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Baháʼu'lláh (born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892) was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith. He was born to an aristocratic family in Persia and was exiled due to his adherence to the messianic Bábí Faith.
In the middle of the 19th century, God summoned Bahá’u’lláh—meaning the “Glory of God”—to deliver a new Revelation to humanity. For four decades thousands of verses, letters and books flowed from His pen.
April, 1863. Men and women, young and old, from all walks of life, gathered on the thoroughfare leading to the banks of the River Tigris in Baghdad to bid a tearful farewell to One Who had become their friend, their comforter and their guide. Mirza Husayn-‘Alí—known as Bahá’u’lláh—was being banished from their midst.
The Birth of Baháʼu'lláh is one of nine holy days in the Baháʼí calendar that is celebrated by adherents of the Baháʼí Faith and during which work is suspended. [1] [2] The holy day celebrates the birth of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. The 2024 date is November 3.
The Life of Baha'u'llah. A photographic narrative. Continue. T hroughout history, God has revealed Himself to humanity through a series of divine Messengers, each of whom has founded a great religion. The Messengers have included Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad.
The Báb announced that humanity stood at the threshold of a new era. His mission, which was to last only six years, was to prepare the way for the coming of a Manifestation of God Who would usher in the age of peace and justice promised in all the world’s religions: Bahá’u’lláh.
Sep 28, 2009 · Bahá'u'lláh, which means the glory of God in Arabic, was born Mirza Husayn Ali in 1817 into one of Persia's most noble and privileged families. Education. In his early life he...
Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith, passed away in 1892. Exiled by the Ottoman government to Palestine in 1868, Baha’u’llah and his family spent many years imprisoned in the old prison colony and walled fortress of Akka, until authorities relaxed the prison conditions and allowed Baha’u’llah to move.
Bahá’u’lláh was stripped of all his wealth, was tortured, beaten, imprisoned in chains, and was exiled four times from country to country until He passed away in 1892 in the Ottoman Empire’s penal colony of Acre (Akko in today’s Israel).
In the early hours of 29 May 1892, Bahá’u’lláh passed away at the Mansion of Bahjí. Nine days later His will was unsealed. It designated ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor and head of the Bahá'í Faith — the first time in history that the founder of a world religion had made explicitly clear whom people should follow after His death.
