THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FROM THE BAHA'I POINT OF VIEW

The Baha’i faith is a new, independent, universal religion. (Zaerpoor, 1981, p.12). Baha’i
faith believes that God has revealed himself to humanity through different messengers to educate
and teach humanity and uplift the soul of man and for the progress of the world and its people as a
society. Messengers of God include Abraham, Krishna, Buddha, Moses, Jesus, Mohammad and
Bahaullah, who were all teachers and all came from the same source, being different chapters of
one religion. Baha’is also believes that Bahaullah is the latest of these messengers. The origin of
the Baha’i faith is in Iran (Perkins & Hainsworth, 1980, p.12). Bahaullah, “Glory of God”, the
messenger of Baha’i faith was born in 1817 in Tehran, the capital of Iran. He proclaimed his
message from Iran to the entire world. It was during Bahaullah’s life time that his faith spread out
to Ottoman Empire, Caucasus, Turkistan, India, Burma, Egypt, And Sudan (Hartz, 2009. p 13).