…about two weeks before His passing He had spoken to His
faithful gardener in a manner that clearly indicated He knew His end to be
nigh. “I am so fatigued,” He observed to him, “the hour is come when I must
leave everything and take My flight. I am too weary to walk.” He added: “It was
during the closing days of the Blessed Beauty, when I was engaged in gathering
together His papers which were strewn over the sofa in His writing chamber in
Bahjí, that He turned to Me and said: ‘It is of no use to gather them, I must
leave them and flee away.’ I also have finished My work. I can do nothing more.
Therefore must I leave it, and take My departure.”
- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes
By’)
