Questions (Masá’il) 172 B.E.

Connecticut, USA

“Many a chilled heart, O my God, hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy Cause, and many a slumberer hath been wakened by the sweetness of Thy voice. How many are the strangers who have sought shelter beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy oneness, and how numerous the thirsty ones who have panted after the fountain of Thy living waters in Thy days!”
-Baha’u’llah, Prayers and Meditations
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Haifa, Israel

“¡Oh Hijo de la Justicia! ¿Dónde puede ir un amante sino es a la tierra de su amada? ¿Y qué buscador encuentra descanso lejos del deseo de su corazón? Para el verdadero amante la reunión es vida, y la separación es muerte. Su pecho está desprovisto de paciencia y su corazón no está en paz. Renunciaría a una miríada de vidas por apresurarse a la morada de su amada.”
-Baha’u’llah, Palabra Oculta 4, persa
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Lincoln, USA

“Behold, how many are the mysteries that lie as yet unravelled within the tabernacle of the knowledge of God, and how numerous the gems of His wisdom that are still concealed in His inviolable treasuries! Shouldest thou ponder this in thine heart, thou wouldst realize that His handiwork knoweth neither beginning nor end.”
-Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan
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Murray Upper, Australia

“The songs which the bird of thine heart had uttered in its great love for its friends have reached their ears, and moved Me to answer thy questions, and reveal to thee such secrets as I am allowed to unfold.”
-Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah
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Reston, USA

“Today questions of the utmost importance are facing humanity, questions peculiar to this radiant century. In former centuries there was not even mention of them. Inasmuch as this is the century of illumination, the century of humanity, the century of divine bestowals, these questions are being presented for the expression of public opinion, and in all the countries of the world, discussion is taking place looking to their solution.
One of these questions concerns the rights of woman and her equality with man.”

“The world of humanity is possessed of two wings: the male and the female. So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly.”
-‘Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace
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Vancouver, Canada

“This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath been infused into all created things. It is incumbent upon all the peoples of the world to reconcile their differences, and, with perfect unity and peace, abide beneath the shadow of the Tree of His care and loving-kindness. It behoveth them to cleave to whatsoever will, in this Day, be conducive to the exaltation of their stations, and to the promotion of their best interests.”
-Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah
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Palm Beach, USA

“Ye are even as the bird which soareth, with the full force of its mighty wings and with complete and joyous confidence, through the immensity of the heavens, until, impelled to satisfy its hunger, it turneth longingly to the water and clay of the earth below it, and, having been entrapped in the mesh of its desire, findeth itself impotent to resume its flight to the realms whence it came. Powerless to shake off the burden weighing on its sullied wings, that bird, hitherto an inmate of the heavens, is now forced to seek a dwelling-place upon the dust. Wherefore, O My servants, defile not your wings with the clay of waywardness and vain desires, and suffer them not to be stained with the dust of envy and hate, that ye may not be hindered from soaring in the heavens of My divine knowledge.”
-Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah