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- Baha'u'llah: Gleanings, CXXX

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God and His Messengers

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In Bahá'í teachings God is, and always has been, the Creator.

Man was created through God's love: "Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient eternity of My essence, I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee." The purpose of man's existence as taught by Bahá'u'lláh is to know and to worship God, and "to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization."

God has always watched over mankind. Throughout history, He has sent us blessed souls, perfect mirrors which manifest and reflect the glory and perfection of the heavenly kingdom. Each of these Messengers or Prophets renews the Word of God and lifts humanity to new heights of spiritual development. The laws and social teaching of each religion change depending on the time and place the Messenger appears.

Bahá'u'lláh taught that there is one God, Who progressively reveals His will to humanity. Each of the great religions brought by the Messengers of God - Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad -- represents a successive stage in the spiritual development of civilization.

Bahá'u'lláh, the most recent Messenger in this line, has brought teachings that address the moral and spiritual challenges of the modern world.

Daily Quote

  • July 30
    Suffer me not, O my Lord, to be deprived of the knowledge of Thee in Thy days, and divest me not of the robe of Thy guidance. Give me to drink of the river that is life indeed, whose waters have streamed forth from the Paradise (Ridván) in which the throne of Thy Name, the [...]