Books and Tablets
Addressed to a prominent Islamic cleric who persecuted the Baha'is in Persia, this tablet was Baha'u'llah's last major written work.
What is Epistle to the Son of the Wolf?
The Shrine of Baha'u'llah is also known as this.
What is the Qiblih or Point of Adoration?
The counsellors of this body live in the assigned region and must familiarize themselves with the conditions of the Cause in all the countries in their assigned continent.
What is the Continental Board of Counsellors?
This is the language that the original Kitab i Aqdas was revealed in.
What is Arabic?
ABMs are assigned to one of these two areas of service as their focus.
What are protection and propagation?
First revealed in 1873, the official translation of this work was not released until 1992, of which approximately 1/3 was translated by the Guardian.
What is the Kitab i Aqdas?
This area of land named after a shape is in Haifa and is situated close to the Shrine of the Bab. It is the home of five buildings, including the seat of the UHJ and the archives building.
What is the Arc on Mount Carmel?
Consisting of two parts: a Declaration of Trust and a set of By-Laws, this document outlines the major functions of the UHJ.
What is the Constitution of the UHJ?
Prior to the release of the full translation of the Kitab i Aqdas, a __________ was released in 1973.
What is the Synopsis and Codification?
Shortly after the first UHJ being elected in 1963, one of their first courses of action was to decide if it was possible to select a new one of these. (Spoiler: It was not possible)
What is a Guardian?
These two mystical volumes are tablets addressed to individuals by Baha'u'llah while He was in Baghdad and describe the stages through which the spiritual wayfarer passes.
What are The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys?
This shrine, currently under construction, lies in between Akka and Haifa and will house sacred remains.
(Under construction as of the year 2021)
What is the Shrine of Abdul-Baha?
These individuals are appointed from believers in each continent by the Continental Board of Counsellors for a 5 year period.
What are Auxillary Board Members?
This is the number of languages that the Kitab i Aqdas is translated into, so far.
What is 37?
Occuring on 21 April 1963, this event also marked the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Baha'u'llah.
What is the election of the first UHJ?
These two volumes "mutually confirm one another" and are the "chief depository ... [of] ... priceless elements of that Divine Civilization."
What are The Kitab i Aqdas and The Will and Testament of Abdul-Baha?
The Council Chamber of the UHJ, where they consult and make momentous decisions, is oriented towards this.
What is Bahji (or the Qiblih)?
The establishment of this administrative body brought to fruition the work carried out by the body of the Hands of the Cause residing in the Holy Land. Their function now is to be a liason between the UHJ and the Continental Board of Counsellors.
What is the International Teaching Centre?
This is the year that the Kitab i Aqdas was revealed.
What is 1873?
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"The object of every Revelation," Baha'u'llah declares, is "to effect a _______ in the whole character of mankind..."
What is transformation?
Published in 1992, this was the first major volume of Baha'u'llah's writings released after the Kitab i Aqdas.
What is the Summons of the Lord of Hosts?
This is the description of the vision of architecture/landscaping initiated by Baha'u'llah for Mount Carmel.
What are nineteen terraced gardens with the Shrine of the Bab at its heart?
Established in 1968, this administrative body ensures future efforts originally done by the Hands of the Cause, and focuses its efforts on Protection and Propagation.
What is the Contintental Board of Counsellors?
Fill in the blanks.
In translating the Kitab i Aqdas, "it was necessary to strive for three qualities... ______ of meaning, ____ of English, and ______ of style with that used by Shoghi Effendi."
What are accuracy, beauty, and conformity?
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"The courses of the institute are intended to set the individual on a path in which qualities and attitudes, skills and abilities, are gradually acquired through service -- service intended to quell __________."
What is the insistent self?