The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi

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Title: The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh Author: Shoghi Effendi Release Date: September 2006 [Ebook 19298] Language: English ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WORLD ORDER OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH*** The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh . . . . . . . . . . . . Sources of the Bahá’í World Order . . . . . . . . . . . Local and National Houses of Justice . . . . . . . . . . The Institution of Guardianship . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Animating Purpose of Bahá’í Institutions . . . . . Situation in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE WORLD ORDER OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH: FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Further Considerations A Blessing in Disguise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distinguishing Features of Bahá’í World Order . . . . The Onslaught of All Peoples and Kindreds . . . . . . Difference Between Bahá’í Faith and Ecclesiastical Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Living Organism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Greatest Drama of the World’s Spiritual History . THE GOAL OF A NEW WORLD ORDER . . . . . . . . The Goal of a New World Order . . . . . . . . . . . . A War-Weary World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Signs of Impending Chaos . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Impotence of Statesmanship . . . . . . . . . . . . The Guiding Principles of World Order . . . . . . . . Seven Lights of Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A World Super-State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unity in Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Principle of Oneness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Federation of Mankind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v 1 3 5 9 13 15 17 21 23 25 27 29 31 37 41 43 45 47 49 53 55 61 63 67 69 73 viii The World Order of Baháâuâlláh The Fire of Ordeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 The Mouthpiece of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE CAUSE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH 79 The Golden Age of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh . . . . . . 81 America’s Contribution to the Cause . . . . . . . . . . 83 Decline of Mortal Dominion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Contrast with Religions of the Past . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Fundamental Principle of Religious Truth . . . . . . . 91 Necessity for a Fresh Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 The Station of the Báb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 The Outpouring of Divine Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 The Divine Polity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Our Beloved Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 AMERICA AND THE MOST GREAT PEACE . . . . . . 107 America and the Most Great Peace . . . . . . . . . . . 109 THE DISPENSATION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH . . . . . . . 137 The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 The Báb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 The Administrative Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 THE UNFOLDMENT OF WORLD CIVILIZATION . . . 205 The Unfoldment of World Civilization . . . . . . . . . 207 Humanity’s Coming of Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 The Process of Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 The Final Consummation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Pangs of Death and Birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Universal Fermentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 This Age of Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Collapse of Islám . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Deterioration of Christian Institutions . . . . . . . . . 237 Signs of Moral Downfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Breakdown of Political and Economic Structure . . . . 249 Bahá’u’lláh’s Principle of Collective Security . . . . . 255 Community of the Most Great Name . . . . . . . . . . 261 Baha'i Terms of Use ix A World Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Divine Retribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 World Unity the Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275