# <i>God Passes By,</i> by Shoghi Effendi: Review

*Exported from [Holy-Writings.com](https://www.holy-writings.com/) on 2026-06-18 — 1 clipping.*

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> God Passes By
> By Shoghi Effendi. 
> Bahá'í Publishing Committee, Wilmette, Ill., $2.50.
> 
>  This is the first complete
> and official history of the Bahá'í religion written from the inside and
> from the top. Shoghi Effendi, great-grandson of Bahá'u'lláh and grandson
> of Abdu'l- Baha, is "Guardian of the Faith" by his grandfather's
> appointment, so his book is comparable to a history of the papacy written
> by the pope. Much of it describes a noble and sincere effort for spiritual
> uplift. But there have been internal dissensions and opposition from
> without. The author recites with satisfaction the horrible disasters that
> have overtaken many who challenged the authority of his house: two "died
> prematurely," one died of cancer and two others from heart attacks, one
> "fell a prey to a fatal and loathsome disease," and another "died in
> obscurity and poverty," and a "greedy and conceited" dissenter who
> criticized the leader "met his death soon after he had uttered these
> denunciations." But the movement is a going concern which has gained no
> little influence in its single century of history.
>
> — *<i>God Passes By,</i> by Shoghi Effendi: Review (Used by permission of the curator)*