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An Unavoidable Delay

“He deeply regrets the obstacles which stood in his way and which by their very nature he found them impossible to surmount.”

Written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi · Bahíyyih Khánum: The Greatest Holy Leaf

Formative Age / Shoghi Effendi (1921–1957) · 1 min

The profound sorrow occasioned by the sudden passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf, as well as the unnumbered messages of sympathy received from friends and believers in East and West, all of which the Guardian acknowledged in person, have caused the unavoidable delay in giving his immediate attention to various matters referred to in your communications to him. He deeply regrets the obstacles which stood in his way and which by their very nature he found them impossible to surmount.

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*From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, dated 10 September 1932, to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada.*

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