IN THE NAME OF GOD
This servant, after that grievous event and great calamity, the ascension of His Holiness Abdu'l-Baha to the Abha Kingdom, has been so stricken with grief and pain and so entangled in the troubles (created) by the enemies of the Cause of God, that I consider that my presence here, at such a time and in such an atmosphere, is not in accordance with the fulfilment of my important and sacred duties (25:6)

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