Infallibility of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice

Nowhere in the Writings, does it say that Shoghi Effendi was inspired, infallible and in receipt of divine guidance only when he was interpreting. The contrary is true. Referring to the House of Justice and the Guardian, it is written that ‘Whatsoever they decide is of God’ (WTA 11). This is the opposite of limiting his divine guidance to interpretation alone. He himself has written, in ‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah’, that he has been given the power to view developments over several generations. The idea that Shoghi Effendi was only guided when he was interpreting, or that the Universal House of Justice is only guided when it is legislating, is wrong. We have to be 100 per cent sure that both Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice are under the protection of the Bab and Baha’u’llah. This is the reason why this Faith is so well founded and firmly established.

(SHOGHI EFFENDI: THE RANGE AND POWER OF HIS PEN by ‘Ali Nakhjavani, 2006)