Mindful as we are of the repeated and emphatic injunctions
of our beloved ‘Abdu’l- Baha to scrupulously avoid meddling by word or deed
with the political affairs of Persia, we cannot but feel gravely concerned at
the plight and the perilous position of a vast number of our brothers and
sisters in that beloved yet most backward of countries. Whilst we disassociate
ourselves with the confused political aspirations of the contending factions in
Persia, we should, if we be faithful to our trust, watch carefully every
development in the situation, and by every lawful and legitimate means strive
to alleviate the sufferings of our patient friends and ensure the protection of
our Sacred Cause.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated March 3, 1925, addressed
to the ‘beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout the
West’; Baha’i News, no. 6, July-August 1925)
