Bahá’í World/Volume 14

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April 1963-1968 Access: PDF, Images

Contents

Introduction

Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith, by David Hofman

PART ONE
THE REVELATION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

I. Excerpts from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

1. The Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh

   A. Summons to the Kings and Rulers Of the World

   B. Summons to the World’s Religious Leaders

   C. The Great Announcement to Mankind

II. Selections from the Writings of Shoghi Effendi about Bahá’u’lláh

1. The Birth of the Bahá’í Revelation
2. Bahá’u’lláh

PART TWO
INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF CURRENT BAHÁ’Í ACTIVITIES

I. The Most Great Jubilee, by Beatrice Ashton

II. International Survey of Current Bahá’í Activities

III. The launching of the Nine Year Plan

IV. Expansion and Consolidation of the Bahá’í Faith - Information Statistical and Comparative, Riḍván 1968

V. Proclamation of the Bahá’í Faith

1. The Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh
2. Delivery of the Proclamation to Today’s Heads of State
3. Proclamation to Mankind in General

VI. Six Intercontinental Conferences

1. Panama City
2. Chicago/Wilmette
3. Sydney
4. Kampala
5. Frankfurt
6. New Delhi

VII. Youth Activity

VIII. The Bahá’í Faith and the United Nations

IX. In Memoriam

Leroy Ioas	Ghulám-Ḥusayn Kayván
Jessie Revell	Mírzá Ali-Kuli Khan
Mildred Eileen Clark	Farkhundih Khusraví
Marcia Steward de Matamoros	Susan Golden Kilford
Charles William Dunning	Margaret Lentz
Roy Fernie	Anne Slastiona Lynch
Mabel Grace Geary	Feliciano Mamani
Elizabeth G. Hopper	Edmund Many Bears
Catherine Heward Huxtable	Jean Many Bears
Alyce Janssen	Lucy Jane Marshall
Malcolm King	Loulie Albee Mathews
Richard Nolen	Margery McCormick
‘Ali Akbar Rafi‘i Rafsanjání	Allen B. McDaniel
Francisco Pimienta Arpushana	Bahman Mihrabání
Effie Baker	Ni‘mat Yigánigí
Frank Albert Baker	Ram Dayal Sharma
Stanley William Bolton	Herma Mühlschlegel
Ibráhím Chalabí	Fred Murray
Francisco Chirivito	Hendrik Olsen
Dr. Genevieve Coy	Florence E. Pinchon
Ṣubḥí Daniel	Ampelius Posy
William deForge	Muḥammad Ḥusayn Rawháni
‘Abdu’l-Qádir Diriǒz	Siyyid ‘Alí Riḍvání
Salmán Dloomy	Annie Romer
Frances Esty	Alice Schwarz—Solivo
Jináb-i-Fáḍil	Col. ‘Abbás Sháhqulí
Mario Fiorentini	Ala Sommerau
Kathryn Frankland	Edward Struven
Henriette From	Col. A. Suhráb
Charlotte Gillen	Saialala Tamasese
Mariam Haney	Katherine Knight True
Sayyid Hasan	Reginald Turvey
Lucas Hillanes	B. K. Vaṭankháh
Alethe Holsapple Högberg	Ariane Drollet Vermeesch
Majdu’d-Din Ínán	Eduardo Durante Viera
Yadu’lláh Karímí	‘Izzatu’lláh Zabíḥ

X. Recognition of the Bahá’í Faith - Documentation

1. Incorporation of National Spiritual Assemblies
2. Incorporation of Local Spiritual Assemblies
3. A selection of other Documents Giving Official Recognition to the Bahá’í Faith

PART THREE
THE WORLD ORDER OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

I. The Universal House of Justice

1. Announcement by the Hands of the Cause of God of the Historic Election of the First Universal House of Justice
2. First International Convention, by Charlotte M. Linfoot
3. First Statement from the Universal House of Justice
4. The World Centre of the Bahá’í Faith - Its Supreme Administrative Importance - Address by the Hand of the Cause Paul Haney
5. The Authority, Powers and Functions of the Universal House of Justice

II. The Hands of the Cause of God

1. The Institution of the Hands of the Cause of God
2. The Work and Travels of the Hands of the Cause of God
3. Hands of the Cause who Represented the Universal House of Justice at Conventions for the Election of New National Spiritual Assemblies
4. Hands of the Cause who Represented the Universal House of Justice at Conferences and Dedications

III. The Institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

1. Foreword, by Horace Holley
2. The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár
3. The Razing of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of ‘Ishqábád
4. Dedication of the Mother Temple of Europe

   (i) Das Haus der Andacht der Bahá’í—Address by Dr. Eugen Schmidt

5. The Mother Temple of Latin America
6. The Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of Ṭihrán

IV. The Institution of the National Spiritual Assembly, by Horace Holley

1. A Model Declaration of Trust and By-Laws for a National Spiritual Assembly
2. A Procedure for the Conduct of the Annual Bahá’í Convention

V. The Local Spiritual Assembly - The Institution and its significance

1. By-Laws of a Local Spiritual Assembly

VI. The Non-Political Character of the Bahá’í Faith

VII. Bahá’ís and Military Service

1. Loyalty to Government

VIII. Bahá’í Calendar, Festivals and Dates of Historic Significance

1. Foreword
2. Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting
3. Bahá’í Holy Days on which work should be suspended
4. Additional Material Gleaned from Nabil’s Narrative (vol. II), regarding the Bahá’í Calendar
5. Historical Data Gleaned from Nabil’s Narrative (vol. II), regarding Bahá’u’lláh
6. Dates of Historic Significance during the First One Hundred and Twenty—Four Years of the Bahá’í Faith

PART FOUR

I. Bahá’í directory 1967-68

1. The Universal House of Justice
2. The Hands of the Cause
3. Bahá’í International Community
4. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies

II. Bahá’í Bibliography

1. Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-known Works
2. The Báb’s Best-known Works
3. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Best-known Works
4. Some Compilations from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
5. Shoghi Effendi’s Best-known Works
6. Bahá’í Publishing Trusts
7. Languages into which Bahá’í Literature has been Translated
8. Major Works and Partial List of Languages in which they are available

   A. Works of Bahá’u’lláh

   B. Works of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   C. Works Compiled from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   D. Works of Shoghi Effendi

9. A Selection of Introductory and Expository Works
10. Translation of the Literature and Sacred Writings of the Bahá’í Faith

III. Oriental terms

1. Transliteration of Oriental Words frequently used in Bahá’í Literature
2. Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Persian Alphabet
3. Notes on the Pronunciation of Persian Words
4. Definitions of some of the Oriental Terms used in Bahá’í Literature

PART FIVE

I. Articles and reviews

1. Bahá’u’lláh, by H. M. Balyuzi
2. One God, One Truth, One People, by Ugo Giachery
3. The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, by ‘Abdu’l-Ḥamíd—i-Ishráq Khávarí, translated and adapted by Ḥabíb Ṭáhirzádih
4. The Tongue of Power, by Eunice Braun

II. Verse

III. Music