It was not mere physical torture that the friends in Persia
had to endure but also moral persecution for they were cursed and vilified by
all the people, especially when they ceased to defend themselves ... the Master
used to say sometimes that the western friends will be severely persecuted but
theirs will be primarily moral....
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 22 October 1930 written
on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; ‘Unfolding Destiny)
