In His Most Exalted Name
Shawwal 10,1391 AH
My dear Ahmad,
Your letter arrived; I am delighted to hear you are fine. I hope your respected wife Fatimah Khanum «1» has by now recovered and is fine; give her my regards. Praise be to God, the Exalted, we are physically sound and if you are both fine, it is still better. I pray always for both of you. Mr. Mar`ashi, that is, Aqa Sayyid Ja`far Mar`ashi, who had come to Qum, informed me of the health of the respectable uncle «2» and of yours. Extend my special regards to him. Do not be remiss in your service to him, although I do not know you won't. Write more often to apprise me of your well being. By the will of God, you are preoccupied with your lessons and discourses as well as with self-purification. I ask God, the Exalted, to grant you success. May peace be with you.
Your father