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Huqúqu'lláh Questionnaire

  1. In all your replies you should use quotations from the Writings to support your answers where this is possible.
  2. How can the metaphor of the embryo be applied to our understanding of the law of Huqúqu’lláh?
  3. Why do you think that our full understanding of the Law of Huqúqu’lláh is beyond our knowledge?
  4. How does the Law of Huqúqu'lláh reflect the definition of the purpose of the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh as described by the Universal House of Justice (Individual Rights & Freedoms within the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh)
  5. Name at least five outer and inner benefits from observing the Law of Huqúqu'lláh.
  6. How in your opinion does Huqúqu'lláh lead to the salvation of the individual and society?
  7. Who are Huquq funds paid to and how are Huqúqu'lláh funds used?
  8. Discuss how the Law of Huqúqu'lláh is a law designed for a mature humanity.
  9. Bahá’u’lláh says “All the world hath belonged and will always belong to God”. Why then do we only pay 19% and not 100% of our profit to the Center of the Cause?
  10. Why is Huqúqu'lláh a blessing for humanity?
  11. When does payment of Huqúqu'lláh become obligatory, i.e. what is the minimum excess earnings on which payment of Huquq’u’lláh becomes obligatory?
  12. If we do not earn the minimum earnings on which payment of Huqúqu'lláh becomes obligatory, can we still contribute to the Huqúqu'lláh fund?
  13. We live in a part of the world where it is not possible to earn enough money to make the payment of Huqúqu'lláh obligatory. Does that mean you are deprived of the spiritual benefits accruing from this law?
  14. Why do you think that Bahá’u’lláh has said that after ‘recognition of the one true God’ and ‘showing constancy in His Cause’, that the payment of Huquq’u’lláh ranks next in order of importance.
  15. If Bahá’u’lláh is ‘wholly independent’ from us, why should we pay Huqúqu'lláh?
  16. What is the difference between paying Huqúqu'lláh and paying taxes?
  17. Should we sacrifice all our material wealth in order to fulfil the Law of Huqúqu'lláh?
  18. Discuss in detail four benefits which lead to ‘the good of this world’
  19. How does the fulfilment of the Law of Huqúqu'lláh prepare us for the next world?
  20. How would our progress in the next world be impaired if we fail to pay Huqúqu'lláh?