etters written on his behalf, has explained the
significance of the "letters B and E". They constitute the word "Be",
which, he states, "means the creative Power of God Who through His command
causes all things to come into being" and "the power of the Manifestation
of God, His great spiritual creative force".

The imperative "Be" in the original Arabic is the word "kun", consisting
of the two letters "kaf" and "nun". They have been translated by Shoghi
Effendi in the above manner. This word has been used in the Qur'an as
God's bidding calling creation into being.

189. this new World Order #181

In the Persian Bayan, the Bab stated: "Well is it with him who fixeth his
gaze upon the Order of Baha'u'llah, and rendereth thanks unto his Lord.
For He will assuredly be made manifest. God hath indeed irrevocably
ordained it in the Bayan." Shoghi Effendi identifies this "Order" with the
System Baha'u'llah envisages in the Aqdas, in which He testifies to its
revolutionizing effect on the life of humanity and reveals the laws and
principles which govern its operation.

The features of the "new World Order" are delineated in the Writings of
Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha and in the letters of Shoghi Effendi and the
Universal House of Justice. The institutions of the present-day Baha'i
Administrative Order, which constitute the "structural basis" of
Baha'u'llah's World Order, will mature and evolve into the Baha'i World
Commonwealth. In this regard, Shoghi Effendi affirms that the
Administrative Order "will, as its component parts, its organic
institutions, begin to function with efficiency and vigour, assert its
claim and demonstrate its capacity to be regarded not only as the nucleus
but the very pattern of the New World Order destined to embrace in the
fullness of time the whole of mankind".

For additional information on the evolution of this new World Order, see,
for example, the letters of Shoghi Effendi published in The World Order of
Baha'u'llah.

190. O source of perversion! #184

This is a reference to Mirza Yahya, known as Subh-i-Azal (Morning of
Eternity), a younger half-brother of Baha'u'llah, who arose against Him
and opposed His Cause. Mirza Yahya was nominated by the Bab to serve as a
figure-head for the Babi community pending the imminent manifestation of
the Promised One. At the instigation of Siyyid Muhammad-i-Isfahani (see
note 192), Mirza Yahya betrayed the trust of the Bab, claimed to be