Abdul Baha's 'eyes of the spirit'

Say that Abdul-Baha has considered every one of the letters with the eyes of the spirit, has read each, and through the valid messenger—that is, through the spiritual susceptibilities—has sent each the message of peace and greeting.

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Smoking is not forbidden in the Bahá'í Faith

Smoking is not forbidden in the Bahá'í Faith, but 'Abdu'l-Bahá has discouraged it for the sake of health and cleanliness.

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Mirza Abul Fadl was a chain smoker.

The following story recounted by a certain believer, Husayn-i-Rúhí Effendi, who knew Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, illustrates this point clearly.

When I was in 'Akká, I procured a copy of a Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá known as Lawh-i-Dukhán which is written in honour of Muhammad-Husayn-i-Vakíl...When I arrived in Egypt I shared the contents of this Tablet which disapproved of smoking with Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl.

I had not yet finished the reading of the Tablet for him when he took his cigar case, threw it out in the street and said that this was the end of smoking for him, although he was a chain-smoker. He used to roll his own cigarettes by hand, light a new one with the old, and smoke non-stop from morning till evening. He said to me: 'O Rúhí Effendi, I have been smoking for fifty-five years and I am addicted to it. And, soon you will see that because of the effect of nicotine a member of my body will be paralysed.

It did not take very long until one of his arms was paralysed and he could not move it. This lasted for two years. The doctors strongly urged him to resume smoking but he refused, saying, 'I prefer to die than to disobey 'Abdu'l-Bahá.'

The Revelation of Baha'u'llah, Vol 3. Adib Taherzadeh.
https://d9263461.github.io/cl/Baha%27i/Others/ROB/V3/p433-441Apndx_II.html

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The infallibility of Shoghi Effendi!

The work of writing involved in such a major project was of course itself burdensome to Shoghi Effendi. ‘How many hundreds of hours’, Ruhiyyih Khanum tells us, ‘Shoghi Effendi spent on reading his sources and compiling his notes, how many days and months in painstakingly writing out in long hand – and often rewriting – the majestic procession of his chapters, how many more wearisome days he sat at his small portable typewriter, hammering away with a few fingers, sometimes ten hours on end, as he typed the final copy of his work!

SHOGHI EFFENDI: THE RANGE AND POWER OF HIS PEN - Page 116 - ‘Alí Nakhjávání

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