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[Why did Mirza Husayn-Ali Nuri use the title "Baha'u'llah"?]
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There are about two billion Christians in the world.
There are over a billion Muslims. I'm NOT trying to accuse anyone of
the Bahai figures of being cynical or dishonest but if I were going to
make a popular world religion I wouldn't just ignore Biblical
prophecies just because I'm in a part of the world where there are few
Christians.
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[Why did Mirza Husayn-Ali Nuri use the title "Baha'u'llah"?]
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There are about two billion Christians in the world.
There are over a billion Muslims. I'm NOT trying to accuse anyone of
the Bahai figures of being cynical or dishonest but if I were going to
make a popular world religion I wouldn't just ignore Biblical
prophecies just because I'm in a part of the world where there are few
Christians.
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Hi Gilberto,
The primary proof for Baha'u'llah are His Writings, the transformative power He had over His companions and followers, and the fact that His principles, layed out over 150 years ago, are being carried out by people who are ironically still unaware of Him.
1. Some of His Writings guide and shine Glory/Baha upon the individual and the nations:
A) "In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to excess, it will prove a source of evil."
B) "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."
C) "The purpose of religion as revealed from the heaven of God's holy Will is to establish unity and concord amongst the peoples of the world; make it not the cause of dissension and strife."
2. And others give us a glimpse into His Unique relationship with God Almighty, and instill in us a sense of awe for God and His Manifestation.
Baha'u'llah creates a new people who share with Him the qualities of His Own Eyes, Ears, and Tongue.... eyes that only see God, ears that only perceive God's Word, and tongues that only mention God's remembrance.
"O **EYES** of this Temple! Look not upon the heavens and that which they contain, nor upon the earth and them that dwell thereon, for We have created you to behold Our own Beauty: See it now before you! Withhold not your gaze therefrom, and deprive not yourselves of the Beauty of your Lord, the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved. Erelong shall We bring into being through you keen and penetrating **EYES** that will contemplate the manifold signs of their Creator and turn away from all that is perceived by the people of the world. Through you shall We bestow the power of **VISION** upon whomsoever We desire, and lay hold upon those who have deprived themselves of this gracious bounty. These, verily, have drunk from the cup of delusion, though they perceive it not.
O **EARS** of this Temple! Purge yourselves from all idle clamour and hearken unto the voice of your Lord. He, verily, revealeth unto you, from the Throne of glory, that there is none other God save Me, the All-Glorious, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Erelong shall We bring into being through you pure and undefiled **EARS** which will heed the Word of God and that which hath appeared from the Dayspring of the Utterance of your Lord, the All-Merciful. They shall assuredly **PERCEIVE** the sweet accents of Divine Revelation that proceed from these most blessed and hallowed precincts.
O **TONGUE** of this Temple! We, verily, have created thee through Our name, the All-Merciful, have taught thee whatsoever had remained concealed in the Bayán, and have bestowed upon thee the power of **UTTERANCE**, that thou mayest **MAKE MENTION** of Mine exalted Self amidst My creatures. **PROCLAIM**, then, this wondrous and mighty Remembrance, and fear not the manifestations of the Evil One. Thou wert called into being for this very purpose by virtue of My transcendent and all-compelling command. Through thee have We unloosed the **TONGUE OF UTTERANCE** to expound all that hath been, and We shall again, by My sovereign power, unloose it to **SPEAK** of that which is yet to come. Erelong shall We bring into being through thee eloquent **TONGUES** that will praise and extol Me amongst the Concourse on high and amidst the peoples of the world. Thus have the verses of God been revealed, and thus hath it been decreed by the Lord of all names and at!
tributes.
Thy Lord, verily, is the True One, the Knower of things unseen. Nothing whatsoever shall prevent these **TONGUES** from magnifying their Creator. Through them, all created things shall arise to glorify the Lord of names and to bear witness that there is none other God save Me, the All-Powerful, the Most-Glorious, the Best-Beloved. Nor shall those who make mention of Me **SPEAK** aught unless they be inspired by this **TONGUE** from its lofty station. Few, however, are they who understand! No **TONGUE** is there that speaketh not the praises of its Lord and maketh not mention of His Name. Amongst the people, however, are those who understand and utter praises, and those who utter praises, yet understand not."
-Baha'u'llah, Surih of the Temple 19-21
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