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An Auxiliary language in the Bahá’í Faith focuses on a particular teaching; that the world should adopt an international auxiliary language. The aim of this teaching is that the adoption of an international auxiliary language will improve communication and foster unity among peoples and nations. The Bahá’í writings state that the lack of communication between peoples of different languages undermines efforts towards world peace due to misunderstandings of language, and that adopting an international auxiliary language would help reduce the number of misunderstandings, and would facilitate the transition to a global society. None of the various Bahá’í authorities have ever specified what language should be used as the international auxiliary language, instead leaving such a decision up to the Universal House of Justice.
Hasan Balyuzi was a Hand of the Cause of God and prominent Iranian Bahá’í. He was born in Shiraz, Iran in Sept. 1908, he studied at the American University of Beirut and the London School of Economics. He worked for BBC in the Persian Section, part of his work involved translating English literature into Persian. To this day many of his translations remain the standard Persian versions. In 1941 he married Mary Brown, they had five sons. He remarked, "A girl has not been born into our family for two hundred years." He is well known for authoring many books on the Bahá’í Faith.
In Release the SunWilliam Sears describes the Millennial fervor that gripped many people around the world in the early nineteenth century. While Christians anticipated the return of Jesus Christ, a wave of expectation swept through Islam that the "Lord of the Age" would soon appear.
A dewdrop out of the fathomless ocean of My mercy I have shed upon the peoples of the world, yet found none turn thereunto, inasmuch as every one hath turned away from the celestial wine of unity unto the foul dregs of impurity, and, content with mortal cup, hath put away the chalice of immortal beauty. -Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words
The Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh, located near 'Akká, Israel, is the most holy place for Bahá’ís and represents the Qiblih, or direction of prayer. It contains the remains of Bahá’u’lláh and is near the spot where he died in the Mansion of Bahji. Surrounding the Shrine and Mansion is the Haram-i-Aqdas, or the "Holy Court", which consists of landscaping and formal gardens which provide a befitting approach to this holy spot.
