Bahá'í Administration

by Effendi Shoghi

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]
• [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]
• [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]
• [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]
• [Letter of October 31, 1926.]
• [International Secretariat]
• [Plan of Unified Action]
• [World Unity Conferences]
• [Appeal to the Sháh of Persia]
• [Letter of November 14, 1926.]
• [American Teachers in Ṭihrán]
• [Letter of February 12, 1927.]
• [Decision of Egyptian Tribunal]
• [Bahá’í Cause Recognized as Independent Religion]
• [Worldwide Attacks Foretold]
• [Letter of February 20, 1927.]
• [Twofold Teaching Method]
• [The Spirit of Enterprise]
• [Letter of April 12, 1927.]
• [Inter-racial Amity]
• [Green Acre—a Testing Ground]
• [Letter of April 27, 1927.]
• [Assassination of Persian Believer]
• [Letter of May 27, 1927.]
• [Declaration of Trust and By-Laws]
• [Spirit and Method of Bahá’í Elections]
• [Letter of October 17, 1927.]
• [Letter of October 18, 1927.]
• [Concentration of Resources]
• [Relations of Committees to Assembly]
• [By-Laws of National Assembly]
• [First National Convention of Persian Bahá’ís]
• [The Trend of World Events]
• [Letter of December 6, 1928.]
• [The Promises of Our Departed Master]
• [Regeneration of Persia]
• [Bahá’í Faith Vindicated in Turkey]
• [Our Most Vital Opportunity]
• [‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Cherished Desire]
• [Plan of Unified Action]
• [Letter of December 6, 1928.]
• [The Bahá’í World]
• [Letter of December 21, 1928.]
• [Mr. Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney]
• [Letter of January 1, 1929.]
• [Persecutions in Russia]
• [Guiding Principle of Conduct]
• [Bahá’u’lláh’s House at Baghdád]
• [Letter of February 12, 1929.]
• [Trial of Turkish Believers]
• [Decline of Islám]
• [Progress in Persia]
• [Letter of March 20, 1929.]
• [Decision of League of Nations]
• [Letter of October 25, 1929.]
• [Gift from Tomb of Bahá’u’lláh]
• [Purpose of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár]
• [Letter of July 17, 1932.]

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