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How old was Bahá'u'lláh when the Báb declared His Mission?
26 years old (27th year of life)
What was Bahá'u'lláh's birth name?
Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí
Name three rulers of the world to whom Bahá'u'lláh addressed a Tablet.
Napolean III; Alexander II (Russia); Queen Victoria; William I (Prussia); Francis-Joseph (Austria); Abdu’l Aziz (Ottoman); Nasiri-d-Din Shah (Persia); Rulers of America; Pope Pius IX; monks of Christian Church. (pg. 129-30)
What exact words did the Báb use to describe the One Who would come after Him?
Him Whom God shall make manifest.
What famous English scholar said these words about Baha’u’llah: “No need to ask in whose presence I stood, as I bowed myself before one who is the object of a devotion and love which kings might envy and emperors sigh for in vain!”
Edward Granville Browne (131)
What significant event in Bahá'í history occurred on 15 August 1852.
Attempt on the life of the Shah (Bahá'u'lláh, as the leader of the Bábís, was arrested and put in the Siyal-Chal)
Through what medium did God make Bahá'u'lláh's great station made known unto Him?
The Maiden of Heaven (The Most Great Spirit revealed Itself unto Him in the Siyah-Chal.)
By what name did Bahá’u’lláh designate 'Akká?
The Most Great Prison
How long was Bahá’u’llah imprisoned in the Síyáh-Chál?
4 months
In the Síyáh-Chál, Báha’u’lláh taught His companions to chant which certain verses?
“God is sufficient unto me; He verily is the All-sufficing.” And then the second row, “In Him let the trusting trust.”
In what year did Bahá'ulláh retire to the mountains of Kurdistan (Sulaymaniyyih)? And how long was He there?
10 April 1854; two years
What was the name of Bahá'u'lláh's wife (The mother of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.)
Ásíyih Khánum (Navváb)
How did Mírzá Mihdí die and what was his wish before dying?
Fell through the skylight of the barracks while praying; that visitors be allowed in the presence of Bahá'u'lláh.
In what year and specific place (house) did Bahá’u’lláh reveal the Kitáb-i-Aqdas?
1873; House of Abbud (131)
The twin cities, Haifa and 'Akká, represent what for the Bahá’í Faith, in terms of the World Centre?
The spiritual and administrative World Centre
Name the years Bahá'u'lláh was exiled and to where He was exiled.
1853 to Baghdad (10 years)
1863 to Constaninople (4 months)
1863 to Adrianople (4 years and 8 months)
1868 to Akka (24 years)
What is the name of the book in which Bahá'u'lláh designated 'Abdu'l-Bahá as His successor? And what is the English translation of the title of that book?
Kitáb-i-ʻAhd; Book of My Convenant
When Bahá’u’lláh was exiled to 'Akká, where was Mírzá Yahyá sent?
Cyprus
Through Mullá Husayn, what did the Bab send to Báha’u’lláh and what was Báha’u’lláh's reaction to it?
A scroll wrapped in a piece of cloth; complete acceptance of the station of the Báb ("Whoso believes in the Qur’an and recognizes its Divine origin, and yet hesitates… to admit that these soul-stirring words are endowed with the same regenerating power, has most assuredly erred in his judgment and has strayed from the path of justice.")
The Faith advances by this concept which consists of these two alternating and related events.
Crisis and victory
In what year did Bahá'u'lláh point out to 'Abdu'l-Bahá the place where the Shrine of the Báb would be built?
1891
In what city did Bahá'u'lláh reveal the Kitáb-i-Íqán and the Hidden Words?
Baghdad (pg 117)
In what city did Mírzá Yahyá have Bahá’u’lláh poisoned?
Adrianople
Báha’u’lláh’s mission was made known to humanity in a gradual four-stage process. Name these stages in order.
First stage: Siyah-Chal – Intimation
Second Stage: Garden of Ridvan – Declaration
Third Stage: Adrianople – Proclamation
Fourth Stage: Akka – Consummation (revealing of the Kitab-i-Adqas) (pg 124)
Why did Báha’u’lláh advise the Báb to nominate Mírzá Yahyá as a figure-head of the Bábís?
It would enable Baha’u’llah to promote the Cause in relative security.