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Truthfulness

by ed in A Faith for Today
O servants! Follow the path of truthfulness and turn not away from the needy. Make mention of Me before the great ones of the earth and fear not. Beautify your tongues, O people, with truthfulness, and adorn your souls with the ornament of honesty. Beware, O people, that ye deal not treacherously with any one. Be ye the trustees of God amongst His creatures, and the emblems of His generosity amidst His people. Baha’u’llah …for truthfulness is the foundation of [...]

From the Baha'i Writings

The first teaching of Bahá’u’lláh is the duty incumbent upon all to investigate reality. What does it mean to investigate reality? It means that man must forget all hearsay and examine truth himself, for he does not know whether statements he hears are in accordance with reality or not. Wherever he finds truth or reality, he must hold to it, forsaking, discarding all else; for outside of reality there is naught but superstition and imagination.

— Abdu’l-Baha

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  • February 6, 2026
    • Mulk (Dominion)Mulk (Dominion)Baháʼí Month of Mulk (Dominion) begins.
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      This is an online meeting; All are Welcome!
  • February 11, 2026
    • Devotional: All Welcome at 1:00 pmDevotional: All WelcomeTime: 1:00 pm
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      Wednesday devotional at the home of Ken and Charlotte Cureton.
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