BAHA’I FAITH

KEY CONCEPTS, FESTIVALS, IDEAS AND SYMBOLS TO BE STUDIED AT KEY STAGES 1 AND 2

Holy Day: Naw-Rúz; First, Ninth, and Twelfth Days of Ridván; Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh; Declaration of the Báb; Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh; Martyrdom of the Báb; Birth of the Báb; Birth of Bahá’u’lláhAscension of Abdu’l-Bahá; Day of the Covenant

19 Day Feasts:Bahá’/Splendour; Jalál/Glory; Jamál/Beauty; ‘Aẓamat/ Grandeur; Núr/Light; Raḥmat/Mercy; Kalimát/Words; Kamál/Perfection; Asmá’/Names; Izzat/Might; Mashíyyat/Will; Ilm/Knowledge; Qudrat/ Power; Qawl/Speech; Masá’il/Questions; Sharaf/Honour; Sulṭán/Sovereignty; Mulk/Dominion; Ayyám-i-Há’/Intercalary Days; Alá’/Loftiness

Daily Obligatory Prayer

Repeat "Alláh'u'Abhá" ("God is Most Glorious") 95 times every day

The regular reading of the Sacred Scriptures, specifically at least each morning and evening

Books: Key examples include The Kitáb-i-Aqdas; ; and ; Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh

Institutions: Universal House of Justice; National ; Local Spiritual Assembly

Nine sided Baha’i House of Worship”

"the original purpose of temples and houses of worship is simply that of unity— places of meeting where various peoples, different races and souls of every capacity may come together in order that love and agreement should be manifest between them . . . that all religions, races and sects may come together within its universal shelter.” Abdu’l-Bahá

The Fast

Pilgrimage

Key People: The Báb; Bahá’u’lláh; ‘Abdu’l-Bahá;

Symbols: Some Bahai’s wear:

 The Baha’i ring-stone symbol, a calligraphic rendering of the phrase “Allah’u’abha”, meaning “God is Most Glorious”;  “The Greatest Name”… an artistically-drawn calligraphy of the Arabic phrase “Ya Baha’ul Abha” meaning “O Glory of the All-Glorious”  have a Nine-Pointed Star on their tombstones;  At burial Bahai’s wear a Baha’i ring with the inscription “I came forth from God, and return unto Him, detached from all save Him, holding fast to His Name, the Merciful, the Compassionate.”