The electors ... must prayerfully and devotedly and after
meditation and reflection elect faithful, sincere, experienced, capable and
competent souls who are worthy of membership ...
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter
dated 1 July 1943 to the National Spiritual Assembly of Persia - translated
from the Persian; The Compilation of Compilation, Vol. III, Sanctity and Nature
of Baha’i Elections)
