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In English, the word is commonly pronounced bə-HYE (/ b ə ˈ h aɪ /), but the more accurate rendering of the Arabic is bə-HAH-ee (/ b ə ˈ h ɑː. iː /). [ 19 ] The accent marks above the letters, representing long vowels, derive from a system of transliterating Arabic and Persian script that was adopted by Baháʼís in 1923, and which ...
A style guide, available at the bahai.org website, gives a glossary and pronunciation guide of names and concepts as used within the Baháʼí Faith, including, [33] Baháʼí Faith, pronounced as: Ba-HIGH; Baháʼu'lláh, pronounced as: Ba-ha-ul-LAH; Báb, pronounced as: Bahb (Bob) ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, pronounced as: Abdul ba-HAH
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in 1906 instructed to write the term Bahaʼo'llah, and later in 1921 requested that it be written Baha ʼUllah. [4] The Baháʼí transliteration scheme that Shoghi Effendi adopted was based on a standard adopted by the Tenth International Congress of Orientalists which took place in Geneva in September 1894.
After their father's death, Yahya's education and care were largely overseen by Bahá’u’lláh. [56] During Baha’u’llah's imprisonment in the Síyáh-Chál Yahya went into hiding, [57] but after Bahá’u’lláh's exile to Iraq Yahya left Iran in disguise and made his way to Baghdad. [58]
The work was written in Arabic under the Arabic title al-Kitāb al-Aqdas (Arabic: الكتاب الأقدس), but in English it is commonly known by its Persian pronunciation Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Persian: کتاب اقدس), and is subtitled with the translation of "the Most Holy Book".
In 1844 Ali-Muhammad of Shiraz proclaimed that he was the Báb (Arabic for 'Gate'), after a Twelver Shi'i religious concept. His followers were therefore known as Bábís.The Báb's writings introduced the concept of "He whom God shall make manifest", a Messianic figure whose coming, according to Bahá'ís, was announced in the scriptures of all of the world's great religions.
The Baha'i principle of an International Auxiliary Language (IAL) represents a paradigm for establishing peaceful and reciprocal relations between the world's primary speech communities – while shielding them from undue linguistic pressures from the dominant speech community/communities. [2] Baha’u’llah
The Kitáb-i-Íqán was probably the first work of Bahá’u’lláh published in print. A lithographed edition was published by relatives of the Báb (the Afnáns) in Bombay, India, around 1882 by the Ḥasaní Zívar Press. [5] [6] It was first translated into English in 1904, one of the first works of Baháʼu'lláh to appear in English. [7]