Education Book2

A. A.
Furútan
Bahá’í Education
for Children
Book 2
“...for when the bough is green and tender

it will grow in whatever way ye train it.”
A Teacher's Guide
For Children 7 Years Old
"AHÉÓ %DUCATION
FOR #HILDREN
"OOK
&OR CHILDREN
YEARS OLD
! 4EACHERS 'UIDE
BY ! ! &URÞTAN
"AHÉÓ 0UBLISHING 4RUST

3OUTH !FRICA
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#ONTENTS
&OREWORD W
)NTRODUCTION
&ORMAT OF A 4YPICAL ,ESSON
'ETTING TO +NOW THE #HILDREN 2EVIEW OF
,ESSONS AND FROM "OOK
2EVIEW OF ,ESSONS AND FROM "OOK
7HAT IS A "AHÉÓ
2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
5NITY
2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
/NENESS OF 2ELIGIONS 0LAY
/NENESS OF 2ELIGIONS 0LAY CONTINUED
3OME ,AWS OF "AHÉULLÉH #LEANLINESS
3OME ,AWS OF "AHÉULLÉH CONTINUED
3OME ,AWS OF "AHÉULLÉH CONTINUED
!LWAYS 4ELLING THE 4RUTH
7AKING UP %ARLY IN THE -ORNING AND
2ECITING 0RAYERS
+INDNESS TO !NIMALS
2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
"EING +IND TO THE 0OOR
,EARNING A .EW 0RAYER
2EVIEW OF 0RAYER FROM ,ESSON
3HOGHI %FFENDI THE 'UARDIAN OF THE "AHÉÓ &AITH
,EARNING A 3ONG
4HE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE
2EVIEW OF ,ESSONS AND
0REPARING FOR THE 9EAR %ND #ELEBRATION
9EAR %ND #ELEBRATION
2EFERENCES
4EACHING AND LEARNING ACCORDING TO THE

DECISIVE TEXTS OF THE "LESSED "EAUTY IS A DUTY
7HOSOEVER IS INDIFFERENT THEREIN DEPRIVETH
HIMSELF OF THE GREAT BOUNTY
@!BDUL "AHÉ
&OREWORD
"AHÉÓ EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
LINES OF ACTION FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE "AHÉÓ COMMU
NITIES 4HROUGH CHILDRENS EDUCATION THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
CAN GRADUALLY BE TRANSFORMED /BSERVING THE GREAT NEED FOR
A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THIS TASK SOME mGUZ YEARS AGO (AND
OF THE #AUSE OF 'OD @!LÓ !KBAR &URÞTAN DEVELOPED A SET OF
BOOKS FOR THE "AHÉÓ EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 4HE BOOKS WERE
WRITTEN IN THE 0ERSIAN LANGUAGE FOR USE IN THE "AHÉÓ COMMU
NITIES IN ·RÉN 0ERSIA AND WERE KNOWN AS THE +ITÉB I $ARS
I !KHLAGH "OOKS FOR -ORAL %DUCATION 4HE SET INCLUDED
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AGED TO n AND A 4EACHERS -ANUAL
ON THE PRINCIPLES OF "AHÉÓ EDUCATION
!N ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM WAS PUT IN PLACE BY THE .ATIONAL
3PIRITUAL !SSEMBLY OF THE "AHÉÓS OF ·RÉN TO ASSIST GENERATIONS
OF "AHÉÓ CHILDREN TO ATTEND THESE CLASSES lRST AS STUDENTS
AND LATER ON IN THEIR YOUTH AND ADULTHOOD AS TEACHERS !VAIL
ABILITY OF THESE MATERIALS AND THE EFFORTS OF VARIOUS INSTITU
TIONS OF THE &AITH AND PARENTS TO SYSTEMATICALLY FOLLOW UP THE
PROGRESS AND ASSIST "AHÉÓ COMMUNITIES TO HOLD CHILDRENS
CLASSES MADE CHILDRENS EDUCATION A VITAL ACTIVITY IN ALMOST
EVERY "AHÉÓ COMMUNITY IN ·RÉN
)NSPIRED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE &OUR 9EAR 0LAN AND THE NEED FOR
THE SYSTEMATISATION OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT A GROUP
OF "AHÉÓ FRIENDS IN :AMBIA DECIDED TO TRANSLATE THESE BOOKS
INTO %NGLISH FOR POSSIBLE USE BY INTERESTED NATIONAL COMMU
NITIES )T WAS OBVIOUS FROM THE OUTSET THAT THE BOOKS NEEDED
NOT ONLY TO BE TRANSLATED BUT ADAPTED IN MANY INSTANCES
7ITH THE FULL PERMISSION OF -R &URÞTAN THE ADAPTATION
AND CHANGES MADE IN THE BOOKS INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE
UPDATE OF THE PROGRESS OF THE &AITH MODIlCATIONS BASED ON
CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS AND THE ADDITION OF NEW TOPICS 7E
ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO -R &URÞTAN FOR HIS KIND PERMISSION TO
MAKE THESE CHANGES
"AHÉÓ %DUCATION FOR #HILDREN "OOK W

7E ARE ALSO THANKFUL TO THE FRIENDS WHO TRANSLATED THE BOOKS
FOR THEIR INTEREST AND HARD WORK -AY THEIR MERITORIOUS SERV
ICE BE CROWNED WITH THE BOUNTY OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE
"LESSED "EAUTY
.ATIONAL 3PIRITUAL !SSEMBLY OF THE "AHÉÓS OF :AMBIA
,USAKA *UNE
.OTE ON 3OUTH !FRICAN %DITION

)N PREPARING THIS EDITION AN ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO CARRY
ON THE WORK OF IMPROVING THESE BOOKS BY MAKING CORRECTIONS
TO THE TEXT AND REVIEWING SOME OF THE STORIES IN THE LIGHT OF
VERSIONS ALREADY PUBLISHED IN THE 7EST
3OME OF THE LAWS MENTIONED IN THE LESSONS ARE NOT YET APPLI
CABLE TO ALL "AHÉÓS 4HERE IS NO HARM IN TEACHING THESE TO
CHILDREN WHO CAN BE TOLD THEY WILL APPLY AT A TIME IN THE
FUTURE WHEN THE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE NOTIlES THE
&RIENDS 3UCH LAWS ARE INDICATED AS @NOT YET UNIVERSALLY BIND
ING IN THE LESSONS
%DITOR
WJ "AHÉÓ %DUCATION FOR #HILDREN "OOK

)NTRODUCTION
"OOK IS FOR TEACHERS AND IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF DIALOGUE
AND DISCUSSION WITH THE CHILDREN 4HE CONTENT OF EACH LESSON IS
GIVEN AS A GUIDE AND TEACHERS SHOULD FEEL FREE TO ADD AND SUBTRACT
ON THE BASIS OF THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE )N OTHER WORDS TEACHERS CAN
COMPLEMENT THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK WITH SIMILAR TOPICS AS LONG
AS THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE &AITH IS NOT LOST IN THE PROC
ESS
3PIRITUAL AND MORAL SUBJECTS ARE BEST CONVEYED TO THE CHILDREN
THROUGH DIALOGUE AND CONSULTATION 4HIS IS AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF
STRENGTHENING THE SPIRITUAL AWARENESS OF CHILDREN AS THROUGH IT
THEIR PURE AND SENSITIVE HEARTS CAN BE TOUCHED #HILDREN AS WELL
AS ADULTS ENJOY LISTENING TO STORIES 4EACHERS SHOULD EXPLAIN VARI
OUS SUBJECTS IN A SIMPLE BUT CONCISE MANNER COMPLEMENTED WITH
TENDER AND HEART WARMING EXAMPLES AND STORIES )N THIS WAY CHIL
DREN WILL GROW TO APPRECIATE AND SEE THE NEED FOR GOOD MANNERS
AND ACCEPTABLE WAYS OF EXPRESSION AND WILL GROW TO DISLIKE BAD
MANNERS
4HE -ESSENGERS OF 'OD IN THE PAST OFTEN PRESENTED SPIRITUAL CON
CEPTS IN THE FORM OF STORIES AND EXAMPLES )T IS SAID OF *ESUS IN
THE "IBLE h(E USED PARABLES TO TELL THEM MANY THINGSv -ATTHEW
)N THE 1URÉN TOO MANY SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN REVEALED IN THE
FORM OF STORIES AND EXAMPLES )N THIS AGE EVEN THOUGH HUMANITY
HAS BECOME MORE MATURE THE "LESSED "EAUTY "AHÉULLÉH HAS
GIVEN MESSAGES THROUGH EXAMPLES SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING FOUND IN
ONE OF (IS PRAYERS
) AM / MY 'OD BUT A TINY SEED WHICH 4HOU HAST SOWN IN
THE SOIL OF 4HY LOVE AND CAUSED TO SPRING FORTH BY THE HAND
OF 4HY BOUNTY 4HIS SEED CRAVETH THEREFORE IN ITS INMOST
BEING FOR THE WATERS OF 4HY MERCY AND THE LIVING
FOUNTAIN OF 4HY GRACE 3END DOWN UPON IT FROM THE
HEAVEN OF 4HY LOVING KINDNESS THAT WHICH WILL ENABLE
IT TO mOURISH BENEATH 4HY SHADOW AND WITHIN THE
BORDERS OF 4HY COURT 4HOU ART (E 7HO WATERETH
"AHÉÓ %DUCATION FOR #HILDREN "OOK

THE HEARTS OF ALL THAT HAVE RECOGNIZED 4HEE FROM 4HY
PLENTEOUS STREAM AND THE FOUNTAIN OF 4HY LIVING WATERS
0RAISED BE 'OD THE ,ORD OF THE WORLDS
"AHÉULLÉH
3TORIES AND EXAMPLES THEREFORE PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN HELPING CHIL
DREN TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS 4EACH
ERS SHOULD TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THIS APPROACH AND ASSIST THE
CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND VARIOUS CONCEPTS THROUGH THE USE OF STO
RIES %DUCATION IS EFFECTIVE ONLY WHEN IT PENETRATES THE SOUL OF THE
CHILD AND USING SOUL STIRRING STORIES IS ONE OF THE BEST APPROACHES
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS4HIS IS WHY MANY AUTHORS WRITE STORIES FOR CHIL
DREN OFTEN CONVEYING MORAL ISSUES WHILE ENTERTAINING AT THE SAME
TIME 4EACHERS CONSIDERING THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS SHOULD
RESEARCH AND IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE STORIES FROM THE HISTORY OF THE
&AITH AND FROM "AHÉÓ AND NON "AHÉÓ WRITERS (OWEVER TEACHERS
SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT NOT ALL CHILDREN ENJOY THE SAME TYPE OF
STORY 3OME ENJOY FUNNY STORIES WHILE OTHERS ENJOY SAD ONES 'IRLS
MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT TASTE FOR STORIES THAN BOYS7HATEVER THE CASE
MAY BE TEACHERS ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO IDENTIFY THESE NEEDS
AND CHOOSE STORIES ACCORDINGLY4HE UNDERLYING FACTOR IN THE SELEC
TION PROCESS HOWEVER MUST BE TO CONVEY THE SPIRIT OF THE TEACH
INGS OF "AHÉULLÉH TO THE CHILDREN
3ONGS "AHÉÓ AND OTHER MORAL SONGS ARE ALSO EFFECTIVE TOOLS
FOR STRENGTHENING THE TENDER FEELINGS OF CHILDREN 4EACHERS SHOULD
ALWAYS BE CONSCIOUS OF THE LEVEL OF INTEREST THE STUDENTS SHOW
IN THE SONGS AND MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEREST BY
TEACHING SONGS THAT THE CHILDREN APPRECIATE
!S STATED IN THE INTRODUCTION TO "OOK GREAT EMPHASIS MUST BE
PLACED ON THE SPIRITUAL ATMOSPHERE AND THE SENSE OF REVERENCE AND
RESPECT SHOWN WHEN SAYING PRAYERS 4HIS WILL INSTIL IN THE CHILDREN
FROM AN EARLY AGE THE CONCEPT OF PRAYERS BEING hCONVERSATION WITH
'ODv AND THEREFORE THE GREATEST RESPECT MUST BE SHOWN
0LAYS AND DRAMA ARE OTHER TOOLS TO KEEP CHILDRENS ATTENTION
4HE PLAY INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN IN A SIMPLE WAY TO ENABLE
THE CHILDREN TO ACT IN THE PLAY WITH LITTLE DIFlCULTY
)N ORDER FOR TEACHERS TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THEIR STUDENTS IT
IS ADVISABLE FOR THEM TO VISIT EACH STUDENTS HOME AND GET TO KNOW
THE PARENTS AND THE SETTING IN WHICH THEY ARE LIVING 4HIS MAY ALSO
ENABLE THE TEACHER TO ASSIST THE PARENTS IN THEIR CHILDS UPBRINGING
SHOULD THERE BE A NEED AND THE SITUATION ALLOW
4EACHERS MUST SHOW THE UTMOST RESPECT TOWARDS THEIR STUDENTS
#HILDREN ARE SENSITIVE AT THIS AGE AND THE TREATMENT THEY RECEIVE
FROM THEIR TEACHERS MAY BECOME THEIR OWN MEASURE FOR TREATING
OTHERS IN LIFE
4HE DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION PERIOD SHOULD BE SUCH AS TO ATTRACT
AND MAINTAIN THE ATTENTION OF THE STUDENTS 4EACHERS SHOULD
ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS lND THE DISCUSSION INTERESTING AND WILL
INGLY TAKE PART IN IT 4HE DISCUSSION PERIOD SHOULD NORMALLY NOT
LAST MORE THAN HALF AN HOUR AT ANY ONE TIME
4EACHERS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEY REVIEW ALL LESSONS PRIOR TO
GOING TO THE CLASS AND THAT THEY HAVE ALSO STUDIED THE 4EACHERS
-ANUAL
! ! &URÞTAN

&ORMAT OF A 4YPICAL ,ESSON
%ACH CHILDRENS LESSON WILL FOLLOW BASICALLY THE SAME FORMAT )T IS
HELPFUL FOR CHILDREN TO BE IN A STRUCTURED AND FAMILIAR ENVIRON
MENT 4HEY WILL SOON LEARN THE FORMAT OF THE CLASS AND WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO EACH PART OF IT 4HE CLASS WILL BEGIN WITH PRAYERS 4HEN
THE TEACHER AND CHILDREN WILL REVIEW WHAT WAS LEARNED IN THE PRE
VIOUS CLASS 4HERE IS A BRIEF BREAK AFTER THE REVIEW WHICH INCLUDES
SONGS GAMES AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEACHER TO REGISTER THE
STUDENTS &OLLOWING THE BREAK THE NEW LESSON WILL BE PRESENTED
USUALLY WITH A BRIEF EXPLANATION A STORY AND SOMETIMES A QUOTA
TION OR PRAYER TO LEARN )F THE TEACHER HAS MATERIALS FOR THE CHIL
DREN TO USE THEY MAY THEN DRAW AND COLOUR PICTURES RELATED TO THE
LESSON 4HE CLASS WILL CLOSE WITH A PRAYER AND THEN A lNAL SUGGES
TION FROM THE TEACHER ASKING THE CHILDREN TO DO SOMETHING SPE
CIlC AT HOME "ELOW IS A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EACH PART
OF THE CLASS
/PENING PRAYER n %ACH LESSON SHOULD BEGIN WITH AN OPENING
PRAYER /NE OF THE STUDENTS OR THE TEACHER MAY SAY A PRAYER TO
START THE LESSON )F MORE THAN ONE STUDENT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A
PRAYER THIS WOULD ALSO BE ACCEPTABLE AS IT IS GOOD TO ENCOURAGE
THE CHILDREN TO DO THIS )F THEY ALL KNOW THE SAME PRAYER HOWEVER
THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR EACH OF THEM TO RECITE IT 4HAT CAN BE DONE
LATER AS A CLASS ACTIVITY
2EVIEW OF PREVIOUS LESSON n %XCEPT FOR THE lRST TWO LESSONS
EACH LESSON WILL BEGIN BY REVIEWING WHAT WAS LEARNED IN THE PREVI
OUS CLASS 4HE TEACHER CAN ASK QUESTIONS TO GIVE THE CHILDREN A
CHANCE TO RECALL WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED
"REAK SONGS GAMES STORIES STUDENT REGISTRATION AND CHIL
DRENS CLEANLINESS n !FTER THE REVIEW THE CHILDREN WILL ENJOY SING
ING AND LEARNING NEW SONGS AND PLAYING GAMES
3ONGS n #HILDREN SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO LEARN "AHÉÓ
SONGS )F THE TEACHER KNOWS HOW TO PLAY A GUITAR OR A LOCAL
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THIS WILL ADD TO THE JOYFUL ATMOSPHERE
OF THE CLASS -EMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO PLAY MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS MAY ALSO BE INVITED TO PLAY FOR THE CHILDREN
'AMES n )F THE LOCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT ARE SUITABLE
FOR SIMPLE GAMES THE TEACHER MAY PLAY WITH THE CHILDREN
THIS WILL HELP THEM NOT TO BECOME BORED 'AMES ARE ALREADY
INCLUDED WITH EACH LESSON IN THESE MATERIALS /F COURSE IF
THERE IS ANOTHER GAME THAT THE CHILDREN ENJOY YOU SHOULD
FEEL FREE TO USE IT #HOOSE GAMES THAT ARE SUITABLE TO THE CHIL
DRENS AGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 'AMES SHOULD BE PLAYED
UNDER THE TEACHERS SUPERVISION )F THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT
SUITABLE FOR THIS PURPOSE THE CHILDREN CAN BE ASKED TO HAVE A
BREAK AND REST WITH THE TEACHER LOVINGLY PATIENTLY AND lRMLY
ENSURING THAT THEY MAINTAIN ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR
3TORIES n 4HE CHILDREN SHOULD ALSO BE TOLD STORIES 4HE
TEACHER SHOULD TRY TO TELL THE CHILDREN WHENEVER APPROPRIATE
INTERESTING STORIES WITH POSITIVE AND SPIRITUAL MORALS /THER
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAN ALSO BE INVITED TO THE CLASS
FOR THE SAME PURPOSE 4APES OF INTERESTING STORIES CAN BE
PLAYED AT TIMES
3TUDENT REGISTRATION n 4HE TEACHER SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE BREAK TIME TO REGISTER THE STUDENTS IN A NOTEBOOK SPE
CIALLY PREPARED AND MAINTAINED FOR THIS PURPOSE4HE TEACHER
CAN ASK THE CHILDREN TO LISTEN FOR THEIR NAMES 7HEN THE
TEACHER CALLS A CHILDS NAME THE CHILD CAN STAND UP TO SHOW
THAT HE OR SHE IS PRESENT 7HEN THE TEACHER NOTICES ONE OF
THE STUDENTS HAS NOT ATTENDED FOR MORE THAN ONE OR TWO SES
SIONS HE OR SHE MAY ENQUIRE FROM THE OTHERS AND FROM THE
STUDENTS PARENTS AND MAY HELP IF POSSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE THE
STUDENT TO ATTEND REGULARLY
#HILDRENS CLEANLINESS n !NOTHER OBJECTIVE OF THE BREAK TIME
IS FOR THE TEACHER TO SEE IF ALL THE STUDENTS HAVE PAID SUFlCIENT
ATTENTION TO BEING CLEAN 5NDOUBTEDLY THIS MUST BE DONE
WITH UTMOST LOVE KINDLINESS AND PATIENCE AND WITHOUT ANY
STUDENT FEELING IN THE SLIGHTEST WAY THAT HE OR SHE IS BEING
INSPECTED FOR CLEANLINESS 4HE TEACHER LOVINGLY AND KINDLY
TRIES TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE CHILDREN TO SEE IF ANY ONE OF THEM
HAS NEGLECTED THIS IMPORTANT MATTER 3HOULD IT BE NECESSARY
THE TEACHER MAY WITHOUT ADDRESSING ANY ONE GIVEN CHILD INI
TIATE A DISCUSSION IN WHICH THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS AND
THE DISADVANTAGES OF UNCLEANLINESS ARE EXPLAINED TO THEM
.EW LESSON STORY OR MEMORIZATION n 4HIS IS THE NEW MATE
RIAL PRESENTED DURING THE LESSON )T MAY BE A STORY THAT THE TEACHER
TELLS TO THE CHILDREN OR A PRAYER FOR THE CHILDREN TO MEMORIZE
4HERE IS EVEN A LESSON WHERE THE CHILDREN WILL LEARN A PLAY DURING
THIS PART OF CLASS 2EMEMBER THAT STORIES SHOULD BE TOLD IN WAYS
THAT MAKE THEM INTERESTING TO THE CHILDREN 4HE TEACHER SHOULD
LEARN THE STORY BEFORE TELLING IT
$RAWING AND COLOURING PICTURES IF MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE n
#HILDREN ENJOY DRAWING AND COLOURING AND THIS SHOULD BE ENCOUR
AGED WHENEVER POSSIBLE ! PICTURE CAN BE INCLUDED WITH EACH
LESSON OF THE COURSE )F THE TEACHER HAS PAPER AND COLOURING MATE
RIALS HE OR SHE MAY TRACE THE PICTURES FOR THE CHILDREN TO COLOUR
4HE PARENTS AND THE "AHÉÓ COMMUNITY MAY BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE
SUCH ITEMS OR HELP RAISE FUNDS TO BUY THEM
#LOSING PRAYER n %ACH CLASS WILL END WITH A CLOSING PRAYER )T IS
GOOD TO ENCOURAGE THE CHILDREN TO SAY A PRAYER (OWEVER IF NONE
OF THEM KNOWS ONE THE TEACHER MAY SAY ONE !LSO THE TEACHER
SHOULD LOVINGLY REMIND THE CHILDREN HOW TO BEHAVE WHEN PRAYERS
ARE BEING SAID 4HEY SHOULD BE STILL AND LISTEN QUIETLY AND ATTEN
TIVELY
4EACHERS SUGGESTION FOR THE WEEK n "EFORE THE CHILDREN LEAVE
THE TEACHER WILL REMIND THEM OF WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED AND WILL
ASK THEM TO DO SOMETHING AT HOME 4HE TEACHER MAY ASK THEM
SIMPLY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED OR TO TELL THE STORY
THEY HAVE HEARD IN CLASS TO THEIR FAMILY OR TO PRACTISE THE PRAYER
THEY ARE MEMORIZING OR PRACTISE BEING CLEAN AND SO ON

)N THE .AME OF 'OD THE 0URE THE !LL 3UFlCING
'ETTING TO +NOW THE #HILDREN

2EVIEW OF ,ESSONS AND FROM
"OOK
/PENING 0RAYER
!S MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RECITE THE PRAYERS THEY
LEARNED FROM "OOK
/ 'OD GUIDE ME PROTECT ME MAKE OF ME A SHINING LAMP
AND A BRILLIANT STAR 4HOU ART THE -IGHTY AND THE 0OWERFUL
@!BDUL "AHÉ
(E IS 'OD / $IVINE PROVIDENCE SHED A RAY FROM THE 3UN
OF 4RUTH UPON THIS GATHERING THAT IT MAY BECOME ILLUMINED
@!BDUL "AHÉ
'ETTING TO +NOW THE 3TUDENTS
)F THE TEACHER DOES NOT KNOW ALL THE STUDENTS THROUGH PREVIOUS
ASSOCIATION FROM 9EAR HE SHOULD MAKE THE EFFORT TO GET TO KNOW
THEM FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES SET OUT IN "OOK )F THE TEACHER
ALREADY KNOWS THE STUDENTS AFTER EXPRESSING THE JOY OF HAVING THE
CHANCE TO BE WITH THEM FOR THE SECOND YEAR HE MAY BEGIN THE
DISCUSSIONS )F THERE ARE JUST A FEW STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN IN
HIS OR HER CLASS IN 9EAR THE TEACHER SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO
GET TO KNOW THEM AS THE SITUATION ALLOWS
2EVIEWING ,ESSONS AND FROM "OOK
7E LEARNED THE FOLLOWING LESSONS IN "OOK
s 5SE OF THE "AHÉÓ GREETING !LLÉH U !BHÉ
s #LEANLINESS
s +INDNESS TO ANIMALS
(ERE IS ONE WAY TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CHILDREN
h$EAR CHILDREN HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN ATTENDING CHIL
DRENS CLASSES 4HAT IS CORRECT ONE YEARv
h7HICH CLASS DID YOU ATTEND LAST YEAR 4HAT IS CORRECT9EAR v
h) WILL GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU LEARNED
LAST YEAR SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT TOGETHERv
.OTE )T IS IMPORTANT TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN TO THINK DEEPLY ABOUT
THE SUBJECTS THEY HAVE LEARNED 4HIS SHOULD BE DONE IN A QUIET
ATMOSPHERE IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE CHILDREN TO THINK AND MEDI
TATE
!FTER THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN GIVEN TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE LESSONS
THEY LEARNED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR THE TEACHER SHOULD ENCOURAGE
THEM TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS &OLLOWING THIS THE TEACHER SHOULD
ASK QUESTIONS AND ENCOURAGE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE THREE TOPICS
LEARNED IN "OOK SEE ABOVE
"REAK 3ONGS 'AMES 3TUDENT 2EGISTRATION AND
#HILDRENS #LEANLINESS
3EE h&ORMAT OF A 4YPICAL ,ESSONv ON PAGES TO
2EVIEW OF THE &IRST 3ONG FROM "OOK
4HE CHILDREN CAN SING THE SONG h0EOPLE OF "AHÉv WHICH THEY
LEARNED IN "OOK
#LOSING 0RAYER
!SK ONE OF THE STUDENTS TO RECITE THE lRST PRAYER FROM "OOK
/ 'OD GUIDE ME PROTECT ME MAKE OF ME A SHINING LAMP
AND A BRILLIANT STAR 4HOU ART THE -IGHTY AND THE 0OWERFUL
@!BDUL "AHÉ
4EACHERS 3UGGESTION FOR THE 7EEK
h0LEASE SEND MY REGARDS TO YOUR PARENTS 4RY TO BE CLEAN AT ALL
TIMES AND TO BE KIND TO ANIMALSv

"OOK
/PENING 0RAYER
/NE OF THE STUDENTS IS ASKED TO RECITE THE PRAYER FROM "OOK
,ESSON
@!BDUL "AHÉ
#LEANLINESS
#LOSING 0RAYER
!SK ONE OF THE STUDENTS TO RECITE THE SECOND PRAYER FROM "OOK
@!BDUL "AHÉ
h$EAR CHILDREN REMEMBER WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT CLEANLI
NESS AND ALWAYS TRY TO BE NEAT AND CLEANv

"OOK
/PENING 0RAYER
!SK ONE OF THE STUDENTS TO RECITE THE lRST PRAYER FROM THE PREVIOUS
YEAR
/ 'OD GUIDE ME PROTECT ME
#LEANLINESS
'AMES
3TUDENTS MAY PLAY THE GAME h#AT AND -OUSEv FROM ,ESSON IN
"OOK
#LOSING 0RAYER
/NE OF THE STUDENTS MAY RECITE FROM MEMORY THE SECOND PRAYER
FROM "OOK
(E IS 'OD / $IVINE PROVIDENCE SHED A RAY FROM THE
h$EAR CHILDREN WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING SO MUCH ABOUT THE IMPOR
TANCE OF CLEANLINESS $O YOUR BEST TO BE CLEAN AT ALL TIMESv

"OOK
/PENING 0RAYER
3TUDENTS SHOULD START A ROTATION WHERE THEY IN TURN SAY ONE
PRAYER EACH LESSON
+INDNESS TO !NIMALS
/BEDIENCE TO 0ARENTS
2EVIEW OF THE 3ECOND 3ONG FROM "OOK
4HE CHILDREN CAN SING THE SONG h,OVE LOVE LOVEv WHICH THEY
LEARNED IN "OOK
#LOSING 0RAYER
/NE OF THE STUDENTS MAY RECITE A PRAYER FROM MEMORY
h$EAR CHILDREN REMEMBER 'OD LOVES TO SEE CHILDREN OBEY THEIR
PARENTS 'OD ALSO LOVES TO SEE US BEING KIND TO EVERYONE AND EVEN
TO ANIMALS 2EMEMBER AND PRACTISE THISv

7HAT IS A "AHÉÓ
/PENING 0RAYER
$ISCUSSION
7E ARE CALLED "AHÉÓS BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED THE
WONDERFUL -ESSAGE OF "AHÉULLÉH
@!BDUL "AHÉ SAYS
4O BE A "AHÉÓ IS TO BE THE EMBODIMENT OF ALL HUMAN
VIRTUES
(ERE IS ONE WAY OF STARTING THE DISCUSSION
h$EAR CHILDREN ) WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS 0LEASE
PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION 9OU KNOW THAT WE ARE "AHÉÓS AND THAT WE
ARE CALLED "AHÉÓS $O YOU KNOW WHY WE ARE CALLED "AHÉÓS 4HINK
ABOUT THIS AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH MEv
!FTER A FEW MINUTES
h4HOSE WITH AN ANSWER PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SHARE YOUR
ANSWER WITH EVERYONEv
4HE TEACHER MAY ASK ONE OF THE STUDENTS TO SHARE HIS OR HER VIEWS
)F NONE OF THE STUDENTS CAN GIVE A SATISFACTORY ANSWER THE TEACHER
MAY EXTEND THE DISCUSSION AS FOLLOWS
h9OU KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE CALLED
#HRISTIANS 7HY DO YOU THINK THEY ARE CALLED #HRISTIANS 4HOSE
WHO BELIEVE IN #HRIST ARE CALLED #HRISTIANS THAT IS THEY ARE THE
FOLLOWERS OF #HRIST %ACH RELIGION IS KNOWN BY THE NAME OF ITS
-ESSENGER ! "UDDHIST IS A FOLLOWER OF "UDDHA ! :OROASTRIAN
IS A FOLLOWER OF :OROASTER 3O WHAT ARE THE FOLLOWERS OF -UAM
MAD KNOWN AS 4HATS RIGHT THEY ARE KNOWN AS -USLIMS )S THIS
UNDERSTOOD DEAR CHILDREN
h.OW WE ARE CALLED "AHÉÓS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN "AHÉULLÉH
"AHÉULLÉH HAS BROUGHT US THE -ESSAGE OF 'OD FOR TODAY TO
GUIDE US TO THE RIGHT PATH 7E ARE CALLED "AHÉÓS BECAUSE WE ARE
FOLLOWERS OF "AHÉULLÉH 3O IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU WHY YOU ARE
CALLED A "AHÉÓ WHAT WOULD YOU ANSWER 9OU WOULD SAY WE ARE
CALLED "AHÉÓS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN "AHÉULLÉH
h$EAR CHILDREN @!BDUL "AHÉ ) AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD (IS
NAME EXPLAINS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A "AHÉÓ
VIRTUES
)F SOMEONE ASKS YOU WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A "AHÉÓ YOU MAY TELL
THEM
VIRTUESv
4HE TEACHER SHOULD ASK SOME OF THE STUDENTS TO REPEAT THIS WON
DERFUL QUOTATION FROM @!BDUL "AHÉ4HE TEACHER SHOULD THEN TURN
TO THE ENTIRE CLASS AND ASK THEM TO REPEAT THE QUOTATION
h3O ACCORDING TO @!BDUL "AHÉ
VIRTUES
$EAR CHILDREN PLEASE MEMORIZE THIS QUOTATION WELLv
#LOSING 0RAYER
4HE TEACHER MAY REMIND THE STUDENTS THAT THEY SHOULD REMEMBER
THE WONDERFUL QUOTATION FROM @!BDUL "AHÉ AND MAY ASK THEM TO
MEMORIZE IT 4HE TEACHER MAY ALSO MENTION THAT AS "AHÉÓ CHIL
DREN THEY ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEL IN THEIR BEHAVIOUR

2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
/PENING 0RAYER
$ISCUSSION
2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN IF YOU HAVE NOT YET MEMORIZED THE QUOTATION
VIRTUES
PLEASE DO SO THIS WEEKv

5NITY
/PENING 0RAYER
$ISCUSSION
"AHÉULLÉH SAYS
9E ARE THE FRUITS OF ONE TREE AND THE LEAVES OF ONE BRANCH
$EAL YE ONE WITH ANOTHER WITH THE UTMOST LOVE AND HAR
MONY WITH FRIENDLINESS AND FELLOWSHIP
(ERE IS ONE WAY OF STARTING THE DISCUSSION
h$EAR CHILDREN ) AM SURE YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT VARIOUS CHURCHES
EXIST IN YOUR COMMUNITY 3OME PEOPLE BELONG TO THE #ATHOLIC
#HURCH OTHERS TO THE !NGLICAN #HURCH OR TO THE -ETHODIST
#HURCH ;4HE TEACHER SHOULD GIVE EXAMPLES OF CHURCHES FAMILIAR
TO THE CHILDREN= 3OME PEOPLE ARE -USLIM BUT OTHERS ARE (INDU
OR "UDDHIST -EMBERS OF THESE CHURCHES ALL BELONG TO THE SAME
COMMUNITY BUT EVERY 3ATURDAY OR 3UNDAY -USLIMS ON &RIDAYS
THEY ATTEND DIFFERENT CHURCHES )F YOU TALK TO FOLLOWERS OF EACH
CHURCH AND ASK THEM WHICH CHURCH ONE SHOULD ATTEND THEY SAY
THAT THEIRS IS THE BEST )N FACT SOME CHURCHES CONSIDER THOSE IN
OTHER CHURCHES AS LOST SOULS BUT THEY ALL SAY THAT THEY BELIEVE IN
'OD THROUGH THEIR PROPHET9OU MAY lND THAT SOMETIMES THERE IS
NO LOVE AND UNITY BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND RELI
GIONS 3OMETIMES PEOPLE EVEN lGHT IN THE NAME OF RELIGION
h"AHÉULLÉH CAME TO CHANGE ALL THIS (E CAME TO UNITE FOLLOWERS
OF ALL RELIGIONS (E SAYS
h!S "AHÉÓS WE SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS QUOTATION ,ET US
MEMORIZE IT 4HE PURPOSE OF RELIGION IS TO BRING UNITY NOT DIVI
SION AMONGST HUMANITY TO TEACH HUMANITY TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO SERVE EACH OTHER
h,ET ME TELL YOU HOW SOME ANIMALS ARE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND
ASSIST ONE ANOTHER (ERE IS THE STORY OF HOW BEES LIVE TOGETHER IN
HARMONY AND HOW THEY SERVE EACH OTHER
h LIVE TOGETHER IN GROUPS AND ALL OBEY THE QUEEN BEE4HERE CAN BE AS MANY
AS BEES LIVING TOGETHER AS ONE GROUP 4HEY MAKE THEIR HOMES
CALLED HIVES IN PLACES SUCH AS TREES OR HOLES IN WALLS 4O MAKE THEIR
HOMES THE BEES USE WAX TO MAKE COMPARTMENTS 4HE QUEEN BEE THEN
LAYS AN EGG IN EACH COMPARTMENT !FTER A FEW DAYS THE EGGS HATCH AND
LARVAE YOUNG BEES ARE BORN READY TO START FEEDING IMMEDIATELY 4HE
@WORKER BEES WHOSE JOB IS TO PREPARE FOOD FOR THE LARVAE BRING HONEY TO
THEM4HE LARVAE EAT THE HONEY AND GROW!FTER EIGHT DAYS USING ITS OWN
SALIVA EACH LARVA MAKES A SAC AROUND ITSELF AND HIDES 4HE @WORKER
BEES MAKE THE SACS WATERPROOF AND THE LARVAE SPEND ANOTHER TEN DAYS IN
THIS PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT UNTIL THEY GROW UP FULLY AND DEVELOP WINGS
A HEAD HAIR AND SO ON /NCE FULLY GROWN THE YOUNG BEES COME OUT OF
THEIR SACS MAKE A HOLE IN THE COMPARTMENT AND START TO mY !T THIS TIME
THE QUEEN BEE TELLS THE OTHERS THAT THESE YOUNG BEES ARE INEXPERIENCED AND
CANNOT MAKE HIVES FOR THEMSELVES @7E SHOULD LEAVE THIS ONE FOR THEM
AND MOVE TO A NEW PLACE WHERE WE CAN BUILD OURSELVES A NEW HIVE4HE
BEES OBEY AND mY AWAY TO BEGIN BUILDING THEIR NEW HIVE LEAVING THE
EXISTING ONE FOR THE YOUNG BEES
h)N THE SAME WAY ANTS LIVE A VERY CO OPERATIVE LIFE 4HERE IS A STORY
ABOUT A PERSON WHO SAW A GROUP OF ANTS TRYING TO CARRY THE WING OF A
BUTTERmY TO THEIR NEST /NE ANT WAS PULLING THE WING WHILE THE OTHERS
WERE PUSHING IT FROM BEHIND 4HE ENTRANCE TO THE NEST WAS VERY SMALL
AND IT WAS DIFlCULT TO GET THE LARGE WING IN !FTER A WHILE ONE OF THE
ANTS WENT IN TO INVITE OTHER ANTS TO COME OUT AND HELP 3OON MANY ANTS
CAME OUT AND BEGAN TO WIDEN THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEST AND SURE ENOUGH
IN NO TIME THE BUTTERmY WING WAS TAKEN INTO THE HOLE
h3EE HOW MUCH ANIMALS CARE FOR EACH OTHER )F ANIMALS CAN BE SO KIND
HUMAN BEINGS ARE ABLE TO BE MUCH MORE CARING ABOUT EACH OTHERv
"AHÉULLÉH SAYS

.OTE
2ELATING SIMILAR STORIES FROM THE LIVES OF ANIMALS BASED ON SCI
ENCE WILL HELP THE YOUNG CHILDREN TO APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR
CO OPERATION HARMONY AND UNITY 4EACHERS SHOULD PREPARE MORE
STORIES OF THIS NATURE FOR THE STUDENTS
#LOSING 0RAYER
3UMMARY
4HE TEACHER MAY SUMMARIZE WHAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE
CLASS
h$EAR CHILDREN WHEN YOU GO HOME LOOK AND SEE IF YOU CAN lND
SOME ANTS LIVING TOGETHER AND HELPING EACH OTHER 4ELL YOUR PAR
ENTS ABOUT THE BEES AND THE ANTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING
TOGETHERv

2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
/PENING 0RAYER
$ISCUSSION
4O BRING ABOUT UNITY WE NEED TO LEARN ABOUT KINDNESS (ERE IS A
STORY ABOUT KINDNESS TO OTHERS
3TORY +INDNESS TO /NE !NOTHER
4WO TRAVELLERS SPENT THE NIGHT IN A VILLAGE )N THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
THEY HEARD PEOPLE SHOUTINGh(ELP 4HERE IS A HOUSE ON lRE (ELPv /NE
OF THE TRAVELLERS GOT UP TO SEE IF HE COULD HELP (IS FRIEND SAID h7HERE
ARE YOU GOING7E ARE ONLY VISITORS HERE4HERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN
THE VILLAGE WHO CAN HELPv4HE lRST TRAVELLER IGNORED HIS FRIENDS ADVICE
AND SAIDh)F YOUR HOUSE WAS ON lRE WOULD YOU NOT WANT OTHERS TO COME
AND HELP YOUv !ND HE LEFT THE ROOM TO HELP PUT OUT THE lRE
(E SAW A HOUSE IN mAMES! WOMAN STOOD CRYING SAYINGh-Y CHILDREN
ARE BURNING INSIDE THE HOUSEv4HE TRAVELLER RAN INTO THE HOUSE AND THE
PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD SURELY BURN! SHORT TIME
LATER THE CROWD SAW THE MAN RUNNING OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH HIS CLOTHES
ON lRE HOLDING THE TWO CHILDREN4HE CROWD CAME TO HIS ASSISTANCE AND
PUT OUT THE lRE 4HE MOTHER WAS VERY HAPPY AND HELD HER CHILDREN
KISSED THEM AND THANKED 'OD FOR (IS MERCY 3HE ALSO THANKED THE TRAV
ELLER FOR RISKING HIS LIFE TO SAVE HER CHILDREN
.OW THE TEACHER SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE CHILDREN TO DISCUSS THE
ACTIONS OF THE TWO MEN 7HICH ONE OF THEM SHOWED THAT HE WAS A
LOVER OF HUMANITY
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN THIS WEEK THINK ABOUT THE STORY WE HEARD TODAY
AND TRY TO lND WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN HELP OTHERSv
/PENING 0RAYER
,EARNING THE /NENESS OF 2ELIGIONS 0LAY
! PLAY IN THREE ACTS
.OTE 4HIS PLAY IS WRITTEN IN A SIMPLE WAY SO THAT ALL THE CHILDREN
CAN TAKE PART IN IT 3OME PARTS MAY BE DIFlCULT FOR THE CHILDREN
SINCE THERE IS NEARLY A YEAR FOR THEM TO PRACTISE THERE IS PLENTY OF
TIME FOR ALL THE CHILDREN TO LEARN THEIR PARTS
!CT /NE
4HE SCENE 4HERE IS AN OPEN AREA ON THE STAGE WHERE CHILDREN ARE IN
THREE SEPARATE ROWS EACH REPRESENTING A DIFFERENT RELIGION /NE CHILD
WHO IS THE PREACHER OF THAT RELIGION STANDS IN FRONT OF EACH ROW )F POS
SIBLE THE CHILDREN CAN CARRY mAGS WHICH SHOW THEIR RELIGION /N THE mAGS
MAY BE WRITTEN h&OLLOWERS OF #HRISTvh&OLLOWERS OF -OSESvh&OLLOWERS
OF -UAMMADv )N FRONT OF THE STAGE THERE HANGS A BANNER WITH THE
WORDS h4 ( % 7/ 2 , $ " % & / 2 % " ! ( 5 , , ( v
!S THE PLAY STARTS THE PREACHER IN FRONT OF EACH ROW BEGINS TO SPEAK TO
HIS FOLLOWERS
* % 7 ) 3 ( 0 2 % ! # ( % 2 0RAISE 'OD THAT WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF -OSES
4HE ,ORD OF THE *EWS HAS GIVEN US MANY BLESSINGS 7E ARE
THE #HOSEN /NES AND THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY IS OURS
'OD LOVES US 7E SHOULD GIVE THANKS TO THE ,ORD OF THE *EWS
THAT WE ARE THE FOLLOWERS OF -OSES AND FOLLOW THE LAWS OF OUR
(OLY "OOK THE 4ORAH 0RAISE THE ,ORD
* % 7 3 0RAISE 'OD THAT WE *EWS HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH OUR (OLY
"OOK THE 4ORAH 0RAISE 'OD THAT WE *EWS ARE RIGHTEOUS
PEOPLE LIVING IN THE LAND OF OUR FOREFATHER +ING 3OLOMON
7E ARE 'ODS #HOSEN 0EOPLE AND WE ARE SAVED FROM 'ODS
PUNISHMENT
# ( 2 ) 3 4 ) ! . 0 2 % ! # ( % 2 0RAISE 'OD THAT WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF
*ESUS 4HE HEAVENLY &ATHER HAS SAVED US AND FREED US FROM

SIN *ESUS IS THE ONLY 3AVIOUR *ESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR
US 4HERE IS NO SALVATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT #HRISTIANS
5NBELIEVERS WILL BURN IN HELL 0RAISE OUR ,ORD *ESUS #HRIST
FOR SAVING US (E IS WITH US ALWAYS !MEN
# ( 2 ) 3 4 ) ! . 3 0RAISE 'OD THAT WE #HRISTIANS HAVE BEEN BLESSED
WITH OUR (OLY "OOK THE .EW 4ESTAMENT 0RAISE 'OD THAT
WE #HRISTIANS ARE RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE WHO WILL GO TO HEAVEN
#HRIST THE 3AVIOUR HAS SAVED US FROM 'ODS PUNISHMENT
- 5 3 , ) - 0 2 % ! # ( % 2 0RAISE THE /NE 4RUE 'OD !LLÉH THAT
WE ARE THE FOLLOWERS OF -UAMMAD AND FRIENDS OF !LLÉH
-UAMMAD IS THE 3EAL OF THE 0ROPHETS -UAMMAD WILL
SAVE AND PROTECT US 5NBELIEVERS ARE LOST AND WILL BURN IN
HELL 7E ARE HAPPY TO BE AMONG THE FAITHFUL
- 5 3 , ) - 3 0RAISE 'OD THAT WE -USLIMS HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH
THE (OLY "OOK THE 1URÉN 0RAISE 'OD THAT WE -USLIMS ARE
RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE WHO WILL GO TO PARADISE 7E ARE FOLLOWERS OF
!LLÉH THE ONE 4RUE 'OD4HEREFORE WE ARE SAVED FROM 'ODS
PUNISHMENT
%ND OF !CT /NE
!CT 4WO
4HE SCENE4HE STAGE IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF !CT /NE BUT THE BANNER IS NOW
CHANGED TO READ h4 ( % # ! , , / & ' / $ v 4HE DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE IN
THE SAME PLACES AS IN !CT /NE
&ROM BEHIND THE STAGE THE FOLLOWING CAN BE HEARD RECITED IN A BEAUTIFUL
VOICE
2EJOICE REJOICE FOR A NEW DAY HAS DAWNED
4HE WHOLE WIDE WORLD IS ALL ONE FOLD
4HE PLAN OF 'OD HAS NOW BEEN TOLD
4HE 0ROMISED /NE BY THE NAME OF "AHÉ
#AME TO BRING A NEW DAY
,ET US BE HAPPY LET US SAY9É "AHÉUL !BHÉ
3AY9É "AHÉUL !BHÉ ;TWICE=

! CHILD NOW ENTERS THE STAGE CARRYING A SIGN h"AHÉÓv AND SAYS
" ! ( · / PEOPLE OF THE WORLD 7E ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS 7E ARE
ALL SERVANTS OF /NE 'OD THE 'OD OF *USTICE7E ARE ALL BROTH
ERS AND SISTERS 7E ARE ALL ONE FAMILY / PEOPLE HAVE YOU
HEARD THAT THE 0ROMISED /NE "AHÉULLÉH HAS COME INVITING
US ALL TO LIVE IN UNITY AND HARMONY 7HY SHOULD THERE BE THIS
SEPARATION AND DIVISION 'OD CREATED US ALL 7E ARE ALL FROM
THE SAME RACE ,ET US LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF "AHÉULLÉH (E
SAYS
9E ARE THE FRUITS OF ONE TREE AND THE LEAVES OF ONE
BRANCH $EAL YE ONE WITH ANOTHER WITH THE UTMOST LOVE
AND HARMONY WITH FRIENDLINESS AND FELLOWSHIP
)NVESTIGATE AND ACCEPT THE #AUSE OF "AHÉULLÉH AND LET US BE
UNITED 2EMEMBER WHAT "AHÉULLÉH HAS REVEALED
! , , ;NODDING IN AGREEMENT=9ES YES 4HIS IS TRUE ) BELIEVE THIS
%ND OF !CT 4WO
!CT 4HREE
4HE SCENE 4HE FOLLOWERS OF THE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS HAVE NOW FORMED
A SEMICIRCLE 4HE BANNER NOW READS h4 ( % 7 / 2 , $ ! & 4 % 2
" ! ( 5 , , ( v
4HE "AHÉÓ CHILD BEGINS TO SPEAK

" ! ( · %ACH RELIGION SAYS THAT THEY ARE RIGHT AND THAT THE
OTHERS ARE WRONG %ITHER ALL OF THEM ARE RIGHT OR ALL OF THEM
ARE WRONG )F THEY ARE ALL WRONG THEN THERE IS NO TRUTH AND IF
THEY ARE ALL RIGHT THEN THE "AHÉÓS SPEAK THE TRUTH
/ FOLLOWERS OF THE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS )F YOU LOOK FOR THE TRUTH
WITH PURE HEARTS YOU WILL ENTER THE #AUSE OF "AHÉULLÉH
AND YOU WILL LIVE TOGETHER HAND IN HAND WITH UTMOST FRIEND
SHIP AND LOVE !RE YOU LOOKING FOR SALVATION 7ILL YOU ACCEPT
THE 4RUTH
!,, ' 2/503 4/'%4(%2 ,ET US LISTEN TO THE 6OICE OF 'OD
2%02%3%.4!4)6% /& 4(% - 5 3 , ) - 3 7E HAVE ALL BEEN IGNO
RANT OF THE TRUTH
2 % 0 2 % 3 % . 4 ! 4 ) 6 % / & 4 ( % # ( 2 ) 3 4 ) ! . 3 7E HAVE ALL BEEN
IGNORANT OF THE /NE 4RUE 'OD 7E WERE lGHTING WITH EACH
OTHER IN THE NAME OF 'OD
2 % 0 2 % 3 % . 4 ! 4 ) 6 % / & 4 ( % * % 7 3 7E ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WE
WERE 'ODS #HOSEN 0EOPLE 4HE TRUTH IS NOW CLEAR TO US
" ! ( · 0RAISED BE "AHÉULLÉH FOR SHOWING US THE RIGHT PATH
0RAISED BE "AHÉULLÉH FOR SETTING US FREE FROM THE DARKNESS
OF IGNORANCE
! , , 0RAISE 'OD THAT WE CAN ALL BE SAVED
0RAISE 'OD FOR ETERNAL LIFE
7E ARE ALL THE FOLLOWERS OF ONE GREAT 'OD
7E ARE ALL THE SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF LOVE AND UNITY
" ! ( · "AHÉULLÉH SAYS
!,,
4HE WHOLE WIDE WORLD IS ALL ONE FOLD
4HE PLAN OF 'OD HAS NOW BEEN TOLD
4HE 0ROMISED /NE BY THE NAME OF "AHÉ
#AME TO BRING A NEW DAY
,ET US BE HAPPY LET US SAY9É "AHÉUL !BHÉ
3AY9É "AHÉUL !BHÉ ;TWICE=
4HE %ND

#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN REMEMBER TO LOVE THE FOLLOWERS OF ALL RELIGIONS
AND RESPECT THEIR BELIEFSv

CONTINUED
/PENING 0RAYER
2EHEARSAL OF ,AST 7EEKS 0LAY
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN PLEASE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN THIS
PLAYv

3OME ,AWS OF "AHÉULLÉH
#LEANLINESS
/PENING 0RAYER
$ISCUSSION
4HIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THE DISCUSSION MAY BEGIN
h$EAR CHILDREN WE ARE "AHÉÓS AND FOLLOWERS OF "AHÉULLÉH 7E
NOW NEED TO KNOW WHAT "AHÉULLÉH WANTS US TO DO SO THAT (E
WILL BE HAPPY WITH US )T IS NOT ENOUGH TO BELIEVE IN "AHÉULLÉH
7E HAVE TO KNOW (IS LAWS ! GOOD "AHÉÓ ACCEPTS "AHÉULLÉH
AND FOLLOWS (IS LAWS 3O WE NEED TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND
"AHÉULLÉHS LAWS IN ORDER TO KNOW HOW TO LIVE
h"AHÉULLÉH LIVED FOR SEVENTY FOUR YEARS ON THIS EARTH AND FOR
ALMOST lFTY OF THESE YEARS (E GUIDED AND EDUCATED THE PEOPLE
$URING THESE lFTY YEARS (E GAVE US MANY LAWS WHICH YOU WILL
GRADUALLY LEARN %VERY WEEK WE WILL LEARN ONE OF (IS LAWS THAT IS
EASY FOR US TO FOLLOW /NCE WE LEARN A LAW WE HAVE TO DO OUR BEST
TO FOLLOW IT
h/NE OF "AHÉULLÉHS LAWS IS TO CUT ONES NAILS REGULARLY 7E
SHOULD NOT ALLOW OUR NAILS TO GROW LONG NOR ALLOW DIRT TO COLLECT
UNDERNEATH THEM 7E LEARNED THIS LAW LAST YEAR 4HIS IS A LAW
FROM THE +ITÉB I !QDAS THE -OST (OLY "OOK %VERY WEEK BEFORE
COMING TO THE "AHÉÓ CLASS WE SHOULD CHECK THAT OUR NAILS ARE
SHORT AND CLEAN
h!NOTHER LAW OF "AHÉULLÉH IS TO KEEP OUR BODIES CLEAN 7E ALSO
DISCUSSED THIS LAST YEAR (E SAYS THAT OUR BODIES SHOULD BE CLEAN AT
ALL TIMES AND THIS MEANS THAT WE SHOULD TAKE BATHS REGULARLY
h7E HAVE LEARNED TWO OF THE LAWS ORDINANCES OF "AHÉULLÉH
TODAY /NE IS TO KEEP OUR lNGERNAILS SHORT AND THE OTHER IS TO KEEP
OURSELVES CLEAN AT ALL TIMES 0LEASE REMEMBER THESE TWO LAWS AND
FOLLOW THEMv

2EHEARSAL OF THE 0LAY
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN WE TALKED ABOUT TWO OF "AHÉULLÉHS LAWS TODAY
/NE IS TO KEEP OUR FINGERNAILS SHORT AND THE OTHER IS TO KEEP
OURSELVES CLEAN AT ALL TIMES 0LEASE REMEMBER THESE TWO LAWS AND
FOLLOW THEMv

CONTINUED
/PENING 0RAYER
2EVIEW OF ,AWS FROM ,ESSON
$ISCUSSION
h!NOTHER ONE OF "AHÉULLÉHS LAWS ORDINANCES IS TO KEEP ONES
FEET CLEAN THAT IS TO SAY IF REGULAR BATHING OF THE WHOLE BODY
IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR SOME REASON WE SHOULD WASH OUR FEET AT
LEAST EVERY DAY4HIS MATTER IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ONES HEALTH
$IRTY FEET ALSO CAUSE AN ODOUR SMELL WHICH IS UNPLEASANT TO EVE
RYONE /UR BODY BREATHES THROUGH SMALL PORES IN OUR SKIN )F THE
BODY BECOMES DIRTY THESE PORES CAN BECOME BLOCKED 7HEN THE
BODY CANNOT BREATHE PROPERLY THROUGH THESE PORES OUR HEALTH IS
AFFECTED AND WE HAVE LESS ENERGY &EET BECOME DIRTY MORE QUICKLY
THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY AND THIS IS WHY "AHÉULLÉH HAS SPE
CIlCALLY TOLD US TO WASH OUR FEET REGULARLY
h+EEPING OUR CLOTHES CLEAN AT ALL TIMES IS ANOTHER LAW OF "AHÉ
ULLÉHv
4HE TEACHER SHOULD EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MATTER TO THE
CHILDREN USING THE "AHÉÓ 7RITINGS
)N THE -OST (OLY "OOK THE +ITÉB I !QDAS "AHÉULLÉH SAYS
7ASH YE EVERY SOILED THING WITH WATER "E YE THE VERY
ESSENCE OF CLEANLINESS AMONGST MANKIND
)N .OTE ON THE +ITÉB I !QDAS IT SAYS
4HE BELIEVERS ARE EXHORTED IN THE +ITÉB I !QDAS TO BATHE
REGULARLY TO WEAR CLEAN CLOTHES AND GENERALLY TO BE THE
ESSENCE OF CLEANLINESS AND RElNEMENT

#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN PLEASE REMEMBER HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ALWAYS
KEEP CLEANv

CONTINUED
/PENING 0RAYERS
2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
@!BDUL "AHÉ TELLS US
!ND ALTHOUGH BODILY CLEANLINESS IS A PHYSICAL THING IT HATH
NEVERTHELESS A POWERFUL INmUENCE ON THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT
$ISCUSSION
h!NOTHER LAW OF THE -OST (OLY "OOK IS NOT TO PLUNGE HANDS INTO
BOWLS OR PLATTERS WHEN EATING
7E SHOULD NOT TAKE FOOD FROM A
COMMUNAL BOWL WITH OUR HANDS )T IS ALSO BETTER TO lND A SPOON
FORK OR CHOPSTICKS TO EAT WITH AND WE SHOULD WASH OUR HANDS
BEFORE EATING "AHÉULLÉH REPEATEDLY TELLS US THAT A "AHÉÓ SHOULD
BE AN EXAMPLE OF CLEANLINESS @!BDUL "AHÉ TELLS US
"Y THIS STATEMENT @!BDUL "AHÉ MEANS THAT IF OUR BODY IS CLEAN IT
HELPS THE SOUL TO BE HAPPY AND JOYOUS7HEN THE BODY IS DIRTY THE
SOUL IS NOT HAPPY 4HIS IS WHY @!BDUL "AHÉ TELLS US
3TUDENTS SHOULD MEMORIZE THIS QUOTATION IN THE USUAL WAY
2EHEARSAL OF THE /NENESS OF 2ELIGIONS 0LAY
#LOSING 0RAYER

.OT YET UNIVERSALLY BINDING
h$EAR CHILDREN TODAY WE MEMORIZED A QUOTATION FROM @!BDUL
"AHÉ 0LEASE SAY IT EVERY DAY THIS WEEK SO THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER
IT EASILYv

!LWAYS 4ELLING THE 4RUTH
/PENING 0RAYER
2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
$ISCUSSION
h"AHÉULLÉH HAS ALSO GIVEN US THE LAW OF TRUTHFULNESS %VERY
"AHÉÓ MUST KNOW AND FOLLOW THIS LAW "AHÉÓS MUST ALWAYS TELL THE
TRUTH EVEN WHEN IT IS DIFlCULT "AHÉULLÉH SAYS
,ET TRUTHFULNESS AND COURTESY BE YOUR ADORNING
h@!BDUL "AHÉ ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEAKING THE
TRUTH (E SAID
4RUTHFULNESS IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL HUMAN VIRTUES
!SK THE CHILDREN TO REPEAT THIS QUOTATION UNTIL THEY HAVE MEMO
RIZED IT
h7E MUST ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH 4HIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THE
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD CAN BEGIN TO TRUST EACH OTHER4ELLING THE TRUTH
IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE BUILDING OF 'ODS +INGDOM ON EARTH
0EOPLE WHO DO NOT SPEAK THE TRUTH ARE HARMING OTHER PEOPLE
HARMING THE WORLD AND HARMING THEMSELVESv
3TORY
4EACHERS MAY WANT TO CHANGE NAMES AND SITUATIONS ACCORDING TO
THEIR COUNTRY
!LL NIGHT THE RAIN HAD POURED DOWN SPLATTERING THE SIDES OF THE HUT
MAKING PATTERNS OF TINY RIVERS IN THE SANDY GROUND OF THE VILLAGE COM
POUND 4ENDAI WOKE UP TO THE SWEET SMELL OF RAIN AND THE WARM SUN
QUICKLY DRYING THE GROUND
4ENDAI WAS A YOUNG STRONG LITTLE BOY JUST LIKE MANY OF YOU (E LOVED TO
PLAY AND SING AND BE WITH HIS FRIENDS BUT HE DID NOT lND MUCH TIME TO
DO THIS (IS FATHER HAD CHOSEN HIM TO LOOK AFTER THE FAMILYS CATTLE
4ENDAI WOKE UP EVERY MORNING GOT DRESSED AND ATE SOME SWEET POTATOES
;TEACHER TO INCLUDE COMMON FOOD OF THEIR AREA= BEFORE HE WENT OUT
ONCE AGAIN TO HERD THE CATTLE FROM ONE KRAAL TO THE NEXT AND TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL THE COWS WERE lNE AND SAFE AND HEALTHY
4ENDAI WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS JOB (E WAS VERY SPECIAL TO BE CHOSEN BY
HIS FATHER TO DO THIS 5NFORTUNATELY 4ENDAI FOUND IT DIFlCULT HEARING HIS
FRIENDS lSHING IN THE DAM AND SINGING AS THEY HELPED THEIR PARENTS IN
THE lELDS 3OMETIMES THE OTHER CHILDREN WOULD LAUGH AT HIM BECAUSE HE
COULD NOT GO TO SCHOOL
/NE DAY4ENDAI DECIDED THAT HE HAD HAD ENOUGH (IS JOB WAS NOT MUCH
FUN AND HE WAS LONELY (E HAD MOVED THE COWS TO GRAZE NEAR THE lELDS
WHERE ALL THE VILLAGERS WERE PLANTING A CROP OF MAIZE
4ENDAI JUMPED UP AND SMILING TO HIMSELF SHOUTED WITH ALL HIS MIGHT
h(ELP (ELP ! BIG MAN IS STEALING MY COWS (ELPv
4HE VILLAGERS FAR OFF IN THE DISTANCE HEARD HIS CRIES AND THREW DOWN
THEIR HOES AND SEEDS4HEY BEGAN RUNNING AS FAST AS THEY COULD TOWARDS
4ENDAI4HE MEN PREPARED TO CATCH A VERY BIG THIEF
7HEN THEY ARRIVED THEY SAW 4ENDAI STANDING WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS
FACE AND ALL THE COWS WERE HAPPILY EATING THE FRESH GREEN GRASS (E
LAUGHED AND LAUGHED TELLING EVERYONE IT WAS JUST A JOKE4HE MEN AND
WOMEN SHOOK THEIR HEADS SADLY 4HEY DID NOT SMILE AND THEY RETURNED
TO THEIR GARDENS TO lNISH THEIR WORK
4HE NEXT DAY 4ENDAI LAY IN THE GRASS THINKING HOW FUNNY AND CLEVER
HE HAD BEEN THE DAY BEFORE (E DECIDED IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD IDEA
TO PLAY THE TRICK AGAIN (E WAS VERY BORED YOU KNOW AND HE NEEDED
SOME FUN
(E JUMPED UP AND SCREAMED h(ELP 4HERE IS A MAD DOG BITING MY
COWS (ELPv
/NCE AGAIN THE VILLAGERS RUSHED TO RESCUE 4ENDAI AND THE COWS BUT THIS
TIME THEY CARRIED ALL THEIR HOES AS THEY RAN JUST IN CASE THEY HAD TO
CHASE THE MAD DOG AWAY
4HIS TIME 4ENDAI ROLLED IN THE GRASS LAUGHINGh,OOK ) HAVE FOOLED YOU
AGAINv HE SAID LAUGHING PROUDLY

.O ONE SAID A WORD 4HEY RETURNED TO THEIR WORK AND 4ENDAIS MOTHER
AND FATHER LOOKED VERY SAD
4ENDAI THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT HE HAD DONE AND DECIDED THAT IT WASNT A
VERY GOOD IDEA (E DECIDED NEVER TO DO IT AGAIN (E LAY IN THE GRASS FEEL
ING SORRY FOR THE VILLAGERS BUT STILL PROUD OF HIMSELF FOR HIS CLEVER JOKES
4HEN DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
! SOUND IN THE GRASS MADE 4ENDAI SIT UP (E HEARD SOME GROWLING
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE COWS BEGAN TO RUN h(ELPv 4ENDAI SCREAMED
h(ELP THE COWS ARE RUNNING AWAYv
4HE VILLAGERS KEPT ON HOEING THEIR lELDS 4ENDAIS MOTHER AND FATHER
SHOOK THEIR HEADS /NE OF THE WOMEN SAIDh4HAT BOY ) AM TIRED OF HIS
MAKING UP STORIESv !ND THEN SHE BENT OVER AGAIN AND CONTINUED HER
WORK
4HERE WAS NOTHING 4ENDAI COULD DO HE WAS ALL ALONE AND THERE WAS A
STRANGE DOG CHASING AND BITING THE COWS (IS LITTLE LEGS WERE TOO SHORT
TO CATCH UP WITH THE COWS AND HE FELT VERY SCARED OF THE DOG 3OON ALL
THE COWS WERE OUT OF SIGHT AND HE COLLAPSED IN THE GRASS (E FELT ANGRY
WITH THE VILLAGERS FOR NOT COMING TO HELP HIM AND HE FELT AFRAID TO RETURN
HOME WITHOUT THE COWS BECAUSE THAT WAS ALL HIS FAMILY HAD
4ENDAI CRIED AND CRIED (E FELT VERY ANGRY WITH HIMSELF FOR HIS SILLY STO
RIESh)T IS MY OWN FAULTv HE SAID TO HIMSELFh) SHOULD NOT HAVE MADE UP
STORIES ) MUST ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH OTHERWISE ) WILL ALWAYS lND MYSELF
IN TROUBLE LIKE THISv
4ENDAI WALKED HOME SLOWLY WITH HIS HEAD BOWED DOWN IN SHAME (E
WALKED STRAIGHT TO HIS GRANDFATHERS HUT AND KNOCKED
h#OME IN 4ENDAIv SAID HIS GRANDFATHER BECAUSE HE WAS EXPECTING HIS
GRANDSON
h'RANDFATHER )M SORRYv4ENDAI SOBBEDh) HAVE LEARNED MY LESSON )
WILL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH )M SO SORRY FOR WHAT ) HAVE DONEv
h4ENDAIv HIS GRANDFATHER SAIDh) CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE FEELING VERY BAD
9OU HAVE SUFFERED A GREAT PUNISHMENT FOR YOUR STORIES AND ) AM SURE

MORE WILL COME BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED
WITH YOUv
4HE TEACHER SHOULD TELL MORE STORIES TO THE STUDENTS ABOUT THE
NEED TO BE TRUTHFUL AND THE HARM THAT LYING CAN DO 7ITH MORE
DESCRIPTIONS AND BY GIVING EXAMPLES THE CHILDREN SHOULD BE
ASSISTED TO REALIZE THAT THEY SHOULD ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH UNDER ALL
CIRCUMSTANCES
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN PLEASE REMEMBER THAT "AHÉÓS MUST ! ,7!9 3 TELL
THE TRUTH ,YING IS VERY BAD AND IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO 'OD
'OD WILL NOT BE HAPPY WITH US IF WE DO NOT TELL THE TRUTHv

7AKING UP %ARLY IN THE -ORNING AND
2ECITING 0RAYERS
/PENING 0RAYERS
2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
4HE TEACHER SHOULD REVIEW THE LESSON ON TELLING THE TRUTH WITH THE
CHILDREN AND HELP THEM TO MEMORIZE THE QUOTATION FROM @!BDUL
"AHÉ
4RUTHFULNESS IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL HUMAN VIRTUES
$ISCUSSION
h$EAR CHILDREN WE ALL KNOW THAT 'OD MADE DAY AND 'OD MADE
NIGHT .IGHT TIME IS FOR SLEEPING AND DAYTIME IS FOR BEING HAPPY
WORKING PLAYING SERVING HELPING OTHERS AND REMEMBERING OUR
#REATOR 7HEN THE SUN RISES THE WORLD IS VERY BEAUTIFUL IT IS FRESH
AND QUIET ONLY THE BIRDS CAN BE HEARD SINGING IT IS A PERFECT TIME
TO SAY OUR PRAYERS 4O RISE WITH THE SUN TO WASH OUR HANDS AND
FACE AND SAY OUR PRAYERS IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL )T IS MUCH
EASIER TO PRAY lRST THING IN THE MORNING BEFORE WE BECOME BUSY
WITH OTHER THINGS
h3LEEPING IN LATE IS BEING LAZY AND WHEN WE WAKE UP MUCH TIME
HAS BEEN WASTED $ONT YOU THINK IT IS A BEAUTIFUL IDEA TO SHOW
OUR RESPECT AND LOVE FOR 'OD BY THINKING OF (IM lRST BEFORE WE
DO ANYTHING ELSE "Y DOING THIS WE PREPARE OURSELVES FOR A LONG
HAPPY AND PRODUCTIVE DAY
h7E ALL KNOW ABOUT @!BDUL "AHÉ AND HOW MUCH EVERYBODY LOVED
(IM AND WANTED TO BE WITH (IM !T ONE TIME A VERY LUCKY LADY
WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE LONG LONG JOURNEY TO MEET (IM 3HE JOUR
NEYED ALL THE WAY FROM !MERICA TO )SRAEL ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD
TO MEET @!BDUL "AHÉ 7HEN SHE ARRIVED SHE WANTED TO DO EVERY
THING PERFECTLY SHE MADE SURE SHE WAS CLEAN AND DRESSED NICELY
SO THAT @!BDUL "AHÉ WOULD BE VERY HAPPY BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW
HOW MUCH @!BDUL "AHÉ LIKED PEOPLE TO BE CLEAN AND WITH GOOD
MANNERS /NE MORNING THIS LADY WOKE UP LATE BY MISTAKE 3HE

WAS VERY WORRIED BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO BE LATE FOR BREAKFAST
WITH @!BDUL "AHÉ 1UICKLY SHE DRESSED MADE HER BED AND RAN
OUT OF HER ROOM TO MEET EVERYONE FOR BREAKFAST 5NFORTUNATELY
JUST OUTSIDE HER DOOR SHE RAN RIGHT INTO SOMEONE 3HE QUICKLY SAID
@3ORRY AND WHEN SHE LOOKED UP SHE WAS LOOKING INTO THE EYES
OF @!BDUL "AHÉ #AN YOU GUESS WHAT (E SAID TO HER 4HE lRST
THING (E SAID WAS @!LWAYS REMEMBER TO TAKE SPIRITUAL FOOD BEFORE
PHYSICAL FOOD 4HIS MEANS WE MUST FEED OUR SPIRITS WITH PRAYER
BEFORE WE FEED OUR STOMACHS WITH FOOD 9OU SEE THIS WOMAN HAD
NOT HAD ENOUGH TIME TO SAY HER PRAYERS SHE HAD TO RUN TO EAT
BREAKFAST BECAUSE SHE HAD WOKEN UP LATE
h)T IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WAKE UP EARLY AND SAY PRAYERS BEFORE
EATING BREAKFAST
h"AHÉULLÉH SAYS
"LESSED IS HE WHO AT THE HOUR OF DAWN CENTRING HIS
THOUGHTS ON 'OD OCCUPIED WITH (IS REMEMBRANCE
AND
SUPPLICATINGo (IS FORGIVENESS v
!FTER THE BENElT OF RISING EARLY IN THE MORNING AND RECITING
PRAYERS IS REPEATED AND UNDERSTOOD BY THE CHILDREN THE TEACHER
SHOULD ASK THE STUDENTS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE REMINDED OF THIS
%VERY WEEK THE TEACHER CAN ASK THE STUDENTS IF THEY ARE GETTING UP
EARLY TO SAY PRAYERS 4HE TEACHER SHOULD ENSURE THAT THIS HABIT IS
CLEAR IN THE MINDS OF THE STUDENTS )F THIS HABIT IS DEVELOPED EARLY
IN THE CHILDREN IT WILL REMAIN WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES
4HE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE MAY BE SHARED WITH THE STUDENTS TO HELP
THEM THINK MORE ABOUT THIS
h) AM A SECOND YEAR STUDENT OF "AHÉÓ #HILDRENS #LASS ) WAKE UP
EVERY MORNING AT DAWN WASH MY FACE AND HANDS COMB MY HAIR
BRUSH MY TEETH AND WITH TOTAL RESPECT BEGIN MY PRAYERS ) KNOW
THREE PRAYERS BY HEART AND EVERY DAY ) RECITE ONE 4O WAKE UP
EARLY IS A GOOD HABIT 7HEN ) SAY MY PRAYERS MY SOUL FEELS HAPPY
/ HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO WAKE EARLYv

hOCCUPIED WITH (IS REMEMBRANCEv MEANS hSAYING PRAYERSv
p hSUPPLICATINGv MEANS hASKINGv
-EMORIZING A 0RAYER
/ MY ,ORD / MY ,ORD
) AM A CHILD OF TENDER YEARS .OURISH ME FROM THE BREAST
OF 4HY MERCY TRAIN ME IN THE BOSOM OF 4HY LOVE EDUCATE
ME IN THE SCHOOL OF 4HY GUIDANCE AND DEVELOP ME UNDER
THE SHADOW OF 4HY BOUNTY $ELIVER ME FROM DARKNESS MAKE
ME A BRILLIANT LIGHT FREE ME FROM UNHAPPINESS MAKE
ME A mOWER OF THE ROSE GARDEN SUFFER ME TO BECOME
A SERVANT OF 4HY THRESHOLD AND CONFER UPON ME
THE DISPOSITION AND NATURE OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAKE
ME A CAUSE OF BOUNTY TO THE HUMAN WORLD AND
CROWN MY HEAD WITH THE DIADEM OF ETERNAL LIFE
6ERILY 4HOU ART THE 0OWERFUL THE -IGHTY THE 3EER THE
(EARER @!BDUL "AHÉ
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN TRY TO WAKE UP VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING SO THAT
YOU CAN SAY YOUR PRAYERS )F YOU lND IT DIFlCULT YOU MIGHT ASK YOUR
PARENTS TO HELP YOU WAKE EARLYv

+INDNESS TO !NIMALS
/PENING 0RAYERS
$ISCUSSION
h!S YOU MAY RECALL WE DISCUSSED IN ,ESSON THAT "AHÉULLÉH
LIVED IN THIS WORLD FOR SEVENTY FOUR YEARS (E GUIDED THE PEOPLE OF
THE WORLD TO 'OD FOR ALMOST lFTY YEARS AND BROUGHT TO US MANY
TEACHINGS AND LAWS 7E HAVE STUDIED SOME OF THESE LAWS IN PREVI
OUS LESSONS AND HAVE TRIED TO PUT THEM INTO ACTION "EFORE (E
PASSED AWAY "AHÉULLÉH APPOINTED (IS lRST BORN SON @!BDUL
"AHÉ AS THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE "AHÉÓS 9OU HAVE HEARD THE
NAME @!BDUL "AHÉ AND MAY HAVE SEEN (IS PICTURE 0ERHAPS YOU
HAVE A PICTURE OF @!BDUL "AHÉ IN YOUR HOUSE @!BDUL "AHÉ WAS
CALLED THE -ASTER !FTER THE PASSING OF "AHÉULLÉH ALL THE "AHÉÓS
FOLLOWED @!BDUL "AHÉ
h)N THE -OST (OLY "OOK THE +ITÉB I !QDAS "AHÉULLÉH ADVISES
US NOT TO HARM ANIMALS AND @!BDUL "AHÉ SPECIlCALLY ADDRESSED
THIS ISSUE IN MANY OF (IS 4ABLETS (E SAID THAT "AHÉÓS SHOULD
NOT HURT ANIMALS AND THAT WE SHOULD BE KIND TO THEM (E SAYS
THAT HARMING ANIMALS IS WORSE THAN HARMING HUMAN BEINGS
BECAUSE HUMANS CAN EXPRESS THEIR GRIEF AND COMPLAIN BUT ANI
MALS CANNOT
h@!BDUL "AHÉ SAYS
5NLESS YE MUST
"RUISE NOT THE SERPENT IN THE DUST
(OW MUCH LESS WOUND A MAN
!ND IF YE CAN
.O ANT SHOULD YE ALARM
-UCH LESS A BROTHER HARM
h"Y THIS @!BDUL "AHÉ MEANS THAT "AHÉÓS SHOULD NOT HARM EVEN
AN ANT AND IF AT ALL POSSIBLE WE SHOULD NOT EVEN KILL SNAKES
@!BDUL "AHÉ HIMSELF WAS VERY KIND TO ANIMALS AND WOULD NOT LET
ANYONE HURT ANIMALSv

5NLESS YE MUST
"RUISE NOT THE SERPENT IN THE DUST
(OW MUCH LESS WOUND A MAN
!ND IF YE CAN
.O ANT SHOULD YE ALARM
-UCH LESS A BROTHER HARM
4HE CHILDREN SHOULD TRY TO MEMORIZE THIS QUOTE
h7E SHOULD ALL TRY TO BE KIND TO ANIMALSv
2EVIEW OF 0RAYER ,EARNED FROM ,ESSON
4HE TEACHER SHOULD HELP THE CHILDREN TO REMEMBER THE PRAYER THEY
MEMORIZED LAST WEEK
/ -Y ,ORD / MY ,ORD
) AM A CHILD OF TENDER YEARS .OURISH ME FROM THE BREAST
OF 4HY MERCY TRAIN ME IN THE BOSOM OF 4HY LOVE EDUCATE
ME IN THE SCHOOL OF 4HY GUIDANCE AND DEVELOP ME UNDER
THE SHADOW OF 4HY BOUNTY $ELIVER ME FROM DARKNESS MAKE
ME A BRILLIANT LIGHT FREE ME FROM UNHAPPINESS MAKE
ME A mOWER OF THE ROSE GARDEN SUFFER ME TO BECOME
A SERVANT OF 4HY THRESHOLD AND CONFER UPON ME
THE DISPOSITION AND NATURE OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAKE
ME A CAUSE OF BOUNTY TO THE HUMAN WORLD AND
CROWN MY HEAD WITH THE DIADEM OF ETERNAL LIFE
6ERILY 4HOU ART THE 0OWERFUL THE -IGHTY THE 3EER THE
(EARER @!BDUL "AHÉ
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN PLEASE ALWAYS REMEMBER TO BE KIND TO ANIMALSv

2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
/PENING 0RAYER
2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
2ECITAL OF THE 0RAYER FROM ,ESSON
%ACH STUDENT TO RECITE THE PRAYER
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN PLEASE PRACTISE THE PRAYER WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING
.EXT WEEK ) WILL ASK EACH OF YOU TO RECITE THE PRAYERv

/PENING 0RAYER
!S MANY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RECITE THE PRAYER FROM ,ESSON


h!NOTHER TEACHING OF @!BDUL "AHÉ IS TO SHOW GENEROSITY TO THE
POOR ,IKE "AHÉULLÉH @!BDUL "AHÉ ADVISED THE "AHÉÓS TO BE
KIND TO THE POOR AND MAKE THEIR HEARTS JOYOUS BY ASSISTING THEM
$URING (IS LIFETIME @!BDUL "AHÉ SPENT A LOT OF (IS TIME ASSISTING
THE NEEDY @!BDUL "AHÉ LIVED FOR SEVENTY SEVEN YEARS AND SPENT
ALL (IS LIFE IN SERVICE TO THE &AITH AND TO THE PEOPLE (E WAS ALWAYS
A SUPPORTER OF THE POOR AND HELPLESS (E WAS SO DEDICATED TO
THE SERVICE OF THE NEEDY THAT (E WAS GIVEN THE TITLE h&ATHER OF
THE 0OORv -ANY PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT "AHÉÓS BUT HAD WITNESSED
@!BDUL "AHÉS KINDNESS HAVE RECORDED THEIR OBSERVATIONS IN THEIR
BOOKS !N !MERICAN VISITOR TO @!BDUL "AHÉ TOLD THIS STORY
4HERE WERE OVER BIVOESFEPEOPLE MEN AND WOMEN YOUNG AND OLD ALL
GATHERED IN A NARROW STREET IN @!KKÉ4HEY WERE MOSTLY WEAK IN RAGGED
CLOTHES AND MALNOURISHED 4HE OLD MEN COULD NOT EVEN STAND ON THEIR
FEET7OMEN HOLDING THEIR SMALL CHILDREN WERE IN ONE CORNER AND lVE
TO SIX YEAR OLD CHILDREN HAD QUEUED UP IN ANOTHER CORNER 4HESE WERE
THE POOR OF @!KKÉ WHO WERE EXPECTING THE ARRIVAL OF A NOBLE -AN
!T THIS TIME A DOOR OPENED AND AN OLDER PERSON WITH mOWING WHITE
HAIR WEARING A LIGHT COLOURED ROBE STEPPED OUTSIDE ;/F COURSE WE CAN
ALL GUESS THIS PERSON WAS @!BDUL "AHÉ= 7ITH ABSOLUTE MAJESTY THIS
PERSON WALKED TOWARDS THE CROWD AND CALLED THEM TO (IM4HE CROWD IN
ONE WAVE APPROACHED (IM@!BDUL "AHÉ WITH MUCH KINDNESS DIRECTED
THEM TO MOVE BACK AND APPROACH (IM ONE BY ONE !S THEY EACH
APPROACHED @!BDUL "AHÉ (E PLACED A COIN IN THE PALM OF THEIR HANDS
@!BDUL "AHÉ KNEW EVERYONE IN THE CROWD AND AFTER DISTRIBUTING THE
COINS (E WOULD MOVE WITHIN THE CROWD TALK TO THEM AND ASK THEM
OF THEIR WELL BEING (E WOULD JOKE WITH SOME AND OTHERS (E WOULD
EMBRACE $URING THE COLD SEASON@!BDUL "AHÉ WOULD DISTRIBUTE CLOTHES
AND WITH (IS OWN HANDS WOULD ASSIST THOSE WHO WERE TOO WEAK TO PUT
THEM ON SAYING @'OD BLESS YOU
@!BDUL "AHÉS LOVE FOR CHILDREN WAS VERY GREAT (E WOULD ALWAYS
EMBRACE THEM GIVE THEM SWEETS AND GIVE THEM ENCOURAGING PATS
4EACHERS SHOULD SHOW THE CHILDREN SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF
@!BDUL "AHÉ ESPECIALLY THOSE WHERE (E IS SMILING AND THOSE
WHERE (E IS WITH CHILDREN
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN WE SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER THE KINDNESS OF
@!BDUL "AHÉ 4RY TO BE HELPFUL TO PEOPLE IN NEED 4HIS IS A VIRTUE
THAT 'OD WANTS ALL OF US TO HAVEv

/PENING 0RAYER
/NE OF THE CHILDREN TO RECITE THE PRAYER FROM ,ESSON
2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
/ 0EERLESS ,ORD "E 4HOU A SHELTER FOR THIS POOR CHILD AND
A KIND AND FORGIVING -ASTER UNTO THIS ERRING AND UNHAPPY
SOUL / ,ORD 4HOUGH WE ARE BUT WORTHLESS PLANTS YET WE
BELONG TO 4HY GARDEN OF ROSES 4HOUGH SAPLINGS WITHOUT
LEAVES AND BLOSSOMS YET WE ARE A PART OF 4HINE ORCHARD
.URTURE THIS PLANT THEN THROUGH THE OUTPOURINGS OF THE
CLOUDS OF 4HY TENDER MERCY AND QUICKEN AND REFRESH THIS
SAPLING THROUGH THE REVIVING BREATH OF 4HY SPIRITUAL SPRING
TIME 3UFFER HIM TO BECOME HEEDFUL DISCERNING AND NOBLE
AND GRANT THAT HE MAY ATTAIN ETERNAL LIFE AND ABIDE IN 4HY
+INGDOM FOR EVERMORE @!BDUL "AHÉ
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN TRY TO MEMORIZE THIS NEW PRAYERv

/PENING 0RAYER
2ECITAL OF 0RAYER ,EARNED IN ,ESSON
%ACH STUDENT TO RECITE THE PRAYER
#LOSING 0RAYER
3TUDENTS TO RECITE THE PRAYER LEARNED IN ,ESSON
h$EAR CHILDREN SAY THIS NEW PRAYER IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN
YOU GET UP TO SAY YOUR PRAYERSv

3HOGHI %FFENDI THE 'UARDIAN OF THE
"AHÉÓ &AITH
/PENING 0RAYER
3TUDENTS SHOULD RECITE THE PRAYER FROM ,ESSON
3HOGHI %FFENDI THE 'UARDIAN OF THE "AHÉÓ &AITH
h$EAR #HILDREN ) WANT YOU ALL TO LISTEN VERY VERY CAREFULLY TODAY
BECAUSE ) AM GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL 9OU
ALL KNOW HOW GREAT "AHÉULLÉH AND @!BDUL "AHÉ WERE AND SO
NOW YOU MUST LEARN ABOUT ANOTHER HOLY AND DIVINE PERSON CALLED
3HOGHI %FFENDI
h(IS BIRTHDAY WAS ON -ARCH AND HE WAS BORN TO @!BDUL
"AHÉS ELDEST DAUGHTER 4HIS MEANS THAT HE WAS THE GRANDSON OF
@!BDUL "AHÉ AND THE GREAT GRANDSON OF "AHÉULLÉH
h3HOGHI %FFENDI WAS A VERY HAPPY CHILD (E OFTEN JOKED BUT HE
WAS VERY SERIOUS TOO (E KNEW HOW MUCH @!BDUL "AHÉ LIKED IT
WHEN THE CHILDREN PRAYED AND SO HE USED TO SAY HIS PRAYERS VERY
LOUDLY SO THAT HIS BELOVED 'RANDFATHER @!BDUL "AHÉ COULD HEAR
HIM PRAYING WHEREVER (E WAS IN THE HOUSEv
3HOW A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS OF 3HOGHI %FFENDI TO THE CHILDREN
h3HOGHI %FFENDI WAS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THE HOUSE
WHERE @!BDUL "AHÉ LIVED EVEN THOUGH HE HAD TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO
DISTURB @!BDUL "AHÉS WORK %VERY DAY HE WOULD WAIT FOR @!BDUL
"AHÉ TO COME OUT OF (IS ROOM (E WAS SO EAGER TO SEE HIS 'RAND
FATHER THAT HE WOULD SIT AT HIS WINDOW AND WATCH AND AS SOON AS
THE DOOR OPENED HE WOULD RUN TO GREET @!BDUL "AHÉ
h7HEN 3HOGHI %FFENDI WAS OLD ENOUGH HE HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL
(E WAS SENT TO THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY BUT IT WAS DIFlCULT
FOR HIM TO BE HAPPY BECAUSE HE MISSED HIS 'RANDFATHER (E KNEW
HOW GREAT @!BDUL "AHÉ WAS AND ALL HE WANTED TO DO WAS TO SERVE
(IM %VERYONE WHO MET 3HOGHI %FFENDI FELT HOW SPECIAL HE WAS
(E LOVED CHILDREN AND HE LOVED EVERYONE (E SPENT ALL HIS LIFE
SERVING THE "AHÉÓ &AITH AND THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
h/NE DAY SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED @!BDUL "AHÉ PASSED
AWAY )T WAS @!BDUL "AHÉ 7HO TOOK CARE OF THE "AHÉÓS AND
7HO HAD BEEN KIND TO EVERYONE AFTER THE PASSING OF "AHÉULLÉH
.OW (E TOO HAD PASSED AWAY !LL AROUND THE WORLD PEOPLE CRIED
BECAUSE THEY WERE SAD #AN YOU IMAGINE "UT 'OD LOVES US
SO MUCH (E SENDS ALL (IS -ESSENGERS TO LOOK AFTER US 7HEN
"AHÉULLÉH PASSED AWAY (E KNEW WE STILL NEEDED HELP SO (E GAVE
US THE GIFT OF @!BDUL "AHÉ 7HEN @!BDUL "AHÉ PASSED AWAY (E
ALSO KNEW WE STILL NEEDED SOMEONE TO CARE FOR US AND SO (E GAVE
US HIS PRECIOUS GRANDSON 3HOGHI %FFENDI TO BE THE 'UARDIAN OF
THE "AHÉÓ &AITH
h7HEN HE WAS ABOUT TWENTY lVE YEARS OLD 3HOGHI %FFENDI BECAME
THE 'UARDIAN OF THE &AITH AND BEGAN TO GUIDE AND LOOK AFTER ALL
THE "AHÉÓS AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE (E BUILT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE
WHERE THE "ÉB AND @!BDUL "AHÉ ARE BURIED AND PEOPLE COME
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO PRAY IN THIS SPECIAL PLACEv
3HOW A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 3HRINE OF THE "ÉB AND EXPLAIN TO THEM
WHO BUILT IT
h!LTHOUGH HE WAS SAD BECAUSE HE HAD LOST HIS GRANDFATHER 3HOGHI
%FFENDI WORKED AND WORKED AND WORKED FOR THE "AHÉÓS n DO YOU
SEE HOW SELmESS HE WAS
h7E MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER TO TRY TO BE LIKE @!BDUL "AHÉ AND
3HOGHI %FFENDIv
3UMMARY OF ,ESSONS ,EARNED
#LOSING 0RAYER
0RAYER FROM ,ESSON

h$EAR CHILDREN REMEMBER THAT 3HOGHI %FFENDI LOVES YOU ALL 4O
SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR HIM YOU SHOULD TRY TO DO YOUR BEST TO BE A
GOOD "AHÉÓv

,EARNING A 3ONG
/PENING 0RAYER
3TUDENTS SHOULD RECITE THE PRAYER FROM ,ESSON
2EVIEW OF ,ESSON
,EARNING A .EW 3ONG
4HE TEACHER CAN SELECT A SONG THAT TEACHES THE CHILDREN ABOUT
SOME OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE &AITH
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN IT IS GOOD TO SING 0RACTISE THE SONG THAT WE HAVE
LEARNED TODAYv

/PENING 0RAYER
4EACHERS CAN BEGIN BY ASKING A FEW QUESTIONS
h7HO CAN TELL ME WHAT WAS SPECIAL ABOUT @!BDUL "AHÉ IN TERMS
OF (IS POSITION IN THE &AITH
4HAT IS RIGHT (E LOOKED AFTER THE "AHÉÓS AFTER "AHÉULLÉH PASSED
AWAYv
h!ND WHO CAN TELL ME WHAT WAS SPECIAL ABOUT 3HOGHI %FFENDI
(OW DID 3HOGHI %FFENDI HELP THE "AHÉÓS
4HAT IS CORRECT HE TOOK OVER @!BDUL "AHÉS TASK OF LOOKING AFTER
THE "AHÉÓS OF THE WORLDv
h)T WAS AFTER THE PASSING OF 3HOGHI %FFENDI THAT THE TIME HAD COME
FOR A NEW WAY OF ORGANIZING THE "AHÉÓ &AITH 'OD WANTED A GROUP
OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER IN COMPLETE UNITY TO LOOK AFTER THE
"AHÉÓ WORLD 4HIS GROUP IS CALLED THE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE
h9OU MAY BE WONDERING HOW 'OD TOLD US ABOUT THE 5NIVERSAL
(OUSE OF *USTICE )T WAS THROUGH "AHÉULLÉH 7HO IS 'ODS -ES
SENGER "AHÉULLÉH MADE PLANS FOR THE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *US
TICE TO LOOK AFTER THE WORLD 7HEN 3HOGHI %FFENDI PASSED ON TO
THE !BHÉ +INGDOM THE "AHÉÓS WERE READY TO BE DIRECTED BY THE
5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE
h4HE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE IS VERY VERY SPECIAL 4HERE ARE
NINE MEMBERS "AHÉULLÉH HAS PROMISED TO PROTECT AND GUIDE THE
5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE (E ALSO PROMISED US THAT THE 5NI
VERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE COULD NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE 4HIS IS WHY
"AHÉÓS ALWAYS LISTEN TO WHAT THE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE TELLS
US ,ISTENING TO AND OBEYING THE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE IS LIKE
OBEYING 'OD AND "AHÉULLÉH
h4HE MEMBERS OF THE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE WORK IN A VERY
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING IN (AIFA )SRAEL4HIS BUILDING IS CALLED 4HE 3EAT
OF THE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE (ERE IS A PICTURE OF THAT BUILD
ING ;SHOW PICTURE= )T IS IN THIS BUILDING THAT THEY HAVE MEETINGS
CONSULT MAKE DECISIONS AND RECEIVE VISITORS
h0ERHAPS ONE DAY IF YOU ARE VERY LUCKY YOU MAY VISIT THIS BUILDING
AND MEET THE MEMBERS OF THE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICEv
#LOSING 0RAYER
h$EAR CHILDREN THINK HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO BE LIVING IN THESE DAYS
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *USTICE 4O MAKE
"AHÉULLÉH @!BDUL "AHÉ AND 3HOGHI %FFENDI PLEASED WITH US
WE SHOULD LIVE A "AHÉÓ LIFE AND OBEY THE 5NIVERSAL (OUSE OF *US
TICEv

/PENING 0RAYER
/NE OF THE STUDENTS TO RECITE THE lRST PRAYER LEARNED IN "OOK
2EVIEW IN $ETAIL ,ESSONS AND THROUGH
$IALOGUE AND $ISCUSSION
#LOSING 0RAYER
! STUDENT TO RECITE THE SECOND PRAYER LEARNED IN "OOK
4EACHER SHOULD MAKE ANY SUGGESTION HE OR SHE FEELS lT FOR THE
CHILDREN

/PENING 0RAYER
/NE OF THE STUDENTS TO RECITE THE PRAYER LEARNED IN ,ESSON
2EVIEW IN $ETAIL ,ESSONS AND THROUGH $IA
LOGUE AND $ISCUSSION
#LOSING 0RAYER
/NE OF THE STUDENTS TO RECITE THE PRAYER LEARNED IN ,ESSON
CHILDREN

/PENING 0RAYER
/NE OF THE CHILDREN SAYS THE lRST PRAYER LEARNED IN "OOK
#LOSING 0RAYER
3TUDENTS TO RECITE THE SECOND PRAYER LEARNED IN "OOK
CHILDREN

/PENING 0RAYER
/NE OF THE CHILDREN TO RECITE THE PRAYER LEARNED IN ,ESSON
#LOSING 0RAYER
/NE OF THE CHILDREN TO RECITE THE PRAYER LEARNED IN ,ESSON
CHILDREN

/PENING 0RAYER
#LOSING 0RAYER
CHILDREN

0REPARING FOR THE 9EAR %ND
#ELEBRATION
/PENING 0RAYER
%XPLANATIONS 0ROVIDED BY THE 4EACHER 2EGARDING
THE 9EAR %ND #ELEBRATION
0REPARATION OF THE 0ROGRAMME FOR THE #ELEBRA
TION IN #ONSULTATION WITH THE 3TUDENTS AND $IVI
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