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Featured in: The Declaration of the Bab and The Martyrdom of the Bab
On a spring evening on May 22rd, 1844, Siyyid Ali-Muhammad announced that He was the bearer of a Divine Revelation whose aim was to prepare the world for “Him Whom God Shall Make Manifest,” a Messenger of God known as Baha’u’llah. Baha’is refer to Siyyid Ali-Muhammad by His title, the Bab, which is Arabic for “the Gate,” and that eventful evening is celebrated every year by Baha’is around the world.
On July 9th 1850, the Bab, the forerunner to Baha’u’llah, was executed in Tabriz, Persia by a firing squad of 750 men. The Bab, which means “the Gate” in Arabic, was a Messenger of God whose role was to herald the coming of the latest Manifestation of God: Baha’u’llah. In 1909, after being hidden away for more than half a century, the Bab’s remains were finally interred on Mount Carmel, Israel.
Baha’i Blog Studio Sessions is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.
In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with Satchit Ananda, Harvin Mageyndren, Sharlene Rani, Shalynn Subromaniam and Nishana Rajan who sing “I Am” from the Writings of the Bab.
This song was filmed and recorded in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 2019.
I am, I am, the promised One! I am the One whose name you have for a thousand years invoked, at whose mention you have risen, whose advent you have longed to witness, and the hour of whose Revelation you have prayed God to hasten. Verily I say, it is incumbent upon the peoples of both the East and the West to obey My word and to pledge allegiance to My person.
The Bab
Intro Em, D, C, A Em, D, C, D I am, I am, I am the Promised One! Em, D, C, A I am, I am, I am the Promised One! Em, D I am the One whose name you have for a thousand years invoked, C at whose mention you have risen, D whose advent you have longed to witness, C, D and the hour of whose Revelation C, D you have prayed God to hasten. Em, D, C, D I am, I am, I am the Promised One! Em, D, C, A I am, I am, I am the Promised One! Em, D, C, G, D Verily I say, it is incumbent upon the peoples of both the East and the West Am to obey My word, G/B and to pledge Am to obey My word, G/B, D and to pledge allegiance Em, D, C, D to My person Em, D, C, D to My person (I am, I am, Iam) Em, D, C, D I am, I am, I am the Promised One! Em, D, C, A I am, I am, I am the Promised One!
You can also listen to and download the audio version of this song from Baha’i Blog’s Soundcloud page here: “I Am” by Harvin, Nishana, Satchit, Shalynn & Sharlene
You can also watch the “Studio Sessions” video series on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLePDtgwcyKAScvchcLzY-XZTmP2tdN-EY
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