Bahá’í Administration

Letters from Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Cause

I am enclosing on a separate sheet the full authoritative code, widely adopted by contemporary Orientalists throughout the world, which will serve as a basis for the transliteration of Bahá’í terms and Oriental names.8

Remembering you all in my hours of visit and prayer at the Three Holy Shrines, and wishing you success from all my heart,

I am your brother and fellow-worker,

Shoghi.

Haifa, Palestine.
April 9th, 1923.

To the members of the National Spiritual Assembly.

Beloved fellow-workers in the Cause:

I am not sure whether I have sent you before a copy of this glorious Tablet revealed by Bahá’u’lláh for His beloved ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, written in His own blessed handwriting, and which we found among his papers and documents soon after the Master’s Ascension. It reveals in terms of touching tenderness the unique station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and constitutes an unchallengeable evidence of His supreme authority.

I am also enclosing my rendering of various passages of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas9 which you may feel at liberty to circulate amongst the friends.

Wishing you all success in your work,

I am your devoted brother,

Shoghi.

Haifa, Palestine.
April 27th, 1923.

To the members of the National Spiritual Assembly.

My friends and fellow-workers in the Cause of God!

Your most welcome message, imparting the glad news of a successful Convention, has rejoiced my heart and fortified my hope

8 See previous footnote on transliterations.

9 Published in “The Star of the West” during the year 1923.