Beschreibung

From Mountain to Mountain – Stories About Bahá’u’lláh

by Hitjo Garst

A comprehensive history of the Bahá’í Faith for young people

Here is a book which young people will find a valuable addition to their Bahá’í libraries. From Mountain to Mountain: Stories about Bahá’u’lláh relates the history of the Bahá’í Faith from the childhood of the Báb to the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh.

Written in a simple style and suitable for use in children’s classes, the book covers all the significant events in the life of Bahá’u’lláh. Each of the forty-one chapters recalls one episode in the evolution of the Bahá’í Faith, and well-known figures such as Mullá Husayn, Vahíd and Badí‘ are introduced.

The book brings together those strands from Bahá’í history which reveal how Bahá’u’lláh’s exile from Persia to the Holy Land was part of the Plan of God, foretold by the Prophet Micah: ‚in that day, in which they shall come to you . . . from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.‘

About the Author

Hitjo Garst was born in Winschoten, the Netherlands, into an orthodox Protestant family. He and his wife became Bahá’ís in 1972. For many years he has been involved in the translation of books for the Dutch Bahá’í Community, and has also had a role in the development of Bahá’í children’s classes in Holland. The stories in ‚From Mountain to Mountain‘ were originally written for the Bahá’í children’s class in Emmen.

‚A delightful book‘, ‚it will not only be enjoyed by children and youth, but also by all who wish to know a very important part of the history of the Faith‘, ‚a comprehensive history for youngsters‘.
Members of the Reviewing Panel of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom