The Hands of the Cause in the Baha'i Faith are a select group of appointed believers whose main function is to help propagate and protect the Baha'i Faith on the international level. This title is no longer given out. The work of the Hands is now carried out by the Continental Counselers and the Auxiliary Boards. As of June 2005 there is only one Hand of the Cause living - 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa. Known in India as the Lotus Temple, the Bahai House of Worship attracts an average of three and a half million visitors a year. ...

There were fifty Hands of the Cause in all, four named by Baha’u’llah, four named by Abdu’l-Baha and forty-two appointed by Shoghi Effendi (including ten posthumously). Twenty-seven Hands were alive when Shoghi Effendi passed away. Shoghi Effendi (1897-1957) The Guardians Resting Place in London Shoghi Effendi Rabbani was the Guardian of the Baháí Faith. ...

The most complete list of the Hands available is from "The Baha'i World: Vol XIV". The Universal House of Justice has confirmed that this list may not be complete, and that a study of the letters and archives may reveal others named to this station. For the building, see the Seat of the Universal House of Justice The Universal House of Justice, or the House of Justice is the supreme governing institution of the Baháí Faith. ...

Note: Orthography of names below is not correct. Accented and underscored characters were not transcribed.

Appointed by Baha'u'llah

• Akhund, Haji. Haji Mulla `Ali-Akbar Shahmirzadi (1258/1842-1910), known as Haji Akhund [1]
• Haji Mirza Muhammad Taqui-i-abhari, known as Ibn-i-Abhar
• Mirza Huhammad-Hasan, entitle Adibu'l-Ulama, known as Adib
• Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad, known as Ibn-i-asdaq

Appointed by Abdu'l-Baha

• Aqa Muhammad-i-Qa'ini, known as Nabil-i-Akbar
• Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad-i-Varqa, the martyr
• Mulla Sadiq-i-Muqaddas, entitled Ismu'llahu'l-Asdaq
• Shaykh Muhammad-Riday-i-Yasdi

Appointed by Shoghi Effendi

• Shu'a'u'lla 'Alai (Appointed 1952)
• Agnes Baldwin Alexander (appointed 1957)
• Haji 'Abu'l Hasan Ardakani, Amin-i-Ilahi, the trustee of the Huququ'llah (postumous)
• Dorothy Baker (Appointed 1951)
• Hasan M. Balyuzi (appointed 1957)
• Musa Banani (Appointed 1952)
• Amelia E. Collins (Appointed 1951)
• Clara Dunn (Appointed 1952)
• John Henry Hyde-Dunn (postumous)
• John Ebenezer Esslemont (posthumous)
• Abu'l-Qasim Faizi (appointed 1957)
• John Ferraby (appointed 1957)
• H Collis Featherstone (appointed 1957)
• ‘Ali Akbar Furutan (Appointed 1951)
• Ugo Giachery (Appointed 1951)
• Louis G. Gregory (postumous)
• Hermann Grossmann (Appointed 1951)
• Paul Haney (appointed 1954)
• Horace Holley (Appointed 1951)
• Leroy Ioas (Appointed 1951)
• Dhikru'llah Khadem (Appointed 1952)
• Jalal Khazeh (appointed 1953)
• Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khanum (Appointed 1952)
• Sutherland Maxwell (Appointed 1951)
• Rahmatu'llah Muhajir (appointed 1957)
• Adelbert Mühlschlegel (Appointed 1952)
• Enoch Olinga (appointed 1957)
• Keith Ramsom-Kehler (postumous)
• Charles Mason Remey (appointed 1951)
• John Robarts (appointed 1957)
• Martha Root (postumous)
• Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí (postumous)
• Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'd (postumous)
• Taráz'u'lláh Samandari (Appointed 1951)
• Siegfried Schopflocher (Appointed 1952)
• William Sears (appointed 1957)
• Haji Mulla 'Ali Akbar Shahmirzadi
• Muhammed Taqiy-i-Isfahani (postumous)
• George Townshend (Appointed 1951)
• Corinne True (Appointed 1952)
• 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa (appointed 1955)
• 'Ali-Muhammad Varqd (Appointed 1951)
• Roy C. Wilhelm (postumous)

Amatul-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khanum (1910-2000) Born Mary Maxwell in New York City in 1910, Amatul-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khanum was raised in Montreal, Québec. ... Mason Remey, Hand of the Cause Charles Mason Remey (May 15, 1874-1974) Born in Burlington, Iowa he was the eldest son of Rear Admiral George Collier Remey, U.S.N., and. ... John Robarts (1901 - 1991) was a prominate Canadian Bahai. ... One of the prominent traveling teachers of the Baháí Faith in the late 19th and early 20th century. ... Hand of the Cause William Sears (Born 1911 died 1992) was appointed a Hand by Shoghi Effendi in the last contingent of Hands prior to the Guardians death in 1957. ...

Orthodox Bahá'í

With the passing of Shoghi Effendi, the larger Baha'i group is without a Guardian and believe no more Hands of the Cause of God can be named. Orthodox Bahá'ís have continued to have a Guardian and so more Hands of the Cause of God have been named. Shoghi Effendi (1897-1957) The Guardians Resting Place in London Shoghi Effendi Rabbani was the Guardian of the Baháí Faith. ... The Orthodox Baháí Faith is a movement which started within the Baháí Faith, though now independent of it. ...

Joel Bray Marangella the third Guardian has declared the following to be Hands of the Cause of God. Joel Bray Marangella is the present Guardian, or administrative and spiritual leader of the Orthodox Baháís. ...

• Franklin Schlatter (1997)
• Marilyn Meyers (2004)
• Madeline Byers (2005 Posthumously)