…concerning
the established (organized assemblies), altogether outside conversation must
not be introduced therein. Nay, rather, conversation must be limited to the
reading of verses, the perusing of Words and affairs which pertain to the Cause
of God, such as explaining proofs and evidences, delivering clear and
irrefutable arguments and announcing the signs of the Beloved of the creatures.
Those souls
who are in that assembly before their entrance therein must be adorned with
utmost purity, turn their faces toward the Kingdom of Abhá and enter with
infinite humility and meekness, and when someone reads Tablets they must be
silent and attentive. Should anyone
desire to speak, he must do it with the utmost courtesy and with perfect
eloquence and fluency by the consent and permission of the people of the
assembly.
- ‘Abdu'l-Bahá ('Star of the West', vol. 2, no. 6, June 24, 1911)
