...under the Covenant of God, Shoghi Effendi was, during his
ministry as Guardian of the Cause, the point of authority in the Faith to which
all were to turn.... The same thing applies to the position occupied by the
Universal House of Justice in its relationship to the friends.
- The Universal
House of Justice (From a letter dated 9 November 1981 written on behalf of the
Universal House of Justice to an individual believer; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. I, The Covenant)
