Bahá’í Administration
Letters from Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Cause
world the glorious Person of the Master is no more, a convincing testimony of the potency of His everliving Spirit.
Your brother and co-worker in His Cause,
Shoghi.
Haifa, Palestine.
March 5, 1922.
In the Name of God
This servant, after that grievous event and great calamity, the ascension of His Holiness ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to the Abhá Kingdom, has been so stricken with grief and pain and so entangled in the troubles (created) by the enemies of the Cause of God, that I consider that my presence here, at such a time and in such an atmosphere, is not in accordance with the fulfilment of my important and sacred duties.
For this reason, unable to do otherwise, I have left for a time the affairs of the Cause both at home and abroad, under the supervision of the Holy Family and the headship of the Greatest Holy Leaf3 until, by the Grace of God, having gained health, strength, self-confidence and spiritual energy, and having taken into my hands, in accordance with my aim and desire, entirely and regularly the work of service I shall attain to my utmost spiritual hope and aspiration.
The servant of His Threshold,
Shoghi.
Haifa, Palestine.
Circa May, 1922 (undated).
Our Common Servitude
May I also express my heartfelt desire that the friends of God in every land regard me in no other light but that of a true brother, united with them in our common servitude to the Master’s Sacred Threshold, and refer to me in their letters and verbal addresses always as Shoghi Effendi, for I desire to be known by no other name save the one our Beloved Master was wont to utter, a name which of all other designations is the most conducive to my spiritual growth and advancement.
Haifa, Palestine.
Circa May, 1922 (undated).
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