“An official Bahá’í funeral service should only be given for a believer, but there is no objection to the reading of Bahá’í prayers, or indeed, to a Bahá’í conducting the funeral service of a non-Bahá’í if this has been requested.”


86: GREATEST NAME (Translation of Symbol of)

“He also wishes me to inform you that the symbol of the Greatest Name represents an invocation which can be translated either as ‘O Glory of Glories’ or ‘O Glory of the All-Glorious’. The word Glory used in this connection is a translation of the Arabic term ‘Bahá, the name of Bahá’u’lláh.”


87: GROUP, BAHÁ’Í

“...next to an isolated believer, any number of confirmed Bahá’ís less than nine persons should be considered as automatically constituting a Bahá’í Group...”