Mchakato wa Maendeleo ya Ulimwenguni

Programu ya maendeleo ya ulimwengu kwa wakati mmoja ya kipekee katika historia ya ulimwengu

Wabahá’í kila mahali wanajishughulisha na mchakato wa kimataifa wa kujifunza ambao unasaidia kujenga uwezo wao wa kutumia mafundisho ya Baha’u’llah katika mabadiliko ya jamii. Kuimarisha uwezo huo kwa mtu binafsi kunaweza kulinganishwa na kutembea katika njia ya utumishi. “Na muhimu zaidi, mtu hutembea njia pamoja na wengine.” Katika mkao wa unyenyekevu wa kujifunza. Mpango huu wa maendeleo ya jamii duniani kote ulianza nchini Kolombia na unatumia kozi za Taasisi ya Ruhi. Jumuiya ya Ulimwengu ya Baha’i sasa ina uzoefu wa miaka ishirini iliyopita ya kuendelea.

Mchakato huu wa kimataifa, ambao Wabaha’i wanauita utamaduni wa kujifunza, unajumuisha:

  • Mikusanyiko ya ibada ya pamoja inayoimarisha tabia ya ibada ya jumuiya
  • Kukuza roho ya urafiki na urafiki unaovuka vikwazo vya rangi na tabaka
  • Kufanya kazi pamoja kwa ajili ya utaratibu wa kijamii usio na ubaguzi na unaojulikana na umoja katika utofauti
  • Kujifunza kutembea na wengine kwenye njia ya kiroho, katika mkao wa unyenyekevu wa kujifunza, kushiriki katika huduma ya mtu binafsi na ya pamoja kwa ajili ya kuboresha ulimwengu.
  • Madarasa kwa ajili ya elimu ya kiroho kwa watoto ambamo wanakuza maadili mema kama vile ukweli, wema na huruma pamoja na kuthamini sana umoja wa kimsingi wa dini mbalimbali za ulimwengu.
  • Vikundi vinavyosaidia vijana kuvuka hatua muhimu ya maisha yao na kuhimili nguvu za babuzi ambazo zinawalenga haswa.
  • Miduara ya masomo ambamo washiriki huakisi hali ya kiroho ya kuwepo na kujenga uwezo wa huduma kwa jamii na jamii.
  • Ziara za nyumbani ili kujenga uhusiano wenye nguvu wa urafiki, kuwa na mazungumzo yenye maana au kutoa utegemezo kwa kusali pamoja
  • Mpango unaotambua uwezo wa jumuiya kuunganisha, kuponya na kuvuka tofauti
  • Kupata roho hizo zinazotamani kumwaga ulegevu uliowekwa na jamii na kufanya kazi pamoja katika vitongoji na vijiji vyao kuanza mchakato wa mabadiliko ya pamoja.
  • Mchakato unaotaka kuinua uwezo ndani ya idadi ya watu ili kudhibiti maendeleo yake ya kiroho, kijamii na kiakili ambapo kila mtu anahisi kuwa na uwezo wa kuchangia katika kuboresha watu wote.
  • Muundo wa mzunguko wa kutafakari, kushauriana, kupanga, na hatua huwekwa kwa msingi wa utaratibu, ili wale wanaohusika wajifunze kutoka kwa kila mzunguko na hivyo wanaboresha mipango yao ya utekelezaji daima – njia inayobadilika, ya kujisahihisha – kile Wabaha’i wanachoita. utamaduni wa kujifunza.

Who is the Báb?

Who is the Báb?

Shrine of the Báb enthroned on God’s Holy Mountain, Song: Queen of Carmel (more photos)

The Báb (1819-1850), meaning “the Gate,” in 1844 announced that humanity stood at the threshold of a new era–a new cycle of human history and social evolution. The Báb’s mission was to prepare the way for the coming of “Him whom God shall make manifest”, who eventually appeared in the person of Bahá’u’lláh. “Twin Manifestations of God” is a concept fundamental to Bahá’í belief, describing the relationship between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh. Both are considered Manifestations of God in their own right, having each founded separate religions (Bábi Faith and the Bahá’í Faith) and revealed their own holy scriptures. To Bahá’ís, however, the missions of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh are inextricably linked, and for this reason, both the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh are revered as central figures of the Bahá’í Faith.

Significance of the Shrine of the Báb – Opening of the 19 Terraced Gardens on Mt. Carmel in Haifa, Israel – UHJ, May 2001 | From Darkness to Light Celebration Video | Congo Choir’s Journey to Mt. Carmel | Quotations from Writings of the Báb | Letter of the Universal House of Justice addressed to participants of the 2019 Bicentennial commemorations. | The Gate: Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith (Full Movie)

Marriage Prayers 2

What is a Baha’i Marriage | 9 Unique Aspects of Baha’i Marriage

Artwork by Lindsay Montgomery, Newark, Ohio

He is the Bestower, the Bounteous!
Praise be to God, the Ancient, the Ever-Abiding, the Changeless, the Eternal! He Who hath testified in His Own Being that verily He is the One, the Single, the Untrammelled, the Exalted. We bear witness that verily there is no God but Him, acknowledging His oneness, confessing His singleness. He hath ever dwelt in unapproachable heights, in the summits of His loftiness, sanctified from the mention of aught save Himself, free from the description of aught but Him.

And when He desired to manifest grace and beneficence to men, and to set the world in order, He revealed observances and created laws; among them He established the law of marriage, made it as a fortress for well-being and salvation, and enjoined it upon us in that which was sent down out of the heaven of sanctity in His Most Holy Book. He saith, great is His glory: “Enter into wedlock, O people, that ye may bring forth one who will make mention of me amid My servants. This is My bidding unto you; hold fast to it as an assistance to yourselves.” ~ Bahá’u’lláh

He is God! O peerless Lord! In Thine almighty wisdom Thou hast enjoined marriage upon the peoples, that the generations of men may succeed one another in this contingent world, and that ever, so long as the world shall last, they may busy themselves at the Threshold of Thy oneness with servitude and worship, with salutation, adoration and praise. “I have not created spirits and men, but that they should worship me.”¹ Wherefore, wed Thou in the heaven of Thy mercy these two birds of the nest of Thy love, and make them the means of attracting perpetual grace; that from the union of these two seas of love a wave of tenderness may surge and cast the pearls of pure and goodly issue on the shore of life. “He hath let loose the two seas, that they meet each other: Between them is a barrier which they overpass not. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will ye deny? From each He bringeth up greater and lesser pearls.”²

O Thou kind Lord! Make Thou this marriage to bring forth coral and pearls. Thou art verily the All-Powerful, the Most Great, the Ever-Forgiving. ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

..He Who hath been manifested is the Hidden Mystery, the Treasured Symbol, through Whom the letters B and E (Be) have been joined and knit together…Letters B and E mandala – Artwork by Lindsay Montgomery, Newark, Ohio

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Verily, this thy servant and this Thy maidservant have gathered under the shadow of Thy mercy and they are united through Thy favor and generosity. O Lord! Assist them in this Thy world and Thy kingdom and destine for them every good through Thy bounty and grace. O Lord! Confirm them in Thy servitude and assist them in Thy service. Suffer them to become the signs of Thy Name in Thy world and protect them through Thy bestowals which are inexhaustible in this world and the world to come. O Lord! They are supplicating the kingdom of Thy mercifulness and invoking the realm of Thy singleness. Verily, they are married in obedience to Thy command. Cause them to become the signs of harmony and unity until the end of time. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent, the Omnipresent and the Almighty! ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá


O my Lord, O my Lord! These two bright orbs are wedded in Thy love, conjoined in servitude to Thy Holy Threshold, united in ministering to thy Cause. Make Thou this marriage to be as threading lights of Thine abounding grace, O my Lord, the All-Merciful, and luminous rays of Thy bestowals, O Thou the Beneficent, the Ever-Giving, that there may branch out from this great tree boughs that will grow green and flourishing through the gifts that rain down from Thy clouds of grace.

Verily, Thou art the Generous. Verily, Thou art the Compassionate, the All-Merciful. ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Prayer for Husbands

O God, my God! This Thy handmaid is calling upon Thee, trusting in Thee, turning her face unto Thee, imploring Thee to shed thy heavenly bounties upon her, and to disclose unto her Thy spiritual mysteries, and to cast upon her the lights of Thy Godhead.

O my Lord! Make the eyes of my husband to see. Rejoice Thou his heart with the light of the knowledge of Thee, draw Thou his mind unto Thy luminous beauty, cheer Thou his spirit by revealing unto him Thy manifest splendors.

O my Lord! Lift Thou the veil from before his sight. Rain down Thy plenteous bounties upon him, intoxicate him with the wine of love for Thee, make him one of Thy angels whose feet walk upon this earth even as their souls are soaring through the high heavens. Cause him to become a brilliant lamp, shining out with the light of Thy wisdom in the midst of Thy people.

Verily, Thou art the Precious, the Ever-Bestowing, the Open of Hand. ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Guidance of the UHJ Regarding Prayer for the Dead

1. The saying of this prayer is, indeed, the only essential element of a Bahá’í funeral service…UHJ 1984

2. Bahá’u’lláh has clarified that the Prayer for the Dead is required only when the deceased is an adult (Q&A 70), that the recital should precede the interment of the deceased, and that there is no requirement to face the Qiblih when saying this prayer (Q&A 85). ~ The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 1992 ed

3. Thus, the prayer must be recited at the funeral service, whether the service precedes going to the graveside or is held at the graveside and before the burial takes place. ~ UHJ to NSA of Canada, July 1993
Note: Regarding whether the bereaved family could say the prayer privately shortly after the death of their loved one, the Research Department has not located any text prohibiting this. This recitation would not, obviously, void the requirement of saying the prayer at the funeral service.~ UHJ to NSA of Canada – July 1993

4. The Prayer for the Dead … is the only Bahá’í obligatory prayer which is to be recited in congregation; it is to be recited by one believer while all present stand in silence (see note 19).

5. This prayer allows for a change in gender. Other prayers for the dead are optional, but if used they are to be used as revealed. ~ Universal House of Justice, Lights of Guidance, p.199–-200

Iranian Taboo

Iranian Taboo by Iranian-Dutch filmmaker, Reza Allamehzadeh. Iranian Taboo takes us across continents from Turkey to Israel, and from the U.S. to Iran and gives us a unique insights into the persecution of Baha’is of Iran -from the underground Baha’i University (BIHE) to the oppressed Baha’i peasants of the Eival village in the northern province of Mazandaran. The film includes never seen before interviews with some of the most respected Iranian scholars, authors and politicians, speaking about the persecution of Baha’is in Iran.

The Gardener

The Gardener The Baha’i faith is explored by Iranian father-son filmmakers Mohsen and Maysam Makhmalbaf

BUSAN — The Gardener marks the first time in decades — perhaps since the Iranian Revolution in 1979 — that an Iranian filmmaker has shot a movie in Israel, and what it has to say about religion and world peace is as radical a statement as unconventional filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf (The Bicyclist, Kandahar) has ever made. Filmed amid the extravagant colors of nature at the Baha’i world headquarters in Haifa, Mohsen and his cameraman-son Maysam Makhmalbaf amicably debate the role of religion in life and war in an engaging, good-humored introduction to the Baha’i Faith. The deep spirituality it discusses so intelligently will appeal to open-minded viewers and should reach beyond festivals via culture channels.