Monday, February 28, 2022

February 27. On this date in 1929, Shoghi Effendi wrote a lengthy letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, later published in "World Order of Bahá'u'lláh," wherein he stated "Not only will the present day Spiritual Assemblies be styled differently in future, but they will be enabled also to add to their present functions those powers, duties, and prerogatives necessitated by the recognition of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, not merely as one of the recognized religious systems of the world, but as the State Religion of an independent and Sovereign Power. And as the Bahá'í Faith permeates the masses of the peoples of East and West, and its truth is embraced by the majority of the peoples of a number of the Sovereign States of the world, will the Universal House of Justice attain the plenitude of its power, and exercise, as the supreme organ of the Bahá'í Commonwealth, all the rights, the duties, and responsibilities incumbent upon the world's future superstate."

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February 27. On this date in 1929, Shoghi Effendi wrote   a lengthy letter   to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Un...

February 27. On this date in 1922, Shoghi Effendi wrote to Auguste Forel, the Swiss scientist and eugenicist. Forel International School, a Bahá'í-inspired school located in Bratislava, Slovakia, was named after him.

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  February 27. On this date in 1922, Shoghi Effendi   wrote   to   Auguste Forel , the Swiss scientist and eugenicist.   Forel International...

February 27. On this date in 1983, the New York Times carried an article titled "Iran's Baha'is: Some Call it Genocide."

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  February 27. On this date in 1983, the New York Times carried an article titled   "Iran's Baha'is: Some Call it Genocide....

February 27. On this date in 2013, The Guardian newspaper carried an article titled "Bahá'í student expelled from Iranian university 'on grounds of religion'"

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  February 27. On this date in 2013,   The Guardian  newspaper carried an article titled   "Bahá'í student expelled from Iranian un...
Sunday, February 27, 2022

February 26. On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi commented on atomic weapons and a "prophecy in the Tablets about there being a strange and wonderful instrument in the world that had the power to infect the atmosphere of the whole earth...He said now is the time to call attention to this prophecy of Bahá'u'lláh's in our teaching work and to quote the article in the London Times...Perhaps someone at table that night has already sent this word to you, as he wished the Americans to use this in their teaching."

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  February 26. On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi   commented   on atomic weapons and a "prophecy in the Tablets about there being a ...

February 26. On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi "said the Guardian was not only infallible from the standpoint of interpretation of the Writings but he was infallible in whatever he declared himself to be infallible - that was the very nature of infallibility - that he knew when he was infallible. He knew when he was receiving Divine Guidance. Even the designs of the gardens and their development he did not know ahead of time, but each step was revealed to him as he went along. And many other things were the same way - whenever guidance was necessary it was there because he is under the unerring guidance of the Blessed Perfection and "unto him all must turn". Since hearing him speak on this subject one reads the Will and Testament with new eyes and new understanding."

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  February 26. On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi " said   the Guardian was not only infallible from the standpoint of interpretation...

February 26. On this date in 1957, Shoghi Effendi wrote the Australian NSA "What is important now, is for the Temple to be built. Your Assembly should study what the Master said about the influence of the Temple in America. Just exactly the same influence will be manifest in Australia."

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  February 26. On this date in 1957, Shoghi Effendi   wrote   the Australian NSA "What is important now, is for the Temple to be built....