People ask me all the time.
There's this nifty quote from Shoghi Effendi that really prevents the flourishing of myth, rumour and superstition, where he says,
"Concerning the number nine: the Bahá'ís reverence this for two reasons, first because it is considered by those who are interested in numbers as the sign of perfection. The second consideration, which is the more important one, is that it is the numerical value of the word "Bahá’...
"Besides these two significances the number nine has no other meaning. It is, however, enough to make the Bahá'ís use it when an arbitrary number is to be chosen."
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Just as a random aside, the 9th month of the Baha'i Calendar is the month of Names (Asma). Relevance?
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