Administrative Order, 69.1, 70.4, 71.5, 73.1, 82.1
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
Ag͟hṣán, designation of, 76.10
authoritative Centres, 16.1, 59.5, 59.15, 86.7
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
Carmel, Tablet of, 4.1–2, 33.3, 42.1, 49.1
Constitutions of Local and National Spiritual Assemblies, 59.17, 65.4, 70.4
Constitution of the Universal House of Justice, 51.1, 52.1–2, 53.1, 54.1, 57.16,
58.17, 70.4
corruption, protection against, 2.1, 34.1–5, 35.1, 59.14, 69.1, 77.1
Covenant, 2.1, 10.1, 22.2, 34.2–3, 55.1, 57.14, 57.11, 58.10, 59.12, 61.1, 70.2–3,
71.5, 76.20, 77.5, 86.7–9
Greater and Lesser, 61.1
Covenant-breaking, 13.1, 16.2, 57.7, 57.16, 71.9, 76.17–22, 86.2
election of the Universal House of Justice, 20.1, 32.1, 54.1, 70.9, 86.2
method of, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 17.2–3, 22.1, 57.8, 76.13, 76.21
timing of, 32.3, 33.3, 48.1, 54.1, 57.3, 57.6, 57.9, 58.1, 76.3–4
elucidation, 53.1, 57.13, 75.1
establishment of the Universal House of Justice, 4.1–2, 8.1–2, 23.1, 30.1, 33.3,
42.1, 49.1, 59.15, 76.13–16
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
functioning of the Universal House of Justice
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
58.17, 59.2, 59.16–17. See also relationship between the Universal House of Justice and the Guardian
Guardian and Guardianship, 10.1, 62.1, 76.3
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
guidance of the Universal House of Justice, 13.1, 27.2, 57.6, 57.14–15, 58.3, 58.15,
59.15, 71.5, 71.9, 78.1, 79.1, 81.1, 84.1, 86.7, 86.10
Hands of the Cause of God, 38.1, 57.4–5, 57.7, 58.2, 58.17, 62.1–2, 76.6–7, 76.19
Head of the Faith, 52.2, 62.2, 63.2, 70.11, 76.3–4, 76.17, 86.3, 86.5
infallibility, 21.1, 45.1, 77.4
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
inspired by God, 5.1, 8.2, 19.2–3, 26.1, 39.1, 58.7, 65.4, 75.1, 86.2
International Bahá’í Council, 47.1, 57.2–3, 70.11, 76.14, 76.16, 76.19
International Bahá’í Court, 76.12–13, 76.16
interpretation, 40.1, 57.12–13, 58.4, 58.8, 58.13, 59.5, 59.7, 59.15, 63.2, 68.1, 70.9,
71.7, 74.1
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
Kitáb-i-‘Ahd, 34.3, 59.15, 86.8
Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 8.1, 32.1, 32.4, 33.1, 38.1, 38.5, 39.1, 40.1, 57.11, 58.16, 59.4, 59.6,
59.13, 59.15, 60.1, 67.1, 76.5, 86.2
as Charter of future world civilization, 23.1
deductions of, have no authority unless endorsed, 19.4, 58.7, 77.1
learning, promotion of, 71.6–7, 78.1, 79.1
legislation of the Universal House of Justice, 49.1, 53.1, 58.7–8,
59.5, 59.8, 66.1, 68.1–2
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
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
maturation of mankind, 68.1
membership of the Universal House of Justice, 23.1, 43.1
qualifications for, 11.1
moral rectitude as requirement of elected representatives, 41.1–2
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
obedience to the Universal House of Justice, 8.2, 10.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1,
16.1, 17.1, 19.2–3, 20.1, 57.8, 58.7, 58.15, 71.9, 76.21, 77.2–3, 86.2
protection of the Universal House of Justice by God,
17.1, 19.2–3, 58.7, 59.5, 85.1, 86.2, 86.6
relationship between the Universal House of Justice and the Guardian,
32.4, 38.3, 57.11, 58.4, 58.6, 59.5, 63.2, 74.1
See also Guardian and Guardianship, head of the
Universal House of Justice
responsibilities of the Universal House of Justice, 53.1, 66.1, 77.2
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
interests of the people, 6.1
protection: of the Faith, 58.8, 59.6, 72.1, 76.17;
of the people, 2.1, 6.1, 7.1
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
scholars, 19.4, 58.7, 71.1, 71.3, 77.1. See also learned
scientific and social institutions, 33.3, 42.1, 71.6
had no foreknowledge of appointment as Guardian, 76.3
successorship of, 52.2, 56.1, 57.3, 58.2, 58.17, 76.6–8, 76.11, 76.19
will of, 58.2–3
Tablets of the Divine Plan, 64.1
Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 27.2, 29.1, 29.3, 33.3, 34.3, 38.2, 38.5, 49.1,
54.1, 57.3, 57.8–9, 57.14–15, 58.2, 59.4, 59.15, 59.18, 71.7–8, 76.3–7, 76.10, 76.19, 86.5
as Charter of the Administrative Order, 71.9
mysteries and realities of the Kingdom deposited within, 25.1
World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, 1.1
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