Concerning the accounts of visits to Haifa, published by the
friends during the Master’s life-time, Shoghi Effendi is very reluctant to
attribute to them much authority. Most of these are personal impressions and
are to be valued only as such. Bahá’u’lláh definitely states that only His
actual writings are to be relied upon. Such reports may be interesting but not
authoritative, no matter who the reporter may be...
- Shoghi Effendi (From a
letter dated 9 June 1930 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual
believer; ‘Unfolding Destiny’)
