April 26, 2018
April 20, 2018
'Abdu'l-Baha Abbas
'Abdu'l-Baha, portrait taken in Paris
"Thou knowest, O my God, that I desire for Him naught
except that which Thou didst desire, and have chosen Him for no purpose save
that which Thou hadst intended for Him. Render Him victorious, therefore,
through Thy hosts of earth and heaven... Ordain, I beseech Thee, by the ardor
of My love for Thee and My yearning to manifest Thy Cause, for Him, as well as
for them that love Him, that which Thou hast destined for Thy Messengers and
the Trustees of Thy Revelation. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the
All-Powerful."
- Baha'u'llah (Quoted
by Shoghi Effendi in 'The World Order of Baha'u'llah')
April 16, 2018
Dr. 'Ali-Akbar Furutan - One of the Principals of Tarbiyat School, Secretary of Iranian National Spiritual Assembly for 24 years, One of the Nine Custodial Hands of the Cause
In the face of sustained persecution, Dr. Furutan's family
left their native city of Sabzivir in Khurasan, Persia, in 1914 and settled in
Ashkhabad, Russia. As a youth he became an active member of the local Baha'i
community and, whilst still in his teens, became a teacher in its school. In
1926 he won a scholarship to the University of Moscow to study education and
child psychology. In 1930 he returned to Iran where he established a school for
Baha'i children in one of the villages. Dr. Furutan was appointed as principal
of the Tarbiyat school for boys until its closure in 1934, and wrote study
books for Baha’i children’s classes which are still in use. In April 1934 he
was elected to the newly formed National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of
Iran and served as its secretary until the passing of Shoghi Effendi in
November of 1957. Dr. Furutan was appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi
Effendi, in the first contingent of Hands, in December 1951. In 1957 he became
one of the nine custodial Hands of the Cause in Haifa. Dr. Furutan’s Persian
publications are extensive, and several have been translated into English.
(Adapted from ‘A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha’i Faith’, by Peter Smith)(See
also Baha'i Calendar - this month in history)
April 8, 2018
Calligraphic arrangement of part of the opening sentence of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha
Calligraphic arrangement of part of the opening sentence of
the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha: 'All Praise to Him Who, by the Sheild
of His Covenant, hath gaurded the Temple of His Cause'.
(The Baha'i World
1976-1979)
April 5, 2018
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