In these days one of the essential requirements of the Faith
which will attract divine blessings and lead to the protection of the servants
at His Threshold, is to set aside a suitable place to serve as a centre for
Bahá'í activities in each of the localities where believers reside. In such a
centre, even if it is among the most modest of locations, all gatherings of the
friends should be held, such as those for the reading of the Tablets, for
prayers and supplications, for the meetings of the Local Spiritual Assembly,
for the teaching work, for the delivery of talks, for commemorations, for
festivals and for the Feasts. If the location is suitable, it would be light
upon light if in the future the edifice of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár could also be
erected on that spot. That centre should be named Hazíratu'l-Quds, so that the
musk-scented breaths of the fervent prayers offered therein, and the sweet
breeze of spiritual discussions and worthy enterprises wafted from the
Hazíratu'l-Quds may spread to neighbouring regions, and impart healing and
fragrance to the nostrils of a sorely-afflicted world.
- Shoghi Effendi (Translated from a
letter of Shoghi Effendi to the friends in Iran and the East, dated July 1925; The Compilation of Compilations, Vol.III, Social and Economic Development)
