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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

Following a protracted legal process culminating in a court ruling favorable to the Bahá ' ís, the interior minister of Egypt released a decree on April 14, 2009, amending the law to allow Egyptians who are not Muslim, Christian, or Jewish to obtain identification documents that list dash in place of one of the three recognized religions.

The Aqdas is understood by Bahá ' ís to be a factor in the process of ongoing developments in world order.

The report also stated that Bahá ' ís must be expelled from universities, either in the admission process or during the course of their studies, once it becomes known that they are Bahá ' ís.

* Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá ' í Faith states: " The fundamental principle enunciated by Bahá ' u ' lláh, the followers of His Faith firmly believe, is that religious truth is not absolute but relative, that Divine Revelation is a continuous and progressive process, that all the great religions of the world are divine in origin, that their basic principles are in complete harmony, that their aims and purposes are one and the same, that their teachings are but facets of one truth, that their functions are complementary, that they differ only in the nonessential aspects of their doctrines, and that their missions represent successive stages in the spiritual evolution of human society.

In 1952, Leroy Ioas, an American Bahá ' í who had been closely associated with the construction of the Bahá ' í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois helped Shoghi Effendi in the construction process.

If a locality only has nine Bahá ' ís, then no election process is necessary.

Bahá ' ís consider their electoral process to be a sacred act, essential to the health of the community.

Under Shoghi Effendi, the Bahá ' í Faith underwent its most dramatic shift in shape and process.

Coinciding with this was a process of re-examination of intra-Bahá ' í administrative and community action, the implementation of Bahá ' í law in greater degrees among non-Iranian Bahá ' ís, and the maturation of the Spiritual Assemblies.

“ Indirect ” election referred to the process, mentioned in the Will and Testament of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, of the Bahá ' ís electing one or more delegates from each locality, who would represent them at a national convention and would vote for the nine members of the National Spiritual Assembly.

This process of revelation, according to the Bahá ' í writings, is also never ceasing, which is contrary to many other belief systems that believe in a finality of their prophet / messenger.

: Bahá ' ís wishing to publish books about the Bahá ' í faith must first submit their work to their respective National Spiritual Assembly for approval through a review process.

Entry by troops is a term that developed in the Bahá ' í Faith to describe a process of expansion when the Faith would emerge from relative obscurity, and masses of people would become Bahá ' ís.

In Bahá ' í belief, humanity has gone through a process of progressive revelation through various different messengers of God, including Buddha, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad and others, where humanity has grown collectively.