rm is often
used by Baha'u'llah in His Writings, as in the passage quoted in your
letter, its meaning is figurative. The tomb mentioned is also allegorical,
i.e. the tomb of unbelief. The Day of Resurrection, according to Baha'i
interpretation, is the Judgement Day, the Day when unbelievers will be
called upon to give account of their actions, and whether the world has
prevented them from acknowledging the new Revelation.

The passage in Baha'u'llah's Tablet in which He explains the Sura of "The
Sun" should not be interpreted literally. It does not mean that after the
Day of Resurrection praise and peace will cease to be vouchsafed to the
Prophet. Rather it means to the end of time, i.e. indefinitely and for all
times.

The intercession spoken of by Baha'u'llah in one of His prayers which you
have quoted is a purely spiritual act and is applicable to Muhammad as
well as to all Prophets. This passage, however, refers more particularly
to that kind of intercession in which Muslims believe, though the manner
and circumstances of it, according to Baha'i belief, are mysterious and
unknowable.

Teaching--The Paramount Task

[From the Guardian:]

I long to hear of the progress of your teaching work in those areas and
provinces where the light of the Faith has not as yet shone forth.
Teaching is the paramount task that urgently demands the concentrated
attention and the complete consecration of the united and persistent
efforts of the believers of India and Burma at the present stage of the
Six-Year Plan which they of their own accord have so magnificently
initiated. No dissipation of efforts, no delay in the initiation and
execution of the necessary measures for its success should be allowed. All
assemblies, all committees and individuals should regard the teaching work
as the most essential factor in the discharge of their obligations to the
Faith of Baha'u'llah, and as the supreme purpose of the machinery of the
Administrative Order which they have lately so laboriously and faithfully
erected. I will from all my heart pray that the high aim they pursue may
be reached, that their hopes may be fulfilled, and that their individual
and corporate lives may equally reflect the noble principles that animate
their Cause.

July 2, 1939

Martha Root's Arrival in Bombay

Your joint and welcome message of October 18th written on the occasion of
our beloved sister Miss Martha Root's arrival in Bombay has duly re