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In Bahá ' í belief, the coming of Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the Bahá ' í Faith, signals the fulfilment of previous eschatological expectations of Islam, Christianity and other major religions.
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Bahá and í
The teachings of the Bahá ' í Faith state that the nature of the afterlife is beyond the nature of those living, just as an unborn fetus cannot understand the nature of the world outside of the womb.
The Bahá ' í writings state that the soul is immortal and after death it will continue to progress until it attains God's presence.
In Bahá ' í belief, souls in the afterlife will continue to retain their individuality and consciousness and will be able to recognize and communicate spiritually with other souls whom they have made deep profound friendships with, such as their spouses.
The Bahá ' í writings also state there are distinctions between souls in the afterlife, and that souls will recognize the worth of their own deeds and understand the consequences of their actions.
* Feast of Kamál ( Perfection ); First day of the eighth month of the Bahá ' í calendar.
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* The ninth day of Ridván ( Bahá ' í Faith )
* Feast of Jamál (" Beauty "), the first day of the third month of the Bahá ' í calendar.
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* Ridván begins at sunset ( Bahá ' í Faith )
* 1863 – Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the Bahá ' í Faith, declares his mission as " He whom God shall make manifest ".
* 1960 – Founding of the Orthodox Bahá ' í Faith in Washington, D. C.
* 1963 – The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá ' í Faith is elected for the first time.
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‘ Abdu ’ l-Bahá (; 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921 ), born ‘ Abbás Effendí, was the eldest son of Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the Bahá ' í Faith.
In 1892, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá was appointed in his father's will to be his successor and head of the Bahá ' í Faith.
During his youth he was " shaped " by his father and was regarded as an outstanding member of the Bahá ’ í exile community.
With his father's death in 1892, and his appointment as head of the Bahá ’ í faith, there was much opposition against him, including virtually all his family members.
Notwithstanding this, practically all of the worldwide Bahá ’ í community accepted his leadership.
His journeys to the West, and his " Tablets of the Divine Plan " spread the Bahá ' í message beyond its middle-eastern roots, and his Will and Testament laid the foundation for the current " Bahá ' í administrative order.
Bahá and belief
In Bahá ' í belief, each consecutive messenger prophesied of messengers to follow, and Bahá ' u ' lláh's life and teachings fulfilled the end-time promises of previous scriptures.
In Bahá ' í belief, this process of progressive revelation will not end ; however, it is believed to be cyclical.
In Bahá ' í belief, creation has neither a beginning nor an end.
In Bahá ' í belief, human time is marked by a series of progressive revelations in which successive messengers or prophets come from God.
His claim resulted in the largest schism in the history of the Bahá ' í Faith, with a few groups still holding the belief that Remey was the successor of Shoghi Effendi.
In Bahá ' í belief, only Noah's followers were spiritually alive, preserved in the ark of his teachings, as others were spiritually dead.
The Bahá ' í scripture Kitáb-i-Íqán endorses the Islamic belief that Noah had a large number of companions, either 40 or 72, besides his family on the Ark, and that he taught for 950 ( symbolic ) years before the flood.
He also was concerned with matters dealing with Bahá ' í belief and practice — as Guardian he was empowered to interpret the writings of Bahá ' u ' lláh and ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, and these were authoritative and binding, as specified in ` Abdu ' l-Bahá's will.
In Bahá ' í belief, a single God has sent all the historic founders of the world religions in a process of progressive revelation.
Shoghi Effendi's reason was due to his belief in the weakness of the existing Bahá ' í institutions — there were a very limited number of national spiritual assemblies and local spiritual assemblies.
In Bahá ' í belief, only Noah's followers were spiritually alive, preserved in the " ark " of his teachings, as others were spiritually dead.
The Bahá ' í scripture Kitáb-i-Íqán endorses the Islamic belief that Noah had a large number of companions on the ark, either 40 or 72, as well as his family, and that he taught for 950 ( symbolic ) years before the flood.
Bahá ' u ' lláh claimed that, while being imprisoned in the Siyah-Chal in Iran, he underwent a series of mystical experiences including having a vision of the Maid of Heaven who told him of his divine mission, and the promise of divine assistance ; In Bahá ' í belief, the Maid of Heaven is a representation of the divine.
The Bahá ' í Faith believes that there is one God who sends divine messengers to guide humanity throughout time, which is called Progressive revelation ( Bahá ' í )— and is different from the Christian belief of Progressive revelation ( Christian ).
In Bahá ' í belief, the Manifestations have always been sent by God, and always will, as part of the single progressive religion from God bringing more teachings through time to help humanity progress.
Bahá ' ís recognise Queen Marie of Romania as the first member of royalty to have declared her belief in Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the Bahá ' í Faith.
Bahá and coming
In 1863 in what became known as the Garden of Ridván Bahá ' u ' lláh announced to a few that he was the manifestation of God and He whom God shall make manifest whose coming had been foretold by the Báb.
By the end of 1898, Western pilgrims started coming to Akka on pilgrimage to visit ` Abdu ' l-Bahá ; this group of pilgrims, including Phoebe Hearst, was the first time that Bahá ' ís raised up in the West had met ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.
Followers of the Bahá ' í Faith believe that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the second coming of Jesus, as well as the prophecies of the Maitreya and many other religious prophecies, were begun by the Báb in 1844 and then by Bahá ' u ' lláh.
The whole book also revolves around the praise of He whom God shall make manifest, promising the coming of a major prophet termed a Manifestation of God ; this would be of major importance with Bahá ' u ' lláh's claim two decades later.
Shoghi Effendi considered it a " eulogy of the Promised One ", who had abrogated the laws of Islam, and prophesied about the coming of the Bahá ' í Faith.
Members of the Bahá ' í Faith believe that Miller's interpretation of signs and dates of the coming of Jesus were, for the most part, correct.
Bahá ' u ' lláh claimed that the scriptures of the world's religions foretell a coming messianic figure that will bring a golden age of humanity, the kingdom of God on earth.
Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis wrote in The Journal of Bahá ’ í Studies that Shikasta is the " symbolic rendering of the coming of a new prophet to an earthlike planet ", and relates it to Bahá ’ í principles.
During his stay in this garden, Bahá ' u ' lláh announced to his followers that he was the messianic figure of He whom God shall make manifest, whose coming had been foretold by the Báb.
Over the months that followed, Bahá ' í historians describe a number of miraculous events in which a small band of untrained soldiers bear the full brunt of government regiments several times their size, always coming out victorious ( see God Passes By, chapter III ; and The Dawn-Breakers, chapter XIX ).
Following a period of more Bahá ' í pioneers coming to the country, Bahá ' í Local Spiritual Assemblies spread across Norway while the national community eventually formed a Bahá ' í National Spiritual Assembly in 1962.
The greater covenant refers to the covenant made between each messenger from God, which the literature of the Bahá ' í Faith name Manifestations of God, and his followers regarding the coming of the next Manifestation from God.
The Báb made a Covenant concerning the Blessed Beauty, Bahá ' u ' lláh, and gave the glad-tidings of His coming for the Blessed Beauty was the One promised by the Báb.
Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the Bahá ' í Faith, explained that the appearance of successive messengers was like the annual coming of Spring, which brings new life to the world which has come to neglect the teachings of the previous messenger.
Bahá ' í teachings hold that the motive force in all human development is due to the coming of the Manifestations of God.
The Bahá ' í writings contain assurances that after 1000 years of Bahá ' u ' lláh's coming, another Manifestation of God will appear to advance human civilization.
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