Bahá'í Publishing Trust, Wilmette, IL 60091
COPYRIGHT © 1931, 1950 BY THE
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
BAHÁ'ÍS OF THE UNITED STATES
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
This translation by Shoghi Effendi was
first published in 1931. A second edition
with an introduction and index was pub-
lished in 1950 and was subsequently printed
seven times. First pocket-size edition 1983.
Reprinted 1985, 1989
ISBN 0-87743-022-5 hardcover
ISBN 0-87743-189-2 pocket size
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 51-22838
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA