tual father" who "endoweth
his child with everlasting life". He explains that this is the reason that
"teachers are listed among the heirs" in the "Law of God".

Baha'u'llah specifies the conditions under which the teacher inherits and
the share he or she receives (Q and A 33).

41. When We heard the clamour of the children as yet unborn, We doubled
their share and decreased those of the rest. #20

In the Bab's laws of inheritance the children of the deceased were
allotted nine parts consisting of 540 shares. This allocation constituted
less than a quarter of the whole estate. Baha'u'llah doubled their portion
to 1,080 shares and reduced those allotted to the other six categories of
heirs. He also outlines the precise intention of this verse and its
implications for the distribution of the inheritance (Q and A 5).

42. the House of Justice #21

In referring to the House of Justice in the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Baha'u'llah
does not always explicitly distinguish between the Universal House of
Justice and the Local House of Justice, both of which institutions are
ordained in that Book. He usually refers simply to "the House of Justice",
leaving open for later clarification the level or levels of the whole
institution to which each law would apply.

In a Tablet enumerating the revenues of the local treasury, 'Abdu'l-Baha
includes those inheritances for which there are no heirs, thus indicating
that the House of Justice referred to in these passages of the Aqdas
relating to inheritance is the local one.

43. Should the deceased leave offspring, but none of the other categories
of heirs #22

Baha'u'llah clarifies that "This ruling hath both general and specific
application, which is to say that whenever any category of this latter
class of heirs is absent, two thirds of their inheritance pass to the
offspring and the remaining third to the House of Justice" (Q and A 7).

44. We have assigned the residence and personal clothing of the deceased
to the male, not female, offspring, nor to the other heirs. #25

In a Tablet, 'Abdu'l-Baha indicates that the residence and personal
clothing of a deceased man remain in the male line. They pass to the
eldest son and in the absence of the eldest son, they pass to the
second-eldest son, and so on. He explains that this provision is an
expression of the law of primogeniture, which has invariably been upheld
by the Law of God. In a Tablet to a follower of t