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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

September 10th, 2008 at 11:23 am » Comments (1)

Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude, considered by many Bahá'ís to be his premier work, is primarily concerned with arguing that his predecessor, the Báb, was indeed what he claimed to be: ...more »

September 9th, 2008 at 4:19 pm » Comments (0)

Salvation, as religions generally have it, is a fundamentally selfish pursuit. One can make a strong case, though, that in Zoroastrianism, personal salvation ultimately depends on world renewal, that is, ...more »