The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionBaha'i Publishing, 2002 - 253 pages Explore the history, teachings, structure and community life of the world-wide Baha'i community-what may well be the most diverse organized body of people on earth-through this revised and updated comprehensive introduction (2002). Named by the Encyclopedia Britannica as a book that has made "significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding" of religious thought, The Baha'i Faith covers the most recent developments in a faith that, in just over 150 years, has grown to become the second most wide-spread of the independent world religions. |
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Page 7
... Mullá Husayn to declare his faith . He be- came the first believer of the Bábí Faith . Within a few weeks , seven- teen other seekers accepted the Báb's claim to be the promised messen- ger . He appointed these first eighteen believers ...
... Mullá Husayn to declare his faith . He be- came the first believer of the Bábí Faith . Within a few weeks , seven- teen other seekers accepted the Báb's claim to be the promised messen- ger . He appointed these first eighteen believers ...
Page 16
... Mullá Husayn and the Báb's leading dis- ciple , a young man named Quddús ( who had accompanied the Báb on the Báb's pilgrimage to Mecca ) , found themselves besieged in a small fortress which they had hastily erected at the isolated ...
... Mullá Husayn and the Báb's leading dis- ciple , a young man named Quddús ( who had accompanied the Báb on the Báb's pilgrimage to Mecca ) , found themselves besieged in a small fortress which they had hastily erected at the isolated ...
Page 28
... Mullá Husayn delivered a message from the Báb at the family's man- sion in Tehran . From Mullá Husayn's account of the incident , it is clear that he had sought out Mírzá Husayn ' Alí on special instructions from the Báb . Indeed , the ...
... Mullá Husayn delivered a message from the Báb at the family's man- sion in Tehran . From Mullá Husayn's account of the incident , it is clear that he had sought out Mírzá Husayn ' Alí on special instructions from the Báb . Indeed , the ...
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