A Baha'i

What does a Baha’i need to do in order to show the following virtues in his/her character and work: “a joy, a power, a love, a purity, a radiance, an efficiency”?  -->Answer

A "magnificent gift" from the Guardian

The Guardian in 1935 presented the Western Bahá'ís with a magnificent gift which he described it as "consisting of a selection of the most characteristic and hitherto unpublished passages from the outstanding works of the Author of the Bahá'í Revelation." What was that gift?  -->Answer

The Guardian

What were the factors that compelled the Guardian to temporarily leave the affairs of the Cause to “the supervision of the Holy Family and the headship of the Greatest Holy Leaf”?  -->Answer

“the hosts of Divine Revelation"

In the Suriy-i-Haykal, or the Surih of the Temple, Paragraph 1.49, Baha’u’llah mentions that “the hosts of Divine Revelation (have) been sent down by the Lord of all names and attributes bearing the banners of His signs”. Do the Writings throw any light on who such “beings” are?  -->Answer

light & darkness

What do you understand when you read this statement in Baha’i scriptures that man’s condition is… “at the last degree of darkness, and at the beginning of light”?  -->Answer

Using science in religion

How can you explain scientifically this statement of Christ “The Father is in me”?  --> Answer

'Abdu'l-Baha

In the entire span of religious history has there ever been a person like ‘Abdu’l-Baha?  -->Answer

A “partial and imperfect understanding”

Is it true that currently, no Baha’i has more than a “partial and imperfect understanding” of the Baha’i Faith?  -->Answer   

A very significant document

This document is referred to by the beloved Guardian as the “Most Great Law of the Faith of Baha’u’llah”  -->Answer

Consultation

‘Abdu’l-Baha defines these as the “prime requisites for them that take counsel together..” Can you name a few?  --> Answer

The "ideal sage"

This believer is referred to as 'Abdu'l-Baha's “gift to America”, and described by ‘Abdu’l-Baha Himself as “the ideal sage”, and as “…perfect in all the grades in knowledge and virtue, in sincerity of intention, in beauty of character, in severance from aught else save God and attraction with the fragrances of God.”  -->Answer  

Interracial Marriage

Their union represents the first black-white marriage in the American Baha'i community.  -->Answer 

References to "Temple" in the Suriy-i-Haykal

In the Suriy-i-Haykal, or the Surih of the Temple, we discover some references to Baha’u’llah such as the “Temple of the Cause.”, and the “Living Temple”. There are five more such references in that Tablet where the word “Temple” is used. Can you name a couple of them?  -->Answer

Medical Research

Can a Baha’i make arrangements for his/her body upon death be used for medical research?  -->Answer