February 8. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The names of those cited in Bahá'u'lláh's prayer in the Dispensation are quite correct as you have them....In the prayer mentioned above Bahá'u'lláh identifies Himself with Imam Husayn."

 

February 8. On this date in 1949, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The names of those cited in Bahá'u'lláh's prayer in the Dispensation are quite correct as you have them....In the prayer mentioned above Bahá'u'lláh identifies Himself with Imam Husayn."

1673. Imam Husayn

"The names of those cited in Bahá'u'lláh's prayer in the Dispensation are quite correct as you have them.

"The Prophets 'regarded as One and the same person' include the Lesser Prophets as well, and not merely Those Who bring a 'Book'. The station is different, but they are Prophets and Their nature thus different from that of ours.

"In the prayer mentioned above Bahá'u'lláh identifies Himself with Imam Husayn. This does not make him a Prophet, but his position was very unique, and we know Bahá'u'lláh claims to be the 'return' of the Imam Husayn. He, in other words, identifies His Spirit with these Holy Souls gone before; that does not, of course, make Him in any way their reincarnation. Nor does it mean all of them were Prophets.

"Your constant and devoted Bahá'í services are deeply valued by the Guardian, you may be sure, and he will pray in the Holy Shrines that your labours may be blessed and your power to confirm the souls increased."

(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, February 8, 1949)