Shoghí Effendi (/ˈʃoʊɡiː ɛˈfɛndi/; 1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957) was the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, appointed to the role of Guardian of...

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá during Shoghi Effendi's time. Apostates who maliciously attack the Baháʼí Faith. Examples include Ávárih, Sobhi and Níkú. Shoghi Effendi wrote to the...

"canonical texts" are the writings of the Báb, Baháʼu'lláh, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice, and the authenticated talks of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá...

Guardianship, for which he appointed Shoghi Effendi as the Guardian. With the exception of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi, Muhammad ʻAlí was supported by...

1910 – 19 January 2000), born Mary Sutherland Maxwell, was the wife of Shoghi Effendi from 1937 to 1957 and a prominent figure in the development of the Baháʼí...

1953 during the ministry of his grandson and successor, Shoghi Effendi. Also in 1953, Shoghi Effendi announced a long-term plan to build a temple for each...

death in 1921, the leadership of the religion fell to his grandson Shoghi Effendi (1897–1957). Baháʼís annually elect local, regional, and national Spiritual...

which was designed and completed several years later by his grandson, Shoghi Effendi. Crowning the design, as anticipated by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, is a dome, which...

McCoy Tyner has one composition named "Effendi". It appears on his debut album, Inception. Shoghi Effendi, born Shoghí Rabbání, acquired the title from ʻAbdu'l-Bahá...

Shoghi Effendi, heads of the religion after Baháʼu'lláh, considered establishing the Universal House of Justice, they both declined to do so. Shoghi Effendi's...

ʻAlí opposing him. Later, Shoghi Effendi faced opposition from his family, as well as some individual Baháʼís. When Shoghi Effendi passed in 1957, there was...

publication in Bombay, India. Parts of the text were translated to English by Shoghi Effendi, which, along with a Synopsis and Codification were published in 1973...

sodomy. The Baháʼí position towards homosexuality was elaborated on by Shoghi Effendi, Baháʼu'lláh's great grandson and appointed head of the religion from...

propagating the religion, and protecting it from schism. With the passing of Shoghi Effendi in 1957, the twenty-seven living Hands of the Cause at the time would...

and 1913), and Shoghi Effendi (during periods between 1922 and 1924), were absent from the Baháʼí World Centre in Haifa. Shoghi Effendi in particular felt...

often with a focus on sending travelling teachers to new countries. Shoghi Effendi initiated the plans before his death in 1957, and the Universal House...

the shrine. In early 1923 the keys were returned to Shoghi Effendi. In the 1950s, Shoghi Effendi had made plans for a future superstructure, which would...

Convention to elect the members of the Universal House of Justice. Shoghi Effendi sternly deprecated partisan politics and certain other practices current...

passed on to his grandson, Shoghi Effendi, who was appointed in ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's will. The document appointed Shoghi Effendi as the first Guardian, and...

in Persian by Nabíl-i-Aʻzam in 1887–88. The English translation by Shoghi Effendi was published in 1932. The book relies mainly on the memoirs of surviving...

century (see below). Following the passing of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in 1921, Shoghi Effendi was appointed head of the religion and he soon set about organizing...

It is sometimes referred to as the completion of the Persian Bayán. Shoghi Effendi referred to the work as follows: A model of Persian prose, of a style...

pp. 108–109. ISBN 9789004098343. From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, October 28, 1949: Baháʼí News, No. 228, February 1950, p. 4. Republished...

appointed by Shoghi Effendi as the president of the International Baháʼí Council, and later as a Hand of the Cause. When Shoghi Effendi died in 1957,...

Baháʼí who was a Beaux-Arts architect and the father-in-law of Shoghi Effendi. Shoghi Effendi provided overall guidance, including in the use of Western and...

in New York and was excommunicated from the Baháʼí Faith in 1939 by Shoghi Effendi. Born a Baháʼí in Sedeh, Isfahan Province, Persia (now Iran), Sohrab's...

branch of the Baháʼí administration. Baháʼu'lláh, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi stated how Spiritual Assemblies should be elected by the Baháʼís, defined...

and also includes subsequent interpretations from ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi, and legislation by the Universal House of Justice. Baháʼí law is presented...

succession of Manifestations of God had no beginning and will have no end. Shoghi Effendi, the head of the Baháʼí Faith in the first half of the 20th century...

manifestation expresses himself, the aim is always to share spiritual truths. Shoghi Effendi, who was later appointed as the interpreter of Baháʼu'lláh’s writings...