| [Ar] The Sacred Fold. The 'official and distinctive title' of the headquarters of Bahá'í administrative activity,
whether on a local or national level. The national Hazíratu'l-Quds is the seat
of the national spiritual assembly and 'pivot of all Bahá'í
administrative activity.9 |
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| 'Complementary in its function to those of the Mas̲h̲riqu'l-Ad̲h̲kár . . . this institution, whether local or national, will, as its component parts, such
as Secretariat, the Treasury, the Archives, the Library, the Publishing Office, the Assembly Hall, the Council Chamber , the Pilgrims' Hostel,
are brought together and made jointly to operate in one spot, be increasingly regarded
as the focus of all Bahá'í administrative
activity, and symbolize, in a befitting manner, the ideal of service animating
the Bahá'í community in its relation
alike to the Faith and to mankind in general.'10 |
| [BD 98-100] |
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| The Sacred Fold. Official title designating headquarters of Bahá'í administrative activity. This institution is complimentary in its functions to those
of the Mas̲h̲riqu'l-Ad̲h̲kár,
which is "exclusively reserved for Bahá'í worship." (GPB 339). |
| [BG 19] |
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