Directives from the Guardian ============================ Exported from Holy-Writings.com on 2026-06-18 1 clipping 1. Source: Bahá'í Library Online (bahai-library.com), curated by Jonah Winters. Used by permission of the curator. Original citation: Shoghi Effendi, Directives from the Guardian, Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1973, bahai-library.com. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Directives from the Guardian Shoghi Effendi Gertrude Garrida, compiler Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1973 Click on any of the numbers below to go directly to a page of Directives from the Guardian (unformatted version): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 Contents About Directives From the Guardian 1 `ABDU'L-BAHÁ (Stories About) 2 `ABDU'L-BAHÁ'S MINISTRY (Re: World Objectives) 3 ADMINISTRATION--Attitude Towards (National Assembly's Statement Approved) 4 ADMINISTRATION, BAHÁ'Í--(Rules and Regulations) 5 ADMINISTRATION (Study and Apply) 6 ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY (Related to America) 7 AFRICAN STUDENTS AND VISITORS 8 AGES AND EPOCHS (Define) 9 ALLÁH-U-ABHÁ (Bahá'í Greeting) 10 ANNUAL CONVENTION 11 AQDAS (THE)--LAWS OF 12 ARCHIVES (The Importance Of) 13 ARCHIVES 14 ASSEMBLIES--UNITY OF (Bahá'u'lláh's Promise) 15 ASSEMBLY MEETINGS 16 ASSEMBLY VACANCY 17 ASSOCIATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS (Appointing of) 18 ATTACKS FROM CHURCH MISSIONARIES 19 BÁB, DECLARATION OF 20 BÁB'S PHOTOGRAPH 21 BAHÁ'Í DISPENSATION (Duration of) 22 BAHÁ'ÍS (Destiny of) 23 BAHÁ'ÍS--NEW (On Admittance of New Applicants) 24 BAHÁ'ÍS--NEW (On Presenting the Master's Will to New Applicants) 25 BAHÁ'ÍS--NEW (Qualifications of a New Believer) 26 BAHÁ'ÍS--NEW (The "Two Extremes" in Bringing in New Bahá'ís) 27 BAHÁ'ÍS (Two Kinds of) 28 BAHÁ'Í WAY OF LIFE (The Strength of the Cause) 29 BAHÁ'U'LLÁH (In accepting) 30 BELIEVERS, NEW (Accept Cause Without Qualifications) 31 BELIEVERS, REMOVAL OF 32 BIBLE (Authenticity of the) 33 CALENDAR (BAHÁ'Í) 34 CALIPHATE AND IMÁMATE 35 CATASTROPHE (The Apocalyptic Upheaval) 36 CIVIL COURTS (Disputes) 37 CIVIL ELECTIONS (Voting in) 38 COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS (Assembly Members) 39 COMMITTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES 40 CONTRIBUTION 41 CONTRIBUTIONS (Lifting the Burden of Misery from Mankind) 42 CONTRIBUTIONS ARE VOLUNTARY 43 COVENANT (Meaning of Bahá'í) 44 COVENANT BREAKERS (Expulsion and Reinstatement of) 45 COVENANT BREAKERS (Shun) 46 CRIMSON BOOK (The) 47 CRITICISM 48 CRITICISM (On) 49 DANIEL, THE PROPHECY OF 50 DISPENSATION OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH 51 DISPUTES, INDIVIDUAL--(Consultation with Assembly) 52 DRAMA--MANIFESTATIONS (Dramatic Works) 53 DRAMA OF THE FAITH 54 ECONOMIC TEACHINGS 55 ECONOMICS--BAHÁ'Í 56 ECONOMIC TEACHINGS 57 EDUCATION (On Inability of Modern Education to Produce a Mature Mind) 58 ELDERS (Four and Twenty) 59 ELECTION (Acceptance of) 60 ELECTIONS (BAHÁ'Í) 61 ELECTIONS (BAHÁ'Í) (To Administrative Posts) 62 ELECTIONS (Assembly Voting) 63 ELECTIONS (The Character of Bahá'í) 64 ELECTION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES (Radical Changes Not Advised) 65 ELECTIONS, REGARDING (In the United States) 66 EMMANUEL, HIS HIGHNESS 67 ESPERANTO (The Subject of) 68 EVOLUTION, MAN'S 69 FAMILY TIES, SPIRITUAL TIES (Vs.) 70 FAST (Necessary Permission For) 71 FASTING (The Ordinance of) 72 FAST (THE) 73 FEAST DAY (Changing Observance of) 74 FEAST (Nature of) 75 NAW-RÚZ FEAST (Observance of Feast Day Calendar) 76 NAW-RÚZ, TIME OF CELEBRATION OF 77 FEAST (Time for Holding) 78 FEASTS (Attendance at) 79 FEASTS AND ANNIVERSARIES--Bahá'í 80 FUND (How Every Believer Can Test the Measure of His Faith) 81 FUND (The Life-blood of these Nascent Institutions) 82 FUND (National Fund, Chief Obligation of) 83 FUND (We must be like the Fountain) 84 FUND (The Sacred Obligation) 85 FUNERAL (Bahá'í Funeral Service) 86 GREATEST NAME (Translation of Symbol of) 87 GROUP, BAHÁ'Í 88 GUARDIAN (Infallibility of the) 89 GUIDANCE, DIVINE (Of Guardian) 90 GUIDANCE (Individual) 91 GUIDANCE (Question of) 92 HANDS OF THE CAUSE--INSTITUTIONS (Station and Function--When Mentioned in Writing) 93 HAZÍRATU'L-QUDS (Functions of) 94 HEALING 95 HEROISM IS NEEDED 96 HIDDEN WORDS (Arabic) 97 HOLY DAYS--BAHÁ'Í 98 HOLY DAYS OF OTHER RELIGIONS 99 HOLY SHRINE (Believers turn to the) 100 HOSTS OF HIS TESTAMENT (The) 101 CORD (Meaning of) 102 ILLNESS 103 ILLNESS (Cancer) 104 INHERITANCE (Division of) 105 INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE (Whole question of) 106 ISLÁM 107 JESUS (Virgin Birth of) 108 LIFE AFTER DEATH 109 LOVE (Turn to Bahá'í Brothers and Sisters) 110 LOVE, CUSTODIANS OF (World Exceedingly Dark) 111 LOVE--UNITY (The Greatest Need) 112 MANIFESTATION--IN 1000 YEARS (Organic Unity) 113 MANIFESTATIONS (The Phrase--"His Holiness") 114 MANIFESTATIONS (Return of the Qualities) 115 MANIFESTATIONS (Significance of the Remains of the Prophets) 116 MANIFESTATIONS (Station of) 117 MARRIAGE, BAHÁ'Í 118 MARRIAGE, BAHÁ'Í (Consent of Parents-- duty of Assembly to ascertain validity) 119 MARRIAGE--(Consent of Parents--Non-Bahá'í Participants) 120 MARRIAGE TO NON-BAHÁ'Í 121 MARRIAGES, BAHÁ'Í--(Reporting to the NSA) 122 MARRIAGE, BAHÁ'Í (re: Consent of Natural Parents) 123 MARRIAGE OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH 124 MASONRY, FREE (Membership in) 125 MEDICAL SCIENCE (Leaving bodies to) 126 MEDITATION 127 MEETINGS, BAHÁ'Í 128 MEMBERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES, LSA (Residential Qualifications) 129 MEMORIAL OFFERINGS 130 MENTAL ILLNESS 131 MILITARY DUTY (Status of Bahá'ís in relation to) 132 MILITARY SERVICE 133 MORMONS (Religious sects--Associate with all--Show tolerance and friendliness) 134 MUNÍRIH KHÁNUM 135 MUSIC 136 NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES (Authority of) 137 N.S.A. INVOLVEMENT (Appeals Prohibited) 138 N.S.A.'s JURISDICTION OVER COMMITTEES (Authority of) 139 NEW ASSEMBLIES (Formation of) 140 NEW ASSEMBLIES (Residence Qualifications) 141 NINE (Number) 142 ORIENTALS 143 ORIENTALS (Association with) 144 PACIFISM (Bahá'í View of) 145 PEACE 146 PHOTOGRAPHS 147 PILGRIM'S NOTES 148 PIONEERING 149 POLITICAL FIGURES (Non-Political Character of the Bahá'í Faith) 150 POLITICS (Loyalty to World Order of Bahá'u'lláh) 151 POLITICS (Non-Interference in) 152 POLITICS (Remain Aloof from Political Affairs) 153 POLITICS (Shun Politics Like the Plague) 154 PRAYER (Five Steps of) 155 PRAYER BEADS 156 PRAYER (Bahá'u'lláh's in Dispensation) 157 PRAYERS 158 PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS (Book of) 159 PRAYERS (Daily) 160 PRAYERS (Daily Obligatory) 161 PRAYERS (Healing) 162 PRAYERS (To be Read as Revealed) 163 PREJUDICES (Racial) 164 PROPHETS (Many will appear) 165 PSYCHIATRY 166 PSYCHIC PHENOMENA 167 PURE SOULS 168 PYRAMID PROPHECIES 169 PROMINENT FIGURES (Letters to Government Heads) 170 QUR'ÁN (`Sales' Translation Recommended) 171 QUR'ÁN--STUDY OF (Concerning School Program) 172 QUR'AN, SURIHS OF THE 173 RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS, NON-BAHÁ'Í 174 RESURRECTION (Explains the Passage on page 231 of the Gleanings) 175 RINGSTONES AND BURIAL STONES 176 SUMMER SCHOOLS, BAHÁ'Í (Importance of) 177 SUMMER SCHOOLS, BAHÁ'Í (Purpose of) 178 SERVICE TO HUMANITY 179 SEVEN LIGHTS OF UNITY 180 SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE FAITH (A Single Divine and World-Embracing System) 181 SPIRITUALITY (The Troubles of This World Pass) 182 SUMMER SCHOOLS (The Bahá'í) 183 SUMMER SCHOOLS (Bahá'í Atmosphere in) 184 SUPREME TRIBUNAL 185 TABLETS OF `Abdu'l-BAHÁ 186 TEACHERS (Unqualified Loyalty) 187 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS (Can Serve as Both) 188 TEACHERS, BAHÁ'Í (A Principle) 189 TEACHING 190 TEACHING (Love for Bahá'u'lláh) 191 TEACHING 192 TEACHING (Advent of Divine Justice) 193 TEACHING, CONCENTRATE ON (Source of Joy and Consolation) 194 TEACHING (The Concourse on High) 195 TEACHING (Direct) 196 TEACHING--Divine World Order--The Sole Panacea 197 TEACHING (Duty of Every Believer) 198 TEACHING (Give the Message) 199 TEACHING (Greater Unity Among the Friends) 200 TEACHING (Love and Unity) 201 TEACHING--BAHÁ'Í FAITH (What the Cause Now Requires) 202 TEACHING (Study Early History and Principles of the Faith) 203 TEACHING (The Utmost Effort) 204 TEACHING (In South) 205 TEACHING METHODS 206 TEMPLE, CHANTING IN THE 207 TESTS AND PROBLEMS 208 THEOCRACY 209 TOMBSTONE, BAHÁ'Í SYMBOL ON 210 TRANSLITERATION OF BAHÁ'Í TERMS 211 UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE, MEMBERSHIP 212 VACCINATION 213 VISIONS 214 VOTING--(Civil) 215 VOTING RIGHT, The 216 VOTING RIGHTS (Status of Individuals Deprived of) 217 WORK, BAHÁ'Í 218 WORK, DAILY--(Bahá'u'lláh's Command Concerning Daily Work) 219 WORLD FEDERATION--(On Bahá'í Participation in International Conferences) 220 YEAR NINE, The 221 YOUTH 222 YOUTH (Regarding the Age of Fifteen) 223 BAHÁ'Í YOUTH IN SCHOOL 224 YOUTH, JUNIOR (Do Great Deeds) METADATA Views21106 views since posted 1999-10-01; last edit 2025-07-12 11:44 UTC; previous at archive.org.../shoghi-effendi_directives_guardian; URLs changed in 2010, see archive.org.../bahai-library.org Language English Permission © BIC, public sharing permitted. 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