November 12. On this date in 1955, Valíyu'lláh Varqá, who had accompanied ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during his visit to America in 1912 and had been appointed Trustee of the Ḥuqúqu'lláh in 1938 and a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi in 1951, died. His son 'Alí-Muḥammad Varqá, also a Hand of the Cause of God, would serve as Trustee of the Ḥuqúqu'lláh from 1955 until his death in 2007.

 

November 12. On this date in 1955, Valíyu'lláh Varqá, who had accompanied ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during his visit to America in 1912 and had been appointed Trustee of the Ḥuqúqu'lláh in 1938 and a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi in 1951, died. His son 'Alí-Muḥammad Varqá, also a Hand of the Cause of God, would serve as Trustee of the Ḥuqúqu'lláh from 1955 until his death in 2007.