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Huqúqu'lláh (Arabic: ﺣﻘﻮﻕ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ, "Right of God"), sometimes called the Law of Huqúq, is a socio-economic and spiritual law of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. In its most basic form, it states that Bahá'ís should pay a 19% voluntary tax on any wealth in excess of what is necessary to live comfortably, after the remittance of any outstanding debt, to the Universal House of Justice. (more...)
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Quddús (Arabic: قدوس)(c.1820-1849) was the most prominent disciple of the Báb, and the eighteenth and final Letter of the Living. He met the Báb in 1844 while in the city of Shiraz, and immediately recognized Him as the Promised One. Soon afterward, he traveled with Him as His companion on pilgrimage to Mecca, where he conveyed a letter written by the Báb to the Sharif of Mecca. Four years later, he was a pivotal figure at the Conference of Badasht. He was killed shortly after the battle of Shaykh Tabarsi in 1849, at the hands of an angry mob. (more...)
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In Release the Sun William Sears describes the Millennial fervor that gripped many people around the world in the early nineteenth century. While Christians anticipated the return of Jesus Christ, a wave of expectation swept through Islam that the "Lord of the Age" would soon appear. In Persia, this reached a dramatic climax on May 23, 1844, when a twenty-five-year-old merchant from Shiraz named Siyyid 'Alí-Muhammad... read on.
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O CHILDREN OF MEN! Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created. Since We have created you all from one same substance it is incumbent on you to be even as one soul, to walk with the same feet, eat with the same mouth and dwell in the same land, that from your inmost being, by your deeds and actions, the signs of oneness and the essence of detachment may be made manifest. Such is My counsel to you, O concourse of light! Heed ye this counsel that ye may obtain the fruit of holiness from the tree of wondrous glory.
Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words
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