I am hopeful by divine bounty and grace
that the beloved ones of God may he confirmed in the building of the
Mashriqu’l-Adhkar and all its accessories, for the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar has
important accessories which are accounted of the basic foundations. These are:
School for orphan children, Hospital and Dispensary for the poor; Place for the
incapable: i.e., (Home for the cripple); College for the Higher Scientific
Education.
The meaning is this, that in every place: First a Mashriqu’l-Adhkar must be
founded. Then a School for the Education of orphan children and the poor. Then
the Hospital and Medical Dispensary must be founded. Then the home of the
Cripple. Then the College of Higher Scientific Education.
In every city a great Mashriqu’l-Adhkar must be founded after this order. (‘Abdu’l-Baha,
Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 7, July 13, 1910)
