The Baha'i Studies Listserv Here's part of an article from Baha'i Library about whether the Guardianship is anticipated in the Aqdas:
Although there is no explicit reference to the Guardianship in the "Kitab-i-Aqdas", the "Synopsis and Codification" lists "Anticipation of the Institution of the Guardianship". On page 214 of "God Passes By", when summarizing the contents of the "Aqdas", Shoghi Effendi states that in it Bahá'u'lláh "anticipates by implication the institution of Guardianship", and again, on page 147 of "The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh" the Guardian refers to "the verses of the 'Kitab-i-Aqdas' the implications of which clearly anticipate the institution of the Guardianship". One such implication is in the matter of Huququ'llah (The Right of God), which is ordained in the "Kitab-i-Aqdas" without provision being made for who is to receive it; in His Will and Testament 'Abdu'l-Bahá fills this gap by stating "It is to be offered through the Guardian of the Cause of God...". Shoghi Effendi said that the Aqdas clearly anticipates the Guardianship. This means there are two possibilities: either the Guardian knew about the Guardianship all along or prior to being the infallible Guardian he seriously misunderstood the Aqdas even though it "clearly" anticipated the Guardianship. Regards, David _________________________________________________________________ Looking for a place to manage all your online stuff? Download the new Windows Live http://download.live.com __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
