INTRODUCTION TO THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH

Before going any further, we first would like to invite you to meditate on a Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh for a True Seeker.

The Bahá'í Faith is an independent world religion with many teachings. Some of them are:

The oneness of God  

The oneness of mankind  

Religion must be the source of unity  

Equality of the sexes  

Universal and compulsory education

Religion and science must be in harmony

The independent investigation of truth

The foundation of religions is one

Universal peace and international Parliament

Spiritual solution of the economic problem  

Religious and racial prejudice and superstitution must be overcome

Links to nine basic facts about the Bahá'í Faith, very brief and with pictures:

  1. The Progressive Revelation

  2. The Bab

  3. Bahá'u'lláh

  4. Abdu'l-Bahá

  5. The Guardian

  6. The Bahá'í Administration

  7. Unity

  8. The Bahá'í principles and teachings

  9. Becoming a Bahá'í

A series of three essays, more in depth and with quotations from the Bahá'í writings:

  1. Bahá'í Teachings

  2. Early History

  3. Recent history and current status

The Bahá'í Magazine, a lot of information and with pictures:

The Bahá'í Magazine

O Lord, my God!

Praise and thanksgiving be unto Thee for Thou hast
guided me to walk in this straight and far-stretching path,
illumined my eye by beholding the splendors of Thy light,
inclined my ear to the melodies of the birds of holiness
from the kingdom of mysteries and
attracted my heart with Thy love
among the Righteous...

Abdu'l-Bahá