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Topic: `Abdu'l-Bahá

Ads by Google      ipedia.com: Abdul-Baha Article Bahá'ís frequently refer to Him as the Master, although He preferred the title 'Abdu'l-Bahá (Servant of Glory). Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas also known as Abbas Effendi, was the son of Bahá'u'lláh;, the Prophet and Founder of the Bahá'í Faith. `Abdu'l-Bahá was appointed by His Father, to be the Center of the Covenant, sole Interpreter of the Holy Writings, and Perfect Examplar of the Bahá'í life. http://www.ipedia.com/abdul_baha.html   (214 words)      Bibliography [Anchorage]: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Alaska, 1976. by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice and translated by a committee at the Bahá'í World Centre and Marzieh Gail). Britannica Book of the Year for 1988, Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1988 http://www.northill.demon.co.uk/bahai/bib.htm   (206 words)      EXTRACTS I strongly feel the urge to elucidate certain facts, which would at once reveal to every fair-minded observer the unique character of that Divine Civilization the foundations of which the unerring hand of Bahá’u’lláh has laid, and the essential elements of which the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá has disclosed. That Bahá’u’lláh in His Book of Aqdas, and later ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in His Will – a document which confirms, supplements and correlates the provisions of the Aqdas – have set forth in their entirety those essential elements for the constitution of the world Commonwealth, no one who has read them will deny. In fact, he who reads the Aqdas with care and diligence will not find it hard to discover that the Most Holy Book anticipates in a number of passages the institutions which ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ordains in His Will. http://members.iinet.net.au/~guardian/extracts.html   (206 words)      Encyclopedia Article: 'Abdul-Baha Apart from those works and talks of `Abdu'l-Bahá listed in IV.2 above, the following have also been published: Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá; Paris Talks; Promulgation of Universal Peace; Tablets of Abdul Baha Abbas; Foundations of World Unity. Appreciations of `Abdu'l-Bahá include G. Townshend, `Abdu'l-Bahá: the Master, Oxford, 1987; S. Lemaitre, Une Grande Figure de l'Unité: Abdul Baha, Paris: Adrien-Maisonneuve, 1952; see also commemorative issue of World Order magazine, Fall 1971, especially A. Banani, "The Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá," pp. http://bahai-library.com/encyclopedia/abdulbaha.html   (4595 words)      THE REAL HERESY WITHIN THE BAHA´I FAITH TODAY Appointment of Shoghi Effendi as Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, sole interpreter, after 'Abdu'l-Bahá;, of the Bahá'í Writings, and chairman of the Universal House of Justice; the Guardian to appoint Hands of the Faith; and provision for succession of the Guardianship through the period ended by the coming of the next Manifestation. However, when Shoghi Effendi died, his appointed successor went unnoticed, and the Bahá'ís around the world proceeded to abandon the basic tenets of the Will of 'Abdu&; and, by extension, the provisions of Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Aqdas (since they are "inseparable parts of one complete unit"). Until the death of Shoghi Effendi in 1957, all Bahá'ís recognized the Covenant of their Faith to be distinctive from those of other religions, for Bahá'u'lláh had written who His successor was to be and He had established the institutions of the Faith whose tenets He had revealed. http://www.bahai-guardian.com/heresy.html   (4595 words)      Shoghi Effendi hoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, born on 1 March 1897 in 'Akká, the son of Diyá'íyyih Khánum, the eldest daughter of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and Mírzá Hádí Shirázi, a relative of the Báb. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in His Will and Testament appointed His grandson, Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith and interpreter of its teachings. While at Oxford, Shoghi Effendi was informed of the passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and hurried back to Haifa, where he learned that he had been appointed Guardian of the Cause of God. http://www.uga.edu/~bahai/guardian.shtml   (236 words)      5. THE BAHA'I COMMUNITY The Bahá'í World Centre also consists of several buildings, which were the residences of Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá during their lives, and extensive gardens around these buildings. The concept of the Covenant is the focal centre of the Bahá'í Faith and the source of its unity: Bahá'ís, therefore, consider the Bahá'í administration as being sacred in nature and as integral a part of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í teachings; indeed the Bahá'í administration is seen as the incarnation of the spirit of the Bahá'í Faith. http://bahai-library.org/books/introduction/intro5.html   (236 words)      Overview of Bahá'í Social and Economic Development The earliest Bahá'í development projects were schools established by the Bahá'ís of Iran at the turn of the century in response to a stream of letters from `Abdu'l-Bahá extolling the importance of education, especially for women. Compilations of Bahá'í scripture on the Bahá'í paradigm of social and economic development are Social and Economic Development (Mona Vale: Bahá'í Publications Australia, 1988) and Vick, Holly Hanson, Social and Economic Development: A Bahá'í Approach (Oxford: George Ronald, 1989), 134. Bahá'í participation in social and economic development has grown rapidly in the past decade, and in some nations, Bahá'ís have made a visible contribution in rural education, in community health worker training, and in programs for the promotion of equality of the sexes and the elimination of prejudice. http://info.bahai.org/article-1-8-1-6.html   (4649 words)      Shoghi Effendi hoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, born on 1 March 1897 in 'Akká, the son of Diyá'íyyih Khánum, the eldest daughter of 'Abdu'l-Bahá;, and Mírzá Hádí Shirázi, a relative of the Báb. 'Abdu'l-Bahá; in His Will and Testament appointed His grandson, Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith and interpreter of its teachings. While at Oxford, Shoghi Effendi was informed of the passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá; and hurried back to Haifa, where he learned that he had been appointed Guardian of the Cause of God. http://www.uga.edu/bahai/guardian.shtml   (236 words)      Shoghi Effendi 'Abdu'l-Bahá; in His Will and Testament appointed His grandson, Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith and interpreter of its teachings. hoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, born on 1 March 1897 in 'Akká, the son of Diyá'íyyih Kh ánum, the eldest daughter of 'Abdu'l-Bahá;, and Mírzá Hádí Sh irázi, a relative of the Báb. While at Oxford, Sh o gh i Effendi was informed of the passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá; and hurried back to Haifa, where he learned that he had been appointed Guardian of the Cause of God. http://www.uga.edu/bahai/guardian.shtml   (236 words)      The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith This administrative order was originally envisaged by Bahá'u'lláh in his Book of Laws and was given further shape by `Abdu'l-Bahá, particularly in His Will and Testament. The grief he felt upon the death of his dearly-loved Grandfather, added to the weight of the responsibility he had been given in `Abdu'l-Bahá's will, was initially crushing, since he had had no intimation that he was to be appointed to any such position. David Hofman, "Shoghi Effendi: Expounder of the Word of God," in The Vision of Shoghi Effendi: Proceedings of the Association for Bahá'í Studies Ninth Annual Conference, November 2-4, 1984, Ottawa, Canada (Association for Bahá'í Studies, 1993), p. http://www.bahai.org/article-1-3-0-5.html   (1654 words)      Portals to Freedom: Chapter 10 I have found in the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá; much more satisfactory explanations of the meaning, the origin and the destiny of life, than I have elsewhere found. Abdu'l-Bahá; in the course of His many talks on this subject has shown conclusively that all the races spring from one root-race, and that the superficial differences of color, physiognomy, etc., are due to the age-long influences of climate and food following on successive migrations of the root-race. The teachings of Bahá'u'lláh comprise a veritable Universe of wisdom. http://www.bahai-library.com/books/portals/10.html   (3529 words)      Overview of Bahá'í Social and Economic Development The earliest Bahá'í development projects were schools established by the Bahá'ís of Iran at the turn of the century in response to a stream of letters from `Abdu'l-Bahá extolling the importance of education, especially for women. The need to assert the distinctive character of Bahá'í schools, and the ways to accomplish this in contexts where students and faculty in Bahá'í institutions may be members of other faiths, was one of the themes that emerged when administrators of Bahá'í schools from twenty-one countries met in British Columbia in 1992. The Bahá'í International Community (BIC) is now co-operating with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in a two-year project called: "Traditional Media as a Change Agent." This project is funded by UNIFEM in Bolivia, Cameroon, and Malaysia and by the BIC in Brazil and Nigeria. http://www.bahai.org/article-1-8-1-6.html   (4649 words)      THE ILLEGITIMATE REIGN OF THE "CUSTODIANS" AT THE BAHÁ’Í WORLD CENTER The Hands, of course, had no authority to excommunicate a fellow-Hand as this authority resides only in the Guardian of the Faith according to the explicit provisions of the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and moreover this authority had also been retained by Shoghi Effendi with respect to all believers. Therefore, it is clear that the body of nine Hands mentioned in the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was not in residence at the World Center to bear witness to Shoghi Effendi’s appointed successor nor, in fact, was their attestation as to the validity of this appointment required or essential under the circumstances then prevailing. Included in the opening pages of this publication is a table that records the names of all of the Hands of the Cause, including the four Hands of the Cause appointed by Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during their respective Ministries, the ten names of those appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi. http://bahai-guardian.com/custodians.html   (4649 words)      Frank Schlatter - My Experience in Becoming an Orthodox Baha'i I do miss the fellowship of other Bahái's but choose to be faithful to God and the writings of Bahá'u'lláh and ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. Also, the true covenant breakers were guilty of attempting to murder the Blessed Beauty or falsifying documents. As a heterodox Bahá'í I was surrounded by loving, spiritual friends in a wonderful community that was very stimulating both for me and my children. http://www.rt66.com/~obfusa/ya-franco.html   (4649 words)      Bahá'í History Shoghi Effendi was the successor of `Abdu'l-Bahá as leader of the Bahá'í Faith. In the Bahá'í Faith this has led to two distinct religious attitudes: the conviction that all peoples will find their highest religious aspirations fulfilled in the Bahá'í Faith; and the belief that the Bahá'í Faith is an inclusive religious movement with little need for barriers between members and non-members. Although the Bábí movement is separate from the Bahá'í Faith and should be treated so, Bahá'ís regard the Bábí movement as inextricably bound up with the origins of their own Faith and thus consider the start of the Bábí movement in 1844 as the start of their own religion. http://bahai-library.com/?file=encyclopedia_history.html   (4649 words)      Encyclopedia Article: 'Abdul-Baha During the ministry of `Abdu'l-Bahá, the Bahá'í Faith spread to Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, South Africa, South America and the islands of the Pacific. One of the most significant developments during `Abdu'l-Bahá's ministry was the expansion of the Bahá'í Faith to the West. At the beginning of his ministry, the Bahá'í Faith was confined to the Middle East and appeared to any outside observer to be merely a persecuted Muslim sect. http://bahai-library.com/encyclopedia/abdulbaha.html   (4649 words)      Logic and proofs of the Orthodox Baha'i Faith Premise One: "Bahá'u'lláh hath made the Center of the Covenant the Interpreter of His Word" and He stated of 'Abdu'l-Bahá that "They who deprive themselves of the shadow of the Branch, are lost in the wilderness of error..." Premise One: 'Abdu'l-Bahá in His Will and Testament has identified "falsification of the Holy Text" as breaking the Covenant. Premise Two: 'Abdu'l-Bahá in His own Will and Testament states that the Guardian is the "sacred head" of the Universal House of Justice. http://www.rt66.com/~obfusa/syllgism.htm   (1924 words)      BEL Esperanto, which may be regarded as the most mature amongst the various planned language projects, was highly praised by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. It was then during the 57th Esperanto World Congress that the nine participating Bahá'ís consulted together and decided to write to the Universal House of Justice to seek its approval for the founding of a Bahá'í Esperanto organisation. Several central Bahá'í texts on both the question of the international language generally and Esperanto in particular --- including a recent recommendation from the Bahá'ís that the UNO should adopt an international language --- are used to illustrate the Bahá'í point of view on this subject. http://www.bahai.de/bahaaeligo/angla/englisch.htm   (3149 words)      Shoghi Effendi Because the Bahá'í community was relatively small and undeveloped when the Guardian assumed the leadership of the Faith, he strengthened and developed it over many years to the point where it was capable of supporting the administrative structure envisioned by `Abdu'l-Bahá. Bah' History · Bah' timeline Bbs · Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i Bah' Faith and the Unity of Humanity Bah' Faith and World Religions Bah' Faith and gender equality Bah' Faith and Education Bah' Faith and Science Bah' Faith and Language Policy http://www.carolinamaps.net/search/Shoghi_Effendi.html   (797 words)      Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Bahá'í Writings Note that this source is a form of pilgrim's notes and that 'Abdu'l-Bahá's words cannot be authenticated. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's words to Saffa Kinney, as published in Stanwood Cobb, Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (Washington, D.C.: Avalon Press, n.d.), p. There is the fact that Bahá'u'lláh appears to contrast the dating of Empedocles and David with the dating of Pythagoras and Solomon, a contrast that is impossible if modern historical dating is correct. http://bahai-library.com/articles/interpretation.html   (797 words)      AbdulBaha 'Abdu'l- Bahá was born in Tihrán, Iran, on 23 May 1844. He took as His title `Abdu'l- Bahá, the "servant of Bahá." after passing of Bahá'u'lláh. While still a child, He recognized His Father's station even before it had been openly revealed. http://www.uga.edu/bahai/abdulbaha.shtml   (473 words)      A Resource Guide for Baha'i Studies--bibliography The writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, though not regarded as "revelation," are, by virtue of their infallibility, also considered to be scripture. The Bahá'í Faith does not contain a creation story, such as Genesis, and generally eschews myth, except as a source of symbolism to explain abstract concepts such as the spiritual journey of the soul. Udo Schaefer offers a fairly extended discussion of progressive revelation in Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm, 117-50. http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/rg/rg.biblio16.html   (2272 words)      A Resource Guide for Baha'i Studies--glossary Bartlett, Edward E. "'Abdu'l-Bahá in Chicago: An Account of the Master's Four Visits to the Windy City 65 Years Ago." Bahá'í News, 558 (September 1977): 2-8. New York: The Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the City of New York, 1987. Revisioning the Sacred: New Perspectives on a Bahá'í Theology: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, volume 8. http://bahai-library.com/books/rg/rg.bibliography.html   (7854 words)      The reasons why Shoghi Effendi obscured the appointment Most of those who were able to do so joyfully recognized him as the second Guardian of the Faith appointed faithfully by Shoghi Effendi in complete conformity with the terms of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá;. The Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá; states that the Guardian of the Cause of God is the "sacred head and the distinguished member for life" of the Universal House of Justice. How then was Shoghi Effendi to make public his appointment of a successor so as to conform to the provisions of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá;. http://www.rt66.com/~obfusa/how&why.html   (820 words)      Bahai Distribution Shoghi Effendi Rabbání : (1897–1957) The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith after the passing of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá; in 1921, designated in His Will and Testament as His successor in interpreting the Bahá'í writings and as Head of the Faith. After Shoghi Effendi's passing in 1957, she traveled extensively to teach the Bahá'í Faith, consolidate Bahá'í communities, and serve as a representative of the Universal House of Justice at major events. Knight of Bahá'u'lláh: Title initially given by Shoghi Effendi to those Bahá'ís who arose to open specified new territories to the Faith during the first year of the Ten Year Crusade (1953–1963) and subsequently applied to those who first reached the remaining unopened territories on the list at a later date. http://www.bahaibookstore.com/client/client_pages/bahai_glossary.cfm   (820 words)      The Life of Shoghi Effendi He found little happiness in school or university life other than in leading the activities of the Bahá'í students studying in Beirut, and in his vacations in Haifa spent with `Abdu'l-Bahá. In the midst of obstacles, anxiety, material and financial problems, and the terrorism and civil war which accompanied the creation of the state of Israel, Shoghi Effendi was developing "the heart and nerve-center of a world-embracing Faith"[33] and bringing closer to fulfillment the promises of Bahá'u'lláh in the Tablet of Carmel. He established the International Bahá'í Council in 1951, the forerunner of the Universal House of Justice, and appointed three contingents of Hands of the Cause of God, "the Chief Stewards of Bahá'u'lláh's embryonic World Commonwealth". http://bahai-library.com/biography/life.shoghi.effendi.html   (5341 words)      N.S.A. of France – 1960 During the same evening, research was undertaken of the Messages of the Guardian, Shoghi Effendi, concerning the formation of the Bahá'í International Council and the appointment of its members, with Mason Remey as President, as well as certain extracts of the Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of France, faithful and obedient to the Covenant and to the Second Guardian of the Faith (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of France elected for the year 117 of the Bahá'í era), brings to a close its activity this Ridván 118. This recognition allowed us to comprehend that between the passing of the Guardian Shoghi Effendi and the receipt of the Proclamation of Mason Remey, the authority of the Hands was unfounded as were, in consequence, the workings of the National Spiritual Assemblies with the said Hands. http://www.bahai-guardian.com/nsa.france.html   (5341 words)      The So-called "Baha'is Under the Provisions of the Covenant" Are Heterodox Believers Heterodox Bahá'ís, whether they are members he Jensen group or followers of the sans-Guardian Universal House of Justice, have made much of the Arabic word "Aghsán," interpreting it to mean a descendant of Bahá'u'lláh, and saying that the word is used in the original Will of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Inquirers who happen upon a web site on the Internet that has been established by a group of people who call themselves "Bahá'ís Under the Provisions of the Covenant" need to recognize that the basic premises upon which that organization was developed place its members outside the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh. The So-called "Baha'is Under the Provisions of the Covenant" Are Heterodox Believers http://www.rt66.com/%7Eobfusa/so-bupc.htm   (736 words)      Arts Dialogue : Bahá´í Association for the Arts Issues, such as equality, racism and peace which Abdu'l-Bahá addressed on his 1912 visit. John Kavelin designed this 17,000 square foot exhibition, spread over five adjacent ballrooms on the third floor of the New York Hilton Hotel, evoking the spirit of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to North America in 1912. Detail of the stage at San Francisco Bahá´í Peace conference, 1986, on the opening night with singer/songwriter, Red Grammer and Bahá´í's in native costume. http://bahai-library.com/bafa/kavelin.htm   (736 words)

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