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Husayn Ali Nuri
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Síyáh-Chál
The Síyáh-Chál (سیاه چال literally "black pit") was a subterrenean dungeon southeast of the palace of the Sháh in Tehran. It carries a significant role in the history of the Baháʼí Faith, because its founder, Baháʼu'lláh was held there for four months in 1852, and it is where he claimed to have received a revelation. The Síyáh-Chál is regarded as the second holiest place in Iran to Baháʼís, after the , in Shiraz. The pit was a discarded cistern converted into a dungeon.
Azali
An Azali (ازلی) or Azali Bábí is a follower of the monotheistic religion of Subh-i-Azal and the Báb. Early followers of the Báb were known as Bábís; however, in the 1860s a split occurred after which the vast majority of Bábís followed Mirza Husayn ʻAli, known as Baháʼu'lláh, and became known as Baháʼís, while the minority who followed Subh-i-Azal, Baháʼu'lláh's half-brother, came to be called as Azalis. Azali Babis continued to push for the end of the Iranian monarchy, and several individuals were among the national reformers of the constitutional revolution of 1905–1911.
Bāb (chef religieux)
Sayyid ʿAlī Muḥammad Šīrāzī (سيد علی محمد شیرازی en persan), né le à Chiraz et mort fusillé le à Tabriz, est un marchand et chef religieux iranien fondateur du babisme. En 1844, il déclare être une manifestation nouvelle de Dieu et le mahdi (ou al-qāʾim) attendu par les musulmans. Il se donna dès lors le titre de Bāb (باب), qui signifie « porte » en arabe. Sa renommée, acquise avec la nouvelle religion indépendante de l’islam qu'il fonde, lui vaut d'être fusillé à l'âge de .
Baháʼí literature
Baháʼí literature covers a variety of topics and forms, including scripture and inspiration, interpretation, history and biography, introduction and study materials, and apologia. Sometimes considerable overlap between these forms can be observed in a particular text. The "canonical texts" are the writings of the Báb, Baháʼu'lláh, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice, and the authenticated talks of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá.
Babisme
Le babisme ou la foi babie ( بابی ها , Bābī hā) est un mouvement religieux réformateur et millénariste fondé en Iran le (5 Jamādīyu’l-Avval 1260 ap.H.), par un jeune commerçant de la ville de Chiraz, nommé Sayyid ʿAlī Muḥammad Šīrāzī (1819-1850) et surnommé le Bāb ( باب = « la Porte ») (1819-1850). Ce mouvement messianique fut la cause d’un grand bouleversement dans la société persane du . Le babisme se répandit rapidement à travers la Perse, touchant toutes les couches de la population, du plus humble paysan au plus éminent lettré.
Tablet (religious)
A tablet, in a religious context, is a term used for certain religious texts. Tablets of Stone Judaism and Christianity maintain that Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai in the form of two tablets of stone. According to the Book of Exodus, God delivered the tablets twice, the first set having been smashed by Moses in his anger at the idol-worship of the Israelites. The Preserved Tablet (al-Lawhu 'l-Mahfuz), the heavenly preserved record of all that has happened and will happen, contains qadar.
Spiritual Assembly
Spiritual Assembly is a term given by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to refer to elected councils that govern the Baháʼí Faith. Because the Baháʼí Faith has no clergy, they carry out the affairs of the community. In addition to existing at the local level, there are national Spiritual Assemblies (although "national" in some cases refers to a portion of a country or to a group of countries). Spiritual Assemblies form part of the elected branch of the Baháʼí administration.
Universal House of Justice
The Universal House of Justice (بیتالعدل اعظم) is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Baháʼí Faith. It was envisioned by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, as an institution that could legislate on issues not already addressed in the Baháʼí writings, providing flexibility for the Baháʼí Faith to adapt to changing conditions. It was first elected in 1963, and subsequently every five years, by delegates consisting of the members of Baháʼí National Spiritual Assemblies throughout the world.
Ridván
vignette|Jardin de Ridván. Riḍvān (رضوان) est le plus important festival du calendrier baha’i. D'une durée de douze jours, les baha’is le célèbrent du 13 Ǧalāl au 5 Ǧamāl (approximativement égal au et au ). La première (13 Ǧalāl), neuvième (2 Ǧamāl) et douzième (5 Ǧamāl) journées, le travail et l'école devraient être suspendus. Le festival commémore le prophète Bahāʾ-Allāh. Riḍvān signifie paradis et réfère au jardin de Ridván situé près de Bagdad, où le prophète a passé douze jours après avoir été exilé de Bagdad par l'empire ottoman, avant de commencer son voyage vers Constantinople.
Bahaïsme
vignette|Le mausolée de Baháʼu'lláh à Acre. Le , ou baha’isme, aussi connu sous le nom de foi bahá’íe (en persan : بهائی, prononcé ou ) ou béhaïsme (vieille graphie), est une religion abrahamique et monothéiste proclamant l’unité spirituelle de l’humanité. Les membres de cette communauté religieuse internationale se décrivent comme les adhérents d’une « religion mondiale indépendante ». Elle est fondée par le Persan Mīrzā Ḥusayn-ʿAlī Nūrī (1817-1892) en 1863.