The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 2, Cover

The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh VOLUME TWO Adib Taherzadeh
By the same author TRUSTEES OF THE MERCIFUL (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, London, 1972) THE REVELATION OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH Baghdád 1853-63 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 ________________ Adrianople 1863~68 ________________ Adib Taherzadeh GR GEORGE RONALD OXFORD
GEORGE RONALD, Publisher 46 High Street, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 2DN © ADIB TAHERZADEH 1977 All Rights Reserved Reprinted 1986, 1988 EXTRACTS FROM THE FOLLOWING WORKS REPRINTED BY PERMISSION: By Bahá'u'lláh: Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, Copyright 1941, © 1969 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Copyright 1939 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; The Kitáb-i-Íqán, Copyright 1931 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; 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 1939, © 1967 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United State; The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh: Selected Letters, Copyright 1938, © 1972, 1974 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. God Passes By, Copyright 1944, © 1972, 1974 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; The Promised Day Is Come, Copyright 1941, © 1969 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States; Miscellaneous: The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation, published 1932 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. The Bahá'í World: A Biennial International Record: 1938-1940, Copyright 1942 by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada. ISBN 0 85398 071 3 (paper) Printed and bound in Great Britain by Billing & Sons Ltd., Worcester
THE FIRST PAGE OF THE SÚRIY-I-AMR In Bahá'u'lláh's own hand, revealed soon after the attempt on His life. His amanuensis read this Tablet aloud to Mírzá Yahyá to acquaint him formally with the mission of Bahá'u'lláh
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