A Bahá'í Glossary
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Bahá'í Administrative Order
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Pronunciation: ba-haw-ee . . .
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The structure of Bahá'í institutions, conceived by Bahá'u'lláh, formally established by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in His Will and Testament, and expanded during the guardianship of Shoghi Effendi. Its "twin pillars' are the Universal House of Justice and the Guardianship.
The Bahá'í Administrative Order includes the local and national spiritual assemblies (in future called Houses of Justice) and the Universal House of Justice, the Guardianship and the institution of the Hands of the Cause. Shoghi Effendi described the Bahá'í Administrative Order 'not only as the nucleus but the very pattern of the New World Order destined to embrace in the fullness of time the whole of mankind',11 and as 'the sole framework'12 of the future Bahá'í Commonwealth.
Combining the best features of various secular forms of government without the drawbacks, the Bahá'í Administrative Order is unique in religious history in its structure and origin. Its establishment by the Founder Himself, and the clear provisions set down for its continuation into the future, safeguard it against division and the formation of sects.
Bahá'í administration, Shoghi Effendi has emphasized, is 'an instrument and not a substitute for the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, . . . a channel through which His promised blessings may flow' and which 'should guard against the rigidity as would clog and fetter the liberating forces released by His revelation.'13
[BD 9]
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A Bahá'í Glossary
 
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