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See CEBF, Burh ́an, Lawh.-i\u0026#39;; \u0026#39;Epistle to the Son of the Wolf \u0026#39;; and \u0026#39;Wolf\u0026#39; and \u0026#39;the Son of the Wolf\u0026#39;, loc. cit. 21 On Zayn, see H. M. Balyuzi, Eminent Bah ́a ́ıs in Bah ́aull ́ah and the Emergence of the Bahai \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e 31."},{"page_id":"PA35","page_number":"35","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e, c. 1866–92 Following Bah ́aull ́ah and the Emergence of the Bahai \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e 35."},{"page_id":"PA38","page_number":"38","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, according them particular respect and giving them an effective local leadership position on his behalf – effectively they were full-time employees of the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e and were able to devote considerable energies to its propagation. In\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA39","page_number":"39","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. AmajorcontributiontothisdevelopingBaha ivisionoftheirmissionwas Abb ́asEffendi\u0026#39;s[ Abdu l-Bah ́a\u0026#39;s]\u0026#39;TreatiseonCivilization\u0026#39;–nowcommonly known by its English title, The Secret of Divine Civilization, essentially a\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA44","page_number":"44","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. Those who broke this covenant, such as Muh.ammad-Ali and his associates, were denounced as \u0026#39;Covenant- breakers\u0026#39;. Abdul-Bah ́a came to liken them to the carriers of a spiritual disease, eventually excommunicating them from the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA45","page_number":"45","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e; outlined the system to be employed for the election of the Universal House of Justice referred to by Bah ́aull ́ah; and excludedMuh.ammad- Al ́ıfromthesuccessiononaccountofhisCovenant- breaking. 2. abdu l-bah ́a\u0026#39;s work and legacy\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA46","page_number":"46","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. Abdul-Bah ́a\u0026#39;s legacy for the Bahai \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e is multi-faceted. A strong and effective leader, he shepherded the Bahais through the potentially difficult period following the death of Bah ́aull ́ah. All new \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e movements are\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA50","page_number":"50","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e as an international \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e movement able to attract followersfromawiderangeofreligiousandculturalbackgrounds.Although these new Bahais, mostly Westerners, were not numerous, they were often intensely active and had a major\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA51","page_number":"51","snippet_text":"Peter Smith. and played the major role in the early \u003cb\u003eintroduction\u003c/b\u003e of the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e to other countries. The Hearst pilgrimage had already led to the formation of small Bahai groups in Paris and London, and more groups were now established in\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA52","page_number":"52","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e and social concerns in Bahai terms in his conversations with Western pilgrims, his letters to the Western Bahais, and his public talks during his tours of Europe and America.16 Given the ease with which Bahai literature could\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA53","page_number":"53","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eReligious\u003c/b\u003e, racial, political, national and class prejudices are destructive and based on ignorance, they cause ... \u003cb\u003ean overview\u003c/b\u003e of Bahai social teachings and placed the attainment of international peace within the context of the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA55","page_number":"55","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e passed to his eldest grandson, Shoghi Effendi Rabb ́an ́ı(1897–1957), the eldest son of Abdu l-Bah ́a\u0026#39;sdaughter,D. iy ́a iyyih(Ziaiyyih)Kh ́anum(d. 1951)and M ́ırz ́a H ́ad ́ıSh ́ır ́az ́ıAfn ́an (d. 1955), a great nephew of the B\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA56","page_number":"56","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e, the mass of the Bahais obediently acknowledged the appointment and rallied round Shoghi as a new focal centre. In addition to appointing Shoghi Effendi as his immediate successor, Abdul-Bah ́a\u0026#39;s Will outlined a new system of\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA61","page_number":"61","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e by exercising vigilance for attacks from its external and internal enemies. The third institution – a new one – was that of the Auxiliary Boards, whose members were to act as the \u0026#39;deputies, assistants and advisors\u0026#39; to the Hands\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA67","page_number":"67","snippet_text":"... (Oxford: George Ronald, 1992), pp. 347–49. 16 Smith, Babi and \u003cb\u003eBaha i\u003c/b\u003e Religions, pp. 124–5. 17 See CEBF, \u0026#39; ́Av ́arih\u0026#39;, loc. cit. The guardianship and the Universal House of Justice are the The Guardianship of Shoghi Effendi, 1922–57 67."},{"page_id":"PA71","page_number":"71","snippet_text":"... rival groups. See CEBF, \u0026#39;Remeyite groups and organizations\u0026#39;, loc. cit. Most of the key members were Americans. permanent headship of the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e(inOctober 1963, it declared that it 71 The Universal House of Justice, 1963– ..."},{"page_id":"PA75","page_number":"75","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, increase their commitment, and enhance their experience of Bahai community life. To this end, in addition to its own letters to the Bahais on such topics, the House has arranged for the production of compilations of Bahai\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA76","page_number":"76","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e practices (e.g. gaining state recognition for Bahai marriage registration and having the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e included in educational courses on world religions). The House\u0026#39;s first global proclamation campaign was launched in October 1967\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA77","page_number":"77","snippet_text":"Peter Smith. A second major element of Bahai external affairs has been the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u0026#39;s\u003c/b\u003e growing involvementwiththe UnitedNationsand itsagencies, particularly throughthe workofthe\u0026#39;Baha iInternational Community\u0026#39;(BIC)asa body representing the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA78","page_number":"78","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e was clearly established as an international \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e movement but growth was relatively slow and most Bahai ... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e has begun to assume the characteristics of a genuinely global religion. 1. up to 1953 As a \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA79","page_number":"79","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e in Latin America and the Caribbean (1937–53), and later in those areas of post-war Western Europe in which there were few or no Bahais (1946–53); those of India and Burma being directed to Southeast Asia (1946–53); the Iranians to\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA80","page_number":"80","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds: worldwide, over 2000 (2,112) tribes and ethnic groups were represented in the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e by the mid-1990s.3 Concomitantly, there is now a much greater range of cultural expressions of \u0026#39;being Bahai\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA82","page_number":"82","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e into poorer rural social milieux, Baha isocio-economic developmentand educational programmes have come to constitute a significant part of Bahai activity in recent years. Normally made available to non-Bahais as well as to Baha is\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA84","page_number":"84","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. Iran itself, of course, remains a sacred land for the Bahais, both as the birthplace of their \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e and as the site of numerous Bahai holy places. By the time of Shoghi Effendi\u0026#39;s accession, a Bahai community had been in existence\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA85","page_number":"85","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e between 1956 and 1977), but they were not allowed to have any kind of public voice. They were allowed to organize their own activities, but were not allowed to combat the activities of various anti-Bahai groups which were able to\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA86","page_number":"86","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, contributing significantly to the energy and cultural life of Bahai communities around the world and serving in the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u0026#39;s\u003c/b\u003e international administration. The number of emigres naturally increased. 9 Smith, \u0026#39;A note on Babi and\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA87","page_number":"87","snippet_text":"Peter Smith. the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u0026#39;s\u003c/b\u003e international administration. The number of emigres naturally increased with the Revolution, many thousands of ... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u0026#39;s\u003c/b\u003e wider \u0026#39;Islamic Heartland\u0026#39; experienced various difficultiesduring the 1920sand 1930s\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA88","page_number":"88","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, or even often to defend themselves publicly against misrepresentation and abuse. In this regard, the fact that the Bahais\u0026#39; world headquarters is in what has now become the state of Israel has been a particular difficulty, leading\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA89","page_number":"89","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, particularly in the United States, but numerical expansion was slow (by 1936, the U.S. Census reported a population of 2,584 (fewer than in 1916), and by 1947, there were still only 5,000 or so Bahais in North America as a whole\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA90","page_number":"90","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u0026#39;s\u003c/b\u003e internationalist and pacifist stance (1937). Elsewhere, there were Bahais scattered across the rest of Europe, but their numbers were tiny, despite teaching visits from North America Bahais; frequent participation at Esperanto\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA93","page_number":"93","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. This was an impressive achievement for essentially twelve years of Bahai activity. Significantly, newly converted African Bahais were already beginning to play an important role in the further progress of the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e and in 1957, a\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA94","page_number":"94","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e in Malwa: A Study of a Contemporary \u003cb\u003eReligious\u003c/b\u003e Movement\u0026#39; (Australian National University, 1975), and Steve L. Garrigues, \u0026#39;The Bahais of Malwa: Identity and Change Among the Urban Bahais of Central India\u0026#39; (University of Lucknow\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA95","page_number":"95","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e stanceofthenewCommunistgovernmentprecludedanysuchresumption. Then, during the Ten Year Crusade, sustained teaching began in South Korea and Taiwan. Given the strong anti-\u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e policies adopted in the new communist states\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA99","page_number":"99","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e is a religion of \u0026#39;the Word\u0026#39;, and its teachingsarederivedfromwrittenmaterial–ofteninthehandofthewriter, sometimes in that of a secretary – and there is now an extensive archive of original writings which comprise the religion\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA100","page_number":"100","snippet_text":"Peter Smith. instructionsandthenreadandapprovedbytheprincipal.Theterms\u0026#39;\u003cb\u003eBaha i\u003c/b\u003e scriptures\u0026#39; and \u0026#39;sacred texts\u0026#39; are sometimes used to refer to the writings of the B ́ab, Bah ́aull ́ah, and Abdul-Bah ́a. ExplicitlyexcludedfromtheofficialBaha\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA101","page_number":"101","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e (including of its writings), and it is official policy that translations into most other languages are made from Shoghi Effendi\u0026#39;s English rather than the Persian and Arabic originals. Shoghi Effendi\u0026#39;s translations are also\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA102","page_number":"102","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e of Bah ́aull ́ah, A World Religion (1947). 8. Citadel of \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e: Messages to America, 1947–1957 (1965). 9. Messages to Canada (1965). 10. Messages to the Bah ́a ́ı World, 1950–1957 ([1958] 1971) 9 Collins lists 2,819 items in\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA103","page_number":"103","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e to the Bah ́a ́ıs of Germany and Austria (1982–85). 14. Messages ofShoghi Effendi to the Indian Subcontinent, 1923–1957 ([1970] 1995). 15. Messages to the Antipodes: Communications from Shoghi Effendi to the Bah ́a ́ı Communities\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA104","page_number":"104","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e if these views diverge from their own. They should alsorememberthatthemeaning ofthewordofGodcanneverbeexhausted (whichimpliesthatdifferentviewscanbesimultaneously\u0026#39;correct\u0026#39;),andthat individualunderstandingarenotfixedand\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA105","page_number":"105","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eintroduction\u003c/b\u003e to the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e by the Scots Bahai John Esselemont (Bah ́aull ́ah and the New Era), first published in 1923 – have had a significant impact on popular Bahai understandings of the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, but none of them have any authoritative\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA107","page_number":"107","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e, they also each have their own mission, message, and human individuality. Again, as the channels through which human beings approach the divine, they may claim to be the very voice of God, or they may refer to themselves as mere\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA109","page_number":"109","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e itself – could claim to be the final revelation of God to man, and God would continue to \u0026#39;send down\u0026#39; his messengers to humanity until \u0026#39;the end that hath no end\u0026#39;, and they would \u0026#39;unfold\u0026#39; an \u0026#39;ever-increasing\u0026#39; measure of Divine\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA115","page_number":"115","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e concerns are beyond human understanding and \u003cb\u003edefinition\u003c/b\u003e, but also may enable the divergent views to be reconciled. Bah ́a ull ́ah himself regarded different understandings of the nature of creation as occurring because of\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA124","page_number":"124","snippet_text":"Peter Smith. chapter 10. The. Bahai. \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. and. Other. Religions. For Bahais, the mission of Bah ́aull ́ah and the development of the Bahai \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e form part of a single overarching history of religion on this planet. According to Bahai belief\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA125","page_number":"125","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e emerged. We may also note that many elements of Bahai belief and practice clearly have Islamic antecedents. This said, the Bahai \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e also takes a clear and often distinctive stance on many aspects of Muslim belief and practice\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA126","page_number":"126","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e from Islam is the belief that the line of divine messengers has not ended and that Islamic messianic expectation have been fulfilled. Specifically, the Qur ́anic statement that Muh.ammad was the \u0026#39;Seal of the Prophets\u0026#39; is\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA127","page_number":"127","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e spread initially in Muslim societies and most early Bahais were originally of Shii Muslim background, Bahai teaching endeavour amongst Muslims has generally been extremely circumspect given the real prospects of persecution of\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA128","page_number":"128","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e as the fulfilment of Christian prophecy include those by Ruth J. Moffett, New Keys to the Book of Revelation, 2nd ed. (New Delhi: Bahai Publishing Trust, 1980); Robert F. Riggs, The Apocalypse Unsealed (New York: Philosophical\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA129","page_number":"129","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e in the hearts of his disciples after the shock of his martyrdom. His followers became animated by the Holy ... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e (Oxford: George Ronald, 1993). On Hinduism, see P. N. Mishra, Kalki Avatar (New Delhi: Bahai Publishing\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA130","page_number":"130","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e and Hinduism is the Hindu belief in a succession of avatars (descents of deities in human and animal form) ... \u003cb\u003eAn Introduction\u003c/b\u003e to the Bah ́a ́ı \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e for Theravada Buddhists (Oxford: George Ronald, 1995). 7 See particularly\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA131","page_number":"131","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e in popular Hindu terms and the de-emphasis of Islamic terminology being noted as significant factors of appeal.7 Indigenous Religions Although now increasingly overlain or replaced by more universal \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e systems, such as\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA133","page_number":"133","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eBaha\u0026#39;i\u003c/b\u003e social teachings under five main headings: world peace and unity; social order and justice; the role and advancement of women; education; and socio-economic development. First, however, we should look briefly at the \u003cb\u003eBaha\u0026#39;i\u003c/b\u003e\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA140","page_number":"140","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e and moral motivation and principle, but the \u0026#39;secular\u0026#39; goalsofgoodgovernance;theruleoflaw;andtheprotectionofthepoorand downtrodden are also essential. In this regard, justice is a divine quality. Without it, tyranny, corruption\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA154","page_number":"154","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. This would give them greater strength. They should turn away from ideas which weakened the soul, such as fear of future wars and of death. No one knew what the future held in their present life, but \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e in an afterlife lessened\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA157","page_number":"157","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, modern- day identity as a Bahai requires social recognition as a member of a particular Bahai community. There are undoubtedly a wider circle of people who are sympathizers and friends of the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, and there are some who whilst\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA158","page_number":"158","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. Bahais who reject any of the recognized succession of Bahai leaders may be expelled from the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, whilst those who break certain Bahai laws may be deprived of their rights to vote in Bahai elections and participate in some\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA161","page_number":"161","snippet_text":""},{"page_id":"PA162","page_number":"162","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, unity with others, and on behalf of children, parents, and spouses. There are prayers which may be said on awakening and going to sleep, or when embarking on a journey, or holding a meeting, and special prayers for marriage cer\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA164","page_number":"164","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e (at the present time the Universal House of Justice). Paymentof H. uq ́uqwasatfirstmostlyconfinedtotheBaha isoftheMid- dle East, this being one of a number of \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e laws that were deliberately not applied universally\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA165","page_number":"165","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e. Bahais who are considering marriage are urged to gain a thorough understanding of their prospective partner\u0026#39;s character beforehand and not to marry purely for reasons of physical attraction. Middle Eastern Bahais are subject to\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA170","page_number":"170","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e is relatively unritualistic in both official and popular \u003cb\u003ereligious\u003c/b\u003e practices.18 The daily obligatory prayers and the ablutions that proceedthemareformalrites,asaretherequireddailyrecitaloftheGreatest Name and the simple versessaid\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA171","page_number":"171","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e or violate 20 \u003cb\u003eBaha i\u003c/b\u003e pioneers to societies in which \u0026#39;tribal\u0026#39; people traditionally wore few or no clothes were advised to be tolerant of local practices which were compatible with Bahai morality and not to insist on changes in \u0026#39;non\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA173","page_number":"173","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. This is an extreme measure and is quite rare. A second form of effective expulsion has occurred recently with particular individuals being declared notto beBaha isany longer, normally on account of their intellectual opposition\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA174","page_number":"174","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e; or if the individual has ignored repeated warnings, should the assembly then deprive them of theirrights.26 Iftheindividuallaterrectifiestheirconduct,thentheyarewelcometoapply for the restoration of their rights. 26 In practice\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA175","page_number":"175","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. Many of its major features were delineated by Shoghi Effendi, who envisioned it evolving into the future in an organic fashion and as the basis for an eventual \u0026#39;Bahai World Commonwealth\u0026#39;. 1. the \u0026#39;rulers\u0026#39; and \u0026#39;learned\u0026#39; A\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA176","page_number":"176","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e Assistants to the members of the Auxiliary Boards Institutions of the Learned Advice and encouragement Figure 5 The general structure of present-day Bahai administration, from P. Smith, A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bah ́a ́ı \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA180","page_number":"180","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e, dedicating themselves \u0026#39;to the education of the world\u0026#39; and \u0026#39;the edification of its peoples\u0026#39;.9 Later, both Abdul-Bah ́a and Shoghi Effendi made use of eminent Iranian Bahai \u0026#39;learned\u0026#39; as propagandists and \u0026#39;trouble-shooters\u0026#39; both in\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA188","page_number":"188","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eBaha i\u003c/b\u003e(Bad ́ı, \u0026#39;wondrous\u0026#39;) calendar first devised by the B ́ab and subsequentlyamendedslightly by Bah ́aull ́ah. Beginning atthespring equinox– the ancient Iranian new year (Naw-R ́uz, Pers. \u0026#39;New Day\u0026#39;), normally 21 March, the year is\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA189","page_number":"189","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eBaha i\u003c/b\u003e calendar. Naw-R ́uz is also the ancient Zoroastrian new year, and is still celebrated as the new year in Iran, Kurdistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It occurs on the first day of the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA190","page_number":"190","snippet_text":""},{"page_id":"PA195","page_number":"195","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. OfthetraditionalIranianarts,three–religiouschanting,religiouspoetry, and calligraphy – were particularly valued by the Central Figures of the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e and remain a strong part of the Babi-Iranian Bahai tradition. Thus, amongst the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA198","page_number":"198","snippet_text":"... mission of expansion The Bahai \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e is a \u0026#39;missionary\u0026#39; religion in the sense both of advocating energetic endeavour on the part of its adherents to \u0026#39;promote the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e\u0026#39; and gainnewadherentsandinseeingplannedexpansionasacentralobjectiveor\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA199","page_number":"199","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c/b\u003e. Effective organization has long been stressed, with systematic expansion plans a characteristic of the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. Practicalities, such as the need for pioneers and travel teachers to learn the language of the people they wished to\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA200","page_number":"200","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. Beyond this, Shoghi Effendi also encouraged the Bahais to undertake formal study of the history, teachings and administration of the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e; strive to better understand the significance of Bah ́aull ́ah\u0026#39;s revelation; and to widen\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA208","page_number":"208","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e. This appeal is multifaceted. Thus, learning more about the \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e is linked to the belief that true religion can be supported by rational proofs, and so to both the lifelong project of \u0026#39;deepening\u0026#39; and becoming a more committed and\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA209","page_number":"209","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eFaith\u003c/b\u003e and its ideals to a wider intellectual audience and to explore the implications and possible application of the Bahai teachings in all aspects of human life, including social issues, moral education, the search for a global ethic\u0026nbsp;..."}],"search_query_escaped":"An introduction to the Baha\u0026#39;i faith"},{});</script></div></div></div><script>(function() {var href = window.location.href;if (href.indexOf('?') !== -1) {var parameters = href.split('?')[1].split('&');for (var i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++) {var param = parameters[i].split('=');if (param[0] == 'focus') {var elem = document.getElementById(param[1]);if (elem) {elem.focus();}}}}})();</script>