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The Hands of the Cause of God were a select group of Bahá’ís, appointed for life, whose main function was to propagate and protect the Bahá’í Faith on the international level. In all there were fifty Hands of the Cause, four named by Bahá’u’lláh, four by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and forty-two by Shoghi Effendi (including ten posthumously). The title is no longer given out, and there are no longer any living Hands of the Cause, the last surviving Hand being Dr. 'Alí-Muhammad Varqá. The work of the Hands of the Cause is now carried out by the Continental Board of Counsellors and the Auxiliary Boards. The most complete list of the Hands available is from "The Bahá’í World: Vol XIV". The Universal House of Justice has confirmed that this list may not be complete, and that a study of the letters and archives may reveal others named to this station.
Hají Ákhúnd was an eminent follower of Bahá’u’lláh, Hand of the Cause, and Apostles of Bahá’u’lláh. He was living in Mashhad when he accepted the message of The Báb, this caused him to be immediately expelled from the city and the college he was attending. He eventually settled in Tihrán where he accepted Bahá’u’lláh and became a Bahá’í. It is recorded that when there was an outburst against the Bahá’ís in Tihrán, he would wrap his cloak around himself and sit waiting for the guards to come and arrest him.
The Story of Bahá’u’lláh presents in a clear narrative style the life of the prophet from His birth into a wealthy and noble family, through His transforming spiritual experience while incarcerated in the infamous Black Pit of Tehran, and over the decades of harsh and increasingly remote exile that followed.
The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice; turn not away therefrom if thou desirest Me, and neglect it not that I may confide in thee. By its aid thou shalt see with thine own eyes and not through the eyes of others, and shalt know of thine own knowledge and not through the knowledge of thy neighbor. -Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words
This is a picture of the Taiwan National Bahá’í Office located in Taipei, Taiwan. The center was purchased with the help of the United States Bahá’í community, donations from the friends, and the National Spiritual Assembly of North East Asia in 1967. It is located on the 3rd floor of of the building pictured. It was purchased in time for the Bahá’í friends to host their Naw Ruz celebration there.
1844: The Báb arrives in Mecca and performs the rites of pilgrimage in company with 100,000 other pilgrims.
1863: Bahá’u’lláh and His companions arrive in Adrianople(Bahá’u’lláh's house pictured), marking the furthest point from Persia that Bahá’u’lláh would ever reach.
