Baha'i Writings

Sharing Writings from the Baha'i Faith
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[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"..Peace is light, whereas war is darkness. Peace is life; war is death. Peace is guidance; war is error. Peace is the foundation of God; war is a satanic institution. Peace is the illumination of the world of humanity; war is the destroyer of human foundations."-Abdu'l-Baha

[Baha'i World News Service @BahaiNews]

10 Bahá’í women were hanged in Shiraz–40 years ago–one by one because of their conviction in a faith that promotes equality, unity, and justice #OurStoryIsOne

[Bahá'í International Community - Human Rights @BahaiBIC_Rights]

40 years ago, 10 #Bahai women were executed in Shiraz #Iran. Today, #Bahais are still persecuted.
A few weeks ago, Members of the European Parliament demanded the release of Mahvash Sabet & Fariba Kamalabadi. Remembering them during this campaign.
#OurStoryIsOne #داستان_ما_یکیست

[Baha'i World News Service @BahaiNews]

#OurStoryIsOne is a social media initiative by @BahaiBIC calling for voices of support, honoring memory of executed Bahá’í women of Shiraz who stood for principles of oneness, equality, and justice. Post or retweet.

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"Now is the time to cheer and refresh the down-cast through the invigorating breeze of love and fellowship, and the living waters of friendliness and charity." - Bahá’u’lláh

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"Strive as much as ye can to turn wholly toward the Kingdom, that ye may acquire innate courage and ideal power." - ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"There are various stages and stations for the Fast and innumerable effects and benefits are concealed therein." - Bahá’u’lláh,

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"All praise be unto God, Who...enjoined on them the Fast that those posessed of means may become apprised of the woes and sufferings of the destitute" - Bahá'u'lláh

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face, and hear the Voice, of the Promised One."- Baha'u'llah

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"Blessed is he who remembereth his parents when communing with God. There is, verily, no God but Him, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved."- The Báb

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

Update: 200 Iranian government agents destroy Baha’i homes and confiscate 20 hectares of land | Bahá’í International Community https://t.co/bqRKQbjxwX

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"However afflictive your sufferings may be, stay ye undisturbed, and with perfect confidence in the abounding grace of God, brave ye the tempest of tribulations and fiery ordeals."-Abdu'l-Baha

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"Strive ye then, with all your hearts and souls, to awaken those who slumber, to cause the blind to see, and the dead to rise." -Abdu'l-Baha

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"Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require."- Baha'u'llah

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"Verily the Will of God acts sometimes in a way for which mankind is unable to find out the reason. The causes and reasons shall appear. Trust in God and confide in Him, and resign thyself to the Will of God. Verily thy God is affectionate, compassionate and merciful"-Abdu'l-Baha

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

Lift up your hearts above the present and look with eyes of faith into the future! Today the seed is sown, the grain falls upon the earth, but behold the day will come when it shall rise a glorious tree and the branches thereof shall be laden with fruit.
-Abdu’l-Baha

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"O ye lovers of God! In this, the cycle of Almighty God, violence and force, constraint and oppression, are one and all condemned."-Abdul-Baha

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"Know, verily, the heart wherein the least remnant of envy yet lingers, shall never attain My everlasting dominion, nor inhale the sweet savors of holiness breathing from My kingdom of sanctity."- Baha'u'llah

[Baha'i Writings @BahaiTweets]

"You must not listen to anyone speaking about another; because no sooner do you listen to one than you must listen to someone else, and thus the circle will be enlarged endlessly..."- Abdul-Baha

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"Say: My creatures are even as the fish of the deep. Their life dependeth upon the water, and yet they remain unaware of that which, by the grace of an omniscient and omnipotent Lord, sustaineth their very existence."-Baha'u'llah