FOREWORD TO 1993 EDITION

DURING the sixteen years since the last impression of Tablets of the Divine Plan the Bah‡'’ international community has undergone dramatic transformation. Notable external indices of growth include the completion of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice; the dedication of Bah‡'’ Houses of Worship in India and Samoa; the inauguration of radio stations in Ecuador, Peru, the United States, Bolivia, Panama, and Liberia; the rapid expansion of the Faith in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union following the collapse of the iron curtain; and the enrollment of large numbers of people, with some countries enlisting many thousands and others hundreds of thousands, bringing the Faith's worldwide membership to at least five million in 1993.
      Internally, the capacity of the Bah‡'’ community to implement the Bah‡'’ teachings in daily life has enlarged substantially. Bah‡'’s have increasingly become involved in the promotion of world peace, environmental causes, literacy, the work of the United Nations and its agencies, and projects designed to improve social and economic conditions. Bah‡'’ youth in growing numbers have participated in periods of extended service, and Bah‡'’ scholarship has emerged as a force contributing to a fuller understanding of the Bah‡'’ teachings. All



betoken a greater ability of Bah‡'’s to apply their religious beliefs to the world around them.
      As always in the advancement of the Cause of God, victory and crisis are locked in close embrace. In 1979 the Islamic revolution in Iran engulfed the mother community of the Bah‡'’ world in a firestorm of persecution. The execution of hundreds of Bah‡'’s, many of whom occupied key positions of service at both local and national levels; the demolition of the House of the B‡b in Sh’r‡z; the seizure of holy places, properties, bank accounts, and pension funds; the dismissal of many Bah‡'’s from their jobs; and the banning of Bah‡'’ administrative institutions were elements of a systematic campaign aimed at eradicating the Bah‡'’ community. However, the pressure of world opinion, aroused by the concerted efforts of Bah‡'’s throughout the world, induced a relaxation of overt persecution, although the Bah‡'’ Faith in Iran continues to be oudawed and its members denied basic human rights.
      Indeed, the crisis into which the Bah‡'’ community was thrown in 1979 proved an impetus to the victories that have marked the last fifteen years of growth. While presenting the case of the Iranian Bah‡'’s to the United Nations, heads of state, parliaments, the media, and the public, Bah‡'’s rose to a higher plane of organization and dedication. Deeply moved by the plight of their fellow believers, they widened the scope of their efforts and channeled their energies into actions worthy of the sacrifices of the Iranian Bah‡'’ community. Correspondingly, worldwide recognition of the Faith reached a new level.



      From a broader vantage point the victories of the Bah‡'’ community over the past sixteen years may be seen as further unfoldments of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s Divine Plan. Revealed to the Bah‡'’s of the United States and Canada in 1916 and 1917, these remarkable documents elaborate on the call sounded by the B‡b to the "'peoples of the West'" to "'issue forth' from their 'cities' and aid His Cause" and on intimations made by Bah‡'u'll‡h to the glorious destiny America would attain in the future and to the "'signs of His dominion'" that would appear in the West. In the Tablets of the Divine Plan 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ fashions in broad outline a master plan for the spiritual regeneration of the world and entrusts its execution to the Bah‡'’s of North America, whom He urges to arise to propagate the teachings of Bah‡'u'll‡h throughout the planet and thereby set in motion the redemptive forces released by Bah‡'u'll‡h's revelation.
      The task of implementing the Divine Plan fell to 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s grandson, Shoghi Effendi, whom 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ appointed Guardian of the Bah‡'’ Faith in His Will and Testament. Shoghi Effendi envisioned the Divine Plan as a "laborious and tremendously long process" involving the establishment of the Bah‡'’ Administrative Order "in all the newly opened sovereign states, dependencies and islands of the planet, as well as in all the remaining territories of the globe." The process began in 1921 with a "period of incubation" during which Shoghi Effendi introduced principles of Bah‡'’ administration and established an initial contingent of local and national spiritual assemblies. In 1937 he formally launched the Divine Plan with the first in a series of



plans designed to carry out its provisions to progressively fuller degrees, a pattern the Universal House of Justice continues today.
      Shoghi Effendi saw the Divine Plan as consisting of epochs and stages. The first stage of its first epoch began with a Seven Year Plan (1937-44) assigned to the Bah‡'’s of North America. The second stage comprised another Seven Year Plan (1946-53) undertaken by Bah‡'’s of the United States and plans of varying duration pursued by the Bah‡'’s of the British Isles; of Canada; of Central America; of South America; of Australia and New Zealand; of India, Pakistan, and Burma; of Germany and Austria; of Iran; of Iraq; and of Egypt and the Sudan. The third and final stage of the first epoch was the Ten Year Crusade (1953-63), which Bah‡'’s throughout the world pursued in a common undertaking. The second epoch of the Divine Plan began in 1964 under the guidance of the Universal House of Justice and consists of stages marked by the Nine Year Plan (1964-73), the five Year Plan (1974-79), the Seven Year Plan (1979-86), the Six Year Plan (1986-92), and the Three Year Plan (1993-96).
      The Divine Plan will continue ro evolve throughout the Formative Age and into what Shoghi Effendi called the "vast reaches of time stretching into the Golden . . . Age," the third and crowning age of the Bah‡'’ Dispensation. The Golden Age will witness the flowering of a world civilization that is "the offspring and primary purpose" of the Most Great PeaceÐthe Kingdom of God on earthÐthe establishment of which is the object of Bah‡'u'll‡hs revelation.




      'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s Tablets of the Divine Plan, together with His Will and Testament, constitute the greatest legacy He left to posterity and thus occupy a preeminent position among Bah‡'’ sacred scriptures. As we move further and further away from their date of revelation, we witness with amazement the transforming effects that these documents exert in the world and return with fresh and eager eyes to glean from their lines the manifold meanings thai hold the key to the world's salvation.
ÐGEOFFRY W MARKS




PUBLISHER'S FOREWORD TO 1993 EDITION

Five of the fourteen Tablets in Tablets of the Divine Plan were published in Star of the West on September 8, 1916, before World War I severed communications between the United States and Palestine. After World War I all fourteen Tablets, which were translated byAhmad Sohrab, were shared with the Bah‡'’ convention in New York City and published in a small volume together with comments made on the occasion by Ahmad Sohrab. The cover bore the title Unveiling of the Divine Plan, and the title page, the words Tablets, Instructions and Words of Explanation Revealed by Abdul Baha Abbas for the Assemblies and Meetings of the Bahais of the United States and Canada. In 1936 the Bah‡'’ Publishing Committee brought out a small volume containing only the Tablets of the Divine Plan and bearing the title America's Spiritual Mission. It was reprinted in 1948.
      In 1959 the Tablets were reissued under the title Tablets of the Divine Plan and were subsequently reprinted seven times, with corrections being made to the prayers in 1971 at the request of the Universal House of Justice.
      In 1977 a new edition was published, printing the Tablets in chronological order and including information



from the Tablets on when and where they were revealed. Many passages translated by Shoghi Effendi replaced earlier translations.
      The 1993 edition, the first one to be made available in a pocket-size format, is designed to make the book available to more readers. At the request of the Universal House of Justice, a number of changes have been made to ensure accuracy and consistency: Several passages translated by Shoghi Effendi replace earlier translations; one passage and a few words have been retranslated to correct errors; direct quotations and paraphrases from the Qur'‡n and the Bible have been clarified; punctuation, capitalization, and lowercasing have been made consistent; several typographical errors have been eliminated; and footnotes are provided for verses from and allusions to the Qur'‡n and the Bible.
      To facilitate references to any edition of Tablets of the Divine Plan, the Tablets and all the paragraphs in the Tablets have been given numbers. This numbering system, first adopted by Bah‡'’ Verlag in its 1987 edition of Tablets of the Divine Plan, will, as it is adopted by publishers worldwide, enable readers to locate and refer to passages in virtually any edition. The paragraph numbers in Tablets 6 and 8 differ by one number from those used in the German edition of Tablets of the Divine Plan, for the word "Supplication," which is part of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s text, is given a separate paragraph number in the U.S. edition.



FOREWORD TO 1977 EDITION

IN SEVERAL letters and in God Passes By Shoghi Etfendi has left us moving accounts of the circumstances in which 'Abdul-Bah‡ revealed the Tablets of the Divine Plan as well as profound insights into the continuously emerging significance of these Tablets which he has characterized as the "mandate" and the "supreme charter for teaching." A perusal of such passages from the writings of Shoghi Effendi leaves no doubt that the Tablets of the Divine Plan were a direct consequence of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s visit to America and a final link in the chain of love and care which bound Him to the friends on this continent. It is entirely appropriate and enormously helpful, therefore, to preface this edition of Tablets of the Divine Plan with the words of the beloved Guardian:
      The seeds which 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s ceaseless activities so lavishly scattered had endowed the United States and Canada, nay the entire continent, with potentialities such as it had never known in its history. On the small band of His trained and beloved disciples, and through them on their descendants, He, through that visit, had bequeathed a priceless heritageÐa heritage which carried with




it the sacred and primary obligation to arise and carry on in that fertile field the work He had so gloriously initiated. We can dimly picture to ourselves the wishes that must have welled from His eager heart as He bade His last farewell to that promising country. An inscrutable Wisdom, we can well imagine Him remark to His disciples on the eve of His departure, has, in His infinite bounty singled out your native land for the execution of a mighty purpose. Through the agency of Bah‡'u'll‡h's Covenant I, as the ploughman, have been called upon since the beginning of my ministry to turn up and break its ground. The mighty confirmations that have, in the opening days of your career, rained upon you have prepared and invigorated its soil. The tribulations you subsequently were made to suffer have driven deep furrows into the field which my hands had prepared. The seeds with which I have been entrusted I have now scattered far and wide before you. Under your loving care, by your ceaseless exertions, every one of these seeds must germinate, every one must yield its destined fruit. A winter of unprecedented severity will soon be upon you. Its storm clouds are fast gathering on the horizon. Tempestuous winds will assail you from every side. The Light of the Covenant will be obscured through my departure. These mighty blasts, this wintry desolation, shall however pass away. The dormant seed will burst into fresh activity. It shall put forth its buds, shall reveal, in mighty institutions, its leaves and blossoms.




The vernal showers which the tender mercies of my heavenly Father will cause to descend upon you will enable this tender plant to spread out its branches to regions far beyond the confines of your native land. And finally the steadily mounting sun of His Revelation, shining in its meridian splendor, will enable this mighty Tree of His Faith to yield, in the fullness of time and on your soil, its golden fruit.
      The implications of such a parting message could not long remain unrevealed to 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s initiated disciples. No sooner had He concluded His long and arduous journey across the American and European continents than the tremendous happenings to which He had alluded began to be made manifest. A conflict, such as He had predicted, severed for a time all means of communication with those on whom He had come to place such implicit trust and from whom He was expecting so much in return. The wintry desolation, with all its havoc and carnage, pursued during four years its relentless course, while He, repairing to the quiet solitude of His residence in the close neighborhood of Bah‡'u'll‡h's hallowed shrine, continued to communicate His thoughts and wishes to those whom He had left behind and on whom He had conferred the unique tokens of His favor. In the immortal Tablets which, in the long hours of His communion with His dearly beloved friends He was moved to reveal, He unfolded to their eyes His conception of their spiritual destiny. His Plan for




the mission He wished them to undertake. The seeds His hands had sown He was now watering with that same care, that same love and patience, which had characterized His previous endeavors whilst He was laboring in their midst.
In God Passes By Shoghi Effendi tells us that during the Great War 'Abdul-Bah‡
felt acutely the virtual stoppage of all communication with most of the Bah‡'’ centers throughout the world. Agony filled His soul at the spectacle of human slaughter precipitated through humanity's failure to respond to the summons He had issued, or to heed the warnings He had given. Surely sorrow upon sorrow was added to the burden of trials and vicissitudes which He, since His boyhood, had borne so heroically for the sake, and in the service, of His Father's Cause.
      And yet during these somber days, the darkness of which was reminiscent of the tribulations endured during the most dangerous period of His incarceration in the prison-fortress of 'Akk‡, 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, whilst in the precincts of His Father's Shrine, or when dwelling in the House He occupied in Akk‡, or under the shadow of the B‡b's sepulcher on Mt. Carmel, was moved to confer once again, and for the last time in His life, on the community of His American followers a signal mark of His special favor by investing them, on the eve of the termination of His earthly ministry, through the revelation of the Tablets of the Divine




Plan, with a world mission, whose full implications even now, after the lapse of a quarter of a century, still remain undisclosed, and whose unfoldment thus far, though as yet in its initial stages, has so greatly enriched the spiritual as well as the administrative annals of the first Bah‡'’ century.
      The first eight of these Tablets were penned between March 26 and April 22, 1916. History records this period as one of awesome bloodletting in Europe. It is truly breathtaking to contemplate the devising of the Divine Strategy for the redemption of the planet in the midst of the din and destruction of the old order. The transforming vision of 'Abdul-Bah‡ spreads before us the plans for the spiritual conquest of the globe. The final six Tablets were revealed between February 2 and March 8, 1917, barely a month before the entry of the United States into the war. Of the first group, five Tablets had actually reached America and been published in the September 8, 1916, issue of Star of the West. After that all communication with the Holy Land was severed, and the remainder of the Tablets were kept in a vault under the Shrine of the Bab on Mt. Carmel for the duration of the war. They were dispatched to America at the end of the war where they were unveiled in befitting ceremonies during the "Convention of the Covenant" held at Hotel McAlpin in New York City on April 26-30, 1919.
      Although exemplary individuals like the Dunns and Martha Root had given immediate response to the call of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ for "souls who will illumine this



dark universe and quicken to life this dead world," the full implementation of the Plan began in 1937 when Shoghi Effendi conferred on the North American Bah‡'’ community the mission of the First Seven Year PlanÐ"The first stage of that enterprise, which had been held in abeyance, for well nigh twenty years, while the administrative institutions of the Faith were slowly taking shape and were being perfected."
      The spiritual conquest of the Western HemisphereÐcompleted by 1944, the centennial of the birth of our FaithÐwas not the only fruit of that First Seven Year Plan. It served as a working model of the systematic process by which the beloved Guardian was guiding the Bah‡'’ world toward the realization of the Master's vision. Regional plans of pioneering were entrusted the friends in the East even before the end of the Second World War.
      The Second Seven Year Plan spanning the years 1946-53 gave the valiant North American Bah‡'’ community the task of the spiritual revitalization of Europe, ravaged once more by the devastation and desolation of war.
      The grand stage in the unfolding realization of 'Abdul-Bah‡'s Divine Plan was ushered in by the beloved Guardian in 1953, the eve of the hundredth anniversary of Bah‡'u'll‡h's prophetic revelations in the S’y‡h-Ch‡l of Tihr‡n, with the inception of the Ten Year Crusade. Although several national Bah‡'’ communities had already undertaken pioneering plans of their own before 1953, now for the first time the entire Bah‡'’



world was given a share in the fulfillment of the goals of the Master's Plan by being woven into one mighty Crusade for planting the banner of the Faith of Bah‡'u'll‡h on the entire planet.
      The Nine and the Five Year Plans (1964-73; 1974-79) of the Universal House of Justice may be seen as the successive steps in the inexorable and triumphant march of the armies of Bah‡'u'll‡h to the call sounded in the Tablets of the Divine Plan.* During all these momentous accomplishments, and the epochs yet to come, the loving voice of the Master heard so movingly in the prayers which accompany these Tablets, shall remain as our source of inspiration and confirmation.
ÐAMIN BANANI
October 1976



* The Seven Year Plan (1979-86), the Six Year Plan (1986-92), and the Three Year Plan (1993-96) continue the process.ÐED.



INDEX

References to the words of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ are indexed by the Tablet number followed by the paragraph number. For example, "1.3" refers to Tablet 1, paragraph 3. References to explanatory material not revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ are indexed by page number preceded by the abbreviation "p. " "pp. "

'Abbœd,house of as site of revelation of one of Tablets of Divine Plan, p. 76, p. 84, p. 90 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ advices of, 8.8-11 desire of, to teach, 7.8 did not accept gifts to cover expenses, 8.12 found receptive hearts in Montreal, 13.4 hope of, for success of believers, 7.4 house of, as site of revelation of one of Tablets of Divine Plan, p. 60, p. 68, p. 98 joy of, dependent on spiritualization of souls, 11.13 opened door of teaching in Northeastern States, 9.5 room of, as site of revelation of one of Tablets of Divine Plan, p. 4, p. 20, p. 38, p. 48 saw similarity between Palestine and California, 12.2-3 traveled though weak and ill, 7.17 visited Chicago, 11.7 Abh‡, Kingdom of, 7.16, 7.17 Abraham, 9.2 Afghanistan, 7.10 Africa, 7.5, 7.11, 8.21, 12.4, 12.5 'Akk‡ as site of revelation of one of Tablets of Divine Plan, p. 76, p. 84, p. 90 Alabama, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Alaska, 6.4, 6.5, 14.7 Alberta, 5.2 Tablets to, as province of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as province of Canada, revealed, p. 26. p. 90 Alexander, Agnes, 7.6, 7.9 America. See also United States of America 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s hope for, 10.8, 11.10 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s visit to, pp. xiii-xv, 4.5, 7.17, 8.11-12, 9.5, 11.7, 12.6 distance between Persia and, identical with one step, 14.4 East and West of, 9.8, 12.5. 13.4 first Mashriqu'l-Adhk‡r in, 11.9 future of, 11.11, 12.5 indigenous population of, 6.8 mysteries of Faith unveiled in, 9.3 oneness of humanity in, 10.10, 12.5 righteous will abide and free assemble in, 9.3 successful teaching in, 1.2, 7.4, 12.5, 14.6-9, 14.11 traveling to other countries from, to teach, 7.5, 8.21 Andorra, 7.15 Angels, 6.13 as souls who are freed from human world, 8.2 Apostle. See Bah‡'u'll‡h; Christ Arabian Peninsula influence of Muhammad on inhabitants of, 6.8, 14.10 Archipelago, Bismarck. See Bismarck Archipelago Archipelago, Low. See Low Archipelago Arctic Circle, 5.2 Argentina, 6.11, 14.7 Arizona, 4.2 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 Arkansas, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Armenia, 10.9 Army. See Heavenly army Asia, 7.5, 8.21, 12.4 Assistance, 4.6, 7.2 appeal by 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ for, of believers, 1.2, 3.2 of God, promised by 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, 2.2, 2.4, 7.16, 10.10 hope of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ for, of believers, 3.3 prayers for, 6.16-18, 7.23-26, 8.25-36, 9.11-14, 10.13-14, 11.16-18, 12.12-13, 13.9-11, 13.13-16, 14.13-17 Atlantic Ocean, 6.9, 6.10 Australasia, 7.5 Australia, p. x, 7.10, 8.21, 12.4 Austria, p. x Austria-Hungary, 7.15 Bah‡'’ Faith growth of, p. vii implementation of teachings of, in daily life, p. vii membership of, p. vii persecution of Bah‡'’s, p. viii worldwide recognition of p. viii Bahama Islands, 6.10, 14.7 Bah‡'u'll‡h, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.8 garden near Shrine of, as site of revelation of one of Tablets of Divine Plan, p. 10, p. 26, p. 30, p. 48 heavenly grace of, encompasses meetings, 7.5 as promised Lord of Hosts, 8.2 Promised One, 8.2 requirements for becoming Apostle of, 8.2-14 room of, as site of revelation of one of Tablets of Divine Plan, p. 76, p. 84, p. 90 Bahia, city of, 6.11, 14.7 Bahj’ as site of revelation of one of Tablets of Divine Plan, p. 4, p. 14, p. 20, p. 38. p. 48 Balearic Isles, 7.15 Baptism, 13.7, 14.6 Belgium, 7.15 Belize, 6.7, 14.7 Bermuda Islands, 6.10, 14.7 Bible, 5.2, 6.6 See also Daniel, Book of; Gospel; Revelation of John Bismarck Archipelago, 7.5 Blessed Tree Covenant prevents destruction of, 8.8 Bolivia, 6.11, 14.7 Borneo, 7.5 Brazil, 6.11, 14.7 British Columbia, 5.2 Tablets to, as province of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as province of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 British Guiana, 6.11, 14.7 British Honduras. See Belize British Isles, p. x, 7.15 Bulgaria, 7.15 Burma, p. x Caledonia, New. See New Caledonia California, 4.2, 12.2-3, 12.5-7 similarity to Palestine, 12.2-5 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 Cambodia. See French Indochina Canada, p. x 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s visit to, 13.3-4 advice to, and Greenland, 5.2, 13.3-4 advice to, and United States, 14.6-11 future of, 13.2, 13.6 players revealed for, and Greenland, 13.9-11, 13.13-16 prayers revealed for, and United States, 6.16-18, 7.23-26, 8.25-36, 14.13-17 Tablets to, and Greenland, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, and Greenland, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 Tablets to, and United States, 6.1-18, 7.1-26, 8.1-36, 14.1-17 Tablets to, and United States, revealed, p. 30, p. 38, p. 48, p. 98 Canary Islands, 7.11 Cape Verde Islands, 7.12 Caroline Islands, 7.5 Catholics, 6.6, 13.3 Cause of God Covenant as fortress of, 8.8 discussion to be centered around, 8.18 promotion of, 7.4, 8.17 See also Teaching; Traveling teaching Celebes, 7.5 Central America, p. x, 6.7, 14.7 Central States, 11.13, 11.14 like the heart of America, 11.3 prayer revealed for, 11.16-18 Tablets to, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Ceram, 7.5 Ceylon, 7.10 Chicago, 11.4-10 Chile, 6.11, 14.7 China, 7.10, 8.19, 8.21 Christ, 1.3, 14.10 apostles of, 7.3, 8.2 disciples of, 10.9 teachings of, 6.5, 6.12, 8.11, 13.7 Collective Center of the Kingdom, 14.3, 14.10-11 See also Collective centers destroys foundation of differences, 14.3 divine teachings as, 14.3 embodies institutions and divine teachings, 14.3 establishes relationship between East and West, 14.3 eternal, 14.3 includes all other collective centers, 14.3 organizes oneness of world of humanity, 14.3 Prophets manifested to inculcate, 14.11 Collective centers, 14.3, 14.10-11. See also Collective Center of the Kingdom cultural and intellectual, 14.10 identity of interests, 14.3 nationalism, 14.3, 14.10 patriotism, 14.3, 14.10 political alliance, 14.3, 14.10 prosperity of world depends on organization and promotion of, 14.3 temporary, 14.3 union of ideals, 14.3 Colombia, 6.11 Colorado, 4.2 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 Conciliation, 4.4 international, 11.14 Conduct of believers, 13.7 See also Teaching Confirmation, 4.6, 6.3, 7.2, 9.8, 12.10 See also Teaching of Agnes Alexander, 7.6 of apostles of Christ, 7.3 appeal by 'Abdul-Bah‡ for, of believers, 1.2, 3.2, 4.2, 6.2 of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 7.17, 8.8 of Chicago, 11.4 hope of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ for, of believers, 3.3, 11.13 of pioneers, 7.7 prayers for, 7.23-26, 8.25-36, 9.11-14, 10.13-14, 11.16-18, 12.12-13, 14.13-17 promise of, for teachers, 2.4, 5.2, 7.7, 8.3, 10.10 as result of firmness in the Covenant, 8.8 results of, 14.11 Connecticut, 1.3 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, 1.1-4, 9.1-4 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, revealed, p. 4, p. 60 Contention both parties wrong when engaged in, 8.22 forbidden, 8.18 wisdom of law against, 8.22 Controversy, 8.22 Corsica, 7.15 Costa Rica, 6.7, 14.7 Covenant of God as axis of oneness of world of humanity, 8.8 Book of, 8.8 firmness in, as requirement for becoming Apostle of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 8.8 power of, 8.8 Crete, 7.15 Cuba, 6.10, 14.7 Daniel, Book of, 4.5 Delaware, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Denmark, 7.15 Detachment, 10.10, 13.6, 13.15 of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, 8.11 now is the time for, 6.13, 10.7 prayer for, 13.13-16 as requirement of teachers, 3.3, 6.5, 6.13, 8.11, 10.7, 11.14, 12.10 Disputes. See Contention Diversity as beauty of human perfection, 14.5 of nations, 14.4 Word of God capable of harmonizing, of men, 14.5 Divine Plan. See also Tablets of the Divine Plan elaborates on call of the B‡b, pp. viii-ix epochs and stages of, pp. ix-x, pp. xvii-xviii implementation of, by Shoghi Effendi, pp. ix-x, pp. xvii-xviii implementation of, by Universal House of Justice, p. x, p. xviii unfoldment of, pp. viii-x victories of Baha'l community and, pp. vii-viii Dogmas, 6.6, 13.3 Dutch Guiana, 6.11, 14.7 East, the of America, 9.8, 12.5, 13.4 armies of God as conquerors of, 8.3 carrying the Cause of God to, 7.4, 7.23 dissension and war in, 8.25 divine principles promoted in, 7.14 melody of universal peace must reach, 11.10 must be informed of important events, 8.17 source of light of God not of West or, 9.3 travel to, 1.3, 6.5 united with North, South, West by Bah‡'’ teachings, 14.4, 14.8 Ecuador, 6.11, 14.7 Education, 10.10 Egypt, p. x Eskimos, 5.2. 13.6 Eternal life, 1.3, 7.2, 7.18, 11.14, 12.4, 13.13, 14.8 Europe, 4.5, 7.5, 7.17, 8.21, 9.2, 12.4, 12.5 Falkland Islands, 6.11, 14.7 Faroe Islands, 7.15 Feast days, 2.2 Fellowship as requirement for becoming Apostle of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 8.9-10 Fiji Islands, 7.5 Florida, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Formative Age, p. x France, 7.15 Franklin Islands, 5.2 Tablets to, as district of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as district of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 French Guiana, 6.11, 14.7 French Indochina, 7.10 Friendly Islands, 7.5 Frigid zone, 10.2 Gal‡pagos Islands, 6.11, 14.7 Georgia, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Germany, p. x, 7.7, 7.15, 8.21 Gilbert Islands, 7.5 God. See also Cause of God armies of, 8.3 basis of religions of, is one, 6.6 light of, 5.2, 9.3 love of, 5.2 power of, 14.4 Golden Age, p. x Golden Centenary Anniversary; 11.10 Gospel, 1.3, 6.6 quotations from, 14.6 reality of, 6.6 references to, 1.3, 2.3, 3.3, 4.4, 6.5, 6.12 Greater Antilles, 6.10 Greece, 7.15 Greenland call of Kingdom may reach, 5.2 dispatch teachers to, 13.6 prayers revealed for Canada and, 13.9-11, 13.13-16 Tablets to Canada and, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to Canada and, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 will become paradise, 5.2 Guatemala, 6.7, 14.7 Guidance, 6.5 apostles of Christ and, 7.3 becoming a cause of, 5.2, 7.6, 7.16, 14.16 divine, 7.2 grace of, 9.4 of Hawaii, 7.6 of indigenous population of America, 6.8 of inhabitants of globe, 7.18 Most Great, 1.2, 1.3, 5.2, 6.5, 13.3 one soul as, of nation, 1.3 of other souls, 2.3, 4.4, 5.2, 7.6, 11.14 prayers for, 8.25-36, 9.11-14, 12.12-13, 13.9-11 thanking God for, 9.11, 11.16-18 Guyana. See British Guiana Haifa as site of revelation of one of Tablets of Divine Plan, p. 60, p. 68, p. 98 Haiti, 6.10, 14.7 Hawaiian Islands, 7.5, 7.6, 7.9 Heaven, Kingdom of, 2.3, 6.12 Heavenly army, 6.16, 8.3 Heavenly farmer(s), 1.3, 2.4, 3.3, 9.5-8, 13.4 Hebrew Prophets. See Israelitish Hebrides, 7.15 Hij‡z, 9.2 History, importance of studying, of Cause, 8.15 Holland, 7.15 Holy books, importance of studying prophecies in, 8.15 Holy Land, 12.2-5 See also Palestine Holy Spirit, 6.17, 7.18, 10.5, 12.5, 13.4 assistance of, 7.2, 9.13, 10.13 baptism and, 13.7, 14.6 of Christ, 14.10 Collective Center performs miracles through, 14.3 confirmations of, 11.17, 12.10, 14.16 inspiration of, and Bahia, 14.7 power of, 11.11 present at gatherings, 7.5 Honduras, 6.7, 14.7 Honolulu, 7.6 Humility, 7.23, 8.30, 14.13 Hungary. See Austria-Hungary Iceland, 7.15 Idaho, 4.2 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 Illinois, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 India, p. x, 7.10 Indiana, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Indigenous Americans, 6.8 Iowa, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4.11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Iran, p. viii. See also Persia Iraq, p. x Ism‡'il çq‡, room of as site of revelation of one of Tablets of Divine Plan, p. 60, p. 68, p. 98 Israelitish nation, 14.10 Prophets, 12.4 Isr‡f’l of Life, 6.13 Italy, 7.15 Jamaica, 6.10, 14.7 Japan, 7.6, 7.10, 8.19, 8.21 Java, 7.5 Jesus. See Christ Juan Fernandez Islands, 6.11, 14.7 Judaism. See Torah, religion of Kansas, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Keewatin, 5.2 Tablets to, as district of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as district of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 Kentucky, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Kingdom of Abh‡ See Abh‡, Kingdom of Kingdom of God, 5.2, 11.10, 11.11, 11.12 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s summons to, 11.7, 13.4 attraction to, 3.3, 7.23, 11.10 becoming established in, 13.6 catling people to, 2.2, 4.4, 7.10, 8.3 call of the, 3.3, 4.2, 5.2, 6.4, 7.2, 11.5, 12.4, 12.5 Collective Center of, 14.3 confirmation from, 4.2, 7.7 confirmation in, 6.3 daughter of (Agnes Alexander), 7.6 earth as mirror of, 12.5 farming as analogy for promoting, 2.4, 3.3, 9.7, 13.6 finding pearls of, 7.13 Golden Centenary Anniversary of, 11.10 Most Great Peace and, p. x power(s) of, 6.17, 10.9, 13.4 signs of, 12.5 Kingdom of Heaven. See Heaven, Kingdom of Kingdom of mysteries, 11.16 Knobloch, Miss (Alma), 7.7 Korea, 7.10 Language learning foreign, for teaching, 6.6-8, 7.5, 8.19 learning foreign, for translating Tablets and books, 8.16 Laos. See French Indochina Lesser Antilles, 6.10, 14.7 Liechtenstein, 7.15 Literature composition of, 7.12 dissemination of, 7.12, 8.16, 11.10 translation of, 7.12, 8.16 Los Angeles, 12.7 Louisiana, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Love, 7.10, 11.11 of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, for believers. 8.10 of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 8.2 among believers, 8.9-10, 8.22 as requirement for becoming Apostle of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 8.9-10 of God as characteristic of believers, 3.3, 4.2, 10.6, 11.13 as fire, 3.3, 5.2, 7.23, 10.6, 13.7, 14.6 as heat, 5.2, 10.8 inspiring, in others, 1.2, 3.3, 4.2, 6.5, 10.5 as light, 1.2, 3.3, 4.2, 8.35 as ocean, 10.5 power of, 8.9 as requirement for teaching, 7.5, 8.13 results of, 5.2, 10.8, 11.10 as rose garden, 6.5, 10.5 as song, 11.10 as wine, 4.2, 10.13 God's, for the believers, 4.3 Low Archipelago, 7.5 Loyalty Islands, 7.5 Luxemburg, 7.15 Mackenzie, 5.2 Tablets to, as district of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as district of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 Madagascar, 7.11 Madeira Islands, 7.11 Maine, 1.3 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, 1.1-4, 9.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, revealed, p. 4, p. 60 Malta, 7.15 Man must illuminate world of humanity, 1.3 not created for ephemeral world, 7.20 purpose of creation of, 7.20 Manifestations, 2.3, 7.2, 7.5, 8.15 See also Prophets characteristics of, 10.4 nature of, 10.4 and Palestine, 9.2 reason for appearance of, 8.9. 14.11 rise from different dawning-places, 6.6 Manitoba, 5.2 Tablets to, as province of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as province of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 Marquesas, 7.5 Marshall Islands, 7.5 Mary Magdalene, 7.3 Mother of John, 7.3 Maryland, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Mashriqu'l-Adhk‡r first, in America instituted in Chicago, 11.9 thousands to be born from first, 11.9 Massachusetts, 1.3 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, 1.1-4, 9.1-14 Tablets to, as one af Northeastern States, revealed, p. 4, p. 60 Mauritius, 7.11 Maxwell, Mrs. (May), 13.4 Mecca, 9.2 Medina, 9.2 Meetings 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ visited, in America, 4.5, 7.17, 12.7 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ visited, in Canada, 13.4 discussion in, 8.18 grace of Bah‡'u'll‡h present at, 7.5 Holy Spirit present at, 7.5 may become ignited, 1.2 for teaching, 8.15, 12.9 Melanesia, 7.5 Mexico, 6.6, 14.7 Michigan, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Micronesia, 7.5 Minnesota, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Mississippi, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Missouri, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Moluccas, 7.5 Monaco, 7.15 Montana, 4.2 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 Montenegro, 7.15 Montreal, 13.3-4 Muhammad, 6.8, 14.10 See also Seal of the Prophets Nationalism, collective center of, 14.3, 14.10 Nature, world of darkness of, 1.3, 9.4 darkness of, dispelled, 1.3, 8.5, 9.4, 10.8, 14.11 defects of, 8.2, 11.14, 13.7 overcoming forces of, 11.11 perfections of, in Southern States, 10.3 rebirth from, 13.7 scenes of, in Western States, 12.3, 12.5, 12.6 transformation of, 8.9 Naw-Rœz, 1.2, 2.2 Nebraska, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Nevada, 4.2 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 New Brunswick, 5.2 Tablets to, as province of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as province of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 New Caledonia, 7.5 Newfoundland, 5.2 Tablets to, as province of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as province of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 New Guinea, 7.5 New Hampshire, 1.3 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, 1.1-4, 9.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, revealed, p. 4, p. 60 New Hebrides, 7.5 New Jersey, 1.3 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, 1.1-4, 9.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, revealed, p. 4, p. 60 New Mexico, 4.2 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 New York, 1.3 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, 1.1-4, 9.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, revealed, p. 4, p. 60 New Zealand, p. x, 7.10 Nicaragua, 6.7, 14.7 North, the, 14.3, 14.8 united with South, East, West by Bah‡'’ teachings, 14.8 North Carolina, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 North Dakota, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Northeastern States, 1.3 favored in faith and assurance, 9.3 prayer revealed for, 9.11-14 Tablets to, 1.1-4, 9.1-14 Tablets to, revealed, p. 4, p. 60 Norway, 7.15 Nova Scotia, 5.2 Tablets to, as province of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as province of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 Oakland, 12.7 Occident, the, 14.3, 14.8 Ohio, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Oklahoma, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Oneness, threshold of, 1.2, 6.5, 13.6 Oneness of God, 11.10, 13.9 Oneness of humanity in America, 10.10 Collective Center of Kingdom and, 14.3 confers new life on all, 12.5 Covenant as axis of, 8.8 proclamation of, 3.3, 7.18 promotion of, 11.14 Oneness of religion, 6.6 Ontario, 5.2 Tablets to, as province of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as province of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 Oregon, 4.2 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 Orient, the, 14.3, 14.8 Orkney Islands, 7.15 Pacific, islands of the, 7.5 Pacific Ocean, 6.9, 12.2 Pakistan, p. x Palestine, 9.2, 12.2-5 Panama, 6.7, 6.9, 14.7, 14.9 Panama Canal, 6.9, 14.9 paradise, 12.3 of Abh‡, 8.9, 12.10 America to become, 9.8 earth will become, 11.10, 14.11 Greenland will become, 5.2 Paraguay, 6.11, 14.7 Patriotism, collective center of, 14.3, 14.10 Peace, 4.4, 7.14, 8.20, 8.26-27 as founder of human prosperity, 8.20 Most Great, p. x universal, 4.5, 7.14, 7.18, 8.21, 11.10, 12.5 Pennsylvania, 1.3 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, 1.1-4, 9.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, revealed, p. 4, p. 60 Perfections, man created to acquire, 7.20 Persia, 2.2, 14.4 Peru, 6.11, 14.7 Philippine Islands, 7.5 Pilgrims' quarters of house in Bahj’ as site of revelation of one of Tablets of Divine Plan, p. 48 Political alliance, collective center of, 14.3, 14.10 Polynesia, 7.5 Poor as inheritors of Kingdom of Heaven, 6.12 as inheritors of Prophets, 6.12 as leaders of mankind, 6.12 Portugal, 7.15 Prayers revealed for Canada and Greenland, 13.9-11, 13.13-16 revealed for Central States, 11.16-18 revealed for Northeastern States, 9.11-14 revealed for Southern States, 10.13-14 revealed for United States and Canada, 6.16-18, 7.23-26, 8.25-36, 14.13-17 revealed for Western States, 12.12-13 Prince Edward Island, 5.2 Tablets to, as province of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as province of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 Promiscuous talk should not occur in Baha't meetings, 8.18 Prophets, 6.12, 14.11 See also Manifestations Publishing Society, 11.10 Puerto Rico, 6.10, 14.7 Quebec, 5.2 Tablets to, as province of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as province of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 Qur'‡n, 5.2 quotations from, 1.3, 2.3, 4.3, 5.2, 6.12, 9.3, 9.12, 11.2, 12.8, 13.2, 14.2 references to, 1.3, 5.2 Rebirth, 13.7, 14.6 RŽunion Islands, 7.11 Revelation of John, 4.5 Rhode Island, 1.3 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, 1.1-4, 9.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, revealed, p. 4, p. 60 Rumania, 7.15 Russia, 7.15 Asiatic, 7.10 Sacrifice, 8.9, 10.7 self-, 3.3, 5.2, 12.10 Saint Helena, 7.11 Salvador, 6.7, 14.7 Samoa Islands, 7.5 San Francisco, 12.7 San Francisco Bulletin, 4.5 San Marino, 7.15 Santo Domingo, 6.10, 14.7 Sardinia, 7.15 Saskatchewan, 5.2 Tablets to, as province of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as province of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 Saudi Arabia. See Hij‡z Seal of the Prophets, 9.2, 11.10 See also Muhammad Serbia, 7.15 Service, 12.9 Shetland Islands, 7.15 Siam, 7.10 Sicily, 7.15 Society Islands, 7.5 Solomon Islands, 7.5 South, the, 14.3, 14.8 united with North, East, West by Bah‡'’ teachings, 14.8 South Africa, 7.13 South America, p. x, 6.11, 14.7 South Carolina, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 South Dakota, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Southern States, 2.3, 10.3 effect of moderate climate of, on minds and thoughts, 10.2-3, 10.5 prayer revealed for, 10.13-14 Tablets to, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Sovereignty, 6.5, 7.9, 7.20, 8.6, 11.12 Spain, 7.15 Star of the West, p. xvii, 8.17, 11.10 Straits Settlements, 7.10 Submissiveness, 7.23, 8.30 Sudan, p. x Sumatra, 7.5 Sapreme Concourse, 4.2, 6.16, 8.8, 9.8, 10.6, 11.6 Surinam. See Dutch Guiana Sweden, 7.15 Switzerland, 7.15 Tablets of the Divine Plan 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'s legacy to posterity, p. x circumstances of revelation of, pp. xiii-xvii outline for spiritual regeneration of world, p. ix publication of, pp. xi-xii significance of, p. x, p. xiii transforming effects of, p. x Tasmania, 7.10 Teachers, training of, 8.15, 12.9 Teaching. See also Assistance; Confirmation; Detachment; Language; Traveling teaching confirmation in, 2.4, 3.3, 7.2, 7.7, 14.11 contributions toward expenses of, 8.12 door of, opened by 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ in Northeastern States, 9.5 farming as analogy to, 1.3, 2.4, 3.3, 9.5-8, 13.4 language and, 6.6, 6.7, 7.5, 8.19 meetings for, 8.15, 12.9 need for eloquent speakers in, 6.5, 11.14 as obligation, 1.3, 14.6 prayers for, 6.16-18, 7.23-26, 8.25-36, 9.11-14, 10.13-14, 11.16-18, 12.12-13, 13.9-11, 13.13-16, 14.13-17 as requirement for becoming Apostle of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 8.11 spiritual qualities required for, 3.3, 6.5, 8.13, 10.10, 11.14, 12.10 station of rebirth and, 13.7 of youths of love of God, 8.15 Temperate zone, 10.2-3 Tennessee, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Texas, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Thailand. See Siam Timor, 7.5 Tobago, 6.11, 14.7 Tonga. See Friendly Islands Torah, religion of, 14.10 Torrid zone, 10.2 Transformation, spiritual, 8.2, 10.8, 14.16 Translation of literature. See Literature Traveling teaching. See also Language; Teachers, training of; Teaching through all continents and islands, 8.21 in Bahia, Brazil, 14.7 deputization and, 2.3, 4.2 language and, 6.6, 6.7, 7.5, 8.19 mentioned in Gospel, 2.3 in Panama, 14.7, 14.8 prayers for, 7.23-26, 10.13-14, 14.13-17 as requirement for becoming Apostle of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 8.11 results of, 7.5-7, 7.9-11, 7.16, 14.8 selecting important personages for, 14.7 in Southern States, 2.3 and universal peace, 8.21 in Western States, 4.2 Trinidad, 6.11, 14.7 Trust in God, 14.13 Ungava, 5.2 Tablets to, as region of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as region of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 United States of America, p. x, 5.2 See also Central States; Northeastern States; Southern States; Western States prayers revealed for, and Canada, 6.16-18, 7.23-26, 8.25-36, 14.13-17 Tablets to, and Canada, 6.1-18, 7.1-26, 8.1-36, 14.1-17 Tablets to, and Canada, revealed, p. 30, p. 38, p. 48, p. 98 Unity, 5.2, 11.10 collective centers conducive to, 14.3 among friends of God, 8.9-10, 11.11 Holy Spirit of Christ created, 14.10 prophesied in Qur'‡n, 5.2 Uruguay, 6.11, 14.7 Utah, 4.2 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 Venezuela, 6.11, 14.7 Vermont, 1.3 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, 1.1-4, 9.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Northeastern States, revealed, p. 4, p. 60 Vietnam. See French Indochina Virginia, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10. p. 68 War(s), 7.14, 8.25, 8.27, 8.28 as destroyer of foundation of man, 8.20 foretold by 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, 4.5 Washington, 4.2 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 Watling Island, 6.10 West, the of America, 9.8, 12.5, 13.4 armies of God as conquerors of, 8.3 carrying the Cause of God to, 7.4, 7.23 dissension and war in, 8.25 divine principles promoted in, 7.14 melody of universal peace must reach, 11.10 must be informed of important events, 8.17 source of light of God not of East or, 9.3 travel to, 1.3, 6.5 united with North, South, East by Bah‡'’ teachings, 14.8 Western States, 4.2, 12.8 prayer revealed for, 12.12-13 similarity to Holy Land, 12.5 Tablets to, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 wonderful scenery of, 12.3 West Indies, 6.10, 14.7 West Virginia, 2.3 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, 2.1-5, 10.1-14 Tablets to, as one of Southern States, revealed, p. 10, p. 68 Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, p. x Wisconsin, 3.3 Tablets to, as one of Central States, 3.1-4, 11.1-18 Tablets to, as one of Central States, revealed, p. 14, p. 76 Wyoming, 4.2 Tablets to, as one of Western States, 4.1-7, 12.1-13 Tablets to, as one of Western States, revealed, p. 20, p. 84 Yugoslavia. See Montenegro; Serbia Yukon, 5.2 Tablets to, as territory of Canada, 5.1-3, 13.1-16 Tablets to, as territory of Canada, revealed, p. 26, p. 90 Zanzibar, 7.11