me
Answered Questions", "Seven Valleys", etc. should be embarked upon at all.
People who have not spent years steeped in the atmosphere and language and
literature of the East cannot possibly grasp the subtleties of oriental
usage. A good example of this very point is that Prof. Suessheim has not
grasped what Baha'u'llah means by the word "[Arabic script]". He is using
it in a loose and colloquial sense which means "a passing thing", a small
amount, and not literally associating it with food.

He feels you should continue your study of the teachings in the original
and, from time to time, if you desire to, translate material from the
original in short excerpts; but not at present important books and
Tablets. These you can better translate from good English editions.

There is so much teaching work, and administrative work, to be done in
Germany at present that he urges you to concentrate on this form of
service. The public need to receive the Message on a large scale, to have
available literature at once, to read articles on the Baha'i Faith; and in
all these ways your services can be of great help.

P.S. "Tur" and "Sinai" should not be taken literally; the first is an
allusion to Mt. Sinai, which in this case means the Manifestation of God;
the second, "Sinai", represents the human heart.

[From the Guardian:]

May the Almighty bless, sustain and guide you, at all times and under all
conditions, assist you to proclaim the verities of His Faith, and lend a
tremendous impetus to the advancement and consolidation of its new-born
and God-given institutions,

Your true and grateful brother,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 13 JUNE 1947(24)

13 June 1947

He was happy to hear the message had been broadcast over the Radio
Frankfurt, and hopes this teaching method can often be used, as it reaches
the people in their homes and many of them would not attend public
meetings.

The very encouraging report you sent him of the work in Germany was most
welcome, and he wishes that the National Teaching Committee or the N.S.A.
would send him a statement showing how many Spiritual Assemblies there
are, how many groups and how many isolated Baha'is, and in which cities
and towns they are to be found, respectively.

Generally speaking his instructions to the American Baha'is and their
N.S.A. are, whenever they concern administrative principles and procedure
and general statements about and interpretations of the Faith, binding for