Tablets of the Divine Plan

The epistle to the divine plan were written by Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi are loud Baha'is of the world " mandate " their " world mission " and the "supreme Charter of teaching ".

Background

The first eight epistles were written between 26 March and 22 April 1916 the remaining six between 2 February and 8 March 1917 Persian. They are directed either to the Baha'is of the United States and Canada or to the Baha'is of one of the five regions of North America. From the first group reached five missives America, whose English translation was published on 8 September 1916 in the Bahai magazine "Star of the West". Thereafter, due to the war broke the regular mail together. The remaining epistles were solemnly read on a specially scheduled meeting on April 26 to 30, 1919 in New York City. In this epistle the Bahai are called to spread their faith in the world. At that time there were only 35 countries Bahai. Responded immediately, Martha Root, who began her world travels in July 1920, and Mr. and Mrs. Dunn, who relocated to Australia in April 1920. All three were later honored by Shoghi Effendi as Hands of the Cause. However, the Divine Plan has been implemented widely until 1937, when Shoghi Effendi to the Americans gave the first Seven Year Plan. Since this mandate applies, according to Shoghi Effendi for all Bahai, the missives have been translated into German. So the missives were published in 1971 in the Bahai letters and in 1989 as a separate book.

Content

In the missive Abdu'l Baha calls the Bahai to be an effective, systematic dissemination of the Bahai faith. Overall, Abdu'l-Baha mentioned 120 territories and islands to the message of Bahá'u'lláh is to bring. He also describes the psychological and ethical prerequisites for a successful teaching career.