Inform National Assemblies that God's avenging wrath having afflicted in
rapid succession during recent years two sons, brother and sister-in-law
of Archbreaker of Baha'u'llah's Covenant, has now struck down second son
of Siyyid 'Ali, Nayer Afnan, pivot of machinations, connecting link
between old and new Covenant-breakers. Time alone will reveal extent of
havoc wreaked by this virus of violation injected, fostered over two
decades in 'Abdu'l-Baha's family. History will brand him one whose
grandmother, wife of Baha'u'llah, joined breakers of His Covenant on
morrow of His passing, whose parents lent her undivided support, whose
father openly accused 'Abdu'l-Baha as one deserving capital punishment,
who broke his promise to the Bab's wife to escort her to Holy Land,
precipitating thereby her death, who was repeatedly denounced by Center of
the Covenant as His chief enemy, whose eldest brother through deliberate
misrepresentation of facts inflicted humiliation upon defenders of the
House of Baha'u'llah in Ba_gh_dad, whose sister-in-law is championing the
cause of declared enemies of Faith, whose brothers supported him
attributing to 'Abdu'l-Baha responsibility for fatal disease which
afflicted their mother, who himself in retaliation first succeeded in
winning over through marriage my eldest sister, subsequently paved way for
marriage of his brothers to two other grandchildren of the Master, who was
planning a fourth marriage between his daughter and grandson of
'Abdu'l-Baha, thereby involving in shameful marriages three branches of
His family, who over twenty years schemed to undermine the position of the
Center of Faith through association with representatives of traditional
enemies of Faith in Persia, Muslim Arab communities, notables and civil
authorities in Holy Land, who lately was scheduled to appear as star
witness on behalf of daughter of Badi'u'llah in recent lawsuit challenging
the authority conferred upon Guardian of Faith in 'Abdu'l-Baha's
Testament.
--Shoghi
[Cablegram, April 5, 1952]