✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ In Part 12, Shoghi Effendi at long last re-inters the remains of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s family (His mother, Asiyih Khanum, His brother, Mizra Mihdi, and His wife, Munich Khan) near the Greatest Holy Leaf on Mount Carmel in the Monument Gardens. Shoghi Effendi, and Ruhiyyih Khanum leave […]
Read More✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ In Part 11, we closely witness the engagement, wedding, and first year of marriage between Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith and Mary Maxwell, now called Ruhiyyih Khanum. In this part we also look at Shoghi Effendi’s translation of Prayer and Meditation, the launch […]
Read More✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ In Part 10, we follow the two most important events of the years between 1932 and 1936: The passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf and its impact on the Guardian, and Shoghi Effendi’s The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh, his most weighty letter, to which he attached […]
Read More✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ In Part 9, which is almost entirely dedicated to Shoghi Effendi’s translation and re-creation of The Dawn-Breakers, we also cover several other topics. We start with the Guardian’s love for China, there is also a very moving story about the passing of Abu’l-Qásim Khurásání, a faithful […]
Read More✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ In Part 8, Shoghi Effendi continues his extraordinarily masterful work of building the Administrative Order of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh, while navigating crises born of internal and external opposition. He translates the Kitáb-i-Iqán, publishes two compilations of his letters, Bahá’í Administration and the World Order […]
Read More✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ The centerpiece of this part of The Guardian chronology is the discovery of the Bahá’í Faith by Queen Marie of Romania, introduced to its luminous teachings, to Bahá’u’lláh and to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by Martha Root, the stalwart servant of the Guardian, her open letters in newspapers […]
Read More✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ In this part of The Guardian chronology, we study the first two years of his Guardianship, and how he begins carefully and methodically building the Bahá’í Administrative Order. We also travel with him to his mountain retreats and beloved Mr. Hauser in Switzerland three times […]
Read More✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ In this part of The Guardian chronology, we leave Shoghi Effendi’s youth, and his life as a normal person behind forever. The story begins with the shocking and unexpected passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, who was perfectly healthy just days before His untimely passing. Shoghi Effendi is […]
Read More✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ This part of The Guardian chronology starts with Shoghi Effendi recovering from burn-out after 18 intense months of service to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Haifa at a sanatorium near Paris, France. Shoghi Effendi then travels to England, begins his studies at Oxford University, travels to Bournemouth, Sussex […]
Read More✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻ This session explores the life and pivotal early years of Shoghi Effendi, detailing his profound relationship with Abdu’l-Baha, his preparations for studying in Oxford, and his dedication to the Baha’i Faith. It covers his significant role in Baha’i activities, the guardianship, and the influence of […]
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