The Guardian Part 13: God Passes By (1942-1945)

✻ ✻ ✻ SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻

Part 13 is the story of the research, writing, and publication of Shoghi Effendi’s masterpiece, God Passes By. It also follows the writing and studies the content of the Persian equivalent, The Tablet of the Centennial. In this part, we see the end of the war, the end of the first Seven Year Plan, the two years of respite, and the passing of Ali Asghar Qazvin, the Guardian’s beloved friend and collaborator, his postman for 25 years.

✻ ✻ ✻ CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO ✻ ✻ ✻

000:00:00 – Welcome
00:01:12 – Intro
00:02:42 – Section 1: Shoghi Effendi conceives and researches God Passes By (1942)
00:11:31 – Section 2: The writing of God Passes By (1942 – 1943)
00:32:25 – Section 3: The achievements of the First Seven Year Plan (1942 – 1944)
00:42:02 – Section 4: The Tablet of the Centennial (21 March 1944)
00:53:14 – Section 5: The Centennial of the Bahá’í Faith in the Holy Land (23 May 1944)
00:59:25 – Section 6: The publication of God Passes By (January – November 1944)
01:10:26 – Section 7: The structure and content of God Passes By
01:18:25 – Section 8: Covenant-breaking (1944 – 1945)
01:23:53 – Section 9: The end of World War II (8 May 1945)
01:29:18 – Section 10: The passing of ‘Alí Asghar Qazvíní (10 July 1945)
01:35:09 – Section 11: In between the two Seven Year Plans (1944 – 1946)
01:38:22 – Section 12: Shoghi Effendi’s love of words

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

https://theutteranceproject.com/the-guardian-part-13/


✻ ✻ ✻ 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