General Index
Messages from the Universal House of Justice– 2001–2022, The Fifth Epoch of the Formative Age. A reference such as 350.2 is message 350, paragraph 2, and opens at that paragraph. See also the Index of Names.
A
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. See also Centenary of Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; House of the Master (Haifa); Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; Tablets and texts by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
- achievements of, 11.7, 315.2, 395.1
- on the Administrative Order, 315.7
- appointment of Hands of the Cause, 98.2, 386.2
- Ascension of, 229.5
- on Bahá’u’lláh’s protection, 314.6
- on being a Bahá’í, 45.21, 164.43, 390.8
- calls to action, 103.7, 223.6
- on conferred infallibility, 309.2
- on consultation, 133.7, 299.9
- on the Covenant, 309.8
- on crises, 342.3
- efforts to preserve the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad, 210.3
- on elimination of racial prejudice, 347.3
- on equality of women and men, 4, 381
- on future of Iran, 47.4, 76.11, 135.1, 230.8, 361.5
- on the Guardianship, 99.8
- guiding hand for Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs, 187.9, 237.2
- and House of Worship in Wilmette, 59.5, 187.1–2, 187.11, 230.8
- on Ḥuqúqu’lláh, 99.17, 100.5–6, 279.3
- on the independent investigation of truth, 357.3
- interpretation of Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings, 67.3
- justice promised by, 3.3
- on Local Spiritual Assemblies, 164.22, 268.3, 340.1
- mission entrusted to American Bahá’í Community, 103.7, 347.1
- Naw-Rúz tablets from, 15.3
- on new social forms, 219.2
- on noninvolvement in politics, 339.3
- on obedience, 227.5, 284.4
- on oneness of humankind, 187.1, 187.6, 227.4, 354.5
- on oneness of religion, 301.4
- on peace, 319.10, 319.13
- on pilgrimages, 285.1
- prayers of, 72.32, 323, 342.5, 343.3, 360
- promises of, 3.2, 387.2
- return to Holy Land, 217
- on science, 299.5, 357.4
- on service, 112.4, 164.30, 278.6, 384.3
- on state of the world, 314.1
- talks by, 119.5
- on teaching, 3.2, 76.6
- on tests, 133.9
- tributes to, 378
- on unity, 102.5, 153.33, 195.15, 299.7, 384.3
- on the Universal House of Justice, 99.2, 99.13
- visits to Egypt and the West, 65.2, 75.1, 75.6, 159, 168.5, 187.1–2, 187.11, 217.1–3, 224.3, 226.2
- on wealth, 152.6–8, 278.6–7
- on youth, 390.6
- Administrative Order, 13.6, 153.15, 384.14. See also Auxiliary Board members and assistants; Clusters; Continental Boards of Counsellors; Hands of the Cause of God; Institutions and agencies, Bahá’í; Local Spiritual Assemblies (LSAs); National Spiritual Assemblies (NSAs); Regional Bahá’í Councils; Universal House of Justice; World Order of Bahá’u’lláh
- Advent of Divine Justice, The (Shoghi Effendi), 164.31, 164.35
- Aghṣán, 99.10
- ‘Akká
- Arabic-Speaking Believers Conference, 63
- Arc Projects Fund. See also Funds, Bahá’í
- Area Teaching Committees. See also Teaching
- Arts, the
- Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. See also ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; Centenary of Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
- observance of, 229.5
- Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh. See also Bahá’u’lláh
- Association for Bahá’í Studies, 212
- Asylum seekers
- enrolment of, 139
- Attaining the Dynamics of Growth: Glimpses from five continents (film, International Teaching Centre), 107.2, 114
- Audiovisual materials, 25. See also “Bahá’í Media Bank” Web Site; Department of Library and Archives (BWC); Photographs, Web Site of
- Australia
- Bahá’í Community of, 123.2
- Auxiliary Board members and assistants. See also Continental Boards of Counsellors
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.18
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.6, 250.12, 250.17
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 372.1, 372.5, 384.10, 384.13, 384.15, 384.23, 384.29
- Area Teaching Committees collaborating with, 153.21, 164.7, 164.32, 183.11
- clusters collaborating with, 164.5, 164.7–8, 164.19, 250.44, 250.48, 384.36
- at Conferences of Counsellors, 1.2, 1.5, 354.4, 372.1
- dealing with COVID-19 pandemic, 344.3
- development of, 26.5, 78.8, 274
- encouraging youth, 386.5
- and high moral standards of the Bahá’í Faith, 164.33, 164.35
- Local Spiritual Assemblies collaborating with, 31.10, 164.21, 386.4
- message from Universal House of Justice, 386
- National Growth Committees collaborating with, 384.35
- and social and economic development statement, 193.2
- training institutes collaborating with, 250.44, 386.3
- Ayyám-i-Há, 15.5, 229.7
B
- Báb, the, 45.18, 272.2, 323. See also Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb; Shrine of the Báb
- Backbiting, 199.4, 199.7, 227.10
- Badí’ Calendar, 229, 236, 246
- Bahá’í administration. See Administrative Order; Institutions and agencies, Bahá’í; individual bodies of Bahá’í administration
- Bahá’í Community. See also Bahá’í International Community (BIC); Community building; Culture, Bahá’í
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 103.2
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.9–16
- during 2022–2031 Nine-Year Plan, 384.14
- development of, 26.3, 29.1, 164.12, 164.43, 255.4, 268.8
- growth of, 3.7–9, 16.3, 26.3, 29.1, 164.43
- involvement in social and economic development, 193
- justice in, 87.2, 140.2, 140.4–5
- pattern of life in, 16.3, 72.24, 78.9, 153.9, 164.36, 164.38, 166.4, 199.3–5, 227.8, 261.3, 301.10
- resilience of, 342.3, 343.3, 344.2–5, 346.3, 346.8, 354.1
- teaching an indispensable feature of, 153.3
- unity of, 102.5, 119.7–9
- “Bahá’í Community News” Web Site, 121
- Bahá’í Computer and Communications Association (BCCA), 62.2. See also Bahá’í Internet Agency; Websites and Blogs, Bahá’í; World Wide Web
- Bahá’í Faith. See also Truth, of the Bahá’í Faith
- Bahá’í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE), 12, 170, 171, 175, 180. See also Iranian Bahá’ís
- Bahá’í International Community (BIC). See also Offices of External Affairs (BIC)
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 35.6
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 303.6
- contributing to discourses of society, 364.12, 384.19
- Disaster Relief Fund, 149
- Inciting Hatred: Iran’s Media Campaign to Demonize Bahá’ís (report), 190.2
- offices of, 240.6
- participation in millennial events, 1.4
- President of Iran, open letter to, 271
- Prosecutor General of Iran, open letter to, 126.4, 127
- United Nations office, 148.2, 153.28
- web sites, 60
- Bahá’í International Development Organization, 315, 316, 364.12, 384.18, 391.3. See also Office of Social and Economic Development (BWC)
- Bahá’í International Fund, 8, 10, 25, 35.10. See also Funds, Bahá’í; International Financial Collaboration Programme
- Bahá’í Internet Agency, 62. See also Bahá’í Computer and Communications Association (BCCA); Websites and Blogs, Bahá’í; World Wide Web
- “Bahá’í Media Bank” Web Site, 80
- Baháí.org Website, 60, 238, 252, 286.4, 292, 303.7, 332, 364.13
- Bahá’í Reference Library Web Site, 50, 234.1, 234.3, 270.5–6, 303.7, 364.13
- Bahá’í Shrine and Gardens on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel: A Visual Journey (book, City of Haifa), 1.11. See also Mt. Carmel projects; individual Bahá’í Shrines
- Bahá’ís Magazine, The, revised edition, 58
- Bahá’í World Centre (BWC), 10, 11.3, 11.6–7, 25, 35.9, 119.4. See also Universal House of Justice; individual buildings and Shrines
- Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS), 1.4, 281
- Bahá’í Writings. See also Bahá’í Reference Library Web Site; Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh; Word of God; individual books and Tablets
- Bahá’u’lláh. See also Bicentenary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh; Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh; Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh; individual Tablets and texts by Bahá’u’lláh
- appointment of Hands of the Cause, 98.2
- Ascension of, 45.12, 229.5
- on being a Bahá’í, 45.20, 187.4
- brief stop at Egyptian port, 223.6
- comparison of the world to a human body, 195.12
- on consultation, 133.6
- on economics, 187.7, 278
- on education, 384.21
- on entry by troops, 31.12
- on equality of women and men, 113.2
- exiles of, 119.4
- film on the life of, 291
- on the Guardianship, 99.5, 99.9
- guidance of, 315.1
- on human soul, 257.5
- on Ḥuqúqu’lláh, 100.3–6, 279.3
- on the independent investigation of truth, 357.3
- instructions for building Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs, 289.1, 289.4
- on justice, 2.6, 45.19, 278.3, 299.10, 357.2–3
- laws of, 197.6–12, 198.6–12, 199.1–2, 199.8–9, 265
- on Manifestations of God, 227.4
- on medical matters, 357.5
- message of, 29.1, 72.15, 123.2, 251.1, 387.3
- mission of, 3.1, 3.9–10, 198.12
- on moderation, 299.10
- on morality, 164.35, 294.3
- Naw-Rúz tablet from, 15.3
- on the New World Order, 35.2, 87.3
- on obedience to government, 284.4–5
- on oneness of humankind, 117.4, 153.29, 187.6, 195.6, 195.15, 384.14
- on peace, 26.7, 319.10, 319.12
- persecution of, 45.13–14, 45.26
- on persecution of Bahá’ís, 47.2
- on prayer and devotional life, 323
- promise to Iranian Bahá’ís, 76.10
- recognition of, 384.9
- on religion, 23.15, 319.8
- on religious prejudice, 301.2–3
- on science, 299.5, 357.4
- on service, 2, 112.3, 278.6, 339.1, 384
- on significance of Mount Carmel, 106.8
- summons of, 72.15, 198.2, 198.5–6, 387.1
- system of collective security advocated by, 319.2
- on teaching, 88.6, 250.52
- teachings of, 45.16–17, 67.5, 227.8, 227.10, 250.32, 293.3–5, 294.4, 301.6, 335.5–8, 337.7, 384.2
- on tests, 45.16–17
- on twin duties prescribed by God, 227.8
- on unity, 2, 23.25, 384
- vision of, 11.7, 164.11, 240.4
- visit to Mt. Carmel, 2.3
- on wealth, 250.46, 278.6–7
- on youth, 3.6, 250.39, 390.5
- Bahjí, Mansion of, 1.5, 106.3. See also Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh
- Bicentenary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh, 293, 364.15. See also Twin Holy Birthdays
- Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb, 303, 325.4, 335, 364.15. See also Twin Holy Birthdays
- Birth control, 258
- Blogs. See Websites and Blogs, Bahá’í
- Brazil
- “Building Momentum”, document and video, releases of, 36, 37
C
- Call of the Divine Beloved: Selected Mystical Works of Bahá’u’lláh, The (Bahá’u’lláh), publication of, 322
- Cambodia
- dedication of Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in, 289
- Capacity building, 103.6, 199.5, 268.2. See also Human resources, development of; Learning; Training institutes
- during 1996–2001 series of global Plans, 88.4, 384.1, 384.3
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 104.6, 153.26
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.6, 250.24–25, 259.3, 303.4, 364.20
- during 2021–2046 series of global Plans, 395.4
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 3, 384, 385.9
- in clusters, 250.31, 251.1
- individual initiative in, 72.6
- in Local Spiritual Assemblies, 164.18–27, 268.1–2
- for service, 117.4, 164.35, 199.3, 250.6, 364.6, 364.20, 384.16
- for social action, 168.4, 364.12
- Centenary of Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 250.51, 318, 325.5, 364.21. See also ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Centenary of first reading
- Centre for the Study of the Texts (BWC), 1.10, 27.1, 78.8
- Centres of activity, 153.5, 384.12
- Century of Light (book, Universal House of Justice), 1.3, 29.2
- Chastity. See Morality; Rectitude of conduct
- Children
- Children’s classes, 29.2, 35.5
- during 1996–2021 series of global plans, 364.4
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.10–11, 72.18, 72.26, 72.31, 88.5, 164.2
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 364.17
- materials for, 183.16, 385.4
- multiplication of, 31.6–7, 183.5
- teachers for, 1.3, 36.9, 73.4, 153.14, 183.2, 183.13–15, 183.21, 250.10, 250.23, 250.26, 384.25
- Chile. See also Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs, Mother Temple of South America (Santiago, Chile)
- National Spiritual Assembly of, 59.1
- Chilean Temple Fund, 59.4. See also Funds, Bahá’í; Temples Fund
- Christianity
- observance of holidays, 15.4
- Civilization, advancement of, 23.10, 45.4, 103.1, 113.2. See also World civilization; World Order of Bahá’u’lláh
- Climate change, 299
- Clusters. See also Reflection meetings; Training institutes, in clusters
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.9–13, 72.18, 72.19, 72.28–30, 88.3, 104, 117.1–2, 164.1, 168.2
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.11, 187.5, 198.3, 198.6–7
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.2, 250.7–21, 250.22–33, 250.44, 259.3, 259.4, 263.3, 303.4, 364.17, 364.18
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.5–15, 395.3
- aids to Bahá’í administration, 79.2, 164.7–8, 164.19, 187.5, 198.5, 267.3, 384.36
- Auxiliary Board members collaborating with, 164.5, 164.7–8, 164.19, 250.44, 250.48, 384.36
- capacity building within, 168.4, 251.1
- centres of activity within, 153.2, 384.12
- community building within, 278.5, 364.4, 364.6
- community life in, 153.27, 166.4, 255.4
- core activities in, 123.2, 164.22
- divisions into, 26.3, 395.3
- expansion and consolidation in, 315.3
- framework for action in, 6, 104.2, 259.3, 384
- growth process in, 31.6, 240.1
- insights gained from, 240.4
- intensive programmes of growth in, 31.12, 153.18, 168.2, 217.6, 223.3
- involvement in public discourse, 153.30–32
- lines/patterns of action in, 16.1, 17.1–2, 26.4, 29.2, 86.2, 153.5–7, 164.11, 183.8, 250.48, 384.36–37
- Local Spiritual Assemblies collaborating with, 31.2, 250.23, 250.28, 268.3
- movement along continuum of growth, 3, 14.2, 16.1–2, 31.3–12, 48.2, 61.2–3, 72.2, 73.3, 86.2, 164.3–20, 223.1–5, 256, 256.3, 303.3, 325.2, 364.4, 364.9
- National Spiritual Assemblies collaborating with, 16.1, 48.2, 250.41–43, 384.6, 384.35
- pioneers serving in, 86.1
- Regional Bahá’í Councils collaborating with, 16.1, 250.41–43, 384.6
- with robust junior youth empowerment programmes, 192.1, 192.4
- social action at level of, 123.4
- statistics on, 31.2, 35.5, 211.2–3
- training institutes in, 17.2, 48.2–3, 153.12–13, 153.21, 162, 250.41, 250.44, 250.48
- Coherence, 26.4, 35.1, 123.3, 278.5, 284.12–13, 301.10, 384.17, 384.22, 384.38
- Community building, 153, 198.10, 240.3–4, 250.46, 395.4. See also Bahá’í Community; Clusters; Culture, Bahá’í; Society-building power of Bahá’í Faith
- during 1953–1963 Ten Year World Crusade, 256.3
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 103.2
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.9–16
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.19, 187.9, 198.4, 198.7
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.6–18, 250.23, 250.27, 259.3, 261.3, 278.9, 284.13, 303.6, 325.2, 384.9
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.8–9, 384.11–17, 384.29, 384.33–34
- in clusters, 250.32, 278.5, 364.4, 364.6
- education’s importance in, 183.19, 289.2, 384.19, 384.21, 385.3, 385.6
- Local Spiritual Assemblies’ involvement in, 31.10, 384.18, 384.33–34, 384.35–36
- youth’s contribution to, 14.2, 35.5, 194.2, 209.4–6, 250.38, 384.24
- Conferences. See Arab-Speaking Believers Conference; Continental Boards of Counsellors, Conferences; “Fire in the Pacific” Conference (Honolulu, Hawaii); Nine Year Plan (2022–2031) launch conferences; Regional conferences; Youth Conferences
- Consultation, 78.9, 103.8, 128.5, 133, 299.9, 314.3, 357.3, 384.19
- Continental Boards of Counsellors, 29.4, 78.8, 193.2, 211.4, 279.4. See also Auxiliary Board members and assistants
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.17–18, 153.15
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 169.3
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.21
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 372.1, 372.5, 384.7, 384.8, 384.10, 384.23
- appointments to, 9, 43, 66, 115, 120, 129, 138, 155, 161, 177, 207, 231, 248, 312, 353, 362
- dealing with COVID-19 pandemic, 344.3, 346.3, 346.6
- evolution of, 98.7, 153.23–24
- Local Spiritual Assemblies collaborating with, 268.1, 268.3, 268.5, 268.7
- National Growth Committees collaborating with, 384.35
- National Spiritual Assemblies collaborating with, 164.19, 364.13, 384.7
- Regional Bahá’í Councils collaborating with, 164.19, 384
- training institutes collaborating with, 73.2–3, 385.8
- Continental Boards of Counsellors, Conferences
- Conventions. See Elections, Bahá’í; International Bahá’í Conventions
- Core activities. See also Children’s classes; Devotional meetings; Junior youth empowerment programmes; Study circles
- during 1996–2021 series of global plans, 364.4
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 26.4, 35.5, 48.1–2
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.10, 72.25–26, 72.29, 88.5, 153.5–7, 164.2
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.4–6, 198.6
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 325.2, 346.2, 364.16
- in clusters, 123.2, 164.22
- inviting Muslims to, 63.5
- Coronavirus pandemic. See COVID-19 pandemic
- Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh. See also Day of the Covenant
- COVID-19 pandemic, 7, 341, 342, 344, 346, 352, 357, 357.5–7, 361.1, 364.20
- Crisis and victory, 65.3, 164.10, 208.2
- Croatia
- National Spiritual Assembly established, 364.20
- Culture, Bahá’í, 6, 29, 153.2, 153.10, 153.13, 153.16. See also Bahá’í Community; Community building; Society-building power of Bahá’í Faith
- Cycles of activity, 153.32, 183.9. See also Clusters, lines/patterns of action in; Expansion and consolidation; Framework for action; Intensive programmes of growth (IPGs); Reflection meetings
D
- Dawn of the Light (film), release of, 331, 333
- Day of the Covenant. See also Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh
- Days of Remembrance: Selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh for Bahá’í Holy Days, publication of, 243, 276
- Declaration of the Báb
- observance of, 229.5
- Declarations and enrollments. See also Teaching
- Deepening, 72.11, 73.6, 123.7, 153.7–9. See also Study circles
- Demonstrations and protests, 148.5, 148.7–8, 284.6, 284.11. See also Government, obedience to; Politics, partisan, principle of noninvolvement in
- Department of Library and Archives (BWC), 244
- Devotional life
- new compilation on, 323
- Devotional meetings, 29.2, 123.4, 237.8
- Disaster Relief Fund (BIC), 149. See also Funds, Bahá’í
- Discourses of society, participation in
- during 1996–2021 series of global plans, 364.6, 364.11–12
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.7, 153.2, 153.27–31
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.2, 164.4, 198.9
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.2, 250.14–15, 250.23–24, 250.32, 325.3, 384.9
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.19–20
- Iranian Bahá’ís, 148.4, 148.7
- social action and, 123.5–7, 212.4–5, 219.5–6, 284, 299, 301.6–7, 301.11, 303.6–7, 319.12, 339.2
- Disintegration. See Integration and disintegration, processes of
- Diversity, 228.1
- Divine Plan, 48.5, 65.3. See also Tablets of the Divine Plan (‘Abdu’l-Bahá)
E
- Economics/Economy, 168.3, 278, 314.2, 319.2. See also Wealth
- Education. See also Bahá’í Institute of Higher Education (BIHE); Capacity building; Children’s classes; Deepening, classes for; Human resources, development of; Learning; Ruhi Institute; Study circles; Training institutes
- during 1996–2021 series of global plans, 364.4, 364.6
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 303.3
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.21–27
- Bahá’í emphasis on, 152.2, 301.13
- of children, 48.1–2, 78.9, 140, 153.13–15, 384
- for girls and women, 23.9, 113.3
- importance for community building, 183.19, 289.2, 384.19, 384.21, 385.3, 385.5
- Iranian Bahá’í youth denied, 93, 94, 119.6, 170, 171, 175, 232.5–6
- process of, 183.8, 198.3
- spiritual, 1.3, 72.11, 72.26, 72.31, 78.9, 123.4, 153.13–15, 385.4–5, 385.9
- Egypt, Bahá’í community of, 75, 136
- Elections, Bahá’í, 87, 301.9, 340.5. See also Administrative Order; International Bahá’í Conventions; Universal House of Justice, elections
- Electoral units, 267.2–10
- Enrolments. See Declarations and enrolments
- Entry by troops, advancing. See also Expansion and consolidation; Intensive programmes of growth (IPGs); Teaching
- during 1953–1963 Ten Year World Crusade, 256.3
- during 1996–2000 Four Year Plan, 364.3
- during 1996–2021 series of global plans, 364.6
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 1.2, 1.7, 1.9, 1.12, 14.2, 26.4, 31.1, 31.12, 35.5, 35.12, 61.1, 61.7, 63.4
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.1, 72.6, 72.16, 73.4, 79.10, 87.4, 88.1–2, 103.2, 104.1, 114, 153.1, 153.8
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.22–33, 364.18
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.5
- among Indigenous peoples, 22.2
- beginnings of, 364.19
- experience gained, 275
- funds for, 8.2, 11.3
- systemization of, 166.2, 268.2
- Universal House of Justice’s guidance, 37.2
- youth involvement in, 14.2, 217.5
- Equality of women and men, principle of, 23.3, 23.9, 113, 218.3–6, 219, 381.4–7
- Ethiopia
- seventy-fifth anniversary of the Bahá’í Faith in, 124
- Europe. See Institutional Meeting for Eastern Europe; Ukraine, Bahá’í response to the war in
- European National Bahá’í Youth Committees, Universal House of Justice message to, 44
- Evolution
- Exemplar (film), release of, 373
- Expansion and consolidation. See also Cycles of activity; Deepening; Entry by troops, advancing; Intensive programmes of growth (IPGs); Teaching
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 26.3, 61.3, 61.6, 65.2, 72.1
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.2, 72.10, 72.15, 72.18, 88.2–3, 104.1, 104.6, 107.3, 153.1, 153.9, 153.21, 164.1
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 153.32, 164.1, 164.4, 164.7, 164.8, 164.12, 164.15, 164.19, 164.39–40, 198.7, 364.8
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.2, 250.27, 303.5
- during 2021–2046 series of global Plans, 384.22
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.7–8, 384.17–19
- accelerating, 31.8–9, 31.11–12, 315.3
- of the Administrative Order, 164.28
- foundation laid by, 240.6, 267.3
- Hands of the Cause contributions to, 98.10
- sustaining, 1.1, 73.4, 183.1, 240.1
- systematizing, 211.2, 212.3–5
- training institutes as generating force for, 35.5, 183.9, 212.8
F
- Faith, 23.16, 72.5, 75.5, 139.3, 384.10. See also Bahá’í Faith
- Family life, 140, 152.1–5. See also Marriage
- revised compilation on, 101
- Fanaticism, 23.2, 23.11, 301.3, 301.5, 301.12, 319.8
- Fast. the, 15.5, 236, 307
- “Fire in the Pacific” Conference (Honolulu, Hawaii), 13
- Firesides, 31.6, 72.7, 88.5, 250.15. See also Teaching
- Five Year Plan (2001–2006)
- accomplishments of, 26.2–7, 72.1, 78.1, 88.4
- calls for pioneers and traveling teachers, 16, 20
- The Five Year Plan, 2001–2006: Summary of Achievements and Learning, 85
- funds for, 7.4, 8.2, 8.4, 11.3
- initial stages of, 17.1–2
- insights gained, 31
- progress reports, 35.1, 35.5–12, 48, 61
- release of “Building Momentum” document and video, 36, 37
- teaching among Indigenous peoples, 22.2
- three participants/protagonists in, 1.7, 26.3, 48.1
- transformation of Bahá’í culture as goal of, 29.4
- two essential movements, 14.2
- Five Year Plan (2006–2011), 72
- accomplishments of, 164.1–2, 168.2
- calls for pioneers and traveling teachers, 86
- community’s role in, 72.9–16
- individual’s role in, 72.4–9, 72.15, 104.3–4
- institutions’ role in, 72.17–20
- intensive programmes of growth during, 72.21–30, 86.1
- processes of, 75.4
- progress reports, 88, 103, 117, 131
- Summary of Achievements and Learning for the Five Year Plan, 2006–2011, The, 179
- three participants/protagonists in, 85.1, 88.6, 103.2, 103.6, 104.6, 132.1
- Five Year Plan (2011–2016), 164
- advancing frontiers of 1earning, 164.12–16
- community-building features of, 187.9
- eliminating racial prejudice, 166
- enhancing administrative capacity, 164.17–27
- features of, 78.2–11, 187.4
- The Five Year Plan, 2011–2016: Summary of Achievements and Learning, 295
- intensive programmes of growth, 164.4–16, 250.4–6
- progress reports, 103, 198, 250.2–3
- service on Bahá’í institutions, 164.28–30
- Summary of Achievements and Learning for the Five Year Plan, 2006–2011, The, 295
- three participants/protagonists in, 164.40–41, 164.44, 195.12, 195.17, 198.5, 205.6, 217.4, 223.2
- Five Year Plan (2016–2021), 250, 259. See also Bicentenary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh; Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb
- accomplishments of, 361.12, 364.1, 364.14–18, 384.9
- addressing social issues, 284.13
- community-building process, 278.9
- COVID-19 pandemic considerations, 346
- embracing large numbers, 250.22–33
- enhancing institutional capacity, 250.40–48
- intensive programmes of growth, 164.4–16, 250.4–6
- Local Spiritual Assemblies’ role in, 268.2–3
- overall goal of, 261.4
- progress reports, 283.1, 303.3–12, 325.2–3
- three participants/protagonists in, 250.40
- youth participation in, 250.34–39
- Formative Age
- “For the Betterment of the World” (Office of Social and Economic Development, Bahá’í World Centre), publication of, 36.4, 39
- Four Year Plan (1996–2000)
- Framework for action. See also Cycles of activity; Intensive programmes of growth (IPGs)
- during 1996–2021 series of global Plans, 78.9, 153.32, 197.10, 364.5
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 72.1, 131.1
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 86.2, 88.1, 132.11
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.24, 205.5, 209.2, 223.3
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 346.3
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.6, 384.8, 384.11, 384.17, 384.38, 395.4
- advancing process of entry by troops, 73.4
- in clusters, 6, 104.2, 259.3, 384
- Friends in Iran. See Yárán, the
- Frontiers of Learning (film), release of, 200.4, 202, 217.3
- Funds, Bahá’í, 72.12, 250.45–46. See also Arc Projects Fund; Bahá’í International Fund; Chilean Temple Fund; Disaster Relief Fund (BIC); Humanitarian Relief Fund; Ḥuqúqu’lláh; International Financial Collaboration Programme; Temples Fund; World Centre Endowment Fund
G
- Gems of Divine Mysteries (Bahá’u’lláh), publication of, 27, 35.8
- Germany
- centenary of the Bahá’í Faith in, 65
- Ghuṣn. See also Aghsan
- Glimpses of a Hundred Years of Endeavour (film), release of, 382
- Global Plans, 1996–2021 series
- accomplishments of, 88.4, 384.9
- advancing process of entry by troops, 88.2, 152.12, 164.5, 268.2
- capacity building, 164.2, 164.5, 164.34, 183.3, 195.11, 199.5
- civilization building, 153.26
- conclusion of, 361.1, 364.1–13
- development of training institutes, 183.3, 183.6, 183.20
- framework of, 78.9, 197.10, 364.5
- study of sequence of courses, 153.32, 183.6, 183.20
- three protagonists, 103.2, 268.2, 303.2
- unfoldment of, 274.1
- Global Plans, 2021–2046 series, 378.6, 384.3, 384.5, 385.1–2, 395.2
- Government. See also Demonstrations and protests; Politics, partisan, principle of noninvolvement in
- Growth, process of. See also Cycles of activity; Expansion and consolidation; Intensive programmes of growth (IPGs)
- during 1996–2021 series of global plans, 164.9, 364.9
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 26.3
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.18, 72.20, 72.27, 103.7–8
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 198.7, 223.1–5
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 13, 250.7, 250.22–33, 250.48, 259.4, 284, 284.13, 303.4, 325.3, 364.18
- in clusters, 31.6, 240.1
- Local Spiritual Assemblies’ role in, 268.3
- sustaining, 48.2, 78.9, 88.3–4
- Guardian/Guardianship, 99, 309. See also Shoghi Effendi
H
- Haiti
- earthquake relief for, 149
- Hands of the Cause of God, 46.2, 65.3, 98, 99.6–8, 99.16–19, 218.6, 274.1, 364.3, 386.2
- Hawaii
- “Fire in the Pacific” Conference in Honolulu, 13
- Hidden Words (Bahá’u’lláh)
- on wealth, 278.7
- Holy Days, Bahá’í. See also individual Holy Days
- Holy Land. See also Bahá’í World Centre (BWC); Israel; Middle East
- Home visits, 72.11, 72.24, 73.7, 88.5, 103.1, 104.4, 123.4, 250.11, 250.15
- Homosexuality, 227
- House of ‘Abbúd (‘Akká)
- restoration of, 363
- House of Bahá’u’lláh (Baghdad), 208, 210
- House of the Master (Haifa), 200.5
- Houses of Worship. See Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs
- Humanitarian Relief Fund, 356. See also Funds, Bahá’í
- assistance to Ukraine, 391.3
- Humankind. See also Civilization, advancement of; Oneness of humankind; Races, unity of
- Human resources, development of. See also Capacity building; Education; Training institutes
- during 1996–2021 series of global Plans, 384.21
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 1.1, 14.2, 29.1, 31.3, 31.10, 48.1, 88.4
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.2, 117.1–2
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.3, 198.4, 198.7
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.2, 250.23, 259.3
- during 2021–2046 series of global Plans, 384.22
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 385.9, 395.4
- in clusters, 153.27
- multiplying, 72.27, 78.9, 103.1, 384.18
- Ḥuqúqu’lláh, 28, 35.9, 100, 278.7, 279.3. See also Funds, Bahá’í; International Board of Ḥuqúqu’lláh
- Ḥuqúqu’lláh - The Right of God, 90
I
- Immigrants
- enrolment of, 139
- Independent investigation of truth, 23.18, 67.2, 254.5, 301.13, 357.3. See also Truth
- India, 181, 268, 340
- Indigenous peoples, 22, 272.2
- Indonesia
- National Spiritual Assembly restored, 1.6
- Infallibility, conferred, 309
- In memoriam
- ‘Alí-Akbar Furútan, 46
- ‘Alí-Muḥammad Varqá, 95
- ‘Alí Nakhjavání, 336
- Amin Banani, 213
- Anneliese Bopp, 186
- Aziz Yazdi, 49
- David Hofman, 40
- David Ruhe, 64
- Donald Rogers, 326
- Douglas Martin, 351
- Eloy Anello, 137
- Elsie Austin, 52
- Farzam Arbab, 350
- Firuz Kazemzadeh, 287
- Flore Kavelin, 311
- Fred Schechter, 277
- Gloria Faizi, 51
- Harriett Wolcott, 116
- Hartmut Grossmann, 300
- Hushmand Fatheazam, 214
- Ian Semple, 182
- Javidukht Khadem, 91
- Joy Stevenson, 260
- Madge Featherstone, 125
- Malietoa Tanumafili II, 89
- Margaret Ruhe, 134
- Marguerite Sears, 81
- Mas’úd Khamsí, 196
- Mosadegh Afshin Shokoufeh, 21
- Muhammad Afnan, 288
- Peter Khan, 172
- Ramnik Shah, 83
- Rashid Gulov, 21
- Shapoor Monadjem, 317
- Shapour Rassekh, 380
- Suheil Bushrui, 245
- Ursula Grossmann, 298
- Violette Haake, 349
- Violette Nakhjavání, 176
- William Hatcher, 69
- In Memoriam 1992–1997, publication of, 157
- Insights from the Frontiers of Learning (document), release of, 200.4, 206, 217.3
- Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP), 1.4, 123.5, 364.13, 384.26
- Institutional Meeting for Eastern Europe, 394
- Institutions and agencies, Bahá’í. See also Administrative Order; Bahá’í World Centre (BWC); Training institutes; individual institutions and agencies
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 26.3
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.30, 72.32, 86.2, 103.2, 103.8
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.40–48, 303.5
- absence of in Iran, 314.3
- age and membership on, 389
- Auxiliary Board members collaborating with, 386.4
- dealing with COVID-19, 346.5–7
- development of, 45.23, 267.10, 268.2, 268.8
- education of children and junior youth, 384.13
- leadership of, 197.11, 354.1
- service on, 164.28–30, 165.1, 345, 381
- social action through, 148.6
- use of consultation in, 128.5
- Institutions and agencies, international, 319.2, 394. See also League of Nations; United Nations
- Integration and disintegration, processes of, 153.29, 195.4, 227.7
- Intensive programmes of growth (IPGs). See also Cycles of activity; Expansion and consolidation; Teaching
- during 1996–2021 series of global Plans, 384.5, 384.7–8
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 1.9, 13.5, 16.2, 31.12, 61.2–3, 72.1
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.2, 72.10, 72.21–30, 78.2, 86.1, 104.1, 104.5, 104.6, 107.2–3, 114, 117.2, 153.1, 153.3, 153.6, 153.14, 168.2
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.4–11, 164.16, 164.20, 169.2, 198.3, 198.4, 198.6, 217.6, 240.1, 240.3
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.2, 250.4–6, 250.16, 250.19–21, 250.22–23, 250.40, 250.44, 251.4, 263.3, 303.3, 325.3, 346.2, 364.17
- during 2021–2022 One Year Plan, 354.2, 384.7–8
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.5, 384.7–8, 395.3
- in clusters, 31.12, 153.18, 168.2, 217.6, 223.3
- increase in number of, 141.1, 364.4
- International Archives Building (BWC)
- International Bahá’í Conventions. See also Universal House of Justice, elections of
- International Bahá’í Council, 99.14–15, 99.16, 99.18–19
- International Bahá’í Court, 99.12, 99.16
- International Board of Trustees of Ḥuqúqu’lláh, 61.5, 68, 78.8, 98.9, 279, 330, 364.13. See also Ḥuqúqu’lláh
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 84.2
- International Financial Collaboration Programme, 7, 79, 173, 266, 388
- International Teaching Centre (BWC), 98.7, 386.2
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 26.5
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 153.15
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.47
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.8
- appointments to, 41, 57, 108, 151, 204, 308
- Attaining the Dynamics of Growth: Glimpses from five continents, 107.2, 114
- on bicentenary celebrations, 286.1
- calls for pioneering and traveling teaching, 16.2, 20, 86.2, 169.3, 263.2
- completion of building for, 1.5, 78.8, 153.24
- dealing with COVID-19 pandemic, 346.3
- Five Year Plan, 2001–2006: Summary of Achievements and Learning, The, 85
- Five Year Plan, 2011–2016: Summary of Achievements and Learning, The, 295
- Four Year Plan and the Twelve Month Plan, 1996–2001: Summary of Achievements, The, 18
- release of members from service, 282
- and social and economic development statement, 193.2
- study of advanced clusters, 72.12–13, 104
- tracking developments in administrative capacity, 164.17
- Training Institutes: Attaining a Higher Level of Functioning, 275
- working with training institutes, 384.23, 385.9
- Internet. See Bahá’í Computer and Communications Association (BCCA); Bahá’í Internet Agency; Websites and Blogs; World Wide Web, Bahá’í presence on
- In vitro fertilization, 233, 257
- Iran. See also Persia, nineteenth-century
- Bahá’ís married in, 19
- challenge of The Secret of Divine Civilization to, 45
- destruction of Bahá’í cemetery in Shiraz, 225
- Head of the Judiciary, open letter to, 163.8–21
- Islamic Revolution in 1979, 45.10–11, 45.17, 76.5, 171.2
- Minister of Science, Research and Technology, open letter to, 175
- President, open letter to, 271
- Prosecutor General, open letter to, 126.4, 127
- Iranian Bahá’ís. See also Bahá’í Institute of Higher Education (BIHE); Khádimín; Yárán; Youth, Bahá’í, Iranian
- continued functioning of, 103.5, 128, 133, 135, 314
- contributions to Temples Fund, 189.2
- economic life of, 152
- family life of, 140
- living outside Iran, 47, 339.6
- Naw-Rúz messages to, 280, 314, 343, 361, 390
- Nineteen Day Feasts, 13.3
- participation in discourses of society, 148.4, 148.7
- persecution of, 12, 45.16–27, 47.2, 76, 93, 94, 99.22, 109, 110, 111, 119, 126, 127, 130.4, 153.33, 170, 171, 180, 190, 195.1–2, 198.9, 225, 232, 271, 314.2–3, 343.2, 361.1
- significance of Bicentenary celebrations for, 294, 337
- support for, 130.4, 163.7, 361.3
- Iraq. See also House of Bahá’u’lláh (Baghdad, Iraq)
- Islam, 84.2, 119.5, 232.3. See also Iran, Islamic Revolution in 1979; Muslims
- Israel. See also Bahá’í World Centre (BWC); Mt. Carmel projects
J
- Junayn Gardens
- restoration of, 106.4
- Junior youth empowerment programmes, 192, 223.3, 278.8
- during 1996–2021 series of global plans, 364.4, 364.6
- during 2000–2001 Twelve Month Plan, 1.3
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 48.2
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.11, 72.18, 72.26, 72.31, 78.9, 88.5, 103.1, 153.16–18, 164.2
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.37, 364.17
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.13, 384.23
- animators for, 23, 73.4, 183.2, 183.5, 183.15, 183.21, 192.2, 250, 250.10, 250.26, 384.25
- in clusters, 192.1, 192.4
- materials for, 153.14, 183.2, 183.17, 385.4
- Office of Social and Economic Development’s work with, 183.12, 183.17
- Justice, 130.3, 152.8. See also Bahá’u’lláh, laws of; International Bahá’í Court; Universal House of Justice
K
L
- Law. See Bahá’u’lláh, laws of; Justice; Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book (Bahá’u’lláh)
- League of Nations
- establishment of, 319.2
- Learning, 61.7, 148.4, 223.5. See also Capacity building; Education; Human resources, development of; Study circles; Training institutes
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.1–2
- acceleration of, 3, 39.2, 61.3, 250.13, 325, 325.3
- in clusters, 31.11, 72.13
- culture of, 31.1, 45.23, 153.19–21
- frontiers of, 3, 164.12–16, 198.3–4, 206, 217.3, 250.33, 256, 256.3, 289.2, 303.3, 364.18, 385.6
- Frontiers of Learning (film), 200.4
- about growth, 4, 303
- orientation toward, 364.9–11
- process of, 123.3, 195.10–12, 195.17, 250.47, 384.10
- Learning sites, 153.18, 187.9
- Lesser Peace, 1.4, 35.4, 65.5, 370.2, 391.2
- Light of the World: Selected Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, publication of, 366
- Light to the World (film), release of, 291
- Lines of action. See Clusters, lines/patterns of action in
- Literature, Bahá’í, 188, 320. See also Bahá’í Writings
- Local Spiritual Assemblies (LSAs), 29.4, 223.3, 250.32
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 48.1
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.19, 78.8
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.23, 250.27, 364.17
- during 2022–2031 Nine-Year Plan, 384.9, 384.13
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.19–20
- during 2022–2031 Nine-Year Plan, 384.29–36
- amendments to model by-laws, 369
- Area Teaching Committees collaborating with, 164.21, 250.27
- Auxiliary Board members collaborating with, 31.10, 164.21, 386.4
- bicentenary celebrations, 286.2
- clusters collaborating with, 31.2, 250.23, 250.28, 268.3
- community building work, 384.18, 384.33–36
- dealing with COVID-19 pandemic, 344.3
- election of, 31.6, 72.20, 340, 384.31–32
- maturation of, 153.22–23, 164.18–30, 268
- Regional Councils collaborating with, 34, 268.1–9, 384
- training institutes collaborating with, 164.21
M
- Major Plan of God, 76.11, 354.4, 395.6
- Manifestations of God, 4, 23.13, 45.5, 84.2, 187.3, 227.4, 232.7, 293, 335.2, 337.3. See also individual Manifestations
- Mankind. See Humankind
- Marriage, 199.1, 227.9, 233.2. See also Family life
- Martyrdom of the Báb, 2.2–4, 229.5
- Martyrdoms. See also Iranian Bahá’ís, persecution of
- Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs, 198.10, 230, 237, 250.49
- in American Samoa (Apia), 1.9
- in Australia (Sydney), 1.9
- in Cambodia, 289, 303.8
- in Colombia, 303.8, 313
- compilation of Writings on, 290, 303.8
- in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 303.8
- first in the Bahá’í world (‘Ishqábád, Turkmenistan), 230.7–9, 237.1, 315.2
- in Kenya (Matunda Soy), 303.8, 367
- local, 187.9–10, 289.1, 364.13, 395.5
- Mother Temple of Europe (Frankfurt am Main), 1.9
- Mother Temple of South America (Santiago, Chile), 1.9, 35.11, 42, 59, 78.10, 162, 185, 187.8, 198.10, 216, 230.1, 230.5, 241, 249, 269, 272, 303.8, 364.13, 395.5
- Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent (New Delhi, India), 1.9, 181, 303.8
- Mother Temple of the West (Wilmette, Illinois), 187.1–2, 187.11, 230.8
- national, 1.9, 187.8, 187.10, 230.3–4, 289.1, 364.13, 395.5
- in Panama (Panama City), 1.9
- in Papua New Guinea, 303.8
- symbolizing union of worship and service, 187.9
- in Uganda (Kampala), 1.9
- in Vanuatu, 223.3, 303.8, 376
- Materialism, 103.6, 240.3, 299.8
- Mazra‘ih, Mansion and Gardens, 78.10, 106.3, 375
- Medical matters, 357. See also Birth control; In vitro fertilization; Surrogacy
- Messengers of God. See Manifestations of God; individual Manifestations
- Middle East. See also Holy Land; Iran; Iraq; Israel
- Millenium Forum/Summit, 319.2
- Minor Plan of God, 354.4, 395.6
- Moderation, Bahá’í principle of, 299.10
- Morality, 78.5, 227.3, 347.4, 384.19. See also Rectitude of conduct
- Most Great House. See House of Bahá’u’lláh (Baghdad)
- Most Great Peace, 255.4, 391.4
- Mt. Carmel projects, 106.8, 142
- Muḥammad, 119.5. See also Islam
- Muslims
N
- National Convention(s), 205, 267
- National Growth Committees, 384.35
- Nationalism, 23.4
- National Spiritual Assemblies (NSAs)
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.17–18, 72.28
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 169.3
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.11–12
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.7–8, 384.19–20, 384.39, 395.3
- annual reports, 253
- assistance to Ukraine, 391.3
- attending Centenary of Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá commemoration, 354.4, 372.1
- bicentenary celebrations, 286.4
- clusters collaborating with, 16.1, 48.2, 250.41–43, 384.6, 384.35
- Continental Boards of Counsellors collaborating with, 7, 164.19, 250.21, 384
- dealing with COVID-19 pandemic, 344.3
- defence of the Iranian Bahá’í Community, 17.1–6, 47.2, 111, 126.4
- development of, 78.8–9, 153.23, 164.8, 364.13
- elections of, 205, 267
- gathering statistics, 211.2
- guidance on social action activities, 153.28, 284.7, 384.18
- handling violations of Bahá’í law, 199.8–9
- Ḥuqúqu’lláh support, 279.4
- International Financial Collaboration Programme participation, 7.1, 79, 173, 266
- Local Spiritual Assemblies collaborating with, 34, 384
- on race unity, 166.4
- review of online, self-published books, 188
- safeguarding Bahá’í properties, 96
- supplying audiovisual materials, 25.2
- training institutes involvement, 48.3, 73.2–3, 88.2, 385.8
- and transformation of Bahá’í culture, 29.4
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada, 230.8
- Native American Bahá’í Institute. See also Indigenous peoples
- gathering at, 22
- Naw-Rúz
- Naw-Rúz messages
- New World Order. See World civilization; World Order of Bahá’u’lláh
- Nineteen Day Feasts, 72.24, 132, 250.49
- Nine Year Plan (1964–1973), 137.1, 364.19
- Nine Year Plan (2022–2031), 384
- central aim of releasing the society-building power of the Bahá’í Faith, 386.3–4, 387.1, 387.2, 395.2, 395.4, 395.6
- enhancing capacities of Administrative Order, 384.28–37
- launch conferences, 354.6, 361.4, 372, 387.1, 395.2
- movement of clusters during, 384.5–15
- three participants/protagonists, 384.3, 390.4
- training institutes during, 384.21–27
- two phases of, 395.3
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Bahá’i-inspired, 123.4. See also United Nations
O
- Office for the Development of Administrative Systems (BWC), 240.6
- Office of Correspondence (BWC), 178
- Office of Public Discourse (BWC), 198.9
- Office of Public Information (BIC)
- Office of Social and Economic Development (BWC), 35.7, 123.4, 164.25, 193, 198.7, 315.3–4, 315.6. See also Social and economic development
- Offices of External Affairs (BIC), 166.4, 240.6, 364.12, 384.19. See also Office of Public Information (BIC)
- One Common Faith, publication of, 56
- Oneness of humankind, 84.7–8, 87.2, 122.5, 153.26, 195.6–9, 195.13, 250.25, 301.6, 319.6–7. See also Equality of women and men, principle of; Humanity/Humankind, unity of; Unity
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on, 187.1, 187.6, 227.4, 354.5
- advancement toward, 23.10, 76.9, 364.21
- Bahá’u’lláh’s vision for, 117.4, 153.29, 187.6, 195.6, 195.15, 384.14
- elimination of racial prejudice, 23.10, 301.3, 347.3
- transformation of social relations inherent in, 195.17, 390.1
- truth of, 117.4, 118.3, 136.4, 195.6, 319.4, 319.7, 346.7
- One Year Plan (2021–2022), 303.9, 346.5, 354, 361.4, 364.21, 384.7, 395.4
P
- Pacific region
- centenary of Bahá’í Faith in, 13
- Papua New Guinea
- Paris Peace Conference, 319.1, 319.2
- Parliament of Religions (World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893), 23.7–8
- Payamha-Iran Website
- messages from Universal House of Justice to Iranian Bahá’ís available on, 280
- Peace, 26.7, 35.6, 113.2, 319. See also Lesser Peace; Most Great Peace
- Persecutions. See Iranian Bahá’ís, persecution of; Papua New Guinea, persecution of Bahá’ís in
- Persia, nineteenth-century, 335.4
- Photographs, Web Site of, 80. See also Audiovisual materials; Iran
- Pilgrimages
- during 1996–2021 series of global Plans, 364.13
- accessibility measures, 285
- Bahá’í pilgrimage web site, 53
- funds for, 8.4, 11.3
- increasing numbers of participants, 1.10, 35.8, 78.10
- new Reception Centre, 1.5
- postponement due to Middle East conflicts, 32
- resumption of, 371, 374
- suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic, 341, 352
- Pioneers. See also Traveling teachers
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 20
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.30, 86
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 169
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.40, 263, 264
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.8
- calls for, 16, 17.2, 20, 86, 169.3, 263.2
- homefront, 16.2, 26.3, 31.5, 164.4, 164.11, 169.1–2, 169.4, 183.1, 250.5, 263.1–4
- among Indigenous peoples, 22
- Iranian refugees as, 47.3
- Plans of action. See Clusters, lines/patterns of action in; Cycles of activity
- Politics, partisan. See also Demonstrations and protests; Government, obedience to
- Poverty
- Prayer(s), 323, 391.4. See also Devotional life; Devotional meetings; Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs; Worship
- Prejudices, 153.29, 319.8
- Promise of World Peace, The (Universal House of Justice), 319.11
- Protests. See Demonstrations and protests
R
- Races. See also Humankind, unity of; Oneness of humankind
- Racism. See Prejudices, racial
- Rectitude of conduct, 103.8, 117.4, 127.11, 139.3, 164.32–33, 195.20, 278.5, 294.3. See also Morality
- Reflection meetings, 35.5, 72.12, 72.27, 72.29, 153.21, 164.7, 250.13, 250.29, 267.8, 284.10. See also Clusters; Cycles of activity; Intensive programmes of growth (IPGs)
- Reflections on Growth (ITC)
- Refugees
- enrolment of, 139
- Regional Bahá’í Councils
- during 1996–2021 series of global Plans, 364.13
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.28, 153.23
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.11–12
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 372.4, 384.7–8, 395.3
- Area Teaching Committees appointed by, 72.18
- attending Centenary of Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá commemoration in Holy Land, 354.4, 372.1
- clusters collaborating with, 16.1, 250.41–43, 384.6
- Continental Boards of Counsellors collaborating with, 7, 164.19, 384
- gathering statistics, 211.2–4
- increasing administrative capacity of, 164.8
- Local Spiritual Assemblies collaborating with, 34, 268.1–9, 384
- National Growth Committees collaborating with, 384.35
- overseeing unit elections, 267.7
- and transformation of Bahá’í culture, 29.4
- work with junior youth empowerment programmes, 192.1
- Regional conferences, 117, 121.1, 141
- Religion(s)
- deterioration of, 78.5
- harmony of science and, 23.21, 212.6, 254.4, 299.5, 357.4
- leaders of, letter to, 23, 35.6
- oneness of, 23.9, 23.15–20, 23.24, 301, 319.7–8
- persecutions of, 128.2
- power of, 23.13–14, 23.22
- prejudice against, 23.1, 23.7–9, 23.18, 23.25, 35.6, 103.6, 301
- propelling ever-advancing civilization, 45.5, 364.11
- truth underlying, 23.17–18, 23.24, 84.2, 187.3, 250.46, 293.1–3, 293.4
- wars of, 23.11
- Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh. See also Bahá’í Writings; Bahá’u’lláh; individual Tablets and texts
- Riḍván Festival
- observance of, 229.5
- Riḍván Gardens. See also Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh
- Riḍván messages
- Root, Martha, 255.4
- Ruhi Institute. See also Education; Study circles; Training institutes
- Rúḥíyyih Khánum, Amatu’l-Bahá
- monument over resting place, 5
S
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- National Spiritual Assembly reestablished, 364.20
- Science, 254, 357.7
- Scriptures. See Bahá’í Writings; Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh
- Secret of Divine Civilization, The (‘Abdu’l-Bahá), 45, 122.3, 197.3, 278.6
- Security Advisory Group, 62.2
- Service, acts of, 72.5, 72.11, 73.3, 103.3, 310.6
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on, 112.4, 164.30, 278.6, 384.3
- accompanying others, 104.4, 250.9
- by Bahá’í youth, 6, 17.2, 183.21, 194.2, 209.4, 223.1, 250.38, 364.7
- Bahá’u’lláh on, 2, 112.6, 278.6, 339.1, 384
- building capacity for, 117.4, 164.35, 199.3, 250.6, 364.6, 364.20, 384.16
- to the Cause, 29.3, 67.3
- mobilizing resources for, 31.3, 31.7
- path of, 72.8, 126.3, 143.2, 148.3, 153.4, 153.10, 161.3, 183.3–7, 209.5, 250.9, 250.23, 250.38–39, 251.4, 270.7, 325.3, 337.1, 338.2, 346.3, 353.3, 361.2, 370.5, 377.3, 384.26, 390.6–7, 391.5
- religion’s promotion of, 23.1, 23.20
- responding to oppression with, 112, 391.4
- study and, 153.9, 153.12
- training for, 73.6–7, 384.25
- transformation through, 192.2, 284.5–6
- wealth used for, 278.6
- worship combined with, 187.9, 237.5–9, 250.49, 261.3, 289.3, 384.12, 395.5
- Seven Year Plans, 255.4
- Shoghi Effendi. See also Advent of Divine Justice, The (Shoghi Effendi); Guardian/Guardianship; World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, The (Shoghi Effendi)
- on active involvement in society, 284.5–6, 377.2
- on the Administrative Order, 87.3, 164.12–14, 164.28, 164.30, 315.6
- appointment of Hands of the Cause, 98.3, 98.6
- on the Báb, 310.3
- on Bahá’í elections, 87.5–8, 340.5
- on conferred infallibility, 309.3, 309.5
- on the Covenant, 99.17, 309.8, 309.10
- design of Arc on Mt. Carmel, 3.2
- on elimination of racial prejudice, 166.5, 301.9, 347.3
- on first House of Worship in South America, 59.1
- global plans launched by, 250.51
- on growth of Bahá’í community, 3.7–8, 227.8
- on Ḥuqúqu’lláh, 100.5–6
- on justice, 3.8
- on Local Spiritual Assemblies, 164.21, 384.29
- on medical matters, 357.6
- message to German Bahá’í community, 65.5
- ministry of, 11.7, 315.2
- on National Conventions, 205.4
- on noninvolvement in partisan politics, 119.4, 122.2, 122.3, 122.7, 283.3, 284.3–4, 284.6, 339.3, 370.2, 370.4
- praise for Egypt, 75.1–2
- on prayer and devotional life, 323
- predicting worldwide communication mechanism, 247.1
- on processes of integration and disintegration, 78.4–9, 78.11, 370.2, 391.2
- on progress toward peace, 219.1, 319.1, 319.5
- on qualities of Bahá’ís elected to institutions, 381.6
- on rectitude of conduct, 3.4–5
- on science, 299.5, 357.4
- on society building power of Bahá’í Faith, 153.19, 384.2, 384.39
- striving to understand Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation, 67.3, 168.6, 384.26
- on Tablets of the Divine Plan, 255.2, 255.4
- on teaching, 31.12, 103.3
- on upkeep of the Holy Shrines, 11.6, 106.6, 106.7, 210.3
- Shrine of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 325.5–6, 327, 334, 358, 364.13, 392, 393
- Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh. See also Bahjí, Mansion of
- Shrine of the Báb
- Social action/social change, 122, 123, 193, 348. See also Discourses of society, participation in, social action and; Transformation, social
- during 1996–2021 series of global Plans, 364.11–12
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 30.36, 303.6
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.13, 384.16–20
- Bahá’í involvement in, 148.6, 153.27–31, 198.7–8, 198.9, 212.4–5, 250.2, 250.30, 250.32
- capacity building for, 168.4, 364.12
- in clusters, 123.4
- during COVID-19 pandemic, 346.7
- education’s importance for, 183.19, 298.2, 384.19, 384.21, 385.3, 385.5
- efforts of Iranian Bahá’ís, 148.6
- elimination of prejudice, 347.1
- grassroots, 164.25
- Social and economic development, 72.17, 122, 153.29, 315.3–7. See also Office of Social and Economic Development (BWC)
- Social media, 229.2, 229.3, 229.5, 339.2–3, 339.5, 357.7
- Society-building power of Bahá’í Faith, 164.12, 217.6, 237.8, 250.16, 303.6, 304.4, 315.3, 346.7, 347.5, 354.2, 384.28. See also Community building; Transformation, of society
- Some Answered Questions (‘Abdu’l-Bahá)
- Soul, human, 257.5, 278.6
- Statistical Reporting Program (SRP), 211.2, 267.6
- Study circles. See also Deepening; Education; Learning; Ruhi Institute; Training institutes
- during 1996–2021 series of global plans, 364.4
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 17.2, 31.6–7, 31.9, 35.5, 72.7
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.5, 72.7–8, 72.10–11, 72.24, 72.31, 164.2
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.6, 164.37
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.5, 250.8, 250.11
- culture emerging from, 29.2
- tutors of, 61.2, 153.7–12, 164.2, 250.10, 250.23, 250.26, 384.25
- Summons of the Lord of Hosts, The (Bahá’u’lláh), release of, 24, 26.6
- Súriy-i-A‘ráb (Bahá’u’lláh), 63.7–8
- Surrogacy, 233.4, 257.3
T
- “The Bahá’ís” Web Site, Bahai.org, 60
- The Bahá’í World Website, 329
- Tabernacle of Unity, The (Bahá’u’lláh), publication of, 77
- Tablet of Carmel (Bahá’u’lláh), 26.1
- Tablet of Visitation (Bahá’u’lláh), 119.5, 184
- Tablet of Wisdom (Bahá’u’lláh), 314.3
- Tablets of the Divine Plan (‘Abdu’l-Bahá), 22.1, 86.3, 130.3, 159.3–4, 164.12, 164.31, 251.4, 263.4, 390.2. See also Divine Plan
- Tablets to the Kings and Rulers (Bahá’u’lláh), 26.6, 293.2, 395.6
- Tarbíyat School for Girls (Ṭihrán, Iran), 113.3
- Teaching. See also Area Teaching Committees; Declarations and enrolments; Discourses of society, participation in; Entry by troops, advancing; Expansion and consolidation; Firesides; Intensive programmes of growth (IPGs); Pioneers; Traveling teachers
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 35.5, 103.2–3, 103.5
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.5–8, 72.10, 72.27, 75.5, 153.2–6, 164.1
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.48, 384.9–11
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s prayer for, 72.32
- core activities as means of, 26.4
- directed toward immigrants and refugees, 139
- individual initiative in, 73.6, 88.5–6, 104.3–4, 153.32
- by Iranian Bahá’ís, 47.3, 76.6
- of Muslims, 63.3, 63.4–6
- systematization of, 16.4, 29.3, 31.8, 164.12, 395.4
- Temples. See Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs
- Temples Fund, 189, 198.10, 230.3. See also Chilean Temple Fund; Funds, Bahá’í
- Ten Year World Crusade (1953–1963), 98.6, 255.4, 256.3, 364.19, 384.38
- Timor-Leste
- National Spiritual Assembly established, 364.20
- To Serve Humanity (film), release of, 221
- Training institutes. See also Capacity building; Education; Human resources, development of; Learning; Ruhi Institute; Study circles
- during 1996–2021 series of global plans, 164.6, 364.6, 384.21
- during 2001–2006 Five Year Plan, 13.4, 26.4–5, 78.9, 103.2–3
- during 2006–2011 Five Year Plan, 72.2–8, 72.10, 72.18, 72.26, 72.29
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.15–16, 198.6–7
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.5, 250.8, 250.11, 250.23, 250.26, 250.27, 303.3, 303.5, 364.16, 384.9
- during 2022–2031 Nine Year Plan, 384.21–27
- Auxiliary Board members collaborating with, 250.44, 386.3
- capacity building through, 183.7, 183.15, 195.11, 364.4
- in clusters, 16.2, 17.2, 48.2–3, 153.12–13, 153.21, 250.41, 250.44, 250.48
- curriculum, 73, 164.35, 183, 198.3, 223.1, 278.8, 385
- establishment of, 1.3, 37.2, 73.2, 88.2, 153.8, 364.3, 364.13
- future of, 153.32
- International Teaching Center working with, 384.23, 385.9
- involvement in expansion and consolidation, 35.5, 183.9, 212.8
- in Iran, 75.5
- Local Spiritual Assemblies collaborating with, 164.21
- movement of individuals through sequence of courses, 14.2, 17.1, 31.4–7, 31.9, 164.4, 164.8, 268.8, 364.4
- National Growth Committees collaborating with, 384.35
- NSAs collaborating with, 48.3, 73.2–3, 88.2, 385.8
- preparing children’s class teachers, 153.14
- strengthening, 31.8, 88.2–3, 123.2, 164.25
- Training Institutes: Attaining a Higher Level of Functioning (document, International Teaching Center), 275
- Universal House of Justice’s guidance, 37.2
- youth participation in, 192.1, 250.36
- Transformation. See also Social action/social change; Society-building power of Bahá’í Faith
- during 1996–2021 series of global plans, 364.6
- during 2011–2016 Five Year Plan, 164.21
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 303.6
- collective, 153.6, 153.11, 250.16, 250.24
- individual, 153.11, 164.4, 164.8
- Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh concerned with, 227.10, 384.1, 384.16–20
- social, 122.3–7, 192.2, 250.31, 284.5–6, 284.11, 284.13, 347.3, 390.1
- of society, 11.1, 23.7, 26.7, 153.19, 153.25, 164.36, 195.15–17, 199.3, 219.3, 237.8, 240.1, 284.5–6
- spiritual, 153.4, 198.7–8, 250.31
- through Word of God, 187.3, 198.2, 199.3, 250.14
- Traveling teachers, 16, 17.2, 20, 86. See also Pioneers
- Truth. See also Independent investigation of truth
- of the Bahá’í Faith, 29.2, 98.10, 103.3, 112.3, 212.6, 223.4, 284.12, 361.3
- distinguishing from falsehood, 119.2, 301.13, 343.2–3
- distortion of, 197.4–7
- justice and, 210.4, 395.6
- of oneness of humankind, 117.4, 118.3, 136.4, 195.6, 319.4, 319.7, 346.7
- opposition to, 94.11, 168.5, 301.5
- power of, 210.8
- scientific, 254.2–3
- search for, 1.12, 27.3, 103.6, 136.3, 153.26, 219.5, 232.3–7, 299.9–10, 301.4, 357.2–3, 357.7
- spiritual, 113.2, 139.3, 309.10, 337.2–5, 390.3
- underlying all religions, 23.17–18, 23.24, 84.2, 187.3, 250.46, 293.1–3, 293.4
- Twelve Month Plan (2000–2001), 1.3–4, 7.1, 16.3, 18, 29.4, 48.1, 88.4
- Twin Holy Birthdays, 292, 332. See also Bicentenary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh; Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb
U
- Ukraine
- United Nations, 23.4, 123.4, 319.2. See also Bahá’í International Community (BIC)
- United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 37.2
- Unity, 198.6, 289.3. See also Humankind, unity of; Oneness of humankind; Religion(s), oneness of
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 171.2
- Universal House of Justice, 67.3, 78.9, 100.6, 319.11, 323. See also Bahá’í World Centre (BWC); specific offices and agencies
- by-elections, 54.3–7, 55, 144.2–7, 150
- compilation on, 359
- conferred infallibility of, 102, 309
- elections, 38, 48.4, 99.3–4, 99.21, 102.2, 105, 201, 305
- establishment of, 98.6–7, 99.12–16
- expulsion of Covenant-Breakers, 99.17–22
- Guardianship and, 99, 309
- release of members from service, 30, 54.1–2, 97, 144, 191, 297
- Website, 222
- women and membership on, 218
W
- Wars
- Wealth, 152.6–8, 152.10, 250.46, 278.3, 278.6–7. See also Economics/Economy
- Websites and Blogs. Bahá’í, 222, 234. See also Bahá’í Computer and Communications Association (BCCA); Bahá’í Internet Agency; World Wide Web; individual Bahá’í Web Sites
- Widening Embrace, A (film), 304.4, 306
- Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 130.3, 309.5. See also ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; Centenary of Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
- Women
- Word of God. See also Bahá’í Writings; Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh
- Work-as-worship, principle of, 152.2. See also Worship, work as
- World Centre. See Bahá’í World Centre (BWC)
- World Centre Endowment Fund, 11, 35.10. See also Funds, Bahá’í
- World civilization, 2.2, 187.6, 228.1. See also Civilization, advancement of; World Order of Bahá’u’lláh
- World Congress, 1963, 98.6
- World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, 35.2, 35.4, 250.25. See also Civilization, advancement of; Kingdom of God; World civilization
- World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, The (Shoghi Effendi), 35.4, 78.3–9
- World Wide Web. See also Bahá’í Computer and Communications Association (BCCA); Bahá’í Internet Agency; Websites and Blogs, Bahá’í
- Worship. See Devotional meetings; Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs; Prayer(s)
Y
- Yárán
- Yemen
- release of Bahá’ís arrested in, 118
- Yerrinbool Bahá’í Centre of Learning (Australia), 123
- Youth, Bahá’í. See also European Bahá’í Youth Council; Junior youth empowerment programs; Service, acts of, by Bahá’í youth
- during 2016–2021 Five Year Plan, 250.2, 250.34–39
- acquisition of wealth by, 152.9–10
- Arab-speaking, 63.6
- Auxiliary Board members encouraging, 386.5
- community-building work, 14.2, 35.5, 194.2, 200.4–6, 250.38, 384.24
- Egyptian, 136.3–4
- following Bahá’í moral standards, 3.5–6, 197, 199
- pioneering, 264.3–4
- prominence in the dispensation of the Báb, 337.6
- training institute participation, 192.1, 250.36
- Youth, Bahá’í, Iranian, 45.23, 148.6, 148.9–10, 220, 390.5–6
- Youth Conferences