Promised Day is Come

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Comparison of page numbers in 1980 version vs. previous versions

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Importance of Reading

“The collected messages of Shoghi Effendi to the American community published in such well-read and familiar titles as 'Bahá'í Administration', 'The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh', 'The Advent of Divine Justice', 'Messages to America', 'The Promised Day is Come' and 'Citadel of Faith', form part of the primary literature of the Faith.”

(From a letter dated 1 October 1987 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to a Bahá'í Publishing Trust, quoted in the compilation “Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi”, no. 15)

“ESSENTIAL THAT YOUTH THROUGH PROLONGED SYSTEMATIC STUDY WRITINGS BELOVED GUARDIAN ACQUIRE PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OPERATION OF FORCES OF DECLINE AND GROWTH CREATING UNIVERSAL FERMENT IN WORLD TODAY AND LEADING MANKIND FORWARD TO GLORIOUS DESTINY.”

(From a telex dated 4 August 1987 from the Universal House of Justice to the participants of the Youth Conference in Manchester, U.K., quoted in the compilation “Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi”, no. 14)

Original sources by paragraph

(The following is unfinished (finished those from Summons of the Lord of Hosts per https://bahai-library.com/zamir_slh_pb_crossreferenced#slh3 ) though for par. 92, the reference to Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Mulúk, par. 69 appears to be missing.)

• 3 - Original? (also in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 81)
• 3 - Original? (also in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 81)
• 3 - Original? (also in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 81)
• 3 - Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Súriy-i-Javád II, sec. 103
• 3 - Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Unnamed (the Hour I), sec. 61
• 3 - Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Unnamed (On Moderation), sec. 164
• 3 - ? ("The day will soon come," He, referring to the foolish ones of the earth, has written, "whereon they will cry out for help and receive no answer.")
• 3 - Original? (also in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 81)
• 4 - Selections from the Writings of the Báb (Qayyúm-i-Asmá', Chapter 3), p. 44
• 4 - Selections from the Writings of the Báb (Qayyúm-i-Asmá', Chapter 53), p. 72
• 4 - Selections from the Writings of the Báb (Qayyúm-i-Asmá', Chapter 57), p. 57
• 7 - Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Maqsúd or Ridvánu'l-'Adl?, sec. 12 (also in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 28)
• 7 - ? ("Abandon that which ye possess, and seize that which God...")
• 7 - ? ("We have fixed a time for you, O people...")
• 7 - Gleanings, Unnamed (a fixed time appointed), sec. CVIII (also in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 201)
• 7 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Mulúk, par. m53 (also in Gleanings, sec. LXVI, World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 178)
• 7 - Hidden Words, from the Persian, no. 63 (also in Gleanings, sec. CIV)
• 8 - ? (repeated in 112, 287; also in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 169, God Passes By, p. 217)
• 8 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal, par. h47 (also in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 169)
• 8 - ? (also cited in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 27, Century of Light, p. 95)

• 41 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Súriy-i-Mulúk), pars. m2-m4 passim, m6
• 42-46 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Súriy-i-Mulúk), pars. m7-m14 passim
• 64 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Súriy-i-Mulúk), par. m15
• 70 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Nápulyun II), par. h143
• 71 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Páp), pars. h102, h103, h102, h105
• 72 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Páp), pars. h106, h108 (latter has newer translation)
• 73 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Páp), pars. h112-h114 passim
• 74 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Páp), pars. h118, h120, h126
• 75 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rús), par. h158
• 75-76 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rús), pars. h159-h160
• 77-78 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rús), pars. h162-h163
• 78 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rús), par. h164, h170
• 79-81 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Malíkih), pars. h171-h173
• 82 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Malíkih), par. h185
• 97-99 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Sultán), pars. h192-h195
• 100 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Sultán), par. h230
• 101 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Sultán), par. h249
• 102 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Sultán), pars. h265, h266, h268
• 110 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Sultán), par. h221
• 111 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Ra'ís), pars. lr25, lr26
• 112 - ? (repeated in 112, 287; also in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 169, God Passes By, p. 217; also references Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal, par. h47)
• 113 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Sultán), pars. h276
• 152 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Súriy-i-Ra'ís), pars. sr5
• 153 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Ra'ís), pars. lr7, lr9
• 156 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Fu'ád), pars. f13
• 177 - Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 90 par. 0 (which also includes Qur'án 4:62 (4:59 traditional))
• 178 - Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 91 par. 1 (which also includes Romans 13:1-2, Romans 13:4)
• 179 - Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, pp. 91-92
• 180 - Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Bishárát, p. 28
• 181 - Kitáb-i-Aqdas, par. 83, 84
• 182 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Sultán), par. h217
• 183 - ?
• 184 - Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh man sa'ada ila 'llah, sec. 102 (also in Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 14)

• 185 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Súriy-i-Ra'ís), pars. sr21
• 208 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal, par. h89
• 224 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Súriy-i-Mulúk), pars. m108-m111 passim
• 247 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Páp), par. h115
• 256 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Páp), pars. h109, h111
• 261 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal (Lawh-i-Páp), pars. h127-h129 passim
• 271 - Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Haykal, par. h88

• 287 - Some Answered Questions, p. 65 (repeated in par. 297; also in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 205)

• 287 - ? (repeated in 112, 287; also in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 169, God Passes By, p. 217)

• 297 - Some Answered Questions, p. 65 (repeated in par. 287; also in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 205)

By Paragraph

92

• See Bringing oneself to account

294

• See Lawh-i-Dunyá for a statement of Shoghi Effendi on this paragraph.