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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
By Shoghi Effendi · 1938 · Bahá'í Publishing Trust
Formative Age (1921–1957) · in copyright
Foundational letters on the Bahá'í administrative order.
About Shoghi Effendi
Eldest grandson of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and, by His Will and Testament, the appointed Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith. Translated foundational Bahá'í texts into English; supervised the construction of the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel; directed the global expansion of the Faith.
1897–1957 · Guardian
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“The administration of the Cause is to be conceived as an”
From An Instrument, Not a Substitute: Shoghi Effendi on the Administrative Order
“instrument and not a substitute for the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh.”
From An Instrument, Not a Substitute: Shoghi Effendi on the Administrative Order
“Dissociate the administrative principles of the Cause from the”
From An Instrument, Not a Substitute: Shoghi Effendi on the Administrative Order
“purely spiritual and humanitarian teachings would be tantamount”
From An Instrument, Not a Substitute: Shoghi Effendi on the Administrative Order
“to a mutilation of the body of the Cause, a separation that can”
From An Instrument, Not a Substitute: Shoghi Effendi on the Administrative Order
The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation
Cited in Authoritative HistoryNabíl-i-A'ẓam · 1932
The Chosen Highway
Secondary RetellingLady Blomfield · 1940
Portals to Freedom
Secondary RetellingHoward Colby Ives · 1937
The Diary of Juliet Thompson
Secondary RetellingJuliet Thompson · 1947
World Order
Secondary RetellingWorld Order Editors · 1935
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
Primary Source'Abdu'l-Bahá · 1922
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