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Thus simply and serenely did Bahá’u’lláh pass the evening
of His life on earth until, after an attack of fever, He passed
away on the 29th of May, 1892, at the age of seventy-five.
Among the last Tablets He revealed was His Will and Testament,
which He wrote with His own hand and duly signed
and sealed. Nine days after His death the seals were broken by
His eldest son, in the presence of members of the family and a
few friends, and the contents of the short but remarkable document
were made known. By this will ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was constituted
His father’s representative and the expounder of His
teachings, and the family and relatives of Bahá’u’lláh and all
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believers were instructed to turn to Him and obey Him. By
this arrangement sectarianism and division were provided
against and the unity of the Cause assured.
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