1. 2026. Order of Bahá'u'lláh: A Systemic Taxonomy. Roger Coe. A visual study exploring the hierarchy, evolution, and distinctions of the New World Order; presentation and notes on the framework Shoghi Effendi described in God Passes By as "that self-same Order." Presentations.
2. 2025. God Passes By: Study Guide. Ehsan Bayat, comp. This study guide offers an accessible exploration of Shoghi Effendi's seminal work. It provides summaries, insights, and reflection questions to deepen understanding of Bahá’í history, key themes, and spiritual significance. Study.
3. 2014. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age. Nader Saiedi. A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Bahá'í history, key writings, and the need for scholarly study, translation, and contextual analysis of Bahá'í texts. Audio.
4. 2012. Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Jack McLean. Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of Hegel; the military metaphor; the language of interpretation; history of the apostolic age. Books.
5. 2011-04. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series. Hooper Dunbar. Six lectures series at Bosch Bahá'í School, April 15-17 2011. Audio.
6. 2009-03-08. Persian Manuscript of Nabíl's History (Táríkh-i-Nabíl), The. Universal House of Justice. Answers to various questions, including: have any publications made use of the original manuscript used by Shoghi Effendi for The Dawn-Breakers; can scholars inspect the one surviving copy; does a corrected version or a "second manuscript" exist? UHJ-letters.
7. 2009. Babi Heroism and the Recovery of the Heroic. Jack McLean. In defining the three ages of Bábí-Bahá’í history, Shoghi Effendi named the first the Heroic Age, thus aligning the virtue of heroism and the Bahá’í Faith’s metaphor of historical time, with The Bab as the tragic hero. Articles-unpublished.
8. 2006. Heroic in the Historical Writings of Shoghi Effendi and Nabil, The. Jack McLean. Unlike academic historians, Shoghi Effendi and Nabil interpret the events and characters they portray in moralistic terms. This paper explores the heroic motif through a literary framework in the model of Thomas Carlyle's concept of the prophet as hero. Articles-unpublished.
9. 2005. English Translations of French Passages in God Passes By. Brett Zamir, trans, Violetta Zein, trans. Translations.
10. 2004-09-06. Self-Defense, the Ungodly, Infallibility, and Sexual Violence and Abuse. Universal House of Justice. Answers to a number of questions, with extracts from four letters of the House, on self-defense, the ungodly, infallibility, sexual violence, and abuse. UHJ-letters.
11. 2003. Letters of the Quranic Dispensation and Letters of the Living (huruf). Universal House of Justice. Some meanings of the term huruf ("letters") in Bahá'í texts, including Letters of the Bayan, Letters of the Living, and Letters of the Quranic Dispensation. UHJ-letters.
12. 2002. God Passes By: Outline and cross-reference of chapters correlated with A Traveler's Narrative and The Dawn-Breakers. Brett Zamir, comp. A variety of indexes and tables correlating these three books. Study.
13. 2001. Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in "The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah". Brian Wittman. Some references to Islam in Shoghi Effendi's English-language writings. Articles.
14. 2001. Century of Light. Universal House of Justice. Survey of the history and dramatic changes of the 20th Century and the Bahá'í Faith's emergence from obscurity, "demonstrating on a global scale the unifying power with which its Divine origin has endowed it." UHJ-documents.
15. 2001. Traveler's Narrative, A Study Outline and Cross-Reference. Brett Zamir, comp. Summary headings and correlation of passages with The Dawn-Breakers, God Passes By, the Lawh-i-Sultán, and other works. Study.
16. 2000-2024. Covenant Library Unified Index and Glossary. Covenant Library, comp. A comprehensive glossary and reference index of Bahá'í sacred texts and literature, organized in two parts: Bahá'u'lláh's Writings and general entries. (Off-site) Glossaries.
17. 2000. Characterization in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi: With Special Attention to Yahya. Jack McLean. The Guardian employed a creative literary device of adding moralistic comment about historical figures, such as kings and clerics, casting them as "heroes" or "villains." Mirza Yahya is depicted with aspects of the demonic. Articles-unpublished.
18. 2000. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination. Bahíyyih Nakhjavání. On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjective stories, between art as the representation of reality and faith based on the Word of God. We inherited a responsibility to resolve this tension. Articles.
19. 1998. Tablet of the Centennial. Shoghi Effendi, Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. . Partial translation of an epistle to the Persian-speaking Bahá'ís, written shortly after "God Passes By" in 1944. Includes English translation of Muhammad Varqa's "Le Style persan du Gardien." Translations.
20. 1993-02-15. Biblical discrepancies in God Passes By. Universal House of Justice. Citation errors for quotations from Ezekiel in God Passes By. UHJ-letters.
21. 1991. Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith [1991 republication], The. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Compilations.
22. 1973-04-21. Station and Titles of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, The. Shoghi Effendi. Two excerpts from Shoghi Effendi's writings, one from "The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh" and the other from God Passes By. Guardian.
23. 1971 [1944]. God Passes By. Shoghi Effendi. The classic — and canonical — historical summary and interpretation of the significance of the development of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions from 1844 to 1944. Writings.
24. 1970. God Passes By: A Study Guide. Horace Holley. Thematic index to the Guardian's key historical work. Study.
25. 1956. Notes on Words of the Guardian. Virginia Orbison. Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Made by Virginia Orbison, January 15 to February 11". Pilgrims.
26. 1944/1971. God Passes By: Introduction. George Townshend. Original introduction, which is often omitted from print and online versions of the book. Essays.
27. 1944. Description of the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), A. Shoghi Effendi. Overview of the Kitáb-i-Íqán, Bahá’u’lláh’s central doctrinal work, explaining progressive revelation, interpreting scripture, affirming prophetic unity, and laying foundations for reconciliation. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference. Excerpts.
28. 1944. Description of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, A. Shoghi Effendi. Overview of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as Bahá’u’lláh’s Most Holy Book, establishing His laws, institutions, and Covenant, and serving as the charter of a new world order. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference. Excerpts.
29. 1944. Description of Tablets Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, A. Shoghi Effendi. Overview of Bahá’u’lláh’s later Tablets clarifying His laws and teachings, proclaiming human unity, justice, peace, world order, and principles guiding humanity’s collective maturity. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference. Excerpts.
30. 1944. Description of the Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh, A. Shoghi Effendi. Overview of Bahá’u’lláh’s proclamation to world rulers and religious leaders, calling them to justice, unity, peace, and recognition of His Revelation. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference. Excerpts.
31. 1944. God Passes By: Foreword. Shoghi Effendi. Introduction only, posted separate for reference as it is one of the most significant of the Guardian's writings. Essays.

1. 1944-01-22 — Prior to mailing the manuscript to Horace Holley, Shoghi Effendi made the last corrections of the last installment of God Passes By. At that time the book had the working title of "Prospect and Retrospect". This marked the culmination of approximately two years of almost continuous work. [PP222]

   See Ruhiyyih Khanum's account of Shoghi Effendi's writing of taken from The Priceless Pearl on Blogspot 7 April 2025.

2. 1944-11-15 —
   The publication of God Passes By, a survey of the history of the first century of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths by Shoghi Effendi. [BBRSM137; CB308; PG217-218; GPBXI; Collins5.62]
   • Shoghi Effendi intended the book to be a gift to the Bahá'ís of the West on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb but conditions in the United States delayed its publication. [GT79–80; PP224]
   • For information on how Shoghi Effendi wrote the book, "the only true book we have from his pen", see GBF95–6 and PP222–4.
   • Shoghi Effendi also wrote a shorter version of the same theme as God Passes By in Persian. [PP420]
   • See A User's Guide to God Passes By on Bahá'í Blog.
   • See Shoghi Effendi: The Range and Power of His Pen by 'Ali Nakhjavani p113 for information on the writing of God Passes By.

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