It is useful to consider Shoghi Effendi's descriptions of
the degree of rapport and unity of purpose that existed between Bahá'u'lláh and
His Son. For example, in "God Passes By"… he states that
Bahá'u'lláh's "purpose" had been "thoroughly infused into the
mind of 'Abdu'l-Bahá" and that "His Spirit" had
"profoundly" permeated "His being". And, in "The
Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh", Shoghi Effendi writes that 'Abdu'l-Bahá
"gets His light, His inspiration and sustenance direct from the Fountainhead
of the Bahá'í Revelation" and that "He reflects even as a clear and
perfect Mirror the rays of Bahá’u’lláh's glory".
(Memorandum from the
Research Department of the Universal House of Justice dated 23 May, 1991, on
‘The Secret of Divine Civilization’, accompanied a letter dated 20 June 1991
written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer)
