How well I remember when, more than two years ago, the
Beloved Master turning to a distinguished visitor of His, who was seated by Him
in His garden, suddenly broke the silence and said: -- "My work is now
done upon this plane; it is time for me to pass on to the other world."
Did He not in more than one occasion state clearly and emphatically: --
"Were ye to know what will come to pass after me, surely would ye pray
that my end be hastened"? In a Tablet sent to Persia when the storm raised
years ago by that Committee of Investigation was fiercely raging around Him,
when the days of His incarceration were at their blackest, He reveals the following:
-- "Now in this world of being, the Hand of Divine Power hath firmly laid
the foundations of this all-highest Bounty and this wondrous Gift. Gradually
whatsoever is latent in the innermost of this Holy Cycle shall appear and be
made manifest, for now is but the beginning of its growth and the dayspring of
the revelation of its Signs. Ere the close of this Century and of this Age, it
shall be made clear and manifest how wondrous was that Springtide and how
heavenly was that Gift!"
With such assuring Utterances and the unmistakable evidences of His sure and clear knowledge that His end was nigh ….
- Shoghi Effendi (Excerpt from a message dated January 21st, 1922 in ‘Baha'i Administration’) (To read the entire message please visit Messages to the Baha'i World Community -- by Shoghi Effendi)
With such assuring Utterances and the unmistakable evidences of His sure and clear knowledge that His end was nigh ….
- Shoghi Effendi (Excerpt from a message dated January 21st, 1922 in ‘Baha'i Administration’) (To read the entire message please visit Messages to the Baha'i World Community -- by Shoghi Effendi)
