Baha’u’llah’s
Birthday is recognized & celebrated by the Orthodox Baha’is on November 12th. Regarding this matter, the following quotes,
(from October 16th, 2017), are excerpted from the 4th guardian’s
website: http://www.bahai-guardian.com/
These
days Bahá’í communities around the World are announcing the celebration
of the 200th anniversary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh through their
local newspapers or internet. This is good, but unfortunately those who
follow the directives of the UHJ, knowingly or unknowingly, are
announcing the Birthday of Bahá’u’lláh as October 22nd, although
November 12, 1817, was His birthday. Such a shameful mistake is a result
of them blindly following the bogus UHJs letter of July 10, 2014, in
which the UHJ has written:
"The
Birth of the Báb and the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh, have, in the East, been
traditionally observed according to their correspondence to the first
and second days of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. These two days are
accounted as one in the sight of God, Bahá’u’lláh affirms. Yet, a letter
written on behalf of the Guardian (Shoghi Effendi) states, "In the
future, no doubt all of the Holy Days will follow the Solar calendar,
and provisions be made as to how the Twin Festivals will be celebrated
universally." How to satisfy the intrinsic lunar character of these
blessed Days within the context of a solar calendar has hitherto been
unanswered. We have decided that they will now be observed on the first
and the second day following the occurrence of the eighth new moon after
Naw-Rúz, as determined in advance by astronomical tables using Tihrán
as the point of reference. This will result in the observance of the
Twin Birthdays moving, year to year, within the months of Mashíyyat,
Ilm, and Qudrat of the Badí calendar, or from mid-October to
mid-November according to the Gregorian calendar."
According
to the Compilation Questions and Answers, in response to a question
about His Birthday and the Birthday of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh revealed:
"These two days are accounted as one in the sight of God."
If
those who are running the affairs of the bogus UHJ had studied the
Tablets and Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, they would have noticed that "These
two days are accounted as one in the sight of God," because the Báb
also is a Manifestation of God.
"Thus,
by the "sun" in one sense is meant those Suns of Truth Who rise from
the dayspring of ancient glory, and fill the world with a liberal
effusion of grace from on high. These Suns of Truth are the universal
Manifestations of God in the worlds of His attributes and names." (
Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 33 )
"For
this reason, hath the Point of the Bayan — may the life of all else but
Him be His sacrifice! — likened the Manifestations of God unto the sun
which, though it rise from the "Beginning that hath no beginning" until
the "End that knoweth no end," is none the less the same sun. Now, wert
thou to say, that this sun is the former sun, thou speakest the truth;
and if thou sayest that this sun is the "return" of that sun, thou also
speakest the truth. Likewise, from this statement it is made evident
that the term "last" is applicable to the "first," and the term "first"
applicable to the "last;" inasmuch as both the "first" and the "last"
have risen to proclaim one and the same Faith." ( Bahá’u’lláh, The
Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 161 )
Shoghi
Effendi during His Ministry always advised Bahá’ís to observe Holy Days
according to the solar calendar, which enables the believers to indicate
and point to the correct date and time for observing occasions and
events in the season and year.
"Moreover,
request communities observing Bahá’í Holy Days, solar calendar,
celebrate with befitting solemnity the approaching anniversary of
Bahá’u’lláh's Birthday" ( Cablegram, October 8, 1952 — Messages to the
Bahá’í World ( 1950-1957 )
"Announce
to Bahá’í communities, East and West, on the joyous occasion of the
hundred and thirty-fifth Anniversary Bahá’u’lláh's Birthday, the
successful termination of the protracted negotiations, initiated two
years ago... ( Cablegram, November 12,1952 — Messages to the Bahá’í
World:( 1950-1957 )
"Dear Bahá’í
Brothers and Sisters: Shoghi Effendi wishes me to acknowledge the
receipt of your joint letter dated November 12th, 1932 written on the
occasion of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh." ( Shoghi Effendi, The Light of
Divine Guidance v I, p. 44 )
"It
is advisable to use both the Bahá’í dates, according to the Bahá’í
Calendar, and the usual Gregorian dates as well. The friends at present
are free to do as they please." ( Shoghi Effendi, Directives from the
Guardian, p. 12 )
Historians and
scholars still are trying to find out the real and exact birthdate of
Jesus Christ since it is not written in the Gospels. Christian sects
celebrate different dates as His Birthday. The Birthdays of the
Bahá’u’lláh and His Herald are clearly announced by Himself and His
Interpreters of the Word.
The Headless body (UHJ) has created confusion by its negligence.
October 16, 2017
Nosrat'u'llah Bahremand
