Sequential excerpts from the book ‘God Passes By’, written in 1944 by Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith

5/16/25

References to the the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad and its designation as “a center of pilgrimage”

The House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad after
restoration in early 1930's
Within its walls

  • the “Most Great House of God,”
  • His “Footstool” and the “Throne of His Glory,”
  • “the Cynosure of an adoring world,”
  • the “Lamp of Salvation between earth and heaven,”
  • the “Sign of His remembrance to all who are in heaven and on earth,”
  • enshrining the “Jewel whose glory hath irradiated all creation,”
  • the “Standard” of His Kingdom,
  • the “Shrine round which will circle the concourse of the faithful” was irrevocably founded and permanently consecrated.
  • Upon it, by virtue of its sanctity as
    • Bahá’u’lláh’s “Most Holy Habitation” and
    • “Seat of His transcendent glory,”
  • was conferred the honor of being regarded as a center of pilgrimage second to none except the city of ‘Akká, His “Most Great Prison,” in whose immediate vicinity His holy Sepulcher, the Qiblih of the Bahá’í world, is enshrined.

 - Shoghi Effendi  (‘God Passes By’, chapter 7)