Dear Bahá'í friends,
We share with you the following cable which we have just
sent to the National Spiritual Assembly of Persia:
GRIEVE ANNOUNCE PASSING LUTFU'LLAH HAKIM DEDICATED SERVANT
CAUSE GOD. SPECIAL MISSIONS ENTRUSTED HIM FULL CONFIDENCE REPOSED IN HIM BY
MASTER AND GUARDIAN HIS CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH EARLY DISTINGUISHED BELIEVERS
EAST WEST INCLUDING HIS COLLABORATION ESSLEMONT HIS SERVICES PERSIA BRITISH
ISLES HOLY LAND HIS MEMBERSHIP APPOINTED AND ELECTED INTERNATIONAL BAHÁ'Í
COUNCIL HIS ELECTION UNIVERSAL HOUSE JUSTICE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED IMMORTAL
ANNALS FAITH BAHÁ'U'LLÁH. INFORM BELIEVERS HOLD BEFITTING MEMORIAL MEETINGS ALL
CENTRES. CONVEY ALL MEMBERS HIS FAMILY EXPRESSIONS LOVING SYMPATHY ASSURANCE
PRAYERS PROGRESS HIS RADIANT SOUL ABHA KINGDOM.
In view of Dr Hakim's long and devoted record of services to
the Faith other National Spiritual Assemblies are requested to hold memorial
gatherings. Special commemorative services should also be held in the four
Mother Temples of the Bahá'í World.
With loving Bahá'í greetings,
The Universal House of Justice
(‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963 to
1986’)