Later, when the status of the Guardianship was in question after the death of Shoghi Effendi, the Universal House of Justice specifically referred to the succession of authority in receiving Ḥuqúqu'lláh as "one of the most striking" examples that a break in the line of Guardians was possible. According to Baháʼí scholar Adib Taherzadeh, the "people of Bahá who speak not except by His leave" was a prophetic reference to the ministry of the custodial Hands of the Cause, who led the religion during a five-year transition before the election of the Universal House of Justice.