Baháʼu'lláh, eine herausragende Persönlichkeit aus Persien, verzichtete auf ein Leben in Privilegien, um sich für tiefgreifende spirituelle und soziale Veränderungen einzusetzen. Seine Schriften verkündeten die bevorstehende Vereinigung der Menschheit und den Anbruch einer globalen Zivilisation und forderten die Weltführer auf, den Frieden anzunehmen. Trotz schwerer Verfolgung, Inhaftierung und Verbannung hatte seine Botschaft vom universellen Frieden und der Schaffung einer Weltzivilisation tiefgreifende Auswirkungen auf die Welt.
A collection of spiritual teachings which is intended for all religious persuasions and those who seek a spiritual life. These meditational verses which were composed by Baha'u'allah, about the year 1858, while in exile to Iraq, explore the relationship between God and man.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh is a compilation of selected tablets and extracts from tablets by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Shoghi Effendi, head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 to 1957, made the selection and performed the translation, which was first published 1935. The work consists of "a selection of the most characteristic and hitherto unpublished passages includes from the outstanding works of the Author of the Bahá'í Revelation," according to Shoghi Effendi.[1] The passages come from the whole range of Bahá'u'lláh's writings, dated from about 1853 to 1892.