Bahá’í Administration

1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi

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Title: Bahá’í Administration Author: Shoghi Effendi Release Date: September 2006 [Ebook 19252] Language: English ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BAHÁ’Í ADMINISTRATION*** Bahá’í Administration by Shoghi Effendi Edition 1, (September 2006) Baha'i Terms of Use You have permission to freely make and use copies of the text and any other information ("Content") available on this Site including printing, emailing, posting, distributing, copying, downloading, uploading, transmitting, displaying the Content in whole or in part subject to the following: 1. Our copyright notice and the source reference must be attached to the Content; 2. The Content may not be modified or altered in any way except to change the font or appearance; 3. The Content must be used solely for a non-commercial purpose. Although this blanket permission to reproduce the Content is given freely such that no special permission is required, the Bahá’í International Community retains full copyright protection for all Content included at this Site under all applicable national and international laws. For permission to publish, transmit, display or otherwise use the Content for any commercial purpose, please contact us (http://reference.bahai.org/en/contact.html). Contents Baha'i Terms of Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART ONE: Excerpts from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “All-praise to Him Who, by the Shield of His Covenant, hath...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O ye beloved of the Lord! The greatest of all things is the...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “According to the direct and sacred command of God we are...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O God, my God! Thou seest this wronged servant of Thine,...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O God, my God! Shield Thy trusted servants from the evils of...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O ye beloved of the Lord! It is incumbent upon you to be submissive...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “By the Ancient Beauty! This wronged one hath in no wise...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “O ye beloved of the Lord! Strive with all your heart to shield...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Whosoever and whatsoever meeting becometh a hindrance to...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART TWO: Letters from Shoghi Effendi Guardian of the Bahá’í Cause January 21, 1922-July 17, 1932 . . . . . . . . . . . . Letter of January 21st, 1922. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Letter of March 5, 1922. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mission of the Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local and National Spiritual Assemblies . . . . . . . Committees of the National Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v 1 3 5 7 9 . 11 . 19 . 21 . 23 . 25 . . . . . . 27 29 33 35 39 45 viii Baháâà Administration Letter of Circa May, 1922 (undated). Our Common Servitude . . . . . . . Letter of December 16, 1922 . . . . Letter of December 23rd, 1922 . . . Letter of January 12, 1923 . . . . . Star of the West . . . . . . . . . . . Letter of January 16, 1923. . . . . . Letter of January 17th, 1923 . . . . Letter of February 13, 1923 . . . . . Letter of March 12, 1923 . . . . . . Condition of the World . . . . . . . Responsibility of Bahá’ís . . . . . . Election of Local Assemblies . . . . Duties of Spiritual Assemblies . . . National Assemblies . . . . . . . . Annual Election of Assemblies . . . The Bahá’í Fund . . . . . . . . . . The Most Essential Obligation . . . Transliteration of Bahá’í Terms . . . Letter of April 8th, 1923. . . . . . . Letter of April 9th, 1923. . . . . . . National Spiritual Assemblies . . . Reports of Activities . . . . . . . . Mashriqu’l-Adhkár . . . . . . . . . Letter of April 27th, 1923. . . . . . Letter of May 6th, 1923 . . . . . . . Central Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . Letter of November 14, 1923. . . . . The Cause of Human Suffering . . . Letter of November 26, 1923. . . . . The Annual Convention . . . . . . . The Bahá’í Fund . . . . . . . . . . The Mashriqu’l-Adhkár . . . . . . . Green Acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 49 51 53 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 75 77 79 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 101 103 105 107 109 111 113 115 117 119 Baha'i Terms of Use Committees of the National Assembly . Letter of January 4th, 1924. . . . . . . . Letter of February 23, 1924. . . . . . . Divine Destiny and Human Frailty . . . The Plight of Mankind . . . . . . . . . The New World Order . . . . . . . . . The Foundation of the House of Justice Duties of Elected Representatives . . . Election of Delegates . . . . . . . . . . Letter of September 24, 1924. . . . . . . Our Inner Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn of a Brighter Day . . . . . . . . . Letter of November 24th, 1924. . . . . . Menace of Social Chaos . . . . . . . . . Paramount Duty of Every Bahá’í . . . . Letter of November 27, 1924. . . . . . . Mashriqu’l-Adhkár . . . . . . . . . . . Bahá’í Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . Bahá’í Year Book . . . . . . . . . . . . Letter of January 16, 1925. . . . . . . . History of the Cause . . . . . . . . . . . Bahá’í Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . News Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temple Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . Letter of January 29th, 1925. . . . . . . The National Convention . . . . . . . . National Spiritual Assembly . . . . . . Letter of April 10th, 1925. . . . . . . . News Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Title of Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . Representation at Convention . . . . . . The Mashriqu’l-Adhkár . . . . . . . . . Letter of May 12, 1925. . . . . . . . . . Election of National Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix 121 123 127 129 131 133 135 137 139 141 143 145 147 149 151 153 155 157 161 163 165 167 169 171 173 175 177 179 181 183 185 187 189 191 x Baháâà Administration Membership Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Letter of June 3rd, 1925. . . . . . . . . . . . Purpose of Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . National Spiritual Assembly . . . . . . . . . The Cornerstone of Service . . . . . . . . . . Letter of October 24th, 1925. . . . . . . . . . Qualifications of a Believer . . . . . . . . . . National Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bahá’í Year Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persecution of Persian Bahá’ís . . . . . . . . Letter of November 6, 1925. . . . . . . . . . The Mashriqu’l-Adhkár . . . . . . . . . . . . International Bahá’í Shrine . . . . . . . . . . Green Acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jurisdiction of a Local Assembly . . . . . . . Voting Rights of National Assembly Members Letter of November 30, 1925. . . . . . . . . . Letter of January 10, 1926. . . . . . . . . . . Shrine of Baghdád . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judgment of Egyptian Religious Court . . . . National Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Association with Orientals . . . . . . . . . . Purpose of Bahá’í Administration . . . . . . Letter of April 22nd, 1926. . . . . . . . . . . Bahá’í Martyrdoms in Persia . . . . . . . . . Letter of May 11th, 1926. . . . . . . . . . . . Persecutions in Jahrum . . . . . . . . . . . . Plan of Unified Action . . . . . . . . . . . . Guiding Principles of Bahá’í Administration . Letter of October 7th, 1926. . . . . . . . . . . Response of Queen Marie . . . . . . . . . . . The Regenerating Power . . . . . . . . . . . Letter of October 29, 1926. . . . . . . . . . . Shrine at Baghdád . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 195 197 199 201 203 205 207 209 211 213 215 217 219 221 223 225 227 229 231 233 235 237 239 241 245 247 249 251 253 255 257 259 261