June 10

Your poem dedicated to Nabíl deeply touched me.... I would also welcome any other poems from your gifted pen on any phase or episode recounted in Nabíl’s immortal narrative. You are rendering the Cause unique and notable services. Be happy and persevere in your high endeavours. 

- Shoghi Effendi  (From a letter dated 6 August 1933, appended in the handwriting of Shoghi Effendi to a letter written on his behalf to an individual; compilation: ‘The Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith’, updated at the Baha’i World Center website)