O my loving friends! After the passing away of this wronged
one, it is incumbent upon the Aghsán (Branches),the Afnán (Twigs) of the Sacred
Lote-Tree, the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of God and the loved ones of the
Abhá Beauty to turn unto Shoghi Effendi - the youthful branch branched from the
two hallowed and sacred Lote-Trees and the fruit grown from the union of the
two offshoots of the Tree of Holiness - as he is the sign of God, the chosen
branch, the guardian of the Cause of God, he unto whom all the Aghsán, the
Afnán, the Hands of the Cause of God and His loved ones must turn. He is the
expounder of the words of God and after him will succeed the first-born of his
lineal descendents.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘The Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá’;
The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, The Covenant)
