Dearly loved friends,
At the inception of the Six Year Plan of the Universal House
of Justice, which coincided with dramatic changes in many aspects of society, a
new arena for rapid development of the Faith of God has been attained and the
purpose and aim of Bahá'u'lláh's Revelation have been unveiled before the very
eyes of Government Authorities, Heads of States and Scholars who were not even
aware of its existence.
At this rightful time the Universal House of Justice has
emphasized the importance of acquiring knowledge of the laws and ordinances
revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, and adopted the translation of the most Holy Book, the
Kitáb-i-Aqdas, into English as one of the sublime goals of this new plan.
Among the commandments and decrees revealed in this sacred
Book is the law of Huququ'lláh, previously applicable only to the friends in
the East. The Western friends became aware of this law with the dissemination
of the compilation of the Holy text and the Sacred writings prepared by the
Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
Huququ'lláh is an Arabic word composed of two words,
"Huquq" meaning "Rights" and "Allah" meaning
"God". Therefore, Huququ'lláh means "The Rights of God", a
part of the individual's possessions and income offered at the Threshold of the
Lord.
