The Administrative Order, which ever since 'Abdu'l-Baha's
ascension has evolved and is taking shape under our very eyes in no fewer than
forty countries of the world, may be considered as the framework of the Will
itself, the inviolable stronghold wherein this new-born child is being nurtured
and developed. This Administrative Order, as it expands and consolidates
itself, will no doubt manifest the potentialities and reveal the full
implications of this momentous Document -- this most remarkable expression of
the Will of One of the most remarkable Figures of the Dispensation of Baha'u'llah.
It will, as its component parts, its organic institutions, begin to function
with efficiency and vigour, assert its claim and demonstrate its capacity to be
regarded not only as the nucleus but the very pattern of the New World Order
destined to embrace in the fullness of time the whole of mankind.
- Shoghi
Effendi (From a message dated 8 February 1934, printed as ‘The Dispensation of
Baha'u'llah’ in ‘The World Order of Baha'u'llah’)
