The Promised One - A Story from the Baha'i Faith

In this video, we explore a story from early Baha'i history, sourced from famed Baha'i historian Nabil's much celebrated opus "The Dawn-Breakers". In this story we hear of the Bab's summoning to a convocation of religious leaders in Tabriz, and the extraordinary pronouncement He made at that gathering.

Visit this Baha'i Blog collection for more information and resources related to the Declaration of the Bab: https://www.bahaiblog.net/collection/...

The words of the Bab included in this video have also been sung in our Studio Sessions series:    • "I Am the Promised One" by Carl Brehmer  

And:    • "I Am" by Harvin, Nishana, Satchit, Shalyn...  

Narration by: Jamie Evans

Music Credits:
Where It All Began by Cory Alstad
https://uppbeat.io/t/cory-alstad/wher...
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Lament by Arend
https://uppbeat.io/t/arend/lament
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Some images and text are courtesy of the Baha'i International Community. Other images are from Encyclopædia Britannica, Pexels, Unsplash, Rawpixel, or are in the public domain.

The text of the video is courtesy of the Baha'i International Community and is from:
The Life of the Bab - https://www.bahai.org/the-bab/life-th...
The Babi movement - https://www.bahai.org/the-bab/babi-mo...
God Passes By, Shoghi Effendi
The Dawn-Breakers: Nabil’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Baha’i Revelation
https://oceanoflights.org/shoghi-effe...