| >> Back to Shoghi Effend: Uncompiled Letters |
Bahiyyih Khanum, compiled by the Research Department p74
...The news of the Memorial Service you had held for the Greatest Holy Leaf gave him the assurance that the friends are faithfully sharing his grief and are demonstrating in a befitting manner their profound devotion to one whose very life was an example of faithfulness and sincerity, of self-abnegation and love.
The ascension of the Greatest Holy Leaf is, indeed, both a calamity and a blessing. It is an overwhelming calamity since it has deprived us of the presence in our very midst of the last Remnant of that Heroic age of the Cause that gave birth to so many noble and faithful souls. The mere presence of our beloved Khanum among us was a source of inspiration and blessing. And now that she has gone we cannot too deeply deplore the immensity of our loss.
But thanks to God for having released her, after so many long years of agonizing pain, of the bondage of this world and given her the priceless privilege of being in direct communion with God.
May her everlasting spirit continue to guide our efforts and enable us to serve a Cause, for which she suffered so much, with all our might, our enthusiasm and hope.
Postscript by Shoghi Effendi quoted in Bahiyyih Khanum, compiled by the Research Department p48
Your highly impressive and touching message brought much relief to my weary soul. I thank you from the depths of my heart. I greatly value the sentiments expressed on behalf of a local community, the members of which have, by their services, their devotion and loyalty, contributed, to so great an extent, to the joy and satisfaction of the hearts of both Abdu'l-Baha and the Greatest Holy Leaf. My great attachment to each one of you, as well as my immense love for our departed and beloved Khanum, have prompted me to add these few words in person. I will continue to pray for the success of your efforts, as well as for your spiritual advancement.
[response to Washington D.C. LSA condolences on passing of Bahiyyih Khanum 1 Sept 1932]
|
|
