Lights of Guidance Index

Lights of Guidance

A Bahá’í Reference File

Compiled by Helen Bassett Hornby

Reproduced with the kind permission of the
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Ecuador

INDEX

Note: Entries in this colour are not found in the original

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 10, 1493, 1566, 1614-1630, 1779, 1802, 1829, 1830, 2089

photos of, 1623-1624

Ablutions, 1537-1539

Aborigines, 1775

Abortion, 982, 1154, 1155

Abraham, 1559, 1567, 1690

Abstaining (in voting), 168, 584

Abu’l Fazl, 1620

Adam, 1550

Adamic Cycle, 1683

Administration of Assemblies, see also Spiritual Assemblies

authority, 120-122, 130, 132

Auxiliary Board, 145-147

communication, 582, 140, 1972-1975

confidentiality, 123, 162-164

counsellors, 145

deepening of Assembly, 152

deprivation of voting rights, 178-202, 206-217, 471

diversity, 133, 137

Divine Institution, 125

duties of members, 167

election of members see Elections

election of officers, 96-116

expulsion, 198

functions and duties of Representatives, 117, 129

fundamentals of administration, 133, 135

justice, 118, 119

legal standing, 141

minimum standards, 149

obedience to N.S.A., 127

objectives, 149

prominent people, relations with, 150, 151, 1969-1971

quorum, 165, 166

responsibilities, 153

role of N.S.A., 126, 134, 136-138, 193

teaching, 118, 131, 142-144, 148

trust, 123

unity, 127, 128, 148

withdrawal, 203-205

Administrative Committees, 559

Administrative Order, 426

aristocratic form, 1-2-3-6, 426

autocratic, 2

petty details, 545

perfect form, 3

relationship of Cause to, 6

social order, 5

Administrative Rights, 178-217

Administrators, 117-153

Adoption, 467-472, 1250-1252

Adultery, 1156-1159

Advertising, 665, 828, 1181, 1247, 1450

Afro-Americans, 1778-1790, 1793, 1809-1811, 1814, 1816

Agriculture, 1857-1859

Ahmad, Tablet of, 1608

Alcohol, 181, 1151, 1159, 1171-1182, 1188, 237, 260

‘Alí, appointment of, 1665

Alimony, 1335-1337

America, 1

Ancestors, 699, 760, 761

Animals, 527, 1006, 994-995, 1010-1011, 1042, 1859

Annulment, 1332

Apartheid, 1805

Appeals, 218-223, 230

Arbitration, 1061, 1076

Archives, 326-333, 1625

Ark, 1716, 1609, 2052

Arson, 1198

Art, 334, 2110, 337, 338, 344

Artificial Insemination, 973, 1168

Arts and Crafts, 1881

Assemblies, 7-16, 17-51, 66, 548, 65, 72

Assistance, 406

Astrology, 1746-1752

Astronomy, 1746

Atheists, 1285

Atomic energy, 1585

Auctions, raffles, 849, 851, 852, 1201, 1202, 1204

Authors, 346-359

Automatic writing, 1753

Auxiliary Board, 1078, 1081, 1088, 1092, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1103-1117, 1118-1123, 1124-1127, 1129-1136

Ayyam-i-Há, 1023