prominent figures talk about the Baha'i Faith.

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Uplifting Words

Oct 14, 2021
3 min

Louis Gregory & Race Unity

In 1912, American society practiced strict racial segregation. Blacks or “coloreds” as they were then known were second class citizens.

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Uplifting Words

Jun 8, 2021
5 min

Mullá Sádiq-i-Khurásání

Mullá Sádiq-i-Khurásání. 'Sádiq' meaning 'truthful', Bahá'u'lláh entitled him Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq (the Name of God, the Most Truthful).

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Uplifting Words

Apr 28, 2021
4 min

Early Baha'i Heroines

The Bahá'í writings offer a potent vision of the qualities for which women must strive and the changes they can effect in the world.

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29 Images and Videos of the Great Bernard Leach

Uplifting Words

Nov 11, 2020
1 min

29 Images and Videos of the Great Bernard Leach

Bernard Leach was born in 1887 in Hong Kong and raised in Japan and Singapore.

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Pioneering pottery sought unity of East and West

Uplifting Words

Oct 29, 2020
5 min

Pioneering pottery sought unity of East and West

One hundred years ago, two potters—one English, the other Japanese—embarked upon a creative enterprise with the aim of uniting the art.

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Uplifting Words

Aug 21, 2020
4 min

Ruhu'llah

The name "Ruhu'llah" literally means "Spirit of God" and is the title by which Jesus Christ is known in much of the Arabic-speaking world.

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Uplifting Words

Aug 11, 2020
3 min

Badi'

Badi' was the title of Mírzá Áqá Buzurg-i-Nishapuri, also known by the title the Pride of Martyrs.

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Uplifting Words

Aug 7, 2020
5 min

Mirza Mihdi, the Purest Branch

Mírzá Mihdí, the Purest Branch, was the youngest child of Baháʼu'lláh and his wife Ásíyih Khánum.

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Uplifting Words

Aug 4, 2020
4 min

Leroy Ioas

One of the most important figures in the history of the Baha'i Faith is Leroy Ioas.

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Uplifting Words

Jun 22, 2020
1 min

3 Prominent African American Baha'is

In the history of the Baha'i Faith, there are thousands of eminent and important figures.

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Khadijih Bagum - 'Only Tahirih Surpassed Her'

Uplifting Words

Apr 6, 2020
4 min

Khadijih Bagum - 'Only Tahirih Surpassed Her'

The wife of the Báb, was not only the first person to recognise the Station of her husband but also instantly recognised Bahá'u'lláh.

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Spiritual conquerors of this wide, brown land

Uplifting Words

Mar 9, 2020
4 min

Spiritual conquerors of this wide, brown land

Australia will begin celebrations marking the centenary of Clara and Hyde Dunn's arrival in Australia to promote the Cause of Baha'u'llah.

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Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois - Designer of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette

Uplifting Words

Feb 20, 2020
4 min

Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois - Designer of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette

In 1907, Wilhelm was going to visit 'Abdu'l-Baha and Bourgeois asked him to take with him a copy to Him.

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Uplifting Words

Feb 16, 2020
2 min

Who is Zahrá Bagum

Referred to in the Writings as 'Ukht Haram' [sister of the wife of the Báb].

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Uplifting Words

Jan 28, 2020
7 min

Khadíjih-Bagum

In the Kitáb-i-Badí Bahá'u'lláh extols the virtues and exalted station of the wife of the Bab, Khadíjih-Bagum.

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Uplifting Words

Oct 7, 2019
3 min

Vahid

This is a story of how the wisest Persian investigated the new Faith.

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Uplifting Words

Sep 23, 2019
2 min

Robert Turner

Robert Turner (1855-1909) was one of 19 Disciples of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the first African American Baha’i in America.

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Uplifting Words

Sep 17, 2019
2 min

The Sifter of Wheat

This is a story of a humble youth who became a hero and a martyr. This is a story of Mulla Muhammad Ja'far.

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