The bahai faith the official website of the worldwide bahai community. The revelation of bahaullah books by adib taherzadeh. It is one of the best books and remains so to this day about the bahai faith for the newcomer. The time of bahaullah was spent for the most part in prayer and meditation, in writing the sacred books, revealing tablets, and in spiritual education of the friends. It is the same holy spirit which inspired the prophets and saints of old, but it is a new outpouring of that spirit, suited to the needs of the new time. Bahai reference library a website containing authoritative writings and guidance of bahaullah, the bab, abdulbaha, shoghi effendi and the universal house of justice, as well as other bahai texts.
In this compact work, esslemont comprehensively yet succinctly sets forth the teachings of bahaulluh, the prophet and founder. With this publication, and the three volumes that followed, taherzadeh brought to englishspeakers rich insights into bahaullahs writings, contextualizing them in the narrative of his unfolding ministry from 1853 to 1892. Esslemontan early british bahaihas been translated into numerous languages and remains a key introductory text to the bahai religion. Esslemont bahaullah and the new era, page 35 note 5. An introduction to the bahai faith has 4 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Like the other comments, bahaullah and the new era is a classic introductory text on the faith that has extensive quotes from the writings some original to the author from abdulbaha and presents a fairly comprehensive overview of the faith. The paperback of the bahaullah and the new era by j. In this compact work, esslemont comprehensively yet succinctly sets forth the teachings of bahaullah, the prophet and founder of the bahai faith. My love for what i learned from this book never left me as i transversed the world. Bahaullah and the new era has been reprinted many times over the years because it is a wonderful, thorough, reference work on the bahai faith of which this is the latest updated edition. This old version of the bahai reference library will be replaced at a later date. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle.
He raised amid a warring world the banner of unity and peace, the standard of a new era, and he assures those who rally to its support that they shall be inspired by the spirit of the new day. An introduction to the bahai faith, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site. The first duty prescribed by god for his servants is the recognition of him who is the dayspring of his revelation and the fountain of his laws, who representeth the godhead in both the kingdom of. I attribute this book for my finally signing my declaration card in 1989 in colorado. Bahai reference library bahaullah and the new era, pages. It is interesting to note that abdulbaha collaborated with the author in the completion of this work, providing authoritative suggetions as well as editing a.
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Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. I am in a weekly study group comprised of twelve people from jewish, christian, and bahai faiths and this is the book we are currently using. The new version of the bahai reference library can be accessed here. In order to give him entire freedom for this great work, abdulbaha undertook the arrangement of all other affairs, even meeting the mullas, poets, and members of. In bahaullah and the new era, esslemont comprehensively yet succinctly sets forth the teachings of bahaullah, the prophet and founder of the bahai faith. In this compact work, esslemont comprehensively yet succinctly sets forth the teachings of bahaulluh, the prophet and founder of the bahai faith. Like the other comments, baha u llah and the new era is a classic introductory text on the faith that has extensive quotes from the writings some original to the author from abdul baha and presents a fairly comprehensive overview of the faith. Through studious investigation of the young religion, aided by a close relationship with abdulbahathe son and successor of bahaullah, its prophet and founderdr. In this compact work, esslemont comprehensively yet succinctly sets forth the teachings of bahaulluh. Bahaullah and the new era originally published in 1923, this book by dr. The whole of the manuscript has been carefully revised, however, by a committee of the national bahai assembly of england, and its publication approved by that. By the terms life and death, spoken of in the scriptures, is intended the life of faith and the death of unbelief. A new version of the bahai reference library is now available.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Sep 15, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by. In 1974, the first volume of adib taherzadehs monumental series, the revelation of bahaullah, was published. The twin manifestations the history of the bahai faith and the two manifestations of the bab and bahaullah book 5. The classic introductory text on the bahai faith focusing on bahai teachings and the lives of the bab, bahaullah, and abdulbaha. Foreword first published in 1923, bahaullah and the new era offers readers a thorough introduction to the bahai faith written by one of its early adherents. Bahaullah epistle to the son of the wolf, page 77 note 7.