References to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad and its designation as “a center of pilgrimage”

The House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad after
restoration in early 1930's

Within its walls

• the “Most Great House of God,”
• His “Footstool” and the “Throne of His Glory,”
• “the Cynosure of an adoring world,”
• the “Lamp of Salvation between earth and heaven,”
• the “Sign of His remembrance to all who are in heaven and on earth,”
• enshrining the “Jewel whose glory hath irradiated all creation,”
• the “Standard” of His Kingdom,
• the “Shrine round which will circle the concourse of the faithful” was irrevocably founded and permanently consecrated.
• Upon it, by virtue of its sanctity as
• Bahá’u’lláh’s “Most Holy Habitation” and
• “Seat of His transcendent glory,”
• was conferred the honor of being regarded as a center of pilgrimage second to none except the city of ‘Akká, His “Most Great Prison,” in whose immediate vicinity His holy Sepulcher, the Qiblih of the Bahá’í world, is enshrined.

 - Shoghi Effendi  (‘God Passes By’)