Lights of Fortitude Nancy Barnes promoted women’s rights

promoted women’s rights

To read the biography of Hand of the Cause of God 'Alí-Akbar Furútan (1905–2003)

They celebrate Naw-Rúz as the beginning of the new year in the Baháʼí calendar

Bahá'í spirituality

From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century

Lights of Fortitude Nancy Barnes promoted women’s rightsPen portraits of the 50 Hands of the Cause of God, the 'Chief Stewards of Bah'u'llh's embryonic World Commonwealth'. Drawn from many sources, including accounts by Hands themselves, these brief essays provide a fascinating insight into the lives of this small band of individuals, whose rank is unparalleled in religious history and who, in the words of Abdul Bah, 'have diffused widely the Divine Fragrances, declared His Proofs, proclaimed His Faith,