The believers in Lahore:After the death of Shoghi Effendi, the whole community of Lahore understood well the need for the continuity of the Guardianship in the Baha’i Faith and wrote a letter to Mason Remey through Joel Bray Marangella accepting the Guardianship of the Second Guardian, Mason Remey. For the information of the reader, I am writing here some of the contents of the letter, written by Mr. Zafar Ali Khan:
“We thank Almighty God on this day, the 17th September 1960, when we received your Blessed Promulgation through Mr. (Joel Bray) Marangella of France for which [we]were anxiously waiting and trying from various sources and now we hereby declare allegiance to your authority as the second Guardian of the Baha’i Faith. The community accepting and supporting your Claim and desirous of serving the Beloved Faith under the direction of your infallible Commands consists of the following members:
1. Major Nawazish Ali Siyyid, Member of NSA Pakistan.
2. Mr. Kabir Khan, President LSA Lahore
3. Mr. Jan Mohammad, Vice-President LSA
4. Mr. Zafar Ali Khan, Secretary of LSA
5. Mr. Shabbir Hussain, Treasurer
6. Mr. Siraj Din, Member
7. Mrs. Nawazish Ali Siyyid
8. Mrs. Zafar Ali Khan
9. Subedar Ghulam Shah
The believers from Rawalpindi:
The Secretary of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Rawalpindi, Mr. S.A Kazmi, wrote a “two page” letter on 7th October 1960 addressed to the NSA, LSA, Baha’i Groups and isolated believers in Pakistan. The following is an excerpt from the letter:
“Ever since the death of our Beloved First Guardian of the Faith, Shoghi Effendi, we have been pondering over the question of the Guardianship that is inseparable from the Administration of the Baha’i Faith as given in the Will and Testament of the Beloved Master Abdu’l Baha…
We earnestly hope that the believers will read and re-read the Will and Testament of the Blessed Master Abdu’l Baha in a true Bahai spirit with a view to upholding the principle of independent investigation of truth since enunciated by Baha’u’llah and moreover when it is purely meant for this purpose and none else.
You are now to judge and decide individually whether you need the Divine Guidance through the line of Infallible Guardians exactly in accordance with the Will and Testament of Master Abdu’l Baha or Administration run by the Hands of the Faith contrary to the aforesaid Sacred Document, meets your spiritual requirements?”
11 comments:
Sir
I love baha'u'llah but I am very suspicious of the behaviour of bahais in pakistan and so I left the bahai faith. I found your blog very interesting and would love to join you. there are many inactive bahais in pakistan and i hope they will all love to join the opressed community of orthodox bahais. How many orthdox bahais are there in pakistan? do they have any wesbites or email or any other contact so we can get in touch with them. kindly reply here and I will check in 2 or 3 days.
dear anonymous, Allah'u'Abha
we are glad to know that you found our blog interesting. you are welcome to join us as our living guardian Joel B. Marangella is very kind and loving.
we would love to guide you regarding Pakistani Baha'i community. Please do send a letter on rajendraup@gmail.com by your email ID so that we can communicate with you further.
Thanks.
Are there in Pakistan? Among the Taliban or in the Army?
Please inform urgently.
Pakistan has Baha's but they are negligible community. Due to fundamentalists they do not come out and teach openly. There are fewer books on Guardianship, but, the Baha'is are learned and understand well about the Faith. We were unaware about the subject before the existance of Internet. The Will and Testament has made us sit and ponder, but we are confused. The administrative bodies are tight lipped on the issue and dicourages to talk on this issue.
you can contact me on this mail: 19mail@inbox.com.pk
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