The Hands of the Cause, of Bahá'u'lláh's days, will be known
to the friends by name when the history of the Cause in Persia and the Near
East is written and available.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 19 April 1947 written on
behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; included in a memorandum
dated 11 August 1998 by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice)