Guest Author - Sandy Mullins
On May 29 all over the world, Baha’is will suspend from work in this observance of the Ascension of Baha’u’llah, it is a Holy Day. It marks the day back in 1892, when Baha’u’llah the Manifestation of God for this day passed away quietly at the age of 75. He was still a prisoner but was allowed to live outside of the walls of Akka.
Baha’u’llah in is His Will and Testament appointed his eldest son ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Servant of Glory) as the Center of His Covenant and solely the Expounder of His revealed Word. ‘Abdu’l-Baha was also know as ‘Abbas, his father called his Ghusnu’llahu’l-A’zam (The Greatest Branch).
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge."
(Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 93)
Therefore He hath sent forth His Messengers, His Prophets and chosen ones that they might acquaint the people with the divine purpose underlying the revelation of Books and the raising up of Messengers, and that everyone may become aware of the trust of God which is latent in the reality of every soul.
(Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 161)
For a single purpose were the Prophets, each and all, sent down to earth; for this was Christ made manifest, for this did Bahá'u'lláh raise up the call of the Lord: that the world of man should become the world of God, this nether realm the Kingdom, this darkness light, this satanic wickedness all the virtues of heaven -- and unity, fellowship and love be won for the whole human race, that the organic unity should reappear and the bases of discord be destroyed and life everlasting and grace everlasting become the harvest of mankind.
(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 30)
“Were it not for the love of God the divine prophets would not have been sent to the world. The foundation of all these bestowals is the love of God. Therefore in the human world there is no greater power than the love of God. It is the love of God which has brought us together here tonight. It is the love of God which is affiliating the East and the West. It is the love of God which has resuscitated the world. Now we must offer thanks to God that such a great bestowal and effulgence has been revealed to us.
(Abdu'l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity, p. 90)
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