History - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/history/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:37:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Where the Soul Remembers: A Pilgrimage to the House of the Bab https://bahaiteachings.org/where-the-soul-remembers-a-pilgrimage-to-the-house-of-the-bab/ https://bahaiteachings.org/where-the-soul-remembers-a-pilgrimage-to-the-house-of-the-bab/#comments Fri, 23 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87591 At twelve, I found myself in a hallowed space—the room where the Prophet of God graced existence in the mid-nineteenth century. How readily, in sacred places, the soul perceives the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/where-the-soul-remembers-a-pilgrimage-to-the-house-of-the-bab/feed/ 1 The Bab and the Beginning of the Baha’i Era https://bahaiteachings.org/the-bab-and-the-beginning-of-the-bahai-era/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-bab-and-the-beginning-of-the-bahai-era/#comments Thu, 22 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=78354 Though not well-documented in the histories of the more ancient religions, a precursor or herald often appeared prior to the advent of a divine manifestation to announce the coming of...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-bab-and-the-beginning-of-the-bahai-era/feed/ 3 The Unseen Glory of Baha’u’llah’s Revelation https://bahaiteachings.org/the-unseen-glory-of-bahaullahs-revelation/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-unseen-glory-of-bahaullahs-revelation/#comments Mon, 12 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87551 The Unseen Glory of Baha’u’llah’s RevelationThe Revelation of Baha’u’llah, the Prophet-Founder of the Baha’i Faith, offers a vision of unity, justice, and peace for a world grappling with disunity and turmoil. At a time when...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-unseen-glory-of-bahaullahs-revelation/feed/ 2 Baha’u’llah’s Triumph on the Twelfth Day of Ridvan https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullahs-triumph-on-the-twelfth-day-of-ridvan/ https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullahs-triumph-on-the-twelfth-day-of-ridvan/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76376 On the Twelfth Day of Ridvan, the time for Baha’u’llah’s departure and exile from Baghdad finally arrived. For most, exile would have been a disgrace – but for Baha’u’llah, it...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullahs-triumph-on-the-twelfth-day-of-ridvan/feed/ 2 The Ninth Day of Ridvan: Proclaiming the Unity of the Human Family https://bahaiteachings.org/ninth-day-ridvan-unity-human-family/ https://bahaiteachings.org/ninth-day-ridvan-unity-human-family/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=53998 Baha’is follow the teachings of Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, and every year Baha’i communities around the world joyously commemorate their Faith’s teachings of love and...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/ninth-day-ridvan-unity-human-family/feed/ 4 The Baha’i Definition of Paradise: The First Day of Ridvan https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-definition-paradise-first-day-ridvan/ https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-definition-paradise-first-day-ridvan/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=53750 The Baha’i Definition of Paradise: The First Day of RidvanStarting today, and for the next twelve days, Baha’is all around the world will celebrate Ridvan, which means “paradise,” the holiest and most joyous time of the Baha’i year. Pronounced...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-definition-paradise-first-day-ridvan/feed/ 6 How the Founder of America’s Most Important Black Newspaper Became a Baha’i https://bahaiteachings.org/robert-s-abbott-black-bahai-journalist-advocate/ https://bahaiteachings.org/robert-s-abbott-black-bahai-journalist-advocate/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=65487 In the October 12, 1952 issue of Ebony magazine, a feature article appeared titled, “Baha’i Faith, Only Church in World That Does Not Discriminate.”  At that time, Ebony magazine enjoyed...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/robert-s-abbott-black-bahai-journalist-advocate/feed/ 1 Meet Miami’s First Black Millionaire, Who Worked to Worship https://bahaiteachings.org/meet-miamis-first-black-millionaire-who-worked-to-worship/ https://bahaiteachings.org/meet-miamis-first-black-millionaire-who-worked-to-worship/#comments Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=43743 Meet Miami’s First Black Millionaire, Who Worked to WorshipMeet Miami’s first Black millionaire — Dana Albert Dorsey, a real estate magnate, philanthropist, Miami’s most famous early Black resident, and a Baha’i. Dorsey, a sharecropper’s son, was born in...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/meet-miamis-first-black-millionaire-who-worked-to-worship/feed/ 8 Baha’is, the 1960s, and a Spiritual Revolution https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/ https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=87043 The second Baha’i century began and World War II neared its end in 1944 — and the first second-century Baha’is were born. That generation made a major impact on the...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/bahais-the-1960s-and-a-spiritual-revolution/feed/ 12 Dizzy Gillespie, Music, and the Baha’i Faith https://bahaiteachings.org/dizzy-gillespie-music-bahai-faith/ https://bahaiteachings.org/dizzy-gillespie-music-bahai-faith/#comments Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=32368 Dizzy Gillespie, Music, and the Baha’i Faith…music, sung or played, is spiritual food for soul and heart. The musician’s art is among those arts worthy of the highest praise, and it moveth the hearts of all…...

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