Whatever the Master
has said is based on the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh. He was the perfect
Interpreter, had lived with Him all His life; therefore what He says has the
same standing, even if a text of Bahá’u’lláh is not available.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a
letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer on 19 March
1946, quoted in a letter dated 27 April 1995 written on behalf of the Universal
House of Justice to an individual believer)
