The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh

The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh


by Shoghi Effendi




Edition 1, (September 2006)





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                                 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
   The Fire of Ordeal
   The Mouthpiece of God
THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE CAUSE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
   The Golden Age of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh
   America’s Contribution to the Cause
   Decline of Mortal Dominion
   Contrast with Religions of the Past
   Fundamental Principle of Religious Truth
   Necessity for a Fresh Revelation
   The Station of the Báb
   The Outpouring of Divine Grace
   The Divine Polity
   Our Beloved Temple
AMERICA AND THE MOST GREAT PEACE
   America and the Most Great Peace
THE DISPENSATION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
   The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh
   The Báb
   ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
   The Administrative Order
THE UNFOLDMENT OF WORLD CIVILIZATION
   The Unfoldment of World Civilization
   Humanity’s Coming of Age
   The Process of Integration
   The Final Consummation
   Pangs of Death and Birth
   Universal Fermentation
   This Age of Transition
   Collapse of Islám
   Deterioration of Christian Institutions
   Signs of Moral Downfall
   Breakdown of Political and Economic Structure
   Bahá’u’lláh’s Principle of Collective Security
   Community of the Most Great Name
   A World Religion
   Divine Retribution
   World Unity the Goal






THE WORLD ORDER OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH




The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh


To the members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the
United States and Canada.

Dearly-beloved co-workers:

I have been acquainted by the perusal of your latest communications with
the nature of the doubts that have been publicly expressed, by one who is
wholly misinformed as to the true precepts of the Cause, regarding the
validity of institutions that stand inextricably interwoven with the Faith
of Bahá’u’lláh. Not that I for a moment view such faint misgivings in the
light of an open challenge to the structure that embodies the Faith, nor
is it because I question in the least the unyielding tenacity of the faith
of the American believers, if I venture to dwell upon what seems to me
appropriate observations at the present stage of the evolution of our
beloved Cause. I am indeed inclined to welcome these expressed
apprehensions inasmuch as they afford me an opportunity to familiarize the
elected representatives of the believers with the origin and the character
of the institutions which stand at the very basis of the World Order
ushered in by Bahá’u’lláh. We should feel truly thankful for such futile
attempts to undermine our beloved Faith—attempts that protrude their ugly
face from time to time, seem for a while able to create a breach in the
ranks of the faithful, recede finally into the obscurity of oblivion, and
are thought of no more. Such incidents we should regard as the
interpositions of Providence, designed to fortify our faith, to clarif