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Our Daily Bread: Naw Rúz Drift

October 2nd, 2008 at 2:24 pm » Comments (1)

Note 26 to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas explains the timing of Naw Rúz as follows: "Naw-Rúz is the first day of the new year. It coincides with the spring equinox in the northern ...more »

Our Daily Bread: Six Steps To World Order

September 30th, 2008 at 8:35 pm » Comments (0)

"... to be followed by its establishment and recognition as a State religion, which in turn must give way to its assumption of the rights and prerogatives associated with the ...more »

Our Daily Bread: Not Purely Pure

September 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pm » Comments (3)

Bahá'u'lláh's letter to Mánikchí Ṣáḥib is noteworthy for being one of his few "pure Persian" compositions, but it is not purely pure. In fact, the closing passage, a prayer for ...more »

Our Daily Bread: Mazda in the Shadows

September 19th, 2008 at 1:20 am » Comments (0)

The Bahá'í religion, though Islamic in its fundamentals, retains a remarkable wealth of Zoroastrian residue from its Iranian heritage. The Most Great Peace In spite of all the prophecies of doom that ...more »

Our Daily Bread: Relativistic Revelation

September 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm » Comments (0)

Today's relatively inspiring slice is from the pages of "The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh", by the fifth leader of the Bábahá'í revelation, Shoghi Effendi: ... the fundamental principle which constitutes the bedrock ...more »

Our Daily Bread: Idols ‘r’ Us

September 17th, 2008 at 2:32 pm » Comments (0)

Today's slice of enlightenment is our first contribution from the pen of `Abdu'l-Bahá', the son of the second, greater Bahá'í Manifestation: If you seek immunity from the sway of the forces ...more »

Our Daily Bread: Partners of God

September 16th, 2008 at 11:34 pm » Comments (1)

Anyone who claims to be on God's side is a polytheist. To be a true monotheist, one must be either a strict determinist or an agnostic (with regard to the ...more »

Our Daily Bread: They Who Know what God Knows

September 14th, 2008 at 4:06 pm » Comments (0)

Today we're having more fun with Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude ... Bahá'u'lláh cites verse 3.7 (3.6 according to some) of the Qur'án twice in his Book of Certitude. Here's how Shoghi ...more »

Our Daily Bread: Noah’s Genocidal Prayer

September 13th, 2008 at 1:37 am » Comments (2)

With Hurricane Ike threatening Texas, who better to remind us of the wrath of God then Noah? The Kitáb-i-Íqán tells us that Noah had plenty of time to build his ...more »

Our Daily Bread: The Glory of Martyrs

September 11th, 2008 at 9:43 pm » Comments (0)

On this inauspicious date, we'll endure two bloodstained slices in honor of the victims of the Twin Towers, from the Arabic Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh: O SON OF MAN! Ponder and ...more »