Greatest Holy Leaf Ascended Abhá Kingdom
Shoghi Effendi, Bahíyyih Khánum, (1982), p. Part III, no. 4 · Read original
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GREATEST HOLY LEAF ASCENDED ABHÁ KINGDOM. OUR GRIEF IMMENSE, OUR LOSS IRREPARABLE. INFORM LOCAL ASSEMBLIES COMMEMORATE BEFITTINGLY SACRED EXPERIENCES SO RICH, SO SUBLIME, SO EVENTFUL A LIFE. MAGNITUDE OF OUR SORROW DEMANDS COMPLETE SUSPENSION FOR NINE MONTHS THROUGHOUT BAHÁ’Í WORLD EVERY FORM RELIGIOUS FESTIVITY. HER MORTAL REMAINS LAID VICINITY HOLY SHRINE.
Source: Shoghi Effendi, in Bahíyyih Khánum (Bahá'í World Centre, 1982), part III, no. 4. Text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19242.
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