Bahá’ís believe: • There is only one God • That we have been created to know and to love God • In the unity of the world’s religions, and their progressive nature • The eternal nature of the soul • The oneness of the human family and the elimination of prejudice • Daily prayer & study of the Word of God • Living a moral life, centered on spiritual principals and laws • The central role of marriage and family life • The equality of women and men • The importance of education (including spiritual education) • The harmony of science and religion • The independent investigation of truth
Bahá’u’lláh
Bahá’u’lláh (pronounced ba-HA-oh-LA) is the Prophet-Founder of the Bahá’í
Faith, and His teachings form the core of Bahá’í belief.  For Bahá’ís, Ba-
há’u’lláh is the Promised One of all Ages and Faiths. He proclaimed,  “…this
is the day in which mankind can behold the Face, and hear the Voice, of the
Promised One.”  
 
 Like Christ, Bahá’u’lláh was opposed and persecuted by the religious and
secular authorities of His day.  He spent the last 40 years of His life (1852-
1892) as a prisoner and an exile, “wrongly accused, imprisoned, beaten,
chained, banished from country to country, betrayed, poisoned, stripped of ma-
terial possessions, and ‘at every moment tormented with a fresh torment’.”
 
 
 E.G. Browne, a Cambridge professor, and one of the few Europeans to meet
Bahá’u’lláh, penned this description:  “The face of him on whom I gazed I can
never forget, though I cannot describe it.  Those piercing eyes seemed to read
one’s very soul; power and authority sat on that ample brow.… no need to ask
in whose presence I stood, as I bowed myself before one who is the object of a
devotion and love which kings might envy and emperors sigh for in vain!”
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The Bahá’í World Community • According to the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Christian World Almanac, the Bahá’í Faith is the second most wide-spread religion in the world, with over 5 million followers living in almost every country on earth. • Over 2,000 tribes, races, and ethnic groups are represented in the world-wide Bahá’í community. • The Bahá’í Writings have been translated into over 800 languages. • The Bahá’í World Center is in Haifa, Israel on Mount Carmel—across the bay from Akká, where Bahá’u’lláh spent 25 years in prison and under house arrest, and adjacent to Galilee, where Christ spent almost His entire life. • Contributions can only be accepted from enrolled members of the Bahá’í community. Welcome Beliefs of the Baha’i Faith Local Events Calendar