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Baha’u’llah, the Prophet-Founder of the Baha’i Faith, passed away on 29 May, 1892. This holy day is commemorated by Baha’is all over the world and is known as ‘The Ascension of Baha’u’llah’.

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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.

The Promised One – A Story from the Baha’i Faith

May 17, 2023, in Videos > Short Film, by Sonjel Vreeland

In this video, we explore a story from early Baha’i history, sourced from famed Baha’i historian Nabil’s much celebrated opus The Dawn-Breakers. In this story we hear of the Bab’s summoning to a convocation of religious leaders in Tabriz, and the extraordinary pronouncement He made at that gathering.

More information and resources related to the Declaration of the Bab can be found in a special collection.

The words of the Bab included in this video have also been sung in our Studio Sessions series in the songs “I Am the Promised One” by Carl Brehmer and “I Am” by Harvin, Nishana, Satchit, Shalynn & Sharlene.

Narration by: Jamie Evans

Some images and text are courtesy of the Baha’i International Community. Other images are from Encyclopædia Britannica, Pexels, Unsplash, Rawpixel, or are in the public domain.

The text of the video is courtesy of the Baha’i International Community and is from:

The Life of the Bab
The Babi movement
God passes By, Shoghi Effendi
The Dawn-Breakers: Nabil’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Baha’i Revelation

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Sonjel Vreeland

In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.

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