Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
Preface
“This thing is not from Me, but from One Who is Almighty and All-Knowing. And He bade Me lift up My voice between earth and heaven, and for this there befell Me what hath caused the tears of every man of understanding to flow. The learning current amongst men I studied not; their schools I entered not. Ask of the city wherein I dwelt, that thou mayest be well assured that I am not of them who speak falsely. This is but a leaf which the winds of the will of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Praised, have stirred. Can it be still when the tempestuous winds are blowing?”
Marzieh Gail
1953
Editorial Note: Prior to his passing in 1957,
Shoghi Effendi appointed twenty-seven
Hands of the Cause of God charged with the propagation and protection of the Faith. Through their efforts the election of the first
Universal House of Justice was called in April 1963. At that time this supreme administrative institution of the Bahá'í Faith was elected by the fifty-six existing
national administrative bodies, in accordance with provisions in the Writings of
Bahá’u’lláh. Through a series of global teaching
plans, begun in 1953, the Faith has spread to more than 300 countries and significant territories and islands. [1969]
Editorial Note: Prior to his passing in 1957, Shoghi Effendi appointed twenty-seven Hands of the Cause of God charged with the propagation and protection of the Faith. Through their efforts the election of the first Universal House of Justice was called in April 1963. At that time this supreme administrative institution of the Bahá'í Faith was elected by the fifty-six existing national administrative bodies, in accordance with provisions in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Through a series of global teaching plans, begun in 1953, the Faith has spread to more than 166 independent countries and 48 significant territories and islands. [1987]
Editorial Note from 1994: Before his passing in 1957, Shoghi Effendi appointed twenty-seven Hands of the Cause of God charged with the propagation and protection of the Faith. Through their efforts the election of the first Universal House of Justice was called in April 1963. At that time this supreme governing and legislative body of the Bahá'í Faith was elected by the fifty-six existing national administrative bodies, in accordance with provisions in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Through a series of global teaching plans, begun in 1953, the Faith has spread to 188 independent countries and 45 dependent territories or overseas departments. [1994]
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