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Date 1892-05-29-02, descending — sort earliest first

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1892 29 May
189-		 Shoghi Effendi in his book God Passes By describes Bahà'u'lláh's life in terms of four phases.

    Part 1: Bahà'u'lláh's childhood and youth which spanned the year 1817 through 1844, a twenty-seven year period "Characterized by the carefree enjoyment of all the advantages conferred by high birth and riches, and by an unfailing solicitude for the interests of the poor, the sick and the downtrodden."
    Part 2: From 1844 to 1853, a period "of active and exemplary discipleship" in the service of the Báb.
    Part 3: The four month period of Bahà'u'lláh's imprisonment in the Síyáh Chál in 1853 "overshadowed throughout by mortal peril, embittered by agonizing sorrows, and immortalized, as it drew to a close, by the sudden eruption of the forces released by an overpowering, soul-revolutionizing Revelation."
    Part 4: Bahà'u'lláh's thirty-year ministry from 1853 through to 1892, during which, as He endured three exiles, His afflictions intensified as the orb of His revelation rose to its zenith. He withstood the opposition of potentates, clergy, the corruption of officials, the cowardice and betrayal of His brother and others. All the while this contrasted sharply to the dignity, the courage and the uprightness that characterized His conduct. [GBP107]
 * Bahaullah (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; * Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline
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