The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh is a letter written by Shoghi Effendi on February 27, 1929.[1] The title was chosen by Horace Holley,[2] and it is also the title of a 1938 compilation of Shoghi Effendi's letters.
Rúḥíyyih Khánum described the letter as providing clarification of the purpose of the Bahá’í Faith and Bahá’í institutions for the community writing that it was:
". . . designed to clarify for the believers the true meaning and purpose of their Faith, its tenets, its implications, its destiny and future and to guide the unfolding and slowly maturing Community in North America and in the West to a better understanding of its duties, its privileges and its destiny."[3]
Shahriar Razavi has noted that the letter addresses and refutes the arguments of Ruth White, an American Bahá’í who had broken the Covenant and claimed that the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was not a legitimate document.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah, Baha'i Reference Library, p 6
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1970). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 13 (1954-1963), Pg(s) 854. View as PDF.
- ↑ Ruhiyyih Khanum, The Priceless Pearl, Baha'i Publishing Trust: London, 1969, p 212
- ↑ Shahriar Razavi, World Order of Baha'u'llah: Study Questions, George Ronald, 1991
