The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1, Cover

The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh VOLUME ONE Adib Taherzadeh
By the same author TRUSTEES OF THE MERCIFUL (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, London, 1972) THE REVELATION OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH Adrianople 1863-68 THE REVELATION OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH 'Akká, The Early Years 1868-77 THE REVELATION OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH Mazra'ih and Bahjí 1877-92
The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh ________________ Baghdád 1853~63 ________________ Adib Taherzadeh GR GEORGE RONALD OXFORD
GEORGE RONALD, Publisher 46 High Street, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 2DN © ADIB TAHERZADEH 1974 Revised edition 1975 First paper edition 1975 Revised edition 1976 Reprinted 1980, 1988 EXTRACTS FROM THE FOLLOWING WORKS REPRINTED BY PERMISSION: By Bahá'u'lláh: Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, Copyright © 1953 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Copyright © 1952 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; The Kitáb-i-Íqán, Copyright © 1950 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh, Copyright © 1938 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, Copyright © 1952 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. By 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Memorials of the Faithful, Copyright © 1971 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. By Shoghi Effendi: The Advent of Divine Justice, Copyright © 1963 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United State; God Passes By, Copyright © 1944 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; The Promised Day Is Come, Copyright © 1961 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, Copyright © 1955 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Blomfield: The Chosen Highway, Copyright 1940 by Bahá'í Publishing Trust, London. Nabíl-i-A'zam: The Dawn-Breakers, Copyright © 1932 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. The Bahá'í World, vol. XII, Copyright © 1956 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. ISBN 0 85398 052 7 (cased) ISBN 0 85398 057 8 (paper) Printed and bound in Great Britain by Billing & Sons Ltd., Worcester
TABLET OF THE HOLY MARINER Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in Arabic In the handwriting of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
To those brilliant souls the Bahá'í Pioneers and Teachers in every land who have expended their lives and their substance in the path of Bahá'u'lláh