The Light of Divine Guidance

by Shoghi Effendi

An excerpt from the book -

To have been unable, owing to sad circumstances over which I have had no
control, to keep in close and constant touch with you, the beloved
children of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, since His passing from this world, is to me a
cause of sad surprise and deep and bitter regret. To say that ever since
the Dawn of a New Day has broken upon me I have in the least felt
reluctant or disinclined to enter into relationship with every one of you,
or felt indifferent to a Cause which is so close and dear to your hearts,
would indeed betray every sentiment of love and fellowship which animates
every one of us in our servitude to His Holy Threshold. It was rather my
utter exhaustion, my profound feelings of sorrow, the overwhelming sense
of my own position and responsibilities and the extreme pressure of work
that have caused me to maintain such a long silence and seem forgetful of
those brave and valiant lovers of the Master in that land.

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About the author

Shoghí Effendí Rabbání was the Guardian and appointed head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957. After the death of `Abdu'l-Bahá in 1921, the leadership of the Bahá'í community entered a new phase, evolving from that of a single individual to an administrative order with executive and legislative branches, the head of each being the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice. Shoghi Effendi was referred to as the Guardian, and held the explicit authority to interpret the writings of the three central figures of the religion and define the sphere of legislative authority. His writings are effectively limited to commentaries on the works of the central figures, and broad directives for the future.

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