It is useful to consider Shoghi Effendi's descriptions of
the degree of rapport and unity of purpose that existed between Bahá'u'lláh and
His Son. For example, in "God Passes By" (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing
Trust, 1987), pp. 325-326, he states that Bahá'u'lláh's "purpose" had
been "thoroughly infused into the mind of 'Abdu'l-Bahá" and that
"His Spirit" had "profoundly" permeated "His
being". And, in "The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh", Shoghi
Effendi writes that 'Abdu'l-Bahá "gets His light, His inspiration and
sustenance direct from the Fountainhead of the Bahá'í Revelation" and that
"He reflects even as a clear and perfect Mirror the rays of Bahá’u’lláh's
glory".
(Memorandum from the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice dated 23 May, 1991, on ‘The Secret of Divine Civilization’, accompanied
a letter dated 20 June 1991 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice
to an individual believer)
