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tag name Covenant-breaking type: Miscellaneous

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mis-spellings naqd-i-'ahd, náqidín; administrative sanctions; excommunication; excommunicate
related tags Apostasy; Covenant
referring tags Covenant-breakers (individuals)
Inventory subject Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers
notes "When a person declares his acceptance of Bahá’u’lláh as a Manifestation of God he becomes a party to the Covenant and accepts the totality of His Revelation. If he then turns round and attacks Bahá’u’lláh or the Central Institution of the Faith he violates the Covenant. If this happens every effort is made to help that person to see the illogicality and error of his actions, but if he persists he must, in accordance with the instructions of Bahá’u’lláh Himself, be shunned as a Covenant-breaker... The seriousness of Covenant-breaking is that it strikes at the very centre and foundation of the unity of mankind..." – Universal House of Justice, letter to an individual Bahá’í dated 23 March 1975, quoted in The Power of the Covenant, Part Two (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada, 1987), pp. 7-8, 75
"People who have withdrawn from the Cause because they no longer feel that they can support its Teachings and Institutions sincerely, are not Covenant-breakers—they are non-Bahá’ís and should just be treated as such. Only those who ally themselves actively with known enemies of the Faith who are Covenant-breakers, and who attack the Faith in the same spirit as these people, can be considered, themselves, to be Covenant-breakers. As you know, up to the present time, no one has been permitted to pronounce anybody a Covenant-breaker but the Guardian* himself." – from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, March 30, 1957, in Lights of Guidance, no. 601
* (Now the Universal House of Justice)
"... It is a pity that some of the Western friends, with remarkable naivete, do not grasp the fact that there is absolutely nothing keeping those who have broken the Covenant, whether Bahá'u'lláh's or the Master's, out of the Cause of God except their own inner spiritually sick condition. If they were sound, instead of diseased, and wanted to enter the service of our Faith, they would apply direct to the Guardian, and he would be able to adjudge of their sincerity and, if sincere, would welcome them into the ranks of the faithful... Unfortunately a man who is ill is not made well just by asserting there is nothing wrong with him! Facts, actual states, are what count. Probably no group of people in the world have softer tongues, or proclaim more loudly their innocence, than those who in their heart of hearts, and by their every act, are enemies of the Center of the Covenant. The Master well knew this, and that is why He said we must shun their company, but pray for them. If you put a leper in a room with healthy people, he cannot catch their health; on the contrary they are very likely to catch his horrible ailment." – from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, April 11, 1949, in Lights of Guidance, no. 618
"… Covenant-breaking is truly a spiritual disease, and the whole view-point and attitude of a Covenant-breaker is so poisonous that the Master likened it to leprosy, and warned the friends to breathe the same air was dangerous. This should not be taken literally; He meant when you are close enough to breathe the same air you are close enough to contact their corrupting influence. Your sister should never imagine she, loyal and devoted, has become a 'carrier'." – from a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, July 29, 1946, in Lights of Guidance, no. 602
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n.d.. Covenant Breaking. William Sears. Audio.
2025-12. Bahá'u'lláh's Warning to Mírzá Muḥammad-'Alí in a Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahájí: Provisional Translation and Commentary. Aaron J. R. Ferguson. — A warning concerning the possibility of Baha'u'llah's son straying from the cause; significance of t... Articles.
2025-06. Quddús and the Story of Joseph: A Typological Exploration. Boris Handal. — How Quddús can be understood through the lens of Joseph’s narrative of sacrifice, patience, and d... Articles.
2025-05. Execution of the Jewish Tribe of Banú Qurayẓih, The: Historical, Religious, and Ethical Considerations. Mohammad Norozi. — Examination of the historical context of this event from the days of the Prophet Muḥammad, 627 CE. Articles-unpublished.
2025. Managing the Fold: Punishment, Marginality, and Apostasy as Tools of Communal Governance. Iman Motlagh Arani. — How religious communities draw and maintain their boundaries; substance vs. rhetoric; guidance for s... Articles-unpublished.
2025. After Shoghi Effendi: Guardianship, Lineage, and the Limits of Claim. Iman Motlagh Arani. — Theological-legal analysis of the Baha’i Covenant as it pertains to the institution of the Guardia... Essays.
2023-11-28. Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice. — Overview of the Faith's developments and activities during the previous century, including the Guard... UHJ-letters.
2021. Aghsan, The. Grover Gonzales. — The article gives a new, different view of the development of the Bahai Covenant, the end of the Gua... Essays.
2021. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá. — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation... Writings.
2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025. Writings.
2018. Power and the Bahá'í community. Moojan Momen. — While Baha'i social teachings may have sounded new and exciting a century ago, that is no longer the... Articles.
2016. A Lost History of the Baha'i Faith, by Eric Stetson: Review. Grover Gonzales. — Critical review of a book about the history of some covenant-breaker groups. Reviews.
2014. Lighting the Western Sky: The Hearst Pilgrimage and the Establishment of the Bahá'í Faith in the West by Kathryn Jewett Hogenson: Review. Janet Ruhe-Schoen. Reviews.
2011-10. What is there to grieve about?. Abdu'l-Bahá, Fares Hedayati, trans, Bryn Higgins, trans. . Translations.
2010-04. Abdu'l-Baha's First Thousand-Verse Tablet: History and Provisional Translation. Ahang Rabbani, Khazeh Fananapazir. — Tablet revealed in 1897 in response to events in Akka and the rebellion against Abdu'l-Baha by his f... Articles.
2009/2012. Assessing the Claims of Nigar Bahá'í Amsalem. Adib Masumian. — On claims made by the great-granddaughter of Baha'u'llah, as presented in the outsider film Baha'is ... Essays.
2009-2019. Lists of Articles. Brent Poirier. — Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites. Essays.
2009-05-30. Bahá'í Schism Battles It out in Court. Manya A. Brachear. — Short article touching on a lawsuit to prevent covenant-breakers from using the word "Baha'i" and "T... Newspapers.
2009. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: Chapter 31 of Some Answered Questions. Moojan Momen. — An examination of covenant-breaking in the Baha’i Faith in terms of the Biblical reference to blas... Articles.
2009. Yahyá, Mírzá. Moojan Momen. — On the younger half-brother of Baha’u’llah, later his opponent, known as Subh-i-Azal, described ... Encyclopedia.
2008-03. With Abdu'l-Bahá: The Diary of Mirza 'Isa Khan Isfahani. Mirza `Isa Khan Isfahani, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. . — Account of a visit to Haifa, December 1919 - January 1920, by a little-known author Mirza 'Isa Khan ... Pilgrims.
2007. Bahá'í Covenant, The. Alí Nakhjavání. — The continuing importance of the Baha'i concept of the Covenant and its implications to an understan... Articles.
2007. Le destin de Mason Remey & de ceux qui l'ont suivi. Universal House of Justice, Pierre Spierckel, trans. . — Un texte du Centre mondial expliquant le caractère fondamental de l’Alliance et les conséquences... Articles.
2005-08-25. WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2005-0214, "uhj.net". Author unknown. — A legal ruling finding, against the Baha'is, that covenant breakers are allowed to use the domain uh... Documents.
2005. Passing of Shoghi Effendi, Ministry of the Hands of the Cause, and Defection of Mason Remey, The. Shahin Vafai. Essays.
2001-10-26. Mason Remey and Joel Bray Marangella. Chad Jones. — Short research note about Remey's claim to the Guardianship, which may have been inspired by Joel Ma... Resources.
2001. Unity Principle, The: Ideas of Social Concord and Discord in the Bahá'í Faith. Robert Stockman. — The concept of unity pervades Baha’i thought, expressed both in the functioning of Baha’i admini... Articles.
2001. Apostasía en al Marco Jurídico Bahá'í, La. Badi Villar Cardenas. — Este ensayo constituye uno de los primeros esfuerzos por construir una marco juridico para los proce... Articles.
2000. Covenant-breakers and other Enemies of the Faith, Writings of; Photographs of Baha'u'llah. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, comp. . — Baha'i scholars may, when needed, use books by Covenant Breakers, including William Miller's The Bah... Compilations.
1999-12-7. Covenant-breakers, Non-association with. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Continental Board of Counsellors, comp. . — Includes extracts regarding electronic communication with Covenant-Breakers. Compilations.
1998-01-05. Authority of the International Teaching Centre in Expelling Covenant-Breakers. Universal House of Justice. — On the role of the Counsellors and the ITC in protecting the Faith, and the process of expelling a p... UHJ-letters.
1998. Covenant-breakers, Electronic Communication with. Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Compilations.
1998. Biographies of Jamal-i-Burujirdi. Adib Taherzadeh, Dariush Lamie, Juan Cole. — Three short biographies of about the man who asked to be exempt from the laws of the Aqdas. Biographies.
1998. Tablet Concerning Covenant-Breakers: Excerpt. Abdu'l-Bahá, Ahang Rabbani, trans. . — Translation, posted to email list, of a portion of a Tablet revealed on the occasion of the expulsio... Translations.
1998. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume. Robert Stauffer, comp. — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992. Bibliographies.
1997-12. Episodes in the History of the Covenant (Waqáy-i-Tárikhiyyih dar 'Ahd wa Mitháq-i-Iláhi). Shoghi Effendi, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans, Mehdi Wolf, ed. . — Message revealed by the Guardian to the Baha'is of ‘Iran concerning the incorruptibility of the Co... Translations.
1997-11-18. Covenant-Breakers, Encountering Online. Universal House of Justice. — Actions Baha'is need or need not take upon meeting Covenant Breakers in online "chat rooms" or by em... UHJ-letters.
1997-06-04. Authority of the Hands of the Cause to direct the Faith and expel Covenant-breakers. Universal House of Justice. — Authority of the Hands of the Cause assume control of the Faith and eject Covenant-breakers followin... UHJ-letters.
1997-06-04. Kitab-i-Aqdas and the Expulsion of Covenant Breakers. Universal House of Justice. — Discussion of a reference in the Kitab-i-Aqdas to the possible end of the Guardianship, and the auth... UHJ-letters.
1997. Mason Remey and Those Who Followed Him. Universal House of Justice. — Letter from the US NSA on the importance of commitment to the covenant, a letter from the UHJ on cov... UHJ-letters.
1997. Fifteen Years of Failed Prophecy: Coping with cognitive dissonance in a Bahá'í sect. Robert W. Balch, John Domitrovich, Barbara Lynn Mahnke, Vanessa Morrison. — An academic article about the prophetic expectations of a covenant-breaker group, Baha’is Under th... Articles.
1996. Election and Infallibility of the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice. — Answers to three questions: Why were steps taken to elect a Universal House of Justice with the fore... UHJ-documents.
1995. Remey, Charles Mason. Robert Stockman. Encyclopedia.
1995. Covenant, The, and Covenant-breaker. Moojan Momen. Encyclopedia.
1992 [1905-1907]. Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá. — 'Abdu'l-Baha's Will and Testament consists of three parts - all three written in His own hand. The ... Writings.
1992. Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963, The: An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause. Universal House of Justice, Rúhíyyih Khánum. — Account of the stewardship of the Hands of the Cause of God from 1957-63, from the passing of Shoghi... UHJ-documents.
1991-06. Covenant-Breakers in Bahá'í Historiography. Universal House of Justice. — Baha'i scholars may, when needed, use books by Covenant Breakers. UHJ-letters.
1989. Divisions and Authority Claims in Babism (1850-1866). Denis MacEoin. — Factors leading to the division of Babism into the Azalis and the Baha'is, and the question of succe... Articles.
1988. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. . — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition. Compilations-personal.
1988. Protection of Diversity in the World Order of Baha'u'llah, The. Bahá'í World Centre Office of Public Information. — Statement dated December 29, 1985, released by the Baha'i International Community's Office of Public... BIC.
1983-04. When the Bombs Drop: Reactions to Disconfirmed Prophecy in a Millennial Sect. Robert W. Balch, Gwen Farnsworth, Sue Wilkins. — An academic article about the prophetic expectations of a covenant-breaker group, Baha’is Under th... Articles.
1974. Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith, An. Vernon Elvin Johnson. — Detailed study of major changes in the Faith's history, opposition to such changes, and their result... Theses.
1966. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States vs. New Mexico Covenant-Breakers. Author unknown. — Documents from the lawsuit by the NSA vs. the New Mexico covenant-breaker group "The National Spirit... Documents.
1960-05-31. Statement on Mason Remey from the Western Hands of the Faith. Corinne True, Hermann Grossmann, William Sears. — Background information on the claims of Remey, compiled by the Hands of the Cause of God in the West... Histories.
1958-01-14. Ahmad Sohrab and the New History Society. Paul E. Haney, Horace Holley, Corinne True. — Overview of the defection of Ahmad Sohrab and the formation of the "New History Society" and the "Ca... Histories.
1952/2003. Memories of Nine Years in Akka. Youness Khan Afroukhteh, Riaz Masrour, trans. . — Translation of Khatirat-i-Nuh-Saliy-i-‘Akka, the memoirs of Dr. Yúnis Afrukhtih, who served ‘Ab... Pilgrims.
1950. Covenant, The: An Analysis. George Townshend. — A study guide in outline form on the idea of a covenant, Messengers and their missions, the covenant... Compilations-personal.
1941-11. Basis of the Bahá'í Community, The: A Statement Concerning the New History Society. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. — A statement on Ahmad Sohrab's activities and its trademark infringement case. NSA-letters.
1941. United States National Spiritual Assembly vs. Mirza Ahmad Sohrab. Author unknown. — In 1941 the National Spiritual Assembly unsuccessfully sued Covenant Breaker Mirza Ahmad Sohrab for ... Documents.
1940/1967. Chosen Highway, The. Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. — Oral Baha'i histories collected by an eminent early English Baha'i, first published in 1940. Books.
1921. Prayer for Fathers. Abdu'l-Bahá, Ahmad Sohrab, trans. . — Tablet revealed for Albert Windust, first American publisher of the Baha'i Writings and founder of S... Translations.
1914/1918. Firmness in the Covenant and Protection of the Cause of God. Charles Mason Remey. — Two versions of an essay written in response to "certain conditions of violation" of the Covenant in... Articles.
1912-07-13. Center of the Covenant: Tablet to Mason Remey, interview with Badi'u'llah. Abdu'l-Bahá, Mirza Badi'u'llah, Ahmad Sohrab, trans. . — Brief interview conducted by Howard MacNutt. Includes a tablet from Abdu'l-Baha to Mason Remey. Histories.
1907. Epistle to the Bahá'í World, An. Mirza Badi'u'llah, Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. . — Letter from the half-brother of `Abdu'l-Baha about Badi'u'llah's exit from, return to, and then exit... Histories.
1900. Addresses Delivered before the New York and Chicago Assemblies. Abdel Karim Effendi Teherani, Anton Haddad, trans. . — Talks to the New York and Chicago assemblies, delivered at Abdu'l-Baha's request, to deepen the beli... Books.
1852-1922. Mention of the Babi and Baha'i Faiths in the New York Times 1852 - 1922. Various. — 45 articles and brief mentions, spanning 70 years. Newspapers.

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1939-08-27 — Gerrard Sluter-Schlutius— German-born, former U-boat captain, enrolled in November of 1932 and was...
1969-07-27 — In a cable from the Hands of the Cause in the Holy Land it was announced that Mason Remey had been e...

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tag name	Covenant-breaking	type:	Miscellaneous
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Covenant-breaking
variations or mis-spellings	naqd-i-'ahd, náqidín; administrative sanctions; excommunication; excommunicate
related tags	Apostasy; Covenant
referring tags	Covenant-breakers (individuals)
Inventory subject	Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers
notes	"When a person declares his acceptance of Bahá’u’lláh as a Manifestation of God he becomes a party to the Covenant and accepts the totality of His Revelation. If he then turns round and attacks Bahá’u’lláh or the Central Institution of the Faith he violates the Covenant. If this happens every effort is made to help that person to see the illogicality and error of his actions, but if he persists he must, in accordance with the instructions of Bahá’u’lláh Himself, be shunned as a Covenant-breaker... The seriousness of Covenant-breaking is that it strikes at the very centre and foundation of the unity of mankind..." – Universal House of Justice, letter to an individual Bahá’í dated 23 March 1975, quoted in The Power of the Covenant, Part Two (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada, 1987), pp. 7-8, 75 "People who have withdrawn from the Cause because they no longer feel that they can support its Teachings and Institutions sincerely, are not Covenant-breakers—they are non-Bahá’ís and should just be treated as such. Only those who ally themselves actively with known enemies of the Faith who are Covenant-breakers, and who attack the Faith in the same spirit as these people, can be considered, themselves, to be Covenant-breakers. As you know, up to the present time, no one has been permitted to pronounce anybody a Covenant-breaker but the Guardian* himself." – from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, March 30, 1957, in Lights of Guidance, no. 601 * (Now the Universal House of Justice) "... It is a pity that some of the Western friends, with remarkable naivete, do not grasp the fact that there is absolutely nothing keeping those who have broken the Covenant, whether Bahá'u'lláh's or the Master's, out of the Cause of God except their own inner spiritually sick condition. If they were sound, instead of diseased, and wanted to enter the service of our Faith, they would apply direct to the Guardian, and he would be able to adjudge of their sincerity and, if sincere, would welcome them into the ranks of the faithful... Unfortunately a man who is ill is not made well just by asserting there is nothing wrong with him! Facts, actual states, are what count. Probably no group of people in the world have softer tongues, or proclaim more loudly their innocence, than those who in their heart of hearts, and by their every act, are enemies of the Center of the Covenant. The Master well knew this, and that is why He said we must shun their company, but pray for them. If you put a leper in a room with healthy people, he cannot catch their health; on the contrary they are very likely to catch his horrible ailment." – from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, April 11, 1949, in Lights of Guidance, no. 618 "… Covenant-breaking is truly a spiritual disease, and the whole view-point and attitude of a Covenant-breaker is so poisonous that the Master likened it to leprosy, and warned the friends to breathe the same air was dangerous. This should not be taken literally; He meant when you are close enough to breathe the same air you are close enough to contact their corrupting influence. Your sister should never imagine she, loyal and devoted, has become a 'carrier'." – from a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, July 29, 1946, in Lights of Guidance, no. 602
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references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_schisms_in_the_Baháʼí_Faith; bahai9.com/wiki/Covenant-breaker; bahaipedia.org/Covenant-breaking; bahaiquotes.com/subject/covenant-breakers; bahaiquotes.com/subject/internet-covenant-breakers; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Covenant-breaking; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Covenant-breakers