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A cluster is a small geographic location in to which Bahá'ís are separated. There are close to 17,000 clusters worldwide and exist in all countries where the faith is permitted to operate. Clusters most closely resemble counties that exist in many countries in the world. In 2001 the Universal House of Justice instructed the Continental Board of Counsellors to assist the National Spiritual Assemblies around the world in dividing the localities they govern in to smaller, manageable regions. The criteria laid out by the Universal House of Justice were based on "culture, language, patterns of transport, infrastructure, and the social and economic life of the inhabitants." (more...)
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Hasan Balyuzi was a Hand of the Cause of God and prominent Iranian Bahá'í. He was born in Shiraz, Iran in Sept. 1908, he studied at the American University of Beirut and the London School of Economics. He worked for BBC in the Persian Section, part of his work involved translating English literature into Persian. To this day many of his translations remain the standard Persian versions. In 1941 he married Mary Brown, they had five sons. He remarked, "A girl has not been born into our family for two hundred years." He is well known for authoring many books on the Bahá'í Faith. (more...)
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The Odyssey of the Soul Draws on the literature of the Bahá'í Faith to answer age-old questions simply and directly. Where are we going? When will we arrive at our destination? What will it be like? What experiences will happen to us on the way? He charts the progress of the soul from its birth, through the physical world and to the end of its odyssey in the world of the spirit.
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Such is this mortal abode: a storehouse of afflictions and suffering. It is ignorance that binds man to it, for no comfort can be secured by any soul in this world, from monarch down to the most humble commoner. If once this life should offer a man a sweet cup, a hundred bitter ones will follow; such is the condition of this world. The wise man, therefore, doth not attach himself to this mortal life and doth not depend upon it…
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 200
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