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This is what we have in his own handwriting *** **I
urge them to study
profoundly the revealed utterances of Baha'u'llah and the discourses of
Abdu'l-Baha and not to rely unduly on the representation and interpretation of the
Teachings given by Baha'i speakers and teachers. May the
Almighty sustain you and guide you in your work.
(In the handwriting of Shoghi Effendi, appended to a letter dated 20
March 1929
(Shoghi Effendi: The Importance of Deepening, Page: 206) **** your brother sending his warmest regards
and desperately praying for peace [the true salaam] khazeh **** The essence of these
words is this: they that tread the path of faith, they that thirst for the
wine of certitude, must cleanse themselves of all that is earthly - their ears
from idle talk, their minds from vain imaginings, their hearts from worldly
affections, their eyes from that which perisheth. They should put their trust
in God, and, holding fast unto Him, follow in His way. Then will they be made
worthy of the effulgent glories of the sun of divine knowledge and
understanding, and become the recipients of a grace that is infinite and
unseen, inasmuch as man can never hope to attain unto the knowledge of the
All-Glorious, can never quaff from the stream of divine knowledge and wisdom,
can never enter the abode of immortality, nor partake of the cup of divine
nearness and favour, UNLESS AND UNTIL HE CEASES TO REGARD THE WORDS and deeds
of mortal men as a standard for the true understanding and recognition of God
and His Prophets. (Baha'u'llah: The
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