The GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION FIRST INTRODUCTION In the face of such trials and tests as these times are likely to lay upon the entire Baha'i World, it is imperative that we take a second look at Baha'i and see what it is that this beloved Faith of ours teaches, stands for and requires, if it is to be triumphant over the sinister forces of nature and of an unregenerate humanity. It is clearly evident how “humanity is languishing upon a bed of sickness, sore-tried and disillusioned.” and it behooves all men to examine anew the remedy that has been prescribed by the Divine Physician, which alone can “deliver mankind from this desolating affliction” and “fuse its discordant, elements” into one organic, indivisible whole; to ponder dispassionately and penetrate, to depths unparalleled, the “wholesome medicine”, the “Elixir” that can “cleanse and revive” a humanity sick unto death; to st...
O THOU GLORY OF THE MOST GLORIOUS Office of Fifth Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith When the fundamental basis of the Bahá’í Faith is interfered with , the very foundation of the Bahá’í Administration changes. Furthermore, the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh deviates from its divinely established course; the authentic Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh, as defined in The Kitáb-i-Ahd , The Kitáb-i-Aqdas , and The Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá , is replaced by a man-made covenant, altering the standards of the Bahá’í Faith; progress and development in the present administration in Haifa as well as in the worldwide community of believers lose their meaning and is no longer relevant. This is true regardless of any period surveyed or comparison made to another time. This is the case in an article written by Peter Smith and Moojan Momen. The article appeared on Bahá’ì Library Online 1 , as well as on Academia 1 , under the title, “The Bahá’í Faith 1957–1988...
THE FIRST VOLUME OF THESE FOUR VOLUMES OF DAILY OBSERVATIONS OF THE BAHA’I FAITH, MADE TO THE THEN HANDS OF THE FAITH IN THE HOLY LAND, WAS SENT TO THEM AS A SECRET DOCUMENT BY MASON REMEY, WRITTEN BY HIM AS A HAND OF THE CAUSE AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAHA’I INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL, BUT BEFORE HE ISSUED TO ALL THE BAHA’I WORLD THE PROCLAMATION OF HIS GUARDIANSHIP OF THE FAITH AND BEFORE HE, AS GUARDIAN OF THE CAUSE, BROKE WITH THE HANDS THE PACT OF SECRECY THAT HAD EXISTED BETWEEN THE CUSTODIAN HANDS SINCE THE FIRST BEHJE CONCLAVE THESE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH VOLUMES OF THESE OBSERVATIONS WERE NEVER SENT TO THE CUSTO...
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