Bahá’u’lláh
| Bahá'u'lláh | |
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Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh in Bahá'í Gardens, Acre
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| Born |
Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí 12 November 1817 Tehran, Persia (present-day Iran) |
| Died |
29 May 1892 (aged 74) Acre, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, (present-day Israel) |
| Known for | Founder of the Bahá'í Faith |
| Successor | `Abdu'l-Bahá |
Bahá'u'lláh (/bəˈhɑːʊˌlɑː/; Arabic: بهاء الله, "Glory of God"; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892), born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí (Persian: میرزا حسینعلی نوری), was the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. He claimed to be the prophetic fulfilment of Bábism, a 19th-century outgrowth of Shaykhism, and, in a broader sense to be a Manifestation of God. He also claimed he was the fulfillment of the eschatological expectations of Islam, Christianity, and other major religions.
Bahá'u'lláh taught that humanity is one single race and that the age has come for its unification in a global society. He taught that "there is only one God, that all of the world’s religions are from God, and that now is the time for humanity to recognize its oneness and unite." Initially imprisoned and banished as a follower of the Báb, his claim to divine revelation led to further persecution and imprisonment by the Persian and Ottoman authorities, and his eventual 24-year confinement in the prison city of Acre, Palestine (present-day Israel), where he died. He wrote many religious works, most notably the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the Kitáb-i-Íqán and Hidden Words.
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