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On 4 Apr 2009 at 5:35, David Friedman wrote:
> Now that I think of it, didn't 'Abdu'l-Baha say that Isaiah 11:6 (a
> little child shall lead them) referred to Shoghi Effendi? That would
> surely indicate some future role for him.
Yes, there was reason to think he had a role: but no-one knew about
the Guardianship. That was the surprise.
The passage you are thinking of does not name Shoghi Effendi, it just
refers to a "child" alive in Abdu'l-Baha's day. Taherzadeh says:
"Another believer enquired about a verse in Isaiah (11:6), 'a little
child shall lead them', wanting to know whether this was true and
whether the child who would succeed 'Abdu'l-Bahá was then living. In
response 'Abdu'l-Bahá revealed the following Tablet:
O Maidservant of God! Verily, that child is born and is alive and
from him will appear wondrous things that thou wilt hear of in the
future. Thou shalt behold him endowed with the most perfect
appearance, supreme capacity, absolute perfection, consummate power
and unsurpassed might. His face will shine with a radiance that
illumines all the horizons of the world; therefore forget this not as
long as thou dost live inasmuch as ages and centuries will bear
traces of him. Upon thee be greetings and praise 'Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abbas
[('Abdu'l-Bahá, quoted in Rabbani, Priceless Pearl.)] (Adib
Taherzadeh, The Child of the Covenant, p. 30)
Sen
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Let the friends recall and ever bear in mind
the repeated exhortations and glowing promises of our beloved
Master
with reference to the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar,
the crowning institution in every Baha'i community.
(Shoghi Effendi, Baha'i Administration, page
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