The Will and Testament of Abdul Bahá, An Analysis
Author: Mirza Ahmad Sohrab
Publisher: Universal Pub. Co., New York. 132 E. 65th St. $1.50
Review by: anonymous
Abdul Bahá died in 1921. His will gave all authority to
young Shoghi Effendi. "To obey him is to obey God, and to turn away from
him is to turn away from God." There has arisen a division among Bahá'ís,
not about Shoghi Effendi, whom they all accept, but about the teaching and
ruling authority of the oligarchy around him. The present publication
represents the point of view of those who believe that one group of
leaders designated in the will, certain descendants and descendants-in-law
of the Bab, is "shot to pieces" and that "we have to fall back on [Abdul
Bahá's] general call, addressed to all the friends and loved ones, that
they should arise and bestir themselves, become even as balls of fire and
guide the nations to the vantage point wherefrom Bahá-O-Llah viewed the
complicated conditions of the earth."
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