Then I thought about the name Bahá'u'lláh and kept repeating in my mind: "Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'u'lláh" and my whole body and mind felt the glow of a strong joy and fire. Mírzá Muḥammad ʻAlí's actions, however, were rejected by the majority of the Baháʼís. [58], Baháʼu'lláh is believed to be a descendant of a long line of kings in Persia through Yazdgerd III, the last monarch of the Sasanian Dynasty;[11] he also asserted to be a descendant of Abraham through his third wife Keturah.[67]. Baháʼís regard this period with great significance and celebrate the twelve days that Baháʼu'lláh spent in this Garden as the festival of Ridván. More about the life and mission of Bahá’u’lláh » [4] The Persian government asked the Ottoman government to extradite Baháʼu'lláh to Persia, but the Ottoman government refused and instead chose to move Baháʼu'lláh from the sensitive border region to Constantinople. [40][43][44][45][46], After this event in 1866, Baháʼu'lláh made his claim to be He whom God shall make manifest public,[29] as well as making a formal written announcement to Mirza Yahya referring to his followers for the first time as the "people of Bahá". Although not a formal prisoner yet, the forced exile from Baghdad was the beginning of a long process which would gradually move him into further exiles and eventually to the penal colony of Acre, in Ottoman province Syria. Bahá’u’lláh was the founder of the Baha'i Faith. After three and a half months in Constantinople, he was ordered to depart for Adrianople. 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Mírzá Yahyá's leadership was controversial. [15] Tensions in the community mounted, and in 1854 Baháʼu'lláh decided to leave the city to pursue a solitary life. Baháʼu'lláh stated that this period was a "set time of concealment". [31], This was increasingly resented by Mírzá Yahyá, who began trying to discredit Baháʼu'lláh,[31] thus driving many people away from the religion. Baháʼu'lláh wrote that there are no perfect personalities,[citation needed] that former Messengers of God reflected God's perfections, that there will be future Messengers of God, and that this is a key concept for understanding how all people are one with Messenger's of God. Glorified be He, Who is the Creator of all names and attributes! [54] It was also a very trying time for Baháʼu'lláh, whose son, Mirzá Mihdí, died in June 1870 at the age of twenty-two when he fell through a skylight while pacing back and forth in prayer and meditation. [51], The Baháʼís, including Baháʼu'lláh and his family, left Adrianople on 12 August 1868, and, after a journey by land and sea through Gallipoli and Egypt, arrived in Acre on 31 August and were confined in the barracks of the city's citadel. So Bahaullah becomes title one. [49] In that latter letter, the rulers of the earth were asked to listen to Baháʼu'lláh's call, and cast away their material possessions, and since they were given the reins of government that they should rule with justice and protect the rights of the downtrodden. [70] However, the appointment given to ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was a cause of jealousy within Baháʼu'lláh's family. After he had been in the Síyáh-Chál for four months Baháʼu'lláh was in fact finally released, on condition he left Iran. The Separation of Church and State. The latest is Bahá’u’lláh. [27] He originally lived as a hermit, dressed like a dervish and used the name Darvish Muhammad-i-Irani. He was originally called Shaykh Khanjar, but Bahá'u'lláh conferred upon him the name of Salmán, reminiscent of Rúz-bih, the Persian disciple of Muhammad whom the Prophet loved so much and whose name He had changed to Salmán. [71], There are two known photographs of Baháʼu'lláh, both taken at the same occasion in 1868 while he was in Adrianople (present-day Edirne). [20] The resulting Bábí movement quickly spread across the Persian Empire, attracting widespread opposition from the Islamic clergy. Bahá'u'lláh spent forty years of His ministry in exile away from His homeland where the great majority of His followers [31] During Baháʼu'lláh's absence, it had become alienated from the religion because Mirza Yahya had continued his policy of militancy and had been unable to provide effective leadership. – Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 265. 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