![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() According to Baha’is, the most important of these needs in this era is the realization of the oneness of God, the essential unity of all religions, and the oneness of humanity. For Baha’is, the various prophets or “manifestations”-which include figures such as Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, the Bab, and Baha’u’llah-appear cyclically according to the needs of the time and subsequently provide teachings suited for the given age in which they live. Baha’is believe that Baha’u’llah is the latest, but not the last, in a series of prophets or messengers-termed “Manifestations of God” ( mazhar ilahi ) in Baha’i lexicon-whose appearance has ushered in the longed-for millennial peace and fulfilled the scriptural promises of the world’s religions. The religion emerged from the messianic matrix of the Babi movement (Babism), which had developed from Shaykhism ( shaykhiyya) within Twelver Shiʿi ( Ithna ʿashari) Islam, in mid-19th-century Iran. The Baha’i faith is a post-Islamic religion and one of the world’s youngest faiths, founded by the Iranian prophet and nobleman Mirza Husayn-ʿAli Nuri, Baha’u’llah (or Baha’-Allah, Ar. ![]()
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