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THE ILLEGITIMACY AND FRAUD OF THE BOGUS UHJ.... (Conclusion)

THE ILLEGITIMACY AND FRAUD OF THE BOGUS UHJ IS EXPOSED THROUGH ALI NAKHJAVANI'S BLATANT PERVERSION OF THE TRUTH (Conclusion)

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(Emphasis has been added where considered appropriate)

As Nakhjavani apparently believes that the current headless dummy body in Haifa, which undeservedly has arrogated to itself the name: Universal House of Justice, is a legitimate body (sometimes by repeating a lie the liar actually comes to believe it himself) he has attempted to give legitimacy to the bogus UHJ but he has been unable to compare or show any similarity of this body to the true Universal House of Justice described by Abdu’l Baha in His sacred Will and Testament.   Of course, not he, nor can anyone else make such a comparison, as there is no resemblance between these two bodies. Does the bogus UHJ have a Guardian of the Cause of God as “its sacred head and the distinguished member for life of that body,” as prescribed by ‘Abdu’l-Baha?  Definitely not.  Has it been “elected by universal suffrage, that is, by the BELIEVER. Its members must be manifestations of the fear of God and daysprings of knowledge and understanding, MUST BE STEADFAST IN GOD'S FAITH and the well-wishers of all mankind.”? No, because neither the electors nor the elected members can match the criteria that Shoghi Effendi, the first Guardian of the Cause of God, has explained as the “qualifications of a true believer” in the following statement: “I would only venture to state very briefly and as adequately as present circumstances permit the principal factors that must be taken into consideration before deciding whether a person may be regarded a true believer or not. Full recognition of the station of the Forerunner, the Author, and the True Exemplar of the Baha'i Cause, as set forth in 'Abdu'l-Baha's Testament; unreserved acceptance of, and submission to, whatsoever has been revealed by their Pen; loyal and steadfast adherence to every clause of our Beloved's sacred Will; and close association with the spirit as well as the form of the present day Baha'i administration throughout the world” 
           (Shoghi Effendi, Baha'i Administration, p. 90)

Following is the prescription of Abdu’l Baha for establishment of a true Universal House of Justice in His sacred Will and Testament “the Charter of the New World Order”:

  “And now, concerning the House of Justice which God hath ordained as the source of all good and freed from all error, it must be elected by universal suffrage, that is, by the believers. Its members must be manifestations of the fear of God and daysprings of knowledge and understanding, must be steadfast in God's faith and the well-wishers of all mankind. By this House is meant the Universal House of Justice, that is, in all countries a secondary House of Justice must be instituted, and these secondary Houses of Justice must elect the members of the Universal one. Unto this body all things must be referred. It enacteth all ordinances and regulations that are not to be found in the explicit Holy Text. By this body all the difficult problems are to be resolved and the Guardian of the Cause of God is its sacred head and the distinguished member for life of that body. Should he not attend in person its deliberations, he must appoint one to represent him. Should any of the members commit a sin, injurious to the common weal, the Guardian of the Cause of God hath at his own discretion the right to expel him, whereupon the people must elect another one in his stead.”
    (Abdu'l-Baha, The Will and Testament, p. 14)

Nakhjavani, like the other leaders of the illegitimate heterodox organization, being unable to find any similarity between their man-made bogus UHJ and the real Universal House of Justice delineated by Abdu’l Baha in the above quotation, instead of admitting his guilt and asking forgiveness from the people whom he has misled, he has tried to manipulate the sacred and authoritative writings of the Faith and pervert their meanings through the means of unauthorized and erroneous interpretations. At the same time, because the existence of such a headless and bogus body is contradictory to the provisions of the sacred Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and the writings of Shoghi Effendi, he has tried to discredit those sacred and authoritative documents to the extent of pretending that their Authors did not actually mean what they wrote and even that they had really meant the opposite of what they had written. Not even content with this shameful act, at this point, he committed further transgressions against the Most Holy Book as was exposed in this document.

I feel it is necessary to write some words regarding tests.

Every revelation of God comes with tests and trials so that the steadfast, firm and sincere souls may be distinguished from the weak and feeble in faith.

“O SON OF BEING! Busy not thyself with this world, for with fire We test the gold, and with gold We test Our servants.”
          (Baha'u'llah, The Arabic Hidden Words)

“The tests of every dispensation are in direct proportion to the greatness of the Cause, and as heretofore such a manifest Covenant, written by the Supreme Pen, hath not been entered upon, the tests are proportionately more severe. These trials cause the feeble souls to waver while those who are firm are not affected.”
 (Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 210)

“O maid-servant of God! Verily the Cause is great and great! Regiments and regiments enter therein! Some people must necessarily turn their backs upon it, on account of their lack of sincerity in the Cause of God and for their selfishness and egotism.”
 (Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha v2, p. 290)

In the Dispensation of Baha’u’llah tests are very severe. In the Dispensation of Islam, after the Prophet’s passing, only a few people passed the test and the majority of Muslims failed to recognize the interpreter of the Word and said 'The Book of God is sufficient for us.'   Following is a quotation from the book “Revelation of Baha'u'llah” written by Adib Taherzadeh, another former member of the bogus UHJ in which he has summarized the following from the statement made by 'Abdu'l-Baha in a Tablet known as Lawh-i-Hizar-Bayti (Tablet of One Thousand Verses), one of His most important Tablets concerning the Covenant:

“Umar repudiated Ali and his position as the 'Interpreter of the Qur’an, saying: 'The Book of God is sufficient for us.' 'Abdu'l-Baha has explained that these few words, embodying the forces of negation, were so potent that they became the prime factor in precipitating all the discord and bloodshed in the Islamic Dispensation. They caused the martyrdom of Imam Ali and His illustrious son, Imam Husayn. They gave rise to untold sufferings and death for countless devoted souls within the Islamic fold. The effect of these words, according to 'Abdu'l-Baha’s testimony, was so far-reaching that a thousand years later it brought about the martyrdom of the Bab and all the sufferings of Baha’u’llah. When man opposes the plan of God, the course of history changes. Who knows what further blessings would have been vouchsafed to mankind in general, and to Islam in particular, if the followers of Muhammad had remained faithful to Ali. For it was he who was endowed with divine guidance and through his unopposed leadership Islam could have exerted a far greater influence upon the peoples of the world.”
        (The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 1, p. 127)

After the passing of the first Guardian, Ruhiyyiih Khanum, the Arch Covenant-breaker, and those who followed her, despite their knowledge of  what had transpired in Islam, stand forever condemned of doing exactly the same as Umar had done in their rejection and repudiation of the appointed interpreter of the Word of God: the second Guardian of the Cause of God, and opposed the plan of God, “the New World Order which the mind of Baha’u’llah had visioned, and whose features the pen of 'Abdu'l-Baha, its perfect Architect has delineated.”
 (Shoghi Effendi,The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 161)

The criminal violation of the Covenant by the former Hands of the Cause and their act of misleading the Baha’is is much greater than that committed by Umar and his collaborators that is evident from the following statement of the first Guardian:

“It should be noted in this connection that this Administrative Order is fundamentally different from anything that any Prophet has previously established, inasmuch as Baha’u’llah has Himself revealed its principles, established its institutions, appointed the person to interpret His Word and conferred the necessary authority on the body designed to supplement and apply His legislative ordinances. Therein lies the secret of its strength, its fundamental distinction, and the guarantee against disintegration and schism. Nowhere in the sacred scriptures of any of the world's religious systems, nor even in the
writings of the Inaugurator of the Babi Dispensation, do we find any provisions establishing a covenant or providing for an administrative order that can compare in scope and authority with those that lie at the very basis of the Baha’i Dispensation.”
 (Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 144)

“Where, we may confidently ask, in the recorded sayings of Jesus Christ, whether in the matter of succession or in the provision of a set of specific laws and clearly defined administrative ordinances, as distinguished from purely spiritual principles, can we find anything approaching the detailed injunctions, laws and warnings that abound in the authenticated utterances of both Baha’u’llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha? Can any passage of the Qur’an, which in respect to its legal code, its administrative and devotional ordinances marks already a notable advance over previous and more corrupted Revelations, be construed as placing upon an unassailable basis the undoubted authority with which Muhammad had, verbally and on several occasions, invested His successor?”
            (Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 144)

Abdu’l Baha explains:

“To the loyal soul, a test is but God's grace and favour; for the valiant doth joyously press forward to furious battle on the field of anguish, when the coward, whimpering with fright, will tremble and shake. So too, the proficient student, who hath with great competence mastered his subjects and committed them to memory, will happily exhibit his skills before his examiners on the day of his tests. So too will solid gold wondrously gleam and shine out in the assayer's fire.”
            (Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha,p. 181)

What certain knowledge of, and indomitable faith in the indestructibility and absolute essentiality of the Institution of the
Guardianship to the World Order of Baha’u’llah should the former Hands of the Cause been imbued, as they should have gained from the sacred provisions of the Will and Testament of Abdu’l Baha and the writings of Shoghi Effendi, that would have enabled them to successfully pass the great test to which they were subjected upon the sudden and unexpected passing of Shoghi Effendi in November 1957?

They should have known that nobody is allowed to change “the Administrative Order which the master-hand of its perfect Architect
has fashioned.”
            (Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 152)

LET NO ONE, WHILE THIS SYSTEM IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY, MISCONCEIVE ITS CHARACTER, BELITTLE ITS SIGNIFICANCE OR MISREPRESENT ITS PURPOSE. THE BEDROCK ON WHICH THIS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER IS FOUNDED IS GOD'S IMMUTABLE PURPOSE FOR MANKIND IN THIS DAY. The Source from which it derives its inspiration is no one less than Baha’u’llah Himself. Its shield and defender are the embattled hosts of the Abha Kingdom. Its seed is the blood of no less than twenty thousand martyrs who have offered up their lives that it may be born and flourish. The axis round which its institutions revolve are the authentic provisions of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Its guiding principles are the truths which He Who is the unerring Interpreter of the teachings of our Faith has so clearly enunciated in His public addresses throughout the West. The laws that govern its operation and limit its functions are those which have been expressly ordained in the Kitab-i-Aqdas. The seat round which its spiritual, its humanitarian and administrative activities will cluster are the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar and its Dependencies. The pillars that sustain its authority and buttress its structure are the twin institutions of the Guardianship and of the Universal House of Justice.
      (Shoghi Effendi,The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 156)

They should have known that they should not have disbelieved in Shoghi Effendi for: “whoso denieth him hath denied God; whoso disbelieveth in him hath disbelieved in God”    (Abdu'l-Baha,The Will and Testament, p. 10)

While they shamefully and falsely accused Shoghi Effendi of not being obedient to the provisions of the Will and Testament and had not fulfilled his most important and obligatory duty to appoint his successor:

     “It is incumbent upon the Guardian of the Cause of God to appoint in his own life-time him that shall become his successor, that differences may not arise after his passing.”    (Abdu'l-Baha, The Will and Testament, p. 11)

They should have been assured that Shoghi Effendi had faithfully appointed his successor “in his own life-time” in accordance with the sacred Mandate of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and perceived that he had identified this successor in his appointment of him as the “sacred head” of the embryonic Universal House of Justice, (provisionally named  The International Baha’i Council) a position that only the Guardian of the Faith can occupy.

They should have known the dire consequences that would result from opposition to the second Guardian of the Cause of God for “He that opposeth him hath opposed the True One, will make a breach in the Cause of God, will subvert His Word and will become a manifestation of the Center of Sedition.”
    (Abdu'l-Baha, The Will and Testament, p. 11)

 They should have known their own capacities and limitations; they should have realized that the continued existence of the Hands of the Cause depends on the existence of the Guardian of the Cause of God, for without the living Guardian of the Faith the institution and the station of the Hands of the Cause cannot exist, so from the very moment that they decided that they no longer wanted the Guardian of the Cause of God they stripped themselves from the privilege of being a Hand of the Cause. This fact is quite evident from the provisions of the Will and Testament:

“O friends! The Hands of the Cause of God must be nominated and appointed by the Guardian of the Cause of God.  ALL MUST BE UNDER HIS SHADOW AND OBEY HIS COMMAND. Should any, within or without the company of the Hands of the Cause of God disobey and seek division, the wrath of God and His vengeance will be upon him, for he will have caused a breach in the true Faith of God. The obligations of the Hands of the Cause of God are to diffuse the Divine Fragrances, to edify the souls of men, to promote learning, to improve the character of all men and to be, at all times and under all conditions, sanctified and detached from earthly things. They must manifest the fear of God by their conduct, their manners, their deeds and their words. THIS BODY OF THE HANDS OF THE CAUSE OF GOD IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GUARDIAN OF THE CAUSE OF GOD. HE MUST CONTINUALLY URGE THEM TO STRIVE AND ENDEAVOR TO THE UTMOST OF THEIR ABILITY TO DIFFUSE THE SWEET SAVORS OF GOD, AND TO GUIDE ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD, FOR IT IS THE LIGHT OF DIVINE GUIDANCE THAT CAUSETH ALL THE UNIVERSE TO BE ILLUMINED. TO DISREGARD, THOUGH IT BE FOR A MOMENT, THIS ABSOLUTE COMMAND WHICH IS BINDING UPON EVERYONE, IS IN NO WISE PERMITTED, that the existent world may become even as the Abha Paradise, that the surface of the earth may become heavenly, that contention and conflict amidst peoples, kindreds, nations and governments may disappear, that all the dwellers on earth may become one people and one race, that the world may become even as one home.”
     (Abdu'l-Baha, The Will and Testament, p. 12)

By Hand of the Cause of God Nosrat'u'llah Bahremand

THE ILLEGITIMACY AND FRAUD OF THE BOGUS UHJ.... (Part Ten)

THE ILLEGITIMACY AND FRAUD OF THE BOGUS UHJ IS EXPOSED THROUGH ALI NAKHJAVANI'S BLATANT PERVERSION OF THE TRUTH. (Part Ten)

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Nakhjavani’s last irrational question is: “WHAT DOES UNCONDITIONAL OBEDIENCE IMPLY?” which is followed by a quotation:

“Baha’u’llah in the thirteenth Glad-Tidings (Bishárát) wrote:

“The men of God's House of Justice have been charged with the affairs of the people....Inasmuch as for each day there is a new problem and for every problem an expedient solution, such affairs should be referred to the Ministers of the House of Justice that they may act according to the needs and requirements of the time. They that, for the sake of God, arise to serve His Cause, are the recipients of divine inspiration from the unseen Kingdom. It is incumbent upon all to be obedient unto them.” (TAB 26-27) (This self-same passage is repeated in the Eighth Ishráq.)

Comment:

The complete passage is as following with the stress on parts which are not seen in the quotation by Nakhjavani:

“The men of God's House of Justice have been charged with the affairs of the people. THEY, IN TRUTH, ARE THE TRUSTEES OF GOD AMONG HIS SERVANTS AND THE DAYSPRINGS OF AUTHORITY IN HIS COUNTRIES. O PEOPLE OF GOD! THAT WHICH TRAINETH THE WORLD IS JUSTICE, FOR IT IS UPHELD BY TWO PILLARS, REWARD AND PUNISHMENT. THESE TWO PILLARS ARE THE SOURCES OF LIFE TO THE WORLD. Inasmuch as for each day there is a new problem and for every problem an expedient solution, such affairs should be referred to the Ministers of the House of Justice that they may act according to the needs and requirements of the time. They that, for the sake of God, arise to serve His Cause, are the recipients of divine inspiration from the unseen Kingdom. It is incumbent upon all to be obedient unto them. ALL MATTERS OF STATE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE HOUSE OF JUSTICE, BUT ACTS OF WORSHIP MUST BE OBSERVED ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH GOD HATH REVEALED IN HIS BOOK. (emphasis added)

         (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 26-27)

In the above passage Baha’u’llah simply mentions the “House of Justice” which needs authoritative interpretation to explain which level of House of Justice is meant, that is whether, International, National or Local? So there is need for guidance of the Guardian of the Cause of God.

If the above passage refers the Universal House of Justice then it can’t be applied to the headless dummy established in Haifa because a true Universal House of Justice according to Will and Testament of Abdu’l Baha must have the Guardian of the Faith as “its sacred head and the distinguished member for life of that body.”

Then Nakhjavani has written:

“Furthermore in the Eighth Leaf of Paradise we read: “It is incumbent upon the Trustees of the House of Justice to take counsel together….God will verily inspire them with whatsoever He willeth, and He, verily is the Provider, the Omniscient.” (TAB 68)

Comment:

 Following is the complete passage in which emphasis has added to the part that Nakhjavani has omitted :

 “It is incumbent upon the Trustees of the House of Justice to take counsel together REGARDING THOSE THINGS WHICH HAVE NOT OUTWARDLY BEEN REVEALED IN THE BOOK, AND TO ENFORCE THAT WHICH IS AGREEABLE TO THEM. God will verily inspire them with whatsoever He willeth, and He, verily, is the Provider, the Omniscient.”

                     (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 67)

It is obvious that this passage does not apply to the current bogus UHJ. Moreover, even with reference to a real House of Justice, it should be noted that the above passage permits this body to legislate only “REGARDING THOSE THINGS WHICH HAVE NOT OUTWARDLY BEEN REVEALED IN THE BOOK,” and of course “God will verily inspire” a real Universal House of Justice over which “THE GUARDIAN OF THE CAUSE OF GOD PRESIDES AS ITS SACRED HEAD AND THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBER FOR LIFE,”

Nakhjavani has written:

“We note in ‘Abdu’l-Baha's Will and Testament His insistent call to the friends to turn to the Universal House of Justice, and obey its directives. We read the following:

“the Universal House of Justice, to be universally elected and established, [is] under the care and protection of the Abhá Beauty, under the shelter and unerring guidance of His Holiness, the Exalted One [the Báb]….Whoso rebelleth...against them hath rebelled against God…., whoso contendeth with them hath contended with God” (WT 11).“

 Comment:

 Following is the complete passage from the sacred Will and Testament in which those parts depicted in capital letters have been nefariously deleted by Nakhjavani to mislead the readers into believing that it is not essential for the Guardian of the Cause of God to preside as the “sacred head” of this body by noticeably and deceitfully deleting the phrase “ARE BOTH” from the middle of the quotation and replacing it with [is] to complete his denial of the absolute essentiality of the Guardianship to this Institution and the necessity for fidelity to the living Guardian.

 

“THE SACRED AND YOUTHFUL BRANCH, THE GUARDIAN OF THE CAUSE OF GOD, AS WELL AS the Universal House of Justice to be universally elected and established, ARE BOTH under the care and protection of the Abha Beauty, under the shelter and unerring guidance of the Exalted One (MAY MY LIFE BE OFFERED UP FOR THEM BOTH). WHATSOEVER THEY DECIDE IS OF GOD. WHOSO OBEYETH HIM NOT, NEITHER OBEYETH THEM, HATH NOT OBEYED GOD; whoso rebelleth AGAINST HIM AND against them hath rebelled against God; WHOSO OPPOSETH HIM HATH OPPOSED GOD; whoso contendeth with them hath contended with God; WHOSO DISPUTETH WITH HIM HATH DISPUTED WITH GOD; WHOSO DENIETH HIM HATH DENIED GOD; WHOSO DISBELIEVETH IN HIM HATH DISBELIEVED IN GOD; WHOSO DEVIATETH, SEPARATETH HIMSELF AND TURNETH ASIDE FROM HIM HATH IN TRUTH DEVIATED, SEPARATED HIMSELF AND TURNED ASIDE FROM GOD. MAY THE WRATH, THE FIERCE INDIGNATION, THE VENGEANCE OF GOD REST UPON HIM”

            (Abdu'l-Baha, The Will and Testament, p. 11)

Nakhjavani has displayed a shameful audacity in writing “We note in ‘Abdu’l-Baha's Will and Testament His insistent call to the friends to turn to the Universal House of Justice, and obey its directives.”  Compare the above complete passage from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, that applies to the real Universal House of Justice, with the illegitimate and bogus UHJ wherein he has deleted that part in ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Will in which, with specific reference to the both of these “twin institutions” of the Faith, He has stated: “WHOSO OBEYETH HIM NOT, NEITHER OBEYETH THEM, HATH NOT OBEYED GOD.“ is a stern warning that Nakhjavani and those like him who have disobeyed, rebelled, opposed, disputed, denied, disbelieved in and turn aside from the Guardian of the Cause of God, should well heed for He states: “MAY THE WRATH, THE FIERCE INDIGNATION, THE VENGEANCE OF GOD REST UPON HIM”.

Nakhjavani has quoted the following from the Will and Testament of Abdu’l Baha:

“That which this body….doth carry, that is verily the Truth and the Purpose of God Himself. Whoso doth deviate therefrom is verily of them that love discord, hath shown forth malice and turned away from the Lord of the Covenant.” (WT 19-20)

Comment:

The most important part of the passage from the sacred Will and Testament of Abdu’l Baha quoted above is found in the first paragraph which has been despicably disregarded by Nakhjavani is recorded below in capital letters

“UNTO THE MOST HOLY BOOK EVERY ONE MUST TURN, AND ALL THAT IS NOT EXPRESSLY RECORDED THEREIN MUST BE REFERRED TO THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE. That which this body, WHETHER UNANIMOUSLY OR BY A MAJORITY DOTH carry, that is verily the truth and the purpose of God Himself. Whoso doth deviate therefrom is verily of them that love discord, hath shown forth malice, and turned away from the Lord of the Covenant.”

            (Abdu'l-Baha, The Will and Testament, p. 19)

It is manifestly evident that “THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE“ referred to in the statement: “AND ALL THAT IS NOT EXPRESSLY RECORDED THEREIN MUST BE REFERRED TO THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE.” In like manner to all the other references in Abdu’l Baha’s Will and Testament to the Universal House of Justice they obviously apply to the true and real one in which the Guardian of the Cause of God presides as “ITS SACRED HEAD AND THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBER FOR LIFE OF THAT BODY” and is concerned with the legislative function of that supreme legislative body.

Nakhjavani has written:

“In one of His Tablets ‘Abdu’l-Bahá has furthermore written the following:

“The Supreme House of Justice will take decisions and establish laws through the inspiration and confirmation of the Holy Spirit, because it is in the safekeeping and under the shelter and protection of the Ancient Beauty, and obedience to its decisions is a bounden and essential duty and an absolute obligation, and there is no escape for anyone.” (MUHJ 85)

To confirm the sense of the above passages we read in Shoghi Effendi’s ‘Dispensation’, the following affirmation which corroborates Baha’u’llah’s and ‘Abdu’l- Baha’s statements on the inspiration and divine guidance which surround and overshadow the decisions of the Universal House of Justice. He writes: “the members of the Universal House of Justice, …and not the body of those who either directly or indirectly elect them, have thus been made the recipients of the divine guidance which is at once the life-blood and ultimate safeguard of this Revelation.” (WOB 153)”

 Comment:

 The first quotation is a translation by the bogus UHJ which is not reliable but again, I reiterate, that readers must not forget the fact that whenever and wherever in the sacred and authoritative writings of the Faith there is mention of the Universal House of Justice it is a reference to a genuine and complete Universal House of Justice which is in accordance with the sacred provisions of the Will and Testament of Abdu’l Baha, as stated in the following passage: “the Guardian of the Cause of God is its sacred head and the distinguished member for life of that body. Should he not attend in person its deliberations, he must appoint one to represent him. Should any of the members commit a sin, injurious to the common weal, the Guardian of the Cause of God hath at his own discretion the right to expel him, whereupon the people must elect another one in his stead.”

            (Abdu'l-Baha, The Will and Testament, p. 13)

The second quotation is small part of a segment in the “Dispensation of Baha’u’llah” in which the first Guardian discusses the Administrative Order and “the principle that must govern the operation of its chief institutions”

 “A word should now be said regarding the theory on which this Administrative Order is based and the principle that must govern the operation of its chief institutions. It would be utterly misleading to attempt a comparison between this unique, this divinely-conceived Order and any of the diverse systems which the minds of men, at various periods of their history, have contrived for the government of human institutions.”

           (Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 152)

“This new-born Administrative Order incorporates within its structure certain elements which are to be found in each of the three recognized forms of secular government, without being in any sense a mere replica of any one of them, and without introducing within its machinery any of the objectionable features which they inherently possess. It blends and harmonizes, as no government fashioned by mortal hands has as yet accomplished, the salutary truths which each of these systems undoubtedly contains without vitiating the integrity of those God-given verities on which it is ultimately founded.”

            (Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 152)

The second quotation from the “World Order of Baha’u’llah” presented by Nakhjavi is followed by another paragraph in which the station and authority of the Guardians of the Faith in the Administrative Order has been explained:

 “MOREOVER, HE WHO SYMBOLIZES THE HEREDITARY PRINCIPLE IN THIS DISPENSATION HAS BEEN MADE THE INTERPRETER OF THE WORDS OF ITS AUTHOR, AND CEASES CONSEQUENTLY, BY VIRTUE OF THE ACTUAL AUTHORITY VESTED IN HIM, TO BE THE FIGUREHEAD INVARIABLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREVAILING SYSTEMS OF CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHIES.” (emphasis added)

       (Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 153)

 “They, and not the body of those who either directly or indirectly elect them, have thus been made the recipients of THE DIVINE GUIDANCE WHICH IS AT ONCE THE LIFE-BLOOD AND ULTIMATE SAFEGUARD OF THIS REVELATION.” (emphasis added)

No doubt that a real Universal House of Justice will receive inspiration and divine guidance through the living Guardian of the Cause of God as stressed by Shoghi Effendi in the following statement:

“In this Dispensation, divine guidance flows on to us in this world after the Prophet's ascension, through first the Master, and then the Guardians.”

            (Shoghi Effendi, Directives from the Guardian, p. 33)

And certainly the Guardianship is the: “Divinely-appointed authority which flows from the source of our Faith, to safeguard the unity of its followers and to maintain the integrity and flexibility of its teachings.”

      (Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p. 148)

And undeniably the “ultimate safeguard of this revelation.” Depends on obedience to the living Guardian of the Cause of God, as Abdu’l Baha has made quite clear in the following passage:

“The mighty stronghold shall remain impregnable and safe through obedience to him who is the Guardian of the Cause of God. It is incumbent upon the members of the House of Justice, upon all the Aghsan, the Afnan, the Hands of the Cause of God to show their obedience, submissiveness and subordination unto the Guardian of the Cause of God, to turn unto him and be lowly before him. He that opposeth him hath opposed the True One, will make a breach in the Cause of God, will subvert His Word and will  become a manifestation of the Center of Sedition.”

            (Abdu'l-Baha, The Will and Testament, p. 11)

 Nakhjavani has written:

 “From these explicit and authoritative statements we should know of a certainty that when divine inspiration is well-assured, obedience becomes a spiritual obligation. This theme is fully discussed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in His ‘Some Answered Questions’:

“Know that infallibility is of two kinds: essential infallibility and acquired infallibility…. Essential infallibility is peculiar to the supreme Manifestation, for it is His essential requirement…. But acquired infallibility is not a natural necessity; on the contrary, it is a ray of the bounty of infallibility which shines from the Sun of Reality….Thus many of the holy beings….were the mediators of grace between God and men. If God did not protect them from error, their error would cause believing souls to fall into error, and thus the foundations of the Religion of God would be overturned, which would not be fitting nor worthy of God….“…. For instance, the Universal House of Justice …. will be under the protection and the unerring guidance of God….Now the members of the House of Justice have not, individually, essential infallibility, but the body of the House of Justice is under the protection and unerring guidance of God; this is called conferred infallibility.” (SAQ 173)

This statement made by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá explicitly and certainly gives us the assurance that when an individual or institution, authorized in revealed sacred texts as freed from error, renders a decision or issues a directive requiring the friends to obey, the community of the faithful should be confident that such a decision or directive has been prompted and motivated by divine inspiration. Should this be otherwise, it would not only be unbecoming and unbefitting of a just God, but the result would certainly be the subversion of the very foundations of God’s Holy Faith.

The friends of course realize that the objectives specified in the plans and messages of the Universal House of Justice are designed to help us in our direct teaching work. To the extent that we adhere to the wishes of the Supreme Body will we be the recipients of added confirmations and blessings.”

 Comment:

 It has been previously clearly explained that only the real and true Universal House of Justice can be “the recipients of the divine guidance” since “the Guardian of the Cause of God is its sacred head and the distinguished member for life of that body.”  It is obvious, therefore, that a man-made headless institution that has undeservedly arrogated to itself the same name is not able to receive that divine guidance. Abdu’l Baha has made the fact undeniable that it is not the name that preserves this body of elected people from error, but only because it has been “ESTABLISHED UNDER THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS.” This is the fact that Nakhjavani and his colleagues try to hide and this is why he has omitted the following part from the middle of the section that he has quoted:

“FOR INSTANCE, THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE IF IT BE ESTABLISHED *UNDER THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS* -- WITH MEMBERS ELECTED FROM ALL THE PEOPLE -- THAT HOUSE OF JUSTICE WILL BE UNDER THE PROTECTION AND THE UNERRING GUIDANCE OF GOD.”

.            (Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 173)

It remained for Abdu’l Baha in His Will and Testament to  clearly set forth these “NECESSARY CONDITIONS” as applied to a true and real Universal House of Justice, the most important of which is that “the Guardian of the Cause of God is its sacred head and the distinguished member for life of that body.”  It is obvious, therefore, that the only similarity that the bogus UHJ currently in Haifa to the true Universal House of Justice  is in its name.  In the next paragraph in “Some Answered Questions” (p. 173), Abdu’l Baha again emphasizes “IF THAT HOUSE OF JUSTICE SHALL DECIDE UNANIMOUSLY, OR BY A MAJORITY, UPON ANY QUESTION NOT MENTIONED IN THE BOOK, THAT DECISION AND COMMAND WILL BE GUARDED FROM MISTAKE.”  The phrase: “IF THAT HOUSE OF JUSTICE,” again makes it very clear that it is only the House of Justice which has been “ESTABLISHED UNDER THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS,” i.e. the one in which “THE GUARDIAN OF THE CAUSE OF GOD IS ITS SACRED HEAD AND THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBER FOR LIFE OF THAT BODY” that “WILL BE GUARDED FROM MISTAKE.” (emphasis added)

There is no doubt that even the elected members of a real Universal House of Justice are not only fallible but the possibility exists that a member may “commit a sin, injurious to the common weal” as foreseen by Abdu’l Baha in His sacred Will and Testament, in which case the Guardian has been endowed with the exclusive authority to expel such a member and thereby assure the preservation of the real Universal House of Justice from corruption:

“Should any of the members commit a sin, injurious to the common weal, the Guardian of the Cause of God hath at his own discretion the right to expel him, whereupon the people must elect another one in his stead.”

    (Abdu'l-Baha, The Will and Testament, p. 13)

“NOW THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF JUSTICE HAVE NOT, INDIVIDUALLY, ESSENTIAL INFALLIBILITY; BUT THE BODY OF THE HOUSE OF JUSTICE IS UNDER THE PROTECTION AND UNERRING GUIDANCE OF GOD: THIS IS CALLED CONFERRED INFALLIBILITY.” (emphasis added)

         (Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 173)

“THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE” includes its “sacred head,” the Guardian of the Cause of God, who has “acquired infallibility” and is the mediator of grace between God and mankind, with his authoritative interpretations, who is endowed with “the necessary guidance to define the sphere of the legislative action” and, as a result of this guidance, infallibility is conferred upon that body.

Following is the complete passage from “Some Answered Questions” in which the parts that Nakhjavani has omitted appear in capital letters:

“Know that infallibility is of two kinds: essential infallibility and acquired infallibility. IN LIKE MANNER THERE IS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE; AND SO IT IS WITH OTHER NAMES AND ATTRIBUTES. Essential infallibility is peculiar to the supreme Manifestation, for it is His essential requirement, AND AN ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM THE THING ITSELF. THE RAYS ARE THE ESSENTIAL NECESSITY OF THE SUN AND ARE INSEPARABLE FROM IT. KNOWLEDGE IS AN ESSENTIAL NECESSITY OF GOD AND IS INSEPARABLE FROM HIM. POWER IS AN ESSENTIAL NECESSITY OF GOD AND IS INSEPARABLE FROM HIM. IF IT COULD BE SEPARATED FROM HIM, HE WOULD NOT BE GOD. IF THE RAYS COULD BE SEPARATED FROM THE SUN, IT WOULD NOT BE THE SUN. THEREFORE, IF ONE IMAGINES SEPARATION OF THE MOST GREAT INFALLIBILITY FROM THE SUPREME MANIFESTATION, HE WOULD NOT BE THE SUPREME MANIFESTATION, AND HE WOULD LACK THE ESSENTIAL PERFECTIONS.

But acquired infallibility is not a natural necessity; on the contrary, it is a ray of the bounty of infallibility which shines from the Sun of Reality UPON HEARTS, AND GRANTS A SHARE AND PORTION OF ITSELF TO SOULS. ALTHOUGH THESE SOULS HAVE NOT ESSENTIAL INFALLIBILITY, STILL THEY ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF GOD -- THAT IS TO SAY, GOD PRESERVES THEM FROM ERROR. Thus many of the holy beings WHO WERE NOT DAWNING-POINTS OF THE MOST GREAT INFALLIBILITY, WERE YET KEPT AND PRESERVED FROM ERROR UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE PROTECTION AND GUARDIANSHIP OF GOD, FOR THEY were the mediators of grace between God and men. If God did not protect them from error, their error would cause believing souls to fall into error, and thus the foundation of the Religion of God would be overturned, which would not be fitting nor worthy of God.

TO EPITOMIZE: ESSENTIAL INFALLIBILITY BELONGS ESPECIALLY TO THE SUPREME MANIFESTATIONS, AND ACQUIRED INFALLIBILITY IS GRANTED TO EVERY HOLY SOUL. For instance, the Universal House of Justice IF IT BE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS -- WITH MEMBERS ELECTED FROM ALL THE PEOPLE -- THAT HOUSE OF JUSTICE will be under the protection and the unerring guidance of God. IF THAT HOUSE OF JUSTICE SHALL DECIDE UNANIMOUSLY, OR BY A MAJORITY, UPON ANY QUESTION NOT MENTIONED IN THE BOOK, THAT DECISION AND COMMAND WILL BE GUARDED FROM MISTAKE. Now the members of the House of Justice have not, individually, essential infallibility; but the body of the House of Justice is under the protection and unerring guidance of God: this is called conferred infallibility.”

                 (Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 172)

To be continued…

By Hand of the Cause of God Nosrat'u'llah Bahremand