Concerning cremation…as Bahá’u’lláh in the book of Aqdas
directs the friends to bury their dead, he indirectly discourages cremation.
Whether there is some basic reason for such a preference he does not say, but
we may try and find it.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 14 January 1932 written
on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; ‘The Light of Divine
Guidance’, vol. 2)