The Faith is moving at a tremendous rate, and with tremendous force at the present time. Certainly if it is suppressed in one place, the power of the Cause is such that it must rise with greater strength in another place; and thus the persecutions of the Persian Bahá’ís have caused the Faith to surge ahead in Africa. This certainly must be a solace to the suffering of the Bahá’ís of Persia.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 26 September 1955 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; compilation: Crisis and Victory prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, October 1987; Baha’i Reference Library)
