Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era

J. E. (John Ebenezer) Esslemont

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BAHÁ’U’LLÁH AND THE NEW ERA***Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era
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Baha'i Terms of Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Preface to 1937 Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Preface to 1970 Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 1: The Glad Tidings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Greatest Event in History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Changing World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The Sun of Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Mission of Bahá’u’lláh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fulfillment of Prophecies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Proofs of Prophethood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Difficulties of Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Aim of Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 2: The Báb: The Forerunner . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Birthplace of the New Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Early Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Spread of the Bábí Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Claims of the Báb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Persecution Increases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Martyrdom of the Báb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tomb on Mount Carmel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Writings of Báb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
He Whom God Shall Make Manifest . . . . . . . . . . 49
Resurrection, Paradise, and Hell . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Social and Ethical Teachings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Passion and Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 3: Bahá’u’lláh: The Glory of God . . . . . . . . . 57viii Baháâuâlláh and the New Era
Birth and Early Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Imprisoned as Bábí . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Exile to Baghdád . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Two Years in the Wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Opposition of Mullás . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Declaration at Ridván near Baghdád . . . . . . . . . . 69
Constantinople and Adrianople . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Letters to Kings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Imprisonment in Akká . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Restrictions Relaxed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Prison Gates Opened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Life at Bahjí . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Prophethood of Bahá’u’lláh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
His Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
His Writings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
The Bahá’í Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 4: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Servant of Bahá . . . . . . 101
Birth and Childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Center of the Covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Strict Imprisonment Renewed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Turkish Commissions of Investigation . . . . . . . . . 115
Western Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Return to Holy Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
War Time at Haifa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sir‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbás, K.B.E. . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Last Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
The Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Writings and Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Exemplar of Bahá’í Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Chapter 5: What is a Bahá’í . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Baha'i Terms of Use ix
Living the Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Devotion to God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Search After Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Love of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Severance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Obedience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Courtesy and Reverence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
The Sin-covering Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Humility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Truthfulness and Honesty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Self-Realization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Chapter 6: Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Conversation with God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
The Devotional Attitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Necessity for a Mediator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Prayer Indispensable and Obligatory . . . . . . . . . . 177
Congregational Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Prayer the Language of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Deliverance from Calamities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Prayer and Natural Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Bahá’í Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Chapter 7: Health and Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Body and Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Oneness of All Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Simple Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Alcohol and Narcotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Enjoyments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Cleanliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Effect of Obedience to Prophetic Commands . . . . . . 205
The Prophet as Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Healing by Nonmaterial Means . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
The Power of the Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213x Baháâuâlláh and the New Era
Attitude of the Patient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
The Healer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
How All Can Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
The Golden Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Right Use of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Chapter 8: Religious Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Sectarianism in the Nineteenth Century . . . . . . . . 227
The Message of Bahá’u’lláh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Can Human Nature Change? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
First Steps Toward Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
The Problem of Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Progressive Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Infallibility of the Prophets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
The Supreme Manifestation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
A New Situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Fullness of the Bahá’í Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
The Bahá’í Covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .