The Advent of Divine Justice is a letter from Shoghi Effendi to the Baháʼís of the United States and Canada written on 25 December 1938. It describes the unique spiritual destiny of America, its role in establishing the Most Great Peace and the crucial contribution that American Baháʼís have to make to that process. Shoghi Effendi explains that in order for the Baháʼís to make a lasting contribution and fulfill their destiny, they must exert themselves to manifest "moral rectitude," "absolute chastity," and "complete freedom from prejudice."
Shoghi Effendi-the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, wrote The Advent of Divine Justice as a letter to the North American Bahá'ís in 1938, at a critical time in the history of the Faith and the affairs of the world. The North American Bahá'í community was chosen by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to initiate the plan set out in the Tablets of the Divine Plan, the charter revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá for the spiritual conquest of the planet. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and later Shoghi Effendi, nurtured the development of the North American Bahá'ís, preparing them to embark on the mission conferred on them by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. A year before writing The Advent of Divine Justice, Shoghi Effendi provided the North American Bahá'í community with a Seven Year Plan as the first stage in bringing the Light of the Cause to the American continent. In a message dated 18 January 2019 to the Bahá'ís of the world, the Universal House of Justice-the supreme governing body of the Bahá'í Faith, signalled that the forces of disintegration have regrouped and gained ground since the beginning of the 21st century and new challenges have begun to emerge. The increasing problems of the world bring an urgency to the study of The Advent of Divine Justice. It is critical for all Bahá'ís at this time, to assimilate its contents into the patterns of their behaviour as individuals and as communities, no matter in what part of the globe they live.This current book is designed to assist you to study The Advent of Divine Justice and absorb its contents. It is called a tutorial as it attempts to simulate, as much as possible, the tutor-tutored relationship in a self-paced personal study. All the references in the tutorial are sourced either from authoritative Bahá'í materials or obtained from other reliable sources.
Shoghi Effendi-the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, wrote The Advent of Divine Justice as a letter to the North American Bahá'ís in 1938, at a critical time in the history of the Faith and the affairs of the world. The North American Bahá'í community was chosen by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to initiate the plan set out in the Tablets of the Divine Plan, the charter revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá for the spiritual conquest of the planet. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and later Shoghi Effendi, nurtured the development of the North American Bahá'ís, preparing them to embark on the mission conferred on them by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. A year before writing The Advent of Divine Justice, Shoghi Effendi provided the North American Bahá'í community with a Seven Year Plan as the first stage in bringing the Light of the Cause to the American continent. In a message dated 18 January 2019 to the Bahá'ís of the world, the Universal House of Justice-the supreme governing body of the Bahá'í Faith, signaled that the forces of disintegration have regrouped and gained ground since the beginning of the 21st century and new challenges have begun to emerge. The increasing problems of the world bring an urgency to the study of The Advent of Divine Justice. It is critical for all Bahá'ís at this time, to assimilate its contents into the patterns of their behaviour as individuals and as communities, no matter in what part of the globe they live. This current book is designed to assist you to study The Advent of Divine Justice and absorb its contents. It is called a tutorial as it attempts to simulate, as much as possible, the tutor-tutored relationship in a self-paced personal study. All the references in the tutorial are sourced either from authoritative Bahá'í materials or obtained from other reliable sources.
A journey through the Book of CertitudeThe Kitáb-i-Íqán is one of the most important Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'u'lláh revealed this book within the space of two days and two nights, in the last years of His stay in Baghdád (AH 1278-AD 1862). According to Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, The Kitáb-i-Íqán sets "forth in outline the Grand Redemptive Scheme of God" and it "occupies a position unparalleled by any work in the entire range of the Bahá'í literature, except The Kitáb-i-Aqdas Bahá'u'lláh's Most Holy Book."This current book is a record of the journey that the author has taken through The Kitáb-i-Íqán over a period of 12 years. It is not an interpretation or a critical analysis of the content of the book. Neither does it provide any personal opinion. It primarily guides reader through a systematic study of the Íqán while providing some background information on topics raised by Bahá'u'lláh in each paragraph. It is called a tutorial as it attempts to simulate, as much as possible, the tutor-tutored relationship in a self-paced personal study. All the references in the tutorial are sourced either from authoritative Bahá'í materials or obtained from other reliable sources.The 290 paragraphs of The Kitáb-i-Íqán are apportioned for study to 58 chapters. The size and complexity of each chapter reflects the content and intricacy of the issues addressed in the paragraphs included therein. Each chapter starts with an introduction that highlights the key ideas. Then in a coherent manner, background information on the terminologies, references and mystical concepts inherent in each paragraph is provided. The tutorial covers the 266 topics embedded in The Kitáb-i-Íqán. This second edition of the book, which was originally released in 2012, contains many editing improvements, and some changes and additions to the content.
