Shrine of `Abdu'l-Bahá

The Shrine of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá is a religious monument under construction near ʻAkká. It is intended as the permanent resting place of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (1844–1921), the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh, and a central figure of the Baháʼí Faith. Bahá’u’lláh appointed ʻAbdu'l-Bahá as the sole authoritative interpreter of his teachings, a position ʻAbdu'l-Bahá held from 1892 until his death in 1921. He is regarded within the Baháʼí community as the "Centre of the Covenant" designed by Bahá’u’lláh to preserve the unity of his faith. Though ’Abdu’l-Bahá lived most of his life as a political prisoner—much of it in the environs of ‘Akká—the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 freed him to travel extensively throughout Europe and North America in the early 20th century, bringing the Bahá’í Faith to a wider international audience. Since his passing, his remains have been held in a vault beneath the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in the port city of Haifa, approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of ʻAkká. In 2019, the Universal House of Justice, the faith's global governing body, announced plans to construct a permanent shrine in honor of ’Abdu’l-Bahá. It chose to build the shrine near the Riḍván Garden, a rural retreat in which Baháʼu'lláh rested during the latter days of his exile in ʻAkká and which has also become a site of Bahá’í Pilgrimage. The Shrine of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was designed by Iranian-Ca

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