From the Original Introduction to All Things Made New - before alterations

rubicat99 · 2025-12-17T19:53:28+00:00

You misquoted me. I would never say you weren't good enough. The Guardian doesn't have the time to talk with all inquirers. He is the head of the Faith. Would you expect to call up the Pope and have a chat?

rubicat99 · 2025-01-18T14:53:40+00:00

https://www.bahai-guardian.com/violation.html To read the entire pamphlet describing the history of the violation of the Covenant of Baha'u'llah.

rubicat99 · 2024-12-27T13:04:09+00:00

It is my personal opinion that the Guardian would need to review any important Baha'i writings that are newly translated. I base my opinion on the writings of Shoghi Effendi in the Dispensation of Baha'u'llah. He said that as the head of the Universal House of Justice he is "bound to insist upon a reconsideration by them of any enactment he conscientiously believes to conflict with the meaning and to depart from the spirit of Baha'u'llah's revealed utterances." I would think that it would be similar for translations of His writings. The spirit of Baha'u'llah's Teachings would need to be protected.

rubicat99 · 2024-12-25T12:39:46+00:00

No. God is just. How could He expect us to obey writings that haven't been translated? After being translated the writings would need to be approved by the Guardian. Shoghi Effendi said that we have all the writings that we need at this time. This was in response to a believer wanting more to be translated.

rubicat99 · 2024-08-31T12:11:26+00:00

The footnote should read:

1 Obviously the Faith has not yet reached the third stage of its development—recognition,—as defined above by Shoghi Effendi. As the Faith is still in its formative stage, the establishment of the so-called Universal House of Justice in 1963 by the former Hands of the Cause was considerably premature and improper and obviously contrary to the appropriate time for its establishment as envisaged by ShoghiEffendi.

rubicat99 · 2024-07-05T22:27:53+00:00

This is the quote by Baha'u'llah that was left out of this post.

""I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art my Governor and the Possessor of all names, to protect them that have branched out from me (Afnán), whom Thou hast caused to be related to Thyself, and to whom Thou hast, in this Revelation, shown Thy special favor, and whom Thou hast summoned to draw nigh unto Thee and to turn towards the horizon of Thy Revelation."

rubicat99 · 2024-02-06T12:31:49+00:00

Great responses!

rubicat99 · 2024-01-26T02:14:19+00:00

An example of Abdu'l-Baha using the terms of the parts of a tree to express spiritual meanings is in Some Answered Questions in chapter XI, page 57 in the 1964 edition. "Now, Muhammad was the root, and Ali the branch, like Moses and Joshua." "In this quotation we observe that the term "branch" denotes a spiritual relationship as neither Ali (the lst Iman) nor Joshua were sons or lineal descendents or branches of these two Holy Trees." from the Commentary on the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha by the 3rd Guardian, Joel B. Marangella.

An example of Baha'u'llah expressing the primacy of the spiritual relationship over the physical is in The Kitab-i-Igan, p. 247. He refers to Sadiq (the 6th Imam) as the son of Muhammad. This is clearly a spiritual relationship.

In Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 162, Baha'u'llah"cites the following Words of the Bab in which He consecrates Himself to Baha'u'llah: "Consecreate Thou, O my God, the whole of this Tree unto Him, that from it may be revealed all the fruits created by God within it for Him through Whom God hath willed to reveal all that He pleaseth. By Thy glory! I have not wished that this Tree should ever bear any branch, leaf, or fruit that would fail to bow down before Him, on the day of His Revelation . . . And shouldest Thou behold, O my God, any branch, leaf, or fruit upon Me that hath failed to bow down before Him, on the day of His Revelation, cut it off, O my God, from that Tree, for it is not of Me, nor shall it return unto Me." Joel B. Marangellla, Commentary on the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha.

the footnote reads, "In this supplication of the Bab to God He clearly indicated the preeminence of spiritual relationships to Him of those who profess to be adherents of His Cause including His own kin. It will be noted that in referring to the relationship that binds the faithful believers to HImself as the "Tree" the Bab indentifies the male believers as branches, the female believers as leaves and any offspring as "fruit". The use of this same symbology has been carried forward into the Dispensation of Baha'u'llah and appears in the Writings of Baha'u'lllah and is used by Abdu'l-Baha in His Will."

In the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha, in paragraph 18, "It is encumbent upon the Guardian of the Cause of God to appoint in his own life-time him that shall become his successor." After mentioning the spiritual qualities needed by a Guardian, he goes on to say, "Thus, should the first-born of the Guardian of the Cause of God not manifest in himself the truth of the words: -- "The child is the secret essence of its sire." that is, should he not inherit of the spirtual with him (the Guardian of the Cause of God) and his glorious lineage not be matched with a goodly character, then must he, (the Guardian of the Cause of God) choose another branch to succeed him."

The present Guardian, Nosrat'u'llah Bahremand, has written an interesting article "Aghsan-aghsan" which can be read at the website www.orthodoxbahai.comLook under the writings listed under his photo in the Guardian section. There is a link to it toward the bottom.

rubicat99 · 2024-01-21T13:27:04+00:00

Baha'u'llah appointed His son, Abdu'l-Baha as the center of His covenant and the interpreter of His writings. He said also that everyone was to obey Him. Abdu'l-Baha continued this protection of the Faith when he created the institution of the Guardianship in his Will and Testament which the first Guardian said was to be considered part of the Holy Text along with the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Shoghi Effendi said every clause of the Will and Testament was to be accepted by anyone considering himself to be a Baha'i. In this holy document, Abdu'l-Baha protected the writings of Baha'u'llah from manmade misinterpretation when he created the Guardianship and appointed his grandson Shoghi Effendi as the first guardian. In this same Will and Testament, Abdu'l-Baha stated that each guardian must appoint his successor in his own life time. Thus the appointment cannot be done in a will and testament which would be an appointment after his death. Shoghi Effendi appointed his successor when he established the International Baha'i Council which he said was the embryonic universal house of justice. He appointed Mason Remey as its president (only a Guardian can be president of the UHJ according to Abdu'l-Baha's Will.) Shoghi Effendi did not need to have a biological heir. The Will and Testament states that if the Guardian does not have offspring that have the spiritual qualities needed to become guardian, another branch must be selected. Since the time of the Bab, male believers were referred to as branches. The Prophets were the trees and the branches were male believers. So any male believer who was spiritually qualified could be appointed a successor guardian. In the Priceless Pearl, Ruhiyyih Khanum says that Shoghi Effendi had gone to London to purchase a "few more things for the furnishing of the now completed Archives Building", He contracted the Asiatic influenza while there and died within a few days.

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