| Document, written entirely in the hand of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and sealed by Him, which constitutes the 'character' of the Administrative Order. It was written in three parts over the seven-year period 1901-8. In its first part Shoghi Effendi is appointed Guardian of the Cause, although he was only eight years old when that section of the Will was written. |
| The Will and Testament, among other things, proclaims 'the fundamental beliefs of the followers of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh; reveals . . . the two-fold character of the Mission of the Báb; discloses the full station of the Author of the Bahá'í Revelation . . . stresses the importance of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; establishes the institution of the Guardianship as a hereditary office and outlines its essential functions; provides the measures for the election of the International House of Justice, defines its scope and sets forth its relationship that Institution; prescribes the obligations, and emphasizes the responsibilities, of the Hands of the Cause of God; and extols the virtues of the indestructible Covenant established by Bahá'u'lláh.'3 |
| [BD 236] |
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