The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global ReligionHarper & Row, 1990 - 228 pages This is a study of the history, teachings, administrative structure and community life of the Baha'i faith, the youngest and fastest growing of the world's independent religions. |
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Page 7
... claim very different from any which had previously been associated with it.3 The charm and force of the Báb's personality , together with his extraordinary capacity to reveal the meaning of the most abstruse passages in the Qur'án ...
... claim very different from any which had previously been associated with it.3 The charm and force of the Báb's personality , together with his extraordinary capacity to reveal the meaning of the most abstruse passages in the Qur'án ...
Page 9
... claim . On neither occasion , although he was treated with great respect , was any serious attention given to his claims by the authori- ties of Sunni Islam . Undeterred , the Báb set sail for Persia , where the teaching activities of ...
... claim . On neither occasion , although he was treated with great respect , was any serious attention given to his claims by the authori- ties of Sunni Islam . Undeterred , the Báb set sail for Persia , where the teaching activities of ...
Page 39
... claim to be " He Whom God Will Make Manifest " and called upon Yaḥyá to recognize and support him as the Báb had explicitly instructed him to do . Such a response , however , was not forthcoming . Shortly after the exiles reached ...
... claim to be " He Whom God Will Make Manifest " and called upon Yaḥyá to recognize and support him as the Báb had explicitly instructed him to do . Such a response , however , was not forthcoming . Shortly after the exiles reached ...
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