Pilgrimage Prep

Visiting one of the Bahá'í Holy Places, or planning to? Below: each major site, with stories to read before you go. Read these and the experience deepens.

• Shíráz

  Birthplace of the Báb. Site of His declaration to Mullá Ḥusayn on 22 May 1844.

  Read before you visit

  • → 200 years ago in Persia, there were many with the same expectation, that the…
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was born on the same night that the Báb declared His Mission in…
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas
  • → Haji ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab
  • → Haji Mirza Hasan-i-Adib
  • → Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali, Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad and Haji Mirza Hassan Ali
  • → Hájí Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Shírází
  • → Haji Mulla Isma’il-i-Qumi
  • → His Eminence Kalím (Mírzá Músá)
  • → Ismu’lláhu’l-Asdaq (Mullá Ṣádiq Khurasani)
  • → Mirza Aqay-i-Rikab-Saz
  • → Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, the Afnán
  • → Mírzá Muhammad Rawdih-Khán Yazdí
  • → Mirza Qurban-‘Ali
  • → Mirza Yusuf Vahid Kashfi
  • → Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Bastamí
  • → Mullá Husayn Bushrú’í
  • → Mullá Khudá-Bakhsh Qúchání
  • → Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunúzí
  • → Shaykh Salmán
  • → Siyyid Husayn-i-Turshizi
  • → Siyyid Isma’il
  • → Siyyid Yahya-i-Darabi (Vahid)
  • → Tahirih Siyavushi
  • → Táhirih
  • → The Báb – Herald of the Bahá’í Faith
  • → 49: O steadfast ones, gathered beneath the ...
  • → 92: Your letter, laden with many a graceful ...
  • → Akká and Haifa
  • → Early Life
  • → The Young Merchant of Shíráz: Esslemont's Portrait of the Báb
  • → 1851 Karbilá, Iraq: A disciple of the Báb becomes the first person to whom Baha'u'llah confided His Divine Mission – as was prophesied by the Báb in 1848
  • → An example of how the Báb changed unseemly business practices while He was a merchant in Bushihr, Persia – related by ‘Abdu’l-Baha
  • → Divine intervention in the twinkling of an eye - a believer experienced
  • → Gifts from one Manifestation of God to Another
  • → How Mullá Sádiq-i-Muqaddas recognized the Báb through Mullá Husayn in Isfahán
  • → How the second “Letter of the Living” recognized the Báb…
  • → Karbila, circa 1841: A meeting between the Báb and His forerunner Siyyid Kazim -- its profound and long-lasting effect on a disciple of Siyyid Kazim who was also present
  • → Mírzá Músá: Bahá’u’lláh’s faithful brother, also known as Áqáy-i-Kalím – a brief account of his life by 'Abdu'l-Baha
  • → Mullá ‘Abdu’l-Karím’s marvellous spiritual experience
  • → Mullá Husayn finds “God’s hidden treasure” in Mázindarán
  • → Mulla Husayn is led to Shiraz in his quest for the Promised One
  • → No peace in the city of Tabriz on July 9, 1850 – the martyrdom of the Báb
  • → The amazing circumstances through which a noted Bábí merchant in Tabriz was able to visit the Báb seven time when He was under house arrest - and - Mulla Husayn’s earlier prediction
  • → The dream of Mírzá ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb-i-Shírází – a youth chained besides Bahá’u’lláh in the Síyáh-Chál
  • → The King summons the Báb
  • → The story of ‘Abdu’l-Baha – Part 1: 1844-1908
  • → The story of the Báb
  • → The story of the Kitáb-i-Íqán (The Book of Certitude)
  • → The sudden arrest of the Báb and its agonizing impact on His wife – as recalled by Khadijih Bagum
  • → Tahirih - The only woman ‘Letter of the Living’
  • → The Báb’s short stay in Isfahán
  • → The miracle of the Báb’s last day…
  • → There Remains One More: The Letters of the Living
  • → I Bear Witness These Words Are From the Same Source: Siyyid Yaḥyá Recognizes the Báb
  • → A Merchant of Shíráz: The Birth of the Báb
  • → Two Hours and Eleven Minutes After Sunset: The Declaration of the Báb
  • → How an Iranian Mullah became a Bahá’í
  • → I remember when I was a girl the news came to Isfahan from Nabil that…
  • → It was June of 1847
  • → Memorial of Áqá Mírzá Maḥmúd and Áqá Riḍá
  • → Memorial of Mullá Ṣádiq-i-Muqaddas-i-Khurásání
  • → Memorial of Shamsu’d-Ḍuḥá
  • → Munirih Khánum, who later became the wife of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, met Khadijih-Bagum…
  • → My mother, my Aunt Khánum, my three sisters, and I lived in the bigger house at…
  • → On the [day] of the first Naw-Rúz (1909), which He celebrated after His release…
  • → 11: COMMENTARY ON THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN
  • → 8: THE BÁB
  • → Extracts From An Epistle To Muḥammad Sháh
  • → From the Qayyúm al-Asmá': The Báb's First Major Work
  • → The Báb's Tablet to Mullá Ḥusayn on Departing Shíráz
  • → “Thou art aware, O My God, that since the day Thou ...”
  • → O Concourse of Kings: A Passage from the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'
  • → After Each Prayer: The Báb on Remembering Parents
  • → In the Twenty-Fifth Year: The Báb Begins to Speak
  • → [Pages 1–20]
  • → The Commentary on the Kawthar: Vaḥíd's Third Audience

• Tihrán

  Birthplace of Bahá'u'lláh. Site of the Síyáh-Chál where His revelation began.

  Read before you visit

  • → Badasht is a village some distance from Tihrán in the northeast part of the country
  • → Bahá’u’lláh was stripped of His outer garments, the soles of His feet were…
  • → ‘Alavíyyih Khánum and Mullá ‘Alí Ján
  • → Aqa Husayn-i-Ashchi
  • → Aqa Mirza Ali-Muhammad (Ibn-i-Asdaq)
  • → Aqa Mirza Muhammad-Taqi Abhari (Ibn-i-Abhar)
  • → Ḥájí ‘Abdu’lláh Najaf-Ábádí
  • → Haji Mirza Abu’l-Hasan Ardikani aka Haji Amin
  • → Haji Muhammad-Taqiy-i-Kirmani and Siyyid Murtada
  • → Jináb-i-Muníb
  • → Mirzá ‘Abd’u’lláh Faráháni, ‘The Divine Musician’
  • → Mirza Asadu’llah Fadil Mazandarani (Jinab-i-Fadil)
  • → Mírzá Ja‘far-i-Yazdí
  • → Mírzá Mihdí
  • → Mírzá Muḥammad-Qulí
  • → Muhammad-Husayn-i-Maraghi’i
  • → Muḥammad Labíb
  • → Mulla`Ali-Akbar Shahmirzadi
  • → Sháh Muḥammad-Amín aka Haji Shah Muhammad Manshadi
  • → Siyyid Jafar-i-Yazdi
  • → Thornton Chase, Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
  • → Ustád Ismá’íl
  • → Ustád Nasru’lláh Raphael
  • → William Sears
  • → 1846: How the Governor of Isfáhán, Muchihr Khán, managed to save the Báb from the death verdict issued by seventy eminent ‘ulamás and notables in Isfáhán
  • → A believer’s dream about hosting the Báb when He was expected to arrive at Káshán in the company of a mounted escort
  • → A pilgrim reports in 1920 how busy ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was replying to numerous letters from around the world
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Baha tells a story about an incident during His childhood
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Baha tells the story of Baha’u’llah’s agreement to perform any miracle agreed on by the divines
  • → An example of why not to read the Word of God with the eye of intellect only
  • → Baha’u’llah during His youthful prime – told by ‘Abdu’l-Baha
  • → Bahá’u’lláh’s marriage to Ásíyih Khánúm and their early lives together up until His recognition of the Báb
  • → Baha’u’llah visits Mulla Husayn and his companions at Fort Tabarsi
  • → Being present when ‘Abdu’l-Baha revealed a Tablet
  • → circa 1848: Baha’u’llah’s first imprisonment
  • → Hand of the Cause Mr. Faizi’s first exposure to the Baha’i Faith as a child
  • → Mulla Husayn’s childhood and youth
  • → Opposition to 'Abdu'l-Baha's proposed marriage
  • → Táhirih’s arrest in Qazvin and subsequent release through the intervention of Baha’u’llah
  • → The Blast of the Trumpet – the amazing way in which a woman announced the birth of a new cycle for humanity
  • → The story of how Mullá Husayn was able to discover Baha’u’llah in Tihran and have delivered to Him a scroll containing passages from the Writings of the Báb
  • → The story of Tahirih’s house arrest and her bold prediction of upcoming release
  • → The tragic death of Mirza Mihdi, “The Purest Branch”
  • → A very unique Child is born
  • → Badí – the messenger of Baha’u’llah
  • → Baha’u’llah receives His Mission from God
  • → The Songbird in the Garden
  • → Baha'u'llah - The King of Kings
  • → Faithful Isfandiyar
  • → One Meritorious Act
  • → Shining Lamp: Mullá Husayn
  • → The Marriage of Ásíyih Khánum
  • → The Night of the Arrest: Asiyih Khanum's Vigil
  • → Return from Karbilá: Bahá'u'lláh's Journey Home to Tihrán
  • → The Epistle Recalls the Síyáh-Chál
  • → For his own personal use Bahá’u’lláh never ordered anything extravagant
  • → Born in the Vazír's House: The Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
  • → Husayn-‘Ali [later known as Bahá’u’lláh] was born November 12, 1817, at dawn…
  • → I was a child in Tehran when at the age of seven I contracted tuberculosis
  • → In Europe, on one occasion, remembering the desperate days in Tihran when…
  • → My mother tied a two-qiran silver piece in the corner of a handkerchief and…
  • → Nabíl-i-A'zam, in his narrative history of the early days of the Faith, The…
  • → One of the most important pioneer families in the Fort Worth / Dallas area ws…
  • → Síyáh-Chál, the name of the prison to which Bahá’u’lláh was taken on that…
  • → The Tarbíyat Schools of Tihrán: News from Persia
  • → The following account occurred in the Siyah-Chal prison in Teheran around the…
  • → To the galling weight of these tribulations was now added the bitter grief of a…

• Haifa & Mount Carmel

  Site of the Shrine of the Báb, the Bahá'í World Centre, the Universal House of Justice.

  Read before you visit

  • → A woman visited the Master in Haifa, in May 1910
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Bahá anticipated that conditions of hardship would appear with these…
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s love of God and Bahá’u’lláh brought a calm and a serenity which…
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Bahá would refuse generous sums of money meant for Himself but would…
  • → After arriving in Port Said, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had initially planned to continue…
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Ḥamíd’s Committee
  • → Already in AB's day relief funds had been established
  • → An American family once wrote to the Master, asking if they might visit Him
  • → At one time enemies of the Master, Covenant-breakers who lived in the Mansion…
  • → At the time my father was invited by the Guardian to come and live with us in…
  • → Bahá’u’lláh could trust ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with the most difficult of tasks as He…
  • → Bahiyyih Randall was only thirteen years old when she went to Haifa to see the Master
  • → Amatu’l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum
  • → Ḥájí Muḥammad Khán
  • → Ḥájí Mullá Mihdí-i-Yazdí aka Haji Mulla Mihdi-i-‘Atri
  • → Husayn-Áqáy-i-Tabrízí
  • → Husayn Effendi Tabrízí
  • → John Esslemont: A Doctor at the Master's Side
  • → Muḥammad-Hádíy-i-Ṣaḥḥáf
  • → Siyyid Muḥammad-Taqí Manshádí
  • → William Sutherland Maxwell
  • → 10: O my well-beloved sister, O Most Exalted ...
  • → 14: O my spiritual sister! ...
  • → 17: O my dear sister! ...
  • → 19: O my sister in the spirit, and the companion ...
  • → 29: It is not unknown to those who stand firm ...
  • → 70: Your letter of 12th October 1922 is just ...
  • → 75: It was sometime ago that I received your ...
  • → She Restored Sight to the Blind: Bahíyyih Khánum's Wartime Relief Work in Haifa
  • → Center of the Covenant
  • → Epilogue
  • → Last Years
  • → Life at Bahjí
  • → Prison Gates Opened
  • → The Great War
  • → War Time at Haifa
  • → Western Tours
  • → Writings and Addresses
  • → An example of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s ability to see the light of the spirit of a human being at a considerable distance – narrated by the Master
  • → Meeting Shoghi Effendi in Paris during the Summer of 1920
  • → Ruhiyyih Khanum’s first encounter with Shoghi Effendi
  • → Tablets of the Divine Plan changed the lives of an American couple
  • → The Egyptian Baha’i merchant who wanted to see Baha’u’llah
  • → The stone that became the “Cornerstone” of the House of Worship in Chicago
  • → Walking in Haifa with the Master
  • → Her Eyes Charged with Memories: A Portrait of the Greatest Holy Leaf
  • → Dr J
  • → During the British advance from the south, field batteries were placed in…
  • → During World War I when a blockade threatened the lives of many civilians in…
  • → For many years during the Master’s late life there occurred a constant ‘flow of…
  • → The Appointment of Shoghi Effendi as Guardian
  • → Grace very much wanted to attend the Unity Feast at West Englewood, the Feast…
  • → Ten Thousand Mourners on Mount Carmel: The Funeral of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
  • → In 1919, when Margaret Randall, who came to be known as Bahiyyih, was but…
  • → In a final touching tribute to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's generosity this true story…
  • → In the early summer of 1923 Shoghi Effendi again left Haifa and sought some…
  • → In the spring of 1918, I was much startled and deeply disturbed by a telephone…
  • → It was at the home of the Kinneys that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá stayed the second time he…
  • → Memorial of ‘Abdu’l-Ghaffár of Iṣfáhán
  • → Memorial of ‘Abdu’s-Ṣáliḥ, the Gardener
  • → Memorial of Ḥájí ‘Abdu’r-Raḥím-i-Yazdí
  • → Memorial of Muḥammad-‘Alíy-i-Ardikání
  • → My mother was the one who had first known Shoghi Effendi as a child, when she…
  • → No matter how relaxed or arduous life might be, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá always found or…
  • → On the day I arrived at Haifa I was ill with a dysentery which I had picked up…
  • → One day ‘a man passing by the gates of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s house in Haifa, carrying…
  • → One day during a school vacation, some Bahá’í students who were attending…
  • → One day, in London, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was out driving with Lady Blomfield and Mrs…
  • → One of the greatest privileges we had during our visit was to be present when…
  • → One of the most striking examples of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s imperturbability was His…
  • → One of those 'unspiritual people' was at that moment a member of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's party, Dr
  • → A Quiet Wedding in Haifa: Shoghi Effendi and Mary Maxwell
  • → The International Secretariat: A Cable Desk in Haifa
  • → Launching the Ten Year Crusade in 1953
  • → Translating the Dawn-Breakers: Shoghi Effendi's Long Nights
  • → An English for the Hidden Words: Shoghi Effendi's Discipline
  • → Preparation for war conditions had been made by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá even before His…
  • → 31: O thou who art dear, and wise! Thy letter dated ...
  • → Sometime later, I usually had the privilege of walking home with the Guardian…
  • → Soon after the outbreak [of the war], Haifa, which was still under Turkish…
  • → News from Haifa: The Master Through the War
  • → A Pilgrim's Account of the Master's Last Years: Genevieve Coy in Haifa
  • → A School on Mount Carmel: News of the Haifa Bahá'í School
  • → Hindus in the Pilgrim House: Caste Crossed at Haifa
  • → The Knighthood: 'Abdu'l-Bahá Honoured by the British Crown
  • → The Cable from Haifa: News of the Master's Passing
  • → Young in Face: Mountfort Mills Meets the Guardian
  • → A Naw-Rúz Message from 'Abdu'l-Bahá
  • → The Passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: First Reports in the Star
  • → The Tablets of the Divine Plan: First Publication in the Star
  • → Major Tudor Pole's Cable from Jerusalem
  • → Surely the simplicity of the marriage of Shoghi Effendi - reminiscent of the…
  • → Sydney Sprague was on pilgrimage in Haifa in September 1910
  • → “O thou dear wise man!...”
  • → The Báb, during his life, had a certain follower who was specially devoted to him
  • → The dignitaries of the British crown from Jerusalem were gathered in Haifa,…
  • → The Master's concern for others endured to the very end of His earthly life
  • → The Master's life was very full at this time
  • → There are many stories of Lua Getsinger
  • → There was a man in Haifa who disliked ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
  • → There was a time when the Covenant-Breakers 'gave away the garments and…
  • → When a Turkish man, living in Haifa, lost his position, he, his wife and…
  • → When Aqa Ali Akbar was on his way to embark from Haifa, the Governor ordered…
  • → When my father fell desperately ill in the winter of 1949-50 his condition was…
  • → When the British arrived in Haifa, where the blockade had caused a perilous…
  • → While on pilgrimage in Haifa in 1909, Alice Breed asked ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: if we…

• 'Akká

  The prison-city where Bahá'u'lláh was confined for the last 24 years of His life.

  Read before you visit

  • → A delightful story is told of a Mademoiselle Letitia, who had come from a poor…
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Bahá believed in using medicine as well as spiritual healing
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's kind heart went out to those who were ill
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s prayerfulness aided Him to sustain equanimity even in times of…
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's recipe for pilau: Lamb-cut in very small pieces-cutting away…
  • → After Bahá’u’lláh's confinement in the Most Great Prison in 'Akka had ended,…
  • → Although ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was a serious expounder of the Bahá’í Faith He had a fine…
  • → ‘An American friend who had enjoyed the privilege of more than one visit to…
  • → And yet, as you know, when he passed away in England, I had many cables from…
  • → Another governor of 'Akka was dismissed from his duties and sent to Beirut to a new post
  • → Another instance of His generosity concerned a rug, which was among 'the most…
  • → Haji Muhammad Tihir Malmiri
  • → Louis George Gregory
  • → Mirza Abu’l-Fadl
  • → Shaykh Ismail
  • → Ustad ‘Ali Ashraf
  • → Ustad Aqa Bala
  • → Before a winter's cold took hold of 'Akka, the Master would go to a clothing…
  • → Before the fall of Haifa, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was discussing the British campaign with…
  • → Imprisonment in Akká
  • → Letters to Kings
  • → Pilgrims Beyond the Third Moat: An Esslemont Story of 'Akká
  • → An Hour of Kissed Hands: 'Abdu'l-Bahá Wins Bahá'u'lláh a Day in the Country
  • → A funny incident while in the company of the Master
  • → A youth sees Bahá’u’lláh revealing Verses of God – recalled by Hand of the Cause Tarázu’lláh Samandari
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Baha lived in the morgue of the barracks in Akka for two years
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s surprising response to two believers trying to identify the most acceptable form of martyrdom – recalled by one of His secretaries
  • → An example of how ‘Abdu’l-Baha treated an unfriendly Christian missionary in ‘Akka
  • → An example of how man is unable to prevent God from executing His will
  • → An example of love and compassion shown by Munirih Khanum (‘Abdu’l-Baha’s wife)
  • → An example of the commanding power of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
  • → Be natural, be happy…
  • → "I am only a drop from the vast ocean of Baha'u'llah's school"
  • → May Maxwell sees ‘Abdu’l-Baha for the first time
  • → Roses from ‘Abdu’l-Baha
  • → Sarah’s Vision of Peace
  • → The first Baha’i in England goes on pilgrimage
  • → The King and the Gardener – a story told by ‘Abdu’l-Baha
  • → Trying to get ‘Abdu’l-Baha a new coat
  • → Two examples of Baha’u’llah being fully aware of one’s thoughts and feelings
  • → The Master and the Flowers
  • → The Master Loved Children Fully
  • → The Master with the Sick Pilgrim
  • → The Table of the Master
  • → The Greatest Holy Leaf at Her Brother's Side
  • → A Living Spirit: Thomas Breakwell
  • → A Prayer for Mirza Ja'far
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Baha - the Knight of Light
  • → An Amazing Night
  • → An example of 'Abdu'l-Baha's forgiving nature...
  • → Flowers for the Ancient King
  • → The Master and the Stray Puppy
  • → Stories from the childhood of Shoghi Effendi
  • → The Prisoner with power
  • → The Proud Helper
  • → The Servant of God
  • → Two Pink Roses for a Little Girl
  • → I Slept in the Room of Ásíyih Khánum
  • → Corinne True made one of her nine pilgrimages to the Bahá’í Holy Places in…
  • → Day by day friends brought offerings of flowers and fruit, so that the dinner…
  • → Early in 1904 Ethel Rosenberg made her second pilgrimage to the Holy Land
  • → Early in the days of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s imprisonment in the barracks in ‘Akka, news…
  • → Elizabeth Greenleaf was a tall, aristocratic and very lovely lady who, for very…
  • → For ‘Abdu’l-Bahá inexpensive clothes were sufficient
  • → Gracious God
  • → The Day Given to Him: Origins of the Day of the Covenant
  • → Across the Bay to 'Akká: Louis Gregory's Pilgrimage Arrival
  • → Imagine that we are in the ancient house of the still more ancient city of…
  • → In 1909 Ethel Rosenberg made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land
  • → In 1914 the Master wrote to the friends in Denver concerning how to convey the…
  • → In 'Akka the Master's room often contained not even a bed as He was continually…
  • → In ‘Akka there lived a man who so hated ‘Abdu’l-Bahá that he would turn his…
  • → In London ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had an interview with a representative from the Weekly Budget
  • → In Minneapolis a Jewish Rabbi came to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with a request that He speak…
  • → It is related of Shaykh Mahmud of 'Akka that he 'hated the Bahá’ís
  • → Julia Gundy, an early pilgrim, described a beautiful supper at which many…
  • → Juliet Thompson has given us a sweet picture of the Master in 'Akka: 'He had…
  • → Just before Mrs C left the household of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in ‘Akka, ‘He came into…
  • → Later, in 1907, four members of a second Commission of investigation arrived by…
  • → ‘Life at ‘Akka and Haifa in the reign of ‘Abdu’l-Hamid was full of tension and danger
  • → Lua Getsinger – spiritual mother of both Mrs Hearst and May Bolles (Maxwell) –…
  • → Maria Ioas longed to be the recipient of a flower from 'Abdu-l-Bahá
  • → Mary Lucas, a pilgrim to Akka in 1905, found that the Master usually ate but…
  • → Mary Lucas, a pilgrim to 'Akka in 1905, found that the Master gave away all the…
  • → Mirza Abu’l-Fadl was an outstanding Bahá’í scholar
  • → Memorial of Áqá Ḥusayn-i-Áshchí (Cook of the Household)
  • → Memorial of Áqá Muḥammad-Báqir and Áqá Muḥammad-Ismá'íl, the Tailor
  • → Memorial of Áqá Riḍáy-i-Shírází (the Companion of the Exile)
  • → Memorial of His Eminence Kalím (Mírzá Músá)
  • → Memorial of Mashhadí Ḥusayn and Mashhadí Muḥammad-i-Ádhirbáyjání
  • → No mere mortal in His day could claim to be His teacher
  • → On August 20th there arrived at Green Acre a young man, dishevelled, tremulous
  • → On the night of 20 August, a horrifying young man came to a meeting at the Kinney's house
  • → One day ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was asked how one should live
  • → One day ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was going from Akka to Haifa and asked for a seat in the stage coach
  • → One of interesting incidents I remember well is about a parrot which was…
  • → One well-known story involves teaching Mountfort Mills how to pray: when…
  • → Pilgrims’ notes tell us that one day Lua Getsinger was walking with…
  • → The Mouthful of Khánum: A Childhood Privilege at the Family Table
  • → A Tie Far Deeper: Young Shoghi Approaches the Master
  • → The Most Holy Tablet: Bahá'u'lláh to the Christians
  • → The Tablet of Wisdom: Bahá'u'lláh on Philosophy
  • → Cast Behind Thy Back: Bahá'u'lláh's Second Tablet to Napoleon III
  • → A Letter to the Pope: Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to Pius IX
  • → A Letter to a Queen: Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to Victoria
  • → Roy Wilhelm, an early pilgrim to the Master in Akka observed the esteem…
  • → Nature: The Composition and Decomposition of All Things
  • → Miracles: Proofs for the Eyewitness Only
  • → Some Answered Questions: The Creation of Man
  • → The Need of an Educator: 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Why Humanity Cannot Self-Civilise
  • → Some Answered Questions: The Prophecies of Isaiah
  • → Some Answered Questions: The Immortality of the Soul
  • → Sarah Farmer had a vision of Green Acre as a peaceful and beautiful place where…
  • → 13: O thou daughter of the Kingdom! Thy letter dated ...
  • → He Loved the Children of the House
  • → The Mufti Who Came to Insult and Stayed to Serve
  • → An Old Man Walks to 'Akká
  • → The Guard Who Wept in the Corridor
  • → Soon after the arrival of Bahá’u’lláh and His party in 'Akka the Governor…
  • → A Burning Torch: The Master's Counsel to Mrs. Fraser
  • → The Home of Laughter: 'Abdu'l-Bahá Reconciles Two Feuding Arabs
  • → Helen Goodall's Pilgrimage Notes
  • → The Purest Branch: A Memorial in the First Issue of the Star of the West
  • → Three Kinds of Persecution: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Account of His Imprisonment
  • → When the Inhabitants of a City Are United: 'Abdu'l-Bahá to American Women on Peace
  • → The Bird with the Broken Wing: A Parable of Trust
  • → Looking for the Key: A Mulla Nasrudin Tale 'Abdu'l-Bahá Used
  • → Tea Drunk Without Sugar: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Lesson on the Poor
  • → Through the Eye of the Needle: 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the Rich Man
  • → The Farmer and the Grain: A Parable of Patience
  • → The King and the Shoemaker: A Story 'Abdu'l-Bahá Loved to Tell
  • → The Lamp in the Niche: 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the Light of God
  • → The Old Woman Who Carried the Wood
  • → The Prophet Joseph and His Brothers: A Story of Forgiveness
  • → The Thief and the Saint: A Story of Sudden Conversion
  • → The Three Ducks: A Parable Told by 'Abdu'l-Bahá
  • → The Wise Man and the Fool: A Story 'Abdu'l-Bahá Told
  • → After This Storm, the Divine Spring
  • → “Inquire after the health of Miss .........., send...”
  • → “O bird without a nest!...”
  • → “O thou artery pulsating in the body of the world!...”
  • → “O thou esteemed maid-servant of the Loving Lord!...”
  • → “O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God and...”
  • → “O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of the...”
  • → “O thou who art attracted to the Word of God!...”
  • → Trust No Man Save Him Whose Breast Hath Been Dilated
  • → Tahirih loved pretty clothes, and perfumes, and she loved to eat
  • → ‘Abdu'L-BAHÁ'S Last Words
  • → Afternoon Before THE Feast
  • → AKKÁ
  • → AT THE Feast
  • → The Food Spiritual: A Meal in 'Akká
  • → Faith
  • → Foreword
  • → From THE Mother OF THE Household
  • → From THE Words OF ‘Abdu'L-BAHÁ
  • → Heaven
  • → Heavenly Sustenance
  • → IN THE Household
  • → Introduction
  • → He Loved Them All: 'Abdu'l-Bahá on Loving Difficult People
  • → Love
  • → Mount Carmel AND Syria
  • → Obedience
  • → You Are Always Here in Spirit: Julia Grundy's Last Audience
  • → Return OF THE Spirit
  • → Soul AND Spirit
  • → Spiritual Development
  • → Spiritual Relationship
  • → Talks From MÍRZÁ Asadu'LLÁH
  • → THE Heavenly Springtime
  • → THE House OF Justice
  • → THE Manifestation
  • → THE Second Coming
  • → Three Stories Told BY ‘Abdu'L-BAHÁ
  • → Visit TO THE RidvÁN
  • → Visit TO THE Tomb
  • → The Governor was reluctant to tell Bahá’u’lláh that the order had come for…
  • → The Master’s humility was shown in many ways
  • → The Master said to Mary Hanford Ford, alluding to the restriction of His and…
  • → The story of Green Acre itself is intensely interesting
  • → There was a Christian merchant in Akka who, like many of his fellow citizens,…
  • → There was a time when ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was in chains
  • → Thomas Breakwell, the first English believer, went to the prison city of ‘Akka…
  • → ‘Three days after the arrival of Bahá’u’lláh and His companions in ‘Akka, the…
  • → Two pilgrims were at the Master’s luncheon table one day in 1908
  • → Wendell [Dodge] and I [William Dodge] were so glad to be with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá [in…
  • → What had happened in Chicago was this: the Syrian, Khayru'llah, had been…
  • → When Bahá’u’lláh lived at Bahji – and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá at Akka – the Master would…
  • → While ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was a prisoner in Akka, there was a man in that city who…
  • → Why Do Manifestations Appear in Human Form

• Bahjí

  The mansion outside 'Akká where Bahá'u'lláh ascended in 1892. His Shrine is here.

  Read before you visit

  • → An Old Believer Looks Up: A Mountain Ascended Many Times
  • → Those Piercing Eyes: Edward Granville Browne in the Presence of Bahá'u'lláh
  • → The Year of Stress: Nabíl's Grief at the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
  • → The Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh at Bahjí
  • → Crumbs for the Pigeons: A Small Habit of Bahá'u'lláh
  • → Persian Rugs and Tea: A Visit to the Shrine at Bahjí

• Wilmette, Illinois

  Site of the Bahá'í House of Worship for the North American continent.

  Read before you visit

  • → A major event during the Master's visit to America was the dedication of the…
  • → ‘Abdu’l-Bahá laid the cornerstone of the House of Worship in Wilmette,…
  • → Quddús
  • → 28: The Fund associated with the beloved name ...
  • → Chicago Temple: - The stone that was rejected by the builder
  • → The Laying of the Wilmette Temple Cornerstone
  • → It was a short time after Grace told me this story that she went on the…
  • → Only Nettie Tobin's Stone Arrived: The Cornerstone of Wilmette
  • → One day ‘Abdu’l-Bahá learned that a lady had cut her lovely hair in order to…
  • → Thousands of Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Dedication Talk
  • → Corinne True and the Temple Land at Wilmette
  • → The First National Spiritual Assembly of America
  • → The day after Davis's[Corinne True’s son] death Corinne was present at the…