Directives from the GuardianbyShoghi EffendiEdition 1, (September 2006)Baha'i Terms of UseYou 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. 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ARCHIVES14: ASSEMBLIES--UNITY OF (Bahá’u’lláh’s Promise)15: ASSEMBLY MEETINGS16: ASSEMBLY VACANCY17: ASSOCIATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS (Appointing of)18: ATTACKS FROM CHURCH MISSIONARIES19: BÁB, DECLARATION OF20: BÁB’S PHOTOGRAPH21: BAHÁ’Í DISPENSATION (Duration of)22: BAHÁ’ÍS (Destiny of)23: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (On Admittance of New Applicants)24: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (On Presenting the Master’s Will to New Applicants)25: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (Qualifications of a New Believer)26: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (The “Two Extremes” in Bringing in New Bahá’ís)27: BAHÁ’ÍS (Two Kinds of)28: BAHÁ’Í WAY OF LIFE (The Strength of the Cause)29: BAHÁ’U’LLÁH (In accepting)30: BELIEVERS, NEW (Accept Cause Without Qualifications)31: BELIEVERS, REMOVAL OF32: BIBLE (Authenticity of the)33: CALENDAR (BAHÁ’Í)34: CALIPHATE AND IMÁMATE35: CATASTROPHE (The Apocalyptic Upheaval)36: CIVIL COURTS (Disputes)37: CIVIL ELECTIONS (Voting in)38: COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS (Assembly Members)39: COMMITTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES40: CONTRIBUTION41: CONTRIBUTIONS (Lifting the Burden of Misery from Mankind)42: CONTRIBUTIONS ARE VOLUNTARY43: COVENANT (Meaning of Bahá’í)44: COVENANT BREAKERS (Expulsion and Reinstatement of)45: COVENANT BREAKERS (Shun)46: CRIMSON BOOK (The)47: CRITICISM48: CRITICISM (On)49: DANIEL, THE PROPHECY OF50: DISPENSATION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH51: DISPUTES, INDIVIDUAL--(Consultation with Assembly)52: DRAMA--MANIFESTATIONS (Dramatic Works)53: DRAMA OF THE FAITH54: ECONOMIC TEACHINGS55: ECONOMICS--BAHÁ’Í56: ECONOMIC TEACHINGS57: EDUCATION (On Inability of Modern Education to Produce a Mature Mind)58: ELDERS (Four and Twenty)59: ELECTION (Acceptance of)60: ELECTIONS (BAHÁ’Í)61: ELECTIONS (BAHÁ’Í) (To Administrative Posts)62: ELECTIONS (Assembly Voting)63: ELECTIONS (The Character of Bahá’í)64: ELECTION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES (Radical Changes Not Advised)65: ELECTIONS, REGARDING (In the United States)66: EMMANUEL, HIS HIGHNESS67: ESPERANTO (The Subject of)68: EVOLUTION, MAN’S69: FAMILY TIES, SPIRITUAL TIES (Vs.)70: FAST (Necessary Permission For)71: FASTING (The Ordinance of)72: FAST (THE)73: FEAST DAY (Changing Observance of)74: FEAST (Nature of)75: NAW-RÚZ FEAST (Observance of Feast Day Calendar)76: NAW-RÚZ, TIME OF CELEBRATION OF77: FEAST (Time for Holding)78: FEASTS (Attendance at)79: FEASTS AND ANNIVERSARIES--Bahá’í80: FUND (How Every Believer Can Test the Measure of His Faith)81: FUND (The Life-blood of these Nascent Institutions)82: FUND (National Fund, Chief Obligation of)83: FUND (We must be like the Fountain)84: FUND (The Sacred Obligation)85: FUNERAL (Bahá’í Funeral Service)86: GREATEST NAME (Translation of Symbol of)87: GROUP, BAHÁ’Í88: GUARDIAN (Infallibility of the)89: GUIDANCE, DIVINE (Of Guardian)90: GUIDANCE (Individual)91: GUIDANCE (Question of)92: HANDS OF THE CAUSE--INSTITUTIONS (Station and Function--When Mentioned in Writing)93: HAZÍRATU’L-QUDS (Functions of)94: HEALING95: HEROISM IS NEEDED96: HIDDEN WORDS (Arabic)97: HOLY DAYS--BAHÁ’Í98: HOLY DAYS OF OTHER RELIGIONS99: HOLY SHRINE (Believers turn to the)100: HOSTS OF HIS TESTAMENT (The)101: CORD (Meaning of)102: ILLNESS103: ILLNESS (Cancer)104: INHERITANCE (Division of)105: INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE (Whole question of)106: ISLÁM107: JESUS (Virgin Birth of)108: LIFE AFTER DEATH109: LOVE (Turn to Bahá’í Brothers and Sisters)110: LOVE, CUSTODIANS OF (World Exceedingly Dark)111: LOVE--UNITY (The Greatest Need)112: MANIFESTATION--IN 1000 YEARS (Organic Unity)113: MANIFESTATIONS (The Phrase--“His Holiness”)114: MANIFESTATIONS (Return of the Qualities)115: MANIFESTATIONS (Significance of the Remains of the Prophets)116: MANIFESTATIONS (Station of)117: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í118: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í (Consent of Parents--duty of Assembly to ascertain validity)119: MARRIAGE--(Consent of Parents--Non-Bahá’í Participants)120: MARRIAGE TO NON-BAHÁ’Í121: MARRIAGES, BAHÁ’Í--(Reporting to the NSA)122: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í (re: Consent of Natural Parents)123: MARRIAGE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH124: MASONRY, FREE (Membership in)125: MEDICAL SCIENCE (Leaving bodies to)126: MEDITATION127: MEETINGS, BAHÁ’Í128: MEMBERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES, LSA (Residential Qualifications)129: MEMORIAL OFFERINGS130: MENTAL ILLNESS131: MILITARY DUTY (Status of Bahá’ís in relation to)132: MILITARY SERVICE133: MORMONS (Religious sects--Associate with all--Show tolerance and friendliness)134: MUNÍRIHKHÁNUM135: MUSIC136: NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES (Authority of)137: N.S.A. INVOLVEMENT (Appeals Prohibited)138: N.S.A.’s JURISDICTION OVER COMMITTEES (Authority of)139: NEW ASSEMBLIES (Formation of)140: NEW ASSEMBLIES (Residence Qualifications)141: NINE (Number)9: religions of the world, that is ‘existing religions, we should not142: ORIENTALS143: ORIENTALS (Association with)144: PACIFISM (Bahá’í View of)145: PEACE146: PHOTOGRAPHS147: PILGRIM’S NOTES148: PIONEERING149: POLITICAL FIGURES (Non-Political Character of the Bahá’í Faith)150: POLITICS (Loyalty to World Order of Bahá’u’lláh)151: POLITICS (Non-Interference in)152: POLITICS (Remain Aloof from Political Affairs)153: POLITICS (Shun Politics Like the Plague)154: PRAYER (Five Steps of)155: PRAYER BEADS156: PRAYER (Bahá’u’lláh’s in Dispensation)157: PRAYERS158: PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS (Book of)159: PRAYERS (Daily)160: PRAYERS (Daily Obligatory)161: PRAYERS (Healing)162: PRAYERS (To be Read as Revealed)163: PREJUDICES (Racial)164: PROPHETS (Many will appear)165: PSYCHIATRY166: PSYCHIC PHENOMENA167: PURE SOULS168: PYRAMID PROPHECIES169: PROMINENT FIGURES (Letters to Government Heads)170: QUR’ÁN (‘Sales’ Translation Recommended)171: QUR’ÁN--STUDY OF (Concerning School Program)172: QUR’AN, SURIHS OF THE173: RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS, NON-BAHÁ’Í174: RESURRECTION (Explains the Passage on page 231 of the Gleanings)175: RINGSTONES AND BURIAL STONES176: SUMMER SCHOOLS, BAHÁ’Í (Importance of)177: SUMMER SCHOOLS, BAHÁ’Í (Purpose of)178: SERVICE TO HUMANITY179: SEVEN LIGHTS OF UNITY180: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE FAITH (A Single Divine and World-Embracing System)181: SPIRITUALITY (The Troubles of This World Pass)182: SUMMER SCHOOLS (The Bahá’í)183: SUMMER SCHOOLS (Bahá’í Atmosphere in)184: SUPREME TRIBUNAL185: TABLETS OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ186: TEACHERS (Unqualified Loyalty)187: TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS (Can Serve as Both)188: TEACHERS, BAHÁ’Í (A Principle)189: TEACHING190: TEACHING (Love for Bahá’u’lláh)191: TEACHING192: TEACHING (Advent of Divine Justice)193: TEACHING, CONCENTRATE ON (Source of Joy and Consolation)194: TEACHING (The Concourse on High)195: TEACHING (Direct)196: TEACHING--Divine World Order--The Sole Panacea197: TEACHING (Duty of Every Believer)198: TEACHING (Give the Message)199: TEACHING (Greater Unity Among the Friends)200: TEACHING (Love and Unity)201: TEACHING--BAHÁ’Í FAITH (What the Cause Now Requires)202: TEACHING (Study Early History and Principles of the Faith)203: TEACHING (The Utmost Effort)204: TEACHING (In South)205: TEACHING METHODS206: TEMPLE, CHANTING IN THE207: TESTS AND PROBLEMS208: THEOCRACY209: TOMBSTONE, BAHÁ’Í SYMBOL ON210: TRANSLITERATION OF BAHÁ’Í TERMS211: UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE, MEMBERSHIP212: VACCINATION213: VISIONS214: VOTING--(Civil)215: VOTING RIGHT, The216: VOTING RIGHTS (Status of Individuals Deprived of)217: WORK, BAHÁ’Í218: WORK, DAILY--(Bahá’u’lláh’s Command Concerning Daily Work)219: WORLD FEDERATION--(On Bahá’í Participation in International Conferences)220: YEAR NINE, The221: YOUTH222: YOUTH (Regarding the Age of Fifteen)223: BAHÁ’Í YOUTH IN SCHOOL224: YOUTH, JUNIOR (Do Great Deeds)
Directives from the GuardianbyShoghi EffendiEdition 1, (September 2006)Baha'i Terms of UseYou 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).ContentsBaha'i Terms of Use1: ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ (Stories About)2: ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ’S MINISTRY (Re: World Objectives)3: ADMINISTRATION--Attitude Towards (National Assembly’s Statement Approved)4: ADMINISTRATION, BAHÁ’Í--(Rules and Regulations)5: ADMINISTRATION (Study and Apply)6: ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY (Related to America)7: AFRICAN STUDENTS AND VISITORS8: AGES AND EPOCHS (Define)9: ALLÁH-U-ABHÁ (Bahá’í Greeting)10: ANNUAL CONVENTION11: AQDAS (THE)--LAWS OF12: ARCHIVES (The Importance Of)13: ARCHIVES14: ASSEMBLIES--UNITY OF (Bahá’u’lláh’s Promise)15: ASSEMBLY MEETINGS16: ASSEMBLY VACANCY17: ASSOCIATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS (Appointing of)18: ATTACKS FROM CHURCH MISSIONARIES19: BÁB, DECLARATION OF20: BÁB’S PHOTOGRAPH21: BAHÁ’Í DISPENSATION (Duration of)22: BAHÁ’ÍS (Destiny of)23: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (On Admittance of New Applicants)24: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (On Presenting the Master’s Will to New Applicants)25: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (Qualifications of a New Believer)26: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (The “Two Extremes” in Bringing in New Bahá’ís)27: BAHÁ’ÍS (Two Kinds of)28: BAHÁ’Í WAY OF LIFE (The Strength of the Cause)29: BAHÁ’U’LLÁH (In accepting)30: BELIEVERS, NEW (Accept Cause Without Qualifications)31: BELIEVERS, REMOVAL OF32: BIBLE (Authenticity of the)33: CALENDAR (BAHÁ’Í)34: CALIPHATE AND IMÁMATE35: CATASTROPHE (The Apocalyptic Upheaval)36: CIVIL COURTS (Disputes)37: CIVIL ELECTIONS (Voting in)38: COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS (Assembly Members)39: COMMITTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES40: CONTRIBUTION41: CONTRIBUTIONS (Lifting the Burden of Misery from Mankind)42: CONTRIBUTIONS ARE VOLUNTARY43: COVENANT (Meaning of Bahá’í)44: COVENANT BREAKERS (Expulsion and Reinstatement of)45: COVENANT BREAKERS (Shun)46: CRIMSON BOOK (The)47: CRITICISM48: CRITICISM (On)49: DANIEL, THE PROPHECY OF50: DISPENSATION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH51: DISPUTES, INDIVIDUAL--(Consultation with Assembly)52: DRAMA--MANIFESTATIONS (Dramatic Works)53: DRAMA OF THE FAITH54: ECONOMIC TEACHINGS55: ECONOMICS--BAHÁ’Í56: ECONOMIC TEACHINGS57: EDUCATION (On Inability of Modern Education to Produce a Mature Mind)58: ELDERS (Four and Twenty)59: ELECTION (Acceptance of)60: ELECTIONS (BAHÁ’Í)61: ELECTIONS (BAHÁ’Í) (To Administrative Posts)62: ELECTIONS (Assembly Voting)63: ELECTIONS (The Character of Bahá’í)64: ELECTION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES (Radical Changes Not Advised)65: ELECTIONS, REGARDING (In the United States)66: EMMANUEL, HIS HIGHNESS67: ESPERANTO (The Subject of)68: EVOLUTION, MAN’S69: FAMILY TIES, SPIRITUAL TIES (Vs.)70: FAST (Necessary Permission For)71: FASTING (The Ordinance of)72: FAST (THE)73: FEAST DAY (Changing Observance of)74: FEAST (Nature of)75: NAW-RÚZ FEAST (Observance of Feast Day Calendar)76: NAW-RÚZ, TIME OF CELEBRATION OF77: FEAST (Time for Holding)78: FEASTS (Attendance at)79: FEASTS AND ANNIVERSARIES--Bahá’í80: FUND (How Every Believer Can Test the Measure of His Faith)81: FUND (The Life-blood of these Nascent Institutions)82: FUND (National Fund, Chief Obligation of)83: FUND (We must be like the Fountain)84: FUND (The Sacred Obligation)85: FUNERAL (Bahá’í Funeral Service)86: GREATEST NAME (Translation of Symbol of)87: GROUP, BAHÁ’Í88: GUARDIAN (Infallibility of the)89: GUIDANCE, DIVINE (Of Guardian)90: GUIDANCE (Individual)91: GUIDANCE (Question of)92: HANDS OF THE CAUSE--INSTITUTIONS (Station and Function--When Mentioned in Writing)93: HAZÍRATU’L-QUDS (Functions of)94: HEALING95: HEROISM IS NEEDED96: HIDDEN WORDS (Arabic)97: HOLY DAYS--BAHÁ’Í98: HOLY DAYS OF OTHER RELIGIONS99: HOLY SHRINE (Believers turn to the)100: HOSTS OF HIS TESTAMENT (The)101: CORD (Meaning of)102: ILLNESS103: ILLNESS (Cancer)104: INHERITANCE (Division of)105: INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE (Whole question of)106: ISLÁM107: JESUS (Virgin Birth of)108: LIFE AFTER DEATH109: LOVE (Turn to Bahá’í Brothers and Sisters)110: LOVE, CUSTODIANS OF (World Exceedingly Dark)111: LOVE--UNITY (The Greatest Need)112: MANIFESTATION--IN 1000 YEARS (Organic Unity)113: MANIFESTATIONS (The Phrase--“His Holiness”)114: MANIFESTATIONS (Return of the Qualities)115: MANIFESTATIONS (Significance of the Remains of the Prophets)116: MANIFESTATIONS (Station of)117: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í118: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í (Consent of Parents--duty of Assembly to ascertain validity)119: MARRIAGE--(Consent of Parents--Non-Bahá’í Participants)120: MARRIAGE TO NON-BAHÁ’Í121: MARRIAGES, BAHÁ’Í--(Reporting to the NSA)122: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í (re: Consent of Natural Parents)123: MARRIAGE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH124: MASONRY, FREE (Membership in)125: MEDICAL SCIENCE (Leaving bodies to)126: MEDITATION127: MEETINGS, BAHÁ’Í128: MEMBERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES, LSA (Residential Qualifications)129: MEMORIAL OFFERINGS130: MENTAL ILLNESS131: MILITARY DUTY (Status of Bahá’ís in relation to)132: MILITARY SERVICE133: MORMONS (Religious sects--Associate with all--Show tolerance and friendliness)134: MUNÍRIHKHÁNUM135: MUSIC136: NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES (Authority of)137: N.S.A. INVOLVEMENT (Appeals Prohibited)138: N.S.A.’s JURISDICTION OVER COMMITTEES (Authority of)139: NEW ASSEMBLIES (Formation of)140: NEW ASSEMBLIES (Residence Qualifications)141: NINE (Number)9: religions of the world, that is ‘existing religions, we should not142: ORIENTALS143: ORIENTALS (Association with)144: PACIFISM (Bahá’í View of)145: PEACE146: PHOTOGRAPHS147: PILGRIM’S NOTES148: PIONEERING149: POLITICAL FIGURES (Non-Political Character of the Bahá’í Faith)150: POLITICS (Loyalty to World Order of Bahá’u’lláh)151: POLITICS (Non-Interference in)152: POLITICS (Remain Aloof from Political Affairs)153: POLITICS (Shun Politics Like the Plague)154: PRAYER (Five Steps of)155: PRAYER BEADS156: PRAYER (Bahá’u’lláh’s in Dispensation)157: PRAYERS158: PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS (Book of)159: PRAYERS (Daily)160: PRAYERS (Daily Obligatory)161: PRAYERS (Healing)162: PRAYERS (To be Read as Revealed)163: PREJUDICES (Racial)164: PROPHETS (Many will appear)165: PSYCHIATRY166: PSYCHIC PHENOMENA167: PURE SOULS168: PYRAMID PROPHECIES169: PROMINENT FIGURES (Letters to Government Heads)170: QUR’ÁN (‘Sales’ Translation Recommended)171: QUR’ÁN--STUDY OF (Concerning School Program)172: QUR’AN, SURIHS OF THE173: RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS, NON-BAHÁ’Í174: RESURRECTION (Explains the Passage on page 231 of the Gleanings)175: RINGSTONES AND BURIAL STONES176: SUMMER SCHOOLS, BAHÁ’Í (Importance of)177: SUMMER SCHOOLS, BAHÁ’Í (Purpose of)178: SERVICE TO HUMANITY179: SEVEN LIGHTS OF UNITY180: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE FAITH (A Single Divine and World-Embracing System)181: SPIRITUALITY (The Troubles of This World Pass)182: SUMMER SCHOOLS (The Bahá’í)183: SUMMER SCHOOLS (Bahá’í Atmosphere in)184: SUPREME TRIBUNAL185: TABLETS OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ186: TEACHERS (Unqualified Loyalty)187: TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS (Can Serve as Both)188: TEACHERS, BAHÁ’Í (A Principle)189: TEACHING190: TEACHING (Love for Bahá’u’lláh)191: TEACHING192: TEACHING (Advent of Divine Justice)193: TEACHING, CONCENTRATE ON (Source of Joy and Consolation)194: TEACHING (The Concourse on High)195: TEACHING (Direct)196: TEACHING--Divine World Order--The Sole Panacea197: TEACHING (Duty of Every Believer)198: TEACHING (Give the Message)199: TEACHING (Greater Unity Among the Friends)200: TEACHING (Love and Unity)201: TEACHING--BAHÁ’Í FAITH (What the Cause Now Requires)202: TEACHING (Study Early History and Principles of the Faith)203: TEACHING (The Utmost Effort)204: TEACHING (In South)205: TEACHING METHODS206: TEMPLE, CHANTING IN THE207: TESTS AND PROBLEMS208: THEOCRACY209: TOMBSTONE, BAHÁ’Í SYMBOL ON210: TRANSLITERATION OF BAHÁ’Í TERMS211: UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE, MEMBERSHIP212: VACCINATION213: VISIONS214: VOTING--(Civil)215: VOTING RIGHT, The216: VOTING RIGHTS (Status of Individuals Deprived of)217: WORK, BAHÁ’Í218: WORK, DAILY--(Bahá’u’lláh’s Command Concerning Daily Work)219: WORLD FEDERATION--(On Bahá’í Participation in International Conferences)220: YEAR NINE, The221: YOUTH222: YOUTH (Regarding the Age of Fifteen)223: BAHÁ’Í YOUTH IN SCHOOL224: YOUTH, JUNIOR (Do Great Deeds)
Directives from the GuardianbyShoghi EffendiEdition 1, (September 2006)
Directives from the Guardian
Directives from the Guardian
byShoghi Effendi
Edition 1, (September 2006)
Baha'i Terms of UseYou 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).
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ContentsBaha'i Terms of Use1: ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ (Stories About)2: ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ’S MINISTRY (Re: World Objectives)3: ADMINISTRATION--Attitude Towards (National Assembly’s Statement Approved)4: ADMINISTRATION, BAHÁ’Í--(Rules and Regulations)5: ADMINISTRATION (Study and Apply)6: ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY (Related to America)7: AFRICAN STUDENTS AND VISITORS8: AGES AND EPOCHS (Define)9: ALLÁH-U-ABHÁ (Bahá’í Greeting)10: ANNUAL CONVENTION11: AQDAS (THE)--LAWS OF12: ARCHIVES (The Importance Of)13: ARCHIVES14: ASSEMBLIES--UNITY OF (Bahá’u’lláh’s Promise)15: ASSEMBLY MEETINGS16: ASSEMBLY VACANCY17: ASSOCIATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS (Appointing of)18: ATTACKS FROM CHURCH MISSIONARIES19: BÁB, DECLARATION OF20: BÁB’S PHOTOGRAPH21: BAHÁ’Í DISPENSATION (Duration of)22: BAHÁ’ÍS (Destiny of)23: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (On Admittance of New Applicants)24: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (On Presenting the Master’s Will to New Applicants)25: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (Qualifications of a New Believer)26: BAHÁ’ÍS--NEW (The “Two Extremes” in Bringing in New Bahá’ís)27: BAHÁ’ÍS (Two Kinds of)28: BAHÁ’Í WAY OF LIFE (The Strength of the Cause)29: BAHÁ’U’LLÁH (In accepting)30: BELIEVERS, NEW (Accept Cause Without Qualifications)31: BELIEVERS, REMOVAL OF32: BIBLE (Authenticity of the)33: CALENDAR (BAHÁ’Í)34: CALIPHATE AND IMÁMATE35: CATASTROPHE (The Apocalyptic Upheaval)36: CIVIL COURTS (Disputes)37: CIVIL ELECTIONS (Voting in)38: COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS (Assembly Members)39: COMMITTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES40: CONTRIBUTION41: CONTRIBUTIONS (Lifting the Burden of Misery from Mankind)42: CONTRIBUTIONS ARE VOLUNTARY43: COVENANT (Meaning of Bahá’í)44: COVENANT BREAKERS (Expulsion and Reinstatement of)45: COVENANT BREAKERS (Shun)46: CRIMSON BOOK (The)47: CRITICISM48: CRITICISM (On)49: DANIEL, THE PROPHECY OF50: DISPENSATION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH51: DISPUTES, INDIVIDUAL--(Consultation with Assembly)52: DRAMA--MANIFESTATIONS (Dramatic Works)53: DRAMA OF THE FAITH54: ECONOMIC TEACHINGS55: ECONOMICS--BAHÁ’Í56: ECONOMIC TEACHINGS57: EDUCATION (On Inability of Modern Education to Produce a Mature Mind)58: ELDERS (Four and Twenty)59: ELECTION (Acceptance of)60: ELECTIONS (BAHÁ’Í)61: ELECTIONS (BAHÁ’Í) (To Administrative Posts)62: ELECTIONS (Assembly Voting)63: ELECTIONS (The Character of Bahá’í)64: ELECTION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES (Radical Changes Not Advised)65: ELECTIONS, REGARDING (In the United States)66: EMMANUEL, HIS HIGHNESS67: ESPERANTO (The Subject of)68: EVOLUTION, MAN’S69: FAMILY TIES, SPIRITUAL TIES (Vs.)70: FAST (Necessary Permission For)71: FASTING (The Ordinance of)72: FAST (THE)73: FEAST DAY (Changing Observance of)74: FEAST (Nature of)75: NAW-RÚZ FEAST (Observance of Feast Day Calendar)76: NAW-RÚZ, TIME OF CELEBRATION OF77: FEAST (Time for Holding)78: FEASTS (Attendance at)79: FEASTS AND ANNIVERSARIES--Bahá’í80: FUND (How Every Believer Can Test the Measure of His Faith)81: FUND (The Life-blood of these Nascent Institutions)82: FUND (National Fund, Chief Obligation of)83: FUND (We must be like the Fountain)84: FUND (The Sacred Obligation)85: FUNERAL (Bahá’í Funeral Service)86: GREATEST NAME (Translation of Symbol of)87: GROUP, BAHÁ’Í88: GUARDIAN (Infallibility of the)89: GUIDANCE, DIVINE (Of Guardian)90: GUIDANCE (Individual)91: GUIDANCE (Question of)92: HANDS OF THE CAUSE--INSTITUTIONS (Station and Function--When Mentioned in Writing)93: HAZÍRATU’L-QUDS (Functions of)94: HEALING95: HEROISM IS NEEDED96: HIDDEN WORDS (Arabic)97: HOLY DAYS--BAHÁ’Í98: HOLY DAYS OF OTHER RELIGIONS99: HOLY SHRINE (Believers turn to the)100: HOSTS OF HIS TESTAMENT (The)101: CORD (Meaning of)102: ILLNESS103: ILLNESS (Cancer)104: INHERITANCE (Division of)105: INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE (Whole question of)106: ISLÁM107: JESUS (Virgin Birth of)108: LIFE AFTER DEATH109: LOVE (Turn to Bahá’í Brothers and Sisters)110: LOVE, CUSTODIANS OF (World Exceedingly Dark)111: LOVE--UNITY (The Greatest Need)112: MANIFESTATION--IN 1000 YEARS (Organic Unity)113: MANIFESTATIONS (The Phrase--“His Holiness”)114: MANIFESTATIONS (Return of the Qualities)115: MANIFESTATIONS (Significance of the Remains of the Prophets)116: MANIFESTATIONS (Station of)117: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í118: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í (Consent of Parents--duty of Assembly to ascertain validity)119: MARRIAGE--(Consent of Parents--Non-Bahá’í Participants)120: MARRIAGE TO NON-BAHÁ’Í121: MARRIAGES, BAHÁ’Í--(Reporting to the NSA)122: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í (re: Consent of Natural Parents)123: MARRIAGE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH124: MASONRY, FREE (Membership in)125: MEDICAL SCIENCE (Leaving bodies to)126: MEDITATION127: MEETINGS, BAHÁ’Í128: MEMBERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES, LSA (Residential Qualifications)129: MEMORIAL OFFERINGS130: MENTAL ILLNESS131: MILITARY DUTY (Status of Bahá’ís in relation to)132: MILITARY SERVICE133: MORMONS (Religious sects--Associate with all--Show tolerance and friendliness)134: MUNÍRIHKHÁNUM135: MUSIC136: NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES (Authority of)137: N.S.A. INVOLVEMENT (Appeals Prohibited)138: N.S.A.’s JURISDICTION OVER COMMITTEES (Authority of)139: NEW ASSEMBLIES (Formation of)140: NEW ASSEMBLIES (Residence Qualifications)141: NINE (Number)9: religions of the world, that is ‘existing religions, we should not142: ORIENTALS143: ORIENTALS (Association with)144: PACIFISM (Bahá’í View of)145: PEACE146: PHOTOGRAPHS147: PILGRIM’S NOTES148: PIONEERING149: POLITICAL FIGURES (Non-Political Character of the Bahá’í Faith)150: POLITICS (Loyalty to World Order of Bahá’u’lláh)151: POLITICS (Non-Interference in)152: POLITICS (Remain Aloof from Political Affairs)153: POLITICS (Shun Politics Like the Plague)154: PRAYER (Five Steps of)155: PRAYER BEADS156: PRAYER (Bahá’u’lláh’s in Dispensation)157: PRAYERS158: PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS (Book of)159: PRAYERS (Daily)160: PRAYERS (Daily Obligatory)161: PRAYERS (Healing)162: PRAYERS (To be Read as Revealed)163: PREJUDICES (Racial)164: PROPHETS (Many will appear)165: PSYCHIATRY166: PSYCHIC PHENOMENA167: PURE SOULS168: PYRAMID PROPHECIES169: PROMINENT FIGURES (Letters to Government Heads)170: QUR’ÁN (‘Sales’ Translation Recommended)171: QUR’ÁN--STUDY OF (Concerning School Program)172: QUR’AN, SURIHS OF THE173: RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS, NON-BAHÁ’Í174: RESURRECTION (Explains the Passage on page 231 of the Gleanings)175: RINGSTONES AND BURIAL STONES176: SUMMER SCHOOLS, BAHÁ’Í (Importance of)177: SUMMER SCHOOLS, BAHÁ’Í (Purpose of)178: SERVICE TO HUMANITY179: SEVEN LIGHTS OF UNITY180: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE FAITH (A Single Divine and World-Embracing System)181: SPIRITUALITY (The Troubles of This World Pass)182: SUMMER SCHOOLS (The Bahá’í)183: SUMMER SCHOOLS (Bahá’í Atmosphere in)184: SUPREME TRIBUNAL185: TABLETS OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ186: TEACHERS (Unqualified Loyalty)187: TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS (Can Serve as Both)188: TEACHERS, BAHÁ’Í (A Principle)189: TEACHING190: TEACHING (Love for Bahá’u’lláh)191: TEACHING192: TEACHING (Advent of Divine Justice)193: TEACHING, CONCENTRATE ON (Source of Joy and Consolation)194: TEACHING (The Concourse on High)195: TEACHING (Direct)196: TEACHING--Divine World Order--The Sole Panacea197: TEACHING (Duty of Every Believer)198: TEACHING (Give the Message)199: TEACHING (Greater Unity Among the Friends)200: TEACHING (Love and Unity)201: TEACHING--BAHÁ’Í FAITH (What the Cause Now Requires)202: TEACHING (Study Early History and Principles of the Faith)203: TEACHING (The Utmost Effort)204: TEACHING (In South)205: TEACHING METHODS206: TEMPLE, CHANTING IN THE207: TESTS AND PROBLEMS208: THEOCRACY209: TOMBSTONE, BAHÁ’Í SYMBOL ON210: TRANSLITERATION OF BAHÁ’Í TERMS211: UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE, MEMBERSHIP212: VACCINATION213: VISIONS214: VOTING--(Civil)215: VOTING RIGHT, The216: VOTING RIGHTS (Status of Individuals Deprived of)217: WORK, BAHÁ’Í218: WORK, DAILY--(Bahá’u’lláh’s Command Concerning Daily Work)219: WORLD FEDERATION--(On Bahá’í Participation in International Conferences)220: YEAR NINE, The221: YOUTH222: YOUTH (Regarding the Age of Fifteen)223: BAHÁ’Í YOUTH IN SCHOOL224: YOUTH, JUNIOR (Do Great Deeds)