August 6
The spiritually learned are lamps of guidance among the
nations, and stars of good fortune shining from the horizons of humankind. They
are fountains of life for such as lie in the death of ignorance and
unawareness, and clear springs of perfections for those who thirst and wander
in the wasteland of their defects and errors. They are the dawning places of
the emblems of Divine Unity and initiates in the mysteries of the glorious
Qur’án. They are skilled physicians for the ailing body of the world, they are
the sure antidote to the poison that has corrupted human society. It is they
who are the strong citadel guarding humanity, and the impregnable sanctuary for
the sorely distressed, the anxious and tormented, victims of ignorance.
“Knowledge is a light which God casteth into the heart of whomsoever He
willeth.” (‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘The Secret of Divine Civilization’)
