The Universal House of Justice

believers’ support of, 50.1; faith, 57.14, 58.10, 83.2; humility, 57.14,
58.11, 71.5; love, 70.13, 77.4, 81.1

channel through which blessings flow, 82.1

flexibility in secondary aspects, 55.1, 65.4, 70.4

institutions of, emerge organically, 32.1–3, 73.1

nucleus and pattern of World Order, 34.1, 54.1, 73.1, 82.1

origin of, 1.1, 4.1–2, 33.1–3, 38.1, 59.15

and other systems of government, 39.1, 70.7–10, 70.12

twin pillars of, 38.2, 63.2

without the Guardian, 38.4, 57.10, 58.9, 70.10, 76.9

divine, continuity of, 38.3, 46.1, 51.1, 55.1, 58.8, 63.2, 72.1, 86.4, 86.8
of the Universal House of Justice, 52.1, 53.1, 77.2–3; as body to
which all must turn, 13.1, 52.2, 58.15–16, 59.15, 76.17, 86.8; as body to which all things must be referred, 11.1, 55.1, 77.4; broad nature of, 71.8, 77.2–3, 86.4; to make subsidiary laws (see under legislation of the Universal House of Justice); on matters not expressly revealed, 5.1, 12.1–2, 20.1, 36.1, 57.11, 57.13, 58.15, 59.15, 70.3, 71.8, 75.1, 76.2, 76.21, 86.2, 86.4; on obscure questions, 12.2, 53.1, 57.3, 57.13, 57.15, 59.6, 70.3, 71.8, 76.2, 86.4; on problems that cause difference, 12.2, 16.1, 17.1, 53.1, 57.8, 57.13, 59.6, 70.3, 71.8, 76.2, 76.8, 86.4; to repeal its own laws, 12.2, 37.1, 46.1, 57.13, 65.4, 68.1, 75.1

twin successors, 34.1, 34.3, 51.1, 57.11, 86.8

channel of divine guidance remains open, 55.1, 71.5, 86.8

continuity of, 4.2, 59.14, 76.9, 86.8

Greater and Lesser, 61.1

method of, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 17.2–3, 22.1, 57.8, 76.13, 76.21

three-stage process, 29.1–3, 57.8, 76.13

timing of, 32.3, 33.3, 48.1, 54.1, 57.3, 57.6, 57.9, 58.1, 76.3–4

preparation for, 24.1, 25.1, 26.1, 28.1, 33.1–2, 41.2, 47.1, 50.1,
57.14, 70.11, 76.4, 76.14

decision making, basis of, 17.1, 19.2, 39.1, 58.7, 76.9, 86.2; conscience of individual believer, in relation to, 65.4, 68.1–2, 77.1; consultation in the process of, 5.1, 59.8; facts, role of, 63.2, 72.1, 86.6; Guardian’s objections, how handled, 59.8; system of, 17.1, 20.1, 21.3, 57.8, 86.2

in future, 26.1, 32.2, 33.3, 42.1, 67.1–2; in relationship with governments, 11.1, 36.1

without a Guardian, 57.10–11, 57.16, 58.6, 58.9, 58.12,

58.17, 59.2, 59.16–17. See also relationship between the Universal House of Justice and the Guardian

break in the line, 3.1, 56.1, 57.3, 58.2, 59.12–14, 76.5, 76.8–9

head of the Universal House of Justice, 11.1, 57.11, 58.5, 59.7

responsibilities of, 57.11–13, 58.4, 59.7, 62.2, 63.1, 74.1, 86.3

See also relationship between the Universal House of Justice
and the Guardian; Shoghi Effendi, successorship of

conferred, 21.2–3, 86.2, 86.6–8, 86.10

essential, 21.1, 21.4

of the Guardian, 59.5, 63.1, 74.1, 77.3, 85.1, 86.5, 86.7

national and local Assemblies do not share in, 59.17

of the Universal House of Justice, 86.1; implications of,
10.1, 17.1, 19.2, 57.8, 58.7, 59.5, 74.1, 76.21, 77.2, 86.2; and information it receives, 72.1, 86.6; not individual members, 86.2; not up to individuals to limit, 77.3, 86.5; promise of, 5.1, 10.1, 19.3, 39.1, 58.7, 58.16, 59.17, 77.2, 85.1, 86.2, 86.6, 86.9; scope of, 77.2, 85.1, 86.5; sphere of legislative action, in relation to, 58.6, 59.17; without a Guardian, 57.10, 58.4, 58.6, 59.6

difference from elucidation, 57.13, 75.1

difference from interpretation in other religions, 65.1–2, 68.1

personal, 19.4, 58.7, 58.11, 58.13, 65.1, 65.3, 68.1, 71.3–4, 77.1, 77.4

as Charter of future world civilization, 23.1

laws of, 37.1, 39.1, 40.1, 60.1

deductions of, have no authority unless endorsed, 19.4, 58.7, 77.1

views of, 65.3, 71.4, 76.7

difference from interpretation, 40.1, 58.4, 65.1, 65.4, 75.1

difference from legislation in other religions, 19.4, 58.7, 65.1, 65.4, 68.1

and elucidation, 75.1

moderation in, 68.1

process of, 39.1, 57.12, 58.6, 59.10, 63.2, 72.1, 85.2, 86.2, 86.6

sphere of, 38.4, 57.10, 58.6, 59.2, 59.16–17

subsidiary laws, 11.1, 17.1, 20.1, 39.1, 40.1, 44.1, 53.1, 57.8, 57.11, 57.13,
58.4, 59.5, 59.16, 60.1, 63.2, 72.1, 80.1, 86.2–3; approach to making, 65.4, 68.1; requirements of the time, 12.2, 19.1, 53.1, 58.7; wisdom of, 19.1, 19.4, 35.1, 46.1, 57.13, 58.7

expulsion from, 11.1, 57.16, 58.17

qualifications for, 11.1

women and, 15.2, 83.1–2, 87.1

designated as secondary Houses of Justice, 11.1, 26.1, 29.3, 32.1, 33.3

electors of the Universal House of Justice, 29.3, 54.1, 76.13

pillars of the Universal House of Justice, 33.1, 50.1

in legislation, 40.1, 57.11–12, 58.4–6, 59.7–8

inseparability of, 38.3, 58.9, 86.4

See also Guardian and Guardianship, head of the
Universal House of Justice

act according to requirements of the time, 8.2, 12.2, 19.1, 35.1,
53.1, 57.11, 57.13, 57.15, 58.7, 68.1, 72.1, 80.1, 86.8

affairs of the people, 8.1, 9.1

interests of the people, 6.1

matters of state, 8.2, 36.1, 67.1–2

protection: of the Faith, 58.8, 59.6, 72.1, 76.17;
of the people, 2.1, 6.1, 7.1

safeguarding human honour, 7.1, 53.1

safeguarding integrity and unity of the Faith, 51.1, 52.2, 57.13, 58.16

safeguarding religion, 9.1

shared with the Guardian: 34.1, 57.11, 58.8, 58.17, 62.2, 63.2, 76.17;
application of the revealed Text, 57.13, 63.2, 72.1, 86.4; maintenance of integrity and flexibility of the Teachings, 38.3, 51.1, 58.8, 63.2, 72.1, 86.4, 86.8; preservation, protection, and propagation of the Faith, 53.1, 58.8, 58.16–17, 72.1, 86.8; safeguarding unity of the believers, 38.3, 58.8, 58.16, 63.2, 72.1, 86.4, 86.8

training of peoples, 7.1

upbuilding of nations, 7.1

had no foreknowledge of appointment as Guardian, 76.3

passing of, 58.15, 59.14, 76.5, 76.8, 76.18–19

successorship of, 52.2, 56.1, 57.3, 58.2, 58.17, 76.6–8, 76.11, 76.19

will of, 58.2–3

as Charter of the Administrative Order, 71.9

full implications of, revealed over time, 27.2, 57.15

mysteries and realities of the Kingdom deposited within, 25.1

believers called upon to adopt, 27.2, 50.1, 57.14

trust to time and guidance to obtain understanding of, 27.2, 57.15,
58.3, 81.1

Universal House of Justice: as crown of institutions of, 50.1;
as fountain-head of, 33.1; in position to do everything necessary to establish, 57.13

world’s equilibrium upset by, 1.1