The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh by Shoghi Effendi Edition 1, (September 2006) BAHA’I TERMS OF USE You have permission to freely make and use copies of the text and any other information ("Content") available on this Site including printing, emailing, posting, distributing, copying, downloading, uploading, transmitting, displaying the Content in whole or in part subject to the following: 1. Our copyright notice and the source reference must be attached to the Content; 2. The Content may not be modified or altered in any way except to change the font or appearance; 3. The Content must be used solely for a non-commercial purpose. Although this blanket permission to reproduce the Content is given freely such that no special permission is required, the Bahá’í International Community retains full copyright protection for all Content included at this Site under all applicable national and international laws. For permission to publish, transmit, display or otherwise use the Content for any commercial purpose, please contact us (http://reference.bahai.org/en/contact.html). CONTENTS Baha’i Terms of Use The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh Sources of the Bahá’í World Order Local and National Houses of Justice The Institution of Guardianship The Animating Purpose of Bahá’í Institutions Situation in Egypt THE WORLD ORDER OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH: FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Further Considerations A Blessing in Disguise Distinguishing Features of Bahá’í World Order The Onslaught of All Peoples and Kindreds Difference Between Bahá’í Faith and Ecclesiastical Organizations A Living Organism The Greatest Drama of the World’s Spiritual History THE GOAL OF A NEW WORLD ORDER The Goal of a New World Order A War-Weary World The Signs of Impending Chaos The Impotence of Statesmanship The Guiding Principles of World Order Seven Lights of Unity A World Super-State Unity in Diversity The Principle of Oneness The Federation of Mankind The Fire of Ordeal The Mouthpiece of God THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE CAUSE OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH The Golden Age of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh America’s Contribution to the Cause Decline of Mortal Dominion Contrast with Religions of the Past Fundamental Principle of Religious Truth Necessity for a Fresh Revelation The Station of the Báb The Outpouring of Divine Grace The Divine Polity Our Beloved Temple AMERICA AND THE MOST GREAT PEACE America and the Most Great Peace THE DISPENSATION OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh The Báb ‘Abdu’l-Bahá The Administrative Order THE UNFOLDMENT OF WORLD CIVILIZATION The Unfoldment of World Civilization Humanity’s Coming of Age The Process of Integration The Final Consummation Pangs of Death and Birth Universal Fermentation This Age of Transition