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1932-10-21 the Covenant & inheritance
USBN #80 - January 1934 - pages 5
As regards the meaning of the Baha'i Covenant: The Guardian considers the
existence of two forms of Covenant both of which are explicitly mentioned in the
literature of the Cause. First is the covenant that every prophet makes with
humanity or, more definitely, with His people that they will accept and follow the
coming Manifestation who will be the reappearance of His reality. The second form
of Covenant is such as the one Baha'u'llah made with His people that they should
accept the Master. This is merely to establish and strengthen the succession of
the series of Lights that appear after every Manifestation. Under the same
category falls the Covenant the Master made with the Baha'is that they should
accept His administration after Him....
To divide the inheritance as it is prescribed by Baha'i we have to divide it
into 2,520 shares. But we can also divide it into 42 shares. Then every one of the
beneficiaries will take so many of these shares. These numbers form like a highest
denominator for the different individuals that will benefit in case of intestacy.
In case of the non-existence of one class of inheritors the Aqdas mentions how it
should be divided. As a general rule a part goes to the House of Justice, a part
to the children. - (To Mr. Dales S. Cole, October 21, 1932.)
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