June 4. On this date in 1951, Shoghi Effendi wrote "Bahá'u'lláh is, of course, not God and not the Creator...we address ourselves in prayer and thought to Him, or through Him to that Infinite Essence behind and beyond Him."

 

June 4. On this date in 1951, Shoghi Effendi wrote "Bahá'u'lláh is, of course, not God and not the Creator...we address ourselves in prayer and thought to Him, or through Him to that Infinite Essence behind and beyond Him."

1553. Bahá'u'lláh is Not God--But Through Him We Can Know God

"As regards your question: Bahá'u'lláh is, of course, not God and not the Creator; but through Him we can know God, and because of this position of Divine Intermediary, in a sense, He (or the other Prophets) is all we can ever know of that Infinite Essence which is God. Therefore, we address ourselves in prayer and thought to Him, or through Him to that Infinite Essence behind and beyond Him."

(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, June 4, 1951)