The Guardian Part 11: Shoghi Effendi’s marriage to Ruhiyyih Khanum (1937-1938)

✻ ✻ ✻ 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 of the First Seven Year Plan, the first plan prosecuting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablets of the Divine Plan, as well as Shoghi Effendi’s masterful letter The Advent of Divine Justice.

✻ ✻ ✻ CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻

00:00:00 – Section 1: An invitation for pilgrimage (December 1936 – February 1937)
00:17:45 – Section 2: The Guardian’s proposal and his engagement to Mary Maxwell (February – March 1937)
00:24:21 – Section 3: Shoghi Effendi and Rúḥíyyih Khánum’s wedding (24 March 1937)
00:33:59 – Section 4: After the wedding (24 March 1937)
00:36:35 – Section 5: The Guardian’s marriage is publicly announced (27 March 1937)
00:39:32 – Section 6: Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh (6 April 1937)
00:42:27 – Section 7: The First Seven Year Plan (Riḍván 1937)
00:46:55 – Section 8: Shoghi Effendi and Rúḥíyyih Khánum: East and West
00:53:08 – Section 9: The Maxwells of Montreal: Shoghi Effendi’s new family
01:00:10 – Section 10: The Maxwells in the Holy Land (24 March – 30 May 1937)
01:04:43 – Section 11: The passing of Queen Marie of Romania (June 1937 – 1938)
01:14:53 – Section 12: Rúḥíyyih Khánum’s new life as the wife of the Guardian (1938)
01:34:18 – Section 13: The Advent of Divine Justice (25 December 1938)
01:37:50 – Section 14: Shoghi Effendi’s’ joy and sense of humor

✻ ✻ ✻ LINK TO THE CORRESPONDING PART IN THE ONLINE CHRONOLOGY ✻ ✻ ✻

https://theutteranceproject.com/the-guardian-part-11/


✻ ✻ ✻ LINKS FOR VIOLETTA’S ONLINE CONTENT ON BAHÁ’Í HISTORY ✻ ✻ ✻

The Utterance Project YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/theutteranceproject

The Utterance Project website:
https://theutteranceproject.com/

Below are the four online illustrated chronologies written and illustrated by Violetta Zein:

The Blessed Beauty: The life and Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh
https://theutteranceproject.com/the-blessed-beauty-1/

The Primal Point: The life and Revelation of the Báb:
https://theutteranceproject.com/the-primal-point/

The Extraordinary Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá:
https://theutteranceproject.com/the-extraordinary-life-of-abdul-baha/

The Guardian: The life and work of Shoghi Effendi:
https://theutteranceproject.com/the-guardian/


Below are the completed video narration versions of the chronologies in partnership with Clearwater Bahá’ís, Firm Foundation Academy, Desert Rose Bahá’í Institute, and Immersive Ocean:

Chronology of the Báb in 8 episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2rAaqU7PlE&list=PLJTw1CWXTEfm-9A03n8CloY2suEShJjC3


Chronology of Bahá’u’lláh in 12 episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO63uGrQKz8&list=PLJTw1CWXTEflnIfzYmM4UA0rLDFSlj8XG

Chronology of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in 13 episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJdlAI5n6cs&list=PLJTw1CWXTEfnhD0Y-IR7O2PVtg4lY7CYa


Chronology of the Guardian in 21 episodes (ongoing):

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTw1CWXTEfl-Q1vq_IN3Tday1FI_96x6&si=aG6fQhaUwxLXXIRh

Violetta’s 20 Storytelling Sunday sessions on various topics of Baha’i history:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlDSO97PvhY&list=PLJTw1CWXTEfnVL6CslQjwOsD8ALxrjQap

✻ ✻ ✻ ADDITIONAL LINKS ✻ ✻ ✻

www.bahai.org
www.bahai.us
www.bahaiteachings.org
www.clearwaterbahais.local