Luke Slott's Stories of Light

While still recovering from His brother's attempt on His life, Bahá'u'lláh proclaims His message to the world leaders of the 19th century and prescribes a remedy for the ills of the world.

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After just four months in Constantinople, Bahá'u'lláh's rising popularity is deemed a threat to the Sultan. A third exile is decreed - this time to Adrianople, where Mirzá Yahyá's envy of his Brother reaches its ultimate expression. 

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Ten years after the family's banishment from Persia, a second exile is decreed - this time to Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. But separation is changed into celebration in a rose-garden in Baghdad on April 21, 1863.

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On His return to Baghdad, Bahá'u'lláh takes up the reins of the Bábí community and steers it back on course. His teachings bring about a social and spiritual transformation, not only among His fellow Bábís, but throughout the entire city.

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With Mirzá Yahyá's campaign of slander threatening to destroy the Bábí community, Bahá'u'lláh disappears to the wilderness. But even in the remote mountains of Kurdistán, His radiance and majesty do go unnoticed.

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As the exiled family settles into life in Baghdad, Bahá'u'lláh begins to get His fellow Bábís back on track, while keeping His revelation secret. His brother, however, starts causing trouble. 

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After four months in the Black Pit, Bahá'u'lláh and His family are banished from Persia to Iraq. In this episode, we meet His wife Navváb, His daughter Bahíyyih Khánum and His son 'Abdu'l-Bahá.

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Bahá'u'lláh (Glory of God) - a young nobleman and one of the most prominent followers of the Báb - is arrested and thrown into Tehran's notorious prison, the Black Pit. But while locked up underground, He experiences a divine revelation destined to change the course of history.  

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The Báb's message turns Persia upside-down and the authorities turn against Him but the Báb is confident that He will fulfil His Mission: to prepare the way for the Promised One of All Religions. 

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While the Christian and Muslim worlds simultaneously await the appearance of the Promised One, a young student of religion named Mullá Husayn sets out to find Him.

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