The features of the "new World Order" are delineated in the Writings of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha and in the letters of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice. The institutions of the present-day Baha'i Administrative Order, which constitute the "structural basis" of Baha'u'llah's World Order, will mature and evolve into the Baha'i World Commonwealth. In this regard, Shoghi Effendi affirms that the Administrative Order "will, as its component parts, its organic institutions, begin to function with efficiency and vigour, assert its claim and demonstrate its capacity to be regarded not only as the nucleus but the very pattern of the New World Order destined to embrace in the fullness of time the whole of mankind". (248:1)

For additional information on the evolution of this new World Order, see, for example, the letters of Shoghi Effendi published in The World Order of Baha'u'llah. (248:2)

190. O source of perversion!
This is a reference to Mirza Yahya, known as Subh-i-Azal (Morning of Eternity), a younger half-brother of Baha'u'llah, who arose against Him and opposed His Cause. Mirza Yahya was nominated by the Bab to serve as a figure-head for the Babi community pending the imminent manifestation of the Promised One. At the instigation of Siyyid Muhammad-i-Isfahani (see note 192), Mirza Yahya betrayed the trust of the Bab, claimed to be His successor, and intrigued against Baha'u'llah, even attempting to have Him murdered. When Baha'u'llah formally declared His Mission to him in Adrianople, Mirza Yahya responded by going to the length of putting forward his own claim to be the recipient of an independent Revelation. His pretensions were eventually rejected by all but a few, who became known as Azalis (see note 177). He is described by Shoghi Effendi as the "Arch-Breaker of the Covenant of the Bab" (see God Passes By, chapter X). (248:3)

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