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'Great is the blessedness of those whose blood
Thou hast chosen wherewith to water the Tree
of Thine affirmation, and thus to exalt
Thy holy and immutable Word.’

—The Báb 1

 

The death of a Bahá'í portrayed in a Persian magazine, 1911 2

In the beginning days of every world religion, the new Faith has been received with eagerness and joy only by a relative few. Most respond with apathy, suspicion, even hatred. The new Faith suffers persecution at the hands of the old, and many believers in God’s infant Faith are called to sacrifice their lives that God’s teaching for the new Day might be established in the world. The shining examples of these martyrs inspire their fellow believers and the world at large. Their acts of selfless-ness offer proof of the spiritual power of God’s new message for humanity.
     The Bahá'í Faith, in its brief history, has seen over 20,000 of its brightest lights extinguished by the intolerance of funda-mentalists. Most of these...  

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1  Siyyid Ali Muhammad (1819-1850) was the great Martyr-Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith. The title "Báb" means "the Gate."

2  Photograph from Olya's Story (Oxford: One World Pub, 1993) 

10 women martyrs of Shiraz - June 18, 1983

                                   

                                    

(Taken from "The Bahá'í Question" website.)