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Shoghi Effendi
The books and major letters of Shoghi Effendi (1897–1957), Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, in their authorized English texts.
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God Passes By — Shoghi EffendiShoghi Effendi's 1944 history of the first Bahá'í century, 1844 to 1944: the ministries of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the rise of the Bahá'í Administrative Order, told in four periods and twenty-five chapters, in the Bahá'í Reference Library edition.The Advent of Divine Justice — Shoghi EffendiShoghi Effendi's letter of December 25, 1938 to the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada during their Seven Year Plan, on the spiritual prerequisites of their work (rectitude of conduct, a chaste and holy life, and freedom from racial prejudice) and on the destiny of America, complete in the Bahá'í Reference Library edition.The Promised Day Is Come — Shoghi EffendiShoghi Effendi's letter of March 28, 1941 to the Bahá'ís of the West, reading the Second World War as divine judgment and surveying Bahá'u'lláh's messages to the kings, rulers and religious leaders of His day and the fall of their thrones and hierarchies, complete in the Bahá'í Reference Library edition.The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh — Shoghi EffendiShoghi Effendi's seven general letters of 1929 to 1936 to the Bahá'ís of North America and the West, on the Bahá'í Administrative Order, the goal of a federated world, the stations of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and the coming world civilization, complete in the Bahá'í Reference Library edition.