Beauty in the Universe and Ourselves
There is a beauty in the following verse from the Qur’an, which inspired the title for this article. It is sometimes translated as follows: “We …
200th anniversary of birth of Baha’u’llah
The Purpose of Justice
Like prophets before him Bahá’u’lláh counselled kings and rulers of society to observe justice. Referring to the suffering inflicted on himself and his followers by …
The Interconnection of All Things
All things are interconnected. … every part of the universe is connected with every other part by ties that are very powerful and admit of …
Death: The Last Taboo and What Comes After
There is virtually nothing that is a taboo in modern society. Death is the one exception. Ironically so, as our nightly news and popular entertainment …
Honouring Teachers
After immediate family, and the closest of friends, the most important people in our lives are often ours teachers. How much we are indebted to …
Tahirih – Herald of the Emancipation of Women
Two hundred years ago, virtually everywhere in the world, women lived in subjugation to men. It was a world so different to our own that …
Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, like Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, is collection of the writings of Baha’u’llah translated into English in 1978. It improved the …
Investigate the Truth – Yourself
One of the principles of Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings is the independent investigation of truth. That we should know for ourselves – not through the knowledge of …
What does it mean to be a Baha’i?
There is no single model of course – every Baha’i has their own story – which implies a multiplicity of ways of responding to Bahá’u’lláh’s …