This idea of progressive revelation is of central significance for the Bahá'í faith. The Báb and his followers were persecuted by the Muslim hierarchy and the Báb was eventually executed ...

The Bahá’í religion has grown from its birthplace in Iran in the mid-1800s to places all around the world, and is now considered the second-most widespread religion after Christianity.

The Bahá’í faith sees itself as the latest in this ongoing unfolding of knowledge, known as ‘progressive revelation’. In Persia, in 1844 and then 19 years later, two such Manifestations, known to ...