| Free from error. |
| The doctrine of the 'Most Great Infallibility' of the Manifestation of God was enunciated by Bahá'u'lláh in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and expanded upon in the Tablet of Is̲h̲ráqát. He makes a distinction between 'conferred' and 'the Most Great Infallibility' and asserts that the Most Great Infallibility is the inherent and exclusive right of the Prophet. The former derives its authority from the latter. Bahá'u'lláh Himself possessed the Most Great Infallibility while He conferred infallibility upon 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice. In His Will and Testament 'Abdu'l-Bahá states that 'God hath ordained' the Universal House of Justice 'as the source of all good and freed from all error'.4 |
| A letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi further elucidates this doctrine of infallibility: 'The infallibility of the Guardian is confined to matters which are related strictly to the Cause and interpretation of the teachings; he is not an infallible authority on other subjects, such as economics, science, etc.'5 |
| [BD 115-116] |
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