The second most widespread religion after Christianity, the Baha'i Faith is enjoying rapid expansion. In this authoritative guide, Moojan Momen offers a concise yet comprehensive biography of its founder and prophet, Baha'u'llah.

From an early life in Iran as the son of a senior civil servant to his death in exile near Akka, in what is now Israel, this is a carefully constructed account of the eventful life of this influential nineteenth-century religious figure. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, some of which have never been used before, Momen offers a comprehensive survey of Baha'u'llah's life, works, and teachings, and examines:

* His emergence as a leading figure in the much persecuted Babi movement * His successive forced exiles and the vitriolic oppostion he faced throughout his life * His pioneering teachings on the equality of men and women, the protection of human rights, and the necessity and means for uniting our planet * His many profound books and letters.

Complete with a helpful guide to sources and references, this is a perfect book for anyone interested in knowing more about the founder of the youngest world religion.

"These pages will relate the story of Baha'u'llah, as well as the story of the retrogression of a nation under the yoke of the Qajars." With these words Mr. Balyuzi introduces this biography of the Founder of the Baha'i Faith. The life and times of Baha'u'llah are presented in their historical setting both in Iran and in the world at large.

An absorbing account of the dramatic life of Bahá'u'lláh, set against the vast changes which have overtaken the world in the last century and a half and the great opportunity for world peace now at long last opening before the nations. 'There is no more urgent or intractable problem facing humanity today than the establishment of peace in the world. This is no longer a dream of visionaries or an expression of vague and pious hope, but the essential prerequisite to the continuance of human life on this planet.' The two steps of Bahá'u'lláh's peace programme -the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace -are clearly explained and the vision of this new world order is shown as a practical reality. The majesty and grandeur of Bahá'u'lláh pervade the whole book, making it, as one review states, 'an enthralling portrait' which 'one can enjoy and become absorbed in . . .', 'a book of immeasurable value'. There are copious quotations from Bahá'u'lláh's own writings and many well-known aphorisms:

'The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.' 'Soon will the present day order be rolled up and a new one spread out in its stead.' 'The time foreordained unto the peoples and kindreds of the earth is now come.'

An absorbing account of the dramatic life of Bahá'u'lláh, set against the vast changes which have overtaken the world in the last century and a half and the great opportunity for world peace now at long last opening before the nations. 'There is no more urgent or intractable problem facing humanity today than the establishment of peace in the world. This is no longer a dream of visionaries or an expression of vague and pious hope, but the essential prerequisite to the continuance of human life on this planet.' The two steps of Bahá'u'lláh's peace programme -the Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace -are clearly explained and the vision of this new world order is shown as a practical reality. The majesty and grandeur of Bahá'u'lláh pervade the whole book, making it, as one review states, 'an enthralling portrait' which 'one can enjoy and become absorbed in . . .', 'a book of immeasurable value'. There are copious quotations from Bahá'u'lláh's own writings and many well-known aphorisms:

'The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.' 'Soon will the present day order be rolled up and a new one spread out in its stead.' 'The time foreordained unto the peoples and kindreds of the earth is now come.'

This is the story of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'i Faith. Raised in wealth and luxury, he was made to suffer torture, imprisonment, and banishment from his native land because he declared he was the Bearer of God's Message to humanity.

Today, millions of people from every religious and national background in the world have, in response to Bahá'u'lláh's teachings, forsaken the prejudices which kept them apart and have joined hands to bring about the long-awaited day of universal peace and brotherhood promised in all the holy Books of the past.

Beginning with the childhood of Bahá'u'lláh, this clear, straightforward and easily readable sequel to Hour of the Dawn: The Life of the Báb looks briefly at the same period as its companion volume but focuses on the life of the person of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

We see Him as the exemplary disciple of the Báb, thrown into the Black Pit of Tehran where he received intimation that He was the Promised One of all ages. Bahá'u'lláh was banished from Persia, and we follow Him on His journeys from Tehran to Baghdad, to Constantinople, to Adrianople and finally to 'Akká, the Most Great Prison on the edge of the Ottoman Empire where, He tells us, He was welcomed 'with banners of light'.

This book tells the true story of the life of the Bab, whose name means the Gate. His life led to the foundation of the Baha’i Faith. In many ways it parallels the life of Christ. It is one of the great stories of our time, starting in Persia, now Iran, in 1844. This miraculous event is now becoming known in all parts of the world.

The book charts the artistic development of a painting offering historical portraits of people and events. The aim has been to create a feeling of the places and the context. It is made out nineteen panels which fit into the design of the whole story.

The book also uses the structure of the painting and offers short explanations for each of its panels. These cover:

Shaykh Ahmed; Siyyid Kazim; Mula Husayn; The Letters of the Living; The Bab’s journey to Mecca; Over the desert with Quddus to Mecca; Confrontation in the Mosque; The Bab cures a boy of Cholera; The Bab is delivered to the Governor of Tabriz; The Bab is imprisoned; Tahirih; The Bab is lashed with sticks; The Babis defend themselves under siege; The death of Mullah Husayn; The martyrdom of the Babis; The first shooting of the Bab; The martyrdom of the Bab; Baha’u’llah and his family are exiled; The Shrine of the Bab, Mt. Carmel, Israel

Glimpses from the Life of Bahá'u'lláh.

Incomparable Friend, The

Illustrator: Sue Podger; Author: Shirin Sabri; Book Design: Massoud Tahzib

What was it like to live in the time of Baha'u'llah? How did the people around Him feel when they were with Baha'u'llah? How did He come to be known as The Incomparable Friend. Through true-life stories and colorful illustrations this rich hardcover book assists to nurture and deepen the young reader''s personal relationship with Baha'u'llah. A wonderful choice for children of any age wishing to share stories about the life of Baha'u'llah.

Originally published in French and now in its second edition, this is the first English edition with an excellent foreword by the Rev. Dr. Wallace Shaw, teacher of Philosophy and Religion, Edinburgh, retired Minister of the Methodist Church, USA, and of the Church of Scotland.

The book is centred on a letter written in the second half of the nineteenth century by Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith (1817-1892). It may be considered as his most important statement to the Christian world along with his epistle to Pope Pius IX . It is undoubtedly a document of genuine historical significance for students of religion.

In this 'letter' he explains the link between Christ's revelation and his own, which he presents as being a new stage in the evolution of "the Faith of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future". At the time of writing Bahá'u'lláh was imprisoned in 'Akká, Palestine, under the regime of the Ottoman Empire.

The accompanying introduction, commentary and appendices indicate some of the many references to passages in the Bible contained in this letter. They also explain something of the historical context and put side by side certain quotations from both the Bible and Bahá'í Scripture.

Whether the reader be Christian, Bahá'í, of another faith, or merely interested in comparative religion, this book provides an insight into the evolving understanding of the Christian biblical vision of mankind's spiritual journey through history.

Here is a collection of stories of Baha'u'llah and the Bab during the early days of the Baha'i Faith. Written by Janet Especially suitable for children and youth, these carefully researched and wonderfully written stories by Janet Ruhe-Schoen faithfully reflect the spirit of the Baha'i Faith. This edition offers a Spanish translation, El Ruiseñor, Baha'u'llah, from the original English.

In this collection of essays, poems and meditations both the quality and the devotion of the author are evident. Here the reader will encounter the wisdom, the aspirations, and the intimate and affecting thoughts of one who was appointed a Hand of the Cause by the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith.

The Heart of the Gospel aims to awaken faith, The mission of Bahá’u’lláh to deepen it,’ wrote George Townshend. ‘I believe that in the light of people’s difficulty in learning to pray and meditate these pieces may have a value.’

But the richness and fascination of this book go further. Such essays as ‘The Wellspring of Happiness’, ‘The Call of God’, ‘Queen Marie of Rumania and the Bahá’í Faith’, and ‘The Genius of Ireland’, provide some of Mr Townshend’s finest literary work.

by Adib Taherzadeh

The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh is a four-volume series about the Scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith, the most recent of the world's religions. It is a unique survey of the Writings of the Founder, Bahá'u'lláh (1817-92), which were revealed in a ministry of nearly forty years spent in exile from His native Iran.

First of four volumes on the Writings of the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith during His forty-year ministry, describing their contents, including much as yet untranslated, with fascinating descriptions of the circumstances of the time and the persons addressed.

The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh is a four-volume series about the Scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith. It is a unique survey of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, using both authentic English translations and original sources, that describes the contents of all major works, including many unknown in the West.

Volume 2, covering the period of Bahá'u'lláh's successive exiles to Constantinople and Adrianople, includes among many other items the Tablet of Ahmad and the Tablets to the Kings. There are many quotations from contemporary records and memoirs, in translation for the first time, and a number of relevant photographs.

The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh is a four-volume series about the Scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith. It is a unique survey of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, using both authentic English translations and original sources, that describes the contents of all major works, including many unknown in the West.

Volume 3: From behind the walls of the Most Great Prison, Bahá'u'lláh addressed His majestic summons to the rulers of the world. Here he submitted to the tragic death of His beloved son, Mírzá Mihdí, the Purest Branch, and here, in the house of 'Udí Khammár He revealed His Most Holy Book, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. In this long-awaited third volume of his survey of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Adib Taherzadeh gives us new and fascinating insights into the works revealed during, and the events of, this period. Five chapters alone are devoted to the themes of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, while other important works examined include the Súriy-i-Haykal, the Tablets to the kings and rulers, the Lawh-i-Fu'ad and the Fire Tablet. And then there are the heart-warming stories of Bahá'u'lláh and His Family, of His companions, of His exile and of those who came as pilgrims, the stories of Badí', of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, of Hájí Amín . . . and much, much more.

The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh is a four-volume series about the Scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith. It is a unique survey of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, using both authentic English translations and original sources, that describes the contents of all major works, including many unknown in the West.

Volume 4 covers the most momentous period in the ministry of Bahá'u'lláh, the final years of His life when after the long period of exile and imprisonment He took up residence in the delightful Mansion of Bahjí. Here He revealed Tablets of unsurpassed importance, including His last major work Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. Many of the allusions in these Tablets to persons and events are explained in this book.

The Persian Years of Bahá'u'lláh, 1817-1853

In this, the first of a three-volume biography on the Greatest Life of our times, Dr David Ruhe focuses on the early years of Bahá'u'lláh's life. This chronicle of Bahá'u'lláh's 36 Persian years, prior to His Revelation of Mission in the Síyáh-Chál and His exile, seeks to be as autobiographical as available materials in English now permit. The story of the emergence of a Manifestation of God, a Supreme Prophet, is unfolded largely in His own Words, expressed as His Perceptions guide Him. Extremely revealing as are His Words, they are augmented by many photographs, by extensive explanatory notes, and by a fresh Glossary of Persian names and terms.

'The day is approaching when God will have raised up a people who will call to remembrance Our days,' wrote Bahá'u'lláh.

The 144 stories in these pages; make such remembrance both effortless and delightful. They come to mind whether one is far away or visiting the scenes in which they occurred. They describe Bahá'u'lláh in Iran, Baghdad, Constantinople, Adrianople, 'Akká and Bahjí, and linger in the memory to uplift and gladden both heart and mind. There are very few people in the West who have known even one person who saw Bahá'u'lláh or experienced the majesty and power, the compassion, humility and humour which characterized His earthly life. Bahá'ís of the East are more fortunate, many having known those, often their relatives, who were in His presence as companions or pilgrims. Yet, as the editor of this book remarks, 'only a few recorded their observations for posterity'. It was in 1975 that 'the thought of collecting personal accounts' occurred to the Hand of the Cause 'Alí-Akbar Furútán. Through correspondence and the examination of numerous memoirs, published and in manuscript, he selected the stories in this enthralling collection.

'Alí-Akbar Furútán has resided in Haifa at the World Centre of the Bahá'í Faith since 1957, having been named by his fellow Hands of the Cause of God one of the nine Custodians of the Faith after the death of Shoghi Effendi. He remained in this capacity until the election of the Universal House of Justice in 1963, continuing his services at the World Centre as Hand of the Cause and member of the International Teaching Centre.

Persian by birth, he took his degree in 1930 at the University of Moscow. He was soon appointed Principal of the Tarbíyat School for Boys in Tehran and elected to the first National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iran, whose secretary he was for twenty-four years. In the interests of the Bahá'í Faith he has travelled to forty-three countries and every continent. His lectures and writings, particularly on child education, are highly valued, while his breadth of knowledge, practical wisdom and kindly guidance have endeared him to generations of Bahá'ís, perhaps above all to the thousands of Bahá'í pilgrims who have come to the Holy Land throughout the years.

In these stories of the life and ministry of Bahá'u'lláh, His majesty and greatness are related. Accounts of His revealing holy verses are presented, along with episodes of the fierce opposition that led to His banishments from Iran to Baghdád, to Constantinople, to Adrianople and then to the prison city of Akká. Selected from the numerous narratives in Adib Taherzadeh's four volumes of The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, they tell the story of religion alive once again for the advancement of civilization.

Here also are stirring presentations of believers who stood before the world with the spirit of a new era that Bahá'u'lláh had awakened in them.

Like the narratives of the world religions gone before, these precious stories fill the heart with wonder.

An inspiring and dramatically paced introduction to the Prophet and Founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

The Story of Bahá'u'lláh presents in a clear narrative style the life of the prophet from His birth into a wealthy and noble family, through His transforming spiritual experience while incarcerated in the infamous Black Pit of Tehran, and over the decades of harsh and increasingly remote exile that followed. Woven into the story are Bahá'u'lláh's principal teachings and references to historical events and persons that place the development of the new religion in a global perspective. This book chronologically follows the story told in Release the Sun (Bahá'í Publishing, 2003).

As explained in such resources as The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions and the Encyclopedia Britannica, members of the Bahá'í Faith believe that all the founders of the world's great religions have been Messengers of God and agents of a progressive divine plan for the education of the human race. According to Bahá'u'lláh (1817-1892), the prophet and founder of the Bahá'í religion, the teachings of the divine Messengers-including Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Christ, Muhammad-vary with the receptivity and maturity of the people of their era, but all represent one single "religion of God." Bahá'u'lláh, whom Bahá'ís accept as the divine Messenger for the present age, taught that the unity of all the peoples of the earth is the spiritual destiny of this period in human history.