Summon ye the people to God and call the souls to the
manners and conduct of the Supreme Concourse. To the orphans be ye kind
fathers, and to the unfortunate a refuge and shelter. To the poor be a treasure
of wealth, and to the sick a remedy and healing. Be a helper of every oppressed one, the protector of every destitute one, be ye
ever mindful to serve any soul of mankind. Attach no importance to
self-seeking, rejection, arrogance, oppression and enmity. Heed them not. Deal
in the contrary way. Be kind in truth, not only in appearance and outwardly.
Every soul of the friends of God must concentrate his mind on this, that he may
manifest the mercy of God and the bounty of the Forgiving One. He must do good
to every soul whom he encounters, and render benefit to him, becoming the cause
of improving the morals and correcting the thoughts so that the light of
guidance may shine forth and the bounty of His Holiness the Merciful One may
encompass. (‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Baha’i World Faith)
