Again, this is a vast topic.
In brief, the number 19 takes its significance originally from the Quran. I will elaborate further in a moment.
- The Bab (who was the forerunner to Baha’u’llah) had 18 people (whom He entitled them as “Letters of the Living”) who independently recognized Him. These 18 people traveled from all parts of Iran to where He resided in the city of Shiraz and embraced His Revelation and His Faith. They found Him ONLY through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and one of them, the only woman, Tahirih never met Him, but embraced His Revelation and Cause by way of a dream that she had. Together with the Bab, these 19 people formed the first ever Babi’s (who later all became Baha’is).
- The Bab also developed the Baha’i calendar, which consists of 19 months in a solar year with 19 days each.
- Now the significance in the Quran of the number 19 can be found here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran_code
But the most significant for Baha’is is the statement made by the Bab, that the meanings of the entire Quran is enshrined in the 19 letters which form the beginning of every Surih in the Quran (
B’ismillah Rahman’ul Rahim translated as
"In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful") and this sentence can be understood by the first word alone, B’ismillah بسم الله
This word can be understood by the first letter of that word which is the Arabic letter B
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The Bab says then that the meaning of this letter is enshrined in the dot or point at the bottom of this Arabic letter. He then says that** He **is that Point. The Primal Point around which creation came into existence.
Hope that is legible. My apologies if there is any confusion.
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