Brief History

Shoghi Effend - The Guardian

   
^{Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith}

1921–1957 The ministry of the Guardian

During Shoghi Effendi’s ministry the Faith spread over the entire world, and its local and national administrative institutions, as envisioned and described by Bahá’u’lláh and elaborated upon by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Writings, were established. The Guardian also translated numerous Bahá’í scriptures from Arabic and Persian into English, wrote several major works, carried on a voluminous correspondence, and gave great impetus to the development of the Bahá’í World Centre in Haifa. With the passing of Shoghi Effendi in 1957, the line of hereditary leaders of the Bahá’í Faith came to an end.