The Bahá’í Writings

Messages from the Universal House of Justice– 1963–1986, The Third Epoch of the Formative Age

The Universal House of Justice · 458 sections · 279,698 words

  1. 1 Messages from the Universal House of Justice– 1963–1986, The Third Epoch of the Formative Age 9,465 words
  2. 2 1. Statement of the Universal House of Justice to the First Bahá’í World Congress 892 words
  3. 3 2. Message to National Conventions 1963 1,381 words
  4. 4 3. Seat of the Universal House of Justice; New Arrangements for Pilgrims 332 words
  5. 5 4. Destruction of the ‘Ishqábád Temple 571 words
  6. 6 5. The Guardianship 123 words
  7. 7 6. Announcement of the Nine Year Plan 1,687 words
  8. 8 7. Request for Prayers for Moroccan Bahá’í Prisoners 159 words
  9. 9 8. Report on Moroccan Bahá’í prisoners 682 words
  10. 10 9. Development of National Bahá’í Funds 271 words
  11. 11 10. Relationship of Hands of the Cause of God and National Spiritual Assemblies 303 words
  12. 12 11. Auxiliary Board Members on National Spiritual Assemblies 478 words
  13. 13 12. Release of Moroccan Bahá’í prisoners 225 words
  14. 14 13. The Bahá’í Funds 642 words
  15. 15 14. Launching of the Nine Year Plan 1,362 words
  16. 16 15. Convention Greetings 1964 80 words
  17. 17 16. Guidelines for the Nine Year Plan 654 words
  18. 18 17. Dedication of the Mother Temple of Europe, Langenhain, Germany 635 words
  19. 19 18. Teaching the Masses 1,593 words
  20. 20 19. Universal Participation 706 words
  21. 21 20. Development of the Institution of the Hands of the Cause of God 894 words
  22. 22 21. Relationship of Hands of the Cause of God and the National Spiritual Assemblies 560 words
  23. 23 22. Appointment of Five Continental Pioneer Committees 879 words
  24. 24 23. Election and Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice 3,461 words
  25. 25 24. Riḍván Message 1965 3,099 words
  26. 26 25. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Leroy Ioas 116 words
  27. 27 26. Purification of the Most Holy Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh, the Qiblih of the Bahá’í World 131 words
  28. 28 27. Reasons for Delay in Translating and Publishing the Kitáb-i-Aqdas 856 words
  29. 29 28. Call for Pioneers 163 words
  30. 30 29. Observance of Bahá'í Holy Days 545 words
  31. 31 30. Further Thoughts about Mass Teaching 1,286 words
  32. 32 31. Call for Pioneers and Traveling Teachers 298 words
  33. 33 32. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Revelation of the Tablets of the Divine Plan 72 words
  34. 34 33. Passing of Jessie Revell, Member of the International Bahá’í Council 74 words
  35. 35 34. Riḍván Message 1966 2,770 words
  36. 36 35. The Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice 3,193 words
  37. 37 36. Pioneering and a Program of Consolidation 647 words
  38. 38 37. Message to Youth—Three Fields of Service 1,630 words
  39. 39 38. Formation of Three More 114 words
  40. 40 39. Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Italy 36 words
  41. 41 40. Development of the Bahá’í World Center and the Needs of the Bahá’í International Fund 661 words
  42. 42 41. Commemoration of the Revelation of the Súriy-i-Mulúk 175 words
  43. 43 42. Riḍván Message 1967 4,116 words
  44. 44 43. Release of a Compilation on Teaching the Masses 276 words
  45. 45 44. Sesquicentennial of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh 173 words
  46. 46 45. The Nature and Purpose of Proclamation 548 words
  47. 47 46. Message to the Six Intercontinental Conferences 630 words
  48. 48 47. Inauguration of the Third Phase of the Nine Year Plan 234 words
  49. 49 48. Announcement of the Resignation of Dr. Luṭfu’lláh Hakím from the Universal House of Justice 252 words
  50. 50 49. Assumption by the Universal House of Justice of Representation of the Bahá’í International Community at the United Nations 92 words
  51. 51 50. Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Panama Temple 202 words
  52. 52 51. Selection of Traveling Teachers 455 words
  53. 53 52. Extracts on Teaching the Masses 1,605 words
  54. 54 53. Plans for Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh at the First Oceanic Conference, Palermo, Sicily 146 words
  55. 55 54. Safeguarding the Letters of Shoghi Effendi 798 words
  56. 56 55. Relationship of Bahá’ís to Politics 1,580 words
  57. 57 56. Election of the Universal House of Justice Riḍván 1968 53 words
  58. 58 57. Message to National Conventions—1968 121 words
  59. 59 58. Announcement of Decision to Establish Eleven Continental Boards of Counselors 159 words
  60. 60 59. Establishment of Continental Boards of Counselors 966 words
  61. 61 60. First Appointments to Continental Boards of Counselors 192 words
  62. 62 61. Message to first National Youth Conference in the United States 93 words
  63. 63 62. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Hermann Grossmann 92 words
  64. 64 63. Message to the First Oceanic Conference, Palermo, Sicily 1,423 words
  65. 65 64. Passing of Dr. Luṭfu’lláh Ḥakím, Member of the Universal House of Justice 181 words
  66. 66 65. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Ṭaráẓu’lláh Samandarí 177 words
  67. 67 66. Results of the Palermo Conference 432 words
  68. 68 67. Letter to Youth—Pioneering and Education 667 words
  69. 69 68. Riḍván Message1969 1,710 words
  70. 70 69. Guidance on Self-Defense 351 words
  71. 71 70. New Appointments to Continental Boards of Counselors 198 words
  72. 72 71. Formation of an Additional 159 words
  73. 73 72. Work of Continental Boards of Counselors and Their Auxiliary Board Members 1,288 words
  74. 74 73. Appeal to Increase Teaching Efforts amidst Catastrophic Events of the Day 661 words
  75. 75 74. Acquisition of Property Adjacent to Bahjí 333 words
  76. 76 75. Comments on the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice 2,441 words
  77. 77 76. Release of a Compilation on Bahá’í Funds 125 words
  78. 78 77. Noninterference in Political Affairs 1,947 words
  79. 79 78. Attainment of Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council 90 words
  80. 80 79. The Spirit of Bahá’í Consultation 363 words
  81. 81 80. Commemoration of the Centenary of the Martyrdom of Mírzá Mihdí, the Purest Branch 436 words
  82. 82 81. Riḍván Message 1970 309 words
  83. 83 82. Message to Bolivia and 809 words
  84. 84 83. Call for Pioneers 437 words
  85. 85 84. Release of a Compilation on the Local Spiritual Assembly 270 words
  86. 86 85. Formation of Seven National Spiritual 146 words
  87. 87 86. Message to Pioneers 809 words
  88. 88 87. Grave Crisis in Bahá’í International Fund 862 words
  89. 89 88. Message to the Monrovia Conference—January 1971 504 words
  90. 90 89. Message to the Oceanic Conference of the South China 543 words
  91. 91 90. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Agnes Alexander 119 words
  92. 92 91. Participation of the Hands of the Cause of God in First National Conventions 100 words
  93. 93 92. Formation of Nine Additional National Spiritual 170 words
  94. 94 93. Warning against the Misuse of Recordings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Voice 267 words
  95. 95 94. Principles of Bahá’í Publishing 1,522 words
  96. 96 95. Call for Deepening on the Significance of the Formative Age 2,776 words
  97. 97 96. Riḍván Message 1971 1,369 words
  98. 98 97. Message to the Caribbean Conference—May 1971 547 words
  99. 99 98. Message to the 570 words
  100. 100 99. Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 392 words
  101. 101 100. Message to the North Pacific 666 words
  102. 102 101. Message to the 731 words
  103. 103 102. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Músá Banání 171 words
  104. 104 103. Spiritual Character of Bahá’í Elections 70 words
  105. 105 104. Formation of Thirteen New National Spiritual 111 words
  106. 106 105. World Center Developments—Erection of Obelisk and Extension of Gardens 72 words
  107. 107 106. Surpassing the Nine Year Plan Goal for the Number of Bahá’í Localities 103 words
  108. 108 107. Release of a Compilation on Music and Singing 102 words
  109. 109 108. Dedication of the Mother Temple of Latin America, Panama City, Panama 384 words
  110. 110 109. Release of a Compilation on Bahá’í Schools and Institutes 125 words
  111. 111 110. Riḍván Message 1972 973 words
  112. 112 111. Elucidation of the Nature of the Continental Boards of Counselors 1,446 words
  113. 113 112. Message to Bahá’í Unity Conference, Ganado, Arizona 399 words
  114. 114 113. Establishment of Local Spiritual Assemblies during the Final Year of the Nine Year Plan 186 words
  115. 115 114. Release of a Compilation on the National Spiritual Assembly 132 words
  116. 116 115. Announcement of the Decision to Build the Seat of the Universal House of Justice 143 words
  117. 117 116. Plans for Commemorating the Centenary of the Revelation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas 259 words
  118. 118 117. Exhortation to Blot Out Every Last Trace of Prejudice 462 words
  119. 119 118. Embryonic Nature of Local Spiritual Assemblies 915 words
  120. 120 119. Passing of Ishráq-Khávarí, Preeminent Bahá’í scholar 75 words
  121. 121 120. Release of a Compilation on Newsletters 229 words
  122. 122 121. Martyrdom of Three Iranian Bahá’í students in the Philippine Islands 487 words
  123. 123 122. Release of a Compilation on Bahá’í life 378 words
  124. 124 123. Adoption of the Constitution of the Universal House of Justice 174 words
  125. 125 124. Activities for the Year Preceding the Global Plan to be 385 words
  126. 126 125. Announcement of the Completion of the Synopsis and 80 words
  127. 127 126. Obeying the Law of God in One’s Personal Life 2,063 words
  128. 128 127. Purchase of Mazra‘ih Mansion 102 words
  129. 129 128. Riḍván Message 1973 2,195 words
  130. 130 129. Election of the 47 words
  131. 131 130. Announcement of the Acceptance of the Faith by His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II of Western Samoa 356 words
  132. 132 131. Establishment of the International Teaching Center 109 words
  133. 133 132. Elucidation of the Duties of the International Teaching Center and Expansion of the Continental Boards of Counselors 2,102 words
  134. 134 133. Youth and Bahá’í Standards of Behavior 220 words
  135. 135 134. Formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Equatorial Guinea 61 words
  136. 136 135. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God John Ferraby 109 words
  137. 137 136. Appointment of the Architect of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice 48 words
  138. 138 137. Expansion and Reinforcement of the Auxiliary Boards 472 words
  139. 139 138. Request for Actions in Preparation for Launching 406 words
  140. 140 139. Extension of Gardens at Bahjí 84 words
  141. 141 140. Acceptance of Design for the Seat of the Universal House of Justice 76 words
  142. 142 141. Launching of the Five Year Plan—Naw-Rúz 1974 2,173 words
  143. 143 142. Elucidation of Five Year Plan Goals 2,016 words
  144. 144 143. Call for Architects for Houses of Worship in India and Western Samoa 212 words
  145. 145 144. Passing of Covenant-Breaker Charles Mason Remey 87 words
  146. 146 145. Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas Concerning Men and Women 595 words
  147. 147 146. Memorandum on Establishing and Operating a Bahá’í Publishing Trust 1,274 words
  148. 148 147. Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas Not Binding in the West 824 words
  149. 149 148. Revision of the Functions of Continental Pioneer Committees 257 words
  150. 150 149. The Lesser Peace and “the Calamity” 330 words
  151. 151 150. Passing of Laura Dreyfus-Barney, Compiler of Some Answered Questions 84 words
  152. 152 151. Comments on the Bahá’í Attitude Toward Material Suffering 914 words
  153. 153 152. Release of a Compilation on Opposition 515 words
  154. 154 153. Formation of Five New National Spiritual Assemblies 682 words
  155. 155 154. Acquisition of the House of ‘Abdu’lláh Páshá in ‘Akká 106 words
  156. 156 155. Call for Pioneers 303 words
  157. 157 156. Acquisition of Land Adjacent to the Guardian’s Resting-Place in London 46 words
  158. 158 157. The Significance of the House of ‘Abdu’lláh Páshá 2,453 words
  159. 159 158. A Plan for International Collaboration in Traveling Teaching 591 words
  160. 160 159. Riḍván Message 1975 278 words
  161. 161 160. Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States 116 words
  162. 162 161. Safeguarding the Letters of Shoghi Effendi 382 words
  163. 163 162. Comments on the Progress of the Five Year Plan 6,126 words
  164. 164 163. Representation of the Universal House of Justice by Hands of the Cause of God at International Conferences 123 words
  165. 165 164. Significance of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice 1,034 words
  166. 166 165. Excavation of the Site of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice 69 words
  167. 167 166. Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas Concerning Men and Women; Membership on the Universal House of Justice 964 words
  168. 168 167. Release of a Compilation of Prayers and Tablets for Children and Youth 196 words
  169. 169 168. Release of a Compilation on Bahá’í Meetings and the Nineteen Day Feast 99 words
  170. 170 169. Naw-Rúz Message 1976 455 words
  171. 171 170. Appointments to Continental Boards of Counselors and Auxiliary Boards 430 words
  172. 172 171. Message to the International Teaching Conference, 613 words
  173. 173 172. Message to the International Teaching Conference, 805 words
  174. 174 173. Comments on the Subject of Politics 2,484 words
  175. 175 174. Message to the International Teaching Conference, 699 words
  176. 176 175. Release of a Compilation on Bahá’í Education 762 words
  177. 177 176. Message to the International Teaching Conference, 1,157 words
  178. 178 177. Visit of His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II to the Resting-Place of Shoghi Effendi 273 words
  179. 179 178. Outstanding Achievements in Khurásán, Iran 101 words
  180. 180 179. Achievement of the Majority of Pioneer Goals at Midpoint of Five Year Plan 127 words
  181. 181 180. Additional Appointments to Continental Boards of Counselors 77 words
  182. 182 181. Message to the International Teaching Conference, 826 words
  183. 183 182. Grappling with the Challenge of Consolidation 1,295 words
  184. 184 183. Call For a Vigorous Traveling Teaching Program 436 words
  185. 185 184. Message to the International Teaching Conference, 681 words
  186. 186 185. Message to the International Teaching Conference, 651 words
  187. 187 186. Signature of Contract for Erection of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice 57 words
  188. 188 187. Message to the International Teaching Conference, 670 words
  189. 189 188. Release of a Compilation on the Individual and Teaching 987 words
  190. 190 189. Consolidation of Local Spiritual Assemblies; Formation at Any Time During Riḍván 634 words
  191. 191 190. Riḍván Message 1977 780 words
  192. 192 191. Call for Pioneers 406 words
  193. 193 192. Commemoration of the Centenary of the Termination of Bahá’u’lláh’s Confinement in ‘Akká 451 words
  194. 194 193. Murder of an Iranian Homefront Pioneer 249 words
  195. 195 194. Collaboration between Auxiliary Board Members and National and Regional Teaching Committees 373 words
  196. 196 195. Reconstruction of Society 1,124 words
  197. 197 196. Ceremony for Laying the Foundation Stone of the Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent 101 words
  198. 198 197. Message to Women's Conference, New Delhi 105 words
  199. 199 198. Appointment of Architects for Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent and the Restoration of the House of ‘Abdu’lláh Páshá 76 words
  200. 200 199. Formation of New and Lapsed Assemblies throughout the year 213 words
  201. 201 200. Appointment of New Counselor in Southeastern Asia 86 words
  202. 202 201. Announcement of Initiation of Broadcasting by First Bahá’í Radio Station 74 words
  203. 203 202. Message of Greetings to Hemispheric Bahá’í Radio-Television Conference 83 words
  204. 204 203. Comments on First International Bahá’í Women's Conference in South America 56 words
  205. 205 204. Release of a Compilation on Bahá’í Consultation 72 words
  206. 206 205. Inauguration of Radio Bahá’í Ecuador 136 words
  207. 207 206. Elucidation of Bahá’í Teachings on Ranks and Stations 766 words
  208. 208 207. Message to the International Convention—Riḍván 1978 1,331 words
  209. 209 208. Message to the National Conventions—Riḍván 1978 246 words
  210. 210 209. Election of the Universal House of Justice—Riḍván 1978 55 words
  211. 211 210. Appointment of Architect for House of Worship in Western Samoa 32 words
  212. 212 211. Love for God and Bahá’u’lláh 315 words
  213. 213 212. Inclusion of Mother Temple of the West in National Register of Historic Places 76 words
  214. 214 213. Inauguration of Radio Bahá’í Ecuador 63 words
  215. 215 214. Directing the Course of Ones Life 828 words
  216. 216 215. The Grave Peril Facing Bahá’ís and Holy Places in Iran 108 words
  217. 217 216. Announcement of Decision to Launch a Seven Year Plan 348 words
  218. 218 217. Bahá’í Scholarship 2,088 words
  219. 219 218. Persecution of the Bahá’ís of Iran 581 words
  220. 220 219. Extension of Permission to Form Local Spiritual Assemblies under Certain Conditions during Riḍván 198 words
  221. 221 220. Refutation of False Accusations against Iranian Bahá’ís 1,320 words
  222. 222 221. Launching of the Seven Year Plan—Naw-Rúz 1979 2,411 words
  223. 223 222. Elucidation of Seven Year Plan Goals 1,881 words
  224. 224 223. Member of the Universal House of Justice to Address Significant Meetings in North America and Europe 283 words
  225. 225 224. Living a Chaste and Holy Life 600 words
  226. 226 225. Seizure of the House of the Báb 51 words
  227. 227 226. Call for Prayers for the Bahá’ís of Iran 324 words
  228. 228 227. The Increasing Dangers Facing Iranian Bahá’ís 1,791 words
  229. 229 228. Advice on Use of Pioneers and Traveling Teachers 369 words
  230. 230 229. The Setting of Counselors’ Terms of Service 73 words
  231. 231 230. New Member of International Teaching Center 31 words
  232. 232 231. Conversion of Iranian National Bahá’í Headquarters into an Islamic University 52 words
  233. 233 232. Call for Pioneers 250 words
  234. 234 233. Release of Bahá’í Prisoners in Baghdad 99 words
  235. 235 234. Effects of Bahá’í Actions on the Situation in Iran 205 words
  236. 236 235. Demolition of the House of the Báb 251 words
  237. 237 236. Results of Significant Meetings Addressed by Member of the Universal House of Justice 384 words
  238. 238 237. Assassination of the Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga 139 words
  239. 239 238. Omission of Bahá’ís as Recognized Religious Minority from Iranian Constitution 40 words
  240. 240 239. Refutation of Accusations against Iranian Bahá’ís 1,082 words
  241. 241 240. Release of a Compilation on Inspiring the Heart 416 words
  242. 242 241. Demolition of the House of the Báb and Adjacent Bahá’í Properties 66 words
  243. 243 242. Excavation of Temple Site in Western Samoa 73 words
  244. 244 243. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Raḥmatu’lláh Muhájir 179 words
  245. 245 244. Release of a Compilation on Divorce 160 words
  246. 246 245. Passing of Inparaju Chinniah, Continental Counsellor 84 words
  247. 247 246. Message to Iranian Bahá’ís throughout the World 3,635 words
  248. 248 247. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Hasan M. Balyuzi 111 words
  249. 249 248. Naw-Rúz Message 1980 1,759 words
  250. 250 249. Release of a Compilation on the Importance of Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude 93 words
  251. 251 250. Contract for Construction of the Indian Temple 86 words
  252. 252 251. Comments on the Kitáb-i-Aqdas 1,624 words
  253. 253 252. Our Attitude and Actions toward the Impending Catastrophe 358 words
  254. 254 253. Ominous Increase in Pressures on Iranian Bahá’ís 206 words
  255. 255 254. Execution of Two Members of the Tabríz Spiritual Assembly 156 words
  256. 256 255. Vigorous Steps Taken in Defense of the Bahá’ís of Iran 148 words
  257. 257 256. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Adelbert Mühlschlegel 142 words
  258. 258 257. Commencement of Construction of Indian Temple 90 words
  259. 259 258. Translation of the Long Healing Prayer and the Fire Tablet 127 words
  260. 260 259. Arrest of National Spiritual Assembly of Iran and Two Auxiliary Board Members 206 words
  261. 261 260. Another False Accusation against the Iranian Bahá’ís 80 words
  262. 262 261. Martyrdom of Seven Bahá’ís in Yazd 124 words
  263. 263 262. Defense of the Bahá’ís of Iran in Le Monde 1,200 words
  264. 264 263. Worldwide Response to Iranian Persecutions 481 words
  265. 265 264. Property Acquisitions in the Holy Land 152 words
  266. 266 265. Passing of Leonora Stirling Armstrong, Spiritual Mother of South America 87 words
  267. 267 266. Attendance of the Members of a Spiritual Assembly at its Meetings 133 words
  268. 268 267. Further Development of the Continental Boards of Counselors 1,084 words
  269. 269 268. Martyrdom of Riḍá Fírúzí in Tabríz; Uncertainty of Whereabouts of National Assembly Members 96 words
  270. 270 269. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Abu’l-Qasim Faizi 185 words
  271. 271 270. Immolation of Bahá’í Couple in Núk village 176 words
  272. 272 271. Message to Counselors' Convocations on Five Continents 357 words
  273. 273 272. Relationship between Husband and Wife 1,455 words
  274. 274 273. Assassination of Dr. Manúchihr Hakím, Chairman of Iranian National Spiritual Assembly 96 words
  275. 275 274. Events Related to the Execution of Dr. Manúchihr Hakím 535 words
  276. 276 275. Second Phase of the Seven Year Plan 1,486 words
  277. 277 276. Return of the Hand of the Cause of God William Sears to Africa 73 words
  278. 278 277. Execution of Two Bahá’ís in Shiraz 87 words
  279. 279 278. Attendance of Bahá’ís from Rural Areas at International Conferences 202 words
  280. 280 279. Deployment of Pioneers and Traveling Teachers 1,168 words
  281. 281 280. Comments on Apects of the Seven Year Plan 3,945 words
  282. 282 281. Execution of Three Bahá’ís in Shiraz 170 words
  283. 283 282. Imminent Obliteration of the Site of the House of the Báb 143 words
  284. 284 283. Establishment of European Branch Office of Bahá’í International Community 138 words
  285. 285 284. Bahá’í International Fund—Recent Victories and Immediate Challenges 794 words
  286. 286 285. Execution of Seven Members of the Spiritual Assembly of Hamadan 98 words
  287. 287 286. Execution of Three Bahá’ís in Tehran 64 words
  288. 288 287. Execution of Four Bahá’ís in Iran 56 words
  289. 289 288. Announcement of Representatives to the International Conferences 91 words
  290. 290 289. Tests of Bahá’í Community Life— A Balanced Perspective 1,244 words
  291. 291 290. Execution of Two Bahá’ís in Káshmar 102 words
  292. 292 291. Message to First National Bahá’í Women's Conference, United Kingdom 51 words
  293. 293 292. Execution of Auxiliary Board Member and Seven Assembly Members in Tabríz; Abduction of Two Teenage Girls 161 words
  294. 294 293. A New Phase of Persecution in Iran 247 words
  295. 295 294. Release of a Compilation on the Assistance of God 179 words
  296. 296 295. Release of a Compilation of Prayers and Passages from the Bahá’í Writings 356 words
  297. 297 296. Execution of Six Bahá’ís in Tehran and Dáryún 126 words
  298. 298 297. The Worsening Situation in Yazd 262 words
  299. 299 298. Further Deterioration of the Situation in Iran 171 words
  300. 300 299. Voice of America Report on Campaign of Arrests against Iranian Bahá’ís 144 words
  301. 301 300. Further Acts of Persecution in Iran 95 words
  302. 302 301. Grave Developments in Iran 107 words
  303. 303 302. Call for Pioneers 255 words
  304. 304 303. Release of a Compilation on Excellence in all Things 160 words
  305. 305 304. Inauguration of Radio Bahá’í Peru 75 words
  306. 306 305. Demolition of the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Tákur; Seizure of Cemetery in Tehran 129 words
  307. 307 306. Arrest of Eight Members of the Iranian National Spiritual Assembly 63 words
  308. 308 307. Execution of Eight Members of the Iranian National Spiritual Assembly 263 words
  309. 309 308. Proselytizing, Development, and the Covenant 3,095 words
  310. 310 309. Iranian Supreme Court's Denial of Execution of Iranian National Spiritual Assembly Members 68 words
  311. 311 310. Appeal by Bahá’í International Community to Iranian leaders 249 words
  312. 312 311. Secret Execution of Six Members of Tehran Assembly and Hostess 89 words
  313. 313 312. Using A Cry from the Heart to Explain the Tragic Events in Iran 392 words
  314. 314 313. Plans for Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Ascension of Bahíyyih Khánum 781 words
  315. 315 314. Golden Opportunity Offered by Reign of Relentless Terror; Actions Taken to Defend the Bahá’ís of Iran 2,420 words
  316. 316 315. Call for a Day of Prayer for the Bahá’ís of Iran; Inviting Sympathetic Organizations and Individuals 511 words
  317. 317 316. Release of a Compilation on Family Life 169 words
  318. 318 317. Mounting Cruelties and the Heightened Steadfastness of the Iranian Bahá’ís 349 words
  319. 319 318. Relocation of Manila Conference 47 words
  320. 320 319. Transfer of International Conference to Canberra, Australia 181 words
  321. 321 320. Representation of the Universal House of Justice at Lagos Conference by Hand of the Cause of God John Robarts 169 words
  322. 322 321. Riḍván Message 1982 804 words
  323. 323 322. Further Developments of the Situation in Iran 348 words
  324. 324 323. Six Martyrdoms, More Arrests Resulting from Fresh Outburst of Persecutions 260 words
  325. 325 324. Execution of Two Members of the Spiritual Assembly of Urúmíyyih 58 words
  326. 326 325. Appointment of New Counselor in Asia 59 words
  327. 327 326. Passing of Amoz Gibson, member of the Universal House of Justice 131 words
  328. 328 327. Call for Ballots to Elect One Member of the Universal House of Justice 194 words
  329. 329 328. Execution of Two Members of the Kháníábád Spiritual Assembly 112 words
  330. 330 329. Message to the International Conference in 698 words
  331. 331 330. Comments on the Station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Language Used by the Central Figures 1,106 words
  332. 332 331. Martyrdom of Four Bahá’ís in Qazvín and Surrounding Areas 66 words
  333. 333 332. Election of Glenford Mitchell to the Universal House of Justice 32 words
  334. 334 333. Guidelines Concerning the Registration of Children and Youth 1,492 words
  335. 335 334. Commemoration at the World Center of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf and Inauguration of 272 words
  336. 336 335. Execution of ‘Abbás-‘Alí Ṣádiqípúr in Shiraz 65 words
  337. 337 336. Elucidation of the Principle of Confidentiality 897 words
  338. 338 337. Message to the International Conference in 563 words
  339. 339 338. Message to the International Conference in 833 words
  340. 340 339. Execution of ‘Alí Na‘ímíyán in Urúmíyyih 45 words
  341. 341 340. Message to the International Conference in 1,310 words
  342. 342 341. Message to the International Conference in 916 words
  343. 343 342. Comments on the First Danish Bahá’í Women's Conference 200 words
  344. 344 343. Guidelines for Behavior of Children at Feast 316 words
  345. 345 344. Intensification of Oppression of Iranian Bahá’ís 127 words
  346. 346 345. Execution of Dr. Ḍíyá’u’lláh Aḥrárí in Shiraz 112 words
  347. 347 346. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Paul Haney 197 words
  348. 348 347. Imprisonment of More Than Eighty Bahá’ís in Shiraz 36 words
  349. 349 348. Establishment of First Bahá’í Radio Station in North America 76 words
  350. 350 349. Torture of Bahá’ís Imprisoned in Shiraz 98 words
  351. 351 350. Call for Another Day of Prayer 261 words
  352. 352 351. Execution of Ḥidáyat Síyávushí in Shiraz 41 words
  353. 353 352. Prayer of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá for Martyred Friends and Relatives 146 words
  354. 354 353. Release of a Compilation on the Importance of Deepening 216 words
  355. 355 354. Occupation of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice 197 words
  356. 356 355. Execution of Two Bahá’ís in Shiraz 76 words
  357. 357 356. Execution of Mrs. Ṭúbá Za’irpúr in Shiraz 66 words
  358. 358 357. Message to Youth Conferences in Costa Rica and Honduras 280 words
  359. 359 358. Riḍván Message 1983 1,061 words
  360. 360 359. Election of the Universal House of Justice 48 words
  361. 361 360. Execution of Two Bahá’ís in Isfahán 63 words
  362. 362 361. Further Evolution of the International Teaching Center 889 words
  363. 363 362. Statement by the President of the United States about the Bahá’ís of Iran 108 words
  364. 364 363. Execution of Six Bahá’ís in Shiraz 146 words
  365. 365 364. Execution by Hanging of Ten Bahá’í Women in Shiraz 336 words
  366. 366 365. Message to Youth— Summons to Vindicate Martyred Youth 277 words
  367. 367 366. Appointment of Continental Counselors 60 words
  368. 368 367. Execution of Suhayl Húshmand in Shiraz 67 words
  369. 369 368. Attacks against Bahá’í Villagers in Mázindarán; Kidnapping of Two Bahá’ís in Tehran 125 words
  370. 370 369. Message to the European Youth Conference in Innsbruck 672 words
  371. 371 370. Continuing Harassments and Arrests in Iran 60 words
  372. 372 371. Formation of Nine New National Spiritual Assemblies at Riḍván 97 words
  373. 373 372. Intensification of Waves of Arrests in Iran 32 words
  374. 374 373. Arrest of More Bahá’ís in Iran 34 words
  375. 375 374. Passing of Sylvia Ioas, Member of the International Bahá’í Council 101 words
  376. 376 375. Requisites for Spiritual Growth 1,032 words
  377. 377 376. Preparations for International Youth Year 283 words
  378. 378 377. Banning of Bahá’í Administration in Iran 238 words
  379. 379 378. Open Letter to Iranian Authorities from the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran 3,987 words
  380. 380 379. Social and Economic Development— New Field of Bahá’í Service 1,224 words
  381. 381 380. Passing of Continental Counselor Raúl Pavón 102 words
  382. 382 381. Continued Pressure against the Bahá’ís of Iran 471 words
  383. 383 382. Appointment of Continental Counselors 53 words
  384. 384 383. Response of Individuals to Persecution of Iranian Bahá’ís 1,947 words
  385. 385 384. Service in Voluntary Nonsectarian Organizations 577 words
  386. 386 385. Acute Needs of the International Funds 860 words
  387. 387 386. Message to Youth—International Youth Year 1,137 words
  388. 388 387. Death of Three More Iranian Bahá’ís and Arrest of 250 More 208 words
  389. 389 388. Passing of Ethel Revell, Member of the International Bahá’í Council 111 words
  390. 390 389. Message to National Bahá’í Women's Conference, Kenya 74 words
  391. 391 390. Persecution of Bahá’ís in Morocco 152 words
  392. 392 391. Inaugural Broadcast of Radio Bahá’í Bolivia 75 words
  393. 393 392. Insidious Turn of Persecution of Iranian Bahá’ís 165 words
  394. 394 393. Execution of Three by Firing Squad 124 words
  395. 395 394. Riḍván Message 1984 1,691 words
  396. 396 395. Use of Torture to Extract False Confessions from Iranian Bahá’ís 777 words
  397. 397 396. Summary of the Situation in Iran 722 words
  398. 398 397. The Development of the Soul and the Reconstruction of Society 1,053 words
  399. 399 398. Message to Bahá’í Women's Conference in Cotonou, Benin 60 words
  400. 400 399. Execution of Nuṣratu’lláh Vaḥdat in Mashhad 67 words
  401. 401 400. Execution of Iḥsánu’lláh Kathírí in Tehran 58 words
  402. 402 401. Results of Bahá’í Women's Conference in Cotonou, Benin 56 words
  403. 403 402. Relationship between Husband and Wife— Further Comments 702 words
  404. 404 403. Dedication of the Mother Temple of the Pacific Islands, Apia, Western Samoa 879 words
  405. 405 404. Introduction of the Law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh to the West 250 words
  406. 406 405. Understanding the Laws of the Faith 391 words
  407. 407 406. Execution of Manúchihr Rúhí 65 words
  408. 408 407. Roles of Parents within the Bahá’í Family 407 words
  409. 409 408. Message to Youth Conference, London, Ontario 271 words
  410. 410 409. Safeguarding the Letters of Shoghi Effendi 693 words
  411. 411 410. Call for Pioneers 401 words
  412. 412 411. Martyrdom of Iranian National Spiritual Assembly Member Shápúr Markazí; Death of Amínu’lláh Qurbánpúr in prison 148 words
  413. 413 412. The Universal House of Justice’s Power of Elucidation 607 words
  414. 414 413. Execution of Member of Disbanded Iranian National Spiritual Assembly and of Bahá’ís from Karaj and Mashhad 158 words
  415. 415 414. Passing of the Hand of the Cause of God Shu‘á‘u’lláh ‘Alá’í 142 words
  416. 416 415. Invitation to Participate in the Formulation of the Next Plan 320 words
  417. 417 416. Execution of Six Bahá’ís in Tehran 95 words
  418. 418 417. Execution of Dr. Farhád Aṣdaqí after Four Months of Torture; Death of Two Bahá’ís in Tabríz after More than Two Years’ Imprisonment 88 words
  419. 419 418. Adoption of Another Oppressive Measure by the Iranian Government 213 words
  420. 420 419. Renewed Call for Support of International Funds 680 words
  421. 421 420. International Year of Peace 815 words
  422. 422 421. Execution of Rúḥu’lláh Ḥaṣúrí in Yazd; Confirmation of Death in Prison of Rustam Varjávandí 162 words
  423. 423 422. Elucidation of the Lesser Peace and the Supreme Tribunal 1,622 words
  424. 424 423. Passing of Lloyd Gardner, Continental Counselor 106 words
  425. 425 424. Execution of Rúḥu’lláh Bahrámsháhí in Yazd and Nuṣratu’lláh Subḥání in Tehran 53 words
  426. 426 425. Human Suffering and the Reconstruction of Society 1,545 words
  427. 427 426. Responsibilities of Youth at the Age of Maturity 393 words
  428. 428 427. Riḍván Message 1985 739 words
  429. 429 428. Message to Youth—Scaling the Heights of Excellence 657 words
  430. 430 429. Announcement of Completion of a Statement on Peace Addressed to the Peoples of the World 76 words
  431. 431 430. Release of a Compilation on the Law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh 134 words
  432. 432 431. Message to International Youth Conference, Columbus, Ohio 87 words
  433. 433 432. Inauguration of Public Information Office at the World Center 71 words
  434. 434 433. Election of Delegates to National Conventions 1,257 words
  435. 435 434. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bahá’í Peace activities 525 words
  436. 436 435. Development of Local and National Bahá’í Funds 1,529 words
  437. 437 436. Release of a Compilation on Peace 183 words
  438. 438 437. Execution of Two More Bahá’ís; Bahá’í Students Pressured 231 words
  439. 439 438. The Promise of World Peace 6,763 words
  440. 440 439. Appointment of Continental Boards of Counselors 706 words
  441. 441 440. Reinterment of Bahá’u’lláh’s Faithful Half-Brother 596 words
  442. 442 441. Execution of ‘Azízu’lláh Ashjárí by Firing Squad 86 words
  443. 443 442. Presentation of Peace Statement to the Secretary-General of the United Nations 249 words
  444. 444 443. Presentation of Peace Statement to the President of the United States 156 words
  445. 445 444. Adoption of Resolution in Support of Iranian Bahá’ís by the United Nations General Assembly—Affirmation of Emergence from Obscurity 297 words
  446. 446 445. Message to Conference of Counselors in the Holy Land 604 words
  447. 447 446. Release of a Compilation on Women 110 words
  448. 448 447. Report from Conference in the Holy Land; the Inception of the Fourth Epoch of the Formative Age 749 words
  449. 449 448. Women—Their Role in Society and the Establishment of Peace; Membership on the Universal House of Justice 857 words
  450. 450 449. Message to National Youth Conference, Adelaide, Australia 121 words
  451. 451 450. Inaugural Broadcast of Radio Bahá’í Panama 72 words
  452. 452 451. Epochs of the Formative Age 2,095 words
  453. 453 452. Plans for the Dedication of the Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent, New Delhi 71 words
  454. 454 453. The Six Year Plan—Major Objectives and Setting National Goals 2,258 words
  455. 455 454. Passing of Angus Cowan, Continental Counselor 106 words
  456. 456 455. Women—Reasons for Exemption from Acts of Worship 208 words
  457. 457 456. Riḍván Message 1986 15,450 words
  458. 458 Notes 58 words